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Tanks indicators Dima at 9:40am 06.19.11 Big Boats 5/2221 I want to install fuel, water and holdin tank indicators on the 91 35.5 Legend and looking for recom
Big bimini on the rail chiefaponte at 7:39am 06.19.11 S2 1/1767 I am thinking of installing a four-bow SS bimini on my 8.0C. Do you think it will be too intrusive
Lock Bolt - V22 Faris at 7:32am 06.19.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1713 Hi, So, I'm having a bear of a time removing the keel lock bolt. There is no way it should be this
Weird Battery Charger Problem Sailor-man at 7:30am 06.19.11 Ask All Sailors 37/13377 I'm having an electrical problem with my charging system. Just replaced the 7-year old CRISTEC charg
bimini Jim and Patty Slagle at 6:17am 06.19.11 Mid-Size Boats 1/1760 School's out and we are ready for boat time around Annapolis and the Chesapeake Bay. We are trying
Fuel Tank Access BungalowBill at 5:27am 06.19.11 Mid-Size Boats 5/2074 I have a 1992 H33.5 and I want to get access to my fuel tank. I feel a little silly but I cannot fin
Engine woes MLampner at 5:06am 06.19.11 Engines and Propulsion 6/3670 In a post on the Hunter forum about a possible transmission problem, I have told my tale of woe, so
Floatation cubes jjclynick at 3:28am 06.19.11 Day Sailers 1/1326 I recently bought an older 23' mini cruiser which came with several solid styrofoam floatation cubes
Hunter 270 Tiller & Outboard an Orphan? jimfrankelly at 9:09pm 06.18.11 Smaller Boats 9/3407 Looking for other Hunter 270 owners that have tiller/outboard. I have only seen diesel/wheel 270 mo
3 cylinder Yanmar dvantong at 7:24pm 06.18.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1932 I have a 1996 B321 with a 3 cylinder Yanmar with about 400 hours that has a lot more exhaust smoke a
C&c 30 1980 Moonstruckmantis at 5:37pm 06.18.11 C&C 2/7358 I am looking at a 1980 30' C'C. That said, I know absolutely nothing about boats. How do I determine
Hunter 30 Power Plant MLampner at 3:19pm 06.18.11 The Cherubini Hunters 13/2887 In a post about a possible transmission problem, I have told my tale of whoa, so I won't repeat it h
Canada Day splash :( c_witch at 2:21pm 06.18.11 Trailer Sailors 13/6032 Just an update. Looks like my intended Canada Day splash date is not gonna happen :cry:. I've got mo
Bow (1) Bill1565 at 8:46am 06.18.11 The Cherubini Hunters 7/2395 Took the welded mess off our bow today. Looks like several mods to stock and then small boat roller
Origo stove tip (2) Trinkka at 7:32am 06.18.11 Day Sailers 8/12248 I posted this tip last year in the "Salty Sailors" forum but never took any pics of it until yesterd
hatches garyc at 7:07am 06.18.11 The Cherubini Hunters 2/1635 I have replaced the forward hatch and now want to change the salon hatch. The forward hatch is alum.
Universal 25 xp stalling faithforster26@msn.com at 7:07am 06.18.11 Catalina 30 8/2402 We have a Catalina 30, 1988 and have found that when cutting back on the throttle to low RPMs and th
Looking for bowsprit cspears283 at 5:39am 06.18.11 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1043 Where can I buy (to modify for 19) bowsprit and rails. Love to work on boats as much as being in th
IPad app Smitty at 5:31am 06.18.11 Ask All Sailors 3/2561 I love the iPad application. But, how can you get more information about the poster and/or their boa
Backing plates Smitty at 5:27am 06.18.11 Ask All Sailors 11/4778 My Cal 28 does not have backing plates in some places that really need them. So, where/how can I ge

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Tropical Depression 7 (2) JamesG161 at 11:12pm 09.18.22 The slow turn to the North West in the Heat Fueled area of the Caribbean did the Push to Hurricane F
I'm assuming this means my battery is dead?? Benny17441 at 9:49pm 09.18.22 If you can get it fully charged, connect your lights to it and see if they lasts a reasonable time
Any woodworkers about? (1) Daveinet at 8:53pm 09.18.22 Yes, using the masonite as a pattern. Sanding the edge to get the shape right. We use this method fo
I'm assuming this means my battery is dead?? dlochner at 8:34pm 09.18.22 There are two battery characteristics that are at play here, one is the charged voltage and the othe
Carbon Monoxide Alarm going off due to the head? Justin_NSA at 8:23pm 09.18.22 What makes them marine rated? It was expensive??
2 mm halyard leader - Canada rgranger at 8:18pm 09.18.22
Back to the Moon, Sailing in a Vacuum rgranger at 8:08pm 09.18.22 You mean the one who got an ice cream cone while he waited for his car to get fixed? :beer:
Fuel Polishing in St. Louis area jssailem at 7:56pm 09.18.22 No I have 2 - 85 gallon tanks beneath the cabin sole. The tanks sit in the center of the boat on eit
Gori propeller CarlN at 7:50pm 09.18.22 I have one year old Gori 3 blades and had them on a previous boat 15 years ago - they seem the same
Yanmar 3GM30F light blue smoke when cruising (1) Ralph Johnstone at 7:31pm 09.18.22 EDIT: previous numbers are from the shop manual, from the parts book the spec is 203 F and 190 F So
DC Circuit Breaker Failures CarlN at 7:27pm 09.18.22 It's not at all unusual to have a couple of circuit breakers fail over the years. Blue Sea do seem t
Yanmar Engine Mount Worries jaysweet at 6:46pm 09.18.22 If you are thinking about buying four new mounts, I have four that I bought from a British company
Yanmar Engine Mount Worries jaysweet at 6:44pm 09.18.22 Mine are about 20 years old and have 900+ hours on them. Engine is solid and doesn't vibrate. I'm n
Any woodworkers about? john6206 at 6:38pm 09.18.22
Yanmar Engine Mount Worries (6) jaysweet at 6:37pm 09.18.22 Here is an interesting article about engine mounts in the magazine Ocean Navigator. https://oceanna
Any woodworkers about? Daveinet at 6:18pm 09.18.22 Cut and sand a piece of masonite to the exact curve you need. Sand it to shape using a drum sander.
2 mm halyard leader - Canada dlochner at 6:09pm 09.18.22 If you want to buy the line from a Marine store, this line from Binnacle will work, it is 3/16" poly
Identify 6M O'DAY? Sunbird22358 at 5:52pm 09.18.22 I'll defer to a MARINER owner on that question, I know there was apparently originally some kind of
Yanmar 3GM30F light blue smoke when cruising buddybear at 5:42pm 09.18.22 I am I believe the 3rd owner of this boat. Who knows how it was broken in. Air filter is new. EGR i
Identify 6M O'DAY? mike sail at 5:41pm 09.18.22

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