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Where is the diesel fuel switch? Resilience1 at 10:09am 12.03.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/826 I just recently purchased a Beneteau 473. It is beautiful and in great shape. Can you please help me
Source for freshwater pump Westerbeke 10-2 cbourne200 at 6:51am 12.03.14 Ask An Oday Owner 24/6065 Went out for a short sail yesterday, expecting winds to be < 10 mph. As we were motoring out the ch
Yanmar SB8 RUnning Canyonkeeper at 6:42am 12.03.14 The Cherubini Hunters 6/1492 So first time at a youtube video. http://youtu.be/F3zQlDw0tcA This is after she was sitting for
What are these blocks and fiddly bits for??? (3) Hogheaven at 6:15am 12.03.14 Catalina 30 8/1670 Hello, 1987 30 hull # 4993. I've owned here for about 4 weeks now. What are the following block
confirms your worst fears on the ICW...... Bob 04 H260 at 5:57am 12.03.14 Ask All Sailors 6/1447 http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article4247864.html
raising the main single handed walt at 5:35am 12.03.14 Trailer Sailors 57/13692 I have an old Mac 26S that I usually single hand and do the main sail setup and reefing at the mast.
Need Advice on Painting Windlasses (2) caguy at 11:16pm 12.02.14 Ask All Sailors 2/848 I picked up a. couple of windlasses and would like to paint them,. The case and warping drum are mad
Echo Bay, Sucia Island Terry Cox at 8:31pm 12.02.14 Pacific North West Cruisers 0/4291 A year or so ago the admiral and our five year old granddaughter had been out for a week long cruise
First WEMA failure (1) Delezynski at 7:47pm 12.02.14 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/4438 We installed our WEMA quantity system back in 02 or 03. We have one gauge for two water tanks, and o
Masthead sheaves replacement FlightRisk1 at 7:03pm 12.02.14 Ask All Sailors 8/11712 Can I change the halyard sheaves with the mast in place? I don't need to Unstep the mast for at lea
Electrical panel - cut or no? Ritdog at 6:42pm 12.02.14 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1246 Am finished installing all the lights in my 25, and am now thinking about the main electrical sectio
Remote Control Outboard bigpapaporsche at 5:58pm 12.02.14 Smaller Boats 0/1017 I am in the process of planning the installation of a Remote Control Box (RCB) on our Catalina with
Depth display erratic (Raymarine ST60) davjonLegend at 4:41pm 12.02.14 Big Boats 23/7290 My Raymarine ST60+ depth display started flashing "LAST", indicating either a bad display or a bad t
Florida bareboat charter dscribner at 4:10pm 12.02.14 Ask All Sailors 5/1319 Thinking about a short charter in Florida this winter. Can't afford BVI again for a couple of years.
Hunter 356 mainsheet traveler Dave Groshong at 1:20pm 12.02.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1425 Calling for help please, can a h356 owner send me a picture of the arch mounted mainsheet traveler?
mast raising system knotatwork2 at 1:18pm 12.02.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1978 Hello, I purchased a 1987 Hunter 23 this year and would like to know if there are any simple to use
Some before and afters - 8.0a restore jlillie at 10:45am 12.02.14 S2 10/1646 I just created several albums in my profile showing before and after pictures of my restore and some
Raymarine EV-200 or Garmin GHP 12 Autopilot system? down_shift at 10:12am 12.02.14 Ask All Sailors 5/4084 Thinking I have narrowed the choice of autopilots to one of these two systems. For the correspondin
Replacing bimini canvas IH82BL8 at 9:42am 12.02.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 16/5938 I want to replace my bimini canvas. One source has a price of $1,249 for a complete bimini (with fr
Hose for septic tank oyvst@statoil.com at 6:32am 12.02.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/994 Need a new hose going from the bottom of the septic tank in a Benetea Oceanis 343 from 2006. Inner d

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Cabin wood insert removal Hunter 26 rgranger at 11:11am 09.25.23
1993 Hunter 42 Passage CC: Leaking near a few of the keel bolts. Ulcer time. (1) Ralph Johnstone at 11:11am 09.25.23 Leaking might be a good sign, since it means the water is being fresher and is not stagnating and b
Its funny Friday! (1) rgranger at 11:08am 09.25.23 Medicinal purposes only...
Cabin wood insert removal Hunter 26 twalker H260 at 11:06am 09.25.23 On our 260 most of the water that made its way to the cabin sole was from one of 2 sources. The maj
Lets talk cooking tfox2069 at 10:57am 09.25.23 I haven't used the Omnia, but I've used the original Bakepacker for many years. Same concept - stea
Cabin wood insert removal Hunter 26 Lady Brisa at 10:42am 09.25.23 Crazy Dave, yes it is a water ballast 26 1993. Any help on the original design will be appraciated!
Volvo MD11C Overheating issue Ralph Johnstone at 10:38am 09.25.23 I now know that we are not getting full flow. And that's indicated by the lack of water in the ex
keel bolts Ralph Johnstone at 10:34am 09.25.23 i will check back later and let you know outcomes form there and what that laundry list will look l
Catalina 34 MK II Compression Block Repair or Replace? RitSim at 10:20am 09.25.23 I did this job on a C30.. Took a day at the yard with the mast down. First, I dug out the old bloc
Lets talk cooking Gene Neill at 10:17am 09.25.23 Currently have a 2 burner origo alcohol non pressurized stove and a magma propane kettle grill on t
Cabin wood insert removal Hunter 26 Crazy Dave Condon at 10:08am 09.25.23 @Lady Brisa Do you have the water ballast 26? If so it is not a 1983 but rather a 1993? There i
Pedestal Wheel Lock on 1999 H280? Occasional Heeler at 10:08am 09.25.23 Correct on lake sailing. The wheel lock made going out solo much more manageable. Could even lock in
1993 Hunter 42 Passage CC: Leaking near a few of the keel bolts. Ulcer time. dlochner at 10:00am 09.25.23 Third time is a charm? Maybe same here: leaking since the original splash. This adds more worr
Just a bit too much heel and helm dlochner at 9:57am 09.25.23 Am I wrong in thinking that whatever downward force on the boom is needed to create the twist profi
Just a bit too much heel and helm JRacer at 9:57am 09.25.23 Unless I am missing some element, we do this by easing the traveler maintaining main shape. Am I wr
Navionics price increasing Hello Below at 9:51am 09.25.23 I guess now that in Canada CHS paper charts are nearly impossible to find, Navionics feel like they
1993 Hunter 42 Passage CC: Leaking near a few of the keel bolts. Ulcer time. BabuBoat at 9:51am 09.25.23 I bought a new H38 in 2006 and it leaked from the keel bolts right from the start. (Bilge pump lig
1993 Hunter 42 Passage CC: Leaking near a few of the keel bolts. Ulcer time. BabuBoat at 9:49am 09.25.23
keel bolts AUDIS BROW at 9:47am 09.25.23 great observations from all, thank you bottom line is this probably needs addressed sooner than lat
Just a bit too much heel and helm danstanford at 9:41am 09.25.23 On the 24, we would "vang-sheet" in puffy conditions. We set the vang on hard (whatever was good fo

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