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Testing non operating waste tank gauge tallgeoff at 9:35am 05.06.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1148 My waste tank unit is no longer working. Before removing the sender I want to test the gauge. A stor
Waste tank sender tallgeoff at 9:32am 05.06.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/790 My waste tank sender is cemented in with 5200. It will not come with gentle screw driver prying. Any
Removing waste take sender tallgeoff at 9:31am 05.06.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/727 My waste tankk sender is cemented in with 5200. It will not come with gentle screw driver prying. An
Anyone replaced a foam backed hull liner? tallgeoff at 9:29am 05.06.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/970 I have a hull deck joint leak and a damaged hull liner in my aft stateroom. Looking to replace this
Jib or Genoa M-Captain at 8:48am 05.06.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/2493 Probably a basic question but....are there any preferences or unique issues with using a jib or geno
X-5 Smartpilot wheel Raymarine Terry in Naples at 7:50am 05.06.12 Ask All Sailors 11/4802 My computer box on my wheel pilot went on the fritz after 44 hours of use and the manager at West Ma
Marine Diesel Gear Oil Blue Pearl Captain at 6:59am 05.06.12 Ask All Sailors 19/10699
And another compression post block thread dj2210 at 6:56am 05.06.12 Catalina 30 18/10174 So I will be doing the bilge block for the compression post in the next month or so on my soon to be
Broken steering rod on Hunter 310 kwiggy at 6:09am 05.06.12 Mid-Size Boats 3/1278 Hi, I have a Hunter 310 and I have broken the end of the steering arm where it joins to the quadrant
bristol 27 keel (1) drgonzo at 5:19am 05.06.12 Bristol 16/6979 hi, i just got this bristol 27. all in all in a good shape except for the area on the heel of the ke
Yanmar 3ym30 smoke at high revs Brahmany at 2:12am 05.06.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 10/6760 Our 3ym30 has 300 hours on the clock. Today whilst motoring all was well until I increased the RPM t
Cockpit Locker Guillotine (1) Albanach at 1:01am 05.06.12 Catalina 310 7/2712 Have finally managed to eliminate the Guillotine effect of the cockpit locker lid with two caravan g
New Aft Railing Seats for a 1992 Hunter 27 webo at 11:17pm 05.05.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1819 The Admiral really likes the raised teak seats mounted on some of the Hunter aft rails. The '92 H27
The weather started getting rough so, 1 reef or 2 ..... PGIJon at 8:41pm 05.05.12 Big Boats 5/1419 OK I was on what was supposed to be about a 3 hour cruise over to the marina to have it hauld out.
Ever wonder what 's under the cabin floor? (5) Ritdog at 7:39pm 05.05.12 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1285 I had the somewhat sad opportunity to cut the keel out of an Oday 25 this past week- it had been re
Sometimes a chicken is too big for the pot Ross at 6:29pm 05.05.12 Ask All Sailors 21/3705 Video for cutting up a chicken. http://s1112.photobucket.com/albums/k482/nansssor/?action=view'curre
fridge start up problem Navicula at 6:23pm 05.05.12 Big Boats 7/1371 hi............I am on the hard with a generator (120V, 20 amp) and I want to test the fridge to see
Bilge full of water Witzend at 6:00pm 05.05.12 Catalina 310 14/3985 We launched Witz End on Thursday. She was dry all winter. Today we went to bring her around Turkey P
Transmission fluid Scott at 5:54pm 05.05.12 Ask All Sailors 11/5459 Have a Yanmar 2gm20f. When the boat was puchased many years ago, Yanmar speced 30w oil for both the
Hunter 23' Keel Fairing (3) carboman at 4:25pm 05.05.12 Smaller Boats 2/1153 I had a good sized gouge running down the starboard side of the iron keel from top to bottom. Groun

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Single handing WI Rigger at 7:47am 12.17.22
Now for something super exciting... Sheave bushings CarlN at 7:38am 12.17.22
Single handing Davidasailor26 at 7:29am 12.17.22 Curious, the biggest problems we had last season on the boat were spiders. They got into everything
Single handing Will Gilmore at 7:20am 12.17.22 Cellar spiders (aka daddy long-legs)? They are prolific web builders. Removing cellar spiders
Single handing WI Rigger at 7:12am 12.17.22 Curious, the biggest problems we had last season on the boat were spiders. They got into everything.
373 Shallow Draft Depth Mechone at 6:52am 12.17.22 It appears that the camera angles are not revealing the bulb at the bottom of the keel. Either a f
North Atlantic rescue off Delaware coast dlochner at 6:36am 12.17.22 I've been through Oregon Inlet on a charter fishing boat ... lots of large sport fishers at the mar
Hose clip/clamp dmax at 6:35am 12.17.22 Here's a good source with reasonable prices: Original Series SS, Ultimate Garage
North Atlantic rescue off Delaware coast Scott T-Bird at 6:19am 12.17.22 I still don't understand I've been through Oregon Inlet on a charter fishing boat ... lots of larg
Fuel Gauge RoyS at 5:45am 12.17.22 There are different sender unit designs. I like the ones that are flexible as there is often little
sails Al Minns at 5:31am 12.17.22 Yes Rolly Tasker Sails Thanks.
sails Al Minns at 5:27am 12.17.22 has anyone used roller tasker sails on there hunter 23,5 looking for a new mainsail.
CDI FF2 Crazy Dave Condon at 5:21am 12.17.22
Hose clip/clamp CYQK at 4:49am 12.17.22 +2 on awab available here many places
Hose clip/clamp dlochner at 4:48am 12.17.22 Here ya go. https://www.defender.com/product.jsp?name=scandvik-aba-hose-clamp&path=-1%7C51%7C2243
CDI FF2 (1) patbratton at 4:41am 12.17.22 The best way is what I did. Face the drum forward pointed directly ant the bow rail post at the stem
Hose clip/clamp Davidasailor26 at 2:57am 12.17.22 Also AWAB hose clamps. I think all AWAB are 316 stainless, whereas Jubilee can be any grade steel.
What Sailboat Cabin doesn't feel like a hole? Davidasailor26 at 2:53am 12.17.22
Hose clip/clamp Ken13559 at 12:41am 12.17.22 Thank you
Hose clip/clamp (1) garymalmgren at 10:37pm 12.16.22 Called Jubilee hose clamps in Australia and Britainps.co.uk/products

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