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H-34 Work Items (4) kloudie1 at 8:12am 03.09.11 Big Boats 28/4453 Working a couple of things Fabricated a new fixed light frame to replace the old cracked one. Made
Towing Oday 25 PapaJack at 6:26am 03.09.11 Day Sailers 8/4211 Bought Oday 25 with trailer. To my knowledge Boat weighs 4,000#, and guess trailer at 1,000. For
Catalina WIth Rust On Stainless Steel allantodd at 1:00am 03.09.11 Catalina 22 2/1564 I have read a lot of material on how to remove surface rust and protect stainless steel. My Catalina
Rebuild Skipper II: Help Peggy Please!!! Prime Time at 7:18pm 03.08.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 4/3413 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 9/8859 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) 6/6445 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 7/3016 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 6/4189 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 8/3196 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 8/2822 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 5/2350 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 7/9424 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 6/3720 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 3/2550 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 6/2836 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 7/1704 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 5/5707 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 14/2834 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 16/8345 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 0/1553 I sent my rudder shoe to a machine shop to be repaired and they have misplaced it. I need to either

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1980 US 305 Scott T-Bird at 6:27am 08.16.22 Are you looking at Misty Blue? She is priced pretty high for a 40 year old boat! Perhaps the PNW m
Bomar Portlight Parts RoyS at 6:26am 08.16.22 Recently searched for a 1980 Bomar hold down dog part. Can find the whole dog device at over $50 fro
Put it in a slip, or keep it on the trailer? RoyS at 6:16am 08.16.22 Try to find a marina filled with mostly sailboats or at least one that keeps the sailboats in one ar
outboard motor mount (1) kjretlaw at 5:06am 08.16.22 Just mounted my 9.9 honda to the side of the arch. I need an engine davit to get it on an off but i
Turnbuckle "locks"? Bob S at 4:44am 08.16.22
HUNTER 380 cockpit lazarettes locks Crazy Dave Condon at 4:30am 08.16.22 Installing wheel steering on a 260 late one night, I was upside down ang got myself stuck at thigh l
240 Magic Tilt trailer Crazy Dave Condon at 4:18am 08.16.22 Thank you @twalker H260 snd also in a private message from @caverun for your help. That is what I th
Replacement of engine henric at 4:14am 08.16.22 Thanks all, I will read the post about the impeller modification, it seems like a good investment. I
Shroud and forestry tension Crazy Dave Condon at 3:44am 08.16.22 I sent a private message to the poster if he wants to learn how to tune the water ballast h19 assumi
New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 11:08pm 08.15.22 Went to check Luna out today. Everything went well with the battery charger, my batts were topped up
universal m18 alternator recomendations jssailem at 11:07pm 08.15.22 Adamv 300 amp hrs of batteries. You only want to consume half of that ... 150hrs to optimize your ba
Replacement of engine Georgedoyle at 11:02pm 08.15.22
2005 Hunter 38 - accessing Quiet Flush electric toilet solenoid valve artboas at 10:06pm 08.15.22 Thanks for the heads-up. So far, cleaning it has restored proper function. However, having a 12-yea
Put it in a slip, or keep it on the trailer? morbidfollower at 9:58pm 08.15.22 So I actually keep my boat in dry storage about 300 ft from the launch ramp. Lets me keep the riggin
What's this hole in the shelf for? justsomeguy at 9:50pm 08.15.22 Beer cup. The big red plastic one.
Replacement of engine artboas at 9:49pm 08.15.22 It seems like some of the impellers on certain Yanmar/Hunters are very difficult to change. I think
universal m18 alternator recomendations adamv at 9:13pm 08.15.22 "...an average alt for an average M18 boat..." makes no sense and you should already know that. A
Replacement of engine SycloneDriver at 8:13pm 08.15.22 It seems like some of the impellers on certain Yanmar/Hunters are very difficult to change. I think
Air conditioning thermostat issue SycloneDriver at 7:56pm 08.15.22 It is on our H38. It's measured at the return air on my current boat. My old boat had an old mech
newport 28mk2 stern tube diameter, pss selection adamv at 7:35pm 08.15.22 Thanks Greg, looks great! oh to have a dry engine compartment like that! here's the problem - the cu

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