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Volvo MD7 Water Cooled Exhaust Elbow simpsoned at 9:20pm 01.06.14 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 1/3896 If anyone is parting out an old Volvo Diesel and wants to get rid of a water cooled exhaust elbow, g
Acme Prop Puller Ken13559 at 8:30pm 01.06.14 Ask All Sailors 9/4589 I've many success, changing propellers underwater using large 3-Jaw Bearing Extractor. However, the
Hunter 410 rudder removal Dijobi777 at 7:20pm 01.06.14 Big Boats 2/2532 Has anybody had the experience and pleasure of removing the 420's rudder including the rudder post/s
Installing AC Amos Cape at 4:54pm 01.06.14 The Cherubini Hunters 14/2537 Would like to know were you have had your AC units installed on 30' Hunter. If you did it your self
Yanmar 3gm30f Ccolant drain carlager at 2:26pm 01.06.14 Engines and Propulsion 9/5623 I am planning to change the coolant on our Yanmar 3gm30f. Do I drain using the screw close to the
Anyone Here @ Marina Village Alameda ? pkdailey4 at 1:59pm 01.06.14 Ask All Sailors 6/1804 Haven't been able to get out of Tejas since last spring. Wondering how my boat is doing. Slip I-15 2
Water Ballast for Winter alabamaranger at 1:57pm 01.06.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/3486 Should I add a gallon on antifreeze to the ballast? The boat is in the water and will see some freez
RC435 Chartplotter 7sailing7 at 1:55pm 01.06.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/672 Does anyone know what CF card came with the unit on the new Hunter 33. I'm referring to the gold car
owners manual dickau2 at 12:39pm 01.06.14 Smaller Boats 6/808 I'm looking for an owners manual that I can download for a 1986 22Hunter
cheap heat powsmias at 12:29pm 01.06.14 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 4/2249 may have been posted before but here goes: http://www.whydontyoutrythis.com/2013/11/how-to-e
Sticky throttle Ritchie Pedistal dabishop5 at 11:46am 01.06.14 Pearson 1/2040 Am feeling a stickyness / roughness in the throttle cable. I have removed the compass and tried to r
Engine gear control cable replacement Alctel at 10:14am 01.06.14 The Cherubini Hunters 18/6369 Hi there, On attempting to move the 1980 36' hunter I own, I discovered that the gear handle on t
Installing Raymarine ST4000 on Wheel Captainron1 at 7:44am 01.06.14 Ask An Oday Owner 1/819 Hello, I purchased a Raymarine ST4000 to install on my 1979 O'day 30' wheel helm. I wonder if anyone
Annapolis Bar Ron20324 at 7:42am 01.06.14 Ask All Sailors 20/5058 The next time someone pulls that "GEICO... 15 percent yadda yadda yadda" bit on you, you can reply,
Boom vang adjustment... Doug/Karen at 7:41am 01.06.14 Big Boats 8/2160 Our vang is attached to the boom at a point whereby no further downward adjustment can be made. We
changing sanitation hoses on 41ds sailor5017 at 6:43am 01.06.14 Big Boats 20/3263 Planning to change out sanitation hoses on 41DS Has anyone done this ? how difficult is it? any
Holding tank place- oceanis 351 Beach Bum at 6:42am 01.06.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/2421 Hi, I need to install a holding tank to my 351 (two aft cabin version) But where to put it? Cou
rudder post bearing and cone flex captainrod at 11:28pm 01.05.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/837 I have a bebeteau 440 and notice both top and lower bearing rotate. I think i read some Beneteau rec
Blower Muffler (4) Ralph Johnstone at 9:37pm 01.05.14 Ask All Sailors 14/13065 Has anyone installed a bilge exhaust fan in their engine compartment ? Now before you label me an
In mast furling issues Davefromoregon at 9:02pm 01.05.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 35/15860 I have had my share of in mast furler fouling on my 343. I am pretty careful to make sure the boom i

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Where to put AIS antenna? arcadiahunter28 at 2:05pm 06.22.23 My AIS has a splitter with the VHF and a separate GPS antenna on the stern railing. Ok that's wher
Trailer Capacity Estimates? SantaCruzin at 1:45pm 06.22.23
Oceangate Titan rgranger at 1:34pm 06.22.23 Watching coverage, it appears that the next Titanic-related disaster movie or documentary is slowly
Trailer Capacity Estimates? rgranger at 1:33pm 06.22.23
Furler q's Thaniel at 1:33pm 06.22.23 Could be a Hyde Sreamstay or a Stearns,both popular in the 70s,both replaced the stay. Learned som
Where to put AIS antenna? rgranger at 1:29pm 06.22.23 OK, I'm looking at the Raymarine AIS700 Transceiver that will both receive and transmit AIS data.
Trailer Capacity Estimates? Thaniel at 1:21pm 06.22.23 As such, I'm curious if there's a way to estimate a rough capacity for a trailer based on the sum
Where to put AIS antenna? kappykaplan at 1:12pm 06.22.23 My AIS has a splitter with the VHF and a separate GPS antenna on the stern railing.
Where to put AIS antenna? Davidasailor26 at 1:06pm 06.22.23 Is this AIS system integrated with the VHF radio? I installed one of these on my H26 the AIS migh
Where to put AIS antenna? Davidasailor26 at 1:01pm 06.22.23 Does there exist a single unit that receives VHF and GPS and both receives and transmits AIS? The
HUGE gust following cruise ship. what caused it? lakesurfsailor at 12:59pm 06.22.23 like figure 20: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/08ed/f6781681ffc605aa6ffc462b290830f32c5f.pdf OK I
fuel gauge (1) JamesG161 at 12:55pm 06.22.23 Can you post a picture of this colour coded gauge ? n another Tank graph, I keep aboard, I mark t
New (to me) 37 Legend owner with simple question? kappykaplan at 12:53pm 06.22.23 It can be your worst enema. (I know, I know! I overuse that joke):poop: Yes, you do, but I grin ev
HUGE gust following cruise ship. what caused it? lakesurfsailor at 12:53pm 06.22.23 I think the image that accompanied the Wikipedia article was remarkable, seeing just how large and
Oceangate Titan kappykaplan at 12:52pm 06.22.23 Report all crew believed perished from catastrophic implosion/failure of pressure compartment on th
Topping Lift Philly2DC2LBI at 12:51pm 06.22.23 Ah - got it. Thanks. I take it Rudy sells it? (Who else, right?). Do you have loosen it at the boom
Where to put AIS antenna? jviss at 12:47pm 06.22.23 You can get an AIS splitter, which allows an AIS transponder and VHF to share the antenna at the top
Hunter 310 listed on this site. BigEasy at 12:43pm 06.22.23 . The only certainty is that it will always cost more than you think. With the lower slip f
HUGE gust following cruise ship. what caused it? Hollyberry at 12:41pm 06.22.23 We once did a complete 'about face' after a ferry passed us close to weather... auto-tack and spun o
Oceanis headliner panel removal? Hollyberry at 12:40pm 06.22.23 Probably velcro at the back and 'snap buttons' inboard, by the look of it. A gently pry should relea

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