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Lewmar port light sailliny at 1:13pm 04.18.11 Catalina 310 5/2635 The Lewmar port light in the main cabin on the starboard side seems to be leaking. I pulled the deco
Can't get TV to turn on (Hunter 33) Mike Gall at 12:28pm 04.18.11 Mid-Size Boats 6/2201 I just bought a 2009 Hunter 33 (my fourth Hunter), and am delighted with it. I have one very minor
New Keel Hanger Castings (2) SailAway1 at 12:24pm 04.18.11 Catalina 22 5/1641 Does anyone know what the clearance between the inner faces of the keel hanger castings and the keel
IDA sail rudder doehunter at 11:56am 04.18.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 19/4907 I almost forgot, this was my 1st outing with the ida sail rudder. When I mounted it, I was concerned
Replacement for Traveler brackets jamescyu at 11:55am 04.18.11 Mid-Size Boats 3/2011 I have a 1988 H28.5. The end brackets/caps that hold down and secure the traveler track are cracked.
Tornadoes in Deltaville, VA (1) elle at 11:11am 04.18.11 Ask All Sailors 4/3315 This may be of interest to Hunter owners who have lived in or visited The Middle Peninsula of VA or
Beneteau 373 Dark Blue Paint, Pin Stripe and Exhaust Vent MDZ at 10:22am 04.18.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1923 I am looking for the dark blue cabin pin stripe and some dark blue touch up paint for my 373. Benet
Keel Reconditioning THECUSCUS at 9:43am 04.18.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/2484 I posted on the other Macgregor site how I reconditioned my keel. For those of you that are interes
Bilge under engine gpd955 at 8:47am 04.18.11 Catalina 310 10/2338 Trying to get a head start on troubleshooting some errant winterizing anti-freeze. Went to the boa
Repair Brydon Boy head ojairon at 8:37am 04.18.11 Mid-Size Boats 0/1650 I have a 1973 Cat 27 and am trying to find parts (pump) to repair my old Brydon Boy head. I tried f
O'Day 28 prop pitch Kevin3447 at 8:22am 04.18.11 Ask An Oday Owner 0/975 Hi everyone, I have on O'Day 28 with the Yanmar 1 cylinder engine. We have a MaxProp 13" 2-blade pr
Catalina 270 Tuning SimplyGern at 7:44am 04.18.11 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 11/16205 Hi Don, I have a 1994 Catalina 270 with a 150 jib that I occasionally race. Against either Catalin
Hot Batteries IanJ at 7:42am 04.18.11 Ask All Sailors 19/3106 I am trying to get around my battery system, and am still getting problems. I followed Maine Sails
Lowrance LMS 520 C gps/chartplotter doehunter at 7:18am 04.18.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/4969 Hey guys, I have a chance to buy a slightly used Lowrance LMS 520C. Is anyone familiar with this un
h40.5 sole jumbo6592 at 7:13am 04.18.11 Big Boats 4/1670 The sole on my starboard side absorbed oil from a storage leak, another story. Anyway, the sole is t
How would you mount a torpedo? Kermit at 7:12am 04.18.11 Ask All Sailors 22/5248 My son and I drove past an American Legion building yesterday with static displays in the yard. Whe
M25XPBC Coolant Recovery Tank gpd955 at 7:11am 04.18.11 Engines and Propulsion 7/4662 New to the deisel engine and I have a question about the coolant recovery system. During the seaso
Yanmar surges briefly when throttle reduced Persy at 6:56am 04.18.11 Ask All Sailors 1/1727 I have an 01 Hunter 420 powered with a Yanmar 4JH3E. Engine runs fine with 1 hopefully minor bug th
Cabin Vanity Mirrors John Hosty at 6:36am 04.18.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1128 Alas both the mirrors in the forward cabin on my H41 have broken. Can anybody help me with size spec
Hunter 33 leak - hard to trace (1) Dreamer at 6:27am 04.18.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/3401 Dear All My Hunter 33 (2006) has a leak which shows in the area of the shower pump (lowest part of t

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Propane pressure gauge Davidasailor26 at 7:10pm 09.01.22
Minnie's BIG Adventure Sailing the coast of California kclancy at 7:03pm 09.01.22 That's awesome! My sailing club is heading to Santa Cruise tomorrow to sail down the coast to Stillw
I saw something sad today... Ralph Johnstone at 6:27pm 09.01.22 Someone who's forgetful ?
Invest 91L Davidasailor26 at 6:16pm 09.01.22 Confirmed fish storm, Danielle. Except a different depression in the North Atlantic beat 91L to th
Ideas to reinforce outboard bracket for trailering (1) rgranger at 5:56pm 09.01.22 I know I posted this before but here is a diagram of what I was trying to say igned to take a lot m
Island Time Progress report (1) CaptainRed at 5:41pm 09.01.22 New LED Sternlight. NO problem seeing me at night.
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

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