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Aux motor mount slowdog at 7:56pm 12.02.13 Engines and Propulsion 3/2042 I have a motor mount that is rated for 15 hp two stroke do you thank it will work for a nissan 9.9 4
prop size mrjfortin at 2:34pm 12.02.13 Irwin 0/1897 I have a 43 Irwin CC MKII 1986. I will need to change My prop soon, I think the specs call for an 18
Whisker pole. Doc_holiday at 12:56pm 12.02.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/1346 I was looking at the adjustable whisker poles from WM. One goes 6-12'. Will this be long enough? I
folding cockpit wheel table (6) eianm at 12:40pm 12.02.13 Big Boats 5/1488 I have finally completed a project that I have been working on for some time- a folding cockpit tabl
Oday 37 cradle Erasmus at 12:11pm 12.02.13 Bigger Boats 0/809 Hi: Does anyone have plans for a folding 6-pad cradle for an Oday 37 ? Thanks. Erasmus.
Connections to battery ronald.hudson1 at 11:48am 12.02.13 Engines and Propulsion 14/3584 One of my projects for the winter is to install 2 additional house batteries. I dont have sufficient
remote controls sunman at 11:48am 12.02.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1878 anyone out there running remote throttle/shifter set-up on their 6-8hp Johnsons or other outboard mo
H42 TV Mount Art Dennis at 7:58am 12.02.13 Big Boats 6/1214 I want to install a flat screen TV on the starboard baulkhead and was wondering what others have use
Gori or Flex-O-Fold CCHer at 7:51am 12.02.13 Ask All Sailors 18/10965 Going to a folding prop for next season. I like the folders over the feathering for my purposes and
FoldAway 8 djwaudio at 7:33am 12.02.13 Ask All Sailors 8/1551 Ahoy, I'm new to this so please excuse any breach of protocol. I'm curious about the FoldAway 8 te
Bimini frame parts jkeaton at 5:27am 12.02.13 Mid-Size Boats 2/1196 After a hurricane last year I returned to my boat to find it intact, but somehow the center strut of
installing a bilge in ballast tank sunman at 2:23am 12.02.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 31/5612 Ok, who's got the skinny on emptying the water ballast tank before you retrieve the boat while at th
cable rubber boot Ken13559 at 12:15am 12.02.13 Ask All Sailors 9/1480 The black rubber cable boot of my Raymarine autopilot blacken my fingers when I touched it. How can
thinking about circling Catalina island newsailor72 at 9:23pm 12.01.13 Ask All Sailors 3/1149 looks like I might get 2 weeks off during xmas time, I'm thinking about circling Catalina island. i
Yanmar Parts Source steveebryant at 9:02pm 12.01.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/1781 I live in Oklahoma City. I bought an impeller from some boat dealer in Clearlake, TX. three yea
Battery post torque Blitz at 7:21pm 12.01.13 Musings With Maine Sail 44/34492 Maine Sail, In reviewing your gallery on "Battery Meltdown" the question is what is the proper to
Refrigerator conversion Goldenage at 6:46pm 12.01.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/2128 Hi Guys, Planning on adding a refrigerator conversion to my Hunter 335. Looking at the Isotherm u
Blower fan kills Instruments whittem at 6:29pm 12.01.13 Catalina 310 2/1179 2004 Cat 310 blower fan "zeros" pedestal instrument gauges after 15 seconds. Low oil pressure lamp c
raymarine rotavecta wind transducer for ST40 brinky at 5:24pm 12.01.13 Mid-Size Boats 3/2955 my transducer came off top of the mast. where can i purchase the transducer only and not the entire
Bottom paint, what did I do wrong? Roadking Larry at 5:00pm 12.01.13 Ask All Sailors 8/2878 In May I bought my Macgregor 26S and proceded to do a full bottom job. The boat had never had bottom

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Catalina 270 Rub Rail Calif. Ted at 10:35am 07.04.23 Only two kinds of boat parts, available but expensive and unavailable at any price, after dealing wi
shore power female-end fell in the water LloydB at 10:08am 07.04.23 In my opinion every electrical problem description should start out with some statement such as this
Catalina 270 Rub Rail Ward H at 10:08am 07.04.23 I was curious as I paid less than that for my C30 so I looked it up. I paid $4.24/ft and I'm seeing
Volvo MD22L-B fuel dripping from air intake (1) Ralph Johnstone at 10:07am 07.04.23 Have you considered : e fails.
Ideas, Thoughts, Recommendations, I'll Take Anything Ralph Johnstone at 9:57am 07.04.23 Thanks all for your replies although I see that none of them rose to the level of extremely offensiv
Fuel (In)Efficiency Stu Jackson at 9:51am 07.04.23 I've read maybe hundreds of these fuel gph posts over the years. Many of them "promote" checking gp
Volvo MD22L-B fuel dripping from air intake Rich Stidger at 9:40am 07.04.23 In terms of size for a fuel leak, that's huge :yikes: ! The leak appears to be continuous. The pic
Damaged Keel on Hunter 410 RitSim at 9:35am 07.04.23 I helped a friend last year with a keel space. In his case the keel bolts could be easily loosened
Shoutout to Weems & Plath Davidasailor26 at 9:23am 07.04.23
34 Hunter Anchor Locker Question SabreToothedEngineer at 9:20am 07.04.23 Thank you Claude, that's really helpful. I saw your photos before, but now with your description I u
Shoutout to Weems & Plath PaulK at 9:17am 07.04.23 We got a "new" W&P ship's bell clock on the main bulkhead when we bought Arcadia several years ago.
Fuel (In)Efficiency (1) Hayden Watson at 9:13am 07.04.23 This is a spreadsheet from a C42 I found on a forum somewhere and thought it revealing. This guy di
Volvo MD22L-B fuel dripping from air intake Ralph Johnstone at 9:11am 07.04.23 In terms of size for a fuel leak, that's huge :yikes: ! Maybe wrap every possible leak source with
Beneteau Cockpit Speakers Original Replacement CABixler at 8:53am 07.04.23 Thank you! Interesting and such a low price point.
Fuel (In)Efficiency BTreanor at 8:48am 07.04.23 Thanks for all the advice. Much appreciated. The engine is M25-XP. I'll definitely keep a spreadshe
SS Rod popping sound mesmith1122 at 8:31am 07.04.23 Update on SSRod popping. Once we got a little calm in Cozumel anchorage, I was able to use a Loos PT
Volvo MD22L-B fuel dripping from air intake (3) Rich Stidger at 8:19am 07.04.23 UPDATE AGAIN: After sitting on a mooring for 3 days with no engine running, I found a pool of fuel u
Engineering Issues RitSim at 8:19am 07.04.23 so this is going to be interesting. Root cause could be bad weld that propagated, Bad material, p
Adler Barbour Compressor "Pumping" when on Battery Power JoeWhite at 8:14am 07.04.23 When this happens, run the engine and see if the compressor turns on. You can do this at the dock wi
Ideas, Thoughts, Recommendations, I'll Take Anything Rich Stidger at 8:09am 07.04.23 @Ralph Johnstone , I have the same problem with several of my hatches. I will be watching your thre

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