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Water Filter seadaddler at 4:34pm 11.24.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 31/3531 I am thinking of making life easy for me and wife and when we go cruising like we bring a dozen gall
Outboard conversion from a saildrive stillwater_sailor at 3:27pm 11.24.14 S2 15/5926 Hello, I have a S2 8.0 with the zephyr saildrive. I considering replacing the inboard saildrive wit
Water pressure for tankless heater mtenzer at 2:25pm 11.24.14 Ask All Sailors 16/2505 Hi All. I have a sailboat and my fresh water system includes a jabsco automatic pump with max 40 psi
Trying to find owner of 26m Carol Ann TomAmara at 1:42pm 11.24.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/974 I would like to find the owner of the Macgregor 26m listed on boattrader.com the boat is named Carol
H216 - hydraulic lift keel cable travel length davidb2000 at 12:17pm 11.24.14 Smaller Boats 4/1148 New H216 owner of 2004 model - a great boat! Need some advice: The hydraulic lift for the keel work
393 2004 toe rail block (1) Billyrap at 11:35am 11.24.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 13/4163 the sheaves in the five blocks are worn and I am looking to send them to the manufacturer to replace
wire sizing gettinthere at 10:37am 11.24.14 Musings With Maine Sail 16/4920 MS You recommended I add a second charge controller to my 2 panel setup. We have one Bluesky 2512i
Replacoing blocks for reefing on a hunter legend drkmcdaniel at 7:31am 11.24.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1662 Need help replacing the blocks used on a hunter 35.5 legend, y understanding is to use Schaefer 5 bl
Re-bedding & sealing of Keel on Hunter 40' bornin59ca at 6:24am 11.24.14 Big Boats 1/983 Hello Again; Our 1988 Hunter 40 had a leaky keel which I tried to fix a number of times to no avail.
Universal M25 Starter Motor, Long Beach, Ca caltom at 6:12am 11.24.14 Catalina 30 6/2000 I think I need a new starter. The starter engages but doesn't always crank the engine. Batteries are
12v thermostats Davefromoregon at 7:37pm 11.23.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1110 My current Honeywell died and I tried to replace it with a standard household device that the Home D
LED lighting refurb on a 25 (4) Ritdog at 7:30pm 11.23.14 Ask An Oday Owner 11/2450 I have been wanting to upgrade to all LED lights in my 25 but still maintain the look of the old 6-i
Topsides paint sailsail at 5:19pm 11.23.14 Ask All Sailors 5/1696 What paint have people had the best results with? We used West Marine last time and were not satisf
Mast wiring awerman at 5:18pm 11.23.14 Smaller Boats 13/4423 What kind of wire is used inside of mast for anchor ' mast lights on 1984 c-25?
Buying a bigger boat Photoman60 at 3:07pm 11.23.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/886 I currently own a 1995 Hunter 29.5 and have been very happy with the boat however I looking to buy a
What to coat the boat bottom for speed? McIntoshUSA at 1:58pm 11.23.14 Ask All Sailors 43/14190 I have read that waxing the boats bottom will actually slow it down. Is there anything that can be a
Pocket jump starter - anyone have any experience with these? weinie at 12:46pm 11.23.14 Ask All Sailors 17/4059 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00D42AFS8?ie=UTF8'at='force-full-site=1'ref_=aw_bottom_links Lo
Bent rudder advice nestorph at 11:32am 11.23.14 Islander 12/8626 Sucky way to end the season! My I-30 sits in a slip that has a notoriously low tide. I can't enter
leaky windows woodzy at 9:12am 11.23.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 24/3925 First and foremost I want to say thanks to all who have answered my posts you've been most helpful.
Engine Instruments JHoward at 7:59am 11.23.14 Big Boats 10/2597 My 1980 H37.5C has the original ignition and tach and heat guages, mounted on the forward cockpit bu

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SS Rod popping sound dlochner at 2:02pm 06.07.23 If this rod rigging has balls on the ends then it might be that the rods are loose in their slots i
Yanmar 2GM20F (1993) dlochner at 1:59pm 06.07.23 The service manuals and parts catalog for diesels are often online and free to down load. Try a sear
SS Rod popping sound rgranger at 1:17pm 06.07.23 If this rod rigging has balls on the ends then it might be that the rods are loose in their slots i
SS Rod popping sound capta at 1:15pm 06.07.23 If this rod rigging has balls on the ends then it might be that the rods are loose in their slots in
fuel gauge capta at 1:10pm 06.07.23 I'd think it odd that the light works when the key is off, so perhaps the gauge does too.
Battery Switch Confusion kappykaplan at 12:56pm 06.07.23 Is it important to keep the house pack batteries all the same? I think so, but others may disagree
Battery Switch Confusion Dudenhoeffer at 12:54pm 06.07.23 Great thread and learned alot about how my new to me boat's system is wired.... Alternator runs stra
fuel gauge Rick.johnson at 11:48am 06.07.23 Will be testing it this weekend Thanks Rick
Glow Plug Push Button O'day 28 1985 Stu Jackson at 11:47am 06.07.23 Sorry, I am new to all of this, can I just bypass the meter altogether and see if that is my issue?
fuel gauge Ralph Johnstone at 11:45am 06.07.23 The "ignition key" normally disconnects all electrical power from the engine so your level should sh
fuel gauge Rick.johnson at 11:44am 06.07.23 Ok Thanks Joe I will be testing it this weekend Rick
fuel gauge JoeWhite at 11:41am 06.07.23 Yes, ignition must be on
What's next to be aware of ? WayneH at 11:21am 06.07.23 A friend of mine tells the story about the time porpoises were playing with his anchor line. Draggin
Help Identifying model apell at 11:21am 06.07.23 Extremely unlikely to be a 'one off' - 85 of the 26s were made - the photo in the link below doesnt
Help Identifying model Hollyberry at 10:38am 06.07.23 Extremely unlikely to be a 'one off' - 85 of the 26s were made - the photo in the link below doesnt
Help Identifying model apell at 10:12am 06.07.23 Yes it does - thought somebody might have add that front one. Right, the little window in front th
Need some help to get my 87 finished enough to get my mast up - All Hands On Deck! (1) ...3TacksontheWater at 9:59am 06.07.23 Well, I'm sure not happy to read about your dilemma. FWIW, I have either read and/or viewed videos o
Need some help to get my 87 finished enough to get my mast up - All Hands On Deck! ...3TacksontheWater at 9:08am 06.07.23 Well, I'm sure not happy to read about your dilemma. FWIW, I have either read and/or viewed videos o
Help Identifying model dmax at 8:34am 06.07.23 Yes it does - thought somebody might have add that front one.
Help Identifying model (1) Hollyberry at 8:26am 06.07.23 Window pattern looks more like a 26

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