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Boom question mellis18 at 6:40pm 10.13.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1504 I'm trying to find info on my boom. I have a B'R Rigged mast and the boom tag states "Somat" from F
Who keeps a journal? kpgraci at 6:15pm 10.13.11 Ask All Sailors 16/2663 While searching my bookshelves for a book on chess for my daughter I stumbled across an old runners
Looking for an O'Day 26 jproppe at 6:11pm 10.13.11 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1458 Hey all. I'm looking to purchase an O'Day 26. I'm located in Southern Ontario, Canada, but would
Bilge pump installation Nursemnr at 4:54pm 10.13.11 Smaller Boats 3/1554 Hi everyone, Currently the only bilge pump on Wild Child is a manual one. I want to install a pump
How To Unstep my O'Day 20 Mast mrmuha at 3:30pm 10.13.11 Ask An Oday Owner 2/2040 Hello, I was just given an O'day 20 and had everything setup for a guy at the marina to pretty much
Should I add a drain plug in V17 Hollyweirdos at 3:07pm 10.13.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1367 Hey all, just thinking of adding a bilge plug on my V17. Mostly for getting water out of the interi
hunter 340 barrile at 3:06pm 10.13.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/3855 Looking to upgrade from my old Hunter 25.5. Saw a 1997 Hunter 340 for sale and am going to look at i
25.5 hunter w moviable cabin top jackfromhicksville at 12:03pm 10.13.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/776 I have a 25.5 Hunter with the cabin top that has the ability to elevate. The cabin top has a liner
Crane Failure at Collins Bay Sylvain at 11:01am 10.13.11 The Cherubini Hunters 3/2151 A sad crane mechanical (I hope) failure at Collins Bay Marina in Kingston, Ont. Luckily, nobody was
mast bolt question FlbkRoxie at 9:44am 10.13.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 15/3274 This may be a very dumb question, but why isn't there a second bolt to hold the front of the mast to
DSC Disconnect Nelsonhow at 7:51am 10.13.11 Mid-Size Boats 3/1197 I must have a disconnect with my Standard Horizon Eclipse DSC radio. I bought the radio 2 seasons ag
Sometimes frustrating, sometimes funny. fokker416 at 7:27am 10.13.11 Smaller Boats 16/2516 I live in North Central Florida. There are a few sailboats around here but not a lot. The "local"
Raymarine ST4000 Auto lehigh375 at 7:15am 10.13.11 Ask All Sailors 5/1718 I have a ST4000 autopilot which is not hooked up to my Garmin 545 GPS. Just recently the auto tach
Antifreeze or Blow Down - Which is Better Long Story at 7:10am 10.13.11 Catalina 310 6/1936 :stirthepot: It's that time of year. I have always pumped the pink stuff through, as noted in other
A new anchoring hazard higgs at 6:43am 10.13.11 Ask All Sailors 13/2858 http://news.sky.com/home/strange-news/article/16086718
Questions about using an autopilot weinie at 6:41am 10.13.11 Ask All Sailors 22/4948 I have a 27 Catalina with wheel steering that I single hand most of the time. I would love to get
Installing Mast Boot w/no deck collar? Mike Turner at 5:45am 10.13.11 Ask All Sailors 6/4389 I want to install mast boots on both masts of my Lazyjack 32 schooner to help stop persistent leaks
On-deck paint dee.yeah at 3:40am 10.13.11 Yamaha 2/1558 Maybe it's a silly question. I don't know how it happened, the paint of the anchor compartment and
Who has a ZF BW7 transmission? prroots at 1:55am 10.13.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 21/20624 Our new-to-us Beneteau 411 came with a Westerbeke 44A FOUR engine and ZF BW7 transmission. We would
3GMF Yanmar Lady B at 9:06pm 10.12.11 Mid-Size Boats 8/5272 Hello Everyone, I am real new to the sailing world so any and all help would be greatly appreciate

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Catalina 30 Broken Fuse Leeward Rail at 7:51pm 09.05.22 Yours must be a modification by the irascible Previous Owner @SV Fiasco.. Above is why a question
Hood Furler - 40.5 artboas at 7:49pm 09.05.22 Sad to hear you sailing season has come to an end for the season. Binnacle Marine appears to have
A/C duct locations artboas at 7:46pm 09.05.22 Would like to chime in on something related. On most boats, they just let the airco pan drain to the
41DS Refrigerator Replacement artboas at 7:40pm 09.05.22 Hi all, The original Nova Kool DC only unit finally quit working (15 yrs old). I would like to repl
Hunter vision in mast wires jssailem at 7:38pm 09.05.22
260 roller jib removal rgranger at 7:31pm 09.05.22 Thanks Peter. Found the CDI FF2 manual on another thread, and it looks like there is a halyard. A
Hunter 34 Winch Replacement artboas at 7:29pm 09.05.22 Yes, on my boat they were. It was zero effort for Hunter to glass in the plates, and at that point
Hunter 34 Winch Replacement artboas at 7:26pm 09.05.22 Question about the Hunter plates glassed into the hull. Are they glasses into the hull were the op
McLube........ McLeak? rgranger at 7:24pm 09.05.22
Battery cables H260 rgranger at 7:20pm 09.05.22 My H26 had the bats to port just take your existing electric lines and crimp on a few extra feet o
Bottom Paint Clarification rgranger at 7:18pm 09.05.22
2 year old Diesel Stabilzer rgranger at 7:10pm 09.05.22
McLube........ McLeak? capta at 7:06pm 09.05.22 WD-40 is a great fish attractant. Just spray it on your lures and see the difference. Well, salmon f
Bleeding Yanmar Injectors 2Sheets2TheWind at 7:02pm 09.05.22 Have you or anyone else added fuel to the boat lately? Gasoline in a diesel will cause issues. I
Bleeding Yanmar Injectors 2Sheets2TheWind at 6:59pm 09.05.22 Is there any exhaust smoke? Was it there before this issue? No and no. It burns pretty clean.
Bleeding Yanmar Injectors 2Sheets2TheWind at 6:59pm 09.05.22 I think I would try quickly opening and closing the lines at the injector, just as you suggest. Wh
chartplotter (1) BC Bernie at 6:35pm 09.05.22 Hi there, Garmin 9" I installed last year in the original pod. Good luck!
Bleeding Yanmar Injectors SycloneDriver at 6:34pm 09.05.22 Have you or anyone else added fuel to the boat lately? Gasoline in a diesel will cause issues. I h
McLube........ McLeak? Captain Larry-DH at 6:29pm 09.05.22 Since my local marine shops stopped bringing in McLube Sailkote spray, I/we sailors here had switch
Bleeding Yanmar Injectors SycloneDriver at 6:25pm 09.05.22 Is there any exhaust smoke? Was it there before this issue?

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