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Visiting San Diego in May MontanaSailor at 6:50pm 04.05.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1201 San Diego Visit We are visiting San Diego end of May. Looking for a chance to crew for someone. We
Parts for older Raritan Compact, not Compact 2 Chris Patterson at 6:24pm 04.05.12 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/3177 The title about says it all, but I have an older Raritan Compact toilet that is out of production fr
Raymarine planning software....... Bob 04 H260 at 6:18pm 04.05.12 Ask All Sailors 8/3216 our new boat came with a large Raymarine GPS plotter. In the past I have used Offshore Navigator to
wind speed indicators plainssailor at 6:03pm 04.05.12 Day Sailers 0/1178 Has anyone used the weather station made by Lacross Technology? It is a weather station for home ty
Holiday Greetings to All (1) MLampner at 5:42pm 04.05.12 Ask All Sailors 5/1188 My sincere best wishes to everyone for Easter or Passover. To our fellow sailors or other faiths fai
Mystery compartment Captainron1 at 5:18pm 04.05.12 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1482 Hello, My 1979 30' O'Day has a compartment at the starboard rear corner of the cockpit. This compart
Anyone Mac at 5:13pm 04.05.12 Ask All Sailors 6/1659 have any opinions about a 1977 30 ft Capital Newport sailboat? The seller is asking 5000.00 and wond
410 oil pressure sender (1) Don Lucas at 4:16pm 04.05.12 Big Boats 18/2567 I think my oil pressure sender unit is bad. Not sure yet as still need to do some wiring check, but
Hunter 23.5 Potable Water System Hugh Straub at 3:29pm 04.05.12 Smaller Boats 5/2597 My new to me, 1993 23.5, came with no fresh water tank. The galley "flipper" hand water pump is in p
Installing Xantrex charger: dc circuit breaker (1) Jared1048 at 2:56pm 04.05.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/945 So i have a question about how the breaker is supposed to be wired. In this it looks like its pointe
Cleaning mildew from inaccessible areas GeorgeK at 2:52pm 04.05.12 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/3764 Hi Peggie. Do you have any suggestions for a safe and effective way to clean, or at least kill, mil
To climb the mast on 340 Mr.X-Ray at 2:41pm 04.05.12 Big Boats 4/1170 Well my wind indicator took a Hawk strike and is bent to about 45 degrees. Want to put new line on m
Which old charger? Dantodd at 2:19pm 04.05.12 Ask All Sailors 8/1445 Which old charger? Heart vs. Sentry I have 2 chargers onboard. One is a Sentry G140 (40 amp Ferro
C27 1980 Cutlass Bearing Set Screw or Brass Plug? Ajay73 at 2:01pm 04.05.12 Mid-Size Boats 4/1564 I have a 1980, C27 and want to replace my cutlass bearing. On most boats I see in the boatyard you
Need help to replace this part. (1) PGIJon at 1:58pm 04.05.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1031 Every hatch had one of these over the nut. No, not me, the hatch nut... However, when we acquired th
Oceanis 430 keel bolts CHM at 1:31pm 04.05.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1172 Just ordered a set from Beneteau - 10 - 20x70 bolts, 1 - 14x50 screw, 10 total washers. $149 delive
Rudder repair ridingdog at 1:23pm 04.05.12 Sabre Sailboats 0/16568 Has anyone taken a rudder out of a Sabre 36? I have a little play when moving my rudder fore and aft
Refinish my Mac 25 rudder davenlynn at 1:23pm 04.05.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1563 What would be the best paint (without costing an arm and a leg) to refinish the rudder? And what st
Mosquitoes Be Gone!!!!! (5) CaptGregg at 12:45pm 04.05.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 10/1835 A PO had some white Velcro around the front hatch base so I just took off on this project last night
Outboard Question. Help! GeorgiaBII at 12:31pm 04.05.12 Trailer Sailors 22/7108 Outboard Question. Help! Updated with results. I've got a chance to buy an electric start tiller-le

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Water Does not Come out the Exhaust Tally Ho at 4:54pm 10.19.22 WOW! What great advice. Thank you. I am pursuing Hayden's advice and looking into a 12v pump. I fig
alternatives for 26-27ft shoal draft heritage at 4:50pm 10.19.22 Hmm, i can see i made a mistake in refering to those "other boats" as dogs, no disrespect intend a
Tongue Extensions Tedd at 4:44pm 10.19.22 Gentleman used a floor jack to see if he could lift the 3rd wheel off the ground.....his extension t
Water Does not Come out the Exhaust priopel at 4:32pm 10.19.22 WOW! What great advice. Thank you. I am pursuing Hayden's advice and looking into a 12v pump. I fig
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida dLj at 4:29pm 10.19.22 It seems to be very confusing ... slack tide rarely corresponds with low and high tides. Based on
Water Does not Come out the Exhaust heritage at 4:21pm 10.19.22 Make sure you heed Davidasail's advice. If you force water through the system, the engine must be r
Can anyone identify this manufacturer? sail sfbay at 3:27pm 10.19.22 Hard to tell...........maybe CDI since they have manufacturing them since 1979 Headsail Roller Furle
Does anyone recognize the make of roller furler? sail sfbay at 3:26pm 10.19.22 Hard to tell...........maybe CDI since they have manufacturing them since 1979 Headsail Roller Furle
Rebedding Catalina 310 chainplates with the mast up Tally Ho at 2:48pm 10.19.22 Thanks! Quick question though - if you didn't remove the chainplate from the bulkhead, how were you
sand and finish Teak and aHolly capta at 2:23pm 10.19.22 As above, the Teak & Holly is just a thin veneer on plywood. If the finish now is just scuffed witho
Hunter 23.5 rain water leak Crazy Dave Condon at 2:21pm 10.19.22 You are welcome sir
Plastic Teak Toe Rails - Looking for opinions and feedback (2) dmax at 2:13pm 10.19.22 Update: decided the SS pan head screws didn't look right, wasn't interested in putting in 80 bungs s
23.5 replacement parts Orbweaver at 2:04pm 10.19.22 Thanks Dave, I didn't know about the build list on the forum store. Looks like I'll need to put a fe
I'm picking up a new to me '87 H23 tomorrow. Crazy Dave Condon at 1:54pm 10.19.22 @Orbweaver is correct on tightening clamp down.
23.5 replacement parts Crazy Dave Condon at 1:51pm 10.19.22 The forum store has the build list of parts for the hunter 23.5. The owner of this website is a fo
alternatives for 26-27ft shoal draft shemandr at 1:49pm 10.19.22 Jim Taylor. Good pedigree. A nice looking boat with about anything you'd want.
Quick Question windansea at 1:42pm 10.19.22 Probably your official coast guard registration number. Try a web search for coast guard hull ident
Forestay decking coming out Tally Ho at 1:42pm 10.19.22 What is the forestay anchored to under the deck? Is it sturdy and just the cover plate is loose? I
Quick Question Tally Ho at 1:37pm 10.19.22 Sailboatdata lists the LOA of a Catalina 38 as 11.61 M. Maybe they just rounded to 11.5? https://
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida Scott T-Bird at 1:31pm 10.19.22 Low tide tomorrow is at 10:15am so he could start before that like an hour or so and then ride the

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