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Suggest replacement for dripless packing seal? bstowers at 9:07pm 07.08.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/2259 Hello all. I recently picked up a somewhat neglected '96 Oceanis 321 and am working my way though t
Stay tightness mandm at 8:59pm 07.08.13 S2 1/1211 Does anyone know the proper tension needed for a S2 7.3 - I do have a Loos gauge - my side (downwind
Micanti Thorn-D antifouling Old Sailor 2 at 8:04pm 07.08.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/2697 I am doing my research to prepare for bottom painting. antifouling bottom paint around San Diego is
Mast pin.............Hunter 23.5. hercguy at 7:55pm 07.08.13 Smaller Boats 2/844 I misplaced the mast pin for my 23.5. Does anyone know the dimensions and where I can get a replacem
Anchor locker for 'old style' C22 ? Milton.Audas at 6:56pm 07.08.13 Catalina 22 2/1521 Hi guys - I have a 1981 'old style' boat. One of the pet 'annoyances' that I have with the older sty
Steaming/Anchoring combo light Ken Honeycutt at 6:41pm 07.08.13 Ask All Sailors 13/2469 Last weekend I had a courtesy inspection by the coast guard auxiliary. Long story short is they woul
Hunter 356 Fouling Jib Sheets on Shroud fittings sailpablo at 5:54pm 07.08.13 Big Boats 5/2091 Hello. I am the newest owner of a 2003 Hunter 356. We are finding that in light winds, when we hav
Depth Gauge on a 1987 23' carboman at 5:32pm 07.08.13 Smaller Boats 4/1046 I bought one of those Humming Bird units for 50-60 bucks and mounted the transducer inside the hull
Building race marks higgs at 5:22pm 07.08.13 Racing 11/10104 I am looking for ideas for making course marks that stay out all season. Any out there with some go
turbo wash gordhodgson at 4:48pm 07.08.13 Big Boats 1/2865 I have a 4jh3-te yanmar turbo diesel and was told by the yanmar people at the Annapolis boat show to
Replacing Seal on 3YM30 Seawater Pump sea_casper at 4:18pm 07.08.13 Engines and Propulsion 8/9100 My Yanmar seawater pump started leaking, I removed it to disassemble to replace seal. however I cann
Weight of mast bigsick at 2:22pm 07.08.13 Mid-Size Boats 6/1876 I have looked everywhere and I can not find the weight of my furling main mast. I have a Selden 46'
Columbia 26 Mkii Under Sail THECUSCUS at 2:03pm 07.08.13 Columbia 3/11054 I was out sailing in my Macgregor 25 along with a friend in his 26 mkII. I thought you Columbia guy
NM364 rig tuning Valkyrie364 at 1:12pm 07.08.13 Morgan 0/4205 Hi all. Does anyone have any info on factory rig tuning specs for an '83 364 with rod rigging?
Accessing water level sensor on H376 reraft at 12:22pm 07.08.13 Big Boats 2/1050 My water level sensor seems to be sticking in the tank. The water level gauge sticks ' bumps up erra
Marlow Hunter Renndezvous, Port Ludlow, July 26-28 Mikem at 11:56am 07.08.13 HAPS (Hunter Assoc. of Puget Sound) 0/2701 Another reminder about our Hunter Rendezvous at Port Ludlow the end of this month. Marine Service C
Macerator Mike Mc at 11:02am 07.08.13 Catalina 310 2/1970 Macerator won't pump today possibly due to operator error in attempting to pump out with the through
Centerboard blocks configuration needed... (4) abk at 10:40am 07.08.13 Smaller Boats 7/1293 Well this forum has been so very valuable and I am close to actually sailing this H26... Not close e
Plans & drawings TEWK-too at 10:03am 07.08.13 Catalina 22 8/1576 I have a 1980 Catalina 22. I have a hum with the centerboard down if I am above 2 knots. I am think
Marine Technologies propane gas detector nestorph at 9:43am 07.08.13 Ask All Sailors 0/803 Does anyone have any experience or views on the MTI propane/gas detector? I'm am looking at the mod

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What Brand and Size Battery Charger should I buy? Davidasailor26 at 8:15am 07.30.22
Seawater pump for A/C 4Winds at 8:04am 07.30.22 I dont want to deny that your pump might be shot BUT.... I used to get the HPF error, but the pump
Opinions requested on engine work JamesG161 at 8:00am 07.30.22 Here are requested photos. One is of the mixing elbow showing where it rusted through I see someth
Slippery Strip For RIB Keel? (1) dmax at 7:10am 07.30.22 Or you could take two strips of UHMW, screw them together to form an "L", round off the square edge
Bent turnbuckle/ isaksp00 at 6:53am 07.30.22 The turnbuckle looks bent as well as the stud. If so might as well put in a replacement in the same
Cable attachment to swing keel ChrisNY at 6:27am 07.30.22 It is a Sirius 21. I was looking for a pic so that I could collect the materials for the repair befo
Link 2000 amps function Stu Jackson at 6:12am 07.30.22 I can't seem to reset this function. That's because that reading is not a Function. I have a Link
How to remove headliner on Hunter 50 AC 007 H30sailor at 4:33am 07.30.22 I am in the process of replacing all of the vinyl headliner on my 2005 Hunter 33. There is a track s
Bent turnbuckle/ Davidasailor26 at 3:29am 07.30.22 The other stays will hold the mast up. I've replaced turnbuckles in the water. You can also tie a h
New owner Davidasailor26 at 3:26am 07.30.22
Fairleads Davidasailor26 at 3:23am 07.30.22 I bought Don's book and read it twice then lent it to my friend that I sail with all the time so th
Grampian 26 centerboard removeal help!! CaptainStan at 12:14am 07.30.22 It could be zebra mussels. Get a flat steel bar and work it up on both sides of the keel. The center
Opinions requested on engine work CaptainStan at 11:38pm 07.29.22 If you use stainless steel bolts then use carbon steel nuts. My mixing elbow rusted out and I took i
New owner ANGELS at 11:31pm 07.29.22 Dear J. Thanks for your reply
New owner JamesG161 at 11:24pm 07.29.22 The first thing I did was obtain an Owners manual. Look here to download H340 here Hunter 340 Jim
Fairleads CaptainStan at 11:18pm 07.29.22 I bought Don's book and read it twice then lent it to my friend that I sail with all the time so tha
Cable attachment to swing keel CaptainStan at 10:57pm 07.29.22 What kind of boat do you have? It depends if the cable broke or the the part of the centerboard that
Opinions requested on engine work higgs at 8:46pm 07.29.22 Thanks for the responses. Job is done and I used standard bolts I got at the hardware. Ran the eng
O'Day 22, 23 centerboard cleat JoeConron at 8:23pm 07.29.22 Thanks, but mine is just a small horn cleat. A jam cleat would be better than that.
O'Day 22, 23 centerboard cleat (1) Project_Mayhem at 8:08pm 07.29.22 My 25 has jam cleats for the jib and centerboard. Check to see if yours is the same. These cleats wi

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