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Cooling System Zinc sternface at 6:02pm 05.17.11 Catalina 30 2/1847 I have a Yanmar diesel 2GM20 with a fresh water cooling system. I am told Yanmar does not place a z
Hull Liner (carpet) Molding GMCDENT at 3:38pm 05.17.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1312 My Hunter 1981 33 ft is going to get a new hull liner (the carpeting on the sides of the salon). I
Hull Liner (carpet) Molding GMCDENT at 3:36pm 05.17.11 The Cherubini Hunters 6/2626 My Hunter 1981 33 ft is going to get a new hull liner (the carpeting on the sides of the salon). I
Torn Sail jetboatn at 2:53pm 05.17.11 Smaller Boats 8/1792 Sailed my 23.5 hunter for the first time today!!! This was my first time to sail and I was having a
Ongoing problems w/ C36 fresh water pump kpmartin at 2:45pm 05.17.11 Big Boats 2/1947 We took delivery of a new Catalina 36 MkII in May '08. We replaced the fresh water pump on it twice
Replacing a genoa roller furler system on a 281 AndyS at 2:30pm 05.17.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1767 I have a B281 that has the stock Z Spar genoa roller system. The gray piece of plastic that forms th
Mainsheet Article Deadline June 10th bobjames at 1:37pm 05.17.11 Catalina 310 0/1252 Hi Captains and Admirals: Now that we are into May it is time to start enjoying our Catalina 310s..I
Captain Who? comfortzone at 11:37am 05.17.11 Ask All Sailors 16/3818 We've covered boat names but what about nick names for the owners or captains or crew? I have a bud
Naples, Ft Myers to Boca Grande Terry in Naples at 11:25am 05.17.11 Ask All Sailors 8/5443 I am going to spend the next 2 weeks just puttering around this area in the boat. I have been to sev
O'Day Vinyl Stripes Sail17 at 11:09am 05.17.11 Ask An Oday Owner 4/2171 I have a DaySailer 2 (17 foot). The blue and black vinyl stripes look very old and i'd like to repl
DaySailer cuddy door Sail17 at 11:07am 05.17.11 Ask An Oday Owner 5/8531 My original DaySailer 2 cuddy doors had plastic around the outside edges. I just got new ones and th
Main Halyard led aft (1) ehh at 9:52am 05.17.11 Musings With Maine Sail 26/15109 Here is a picture...I hope I did it right, of the base of the mast of my new old boat. The main haly
3qm30 water temp sender installation (3) guidera48 at 9:33am 05.17.11 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1795 After much research on the location for the new gauge water temerature sender, water hose installati
Is Scurvy Dog in Pensacola still open? ChuckThomas at 9:14am 05.17.11 Ask All Sailors 0/1903 Does anyone know. I will be in area this week and would like to stop by. They were a great consign
mounting solar panels iwillmott at 8:47am 05.17.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2095 I want to get a little independance with solar ' wind. Has anyone mounted solar panels atop the bimi
Hunter 280 overhead panel stereo mount Cor280 at 8:16am 05.17.11 Mid-Size Boats 11/5263 First I just bought a used 1996 Hunter 280 and am very excited to make it my own! Top of my list is
Unknown Boat. Please help! (4) dgheat at 8:12am 05.17.11 Ask All Sailors 9/3995 I have recently been given a boat by means of abandonment. I'm in the process of getting the officia
New toilet install question Cpt. Jon at 7:53am 05.17.11 Ask All Sailors 17/4271 I recently purchased a new toilet to replace the 30 year old WC (or something like that), we went wi
How is yours hanging?? (3) guidera48 at 7:45am 05.17.11 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1768 I finally got the water heater out. It was on it's last leg. 1992 said the label. I found a new muff
"Car Fax" for boats? online research DaveC426913 at 7:28am 05.17.11 Ask All Sailors 5/2103 Is there a place where I can look up the history of a potential purchase if I have the reg # and the

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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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