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Painting the pedistal Mark Nooney at 11:41am 04.28.14 Mid-Size Boats 4/977 Hi all, I have 31 1984 and I am doing spring spruce ups. Has anyone painted the pedestal? The b
Deck organizers for a 37.5 bugsboat at 10:35am 04.28.14 Big Boats 6/974 Has anyone replaced the deck organizers under the deck hood? Ours are in bad shape with sharp corner
radar reflector HaroldW at 10:21am 04.28.14 Ask All Sailors 5/1321 I have only sailed on inland lakes for the last 30 years and am now sailing in the Galveston Bay and
Hull bottom sealer roncynthiaboomer at 10:09am 04.28.14 Ask All Sailors 4/1047 Has anyone heard or have had this product put onto their hull bottom to prevent blister formation af
Replacement Oil Pressure Switch DaveJ at 9:47am 04.28.14 Catalina 310 8/5508 I have a broken prong on my oil pressure switch, a common problem when reading these posts. I called
Boat ref ridge not working (1) steve201 at 8:11am 04.28.14 Ask All Sailors 4/1284 Any ideas, i have power to a c , power to thermostat. the fan is not getting any power. I'm not sure
Battery Upgrade (4) JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 8:03am 04.28.14 Catalina 310 20/7026 Last year I completed an upgrade on the electrical distribution and charging system. What I didn't
Mac 25 easy Pop-top raising? dickbozung at 7:56am 04.28.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/1923 I'm 70 and its getting really difficult to raise the Pop-top by myself. 2 scenarios - first, dock
Engine commissioning Thom Hoffman at 7:55am 04.28.14 Engines and Propulsion 1/1689 Haven't found this in archive; looking for helpful hints on putting my Universal MX25 back into serv
1984 Beneteau Holding Tank gbgreen59 at 7:46am 04.28.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/876 I am a new owner of a 1984 Beneteau First 35'. I found that the waist holding tank is missing. It
Flipping the forward Hatch around? rgranger at 7:41am 04.28.14 Balboa 12/4996 Hello Balboa 26 sailors.... So I have a question. Have any of you switched the hinges on your forw
How to make a deck fit back into it's cavity (PICS) (4) Picflight at 6:42am 04.28.14 Ask All Sailors 15/2264 I ask this question to the audience of this forum because the skills and knowledge I have observed i
San Diego Bay Hurricane CaptDon01 at 2:27am 04.28.14 Catalina 22 1/835 Well, another sailing adventure weekend event is finished, and it's one we'll be talking about and e
where does this water come from and how does this valve work (1) gitpicker2007 at 7:34pm 04.27.14 Catalina 22 11/2137 I left the catalina at the slip for a few days while they repaired the outboard (bad impeller). I've
Stuffing Box getting "hot" c130king at 7:34pm 04.27.14 Catalina 310 35/8274 I had a leak somewhere. Engine bilge area constantly full of clear/clean water. Bilge pumping runn
Ready To Launch This Saturday! (5) Ward H at 7:21pm 04.27.14 Day Sailers 19/1580 Last year I got caught up doing a lot of deferred maintenance, including a complete bottom job, on o
Yanmar Fuel Shutoff Cable H376/380/386 bigbrownpilot at 7:11pm 04.27.14 Big Boats 5/4750 The diesel fuel shutoff cable in our Hunter 380 won't pull out to shut down the engine. I was able
Deck Fill Caps 37CC finn1 at 6:59pm 04.27.14 Bigger Boats 5/1156 Does anyone know where to locate replacement deck filler caps? They are black plastic 1 1/2". What
nav table hight chusansail at 6:49pm 04.27.14 The Cherubini Hunters 8/1304 can anybody tell me the clearance from the floor to the nav table apron/ on hunter 37 cutter
Heat exchanger pin hole leak R. Chapin at 6:46pm 04.27.14 Catalina 310 12/3835 I repeatedly loose small amounts of coolant and think I have located a pin hole leak in the undersid

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Yanmar 3JH3E clutch slipping Gary Ryan at 1:48pm 07.28.23 Thanks Dave. I have a shout out to a local Yanmar repair guy to see if he can come by and confirm.
Yanmar 3JH3E clutch slipping jon hansen at 1:47pm 07.28.23 https://www.blue-water-marine.com/detroit/yanmar_boat_diesel_motor_repairs_detroit.htm prolly walki
Yanmar 3JH3E clutch slipping dlochner at 1:39pm 07.28.23 Here's where I'm at. Have approx. 1200 miles on engine. Checked the Morse MV throttle control. V
Odd fuel leak: Need a diagnostic clue ggrizzard at 1:21pm 07.28.23 :plus:On the fuel return line or at one of other five fuel line connections. Some re-ins
Yanmar 3JH3E clutch slipping Gary Ryan at 1:07pm 07.28.23 Here's where I'm at. Have approx. 1200 miles on engine. Checked the Morse MV throttle control. Ve
Odd fuel leak: Need a diagnostic clue Ralph Johnstone at 12:55pm 07.28.23 WOW ! ! ! ! That's one big leak. You've "GOT" to be able to see the fuel leaking from the engine
Volvo MD22L-B fuel dripping from air intake Hayden Watson at 12:53pm 07.28.23 Did you ever find the source of your leak?
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Alan Gomes at 12:51pm 07.28.23 His issue is the Sherwood G65 water pump Lip Seal. I helped his search and found one for $25. Li
Odd fuel leak: Need a diagnostic clue kloudie1 at 12:48pm 07.28.23
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Hayden Watson at 12:45pm 07.28.23 His issue is the Sherwood G65 water pump Lip Seal. I helped his search and found one for $25. Li
What about our Medicine? dlochner at 12:44pm 07.28.23 If your physician is reluctant to issue a year long script (4 90 supplies) you can ask about a Telem
Wind sensor error fix needed Techstyle at 11:19am 07.28.23 Depending on how old your instruments and system in general will depend whether SOG or STW is used,
87 hunter 34 value dlochner at 11:10am 07.28.23 The numbers in the JD Powers database seem to be a good starting place for the asking price. How a
Wind sensor error fix needed smokey73 at 11:07am 07.28.23 Help me understand why Speed through the Water (STW)is used for the calculation of true vs apparent
Wind sensor error fix needed dlochner at 11:05am 07.28.23 Your wind instrument only sees Apparent wind angle and Apparent wind speed. True Wind Speed and Di
87 hunter 34 value JamesG161 at 11:04am 07.28.23 what needed to be done what market value could be obtained... Look here https://www.jdpower.com/b
Not sure where this belongs, but it is great! capta at 11:02am 07.28.23 When I circumnavigated in the '70s, my then wife and I raised our daughter as we sailed. At that tim
Wind sensor error fix needed Techstyle at 10:54am 07.28.23 Your wind instrument only sees Apparent wind angle and Apparent wind speed. True Wind Speed and Dir
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't JamesG161 at 10:51am 07.28.23 At this point why not just buy and slap in a new water pump His issue is the Sherwood G65 water p
Gear controls reversed (reversed is forward - forward is reverse ) dlochner at 10:46am 07.28.23 I also have yet to find a boat yard that reinstalls my max prop properly Marathon Boatyard in Mar

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