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HELP-Windlass for 37.5 Hunter Legend Biggin at 9:59am 12.08.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2619 Skippers, I am trying to get some ideas about the placement for a windlass on my 37.5 Hunter. An
Prop guard installed. (1) DAVA390 at 9:50am 12.08.13 Ask All Sailors 5/1573 prop guard installed on a 6H.P. Tohatsu. Hints. : This guard purchased here, (as was the one I pu
Suggestions for Haul Out near ST Pete FL.?? Sanford H. at 9:29am 12.08.13 Ask All Sailors 7/2473 Hi All! The wife and I are looking at a Catalina 30 down near Gulfport FL. We are going down for s
jack stay on a Beneteau 393 garyburch at 8:52am 12.08.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1858 The 393 has a jack stay while most other Beneteau's around this size do not. I d' like to store my
New liveaboard Clintsurfs at 6:13am 12.08.13 Ask All Sailors 8/1688 Just wanted to say hello. Acquired my first sailboat, a 1985 O'Day 31, back in August, moved aboard
Hello Clintsurfs at 6:06am 12.08.13 Ask An Oday Owner 3/765 Just wanted to say hello. Acquired my first sailboat, a 1985 O'Day 31, back in August, moved aboard
Additional Refridgeration JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 4:36am 12.08.13 Catalina 310 9/1551 I cam across an interesting post on a blog I read. They installed a "spill over kit" to make an ice
So School me on the ICW around St Augustine JRacer at 1:11am 12.08.13 Ask All Sailors 7/1514 Been doing some research on some land my mom has in FL. It's in St Augustine, approx 1/2 to a mile i
Replace Forestay on 35.5 w/Hood 810 furler Steverhnm at 7:37pm 12.07.13 Big Boats 9/5555 So I just discovered that the wire at the top of the forestay on my boat is 50% broken. Luckily I h
Solar and engine charging gettinthere at 7:06pm 12.07.13 Ask All Sailors 8/1795 I have an ARS 5 balmar regulator on my engine alternator and a Blue Sky 2512 on 280 watts of solar.
Water softener question (1) Ken Cross at 12:29pm 12.07.13 Ask All Sailors 5/1296 Just wondering: What kind of water softener works in salt water? Well- er- brackish water?
Soft Top korchinskyp at 11:34am 12.07.13 Ask All Sailors 2/1102 I purchased a Starwind 27 recently and noticed that the topsides are soft and flexible. Is this inhe
winterize wald836 at 11:00am 12.07.13 S2 0/916 I have an S2 80. I have the omc (zepher) sail drive. We have had some icing here and I could not g
Vibration in engine drive Delawaredave at 10:46am 12.07.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1448 Newbie. 82 Hunter, Yanmar 8hp diesel. Seems like excessive vibration when running. Reason for
Yammar 2gm to Yanmar 2gm20f swap out Nelsonhow at 10:40am 12.07.13 Engines and Propulsion 2/1714 I'm thinking of swapping out my old 1983 2 Yanmar 2gm raw water cooled with a rebuilt Yanmar 2 GMf
New prop question Happy Together at 10:12am 12.07.13 Big Boats 3/1154 I have a Gori folding three blade prop. I am having trouble with it and I want to switch to the Vari
Mast climbing Head Sail at 9:30am 12.07.13 Big Boats 2/1456 Need to change my anchor light an install an antenna for TV. I don't trust either halyard to support
How the Freedom 20 charges wufibugs at 9:19am 12.07.13 Ask All Sailors 6/1767 Best Wiring Scheme for the Freedom 20 Inverter/charger? Inverter/chargers take shore power and conv
Oops no sailing today (1) inarathree at 8:43am 12.07.13 Smaller Boats 3/876 Oops no sailing today
Considering a 302 Mackaroni at 7:11am 12.07.13 Bigger Boats 7/1498 Hello. I am new to this forum and thought I would ask for some opinions on the 302. I am consideri

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Changing FRESH water pump on VP MD22L Rich Stidger at 3:19pm 06.20.23 Hip hip Hooray !!! Total time from start to finish was What? Jim... Tear-down was about 6 hours
1991 VP 2003 - coolant seals Hollyberry at 3:06pm 06.20.23 FWC - fresh water cooling aka antifreeze mix... Yes, silicone grease is on the list. Hope that they
Its funny Friday! (1) dmax at 2:58pm 06.20.23 217090
Its funny Friday! (1) Will Gilmore at 2:53pm 06.20.23 Obviously her husband is a computer engineer.
B & G Chartplotters and iPads dlochner at 2:51pm 06.20.23 Have they just continued to develop chartplotter software and kept backward compatibility with some
1975 C&C 33 - Mk 1: Compromised Deck Needs Help - Suggestions Please? Dnea at 2:49pm 06.20.23 Yes I think the haul out will be telling - I have no idea yet what condition the bttm is in. Thanks
My 1980 Hunter 22, A Restoration peptobysmol at 2:39pm 06.20.23 VERY nice.
1GM10 crankcase breather tube vents to atmosphere??? Smells dlochner at 2:37pm 06.20.23 My bad. I pulled off air cleaner cover and can now see what cloudy was describing. Clear hose coola
1GM10 crankcase breather tube vents to atmosphere??? Smells Dave at 2:35pm 06.20.23 This thread is a duplicate thread which has more answers and relevant answers to the OP's question.
1GM10 crankcase breather tube vents to atmosphere??? Smells inkunzi at 2:35pm 06.20.23 My bad. I pulled off air cleaner cover and can now see what cloudy was describing. Clear hose coolan
1GM10 crankcase breather tube vents to atmosphere??? Smells dlochner at 2:28pm 06.20.23 That clear hose is a drain hose for the coolant.
1975 C&C 33 - Mk 1: Compromised Deck Needs Help - Suggestions Please? High Current at 2:25pm 06.20.23 I would definitely remove, inspect, and re-bed that aft stanchion (first post) and inspect the chain
1GM10 crankcase breather tube vents to atmosphere??? Smells inkunzi at 2:25pm 06.20.23 Just realized that approach would clog filter Air filter
What is this Ralph Johnstone at 2:24pm 06.20.23 Next, please supply a better photo of the part in question from a distance to show where it's locat
Batten Lengths H26 Crazy Dave Condon at 2:24pm 06.20.23 Yeah I remember all the times I sold them as those end caps came off easily. I kept those in suppl
1GM10 crankcase breather tube vents to atmosphere??? Smells (4) inkunzi at 2:13pm 06.20.23 Hello there is nothing to hook up to. As it sits it looks like it was designed to just hang down and
Furler q's Dan33 at 2:13pm 06.20.23 Could be a Hyde Sreamstay or a Stearns,both popular in the 70s,both replaced the stay.
What is this Don S/V ILLusion at 2:08pm 06.20.23 Sorry, universal m25 on a 2001 Catalina 310. I thought it might be the ignition coil. I should chec
What is this dcato at 2:01pm 06.20.23 Welcome to the site @dcato . You have just connected with one of the best collection of mechanical
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

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