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Mac 26M and Heavy stern. Cameo380 at 8:49pm 05.18.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 15/4461 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 0/1509 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 11/5524 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 5/2587 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 2/1782 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 7/2826 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 4/1868 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 6/4637 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 1/1470 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 3/1936 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 1/1321 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 3/1661 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 11/10436 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 1/1603 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 14/5394 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 2/2025 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 3/1742 I have the original style mixing elbow (NOT U shaped) which is corroding badly from the outside and
Anticipation Roger Long at 11:37am 05.18.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 7/3636

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battery charging issues Davidasailor26 at 5:33am 09.07.22 Sounds like you are down for new batteries too! Despite there being a problem, I guess we have bee
Installing Air Conditioning in Hunter 356 / 36 seadaddler at 5:32am 09.07.22 I am rushing out and will try info later but the pump is under kitchen opening just forward of the o
battery charging issues vidalia at 5:19am 09.07.22 At first the two vastly different voltages on the two batteries in parallel was a puzzle to me but
battery charging issues vidalia at 5:01am 09.07.22 Ours made this winter without a problem, at 8 years old. The winter before I had load tested them a
battery charging issues vidalia at 4:57am 09.07.22 @Don S/V ILLusion just lead you to a rabbit hole, if you survive the trip you will have a good mode
33.5 fuel tank leak (3) RoyS at 4:55am 09.07.22 IMHO the correct way to support a new aluminum fuel tank is to bond plastic isolating strips to the
Is this a common H34 sole problem? HMT2 at 4:51am 09.07.22 For those of you redoing your soles. I followed this technique when redoing mine and was very please
Is this a common H34 sole problem? RoyS at 4:13am 09.07.22 I removed the old plywood flooring completely down to the fiberglass liner. The plywood came up with
Wire mesh size for A/C and engine seawater intake strainers Terry Cox at 4:07am 09.07.22 Our 1991 boat came with a Perko brand sea water strainer, model number - 0493006PLB, that serves dua
Restoring the look of old Lewmar Winches DianaOfBurlington at 3:21am 09.07.22 The Barient appears to be an aluminum drum. I'll be looking for a chrome shop to redo the winches
Hunter 37.5 - Dinette Table Stuck artboas at 9:34pm 09.06.22 Hunter Legend 37.5 1995. Has anyone had trouble with their dinette table getting stuck? When I
Airmar ST 800 Odd Problem TimFromLI at 8:00pm 09.06.22 I had a similar problem once, the transducer was installed incorrectly. It was not pushed all the wa
Interesting Smell - 1993 Hunter Legend 40.5 Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:19pm 09.06.22 I'm guessing it's either permeated sanitation hoses (cheap single wall flexible pvc won't have a sew
Beneteau 331 steering dlochner at 7:05pm 09.06.22 I found we had to cross the chain in the binnacle to have the steering wheel turn in the proper dir
260 roller jib removal Tally Ho at 6:58pm 09.06.22
H37C Need to Replace Turning Blocks knappytime at 6:34pm 09.06.22 Michael, I would be very interested in the source for your new blocks. Kemp
Interesting Smell - 1993 Hunter Legend 40.5 Don S/V ILLusion at 6:20pm 09.06.22 Does this boat still have the original aluminum holding tank and hoses/vent line hose?
33.5 fuel tank leak (1) Sutric at 6:15pm 09.06.22 How much trouble is it to remove the fuel tank? I've seen a few posts about tank leaks and wonderin
Beneteau 331 steering Calif. Ted at 6:00pm 09.06.22 Makes sense to me, if the wires didn't cross the wheel would work backwards, it is usually the wires
Bleeding Yanmar Injectors 2Sheets2TheWind at 5:55pm 09.06.22 Does this motor have one compression release lever per cylinder? If it does, make sure all 3 are r

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