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long or short shaft motor on a capri 18 sailorsteve1 at 2:20pm 04.25.14 Smaller Boats 7/1516 do i need a longshaft outboard on a capri 18?
Shorepower and running engine kasishunter30 at 1:37pm 04.25.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 16/4418 Hi! I am new to this site and a new Hunter Owner :). I have a quick question.... when I am plugged
mercury 5 hp 4 stroke sailorsteve1 at 1:13pm 04.25.14 Smaller Boats 5/5420 does anyone have experience with the mercury 5 hp 4 stroke outboard motor? ive read some scathing re
Installing adjustable backstay on a 192/222 Brian S at 12:19pm 04.25.14 Ask An Oday Owner 2/828 Guys, my 192 has the typical backstay with about an 18" strop from chainplate to triangle bracket, a
Duracell 230AH Golf Cart Batteries kito at 11:39am 04.25.14 Ask All Sailors 5/2071 I picked up a couple Duracell 6v wet cell golf cart batteries at Sam's Club yesterday. $109 for a 23
93 Hunter 40.5 How tall are we Marco Garcia at 10:07am 04.25.14 Big Boats 15/2901 My 93 40.5 has the tapered Zspar mast with full batten sails. The whip VHF antenna is at the top a
Honda outboard on Edson controls Regular Guy at 9:02am 04.25.14 Smaller Boats 5/1769 Hi, I exchanged the Mercury 8 hp, 2-stroke outboarder, which came with my boat, with a Honda 9.9 hp,
winch handles suvh8er at 9:00am 04.25.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/2187 Are all winch handles universal? I see them for sale on eBay for 20 bucks but are these junk?
Power Washing dirtbike at 8:52am 04.25.14 Ask All Sailors 14/3245 What is the highest psi that I can use to power-wash my fiberglass deck? I'm worried that too much
Shifter Cable & Throttle Cable 88' 28.5 Hunter kenwhaga at 8:27am 04.25.14 Mid-Size Boats 11/3595 Just snapped my shifter cable and I may as well replace the throttle cable. Let me know if anyone h
Installed new sanitation hose in H336 Rxman47 at 7:29am 04.25.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/531 Installed new sanitation hose in my H336 yesterday. The job went well and wasn't as tough as I had
Set me straight on this "bluewater" talk Bigjer40 at 6:11am 04.25.14 Ask All Sailors 41/7772 I have been looking for my second boat for a while now. Am I the only one that struggles with the th
Mounting winches Ted at 6:09am 04.25.14 Ask All Sailors 9/9306 I was having a conversation with one of my marina mates the other day regarding mounting winches. I
Fuel Overflow in Cockpit - Hunter 33.5 1992 (2) pariseaux at 5:56am 04.25.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1643 When we fill up our fuel tank, it tends to overflow out of the area under the captain's seat in the
Taking mast down Tom Marini at 5:48am 04.25.14 Ask All Sailors 1/3276 I'm scrapping my 30' 1981 Islander that was dropped. I have never taken that mast down. It does ha
Silly Racor Drain Valve question wonkodsane at 5:37am 04.25.14 Ask All Sailors 3/1001 Hi all, hope the spring is finding you well. What's the OD size of the drain valve's outlet nipple
23.5 Stern Rail Seat kit doc2b4fun at 5:30am 04.25.14 Smaller Boats 2/1032 anyone know any good places to look to find a stern rail seat kit for a 1994 23.5? i know they
Thru hull depth finder... jaycrawford97 at 4:49am 04.25.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/890 As you can see, we are busy preparing the '97 26x for the season... next question with the Garmin
Questions on Vacuum Toilets (1) FlushedAway at 8:30pm 04.24.14 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/6290 I'm designing a vacuum toilet system for a commercial trailer bathroom and need some information...
How is the jib halyard supposed to be tied off? CapitalistSailor at 6:37pm 04.24.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/2652 Hello forum, I purchased a Beneteau 311 last year, and I love the boat. The boat was fully rigged

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Priming fuel bulb inside engine compartment skunther at 8:51pm 08.05.23 I am skipping putting a priming bulb in the engine compartment. Seems a bad idea. Putting a bulb clo
Bomar hatch dog BTC1984 at 7:02pm 08.05.23 I saw your post about the punch. So I went to harbor freight and bought a basic pin punch set. It w
J/24 anchor roller? Joe at 7:00pm 08.05.23 :Again, check with Garhaurer Marine. I found one that fit my new Mantus perfectly. That style ancho
Hunter 146 boom pulling away from gooseneck rivets Eric S. at 6:34pm 08.05.23 Thanks @CurtisC, I did pretty much exactly as you said and I'm back in business! It was easier than
New holding tank Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:18pm 08.05.23 I'm aware that the Southern Ocean is no place for amateurs...Are the seas so large that just keeping
Tiller tamer Siamese at 6:15pm 08.05.23 That clutch is the best thing going. Better than anything makeshift, and better than the Davis. I
New Campbell Sailer Prop (1) SycloneDriver at 5:52pm 08.05.23 This looks worrisome. I cleaned up one of the blades and it appears that it has suffered from galvan
New holding tank Andrew of Oracle at 4:50pm 08.05.23 Hi Peggie Yes this is what I have don but added a couple of valves to prevent water draining out of
New Campbell Sailer Prop fstbttms at 4:11pm 08.05.23 How tight should the nut be? As tight as you can make it without breaking something. It's pretty c
New Campbell Sailer Prop (3) SycloneDriver at 3:57pm 08.05.23 I got the prop pulled today. The hardest part was removing the collar anode, in the middle of remo
Bomar hatch dog jviss at 3:40pm 08.05.23 The pin is called a tension pin. It's the same as a roll pin, as I had mentioned. Did you use a r
Bomar hatch dog kappykaplan at 3:33pm 08.05.23 Well done, BTC1984! :beer:
Zinc coating on a Max Prop kappykaplan at 3:30pm 08.05.23 Pettit Zinc Coat Barnacle Barrier. This is what I use. Works very well.
Zinc coating on a Max Prop (1) jviss at 3:02pm 08.05.23 I was thinking of trying this: Pettit Zinc Coat Barnacle Barrier.
Tornado hit solves my headsail dilemma sailliny at 2:54pm 08.05.23 Sorry to hear about the Tornado. My suggestion is to find a local sailmaker and have them spec out w
Zinc coating on a Max Prop Rjm st.petersburg at 2:52pm 08.05.23 PYI is now selling Crystal Prop. I haven't tried it, but probably will give it a shot on my next hau
Tiller tamer Hayden Watson at 2:36pm 08.05.23 When I had tiller boats. I used a dock line stretched straight across the cockpit with 3-wraps aroun
Volvo Shaft Coupling Removal thetone at 2:24pm 08.05.23 There's lots of work that needs to be done in that area. The coupling will probably have to be cut
Bomar hatch dog (6) BTC1984 at 2:23pm 08.05.23 Completed successfully. The pin is called a tension pin. I tried a nail, a screw, a bolt none of th
Volvo Shaft Coupling Removal thetone at 2:22pm 08.05.23 Thanks for all the great advice. I just replaced all of the rigging. I will try to tackle this on my

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