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How do you route the steering cables ColleenIII at 2:02pm 05.20.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1752 I am trying to put the system back together after I lost steering on the last trip and had to return
Nearly perfect sail sailaway78 at 1:49pm 05.20.13 Ask All Sailors 10/1568 Made the overnighter from Sldell to Pensacola yesterday and last night. Mfy first offshore venture o
exhaust elbow inspection Captain Gadget at 1:42pm 05.20.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/2471 I would like to inspect my exhaust elbow for carbon build up and was wondering if there was an easy
Mast Float Fitting Neil Gibson at 1:39pm 05.20.13 Day Sailers 6/2248 I recently went "turtle" in my 15, very embarrassing and wet:cry:. I have purchased a Mama Bot mast
Yanmar - Tapping Noise newburyporter at 1:35pm 05.20.13 Engines and Propulsion 6/6336 We have a tapping noise in our engine. An engine expert I know said it could be that the valves n
Squeaky rudder shaft Captain Gadget at 1:35pm 05.20.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/946 My rudder shaft has started squeaking this spring. It was replaced 3 years ago due to slop in the b
New headsail... Doug/Karen at 1:18pm 05.20.13 Big Boats 5/1031 Here in the Midwest, the Spring weather has arrived, albeit a little late this year. Last night, 70
Reaching higher RPM jameswelden at 12:23pm 05.20.13 Catalina 30 2/1035 After changing fuel filter and bleeding engine I cannot get past 2200 rpm under load -- what might c
Potable Water deaconwayne at 11:57am 05.20.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 17/2334 Just purchased my first sailboat, a 1992, 28' Hunter. Thinking the water has been in the 2 tanks a l
kenyon mast and boom martnj32567substitute at 11:39am 05.20.13 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1662 Anyone have rigging instructions for oday 23 with kenyon mast and boom
2GMF hoses? (3) nestorph at 11:30am 05.20.13 Engines and Propulsion 4/1167 I'm a Yanmar newbie, so pardon the question if it sounds simplistic. In looking at the engine the o
Any suggestions on this( front of rudder hummingbirdbassist at 11:26am 05.20.13 The Cherubini Hunters 10/1591 I need some assistance on how to tackle this and what to use. I'm thinking some marine -tex to fill
replacing halyards on hunter vision 32 mikewhite7314 at 11:19am 05.20.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/831 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 10/2443 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 56/7762 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 4/1135 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 0/586 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 6/1719 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 13/2182 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 5/1514 A well meaning friend put about 1/2 quart of 30 weight oil into the fresh water cooling system of my

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Spinnaker patbratton at 7:29am 05.13.23 Pat; Never remove the jib halyard as it is used with the mast raising. You should have a dedicate
How to Reduce Mobile Data Usage dlochner at 7:06am 05.13.23 A rainy day at anchor can also chew through 2GB of data if you watch video. On my plan, streaming
Routing cables to nav station and beyond Windpilot at 7:04am 05.13.23 Where do the other lighting cables from the mast go. On my 410 there are 2 routes/conduits to go dow
How to Reduce Mobile Data Usage Captain Larry-DH at 7:02am 05.13.23 Thanks for the detailed instructions. We have gone a different route. Our plan is with ATT and it
Beneteau USA Davidasailor26 at 6:48am 05.13.23 See if Beneteau still maintains an office in Charleston SC. Plant in Marion SC was closed. Last I
Routing cables to nav station and beyond Terry Cox at 6:39am 05.13.23 I managed to get these cables from the mast to the ventilation port (guess that's what it is) just
Need help translating Hull Identification Number on Coronado 15 yawn101 at 6:37am 05.13.23 Thanks for the reply Crazy Dave! This number was found on the starboard rear below the rub rail. N
mast struts Crazy Dave Condon at 6:27am 05.13.23 @JimJackson The difference in those mast struts is the top. Is the top adjustable or not. Pictur
Beneteau USA Crazy Dave Condon at 6:20am 05.13.23 See if Beneteau still maintains an office in Charleston SC. Plant in Marion SC was closed.
O'Day 28'. Crazy Dave Condon at 6:17am 05.13.23 Can you make out who the mast manufacturer was?
Need help translating Hull Identification Number on Coronado 15 Crazy Dave Condon at 6:14am 05.13.23 You are correct that #2 is not a complete number. Coronado was part of Capri. Capri was taken over
Spinnaker Crazy Dave Condon at 6:02am 05.13.23 Pat; Never remove the jib halyard as it is used with the mast raising. You should have a dedicate
Engine compartment blower re design what do you have in your boat CYQK at 5:53am 05.13.23 Ralph Thanks for a great reply!! No blower example on this boat so am creating a new system You ide
Anyone Have Helping Pics to rig Hunter 146 Crazy Dave Condon at 5:45am 05.13.23 First look at the Hunter 146 boat information. Go to boat information/Hunter Resources/146/downloa
C320 - Perkins M30 diesel parts dmax at 5:43am 05.13.23 You might want to ask here, there are plenty of early 320's out there: Catalina 320 International As
Merit 22 owners Digger1 at 5:26am 05.13.23 I had a 3 HP Minn Kota motor (for sale) on mine, but a good wind on a small reservoir overpowered it
Advice for a Solo Sailor? sailme88 at 4:21am 05.13.23 I have been using a Milwaukee M28 right-angle drill with a winch bit to raise my mainsail. It mak
Hauturier equivalent in USA? dLj at 3:47am 05.13.23 When I first came back from Europe, I was talking with a New York City tug boat captain, and he told
Anyone Have Helping Pics to rig Hunter 146 jviss at 3:37am 05.13.23 Congrats and welcome. Google is your friend. Hit number 1 for "Hunter 146 manual" yielded this: 1
Hauturier equivalent in USA? xavpil at 3:22am 05.13.23 you will become legendary as an authority. :cool: not a bad thing Are you talking to me?!? :)

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