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Headboard Slug failure Found at Sea at 2:31pm 11.01.14 Ask All Sailors 8/1864 During a recent 10 day coastal cruse with my new mainsail the nylon cord attaching the headboard to
Lowering an Oday 240 Mast firestreak at 2:05pm 11.01.14 Ask An Oday Owner 11/3370 This is my first time lowering the mast. I took off the boom and pulled one of the large pins out of
Rotavectas Wind transducer gahOhio H33.5 at 11:39am 11.01.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/744 I have an older Autohelm ST30 wind instrument that uses a Rotavectas transducer. The instrument head
Polar chart for a beneteau 343 Davefromoregon at 11:26am 11.01.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 13/6643 Have a couple questions on this topic: --where do I obtain these for my boat? --can I create them my
What Oday do I have here? davidmhull at 10:14am 11.01.14 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1052 I have been asking a few questions of Oday owners lately about replacing my motor mount because I pu
Advice on check valves / non-return lines nshellab at 10:09am 11.01.14 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/4472 After a month of detective work, I'm pretty sure I've figured out the source for an alarming but not
replace muffler on 87' ,30' Catalina Fredthedriver at 7:44am 11.01.14 Catalina 30 8/3583 Has anyone had to replace the muffler on a Catalina 30, mine is leaking and want to know how to get
Aux OB on H29.5 RIVERCRUISER at 5:52am 11.01.14 Mid-Size Boats 4/960 Thinking about installing a small outboard on my 29.5 as a backup to the Yanmar 2GM20F. Anyo
Heavy-duty flag gettinthere at 5:07am 11.01.14 Ask All Sailors 38/5457 We're going thru flags pretty quickly. Tried a variety of makers and some labeled heavy duty. Not.
Questions about living aboard a Catalina 30 Hooks at 7:47pm 10.31.14 Catalina 30 18/11680 So I want to live on a sailboat. I've spent the past couple of months looking at pictures and think
Boat Info tab Terry Cox at 7:14pm 10.31.14 Forum Help (Site Talk) 6/2001 Two questions: 1. I submitted an article to the 42 Hunter Owner modifications a day or so ago. I
Help finding red stop button cover (1) Gdindy at 5:44pm 10.31.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/838 As you can see I need to replace this stop button cover any help on where I can get this part and ha
Loading on the trailer in high wind Joe Blizzard at 5:37pm 10.31.14 Trailer Sailors 34/4521 To make a long story short, it took three of us to manhandle my boat onto its trailer Tuesday with 2
Deck Penetrations for Wires on a 25? Ward H at 12:56pm 10.31.14 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1313 I had found some water had leaked in along the wires for the steaming light where they went through
Wash Safe Sail Wash Brian S at 11:09am 10.31.14 Ask All Sailors 1/1009 Have any of you heard of, or even better yet used, this Wash Safe Sail Wash product? http://www.
12v cigarette socket has 13.1v but doesn't work? McIntoshUSA at 10:22am 10.31.14 Ask All Sailors 14/8113 I have 2, 12v cigarette lighter sockets on my boat. They both test out with the volt meter to 13.1 v
Deck Plug Suggestions stollo770 at 9:13am 10.31.14 The Cherubini Hunters 5/903 Hello, I was wondering if anyone knew where to buy good quality electrical deck plugs. I need new p
Morgan 45 keel bolts for the wing keel? boomdeyada at 6:53am 10.31.14 Big Boats 1/1430 Hi, I'm having to drop my keel to reseal it. Does anyone know how many keel bolts there are for the
1987 30 MKII deposit today Hogheaven at 4:10am 10.31.14 Catalina 30 26/3944 1987 30 MKII Hull 4993 New Owner "Hog Heaven II" Hello All, UPDATE: It's official we now own hul
Post Thanksgiving Day Weekend CaptDon01 at 8:40pm 10.30.14 Catalina 22 9/1482 UPDATE POSTED: 2014 ANNUAL POST THANKSGIVING DAY WEEKEND IN SAN DIEGO Once again, it's time for ou

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Your experience with propane outboards? patbratton at 4:53am 07.29.23 I had a starting issue last week and I disconnected the propane line from the outboard. I pulled it
DIY tiller tamer fails ('68 Javelin) Project_Mayhem at 11:19pm 07.28.23 I used a couple of bungees for my Starwind 19. I loved it
Gunk to stop that leak! Project_Mayhem at 11:17pm 07.28.23 It appears that replacing gaskets on a yearly basis might be a must for this engine. It ran pretty w
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Hayden Watson at 11:07pm 07.28.23 On the Universal M25 series engine, most owners with the Sherwood pump replace it with an Oberdorfer
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Mark Maulden at 10:52pm 07.28.23 Are there replacements for the Sherwood?
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Stu Jackson at 8:46pm 07.28.23 Yes the issue has been identified as the lip seal. That's good news. Now you know what it is and
First Sailing Forum! getting the sailing bug to the owner ship level Qomomoko at 8:12pm 07.28.23 The Hunter is my friend's that is moored near where I live. I spend much more time on it than my fri
Odd fuel leak: Need a diagnostic clue (3) Ralph Johnstone at 7:14pm 07.28.23 I'm not sure how many fuel connections there on the 2GM20F but it seemed like a :poop:load of them w
Lewmar V700 Windlass dlochner at 6:48pm 07.28.23 There are a several considerations with mounting a windlass. First, the windlass must allow for an a
Its funny Friday! (1) Kermit at 6:17pm 07.28.23 218273
Hunter 38 Cowl Vent quadrille38 at 6:06pm 07.28.23 I went for this recently, and had them powder coat the interior to match the dodger Nice I though
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't jaysweet at 5:56pm 07.28.23 Talking about a different water pump here: when I had a problem with the Johnson pump on my Yanmar 2
Odd fuel leak: Need a diagnostic clue Rich Stidger at 5:55pm 07.28.23
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't jssailem at 5:51pm 07.28.23
Odd fuel leak: Need a diagnostic clue (3) Ralph Johnstone at 5:49pm 07.28.23 But the second picture is not clear where it was taken- can you post another picture showing more e
Need first hand info on the 2007 Hunter 33 kbgunn at 5:40pm 07.28.23 Not junk! Sweet sailing boat. Stiff sailing with fine entry and hollow bows. She is not a blue water
Odd fuel leak: Need a diagnostic clue matts997 at 5:14pm 07.28.23 Thanks for the link. Answers to your questions below: You have 62 hours on this rebuild and re
Yanmar 3JH3E clutch slipping Gary Ryan at 5:07pm 07.28.23 https://www.blue-water-marine.com/detroit/yanmar_boat_diesel_motor_repairs_detroit.htm prolly walk
Lewmar V700 Windlass heritage at 5:02pm 07.28.23 Is there any reason that a Lewmar V700 windlass could not be installed on a vertical surface in the
Wind sensor error fix needed Davidasailor26 at 4:42pm 07.28.23

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