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motor size for a Hunter 140? TravisKelly at 10:55am 04.02.13 Day Sailers 3/2646 My new (used - 2006) day sailer has a motor mount, and I was going to buy a Yamaha 2.5 HP 15" shaft,
Control Cables - Edson Pedestal NYSail at 10:53am 04.02.13 Ask All Sailors 4/2189 Hello all.... One of my projects is replacing steeling chain /cable and break assembly in my Edso
Rivera Beach Houseboat - Fran Lozman wins again MrBill_FLL at 10:47am 04.02.13 Ask All Sailors 0/864 ran a search but no hits on Lozman... surely this was posted before.... anyway, he won in state app
A hidden message... (1) dcfleming at 10:45am 04.02.13 Smaller Boats 7/1348 I'm in the process of restoring a 1984 Hunter 25.5. I dropped the mast this week for various repair
Honda 2000 and Wabasto air conditioning ybrad at 10:42am 04.02.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/2948 Just finishing the 115 VAC rewire and now addressing air conditioning. I've got a Honda EU2000i and
Tongue Tied Craiger at 10:26am 04.02.13 Catalina 22 22/3335 Has anyone had success at unfreezing a rusted tongue extension on their trailer? Last year I bou
B37 Freezer PaulVCraig at 10:06am 04.02.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1113 I am interested in adding a freezer to my 2009 B37. There is a cooler/storage box on the galley coun
Best Thru-Hull Fitting for Small Poly Holding Tank stwagstaff at 9:01am 04.02.13 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/9504 I am installing a SeaLand (Dometic) gravity head with an integrated tank - basically an oversized po
Lewmar folding wheel on B361 (1) bshock at 8:27am 04.02.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 15/6090 Hi all, I'm the new owner of a 2000 B361 in Sandusky, Ohio. I'm seriously considering switching ou
Polycarbonate diesel day tank alexco38 at 8:04am 04.02.13 Ask All Sailors 0/860 I like to copy Roger Long's day tank / fuel polish idea. However, I am thinking of using polycarbona
need some feedback mgandpcbryan at 7:53am 04.02.13 Mid-Size Boats 5/1280 Morning: I'm looking at a H 33.5 for sale in my area. I've owned a Catalina and an O'day. Any th
Specs for a new Jib Halyard for 272LE Daniel Reichman at 7:18am 04.02.13 Bigger Boats 8/1698 Hi, I need to purchase a new Jib Halyard for 272LE... My owner's manual is not with me at the mome
Tall Ships Duluth 2013 PrincessoftheLake at 6:49am 04.02.13 Ask All Sailors 7/1672 The Tall Ships are going to be in Duluth MN JUly 25-29 this summer. My girlfriend and I are thinkin
23.5 Wound (1) hercguy at 6:20am 04.02.13 Smaller Boats 6/1238 I found this on my 23.5 this morning. Location is on the stern by the transom. Most likely caused by
Selden cx 10 asym furler Randylb at 4:53am 04.02.13 Ask All Sailors 6/6606 Hi All I am about to buy a Selden top down furler. I'm looking to hear from anyone who has already
Powerwashing In the Frozen Midwest? GorillaToast at 4:32am 04.02.13 Catalina 22 19/1845 Would I be a fool to power wash my hull when overnight temperatures are still dropping into the mid
79 L25 Head Locker: Adding Shelves (4) Steve22116 at 8:05pm 04.01.13 Lancer 0/1190 Good evening all. Recently Beckson Marine... http://www.beckson.com/osdp.html ...had ports on sale f
Replacing Flex Teak panels (1) artboas at 7:58pm 04.01.13 Big Boats 2/1027 If you need to replace any flex teak panels, this will be of great interest
Outboard HP roll call rs8684 at 7:42pm 04.01.13 Day Sailers 19/3307 Hey people - I currently have a 9.9 for my 23. I've heard somewhere that a good rule of thumb for a
Sinking? capta at 7:30pm 04.01.13 Ask All Sailors 6/1755 Once again it has come to my attention that a vessel was lost due to an influx of water and insuffic

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Oil Leak leo310 at 7:09am 03.16.23 I have an Yanmar on my 310 but it sound like your engine block is pressurize and oil is being blown
B&G Vulcan 900 & Airmar DST810 issues dlochner at 6:15am 03.16.23 The issue may be lack of power to the transducer. I don't know if the Vulcan can supply power to the
B&G Vulcan 900 & Airmar DST810 issues Cederholm at 6:14am 03.16.23
B&G Vulcan 900 & Airmar DST810 issues Davidasailor26 at 6:11am 03.16.23
Macerators RoyS at 6:05am 03.16.23 When you attempt to free the pump rotation with a large flat blade screw driver, you should use an a
CG vessel renewal sailme88 at 3:28am 03.16.23 One would thing that the IG's office of the USCG would be on these....."entrepreneurs" like stink on
O'day 19 Weekender Companionway Door Dimensions? Will Gilmore at 1:33am 03.16.23 tunaboat captain here. My Oday 192 keel lift line due for replacement. Like your winch. Is the ca
Through-Hull to Ball Valve Joint (1) Ralph Johnstone at 7:30pm 03.15.23
Steel Keel Pitting- fill or paint over? (time sensitive question) Daveinet at 6:10pm 03.15.23 On my cast iron keel, I sandblasted and then took a couple of rattle cans of zinc paint. I was going
Through-Hull to Ball Valve Joint Dalliance at 6:05pm 03.15.23 I fully agree. But as I said, 90% of all production boats are done that way. My '99 H-310 being o
Macerators LakeOntario270 at 4:57pm 03.15.23 Check the long bolts that holds the macerator together. Mine rusted out because they were plain ste
Steel Keel Pitting- fill or paint over? (time sensitive question) RitSim at 4:44pm 03.15.23 Blasting is best, but I had a cast iron keel on a Pearson 26. I used a needle scaler (Harbor Freigh
Mast step replacement Ken n Rox at 4:41pm 03.15.23 Ken.. You have a 22 ft boat that I suspect you are looking to use for recreation not racing or sail
Mast step replacement jssailem at 4:33pm 03.15.23 Ken.. You have a 22 ft boat that I suspect you are looking to use for recreation not racing or saili
Mast step replacement Ken n Rox at 4:30pm 03.15.23 Keep drilling till you get all the wet wood out and let it dry out a bit if you can as well. You've
Anchors LakeShark at 4:07pm 03.15.23 Some of the posters (not posers, ;)) do have larger boats and we were not paying attention to the
Through-Hull to Ball Valve Joint Tally Ho at 4:02pm 03.15.23 I fully agree. But as I said, 90% of all production boats are done that way. My '99 H-310 being o
Anchors dlochner at 3:47pm 03.15.23 Just my 2 cents here but a pressurized pump on a 22 foot boat will require more work than its worth
Has anyone replaced the sanitation hoses in an H280 or similar-sized Hunter? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 3:41pm 03.15.23 You won't have to completely remove the hose clamps till you remove the pumpout hose from the tank..
Macerators Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 3:35pm 03.15.23 if you'd rather have an electric pump instead of a a manual pump, I'd go with the Dometic T-Series p

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