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raw water intake for motor, size? Jared1048 at 1:15pm 06.23.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/975 I recently broke an arm on the raw water intake housing and needs to be replaced. I got a new one fr
Gremlins moved to the AC circuit... KandD at 1:09pm 06.23.12 Big Boats 3/1300 *sigh... so last month, I was have DC circuit issues but I replaced the battery and it seemed like a
tiller hardware shadowthecat at 12:31pm 06.23.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/687 I've got a 27ft hunter 1977 and I'm looking for the tiller hardware piece to attach the tiller to th
Tachometer Installation primetime at 11:44am 06.23.12 Mid-Size Boats 2/2353 Hi everyone, Thanks in advance for reading this post. I picked up a 1980 Catalina 30 and I would
Battery Question gjaffess at 11:03am 06.23.12 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1193 I have 2 Exide batteries on My O'Day 272. One doesn't seem to be charging. Will one battery start
anyone using a roller furling Main sail? southportsailor at 10:43am 06.23.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1813 New to Macgregors, haven't sailed in a few years. This 26M (2008) that I just bought has a roller f
Recommend Porta Potty davenlynn at 9:40am 06.23.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 22/4672 Please - - - What is a good, reliable model of porta potty that does not need to be plumbed in the b
replacing lifelines - stanchion issue (3) Sherry at 9:37am 06.23.12 Ask All Sailors 15/7627 Well as usual with my boat projects, one good thing leads to another.... I want to replace my lifeli
H260 Yamaha outboard control cable failure. WATCH OUT! RJPARTNERS at 8:59am 06.23.12 Smaller Boats 2/1340 I am the new proud owner of a 2000' Hunter 260 with a outboard Yamaha 9.9 with Yamaha remote control
A Beautiful Thing sailaway78 at 8:27am 06.23.12 Ask All Sailors 5/1655 Thursday night, I finally got a decent weather window to get home. Could have done it at other times
Battery question shemandr at 8:07am 06.23.12 Musings With Maine Sail 8/2925 Hi My 4d AGM's are toast. The boat is up on the Mystic River for repairs and is almost ready. For
Shower door leak davidpilchman at 6:09am 06.23.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1229 A small stream of water is exiting my shower beneath the hinge and flowing under the forward floor b
Depth Transducer Connection jrezab at 5:23am 06.23.12 Pearson 2/1543 My 1986 Pearson 303 has the original thru-hull DataMarine depth transducer. I want to connect it to
Defender Marine Lost Parent at 4:59am 06.23.12 Ask All Sailors 57/13098 Does anyone have trouble with them returning emails , I have sent 3 now and no response
affordable deck organizer for smaller boats (1) centerline at 10:37pm 06.22.12 Ask All Sailors 14/3103 I went to the local marine supply store and as usual, it was painful to pry the dollars out of my wa
O'day 222 Jib/Genoa anchorclanker at 10:09pm 06.22.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1729 If im reading the original brochure correctly, these 222's came standard with a roller furler? New t
Diesel Leak jeagles at 10:05pm 06.22.12 Bigger Boats 5/1569 I recently bought an Oday 31. Took 2 buckets of saturated fuel cloths out of bilge. Mechanic examine
engine well vs bracket newsailor72 at 10:03pm 06.22.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1147 when I took the boat and motor it, the 6 hp tahatsu(mounted on a engine well) is pretty loud even th
H33C Removing Radial Drive Wheel- Dropping Rudder -Need Help Faded501s at 9:51pm 06.22.12 The Cherubini Hunters 8/3755 I've searched but can't figure this out. Is there any good How-To posts on removing the radial drive
electrical shore power question windsock1 at 9:10pm 06.22.12 Ask All Sailors 50/19414 I see there's a company which makes a 50-amp to 30-amp Y adapter so if you get into a slip with only

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Single handing jon hansen at 12:43pm 01.14.23 love sailing with gloves
Copper Antifouling/ablative coatings - how to? RussellBeckner at 12:40pm 01.14.23 Well, Thank you all 3 for input. I was hoping to hear back from the fellow we bought 86' Hunter 28.5
Exhaust hose vs radiator hose? dlochner at 12:12pm 01.14.23 A little late to this discussion, I suspect the main difference between exhaust house and radiator h
The keel... is done HeelBoy at 10:57am 01.14.23 This is the picture I was referring to is battery powered, which helps because there no cord tuggi
Single handing WI Rigger at 10:53am 01.14.23 Does anyone know of an easy reading entry level book on Celestial navigation? Thank Ric
Rain water leaking in V berth Ward H at 10:52am 01.14.23 On my 93 C30 there is a limber hole just aft of the v berth water tank. I never get water inside the
Replaced Motor Mounts Hayden Watson at 10:47am 01.14.23 I did them on my C30 with about the same procedure except that one of the old bolts was seized into
The keel... is done (1) Project_Mayhem at 10:46am 01.14.23 Shirt answer is, I didn't. Long answer is, I got close with the grinder, which I do have a lot of e
Rain water leaking in V berth RitSim at 10:38am 01.14.23 Stanchion bases? try using the baby powder trick to determine the route.
VHF Cabling and Connectors dlochner at 10:14am 01.14.23 Then you could use the same fittings that you've got if they have not been water damaged. It is n
The keel... is done HeelBoy at 10:07am 01.14.23 How'd you get such a clean cut in that thick metal with an angle grinder? Short answer is, I didn'
VHF Cabling and Connectors LloydB at 10:04am 01.14.23 What cable have you been using until now? Figured should ask that question before suggesting direct
The keel... is done Project_Mayhem at 9:23am 01.14.23 After much questioning and hand wringing over the past couple of months, it all came together. Than
VHF Cabling and Connectors dlochner at 9:20am 01.14.23 The issue with the 259 is overheating the core and melting the insulation and soldering the braid to
VHF Cabling and Connectors Project_Mayhem at 9:13am 01.14.23 That kind of gland is for a bare wire, the connector has to be attached after the wire is fed throu
Hyde Streamstay 2 deck coupling Kevin&Karen at 8:40am 01.14.23 Thank you sir. We will try that
VHF Cabling and Connectors dlochner at 8:22am 01.14.23 That kind of gland is for a bare wire, the connector has to be attached after the wire is fed throug
Exhaust hose vs radiator hose? Project_Mayhem at 8:17am 01.14.23 You may find the hose you seek at a non marine store like Granger. $77 for 3ft of 1-7/8 :yikes: It
Dock and Go Override How-to SycloneDriver at 8:15am 01.14.23 I work on many different types of equipment. I find that the fault is usually something mechanical,
VHF Cabling and Connectors (1) Project_Mayhem at 8:12am 01.14.23 The cable must have 50 ohm impedance. The listing does not specify the impedance. I would not buy t

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