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Proper Placement of Navigation Lights Tim Banjo at 6:47pm 04.23.11 Day Sailers 1/1955 I am installing original navigation lights on my 1967 Mariner and would like to find out exactly whe
Oday 240 user manual Koenemann at 6:11pm 04.23.11 Ask An Oday Owner 4/2757 Hello there,I like to obtain a user manual and all original (or later) editions that came with the b
Keel cable and turning ball replacement on a C25 Captnkev25 at 6:04pm 04.23.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/2933 Does anyone know of a site or can they provide me with some step by step instructions on replacing t
Leece Neville Alternator Replacement w/ External Regulation Stu Jackson at 5:33pm 04.23.11 Musings With Maine Sail 0/3084 As part of my wet cell battery replacement (five years, sadly neglected when I broke my leg skiing i
Stern rail seat for H260 jdiazkropman at 4:11pm 04.23.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1330 Hello all, I bought an h260 recently and the port side stern rail seat is bent. I sent it to a local
Genoa for 1993 Hunter 40.5 footerdog at 4:04pm 04.23.11 Big Boats 4/1626 Anyone with a 40.5 know the dimensions of there original genoa? It is a boat that I am interested i
Sealant for threads on through-hull valve. Tomek23582 at 4:03pm 04.23.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/2230 What do you use to seal the threads on the through-hull to valve connections and further along the l
Is This Enough Bearing to Carry a Boat (1) geehaw at 3:32pm 04.23.11 Ask All Sailors 10/3354 Needing to get the trailer out from under my boat. Will this be enough bearing to not damage the boa
Heat Exchanger issues Bay_sailor at 1:48pm 04.23.11 Engines and Propulsion 4/3387 Hello all, new to the Catalina group. I have a heat exchanger on a M25XP that may have a possible i
Mast top removal (2) betzhunter at 1:11pm 04.23.11 Big Boats 4/1471 Is it possible to remove the top of the mast? What do these bolts do? Thanks
Sailing on Lake Cachuma, CA??? r.oril at 12:49pm 04.23.11 Ask All Sailors 4/3501 Who has sailed on Lake Cachuma, Ca? I have a MacGregor 26D and I know that I have to go there Clea
Heat Exchanger problems Bay_sailor at 12:43pm 04.23.11 Catalina 30 1/1908 Hello all, new to the Catalina group. I have a heat exchanger on a M25XP that may have a possible in
Victron Battery Monitor problem DanM at 12:33pm 04.23.11 Ask All Sailors 17/6272 Friends, I've recently installed a Victron Battery Monitor in my Catalina 30 and it's working well
Still have no Sail. anyone got a used O'25 main? gabriel.donnelly at 11:52am 04.23.11 Parts Search 6/3909 I'm missing the best part of the season here, b4 it gets to hot and the wind dies out completely. I
Compass conundrum Scallywag-l36 at 11:17am 04.23.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/2089 So.... Autopilot shows heading exactly 180deg opposite to my actual heading, boat cursor on chartplo
Hull Sophie1223 at 10:17am 04.23.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1272 I'm looking at purchasing a hunter 36 1982. The bottom has several layers of paint and has not been
What a Score! Roger Long at 10:17am 04.23.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 3/3587 One of my secondary nagging worries about having an old boat is the hot water heater. While its fai
help-how to remove prop frozen nut ??? MitchM at 9:48am 04.23.11 Ask All Sailors 12/11617 well i have to take off my prop shaft so started with the prop itself. i have a flexof
PSS Dripless Shaft Seal bellow compression fatigue Patrick Lombard at 9:29am 04.23.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1623 I have a 6 year old PSS Dripless shaft seal. It has been adjusted a few times over the years. My pro
Release agents Ted at 8:51am 04.23.11 Ask All Sailors 5/2304 I am going to be using Marine-Tex (epoxy based putty) to make a small repair adjacent to a threaded

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Cleaning the hull dlochner at 3:23pm 08.29.22 I'm not sure how much a gallon of muriatic acid costs, but we buy toilet bowl cleaner at the dollar
Boat lift kappykaplan at 3:18pm 08.29.22 Definitely empty the ballast tank.
Cleaning the hull Sailor Sue at 3:17pm 08.29.22 It is considerably cheaper to just buy a gallon of Muriatic Acid at the hardware store, dilute by 5
Why do we bother rant kappykaplan at 3:16pm 08.29.22 I prefer curmudgeon. That's me! :plus:
Hot water heater kappykaplan at 3:14pm 08.29.22 "Cold water heater." Water heater is sufficient . . .
321 air conditioning install Weasel at 3:08pm 08.29.22 If you install a condensate on the water discharge line you will have a dry bilge. I have had one on
2 boom vangs, no main sheet? LakeShark at 3:07pm 08.29.22 @Jamesiv1 thats great to hear. Mark is a super nice guy and a wealth of knowledge. I am sorry I hav
Service life of nylon anchor rode? (1) Kings Gambit at 2:58pm 08.29.22
How can I tell if an engine is frozen or worth trying salvage? ConceptKreator at 2:51pm 08.29.22 Ya I think at this point I'm at the "I might as wen test it apart and see what I can see" stage... w
Hunter 30 and prop walk Paul356 at 2:46pm 08.29.22 When my H356 was new, it had a fixed 3 blade and the prop walk was noticeable. I went out and pract
Mast lights Davidasailor26 at 2:40pm 08.29.22
Why do we bother rant Paul356 at 2:38pm 08.29.22 Someone up above touched on what's for me a sore point. Ask a (real) question on this or other foru
Hunter 280 mid boom traveller chp at 2:37pm 08.29.22 So. I have to thank Mike from Sailboat owners tech questions for giving me the answer to my boom que
GPS Antenna Removal H49 dlochner at 2:35pm 08.29.22 Already have. Raymarine (I believe it is a Raymarine 125) bolted the flush mount through the mount
GPS Antenna Removal H49 Boiler at 2:31pm 08.29.22 Have you tried twisting the top and removing it? Have you tried removing the nuts? There are no nu
Ideas to reinforce outboard bracket for trailering AndyVS at 2:15pm 08.29.22 I have a Merc 9.9 with a 25" shaft mounted on a bracket and leave it on all the time. The bracket is
Why do we bother rant jaysweet at 2:12pm 08.29.22 My take on it is that if someone gets snarky, just click away and do something else. Look at another
GPS Antenna Removal H49 dlochner at 2:07pm 08.29.22 Already have. Raymarine (I believe it is a Raymarine 125) bolted the flush mount through the mount
Hot water heater shemandr at 2:03pm 08.29.22 I think Rick Webb would like us to use the term "Cold water heater." I can't argue.
GPS Antenna Removal H49 Boiler at 1:59pm 08.29.22 Most marine electronics manufacturers keep copies of old installation guides and manuals on their w

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