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Yamar 4jh3-te won't reach max rpm and suers from blow by discovery at 6:18pm 09.06.15 Ask All Sailors 10/3148 Yamar 4jh3-te won't reach max rpm and suffers from blow by Help! Can't seem to properly resolve a
first day under sail piedpiperIII at 5:51pm 09.06.15 Catalina 22 4/874 Yes finally there was a little wind when I had time to use it. You can see a short video on "piedpip
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3gm30f (1) FlynBryn at 3:29pm 09.06.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1156 Can somebody verify, beyond a reasonable doubt, that this is my rear seal gone bad? I've already rep
oil pan replacement donelanc at 1:10pm 09.06.15 Bigger Boats 3/1144 I was going for a sail and engine alarm came on. Looked at compartment and full of oil. Cleaned it
410 Main Saloon Light Cluster Sailgunner at 1:04pm 09.06.15 Big Boats 11/1387 On my 410 there is a cluster of three small recessed lights over the table in the saloon. I replace
Cover for oday osprey Carver283 at 1:02pm 09.06.15 Day Sailers 2/942 Wondering if anyone might have a resource for obtaining a cover for an oday osprey.
Spare buttons (1) pf78dhr at 7:32am 09.06.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/947 I have a 2013 Hunter e-33 with a 29hp Yanmar. The control panel buttons keep failing. I/O, start, ov
Wind Instrument Troubleshooting SailingErrant at 6:46am 09.06.15 Ask All Sailors 7/2080 The wind instrument and gauge on my Catalina 310 have stopped talking to each other! They have been
Missing pages from Cat 22, 1992 owners manual vietvet68 at 5:34am 09.06.15 Catalina 22 9/1064 Just purchased a 1992 Cat 22. The owners manual is missing pages 21 thru 24. If anyone has this ow
Temp gage jibes138 at 4:26am 09.06.15 Bigger Boats 3/843 I posted this on the ask all sailors forum but am copying it here for you guys with the same boats.
Temp gage, sender, or ?? jibes138 at 4:24am 09.06.15 Ask All Sailors 20/2364 I've recently upgraded my heat exchanger in my Universal M25 engine to the recommended 3" diameter.
need urgent m25-xpb help njlarry at 9:38pm 09.05.15 Engines and Propulsion 0/988 As I have mentioned before on this site, I have been having trouble with v belts shredding. I had th
Help with wiring upgrades. C400 (5) dhays at 9:29pm 09.05.15 Musings With Maine Sail 17/9955 I am a general idiot and not qualified to own a boat with an engine or anything electric. Despite t
H216 or 22 daysailer Mainsheet Traveller Joetul at 2:44pm 09.05.15 Smaller Boats 1/659 Can anyone help me as to how a cross-cockpit mainsheet traveler should be rigged? I'm missing this
Oday 28 cushion replacement RSDean at 1:34pm 09.05.15 Ask An Oday Owner 1/765 I have an '86 O'Day that I want to replace the cushion cloth material with something that closely ma
H-42 1995 Air Conditioning relay for pump joelvannorsdel at 10:39am 09.05.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1938 The AC in Alter'Tudes both fore and aft has stopped working, the pump is not running. There is volt

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Simpson Lawrence Windlass Help shemandr at 11:49am 01.01.24 On my H356 the breaker was beneath the nav table on the bulkhead. If I remember the battery switch
Need a new swing keel Captain Ron 18 at 11:12am 01.01.24 Happy New Year! My dad had an O'Day Mariner when I was growing up and we sailed the heck out of her
60 best Boats 30' and under lacoursmarc at 11:08am 01.01.24 I'm putting together a list of boats including their basic specs in order to narrow down my search.
Installing engine shutoff solenoid/switch (8) Claude L.-Auger at 11:05am 01.01.24 I did that conversion on my 3GM30F and it works fine. I attached a Trombetta P-610-B5V12 directly o
Installing engine shutoff solenoid/switch Scott T-Bird at 10:44am 01.01.24 I was just looking at the YM series parts and it appears the solenoid is mounted directly to the gov
60 best Boats 30' and under Don S/V ILLusion at 10:18am 01.01.24 Pretty much all the boats we are talking about here were "built to a price." My Ericson, which for
Battery charging marcham at 10:13am 01.01.24 An interesting aside is that our panda generator alternator only charges the start batery it shares
Battery charging (1) marcham at 9:56am 01.01.24 Start with the owner's manual (posted link to it in your windlass thread). You should have an autom
Simpson Lawrence Windlass Help (2) marcham at 9:49am 01.01.24 From the manual, it seems engine has to be running and there is a windlass motor breaker on the star
60 best Boats 30' and under dlochner at 9:07am 01.01.24 Pretty much all the boats we are talking about here were "built to a price." My Ericson, which for
(re) location of hot water heater Tom J at 8:59am 01.01.24 The standard location for the water heater on the C310 is already above the engine. A little bit hi
60 best Boats 30' and under Steve L22188 at 8:40am 01.01.24 Asking which boats should be in a "best under 30'" list is just one step away from the dreaded "shou
60 best Boats 30' and under Alan Gomes at 8:17am 01.01.24 Eliminate any boats that were, as the sayings go, "built to price" Pretty much all the boats we ar
60 best Boats 30' and under Alan Gomes at 8:09am 01.01.24 Anything over 2-2.5' and less than 3 seconds apart is uncomfortable in an O'Day 25. Waves less tha
60 best Boats 30' and under mermike at 8:05am 01.01.24 I'm biased, but you could add the Yamaha 30 to your list. They're not common, but owners love them.
60 best Boats 30' and under DArcy at 8:02am 01.01.24 The best boat I ever went out bashing waves in is the C&C 27 Mark 1(Although I'm not sure it was ca
60 best Boats 30' and under Scott T-Bird at 7:53am 01.01.24 If your boat is for heavy weather on Lake Michigan, I would eliminate all boats on your list under 3
Simpson Lawrence Windlass Help Mike H. at 7:48am 01.01.24 Thanks. It is a Sprint Atlantic. It has one circuit breaker. When I press the reverse or forward bu
60 best Boats 30' and under shemandr at 7:41am 01.01.24 It's an interesting list for a couple of reasons. Foremost to me is that there is hardly a boat on
60 best Boats 30' and under Obsessiion at 7:00am 01.01.24 The Mariner 28 was well built and pretty comfortable.

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