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Fresh Water Hose Replacement Issues Fleet at 5:34am 01.26.22 Catalina 310 4/902 Need some advice please. I am in the process of replacing all the fresh water hoses in ZoeVie. Two
Lewmar hatch size 05 H33 Scott B at 4:57am 01.26.22 Mid-Size Boats 4/1154 2005 Hunter 33, Does anyone know the size of the Lewmar opening hatches above the v-berth and salo
PNW Cruise Highlights 2004-2014 Terry Cox at 4:27am 01.26.22 Pacific North West Cruisers 4/700 My latest video production of some earlier cruises around the Pacific Northwest. Enjoy. TYSgKWBIwXQ
Looking for recommendations for bareboat charter company in Greece markwbird at 7:26pm 01.25.22 Ask All Sailors 6/520 I am planning a trip to Greece in late May. Anyone out there have any recommendations for a charter
Cable tv? (1) Growl at 6:41pm 01.25.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 16/1346 Upper left side ladder
Seaward 32RK (Raised Keel) - Keel winch upgrade lindsaytodd at 4:30pm 01.25.22 Trailer Sailors 10/2214 I have a 2002 Hake Seaward 32RK and am looking to replace the keep winch and install a new remote sw
Adding an Hour Meter (1) colb218 at 2:15pm 01.25.22 Engines and Propulsion 17/2401 Hello - I would like to ad an hour meter to my Yanmar 3HM35F. It seems that the two options for thi
1979 Hunter 33' Jack heights & count V.Carter at 2:14pm 01.25.22 Mid-Size Boats 4/577 Hi. I'm currently thinking of purchasing a project boat to eventually call home. I'm looking to get
New to sailing.... Looking for a first boat.. thevoyager at 1:08pm 01.25.22 Ask All Sailors 27/2336 Hi. I have been considering buying a boat to live and travel in. I have never actually sailed a boa
Passage 450 Yanmar heat exchanger access jamesrladd at 10:14am 01.25.22 Big Boats 0/279 Has anyone removed the heat exchanger from a 4jh2 in a Passage 450/456? It appears that my aft end
Hull Nivale at 9:04am 01.25.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 20/1549 Do you know how the hull of the 2001 Hunter 320 is built? A Sandwich or a single monolithic block? M
Install CC 38 solid rod, keel step onto my Oceanis 400 advice/help (4) Captain Marcus at 8:14am 01.25.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/541 Greetings seafarers, I acquired this mast gratie. Have mast build diagram and need cut off for de
Hunter 28 Growl at 7:30am 01.25.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 22/1166 Hi, I am considering purchase of a 1991 Hunter 28! Please advise of any model issues and what to loo
How much attention needs bottom and keel before the boat goes back into the water? miraculix at 6:58am 01.25.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1142 Hi all, We are heading towards our third season with our 2008 Beneteau Oceanis 40, so we are still
3M 5200...how to make it non-stick on bolts mtarcher1 at 8:20pm 01.24.22 Ask All Sailors 9/938 I need to pass some bolts through a couple of pieces of plywood that will sandwich 3M 5200. I need
Is island hopping on Lake Michigan too much for O'Day Daysailer or Spindrift Daysailer Bob Kessler at 7:25pm 01.24.22 Trailer Sailors 9/2630 Greetings! I'm considering buying an O'Day or Spindrift Daysailer I or II. I plan to keep her in Doo
Long way to check out trailer sailor yappasailing at 5:02pm 01.24.22 Trailer Sailors 25/1912 I recently let a sailboat, that I've been searching 2 years for, slip away because of the 4 hour one
Random (cold weather induced) question about sailboat rigs (5) rgranger at 2:25pm 01.24.22 Ask All Sailors 20/1645 Hey All So I had a random thought (not an uncommon condition) when looking at the lanteen rig vs th
Dufour 31, your thoughts fred1diver at 1:46pm 01.24.22 Ask All Sailors 36/4495
Cracking around mast struts, major issue or no? (2) Dan260 at 12:40pm 01.24.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1278 Hello hunter owners! I am looking at a to become part of your club. We found a 2002 Hunter 260 in p

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Stuffing box question. RevenantDan at 9:37am 03.31.24 Only one thing to consider ............................. what is the temperature of the gland nu
Stuffing box question. Ralph Johnstone at 9:33am 03.31.24 Only one thing to consider ............................. what is the temperature of the gland nut
Hunter 410 door latch Sailgunner at 9:31am 03.31.24 They sell them here.
3GM30F Service Issue Scott T-Bird at 9:28am 03.31.24 When you pull out the injectors, there are 5 little parts inside each chamber that probably should b
HUNTER 23 DIMENSIONS WOOD Crazy Dave Condon at 9:25am 03.31.24 First, in the left upper corner of this page, you will find three horizontal lines which is the menu
Stuffing box question. RevenantDan at 9:14am 03.31.24 The only time the stuffing box needs to drip is when you have the shaft rotating in the stuffing bo
Stuffing box question. jssailem at 9:02am 03.31.24 The only time the stuffing box needs to drip is when you have the shaft rotating in the stuffing box
PHRF O'Day 192 TJ Mickel at 8:58am 03.31.24 The exact rating for your boat can vary according to what equipment you have, for example a headsai
Starting Engine on pallet jssailem at 8:55am 03.31.24 I have only one belt. I did not use coolant in the engine. Not run longe enough to create any heat.
Stuffing box question. RevenantDan at 8:49am 03.31.24 Have you been measuring the timing of the drips at equal times? In other words, have you measured t
Starting Engine on pallet cdells at 8:43am 03.31.24 I think I need to have the belt connected since there is only one and it is what turns the coolant/f
Starting Engine on pallet (1) jssailem at 8:27am 03.31.24 Here is the first fire of our rebuilt 1973 Perkins in the shop. Battery connected: Positive to the
Starting Engine on pallet RitSim at 8:18am 03.31.24 I would expect and handle the fact that the engine will kick sideways during start and possibly run/
Starting Engine on pallet Rick Webb at 7:40am 03.31.24 That was something we had to do in Auto Shop class in High School. We Just filled the filter bowl wi
"No Step" decals kloudie1 at 7:39am 03.31.24 Search Results \| Aircraft Spruce
Starting Engine on pallet Rich Stidger at 7:35am 03.31.24 I would connect the engine to the battery just as it would be installed. The alternator should be co
"No Step" decals sailcapt340 at 7:00am 03.31.24
working on my yanmar 2gm Tally Ho at 6:51am 03.31.24 Someone with a 2GM might be able to confirm, but the two levers on top of the engine look like they
"No Step" decals thinwater at 6:17am 03.31.24 Who steps on hatches and acrylic sliding hatches?:banghead::facepalm::huh::yikes::thumbsdown: If
Stuffing box question. RevenantDan at 5:53am 03.31.24 Thank you for the responses! So the 1 drip/16 seconds was on a normal nonrunning day. When I first g

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