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Missing Impeller Blades 5411 No Heat Exchanger Blue Hull at 9:45am 05.20.13 Catalina 30 10/2354 My engine stopped pumping water during my first time out for the season yesterday. I shut it down as
Mast raising system Sailor 3269 at 9:42am 05.20.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 56/7312 Good Day everyone This is my question for today is. My mast that is 28' on my 79- 25' venture.
through hull depth tranducer paint swallowtail at 8:51am 05.20.13 Ask All Sailors 4/1101 Should the plastic surface of my through hull depth transducer be painted with anti fouling or does
Great service Mikem at 8:45am 05.20.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/572 I searched various vendors for a tiller for the family's 1980 Cat-25 and found the best deal on this
Advice on deck paint robertsapp at 8:02am 05.20.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1603 Our '95 H336 has a gray paint on its molded nonskid deck surfaces. Or at least, it used to. It's get
Spinakkers... ccraigmile at 7:55am 05.20.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/2142 I've rebuilt a 1974 MacGregor 25 that came with sails etc. In that it came with a Spinnaker, two Sp
oil in the coolant reeder at 7:55am 05.20.13 Engines and Propulsion 5/1458 A well meaning friend put about 1/2 quart of 30 weight oil into the fresh water cooling system of my
Beneteau 311(2000) refrigerator fuse unit location Widgeon1 at 7:30am 05.20.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 18/3695 Hi all, I have a Beneteau 311 (2000) and recently the refrigerator has stopped working. After inves
windlass circuit breaker location fvolpe at 6:46am 05.20.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/2878 Where is the windlass circuit breaker located on a beneteau 36 and what does it look like? Frank
Tire pressure on a ken's welding trailer fstopf4 at 5:55am 05.20.13 Smaller Boats 3/914 Last year we purchased a Hunter 23 it came with a single axle Ken's welding trailer. Any recommendat
Hall Pass...... (1) Maine Sail at 5:52am 05.20.13 Ask All Sailors 12/1866 Last night around 5:30 my wife says "You should go out to Jewel Island and see your friends.".......
Water heater troubleshooting Dima at 5:50am 05.20.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/3810 I use to have a link to the post with detailed instruction how to troubleshoot and fix water heater.
You Lake Travis sailors! jackhartjr at 3:52am 05.20.13 Ask All Sailors 2/1104 Hi folks, had a delivery in Austin, TX Wednesday, came over a hill and there lain out before me was
Hood Seafurl 5 fail (2) Andreas7699 at 2:06am 05.20.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1855 Should this happen? It is from 2008 and I have not sailed that much. I tighten the halyard in strong
S2 7.3 O/B Motor mount hangin at 12:38am 05.20.13 S2 0/1065 Is the fiberglass/plastic cover lag bolted or bolt/nut connrected? I need to recaulk to prevent rai
Hard Start Kit for A/C Ken13559 at 12:19am 05.20.13 Ask All Sailors 3/1181 I powered my 12000BTU aircon with Elemax(Engel) SHX2000 Genset. It runs ok. Out of curiousity, I fit
Chain Plate and Bulk Head Repair Mcshane at 10:17pm 05.19.13 S2 0/1068 Before putting in the water, I wanted to re-bed my chain plates. Had some rot in the port forward b
Still getting water in the bilge while sailing Piotr at 9:04pm 05.19.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/2153 It's definitely NOT leaking from the top side. Does any one else get any water in the bilge while sa
Tiller Handle Length and Other Questions... amilkovits at 8:20pm 05.19.13 Sirius 21/22 6/9258 Hi All - I am a new owner of an '81 Sirius. The boat was left on the trailer for the past 10 ye
1983 Hunter Check list > generational issues-what to check HiZ at 8:05pm 05.19.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1230 I have a 1983 Hunter that I have just purchased over winter and have done some research to find that

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Reversing the Beneteau Oceanis 31 aft cabin door. SycloneDriver at 2:32pm 03.19.23 Any chance of using something like this rather than paying an arm and a leg for a genooine Beneteau
Replacement head (toilet unit specifically) dlochner at 1:44pm 03.19.23 2003 Catalina 350. everything is original. Hoses are in good shape, nothing compromised. I was ref
yanmar 110 blowout Davidasailor26 at 1:33pm 03.19.23 Here we go, finally after 3 weeks My brand new yanmar arrives, I downgraded it to the 80HP I hope w
Replacement head (toilet unit specifically) Le Bon Temp 1 at 1:30pm 03.19.23 You did send me a PM, which I received and I replied to it. Whether it will be necessary to replac
yanmar 110 blowout (1) hunter bum at 1:19pm 03.19.23 Here we go, finally after 3 weeks My brand new yanmar arrives, I downgraded it to the 80HP I hope wi
Replaced all my sanitation hoses Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 12:54pm 03.19.23 Good on you for doing that much, but apparently failed to catch "all sanitation hoses and any hoses
Replacement head (toilet unit specifically) Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 12:43pm 03.19.23 You did send me a PM, which I received and I replied to it. Whether it will be necessary to replace
Replacement head (toilet unit specifically) Le Bon Temp 1 at 12:30pm 03.19.23 The Raritan Marine Elegance is the top rated macerating electric toilet Raritan Marine_Elegance Pr
Replacement head (toilet unit specifically) Le Bon Temp 1 at 12:26pm 03.19.23 Do you want to stay electric or go manual ? Hey Ralph, thanks for your reply. I definitely want to
Grounding log All U Get at 12:23pm 03.19.23 I always get a charge out of reading these posts, but definitely not shocked. :biggrin:
Everett Fuel Dock All U Get at 12:10pm 03.19.23 Until you install those cleats, consider: 1) using your winches for a short term interim solution
Grounding log Brian D at 11:40am 03.19.23 Semantics, Jim, semantics.
Reversing the Beneteau Oceanis 31 aft cabin door. (1) BigEasy at 10:49am 03.19.23 I'll take a look at my v-berth door and then I'll go from there. Thanks again. I could not fin
Starwind 19 project boat Crazy Dave Condon at 10:09am 03.19.23 @Yuba94 Generally the rub rail is a two piece sometimes with an end cap. The base of the rub rail
Reversing the Beneteau Oceanis 31 aft cabin door. (2) Ralph Johnstone at 9:53am 03.19.23 Any chance of using something like this rather than paying an arm and a leg for a genooine Beneteau
Reversing the Beneteau Oceanis 31 aft cabin door. SycloneDriver at 9:30am 03.19.23 Sure can. Part 012915 is what the 37 uses. The 34 catalog seems to show that as a large style clip
Reversing the Beneteau Oceanis 31 aft cabin door. Davidasailor26 at 9:28am 03.19.23 Can probably find one on the Beneteau spare parts site as they are common on most Beneteau models.
Gel coat superficial scratches -not too deep Siamese at 9:23am 03.19.23 I generally have to answer by saying, "if it was my boat". I'd do the whole damn topsides. Assum
Hard or Soft Bimini height Hollyberry at 9:05am 03.19.23 A bimini frame that will support dinghy davits would need to be a substantial structure... Aluminum
Reversing the Beneteau Oceanis 31 aft cabin door. SycloneDriver at 9:03am 03.19.23 Can probably find one on the Beneteau spare parts site as they are common on most Beneteau models.

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