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Repairing hull deck seal on Hunter 340 tallgeoff at 9:50am 05.06.12 Big Boats 2/1130 Anyone with experience on this task? I have received a hundred different suggestions on how to do th
Experience with Soda blasting or limestone blasting tallgeoff at 9:46am 05.06.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1733 Anyone have experiencei removing their bottom paint by this method? Any tips? I am removing Bottomko
Experience with Pettit Ultima Eco or Interlux Pacifica tallgeoff at 9:44am 05.06.12 Ask All Sailors 0/1146 Does anyone have personal experience with these 2 eco green paints. Avoiding copper pollution is som
Installing Raymarine X-5 wheel autopilot on Hunter 340 tallgeoff at 9:41am 05.06.12 Big Boats 7/3376 Anyone have experience installing this unit? Where did you place the smart computer box? Thanks Ge
Installing jib car tracks on the deck tallgeoff at 9:40am 05.06.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1030 I have installed 2 winches on the cockpit coaming to create 4 winches vs the 2 winches on the deck t
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 1/971 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 19/10702
And another compression post block thread dj2210 at 6:56am 05.06.12 Catalina 30 18/10188 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 3/1279 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 16/6980 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 10/6764 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

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Mixing elbow (yes, another one) Yanmar 3YM20 Roland5048 at 1:45pm 12.18.22 Reporting back. See my post #2. Mechanic found the elbow to be about 98% blocked. Sent me pics v
Fuel Gauge sailcapt340 at 1:43pm 12.18.22 I checked back through my log entries. First started noticing level reading problems around 2010.
Santa's Wish List (5) Will Gilmore at 1:40pm 12.18.22 211727 211728 211729 211730 211731 -Will
Hose clip/clamp Ralph Johnstone at 12:47pm 12.18.22 Out of stock. It's the materials backlog the world is experiencing right now :snooze:. You just
Fuel Gauge Ralph Johnstone at 12:42pm 12.18.22 Imagine how shocked I was when I took this sensor out and saw that float. Maybe that was their bi
Need perkins prima M50 fuel line replacement??? Ralph Johnstone at 12:34pm 12.18.22 Picture is worth a thousand words, I'd say that times ten. If you can figure out how to put that
Santa's Wish List jssailem at 12:19pm 12.18.22
Fuel Gauge (3) sailcapt340 at 12:14pm 12.18.22
Single handing Davidasailor26 at 12:02pm 12.18.22 There have been a few threads about BarKeepersFriend in the past. The consensus is that it is effect
Fuel Gauge Ralph Johnstone at 11:48am 12.18.22 Thanks, was not aware of the two different models. I've had WEMA sensors in both the potable water
Need perkins prima M50 fuel line replacement??? Mechone at 11:36am 12.18.22 Picture is worth a thousand words, you can buy steel tubing in fact stainless tubing , and buy a fl
keel resting on bottom (1) fstbttms at 11:35am 12.18.22 Thank you all. I'll have to double check on the rudder, they're saying maximum draft is 4'5" so I'
Single handing WI Rigger at 11:24am 12.18.22
Yanmar 2gm20 no throttle or shutdown control genezown at 11:16am 12.18.22
Yanmar 2gm20 no throttle or shutdown control kloudie1 at 10:56am 12.18.22 Welcome to the forum! in the top bar of the "Home" page, go to "Owner Resources" Then click on "Gen
Santa's Wish List Tally Ho at 10:55am 12.18.22 Oh... that is how it is done. I have been doing it wrong. I must try this technique. Is that conne
Santa's Wish List jssailem at 10:52am 12.18.22 Already warming Mrs Santa Oh... that is how it is done. I have been doing it wrong. I must try thi
Santa's Wish List Tally Ho at 10:47am 12.18.22 My 150 Genoa needs to be replaced ;-(. had it at the loft this week for evaluation and a quote fo
170 Repair Question stickinthemud57 at 10:33am 12.18.22 You might be in luck. It is my understanding (possibly not accurate) that your hull is made from fib
170 Repair Question Tater at 10:01am 12.18.22 Hi Stick. Mine is an '06.

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