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Iron Swing Keel Maintenance: A cautionary tale (5) HeelBoy at 5:28am 11.30.22 Trailer Sailors 15/4631 Cliff notes, you -must- take it out and blast it at some point. You may be shocked at how little iro
C30 Rudder Weight womble at 12:45pm 11.29.22 Ask All Sailors 1/442 Does anybody know of the weight of a Catalina 30 rudder that is not waterlogged?. In my humble opini
C30 Rudder Weight womble at 12:40pm 11.29.22 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/32 Does anybody know of the weight of a Catalina 30 rudder that is not waterlogged?. In my humble opini
Cooler for Boat patbratton at 12:37pm 11.29.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1475 My $200 Chinese made refrigerator died after three months. There was nothing obviously wrong, compre
Raymarine GPS Week Rollover Issues dkinzer at 12:29pm 11.29.22 Ask All Sailors 3/1507 In an earlier post I mentioned that a Raymarine tech person said that the RayStar 125 GPS unit on my
Boat is Hibernating (4) SawyerCurt at 4:37am 11.29.22 Catalina 310 11/2267 One of the disadvantages of the New England climate is the 6-month sailing season. Over Thanksgivin
Replacing cockpit throttle on Elite 29 (aka Feeling 850) (4) Elite29Owner at 11:08pm 11.28.22 Mid-Size Boats 4/1182 Greetings, Need to replace a broken throttle on a 1984 Elite 29 (aka Feeling 850). Current one is a
DC distribution panel in Hunters George Braun at 6:28pm 11.28.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1335 I don't particularly like the push-to-reset breakers Hunter uses for a bunch of DC equipment in thei
Replacing Battery in RayStar 125 GPS Unit (1) dkinzer at 4:49pm 11.28.22 Ask All Sailors 5/2225 The last few times that we took our boat out we got a message on our MFD indicating that the GPS fix
Side Stay Tension ColumbiaRiverDoug at 1:50pm 11.28.22 Trailer Sailors 17/4350 Hi Everyone, I wondered for quite a while about how much tension should be on the side stays of my
Sea Hood re-bedding Andiamo 34 at 4:31am 11.28.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1119 I have an H34 and as most sailors do I have leaks. I've been reading and it seems that 4200 is the
Help, My Boat is Tipping Over! joelm100 at 2:10pm 11.27.22 Big Boats 31/5807
Raymarine Axiom shawanaga at 1:29pm 11.27.22 Big Boats 33/8251 Has anyone installed an Axiom + and connected it to their 3gm30f ? thanks Floyd
Two fender covers for 8x20 fenders (2) Rich Stidger at 12:58pm 11.27.22 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 11/3179 These are light weight stretchable black covers. I might have used them for part of a season. The le
Confirming plan for replacing shot battery charger (Longish post re: electronics) Monheganlover at 12:01pm 11.27.22 Catalina 310 4/1043 I have my 2002 Catalina 310 on the hard and, when plugging my original equipment C-Charger Model 122
Miracle Rescue of MOB JamesG161 at 10:00am 11.27.22 Sails Call Lounge 11/2234 A man fell overboard on a recent Carnival cruise and managed to survive in the open waters for up t
Hunter 49 mainsail measurements Zencra at 8:20am 11.27.22 Big Boats 5/1006 Hi everyone, I'm in the process of measuring for a new furling mainsail. I've never been happy with
Watermaker Kings Gambit at 8:13am 11.27.22 Ask All Sailors 29/3814 I did not get one on Black Friday, but having one installed within the next few months is in the for
Charging the House Battery Bank with a Small Outboard O�Day 222 at 7:21am 11.27.22 Ask All Sailors 35/5879 My 300 amp hour house battery bank consists of 3 x 100ah lithium LiFe4 batteries in parallel. My ou
Motor Mount Bracket for 3GM30F torque specs Sea-ker at 4:31am 11.27.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1574 Going to be replacing the motor mounts on my Hunter 336 3GM30F over the winter and plan to take the

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Need Help: Prop Shaft Jam Nut Won't Budge LLoyd B at 12:53pm 07.31.25 Well I didn't know all that and thank you for the new information although I'm not sure I'm totally
Removing Raymarine ST4000+ from Edson Destroyer Wheel -- Need Guidance testingthewaters91 at 12:51pm 07.31.25
Possible Transmission Oil Leak at Shift Lever - Kanzaki KM2P (2) testingthewaters91 at 12:49pm 07.31.25
Removing Raymarine ST4000+ from Edson Destroyer Wheel -- Need Guidance (1) Tally Ho at 12:46pm 07.31.25
Removing Raymarine ST4000+ from Edson Destroyer Wheel -- Need Guidance testingthewaters91 at 12:43pm 07.31.25 Update: I heard back from someone knowledgeable on this setup from Edson. Looks like my Edson wheel
Need Help: Prop Shaft Jam Nut Won't Budge Tally Ho at 12:43pm 07.31.25 So this prop (and likely prop shaft) was installed about three years ago when a new Yanmar 2gm20f w
3d printing for boats. (1) Hayden Watson at 12:40pm 07.31.25 Ok, it is official. I am having too much fun.
Removing Raymarine ST4000+ from Edson Destroyer Wheel -- Need Guidance (5) Tally Ho at 12:38pm 07.31.25
Merit 22 owners (2) RussC at 12:33pm 07.31.25 I'm getting close to launch time. just a couple more little things to take care of and hoping that o
3d printing for boats. (1) Hayden Watson at 12:32pm 07.31.25 For those without printers, you can do this with dryer vent fittings and DWV fittings. Also RV AC
Need Help: Prop Shaft Jam Nut Won't Budge testingthewaters91 at 12:14pm 07.31.25 Usually, if the nut is secure on the threads, the only safe way to release the nut and prop, is wit
Need Help: Prop Shaft Jam Nut Won't Budge capta at 12:07pm 07.31.25
Need Help: Prop Shaft Jam Nut Won't Budge BigEasy at 12:07pm 07.31.25 Use a combination of large wood blocks (like the ones used to support the keel) & a smaller piece (l
Need Help: Prop Shaft Jam Nut Won't Budge testingthewaters91 at 12:01pm 07.31.25 Just a torch. Please, no grinding, cutting, or penetrating oils. I was thinking of using my heat g
Need Help: Prop Shaft Jam Nut Won't Budge capta at 11:54am 07.31.25 Small grinder with a cut off disc. Carefully!! Gary Just a torch. Please, no grinding, cutting, or
Need Help: Prop Shaft Jam Nut Won't Budge testingthewaters91 at 11:51am 07.31.25 PB Blaster and WD-40 do not help on yellow metals. This is what I originally thought, but it was h
Need Help: Prop Shaft Jam Nut Won't Budge capta at 11:50am 07.31.25 I would first remove all of the old bottom paint from the crevices around the nuts and then try squ
Need Help: Prop Shaft Jam Nut Won't Budge testingthewaters91 at 11:04am 07.31.25 One of the tricky aspects I'm dealing with is that the prop shaft rotates when I put pressure on the
Need Help: Prop Shaft Jam Nut Won't Budge testingthewaters91 at 10:54am 07.31.25 You got more going on than the tests show on new bolts and nuts. There is saltwater corrosion. Ther
Need Help: Prop Shaft Jam Nut Won't Budge jssailem at 10:51am 07.31.25 You got more going on than the tests show on new bolts and nuts. There is saltwater corrosion. There

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