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Seacocks kvalerio at 6:20am 05.31.15 Ask All Sailors 116/20673 Is it necessary to close off seacocks on the head, galley, and seawater intake when the boat is not
Wheel cover Clydo at 10:50pm 05.30.15 Catalina 310 7/1783 Has anyone covered their wheel? I bought leather cover and foam backing at Oakland Boat Show in Ap
alexwarden alexwarden at 10:10pm 05.30.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/630 How do I remove the top cover just around the entry door, the one with the black bar across it as pa
U.S. Flag Size Doug4bass at 9:14pm 05.30.15 Ask All Sailors 24/5877 My sailboat is 39' overall. Flag length of 36 or 48"????
spreader boots matts997 at 7:25pm 05.30.15 Mid-Size Boats 6/1733 I have a newly purchased H280. Spreader chafe has worn a small hole in the mainsail, which is gettin
Pensacola Bay today (1) teamjph at 7:20pm 05.30.15 Day Sailers 0/710 Finally got a chance to sail a bit today! Sailed around the bay and to the port for an up close look
Need new stripes Newtome1984H34 at 6:10pm 05.30.15 Big Boats 8/1221 Hi guys, So I have a 1984 Hunter 34 that needs new double blue stripes on one side. does anyone
Refrig Spring Replacement robfmcc at 3:57pm 05.30.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/780 The refrigerator spring on my 1998 352 broke and I never really liked it...It has hurt a few people
Drought or flood (2) PuckandTitania at 3:26pm 05.30.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/837 So, I decided to put the boat in a slip this year to save the effort of launching and retrieving eac
Statpower TC-10hw charger - problems? Fred at 2:57pm 05.30.15 Ask All Sailors 4/1492 My boat came with this charger permanently installed. I thought that I would try it out. 1) battery
Defeated by the Delaware yet again MLampner at 2:45pm 05.30.15 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1030 Let me be clear just because I wasn't on the wheel doesn't mean any of this couldn't have happened i
Do i need to replace this oday 26 backstay? (2) jfschena at 1:46pm 05.30.15 Ask An Oday Owner 2/760 Think the answer is yes. Just looking for validation. Thanks
hauling out this june qazvick at 1:08pm 05.30.15 The Cherubini Hunters 6/914 Hey all. I'm hauling her out this June for a bottom job. I'd like to inspect my thru hulls while
Perkins 4108 Oil Pressure Gauge Russ Pichlik at 12:39pm 05.30.15 Parts Search 5/7072 Anybody know who made the Perkins 4108 oil pressure gauge and/or where a replacement might be found?
Fastnet 1979 on ESPN rfrye1 at 11:34am 05.30.15 Ask All Sailors 5/2860 My current Cruising World mentions a documentary by Gary Jobson on June 5th 6pm EDT on ESPN. I can't
manual pump toilet doesn't drain qazvick at 9:53am 05.30.15 The Cherubini Hunters 10/7019 Anyone here know why my johnson manual pump toilet all of the sudden has decide to not drain. The pu
Lifting a Daysailer Jesnodoughnut at 9:29am 05.30.15 Day Sailers 2/2955 I can use some advice/input on how to lift an O'day daysailer II off of a trailer. The trailer that
Newport 28 Mast Wiring Bickeye55 at 9:24am 05.30.15 Newport 4/2890 We recently lowered the mast to replace the standing rigging on a donated Newport 28. While we were
How to identify shoal draft vs full riverbouy at 8:42am 05.30.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1459 I have a 1977 Hunter 30 and was told the draft is 4'9". from everything I read the draft is either 5
Mounting Height Of Outboard Motor Mount sreidvt at 8:36am 05.30.15 Day Sailers 9/6704 Hi All, I'm still restoring the 1974 O'Day 23 Pop-Top I bought last fall so I have not ever seen

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WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION Ralph Johnstone at 4:37pm 12.10.23 From all the symptoms you described, that could well be responsible for your problems, particularly
H49/50 battery replacement Hayden Watson at 4:19pm 12.10.23 Or you could disconnect the genset alternator, remove its battery, and run the genset off the house
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION Hayden Watson at 3:44pm 12.10.23 I hope that was not the case. There are explicit warnings against moving the compression release le
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION kappykaplan at 3:18pm 12.10.23 For some reason, most likely me trying to make things tidy in the engine bay, I had run the hose un
Monoceros cabin sole monocerosin at 3:05pm 12.10.23 Ok. So I am really trying not to tear up the sole but on the port side I can feel just a little give
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION twodzusfittings at 2:54pm 12.10.23 So perhaps I've found why I have reduced RPM's under load. I had to change the fresh water pump out.
Adding above water line thru hull.... dlochner at 2:53pm 12.10.23 Im buying my wife a new secondary bildge pump for Xmas This in my estimation is a perfectly viabl
H49/50 battery replacement Johann at 2:48pm 12.10.23 I would suggest, running the engine with the battery fully charged and use a multimeter to see what
Adding above water line thru hull.... Rick Webb at 2:02pm 12.10.23 Run the hole saw in reverse first to get through the gelcoat. If accessible drill about two thirds
Adding above water line thru hull.... NYSail at 1:53pm 12.10.23 Predrill the pilot hole. Cover the area to be drilled with blue masking tape. Use a good quality bi
Adding above water line thru hull.... NYSail at 1:53pm 12.10.23 Sounds like you've got one dull hole saw. Mind you, all it takes is one or two cuts through the gl
H49/50 battery replacement marcham at 1:49pm 12.10.23 Good point. Does your starting Lithium have a bms, what is it's high voltage disconnect? I'd monitor
H49/50 battery replacement Hayden Watson at 1:25pm 12.10.23 Understood. And that was exactly my point about the knees on Lith. My understanding is that you d
Adding above water line thru hull.... Ralph Johnstone at 12:25pm 12.10.23 other than buying your wife a bilge pump for Christmas o_O Now that is how to score points with t
Adding above water line thru hull.... DArcy at 11:56am 12.10.23 It sounds like you have a solid plan, other than buying your wife a bilge pump for Christmas o_O
Adding above water line thru hull.... dlochner at 11:56am 12.10.23 Predrill the pilot hole. Cover the area to be drilled with blue masking tape. Use a good quality bim
Bilge pump capta at 11:54am 12.10.23 Most beep bilge sailboats mount their bilge pumps on a shelf type fitting that will bring up the pum
Adding above water line thru hull.... Ralph Johnstone at 11:53am 12.10.23 Then once down enough, finish the job going through the fiberglass. Sounds like you've got one du
Tidal Currents Trip planner App sesmith at 11:25am 12.10.23 It doesn't actually take prolonged winds, but you'll rarely notice it on floating docks. Just front
Tidal Currents Trip planner App Tally Ho at 11:08am 12.10.23 Lake Michigan is large, however it long and relatively narrow at about 100 miles, Erie and Ontario

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