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Electrical & Plumbing Diagrams Hunter 34 SabreToothedEngineer at 9:59pm 03.10.15 Big Boats 4/4756 Does anyone have good copies of the wiring and plumbing diagrams for a Hunter 34? I recently bought
Interior fabric coming apart NiceBeny at 9:37pm 03.10.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/933 Hello I have a few areas around the boat where the walls and under deck fabric is coming off, reglue
Lip Seals FlimFlamII at 6:07pm 03.10.15 Engines and Propulsion 5/2170 Any suggestions for finding replacement seals for the prop shaft. I'm looking for a replacements fo
Merriman steering System Bearings HMT2 at 5:16pm 03.10.15 Ask All Sailors 7/1304 Does any one know if the bearings in the shaft of the Meriiman steering system circa 1983 are nylon
Attention Alameda sailors sfgary at 2:57pm 03.10.15 Ask All Sailors 23/3424 I just left my boat where I found the dock lines on my bow broken. Someone (I found out later was th
Acrylic Cabin Window Replacement (1) Coyote at 2:42pm 03.10.15 Bigger Boats 19/4405 On my 85 Oday 28 --- I was horrified to find a top to bottom crack in my cabin window a few days ago
Replacement taps / pullout shower redunculous at 12:11pm 03.10.15 Big Boats 4/1070 I'm looking to replace the taps in my bathroom as well as add a salt water faucet to the galley. No
Another Dinghy Floor Question RIVERCRUISER at 11:43am 03.10.15 Ask All Sailors 1/1123 Have a Mercury dinghy w/inflated floor. Looking to protect floor from dog claws. Has anyone inst
1970/80's Round DataMarine Corinthian Displays (2) rardiH36 at 10:36am 03.10.15 Parts Search 4/2337 I'm looking for the 1980's incarnation of the DataMarine Corinthian speed and depth displays. There
GPS swingarm mount (1) Hydro Therapy at 10:33am 03.10.15 Day Sailers 11/2087 I bought a small GPS/finder unit for my 240. I was feeling cheap so I made this wooden swingarm. It
Galley plans? (1) PSR at 9:48am 03.10.15 Mid-Size Boats 6/3318 My 27 has the traditional layout, and the POs removed the galley and replace it with a custom cabine
Leaking hatch on Beneteau 36.7 lulabelle at 9:01am 03.10.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1292 I have a Beneteau 36.7 that when the hatch is closed the seal it sits on needs replacing. if the boa
Proud New Owner!! (1) T_Cat at 8:53am 03.10.15 Catalina 22 7/1091 Ok so I missed a good looking boat last weekend. Owner sold it before I could go look at it, so I pu
DX sullyj020 at 7:52am 03.10.15 SSB and Ham Operators 0/2147 Anyone get on the WWDX contest this past weekend ? It was wide open every where, I got tried of tal
NOAA online charts with wind forecast, geolocation and more Jelf at 7:43am 03.10.15 Ask All Sailors 7/1407 Hello Everyone, The following link will display the NOAA raster charts that cover the USA. The char
Prepping for bottom paint - what sander down_shift at 7:31am 03.10.15 Ask All Sailors 11/8813 About to paint my bottom for the first time (C36) later this month. There are years of Interlux CSC
Got my seadek in for my boat (4) allen-deckard at 7:15am 03.10.15 Catalina 22 11/2484 http://forums.catalina.sailboatowners.com/picture.php?albumid=3490'pictureid=23576 http://forums.
How much do you use your knot meter? YVRguy at 6:42am 03.10.15 Ask All Sailors 25/3279 My curiosity has the better of me after a conversation in another forum about the usefulness of knot
Mounting a track on the mast Bob Mc at 6:14am 03.10.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1038 Hi all, I was able to pick up a track and car to mount on my mast for a whisker pole for my 1993 Cat
I need advice Bent prop shaft JensJaunt at 5:07am 03.10.15 Ask All Sailors 23/4009 My prop shaft has a substantial bend aft of the p bracket. I have no idea how it could have happend

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Convert Idiot Light to Thermostat Gauge? rgranger at 9:30am 11.17.23 Not a good idea, in fact a terrible idea. If you go over temp. for any reason (a failed raw water p
Battery: Firefly Carbon Foam dLj at 9:28am 11.17.23 The normal equalization voltage for a flooded lead acid battery is 15.8 to 16.2 volts. Decimals matt
Suddenly needing some brake work (1) rgranger at 9:25am 11.17.23 That trailer needs some love....
Air heater installation on Hunter 336 Ken Cross at 8:53am 11.17.23 Our Hunter 30 was set up that way when we got her. In our case the heat was noisy in our berth (unde
Battery: Firefly Carbon Foam dlochner at 8:52am 11.17.23 With all due respect, this goes against the fundamental chemical process inherent in lead acid batt
Ice box refrigeration kloudie1 at 8:48am 11.17.23 The unit can be recharged but.. ya have to add a service port. Most likely there is an electrical fa
Convert partial battens to full battens Ken Cross at 8:48am 11.17.23 Last time I purchased new sails I used partial full battens. It worked well for us. I think the full
Ice box refrigeration bob45 at 8:00am 11.17.23
Ice box refrigeration kappykaplan at 7:57am 11.17.23 It was there! It is again!
Ice box refrigeration kappykaplan at 7:57am 11.17.23 Picture didn't come through, Bob.. It was there!
Battery: Firefly Carbon Foam tfox2069 at 7:49am 11.17.23 You take the batteries to the local scrap metal dealer so they can be recycled. That's what I did.
Noisy Isolation Transformer on 2004 Hunter 36 George Braun at 7:47am 11.17.23 :plus::plus: This is what is recommended now. s with a 50Hz wiring The shore power connection ma
Ice box refrigeration kloudie1 at 7:44am 11.17.23 Picture didn't come through, Bob.. I was going to make some smart ash comment about needing a defro
Noisy Isolation Transformer on 2004 Hunter 36 (1) JamesG161 at 7:37am 11.17.23
Invest 98L (1) JamesG161 at 7:23am 11.17.23 Potential Tropical Cyclone 22 or the Twenty Second Storm of 2023 Season. It will merge with that
Noisy Isolation Transformer on 2004 Hunter 36 artboas at 6:15am 11.17.23 Hey gang- This summer we purchased our new-to-us 2004 Hunter 36. Love it! Unfortunately we ha
Odd Yanmar issue George Braun at 6:13am 11.17.23 Probably added by a PO. Can you determine the brand? Maybe a model #. That would allow you to co
Remove Prop jssailem at 6:05am 11.17.23 it took a LOT of force. That was a good thing. The last thing you want is a prop that pops off eas
Battery: Firefly Carbon Foam dLj at 5:59am 11.17.23 A Firefly battery is an AGM battery with a carbon foam mat instead of a glass mat. There is (was) a
Convert Idiot Light to Thermostat Gauge? jssailem at 5:55am 11.17.23 take the wiring going to the warning light and switch it over to a gauge Breaking this query down

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