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electric fuel pump for my 1991 H42 eianm at 9:09pm 04.12.15 Big Boats 3/959 I have a Yanmar 4JH2TE which has a mechanical fuel pump. I am about to fit a Racor 500 filter and wa
1983 Pearson 424 Windlass (3) Steve Lee at 8:45pm 04.12.15 Ask All Sailors 0/804 Can anyone tell me the manufacturer and model of the windlass in the attached photos? Thanks!
roller furling replacement s1walk1 at 7:50pm 04.12.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1630 I just bought a hunter 1991 30T, and am looking to replace an old CDI roller furler the boat came wi
Post Recommissioning Engine Alignment Dan_Y at 7:04pm 04.12.15 Ask All Sailors 1/712 As part of overhaul we replaced the prop shaft, coupler, and cutlass bearing and also reworked the p
Dripless Shaft Seal Waterline on a 2 GM20F? Dan_Y at 6:55pm 04.12.15 Ask All Sailors 6/1464 Just installed a PSS dripless shaft seal on our H30 with 2GM20F and vented the unit per the instruct
Where to sheet a 135% genoa on a 192? (1) Brian S at 6:55pm 04.12.15 Day Sailers 4/1795 Just saw this pic on the main screen (Is that picture Dave Kautz's 192?): http://sbo.sailboatowne
Moving Mainsheet Traveler Saddle Sore at 6:37pm 04.12.15 Smaller Boats 6/2200 I am a relatively new Hunter 23 owner. I am a long time sailer and my last boat was a J22. I have fo
393 Holding tank question (1) Joe Roc at 6:17pm 04.12.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/1093 86967.vB Can anyone tell me how to open this? Fairly urgent. Thanks!
keel spacer question hawk232 at 5:37pm 04.12.15 Catalina 22 3/651 for those of you who have installed them, how much tolerance do you shoot for between them and the t
Exhaust Riser replacement brien23 at 5:05pm 04.12.15 Big Boats 1/1070 Fresh water cooled engine raw water exhaust in the riser how long should it last or be replaced befo
Profurl forestay furling friesen at 4:58pm 04.12.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1125 I have a 2007 Profurl 350 (or 420?) for my 2007 Beneteau B40. The halyard swivel does not rotate
Fluorescent TO LED Tube Conversion (3) Marc14857 at 4:49pm 04.12.15 Ask All Sailors 4/1622 I am trying to convert these (see attached pics) to LED tubes. I have 5 of these fixtures on my H 44
Stanial Cay Exuma Runway Closed BJV at 4:17pm 04.12.15 Destinations 0/1089 Runway at Stanial Cay has been closed for repairs. Flamingo and Watermakers now fly into Black Poin
Thinking too much about keel forces Daveinet at 4:05pm 04.12.15 Ask All Sailors 106/23136 OK, so its going to be another month before the boat is in the water, so my mind is just sitting idl
Oil in exhaust, low power emergpa1 at 2:27pm 04.12.15 Ask All Sailors 21/5335 I have an island packet with a 1986 3GM30F Yanmar. . While motoring down the intercoastal waterway
help with rigging (5) solodare at 2:00pm 04.12.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/1521 Can some one tell me if this looks correct? I have no confidence in what I'm doing. Nothing to rea
Texas Coastal Sailing TXGulfcoaster at 1:45pm 04.12.15 Big Boats 0/536 Across the ICW from Port O'Connor there is a bay called Espirito Santo, has anyone anchored in that
37C bilge question frankiedogs at 1:40pm 04.12.15 The Cherubini Hunters 2/893 The float for our bilge pump is not screwed down to anything and free-floating the bilge. Obviously
1978 atomic 4, can't get dipstick out to change oil MikeLitton at 11:31am 04.12.15 Engines and Propulsion 3/1370 Anyone experience this? I've got a 1978 Catalina 30, I bought last year. I went to change oil on t
Catalina 22swing keel Tony23630 at 9:32am 04.12.15 Catalina 22 1/1570 We have had problems, like leaking around the cable. Now that is a very easy to fix. But the one

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1975 oday 22 Anomymous 163294 at 7:18pm 10.12.23 does anyone have the measurements for the locker bulkheads on there oday 22? any pictures? i would g
Tiller cover for clutch tailboom at 7:17pm 10.12.23
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? chuckwayne at 7:03pm 10.12.23 Thanks Terry. Yes on the electric windlass. I'll try to trace that, however that wire doesn't l
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? chuckwayne at 7:00pm 10.12.23 Hey gang- As you all have been so very generous with your knowledge...might any fellow Hunter 36 o
Universal M25 Diesel has "fuel system air leak" Davidasailor26 at 6:48pm 10.12.23
I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try (1) Allan12210 at 5:57pm 10.12.23 For those so inclined, OCPN runs on a Raspberry Pi 3. It's not quite as portable as a tablet or phon
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? dlochner at 5:45pm 10.12.23 Looking at the photo there is a maybe 12 ga wire running from the negative to the positive on the ba
Just how big is British Columbia? Tedd at 5:43pm 10.12.23 I like the NZ comparison. Used to work with a couple of Kiwis and they agreed with my description of
Just how big is British Columbia? Tedd at 5:41pm 10.12.23 Does this look like "little Snow at Sea Level"... To a Canadian? Yes.
I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try Tedd at 5:39pm 10.12.23 I've used it for a few trips now and I'm please with it. I won't be buying a commercial chart plotte
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? Kupe at 5:34pm 10.12.23 Hi Kupe, do you have an electric windlass? That wire seems awfully large for a data monitor. Our el
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? Kupe at 5:30pm 10.12.23 The other wire might be a temp sensor for the battery. Can you trace the wire back to its source? W
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? Terry Cox at 5:30pm 10.12.23 might any fellow Hunter 36 owners hazard a guess on what this wire is? Hi Kupe, do you have an ele
1993 Hunter 42 Passage CC: Leaking near a few of the keel bolts. Ulcer time. Terry Cox at 5:24pm 10.12.23 The only keel bolts that I'm aware are those located in the main bilge beneath the center settee, on
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? dlochner at 5:11pm 10.12.23 I think the prior owner of your boat was long on money and short on understanding battery technology
I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try SoSound at 5:07pm 10.12.23 There is a little of this in the parallel conversation in the Navionics thread, but I don't think it
I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try jssailem at 5:07pm 10.12.23 Based on your interest.. https://opencpn.org/OpenCPN/info/about.html OpenCPN runs on a standard pc,
110 volt pulgs reset fuse location Beneteau40sailor at 4:22pm 10.12.23 You've overloaded your 120V service. It is either your incoming AC breaker on your boat's electric
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? (1) Kupe at 4:09pm 10.12.23 You are correct about the wire probably a data wire for a charger or battery monitor. Thanks! No
I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try Tally Ho at 4:01pm 10.12.23 Using a tablet in place of an old chartplotter sounds like a great solution, the price is certainly

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