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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 8/1794 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
Looks handy for working on seacocks merlinuxo at 5:53am 12.07.13 Ask All Sailors 8/2107 while in the water. Wouldn't do any good for the flanged type though. I'd only use this while on the
I want to run my halyards to the cockpit kito at 5:53am 12.07.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1155 I am making a list for Santa on what I would need to run my head and main halyards back to the cockp
Spinnaker pole Hobartwoodworks at 5:49am 12.07.13 Smaller Boats 18/3018 We recently purchased a 1984 Hunter 22. She came with a spinnaker in great shape, but no pole. My hu

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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 ??
1GM10 crankcase breather tube vents to atmosphere??? Smells Scott T-Bird at 11:21am 06.20.23 I suppose you could do either, but the question is ... why? Sailing is all about freedom from the e
Help finding the right boat jmackdaddy at 11:00am 06.20.23 I saw the 33' Alerion at the Annapolis boat show. It was a stunning boat. Dressed up as an elegant
Windlass Failure: 2008 Beneteau 43 DPW at 10:54am 06.20.23 V-1 looks right. I believe I have the original manual but it's in storage as we are just getting rea
1991 VP 2003 - coolant seals Ralph Johnstone at 10:54am 06.20.23 Anyone here know if the rubber seals on the coolant system/heat exchanger are resuable? Can you s
Portable Generator jviss at 10:49am 06.20.23 Honda generators are the hands-down best that are available. It will remain useable even after powe
1975 C&C 33 - Mk 1: Compromised Deck Needs Help - Suggestions Please? Dnea at 10:49am 06.20.23 A little arm-chair surveying .... On older boats you usually see some water stains (at the least) w
trailer info, Hunter 23.5, 1994 Crazy Dave Condon at 10:44am 06.20.23 concur with assessment. check to make sure that the bunk board supports are properly adjusted so th
Need a captain for a survey ggrizzard at 10:36am 06.20.23 Another issue is do you have written authorization to move the boat for a sea trial?
Windlass Failure: 2008 Beneteau 43 (3) Ralph Johnstone at 10:35am 06.20.23 Now, we've almost solved the problem. Attached is the latest manual on everything from V1 to V6 wit

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