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ultrasonic antifouling Ross King at 9:09pm 05.18.11 Big Boats 3/1844 Has anyone tried ultrasonic antifouling in conjunction with normal antifouling? Any results or opini
Mac 26M and Heavy stern. Cameo380 at 8:49pm 05.18.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 15/4458 A beautiful sailing trip with a routine pit stop at the gas station on the way back to the marina tu
FlexoFold - Shaft / Hub Nut Torque # Chuteman2 at 8:19pm 05.18.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1506 Did a forum search but did not find any specific references. FF Instructions say "very tight" bu
Standing rigging-est. How much. Cpt. Jon at 8:04pm 05.18.11 Ask All Sailors 11/5519 My boat budget is getting less by the day. My 1980 hunter 30 we bought a couple of years ago is get
Automatic Bilge Float Switch Location in B323 Orion323 at 6:45pm 05.18.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/2573 Hi.....we've recently purchased a 2004 B323. The manual indicates that the bilge pump operates autom
Throttle and Shifter cable replacment engdude62 at 6:35pm 05.18.11 S2 2/1780 Does anyone have some experiance to share in replacing the throttle and shift cables within the bini
Emergency Tiller S2 9.2C engdude62 at 6:28pm 05.18.11 S2 7/2823 I recently purchased a 1987 S2 9.2c and can't find any sort of an emergency tiller set up. I did fin
Anchor Sailing g.lovell at 6:25pm 05.18.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1866 I have a Hunter 310 which Anchor Sails. As the wind increases the sailing angle can be as much as 13
Two holding tank vent lines? gac1982 at 6:00pm 05.18.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/4636 Peggy, In an old post I read, you said "Nor do I even recommend two vent lines in all installatio
Enclosures for Aft Cockpit Hunter 460 kshaffer77 at 5:59pm 05.18.11 Big Boats 1/1467 We have a 2000 Hunter 460 with a Dodger with a full bimini. We love our boat and would like to hav
Port brand for 83 Oday 25? ebsail at 5:33pm 05.18.11 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1606 I'm guessing that the two opening ports (1 port, 1 starboard) on my 83 O'day 25 are Beckson? Anyon
Tuning the rig on an H27 jfgy at 5:28pm 05.18.11 Mid-Size Boats 3/1933 I plan to tune the rig on my new (to me) 1989 H27. The shrouds are pretty loose at the moment. I wou
masthead, main halyard question mark goggans at 4:18pm 05.18.11 Day Sailers 1/1317 I inherited a daysailer and after sailing it for the last year decided to repair some things. I repl
Hunter 26 Ground? firewater at 3:19pm 05.18.11 Smaller Boats 3/1660 I have got a 1997 Hunter 26, and I'm in the process of installing a charger/inverter and shore power
Fresh water tanks AADIVER at 2:54pm 05.18.11 Catalina 30 11/10408 My '83 has two fresh water tanks, one under the V berth, the other under the starboard settee. May
Deck paint question jfrench at 2:11pm 05.18.11 Catalina 22 1/1413 A sailing instructor mentioned that the surface of the Catalina we were on was painted with a flat-w
Wanted: trailer inarathree at 1:32pm 05.18.11 Ask All Sailors 1/1602 Dont know if this is the right place to as this, but I am looking to rent or borrow a trailer for a
AC installation on Catalina 310 Sailing Emporium at 12:59pm 05.18.11 Catalina 310 14/5385 I have a 2002 Catalina 310 in the yard that the owner wants us to install a 9000 BTU air conditioner
Annapolis Nautical Flea Market Marc Bergmueller at 12:55pm 05.18.11 Ask All Sailors 2/2023 Has anyone attended the Annapolis Nautical Flea Market in the past? It's in its 3rd year and I wond
Original 2QM15 mixing elbow source? Stephen Trapani at 12:39pm 05.18.11 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1740 I have the original style mixing elbow (NOT U shaped) which is corroding badly from the outside and

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Hunter 34 Winch Replacement Crusty Ol Salt at 8:07pm 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 49 Instrument / Engine panel artboas at 8:03pm 09.05.22
Replacement of engine artboas at 7:58pm 09.05.22 I have figured out process for changing the impeller relatively quickly as is. It takes about 30 mi
Bleeding Yanmar Injectors SycloneDriver at 7:57pm 09.05.22 Does this motor have one compression release lever per cylinder? If it does, make sure all 3 are re
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

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