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diesel water separators Ted Kurczynski at 11:54am 06.04.13 Big Boats 25/5591 I have a Hunter 376 with a Yanmar3JH2E diesel engine. It came with an enclosed Racor filter unit and
Hull speed therobesons at 11:53am 06.04.13 Big Boats 6/3036 Anyone know the hullspeed for a 1999 Hunter 420 passage CC with a 37' waterline? Also what is the f
These new-fangled phones are tougher than I thought! justsomeguy at 11:34am 06.04.13 Sails Call Lounge 1/3924 Maybe someday, I'll join the 21st century! Maybe... Warning; scatological content. Viewer discret
Lewmar bow thruster - spare parts (1) carlager at 11:32am 06.04.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1922 The black box on my Lewmar Bow Thruster - 185TT 3kW 12v -is dead. I need to replace it. I have fou
Broken bolt removal advice Nom De Guerre at 11:30am 06.04.13 Ask All Sailors 16/1488 I have a 5/16" - 18 SS bolt that threads into the bottom of a SS stanchion that was frozen. I got it
Cure for play on the tiller alturaam at 11:11am 06.04.13 Yamaha 7/1869 How do you fellow Yam 25 Mk II owners deal with play in the tiller. I have some, it is not to annoy
Making it simple anchorclanker at 10:54am 06.04.13 Trailer Sailors 29/5874 I was curious to know of other setups and procedures to simplify launching and retrieval. Currently,
Lake Tahoe jimmac99 at 10:11am 06.04.13 Destinations 4/2458 Next week, my wife and I are planning to take our 26M to Lake Tahoe. As we have essentially never sa
Attachment of boom to gooseneck faithforster26@msn.com at 8:24am 06.04.13 Catalina 30 2/1852 Hi: We have a 1988 Catalina 30 and want to know how much play there should be between the boom and t
boatUS vs. seatow dlewis812 at 7:23am 06.04.13 Ask All Sailors 20/3810 vegas' recent thread regarding boatUS got me to review what i have. i've always had a seatow member
Advice on lashing jerry cans ondeck robertsapp at 7:02am 06.04.13 Ask All Sailors 19/9762 I can't remember what the name of those boards are that many cruisers fix up between a pair of stanc
moving jib forward sunman at 6:58am 06.04.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/720 I single hand sail my 26D and use a club footed Jib ,car/track arrangment, so far it's pretty fair f
New cockpit cushions for 310 c130king at 5:34am 06.04.13 Catalina 310 4/1626 I found the 2 vendors on this site that sell cockpit cushions. Any feedback from anyone with experi
C-22 Symmetric Spinnaker? halmc at 5:26am 06.04.13 Catalina 22 5/934 I'm considering a C-22 for use in a lake here in N. Fla where I recently bought a house. I like symm
Be wary of TowBoatUS in Lake St. Clair Vegas at 4:18am 06.04.13 Ask All Sailors 34/9173
240 at low tide Tim Moylan at 3:34am 06.04.13 Smaller Boats 2/953 Another gift from Hurricane Sandy is the addition of two feet of silt/mud which is now covering the
Finally anchorclanker at 2:45am 06.04.13 Ask An Oday Owner 13/1111 After some false starts I was finally able to bring "Just Chillin" home. I had hoped to do this almo
Dockside Etiquete capejt at 12:27am 06.04.13 Ask All Sailors 25/3096 I think I saw a post similar to this about a year or so ago, but now the problem has hit me so I tho
Swing keel jmallard at 9:05pm 06.03.13 Ask An Oday Owner 5/887 I own a 1986 222. I am in the process of refurbishing the hull and I want to remove the swing keel.
"Standard" Rewire but with sizing questions (1) itsjustgher at 8:54pm 06.03.13 Musings With Maine Sail 8/2915 Hello, and let me start by saying what a wonderful and amazing forum this is and the wealth of knowl

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Difficult To Operate Through-hull Ball Valves jviss at 11:43am 07.20.22 Please... install a one-piece "sea cock" next time, and not another valve screwed onto a separate t
Difficult To Operate Through-hull Ball Valves FastOlson at 11:39am 07.20.22 Yes! It occurred to me as I did it that if I broke the seacock off I'd sink the boat! No. The val
Hunter 30T main cabin table Art12050 at 11:36am 07.20.22
Motor decision for my Hunter 240 Tedd at 11:28am 07.20.22 For 90 bucks, replacing the carb is a no brainer. It takes about fifteen minutes and will most likel
There goes the neighborhood! jon hansen at 11:21am 07.20.22 bow thrusters: just when you need them the most, they help you the least! they work OK on a calm day
Difficult To Operate Through-hull Ball Valves Art12050 at 11:21am 07.20.22
1984 O28 starting issues Richard19068 at 11:14am 07.20.22 Good to have it fixed. Did you try cleaning the connections at the starter first or just go straigh
There goes the neighborhood! rgranger at 11:07am 07.20.22 I've done some calculations on exactly that idea, for a trawler yacht of around 25 feet. All of th
Funny Friday!!! (1) rgranger at 10:55am 07.20.22 I saw these two screws on a recent trip to Orlando...
There goes the neighborhood! rgranger at 10:39am 07.20.22 Where I dock now is tight... and a few hours of each day, the tidal current is running close to 5kts
Battery Wiring Diagram Nichole340 at 10:37am 07.20.22
Signet SL172 instrument py26129 at 10:34am 07.20.22 Thanks for the leads everyone. I'm following up on them now. Cheers
depth/chart plotters (1) rgranger at 10:30am 07.20.22 But if depth is all you need and space is limited, get something like this...
depth/chart plotters (1) rgranger at 10:26am 07.20.22 ... would you say the Garmin your using is a good all around unit that could go from a bass boat to
Motor decision for my Hunter 240 rgranger at 10:11am 07.20.22 I have had to replace my gas line twice in the last 3 years. It was a Attwood gas line kit. I just
Navigation light not working - probably shorted out - H240 Project_Mayhem at 10:06am 07.20.22 I've been troubleshooting my front nav light for a while. I replaced the bulb. No dice. Then I figu
Starwind 19 project boat SailingLoto at 9:50am 07.20.22 Just discovered this thread today. Great job! You should be pleased and proud. Thank you
Starwind 19 project boat SailingLoto at 9:50am 07.20.22 Loto, Awesome pictures and very informative. Your boat turned out amazing and it serves as an insp
How to grow the sport Head Sail at 9:49am 07.20.22 If you shut the door on any discussion in the pretense of politeness, then what is there to discus
How to grow the sport cb32863 at 9:45am 07.20.22 Just have to say, I never thought that this post would become what it is.... Funny thing though, ove

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