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replacing halyards on hunter vision 32 mikewhite7314 at 11:19am 05.20.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/825 OK, so the boat came out of the shipyard after bottom job and the main halyard is now sitting at the
Missing Impeller Blades 5411 No Heat Exchanger Blue Hull at 9:45am 05.20.13 Catalina 30 10/2414 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 56/7532 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 4/1127 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 0/579 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 6/1679 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 13/2158 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 5/1492 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 18/3808 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 3/2946 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 3/934 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 12/1879 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 10/4041 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 2/1134 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 4/1888 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 0/1080 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 3/1192 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 0/1110 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 13/2187 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 6/9415 Hi All - I am a new owner of an '81 Sirius. The boat was left on the trailer for the past 10 ye

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Hunter 295 1996 model Crazy Dave Condon at 5:32pm 04.28.23 It is alot easier to know what you have when making recommendations
1972 Pearson 30 Bow Chocks? fred1diver at 5:01pm 04.28.23 Yes I am, same side as you lol Waiting on warmer weather to oversized the holes and fill the holes w
DO YOU KNOW YOUR BOAT? fred1diver at 4:58pm 04.28.23 Getting to know mine very intimately, as I do all my own work on her, still a few hole to inspect, t
1972 Pearson 30 Bow Chocks? ShalomOrchard at 4:56pm 04.28.23 Very similar, but your are a little further back, and a little further inboard. I notice you're mis
1972 Pearson 30 Bow Chocks? (1) fred1diver at 4:51pm 04.28.23 215109This is my setup
Tightening Engine Belt on Universal 5411 shank at 4:48pm 04.28.23 How cool is that? I'm going to measure the distance between the two pulleys tomorrow and buy a turnb
Help!! Seaward 25 shore power Noodat Lady at 4:43pm 04.28.23 I always know exactly where I went wrong. All I need is a working time machine.
Tightening Engine Belt on Universal 5411 (2) Ralph Johnstone at 4:15pm 04.28.23 On @Ken13559 's turnbuckle : t cut. When I did mine, I cut it as shown but then heated and flatten
1972 Pearson 30 Bow Chocks? ShalomOrchard at 4:14pm 04.28.23 Chocks need to be sized to the mooring line. If they are too small the line won't fit in the chock.
1972 Pearson 30 Bow Chocks? ShalomOrchard at 4:08pm 04.28.23 Yes Chocks are a great tool to help keep your lines in one place and reduce chafe of your lines. Th
1972 Pearson 30 Bow Chocks? ShalomOrchard at 4:06pm 04.28.23 That was a long day!! pretty standard item... https://www.google.com/search?q=bow+chocks&client=fi
1979 Yamaha 33 bilge pump sailmandan at 3:56pm 04.28.23 That makes sense I found a Henderson pump on the boat I think that was the pump but there seems to b
1979 Yamaha 33 bilge pump mermike at 3:53pm 04.28.23 Can you mount a new manual pump to the inspection plate?
1979 Yamaha 33 bilge pump mermike at 3:51pm 04.28.23 On mine, there's a strum box for the manual pump in the bilge. The hose routes under the floorboard
Tightening Engine Belt on Universal 5411 shank at 3:47pm 04.28.23 Thanks for the great ideas. I think I'll try and make one with a turnbuckle because I'm cheap. Ralph
1979 Yamaha 33 bilge pump sailmandan at 3:47pm 04.28.23 Thanks That explains alot The membrane is the missing link The PO put an inspection plate in to repl
1979 Yamaha 33 bilge pump (1) mermike at 3:43pm 04.28.23 Does this help?
DO YOU KNOW YOUR BOAT? Siamese at 3:17pm 04.28.23 I'm gonna say, yes! I do 99% of the maintenance, and have crawled into every spot that could possib
1979 Yamaha 33 bilge pump Riptide33 at 3:16pm 04.28.23 On mine the tee is for the forward bilge pump located under the v berth
1979 Yamaha 33 bilge pump sailmandan at 3:09pm 04.28.23 A pic would be great I have the tee below deck Not sure how the pump attaches Thanks Dan

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