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Rebuild Skipper II: Help Peggy Please!!! Prime Time at 7:18pm 03.08.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 4/3362 I've decided to rebuild my vintage 1988 W-C Skipper II heads. Their prior function by last fall can
New Tiller --- What Finish? KevinMc at 6:57pm 03.08.11 Smaller Boats 9/8639 Just purchased a new tiller for my Hunter 25.5. What is the best finish to put on it. The manufactur
Ranger 33 Standing Rigging Sizes? Cool Beans at 6:18pm 03.08.11 Ranger Yachts (CA/FL) 6/6248 Hello! Yes, I did search but didn't find what I was looking for :redface: Does anyone happen to kn
Yanmar replacement kdshutler at 4:38pm 03.08.11 Seidelmann 7/2954 I need an engine. I have a Seidelmann 30, and have an opportunity to buy a Yanmar 12hp. Is that big
Stepping and tuning mast Robert Epps at 2:59pm 03.08.11 Day Sailers 6/4097 Just bought 23ft O'day Drop Keel Pop Top The Mast has no pin at the base....Please advise on ea
Sealing chain plates chp at 2:29pm 03.08.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/3153 Tried searching for info on sealing my chain plates. Couldn't find much. I've tracked down some smal
My Bilge Pump/Electrical Issue Bad Obsession at 1:40pm 03.08.11 Ask All Sailors 8/2793 My electrical system is a house bank consisting of two group 27 batteries and I have an aux. battery
smelly marina dlewis812 at 1:38pm 03.08.11 Ask All Sailors 5/2310 sorry if any of you are there http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/08/millions-of-dead-anchovies-flo
Catalina 27 used sails Rick19254 at 1:09pm 03.08.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/9200 Hello everyone, looking for used sails that are in good shape. Main and Genoa 150%. Anybody wanting
Scary - Winterizing Roger Long at 12:26pm 03.08.11 Ask All Sailors 6/3688 I crawled headfirst into the engine compartment today to install the new exhaust riser and water coo
Lewmar folding wheel SBinNSB at 11:54am 03.08.11 Catalina 310 3/2486 Not sure if anyone else has found the standard 32" wheel too small and hard to reach from the side o
repairing a PHII head gettinthere at 11:53am 03.08.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/2797 I have a repair kit for my PHII. Planning a rebuild. The discharge hose runs up about 5' to the syp
Swim ladder mikefin at 10:53am 03.08.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1683 I have an '85 H34 in Baltimore, MD and my swim ladder flew away over the winter. I was hoping someon
Do battery chargers go bad? richard965 at 10:21am 03.08.11 S2 5/5609 I have the original S2 9.2 battery charger for two batteries. Do they go bad and how do you know?
Washing Sails oreana123 at 10:06am 03.08.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 14/2784 I have a set of sails I am caring for. There are no tears and I plan on using them in various spots
Catalina 25 swing keel winch replacement Captnkev25 at 9:57am 03.08.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 16/8156 Does anyone have any experience in replacing the winch on a Catalina 25 swing keel? What would a fai
Rudder shoe for 1976 35' Pearson Gateway at 8:58am 03.08.11 Pearson 0/1524 I sent my rudder shoe to a machine shop to be repaired and they have misplaced it. I need to either
Reading the inclinometer (1) Kermit at 8:16am 03.08.11 Ask All Sailors 17/6865 The compass on my boat has a built-in inclinometer that I have absolutely no idea how to read. Noth
New parts for old mac's timebandit at 8:10am 03.08.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/1044 New post on another site if your boat has an aluminum /rubber rubrail you can (carefully), pull ou
Fair price for sail Mick at 7:59am 03.08.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1339 This not an Ad. I have a 150 Genoa sail that was on my C model. Does not fit right on the X we now

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How to remove headliner on Hunter 50 AC 007 Gianni65 at 3:26pm 07.04.22 Where can I find the post of Art Boas? I need to inspect the ceiling of aft starboard and fwd cabin
Engine Compartment Blower - do you use it? Tedd at 3:05pm 07.04.22 Following on from @MikeHoncho 's comment, I was a bit pedantic above but for a reason. I've found th
Engine Compartment Blower - do you use it? MikeHoncho at 3:05pm 07.04.22 I think there are some incorrect assumptions in @dlochner 's analysis. Here's what I get. I don't k
Engine Compartment Blower - do you use it? MikeHoncho at 3:04pm 07.04.22 I'm inclined to agree. According to this source, fumes of any kind aren't in the top six most likel
knot ID capta at 2:59pm 07.04.22 Just out of curiosity, what are the clasps used for?
Music Problems - Help Tedd at 2:58pm 07.04.22
Tying up at the dock capta at 2:55pm 07.04.22 I think if it is a wooden dock, I'd add a couple more cleats. If it is some other material, perhaps
Engine Compartment Blower - do you use it? MikeHoncho at 2:51pm 07.04.22 @MikeHoncho Thanks for the reminding us that diesel is not as safe as we might to believe. It pique
Doyle H25 Sail Battens isaksp00 at 2:37pm 07.04.22 Suggest gluing the rubber end caps on the new battens, helps prevent damage to ends of pockets.
Engine Compartment Blower - do you use it? Tedd at 2:27pm 07.04.22 It was my goal to put diesel fumes in context, something to be concerned about, yet lower on the lis
Low oil indicator fading in and out (1) jonelli at 2:23pm 07.04.22 @jonelli Many of us have been "harping" on those trailer connectors for years. Surprised you hadn
Engine Compartment Blower - do you use it? Rick Webb at 2:20pm 07.04.22 We tended to run ours a half hour before docking and an hour after. Helps to get the heat out of the
Engine Compartment Blower - do you use it? dlochner at 2:09pm 07.04.22 Great example of how empiricism can be dangerous! It's not hard to think of many reasons why that w
C&C 34ft Swing Keel 1980 (1) Tally Ho at 1:58pm 07.04.22
happy 4th dlochner at 1:55pm 07.04.22 Today is a good day to re-read the text of the Declaration of Independence, paying attention not jus
How to remove headliner on Hunter 50 AC 007 SEMPERAVANTI41 at 1:55pm 07.04.22 Art Boas has posted a detailed how to that would apply to your boat. What system are you wanting to
I remove broken evaporator and find I need to replace the panel on which food rests MikeTheHunter at 1:45pm 07.04.22 I was actually asking who did the refrigeration connections evacuation and refrigerant (usually aro
I remove broken evaporator and find I need to replace the panel on which food rests DeniseO30 at 1:41pm 07.04.22 I was actually asking who did the refrigeration connections evacuation and refrigerant (usually arou
Beneteau 343 water heater temperature setting Alfa at 1:28pm 07.04.22 BigEasy, my Beneteau 31 has single lever faucets and it is also very simple to adjust water temperat
Specification of Prop Shaft of Oceanis 43 Rudiger at 1:18pm 07.04.22 Thanks a lot for all the details. I have got the confirmation of Autoprop that it is a 30mm ISO shaf

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