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convert my alcohol stove to flamless 1dandy at 6:14am 01.21.14 Catalina 30 4/1407 I have an alcohol stove that when lighting it, almost burns the boat up. I have been told there is a
Replacing furling mast sail with lazy jacks jveatch at 8:10pm 01.20.14 Big Boats 14/4494 Is it possible, practical, or wise to replace the furling mast sail on our 2006 Hunter 36 with a laz
Happy Birthday Sail (2) Flamingo1 at 8:06pm 01.20.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 14/2085 I took my daughter and her friend out for a birthday sail. She turned 23 today and it was a beautif
Changed oil and engine won't start??? Soaring eagle at 6:51pm 01.20.14 Mid-Size Boats 11/2320 Okay what happened? Started engine after sitting for a couple of months with no problem. Shut it do
H356 salon hull ports replacement sailmaster39 at 6:34pm 01.20.14 Big Boats 4/979 My fixed hull ports located in the salon both port and starboard are so cloudy etc. you nolonger can
for all of the northerners... "Daydream"ing (7) hawk232 at 6:22pm 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 10/1609 dixiedawg (and family) and I decided to hit the water today... and since it isn't hard I figured I w
Healing angle cstonedent at 6:09pm 01.20.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 13/6059 My wife and I have sailed 02 311 for one season. We had an on board lesson. Understand the boat is t
composite propane tank Mark Maulden at 5:53pm 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 4/1291 I see composite tanks are back http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=d2655484a4'id=21f7809ae2'e= l
Tiller Handle & Tiller Tamer (1) Darkarcher at 5:18pm 01.20.14 Catalina 22 5/1862 My wife and I purchased a Swing Keel 22 last spring and have really just been getting started on the
Oil in my Bilge sd1953 at 4:36pm 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 14/7922 I bought a 27 year old boat (an Endeavour 38 center cockpit) and I have been resurrecting it over th
Raw Faith, George McKay william at 4:05pm 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 6/1331 This story left me stunned...guy with no experience sailing decides to build a 118' schooner? Gets t
Engine mounting maintenance IanJ at 3:10pm 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 5/1138 One of my Yanmar mountings has got a little rusty from the shaft. Pretty much cleaned it up, but an
Mast Stolen 1972 Day Sailer II - Need Replacement haerle4415 at 2:44pm 01.20.14 Ask An Oday Owner 12/2453 Sadly, my mast and boom was stolen from my 1972 Oday Day Sailer II 18 foot. I love this boat, and wa
The ultimate sacrilege 25yearslater at 2:16pm 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 6/1059 A dear friend of mine inherited a Trojan 25 that is in need of some repair. Having been down this r
Sealing the Head thru-hulls Alctel at 2:14pm 01.20.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1169 Hi there, I have a 1980 Hunter 36', and am ripping out the entire sanitation system and replacing
Replace 1 1/2" Sanitation Hose Hunter 30G Dragoon at 1:40pm 01.20.14 Mid-Size Boats 5/1639 Has anyone replaced the 1 1/2" discharge to holding tank sanitation hose on their 1990 Hunter 30G?
Added air conditioner? KenKindrick at 1:12pm 01.20.14 Big Boats 2/943 I want to add in my Hunter 340 a chilled water air conditioner. I'm thinking that under the port si
Coolant level nestorph at 12:19pm 01.20.14 Engines and Propulsion 4/1445 I'm getting familiar with my Yanmar 2GMF. How do I measure the coolant level? Is it just by sight
O'Day Daysailor Gunnel Wood spindrift8080 at 12:12pm 01.20.14 Day Sailers 5/8342 Hi Just bought a Spindrift Daysailor I. I believe it is the same as the O'Day Daysailor I. The boat
Double Berth Rich6705 at 12:00pm 01.20.14 Day Sailers 5/1581 I recently purchased a 1981 O'Day 25. I believe at one time, this boat had the slide out double ber

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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
Changing FRESH water pump on VP MD22L JamesG161 at 12:52pm 06.20.23 Running up to temp, then will cool and top off the antifreeze. Hip hip Hooray !!! Total time fro
Shaft inkunzi at 12:50pm 06.20.23 Hello I meant to add this is 1GM10 yanmar
Mast rewire JamesG161 at 12:48pm 06.20.23 the roller furler is bent/dented. Sounds like frustration from the past owner, jammed mainsail. J
Batten Lengths H26 Crazy Dave Condon at 12:36pm 06.20.23 When the batten is cut to size to fit the batten pocket, make darn sure all the ends are rounded and
1GM10 crankcase breather tube vents to atmosphere??? Smells kloudie1 at 12:06pm 06.20.23 Go to "Owner Resources" on the top of the home page. Click on that then "General Downloads" then sc
Mast rewire Hayden Watson at 11:56am 06.20.23 After mast was removed it was very evident the roller furler is bent/dented. lower spreaders broke
Portable Generator jviss at 11:52am 06.20.23 It uses about a 1/3 of a quart of oil per change. That's a lot of oil for a little engine!
Hunter 23 gets a little water around the keel bolts. Crazy Dave Condon at 11:47am 06.20.23 @Maureen S Regarding our phone call, you have a Hunter 23 wing keel, 1986 model which is taking on
Portable Generator (3) kbgunn at 11:41am 06.20.23 I purchased this Genkins 2300 watt inverter generator when I owned a Hunter 38. It has a NEMA L5-30
Help finding the right boat BarryL at 11:40am 06.20.23 Hey, Welcome to the sailing world. I understand your desire for a large cockpit and minimum accom
Yanmar YSB 12 Hard to Start Chris_Manu at 11:23am 06.20.23 Hi Doug I have been a long time lurker here, but as your problem is familiar to me I decided to jum
Shaft Scott T-Bird at 11:23am 06.20.23 ??

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