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Priming the keel McZube at 2:23am 03.05.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1078 My H31 has an external iron keel. After blasting it down to bare metal, should it be primed before
Yanmar 3QM30 Variant Greg Olausen at 10:33pm 03.04.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1583 Hi, I've got a 1982 37c with a Yanmar 3QM30 which has been overheating. I've been systematically goi
How to rotate Yanmar 4JH for valve adjustment CaptainFred at 9:50pm 03.04.13 Engines and Propulsion 5/7316 I have a 4JH3 diesel that I would like to do a valve adjustment on. Prior small diesels I have rota
Water in the People Tank! (1) kemewag at 8:31pm 03.04.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1238 The water ballast on our Hunter 26 appears to be leaking in-board. I'm in the process of replacing
Engine control panel light Slipstream at 7:31pm 03.04.13 Big Boats 2/1816 1986 Catalina 34. I have two lights on my control panel. one is a red light that says alarm under i
Cantered prop shaft BayMan at 7:10pm 03.04.13 C&C 2/1993 Looked at a '78 C'C 36 that had the prop shaft cantered to port. This was a new one. This was how i
Battery selection Chuck T at 5:59pm 03.04.13 Smaller Boats 2/1743 Need advice on what battery and solar charger I should purchase for a 1986 Catalina 25 I recently bo
looking for a line drawing surfing at 5:51pm 03.04.13 Bristol 2/11767 howdy, Im looking for a simple line drawing for a bristol 32' sloop. I have seen drawings with alo
Stability Larry33 at 5:17pm 03.04.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 20/3699 I have heard that some owners have put lead pellets in the keel for better stability, is this true?
Roller furling jib cleaning info beeryboats at 4:44pm 03.04.13 Trailer Sailors 12/5460 Hi all, It's almost that time of year. Clean and launch. My roller furled jib is looking the wors
Bilge pump switches Bill1565 at 4:25pm 03.04.13 Ask All Sailors 8/2018 Anyone have a switch that turns on in shallow water? I have used Rule floats for many years, but th
Fooling Around Roger Long at 4:10pm 03.04.13 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 9/3359
3GM30F exhaust elbow tip (1) Bob 04 H260 at 3:16pm 03.04.13 Engines and Propulsion 7/8070 Our engine is 10 years old and has 400 hrs on it. As far as I know the mixing elbow is original. I
Volvo Shaft Seal peoples1234 at 2:45pm 03.04.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1306 We bought a 321 last year and have been doing some deferred maintenance this winter. The PO has rece
Opinions on MasterVolt MICC Battery Monitor? Solstice at 2:05pm 03.04.13 Musings With Maine Sail 3/2793 A friend of mine is outfitting a brand new boat with a MV Inverter/Charger and they are suggesting t
Racing on Charlotte Harbor Butch23065 at 2:01pm 03.04.13 Big Boats 4/925 I know some of you are still snowed in, so I thought I would give you a pick me up. The Punta Gorda
On Morning News Owner of 82' Sailboat Sees It's Not at Dock rardiH36 at 12:53pm 03.04.13 Ask All Sailors 15/2856 A 82' modern sailing yacht went aground last night on the Pacific Coast just a few miles south of th
Cockpit Table (1) Don Crowther at 11:22am 03.04.13 Big Boats 8/2182 Just thought I would show off my new cockpit table. The old one was too small (not wide enough). I g
Going to look at a possible new boat akhartung at 9:52am 03.04.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/999 Mostly for parts depending on the condition of the boat. What do you guys think? Could be a little g
Bottom paint John Britten at 9:36am 03.04.13 Bigger Boats 6/1546 Am planning for Spring and ready to buy bottom paint for my 28' O'Day...thinking of Pettit Hydrocoat

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Mid-90s gel cote matching (3) JamesG161 at 3:01pm 03.23.23 My White and Blue were a perfect match. 1998 boat 953 Blue After.. 213954 Jim... PS: The White
300A T Fuse 12V Rjm st.petersburg at 2:41pm 03.23.23 It is for the house batteries. Without it my system goes crazy when I operate anything on the boat.
Sourcing original hull decals JamesG161 at 2:38pm 03.23.23 You may find those here. Decals Jim...
300A T Fuse 12V JamesG161 at 2:31pm 03.23.23 My guess is that is the fuse you are using on your battery to feed your system. If that is the case
300A T Fuse 12V RitSim at 2:22pm 03.23.23 Why would you need a 300 amp fuse for a bilge pump? My guess is that is the fuse you are using on y
Hunter 27-2 1989-94 traveller jfgy at 1:50pm 03.23.23 In addition to the very useful traveler that I described earlier for my old Hunter 27-2, I added a b
Hunter 27-2 1989-94 traveller Timm R Oday25 at 1:47pm 03.23.23 Our Oday came with the traveller mounted on the bridgedeck . On our previous boat it was mounted on
Time for a new outboard rgranger at 1:43pm 03.23.23 .I'm not sure the Tohatsu 6 horse is enough and there are very few dealers around . I do appreciate
Rolling furler question about foil zinahewitt at 1:34pm 03.23.23 Here is a good one showing the sail change. Note that he's removed the feeder and dropped the swive
Rolling furler question about foil kloudie1 at 1:20pm 03.23.23 Here is a good one showing the sail change. Note that he's removed the feeder and dropped the swivel
Time for a new outboard Timm R Oday25 at 1:02pm 03.23.23 Seems like we are dealing with some old information . Nissan outboards have been discontinued for so
Time for a new outboard dlochner at 12:50pm 03.23.23 I've loked at Yamaha's website . I see the 8 horse /9 horse . No mention of the extended length bei
Time for a new outboard Crazy Dave Condon at 12:48pm 03.23.23 @Timm R Oday25 I am a former sailboat and Tohatsu dealer now retired. Tohatsu builds the small engin
Time for a new outboard Timm R Oday25 at 12:27pm 03.23.23 I've looked at Yamaha's website . I see the 8 horse /9 horse . No mention of the extended length bei
To all 23.5/240/26 & 260 Owners... Lift Line Replacement (1) rgranger at 12:03pm 03.23.23 213945
Mid-90s gel cote matching Crazy Dave Condon at 11:56am 03.23.23 Call the help desk and ask for either Al or Joe. Ask them for the correct color code. The gel coa
Time for a new outboard Benny17441 at 11:51am 03.23.23 You can probably use a 10 HP on that Oday25, it all depends on how far you go out from land and the
How to lock the wheel ? Sailgunner at 11:35am 03.23.23 I had the same problem on my 410. It is not a minor procedure to dismantel the brake but it can be
Sourcing original hull decals Ralph Johnstone at 11:30am 03.23.23
Repair water damaged wood. Newport 30 MK III vsfoster at 11:20am 03.23.23 Yes, of course. I will be replacing all of the rigging and chain plates in couple of months. I would

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