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battery model Slipin Away at 4:07am 04.23.12 Big Boats 1/876 I am away from my boat and need to find out the model number of the2- 4D house batteries that I have
37.5 Hunter batteries Georgieboy at 10:58pm 04.22.12 Big Boats 2/1137 I have have a 94 Hunter 37.5 legend and need to replace the batteries. There is currently one 12 vol
1st time boat owner-dumb questions Fronk5 at 10:02pm 04.22.12 Catalina 22 12/2052 Hi, I just bought a 1983 Catalina 22, no previous sailing experience. Here is the first of probably
Buying from a remote seller jeagles at 9:24pm 04.22.12 Ask All Sailors 6/1511 I am buying a boat from a seller in California. Boat is here in Seattle area. I have inspected boat
Custom Hunter 19??? (2) tampastockman at 7:14pm 04.22.12 Smaller Boats 15/2176 I just bought a 1994 Hunter 19. At least I THINK I did. The registration says "custom" under builder
MP3 Players for the Boat carboman at 5:51pm 04.22.12 Smaller Boats 13/2033 I want to buy a cheaper MP3 player and speakers that will run on 12vdc. Can I ask what others are
ODay quality jeagles at 5:46pm 04.22.12 Bigger Boats 24/5430 I am looking at an 1987 ODay 31. Does anyone have a comment on this boat or on ODay boats quality in
Type of outboard jchmd1 at 5:31pm 04.22.12 Day Sailers 10/3886 Hi Just bought a Hunter 17 and need to get outboard motor. What do people suggest? Has anyone use
GPS recommendation Trixie68 at 5:19pm 04.22.12 Pearson 1/1140 Needing help to determine reasonably priced GPS for someone to sailing and new to navigation.
Bottom Sanding With Buffer + 3M Finesse-It Ducati at 5:16pm 04.22.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1968 I was power buffing/waxing the gelcoat and by accident touched the rudder with the spinning buffing
Smelly water coming out of the faucets Trixie68 at 5:13pm 04.22.12 Pearson 3/1408 Our marina has perfectly safe but non drinkable water. Is getting RO water this summer. Tanks are o
cruising the southern Chesapeake over the forth of july thomasgoodmaniii at 4:44pm 04.22.12 Destinations 4/2900 Hello cruisers! My wife and I are planning a cruise on the lower Chesapeake the week of July forth.
Running depth for 25'. Captain Ozzy at 4:39pm 04.22.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1466 The cove I live on is shallow. Does anyone know the running depth of the 25'?
Impeller Replacement sailsaga at 4:19pm 04.22.12 Pearson 1/1426 How often should you replace the impeller...I own a 1986 Pearson 303 with yanmar 2GM20F engine...thx
Epoxy potting hardware - problem Sefuller at 4:06pm 04.22.12 Ask All Sailors 7/2257 Our O'day 34 has a hull liner in the cabin and in the course of rebedding the hardware by drilling o
Unknown primer or barrier coat on Hunter 34 keel Sailoff at 3:57pm 04.22.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1733 We have a 1986 Hunter 34. We have some small spots of rust on the keel. When we sand it down, we get
Radar for Cal 2-27 vincejg327 at 3:44pm 04.22.12 Cal 0/2313 Hi All, I am now a proud owner of a 1979 CAL 2-27! I would like to add a radar system to her and
Waste tank filling with water? sj01 at 3:33pm 04.22.12 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/4578 Okay, this was unexpected. We took our Hunter for a shake down cruise and found that after hardly us
Yanmar YSM 12 R Ignition key switch morganoutisland at 1:32pm 04.22.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1926 Hello all, Someone removed the ignition key switch on my 30' Hunter with a Yanmar YSM 12 R engine.
A special note about Triple M Plastics footerdog at 12:50pm 04.22.12 Big Boats 2/1621 Thanks for the info on Triple M Plastics found on this forum. I would also like to thank the great p

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Removing sludge from heat exchanger-Yanmar Ralph Johnstone at 7:27pm 10.24.22 That sludge might be caused by additive dropout. This can happen when incompatible coolants are mix
Valve needed xavpil at 7:25pm 10.24.22 Rod Collins explains it much better than I ever could. See the link below. https://marinehowto.co
How to replace Hoses in the bilge? Ralph Johnstone at 7:19pm 10.24.22 Do not use clear vinyl hoses as they are prone to cracking and sinking your boat. Use marine grade
Stagnant water in the lazarette Ralph Johnstone at 7:08pm 10.24.22 I have the same arrangement in my Hunter 310. Get water into the lazarette and you'll be in there w
O'Day 28 Keel Deflection Apex at 7:08pm 10.24.22 Interesting, I wonder if other O'Day 28's with encapsulated keels do the same. not normally
Valve needed dlochner at 7:01pm 10.24.22 Awesome, thx My boat is 40 years old and the bronze pipe is old too. how do I check That it is sti
Removing sludge from heat exchanger-Yanmar SycloneDriver at 6:56pm 10.24.22 That sludge might be caused by additive dropout. This can happen when incompatible coolants are mix
Stagnant water in the lazarette xavpil at 6:51pm 10.24.22 Small powerboats can have bilge drain because when they are up on plane and moving quickly the wat
Valve needed xavpil at 6:49pm 10.24.22 The brass is probably and should be bronze. You are correct, a valve is needed. A bronze or Marelon
Replace head faucet on 1995 Hunter 336 SVAngelina at 6:33pm 10.24.22 It is typical practice to bed a faucet with something, usually plumbers putty that seals without a
Removing old antifouling applying new gelcoat? sesmith at 6:31pm 10.24.22 Was afraid that would be the answer. Good thing we're in no hurry to leave the Great Lakes then.
Stagnant water in the lazarette dlochner at 6:26pm 10.24.22
Valve needed dlochner at 6:24pm 10.24.22 Well what I have is a threaded piece of brass sticking out of the hull to which an old valve was co
Stagnant water in the lazarette xavpil at 6:24pm 10.24.22 Unlike powerboats, sailboats typically don't have holes to drain the bilge overboard. Typically wat
Valve needed xavpil at 6:18pm 10.24.22 Clarity helps. shall we assume you mean you want to connect a strainer directly to a thruhull? and
Removing old antifouling applying new gelcoat? dlochner at 6:14pm 10.24.22 Nice idea. Will it take off VC17 ? If we ever go to salt water I might give this a try if it will
Stagnant water in the lazarette dlochner at 6:12pm 10.24.22
Valve needed dlochner at 6:08pm 10.24.22 Hi all. what type of valve do I need to connect the strainer to the seasick? i obviously want somet
Valve needed Don S/V ILLusion at 6:08pm 10.24.22 Clarity helps. shall we assume you mean you want to connect a strainer directly to a thruhull? and w
Insurance claim capta at 6:02pm 10.24.22 I don't suppose you will have much of a choice. The insurance company will pay as little as possible

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