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Water Ballast Old43Salt at 9:49am 04.13.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1929 I'm looking at a Hunter 23.5 with water ballast (1,000lbs). How reliable is the ballast in this boat
Restoring compass on H31 IH82BL8 at 8:41am 04.13.14 Mid-Size Boats 6/1547 The fluid in the compass on our '84 H31 is cloudy and I'd like to replace it. I've removed the comp
Replacing/repairing cracked stem fitting (2) Skinny Dipper at 8:41am 04.13.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/2904 Helphttp://www.c36ia.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif I have just purchased a 1998 C36 MkII and
h 23.5 front window timothy_c at 8:18am 04.13.14 Smaller Boats 3/1186 Has a source for front windows for h 23.5 been found. Mine has been damaged and is in need of repla
New stuff (2) Bill1565 at 7:43am 04.13.14 The Cherubini Hunters 1/780 Moved the traveler out of the cockpit. Tried to use the Garhauer vang tackle that PO had for main s
1983 HUNTER 34 Refrigerator Not Working (2) Hunter345 at 7:18am 04.13.14 Big Boats 1/1640 Hello everyone, Today my fridge stopped running. Anyone ever had this type of fridge stop working?
D2-55 C vent screw jackzimmerman at 6:48am 04.13.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/995 Hi all, We have a 423 with a Volvo Penta D2-55 C diesel. I'm trying to vent it after replacing t
Battery charging circuit geek_guy at 6:37am 04.13.14 Big Boats 3/1095 I'm curious about the set up on my newly purchased Legend 37. There is the batt selector switch
Spring commishining ChangsinLattitudes at 6:35am 04.13.14 Ask All Sailors 2/1198 What do you folks normallly do to or change in your inboard diesel before each spring/summer sailin
Rescue Roger (8) Roger Long at 6:19am 04.13.14 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 4/3620 It was a short and easy run from Still Creek up to Chesapeake City where I planned to pick up crew a
wax removal Jack at 6:15am 04.13.14 Ask All Sailors 8/5306 Hi All, I am thinking that it's time to remove the old was from the top sides and start with a few
Resealing windows on my 73' upslims at 6:06am 04.13.14 Catalina 22 9/1609 I have leaky windows that need to get resealed. Anyone ever tackle this job?
TSP Cleaner question DAVA390 at 5:58am 04.13.14 Ask All Sailors 5/1114 I was rooting around my boat stuff, found a partial bag of TSP substitute, Phosphate free. I can`t r
Clam Cops Roger Long at 5:50am 04.13.14 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 2/2494
New "free" boat sailormanbigd at 4:10am 04.13.14 Ask All Sailors 11/2795 I was just given an old AMF Puffer from a neighbor. Most of the hardware has been removed, and a few
Mac 26 furnishings Carel3041 at 12:31am 04.13.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1112 I am a new Mac 25 owner. I am refitting a 1984 M25 that I recently purchased. Right now I am in ne
The Newb went sailing for the first time solo RideTheWind at 9:09pm 04.12.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 86/8530 Okay so today I got the boat wet. It was a pretty windy day as it tends to get at Topaz lake. I sail
This weeks cover girl..... woodster at 8:12pm 04.12.14 Ask All Sailors 11/1614 ...who is she i have been thinking all week long that she belongs to Mainesail and his Admiral...for
Catalina 30 windlass Lost Parent at 6:54pm 04.12.14 Ask All Sailors 0/1106 I am heading down to the boat on the long weekend to install my windlass I need to know from any ea
Jib Sheet(s) Knot? Steve Liggett at 6:27pm 04.12.14 Ask All Sailors 34/10058 Had to have the jib restitched in a couple of places and now it needs to go back on the roller furle

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What is this dcato at 1:59pm 06.20.23 Well..without knowing what engine this is a picture of . Here is my wild guess . That looks like a
Shroud anchor point Any Sea at 1:56pm 06.20.23 Yeah. I didn't mean to imply it was a good idea. I just can't understand why they did it.
1GM10 crankcase breather tube vents to atmosphere??? Smells kloudie1 at 1:50pm 06.20.23 There is no hose barb, as shown on page 72, that hose should hook to a pipe on the underside of the
Shaft (2) inkunzi at 1:47pm 06.20.23 Photo of this 1991 1gm10
1991 VP 2003 - coolant seals Ralph Johnstone at 1:47pm 06.20.23 A simple "O" ring seal methinks. If they are soft and pliable as if new, they are re-usable. If
Is it the trim, or is it the sails? Ward H at 1:43pm 06.20.23 "You don't know what you don't know until you do know." The main sail that came with my C30 was stil
Shaft inkunzi at 1:38pm 06.20.23 Hello there is nothing on the air intake or valve cover. I could remove the air cleaner cover and cr
Mast rewire SailorShaggy at 1:34pm 06.20.23 Sounds like frustration from the past owner, jammed mainsail. Jim... no the wind storm in April b
Its funny Friday! (1) rgranger at 1:31pm 06.20.23 217077
Batten Lengths H26 rgranger at 1:29pm 06.20.23 When the batten is cut to size to fit the batten pocket, make darn sure all the ends are rounded an
1GM10 crankcase breather tube vents to atmosphere??? Smells inkunzi at 1:27pm 06.20.23 Hello I looking at the valve cover on this 1991 1GM10 Yanmar. Valve cover does not have a barb to co
Shaft Ralph Johnstone at 1:27pm 06.20.23 I'm not familiar with who's on which side of a 1GM as I have the 2GM but what you're holding in your
B & G Chartplotters and iPads (1) SoSound at 1:26pm 06.20.23
Help finding the right boat rgranger at 1:20pm 06.20.23 J boats has a few as well, like the J100. The J 105 might also meet your needs. :plus:
1975 C&C 33 - Mk 1: Compromised Deck Needs Help - Suggestions Please? rgranger at 1:19pm 06.20.23 (except for the deck which of course is not good) Trees .... are the enemy of a clean boat. I wo
What is this Ralph Johnstone at 1:17pm 06.20.23 Welcome to the site @dcato . You have just connected with one of the best collection of mechanical
1991 VP 2003 - coolant seals (1) Hollyberry at 1:09pm 06.20.23 Ralph... the seals/o-rings circled in red. The bottom one is the 'culprit'... I hadn't meant for tha
Prop shaft seal- what make is it? Hunter27-2 inkunzi at 1:07pm 06.20.23
What is this Timm R Oday25 at 1:05pm 06.20.23 Well..without knowing what engine this is a picture of . Here is my wild guess . That looks like a s
ZF Hurth transmission slipping Ward H at 1:00pm 06.20.23 I had to go with a new tranny to replace my HBW50 because my transmission guy, who used to do rebuil

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