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Where to purchase cabin cushions bshock at 8:40am 01.18.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1256 Hi all, I'm in the process of buying a Beneteau 361 and the cushion that sits on top of the cabin ta
Wood Instrument Panel (1) william at 7:53am 01.18.13 Ask All Sailors 11/2458 Removed old stereo ' loran system from panel. Two big holes in black plastic panel, would like to re
Jacking a 25 off it's trailer. (6) Ritdog at 7:42am 01.18.13 Ask An Oday Owner 13/2181 I know this subject has been on here before, but I thought I'd throw this into the pot: I have an
Question for Columbia River Sailors Buck420 at 7:38am 01.18.13 Ask All Sailors 7/1564 Do you left side guys make this run with your sails furled or unfurled ?? Click here: Incredible vi
raritan ph ll install iwillmott at 7:20am 01.18.13 Big Boats 4/1232 has anyone installed a phll in a 40.5-wondering if there is enough depth to mount 19" ? also was thi
Replacing plastic stripping around instrumentation at helm tgillesp at 7:13am 01.18.13 Big Boats 1/1001 There is a plastic gasket used to seal the two plastic halves for the instrument console at my helm.
winch clean-up soldier1964 at 6:05am 01.18.13 Ask All Sailors 12/2474 ahoy all, I have a pair of wilcox crittenden marinium winches. they are in really good condition but
Group 24 and Group 27 Batteries in same installation Chesapeake Bob at 5:55am 01.18.13 Ask All Sailors 6/1672 If I installed two new dual purpose batteries, a group 24 and a group 27, using the old style batter
New Group 24 and Group 27 Batteries Chesapeake Bob at 5:52am 01.18.13 Musings With Maine Sail 3/2064 If I installed two new dual purpose batteries, a group 24 and a group 27, using the old style batter
New Member Bowedtoothdoc at 5:10am 01.18.13 SSB and Ham Operators 2/2364 Hello to everyone from an new member and 73's. Hoping to get my ticket soon.
Pre Purchase Questions dshawkins at 4:33am 01.18.13 Big Boats 2/2089 I am hoping someone can answer these questions before I purchase a 390: 1. Is the deck cored
Any boatshows in California? Ken13559 at 12:30am 01.18.13 Ask All Sailors 0/862 Hi, I'm planning a business trip to Rancho Cucamonga CA, in May-Jun this year. Wonder if there's any
King of the Ocean, When Daddy Let me Drive Stretch at 8:28pm 01.17.13 Sails Call Lounge 0/5353 Remember when you got your first chance at the helm, what that feeling was like when your dad let yo
Inverter vs generator?. murrayabbott at 6:48pm 01.17.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1727 We are trying to understand the benifies of a generator. We are purchasing a large hunter and th
Peeling clearcoat finish interior woodwork French Toast at 6:18pm 01.17.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 23/9250 The clearcoat finish on the interior woodwork of my 2005 323 is peeling and chipping away throughout
Marlow Hunter article in Gainesville paper Ken Honeycutt at 5:14pm 01.17.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1168 http://www.gainesville.com/article/20130113/ARTICLES/130119907?p=3'tc=pg Sounds like they may go i
Groco HF toilet electrical conversion kit? Euphoria2011 at 5:09pm 01.17.13 Bigger Boats 0/1197 Does anybody know if the groco HF toilet has an available conversion kit to make it electric?
Puerto Rico Chandleries? Maine Sail at 3:55pm 01.17.13 Ask All Sailors 10/2225 Hi Guys, I am flying out Sunday to do a big wiring job in Puerto Rico and am wondering what is avai
Hunter 30 stanchions Ron-Anne at 3:25pm 01.17.13 Mid-Size Boats 4/2070 I visited our 1990 Hunter 30 last week and found one stachion bent over and broken just above the tw
Slow under power YVRguy at 2:57pm 01.17.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 19/4103 My buddy and I just purchased a Hunter 34 and we're sailing it home this weekend. One concern I hav

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New jib sail ? h2o_snow at 1:22pm 06.16.22 And....check your PM. :waycool:
Replacing engine instrument panel markwbird at 1:20pm 06.16.22 Well, yes, I am planning to do that. It still leaves me with what to with all the stuff in that bo
Stays/Shrouds Too Short Fix Scott T-Bird at 12:57pm 06.16.22 Or the hull is too flexible? I'm not sure I understand why they had to pick up the boat. Why not j
Stays/Shrouds Too Short Fix dlochner at 12:41pm 06.16.22 Interesting. What kind of boat? It is not unusual for boats to change shape while on the hard, howev
Transmission to shaft coupling bolts sheared '07 H38 (3) Ralph Johnstone at 12:31pm 06.16.22 So possibly over torquing along with misalignment? If one's bad, two's worse. Over torquing is n
New jib sail ? Crazy Dave Condon at 12:21pm 06.16.22 Check the forum store as they have the build list of parts for your boat
Transmission to shaft coupling bolts sheared '07 H38 flightlead404 at 12:12pm 06.16.22 You photo shows two well defined "oyster lines" and is a textbook case of cyclic failure due to ten
Instrument Package Recommendation Scott T-Bird at 11:57am 06.16.22 You sound like you like the technology but don't want to go overboard. I suggest you go directly to
Transmission to shaft coupling bolts sheared '07 H38 Ralph Johnstone at 11:55am 06.16.22 I'm replacing all of them, nuts, and washers also with 316. I'd use all carbon steel components "
Transmission to shaft coupling bolts sheared '07 H38 (1) Ralph Johnstone at 11:51am 06.16.22 You photo shows two well defined "oyster lines" and is a textbook case of cyclic failure due to tens
Should I install a main sheet traveller on b323 ? arf145 at 11:41am 06.16.22 Garhauer Marine sells travellers made to fit, I believe. This is just one of them: Traveler MT-UB-3
Helm seat on 280 chp at 11:39am 06.16.22 We leave ours in place the vast majority of the time but ours has cutouts that allows it to hang se
daysailer1 boom needed Bob mchugh at 11:33am 06.16.22 Thank you all for your input. I was fortunate to find a boom in a neighboring state.
Transmission to shaft coupling bolts sheared '07 H38 (2) flightlead404 at 11:18am 06.16.22 One looks sheared, one looks like it backed out, the other two are in place - did not check torque.
Transmission to shaft coupling bolts sheared '07 H38 smokey73 at 11:08am 06.16.22 It's really hard for me imagine a "shear" of this bolt if others are not also sheared. If this one
delay relay for when bilge pump on Justin_NSA at 11:04am 06.16.22 I installed the Aqualarm Smart Bilge Pump switch. It has an alarm and a delay Aqualarm
delay relay for when bilge pump on Dalliance at 10:49am 06.16.22
Transmission to shaft coupling bolts sheared '07 H38 Ralph Johnstone at 10:34am 06.16.22 would the load change to more of a shearing load as each cylinder fires and twists the drive shaft?
Legend 40.5 Chainplates ben solomon at 10:33am 06.16.22 I'll ask on cruisers forum to see if anyone knows, there.
Bilging Every 3 Minutes dlochner at 10:16am 06.16.22 It is most probably cycling because of water back flowing through the hose. It should be easy to che

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