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Hunter Passage 42 water tank G Douglas Morris at 12:38pm 09.11.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/2260 Anybody have the dimensions of the original forward water tank? It holds 75 gal. It's aluminum.
Best Thing I Ever Purchased For My Boat robfmcc at 12:18pm 09.11.13 Ask All Sailors 16/2987 The best thing I purchased for my boat, that never actually made it to the boat, was a Black and Dec
How I made my M25XP quiet. (5) AaronHPMC at 11:43am 09.11.13 Catalina 30 44/19148 After a few trips on my Catalina 30 wishing, hoping and praying there would be good wind, there was
Can someone identify this piece and explains its use? (1) masscop79 at 11:10am 09.11.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1391 I am thinking of purchasing a 1983 Hunter 20 I recently found for sale locally. This would be a jum
Hypothetically Speaking, if you loose your boat pole . . . (1) dscribner at 9:47am 09.11.13 Ask All Sailors 12/2082 over the edge while frantically trying to fend off another boat because you dragged anchor in the ho
Knot meter help kmart at 9:30am 09.11.13 Ask All Sailors 6/1748 Sooo I have a Pearson 10m. (33'). The electronics are autohelm st50 vintage The knot meter is the r
Tohatsu 4/5/6 B/C and the EPA kpgraci at 9:29am 09.11.13 Engines and Propulsion 5/3748 Found out today that on the Tohatsu 4/5/6 B and maybe C models with carbs that meet the stringent EP
We need a sailing term for this. Panta Rei at 8:46am 09.11.13 Ask All Sailors 14/2252 Sailing has terms for just about everything surrounding the sailboat on the hard, at dock, or underw
Repurpose traveller track cb32863 at 8:46am 09.11.13 Ask An Oday Owner 18/5461 I have a 1977 O'Day 25 CB. AS you may know the traveller system on these boats is well, less than op
Recommend a furler 22' boat GeorgiaBII at 6:00am 09.11.13 Ask All Sailors 6/1410 Hi All, I just picked up a Hunter 22 and am taking the winter to recondition it and get it setup
A 'Refrigerator Insulation' Success Story James10016 at 5:05am 09.11.13 Ask All Sailors 12/4248 All, I just completed my latest boat upgrade project last weekend and wanted to pass on the result
Repainting pedestal base Ken13559 at 4:49am 09.11.13 Ask All Sailors 12/6956 The paint at base of my Whitlock/Edson pedestal has a sizeable piece chip off. I intend to scrap off
Strain on furler (2) Akapeterc at 1:33am 09.11.13 Big Boats 7/1323 I just used my spinnaker for the first time the other day after finding it in our deep locker, and w
Beneteau oceanis 31 owners manual chuckbuck at 12:44am 09.11.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/5923 Hi folks! Just purchased a 2008 Beneteau Oceanis 31 and LOVE the boat so far! Does anyone have the
Sailing Bahamas aerosmith at 9:02pm 09.10.13 S2 8/3707 I would like to ask if anyone has sailed S-2 9A to the Bahamas or Caribbean. I am looking for a goo
Webasto Airtop 3900 in 361 suttonski at 8:17pm 09.10.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/917 Hi, Did anyone installed a Webasto Air Heater in a 2 cabins Oceanis 361? I would like to find out h
9/11 Boatlift tricyclerob at 7:41pm 09.10.13 Ask All Sailors 10/2133 I had never seen or heard of this prior to tonight. http://www.youtube.com/embed/MDOrzF7B2Kg?rel=0
anyone got a windlass on a 9.2? bugbitten at 7:39pm 09.10.13 S2 7/1862 I'm 64 and am looking for ways to make my sailing a bit easier. I'd like to anchor out more often, b
Hunter 31 line attaching the end of boom to top of mast oldschoolkyle at 6:02pm 09.10.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1907 I recently bought an 85 hunter 31 and noticed there is a line attached to the end of the boom that c
Do 34 and 340 in 1989 have hot water heater GMCDENT at 5:40pm 09.10.13 Big Boats 3/1025 Do the 1989 340 and 34 Hunter have only AC shore power heaters for hot water or do they have diesel

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Dock and Go Override How-to (2) brockfromwa at 11:09am 06.16.23 Amazing detective work @brockfromwa. It looks like I might be suffering the exact same issue. Coul
Dock and Go Override How-to blueocean at 10:55am 06.16.23 disconnecting the X9 cable from the system in the engine compartment. With the X9 cable unplugged
Lowering mast before expected storm? JBP-PA at 10:43am 06.16.23 In general, unless it's hurricane or severe gale force winds, you shouldn't have to. That said, my
Engine raw water thru hole location (1) Ralph Johnstone at 10:37am 06.16.23 I've seen pics on some very early C30s where Catalina just glassed in pipe nipples with no sea cock
Fresh water cooling system kloudie1 at 10:34am 06.16.23 If the cap is good and there are no coolant leaks around it, then you can check the fluid level in t
Thru Hull Transducer port - repurpose Ralph Johnstone at 10:16am 06.16.23 On further looking at your post, I see it's a transducer thru hull. If it's by any chance it's plas
Thru Hull Transducer port - repurpose (2) Ralph Johnstone at 10:08am 06.16.23 What you're looking for is a bronze coupling : PT thread (coupling) which is not kosher but 99% of
Engine raw water thru hole location Ward H at 9:33am 06.16.23 I've seen pics on some very early C30s where Catalina just glassed in pipe nipples with no sea cock.
Changing FRESH water pump on VP MD22L JamesG161 at 9:27am 06.16.23 Rich knows, he sent me instructions on timing belt installation
Volvo MD11C - Mysterious Overheat Issue (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:23am 06.16.23 A thought for when you are hauled, see if you can alter your piping to fit this arrangement : stan
Merit 22 owners Centex at 9:15am 06.16.23 Here is my A-Frame set-up for stepping the mast. I also use the main sheets vs a winch. The set-up
Changing FRESH water pump on VP MD22L Nichole340 at 9:13am 06.16.23 I feel your frustration and wish you well. As a side note I was wondering, would having a Sea Tow,
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't kloudie1 at 8:07am 06.16.23 Wishing the best, John.. May Rudolf Diesel smile on you today! A good German beer will be in order!!
Changing FRESH water pump on VP MD22L TimFromLI at 8:02am 06.16.23 Rich, I just replace the timing belt on my VP MD22 it was fairly easy. see the thread here: https:
Newbie muzik311 at 7:34am 06.16.23 Thank you. Makes sense, will definitely take everyone's advice here to heart. I want the smaller boa
Fresh water cooling system TimFromLI at 7:33am 06.16.23 Generally there is a drain plug on a low point on the engine block for draining coolant also drain
Newbie muzik311 at 7:28am 06.16.23
30 amp shore power to 15 amp service Maine Sail at 7:04am 06.16.23 Here is a picture of the Blue Seas breaker I installed about 20 years ago. Surveyors approved of it
30 amp shore power to 15 amp service Maine Sail at 7:02am 06.16.23 https://www.hodgesmarine.com/blu8100-blue-sea-8100-elci-gfci-panel.html Or https://www.amazon.com
Fresh water cooling system elcojo2 at 6:39am 06.16.23 Correct is when the system is cold and yes does have the recovery tank above the cap in one of the s

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