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Seepage from Waste Line Vented Loop... JoyRide28 at 11:56am 01.03.12 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/2738 Hi Peggy, et., al., Happy New Year. I have what I hope is a fairly simple question. I have noticed t
Gasoline vs. Propane. Benny17441 at 11:19am 01.03.12 Ask All Sailors 13/4204 One of our friends posted a reply to a thread and he raised the safety issue of using propane vs gas
Crack in Hunter 17 Deck James White at 11:05am 01.03.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/5874 Need help please- from ANYONE- I want to buy a Hunter 17 (love these boats) but it has a 14" crack
Jabsco Head rebuild or replace...? Squidd at 10:50am 01.03.12 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 37/16241 I posted this on another forum and just got reamed and basicly told I was a fool... so please be gen
1984 H34 HWH - What is this valve? (1) dqb24 at 10:45am 01.03.12 Big Boats 23/5423 Starboard/outboard side of the hot water heater...small diam petcock - was frozen - after PB blaster
new FX mainsail Jordan grant at 10:38am 01.03.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/2043 Incemy last post Ive gotten to try out the new sail so I can answer my original post from +months ag
emergency tiller question Bergovoy at 9:39am 01.03.12 S2 6/2075 hey all... I have a 1980 S29.2a and it has a plastic deckplate on the back seat/bench area... unde
Stern Rail Seat (1) Scott2 at 9:12am 01.03.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1179 Laast summer my H240 went through a horific lake storm that blew up quickly.Winds were estimated at
Now I know what's under that 8.0CC sole ewoden1 at 8:21am 01.03.12 S2 0/1051 Opened up the sole on my 8.0CC this past week. Interesting piece of, ahem, engineering. Recall I
Anchor Sizeing Great Lakes Squidd at 7:47am 01.03.12 Ask All Sailors 31/7501 Looking thru my gear and I have a "S13" Danforth which I assume is a 13# anchor, I have 30' of 3/16"
Bull Creek Buffet (Video) Roger Long at 7:16am 01.03.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 7/3201 I stuck my head out the companionway this morning just in time to see a feeding frenzy of dolphins,
House Battery Replacement JeffThompson at 4:27am 01.03.12 Big Boats 8/1546 Over the holidays, our house battery finally decided to go to the great battery graveyard in the sky
Moment of Truth Roger Long at 4:09am 01.03.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 4/2366
Removable cockpit table paul1938 at 9:46pm 01.02.12 Mid-Size Boats 5/1884 I have a 2005 H33 and while the folding table is great when we are docked, it's a pain when we are s
San Diego Trailer Sailors davenlynn at 9:45pm 01.02.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1969 Are there any marinas on either Shelter Island or Harbour Island that rent slips for a day or two?
Hunter 376 A/C and genset cahenesy at 7:03pm 01.02.12 Big Boats 11/4381 Hello all, I am in the process of purchasing a 1997 Hunter 376. I mostly sail on Lake Sidney Lan
Hunter 22 bilge pump location question SenecaDaze at 6:43pm 01.02.12 Smaller Boats 23/9067 the boat is a 1981 model,there was no bilge pump mounted when i bought boat,i have a small bilge pum
Show Off Time (4) GorillaToast at 6:23pm 01.02.12 Catalina 22 19/2295 Ok, so I decided to work on the boat instead of watching the Rose Bowl. After Ohio State (just down
Hunter 260: hole in cabin floor? epsilonblue at 6:00pm 01.02.12 Smaller Boats 18/5113 I have recently bought a hunter 260. there is a one inch diameter hole cut in the cabin floor adjace
Bottom paint seagle at 4:51pm 01.02.12 Ask All Sailors 10/3437 What is the best bottom paint to us in the bahams and why?

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Removing sludge from heat exchanger-Yanmar Dubo at 5:45am 10.24.22 Before trying to clean it you might want to figure out what it is. It looks very much like oil tha
Morse dual lever controller lever question dlochner at 5:34am 10.24.22 To change the direction of the throttle, move the cable to the other hole.
Replacing Old Shore Power Connection with Smartplug CYQK at 5:28am 10.24.22 +1 on 303 good stuff
O'Day 28 Keel Deflection terry_buda at 5:20am 10.24.22
Recommendations on bottom paint requested Justin_NSA at 5:10am 10.24.22 I would ask other sailors around you what works for them. Nothing works as well as first hand knowle
Morse dual lever controller lever question (2) xavpil at 5:06am 10.24.22 <p>
Water filter clarification... xavpil at 4:58am 10.24.22
Water filter clarification... Captain Larry-DH at 4:48am 10.24.22
Removing old antifouling applying new gelcoat? dlochner at 4:25am 10.24.22 Funny you should mention that, I do. lol The boat has been in Ohio for 3 years, but came from the e
winter cover (1) Jim Legere at 4:23am 10.24.22 With my old H37C I used to tarp off the cockpit from the companionway back to the stern with a 10' x
Removing old antifouling applying new gelcoat? HeelBoy at 4:21am 10.24.22 We don't have barnacles.... Funny you should mention that, I do. lol The boat has been in Ohio fo
Removing old antifouling applying new gelcoat? dlochner at 4:16am 10.24.22 Why? Your gelcoat is probably fine. If the boat spends most of its life on a trailer, there is no
Catalina 88 36 Steaming Light replacement sailme88 at 3:59am 10.24.22 I replaced my steaming/deck light a few years ago.. Decided to go with LED.... Bad choice.. Good for
Sinks draining slowly. sailme88 at 3:54am 10.24.22 I've encountered both the slow drain and weak raw feed to the engine. In both cases the culprit was
Water filter not needed right? xavpil at 3:34am 10.24.22 You asked and I be tellin' ya : ll as I mentioned in post #7. When the handle is in line with the
Replacing Old Shore Power Connection with Smartplug Tin Kicker at 2:01am 10.24.22 303 is made for UV protection and is at many Home Depots, Walmarts, Amazon, etc. https://www.homede
Replacing Old Shore Power Connection with Smartplug Ralph Johnstone at 11:06pm 10.23.22 New one from West Marine said "store out of sun when not in use" !!!!!!!. Is that a Smartplug. G
Alternator NYSail at 11:03pm 10.23.22 what is the alternator directly wire to? On my beneteau the alt was originally wired directly to
Removing sludge from heat exchanger-Yanmar (4) Ralph Johnstone at 10:56pm 10.23.22 I cleaned out my2GM20F HE last winter and replaced the gaskets. Really quite easy and the two block
Replacing Old Shore Power Connection with Smartplug Clydo at 10:48pm 10.23.22 That is DEFINITELY the way to go Greg. When I purchased mine, purchasing the fittings only was an

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