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3GM Tachometer sending unit Richard Bryer at 10:34am 05.04.11 Big Boats 5/2944 Has anyone found a substitute for the Yanmar tachometer sending unit on the 3GM? A new one is $200 h
Yanmar difficult to start miguelgdelrey at 10:02am 05.04.11 Big Boats 5/2367 Hello I have been having problems starting the Yanmar engine on the Hunter 49 The engine is a 11
Transmission Oil ChuckH at 9:56am 05.04.11 Mid-Size Boats 4/2770 I Have a question on my transmiision oil on my Yanmar 2GM20F with a Kanzaki KM2P transmission. I thi
Clamshelled thru-hull Marc Bergmueller at 9:15am 05.04.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/5262 Does anyone manufacture a 1" thru-hull with a clamshell on it. I'm replacing the puny 1/2" tank vent
Look What I just found RAD at 9:13am 05.04.11 Ask An Oday Owner 5/2056 http://forums.oday.sailboatowners.com/group.php?groupid=45
Newby needing help johnrs8 at 8:08am 05.04.11 Day Sailers 2/1663 Just purchased a used Oday 17 foot daysailer. Need any info available on sails and rigging. Sailed
Small Help Needed jfreeman at 7:36am 05.04.11 Catalina 310 10/2497 I have been fortunate this year to be able to order new sails. I have been very careful to remove an
Raydata deal or no deal :) Captnkev25 at 7:20am 05.04.11 Ask All Sailors 3/2812 I recently posted about what I thought was a good deal for a Raymarine tridata. Turns out what the f
need a trailer for Catalina 25 fixed keel ewapapiez at 6:41am 05.04.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/2469 I need to move catalina 25 fixed keel. Where can I borrow a trailer from?
Placement of Batteries (1) Dusty Bilge at 6:12am 05.04.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/2432
One HOT Macgregor (1) 76Mac22 at 5:16am 05.04.11 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 11/7235 My Mac 22... My workshop(1800sq ft) caught fire and my boat was about 30 feet away and the heat melt
Teak oil and pine Quoddy at 4:44am 05.04.11 Ask All Sailors 3/3397 Does anyone know how well teak oil will work as an exterior treatment for white pine?
Newbie Questions - Hunter 290 jmhoffman at 3:37am 05.04.11 Mid-Size Boats 3/3051 I purchased a 2000 Hunter 290 in Sept of 2010, and I have a few questions. Your assistance would be
Rent/borrow a trailer Rsaoday22 at 11:05pm 05.03.11 Ask An Oday Owner 6/2142 I was lucky to win an eBay auction which makes me the proud owner of s 1973 oday 22 in the san Franc
Leaving the dock with an outboard motor Robin F at 8:01pm 05.03.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 34/9889 Hi All, First let me say that I am a complete novice to sailing. I bought a 1978 Macgregor 22 and I
LP Gas "Breaker" on H280? Tally Ho at 8:00pm 05.03.11 Mid-Size Boats 1/1567 I notice a breaker on the electrical panel on my recently purchased H280 labeled "LP Gas".....but I
Midship Cleats Runaway at 7:44pm 05.03.11 Mid-Size Boats 1/1623 I have seen mentioned in various threads on this site the installation of a midship cleat on the Hun
Interfacing Lowrance VHF and Garmin GPS Ken Cross at 7:26pm 05.03.11 Ask All Sailors 5/2446 Question for the brain trust: I have a Lowrance LVR250 VHF radio and I'm considering purchasing a Ga
Hey Keith, I cutta hole in my boat too and more (8) RBone at 7:12pm 05.03.11 Day Sailers 3/1927 Back in late '08 when I started repairing Pronto I found rotted core under the mast step. http://fa
Dinghy Davits - Another Post (2) stephen Penny at 6:36pm 05.03.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/3571

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Island Time Progress report (3) CaptainRed at 5:38pm 09.01.22 Swim Platform 3/4" Non Skid Starboard First two pics prior to swim ladder installation under platfor
Just a little surface rust rgranger at 5:33pm 09.01.22 Excellent post @Captain Larry-DH :clap:
Tips for top down furler? Hayden Watson at 5:28pm 09.01.22 Here is another video that shows it better
Ideas to reinforce outboard bracket for trailering azsailing at 5:06pm 09.01.22 Thanks everyone for the responses. Sorry, to post and not respond, I got tied up with work. At th
Island Time Progress report (1) CaptainRed at 5:05pm 09.01.22 Side view of panel shows the extra clearance I got from downsizing the destroyer wheel to 22". Just
Island Time Progress report (1) CaptainRed at 5:02pm 09.01.22 Instrument panel back. The lowest part of the back section blocks view down into the cabin, and bl
Testing coolant pump? CowboyWay at 4:55pm 09.01.22 Oh, and is just the tach needle dropping, or is the engine actually starting to stall? If you have
Island Time Progress report (1) CaptainRed at 4:53pm 09.01.22 Instrument Panel front. 99% finished.
Ideas to reinforce outboard bracket for trailering azsailing at 4:49pm 09.01.22 Is the bracket the motor's on really worth the trouble? I had the motor mounted directly to the tra
Propane pressure gauge smokey73 at 4:41pm 09.01.22 Excellent question! I'd like to hear from someone who's tried. I don't know if it would be accura
Propane pressure gauge Head Sail at 4:21pm 09.01.22 Could you not use a non-contact temperature gun to see where the temperature changes on the surface
2 year old Diesel Stabilzer Richard19068 at 3:29pm 09.01.22
Catalina 18 - Advice on mast raising? MarkHejtmanek at 3:10pm 09.01.22 Thanks Andrew - much appreciated basics! I'll get a number of opportunities to sort out the process
Propane pressure gauge Ralph Johnstone at 3:06pm 09.01.22 But enough info on the post to meet most boaters needs. I don't want to know what the hell any b
Invest 91L kappykaplan at 2:54pm 09.01.22 Confirmed fish storm, Danielle.
Just a little surface rust kappykaplan at 2:39pm 09.01.22 This looks innocent enough. But it's not... Definitely not! :beer:
Just a little surface rust dlochner at 2:36pm 09.01.22 Yep, been replacing my cheap HW store clamps with the Scandvik clamps on essential systems. A couple
How worried should I be about the Home Depot technique for crimping stainless wire? thinwater at 2:29pm 09.01.22 All sorts of cute sollutions (I would go with Dyneema if I did not have the proper crimper, and prob
Hunter Hull laid up Crazy Dave Condon at 2:28pm 09.01.22 @DOCKHAND Never heard back. If you can be more specific as to model and year, damage and/or conc
Propane pressure gauge JamesG161 at 2:24pm 09.01.22 suppose an apology is in order Apology Accepted. I saw the switching back and forth between Weight

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