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Origio 2000 alcohol canister cheeseNcrackers at 5:54am 05.30.22 Parts Search 2/1254 Hello friends! I just upgraded to an 87 Hunter 26.5. The boat has an origo 2000 single burner stove
Green Crystals in Fuel Filter (2) philiefay at 11:01pm 05.29.22 Ask All Sailors 40/5927 After having fuel starvation issues I have switched out my fuel filter on my 9.9hp outboard 3 times
Anchor off Alki? skunther at 10:54pm 05.29.22 Ask All Sailors 4/1450 Does anyone know if it's possible to anchor off the north side of Alki, between Alki Point and the p
Single-handed docking noanksailor at 8:41pm 05.29.22 Ask All Sailors 32/5534 Hello. I will soon buy a sailboat, in the 22-foot range, and will have to single-hand it often. With
Emergency bilge pumps(s) Crusty Ol Salt at 8:33pm 05.29.22 Ask All Sailors 9/1109 Quick and easy. How often do you test yours? Annually? Semi Annually kind of a spring fall thing?
Zinc Placement shanker at 8:00pm 05.29.22 Mid-Size Boats 1/616 new to me Hunter 29.5 and I'm wondering where the zincs are located? it's a 95 and has a Yanmar. I d
Heater shanker at 7:40pm 05.29.22 Mid-Size Boats 3/1173
H34 Jib Halyard cleat Mike Oldak at 4:36pm 05.29.22 Big Boats 12/2038 i recently replaced our original jib roller reefer with a new Harken roller reefing system. the main
Shower pump wont operate lauris67 at 4:03pm 05.29.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/1465 hi all, newbie hear, have an oceanis 50, 2010, the shower in the master cabin wont pump out,
Stern tube plugging ricksoth at 10:01am 05.29.22 Ask All Sailors 3/1056 Hey Outboard powered sailors... Now that my dead diesel is out of my Cal 27 and the Honda outboard
Mast step help (1) kbapark at 7:00am 05.29.22 Trailer Sailors 6/1320
Stuck Centerboard on a Widgeon kgray9 at 4:08am 05.29.22 Ask All Sailors 10/2007 Hello all! I bought a widgeon this spring, and have used it several times. The centerboard gets ja
A different 37.5 windlass install Mika1 at 7:39pm 05.28.22 Big Boats 5/949 A write-up of how I mounted the windlass on my 37.5 has been humbly submitted to the owner mods for
Balmar alternator on Yanmar 3ym20 (2) SycloneDriver at 7:22pm 05.28.22 Ask All Sailors 6/1950 Today I stated the process of installing a Balmar 60 series 100 amp alternator onto my Yanmar 3ym20.
Packing gland nut getting hot. Mistyseas1991 at 5:23pm 05.28.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/3232 I notice the packing gland nut was getting hot to the touch so I replaced the teflon packing 3/16 it
Barient winch 21-33 Mistyseas1991 at 5:08pm 05.28.22 Parts Search 5/1387 The STRIPPER RING is not doing its job it goes under the line lifter allowing the jib sheet to do t
Planing in a O'Day Widgeon? (3) kgray9 at 2:38pm 05.28.22 Ask All Sailors 15/3024 Hello all! I bought a O'Day Widgeon this spring, and have used it roughly 7 times now on three diff
Bavaria saildrive Mattcia123 at 12:02pm 05.28.22 Ask All Sailors 15/2620
Foot Pump - $_8(&$ (1) sunlover at 11:15am 05.28.22 Ask All Sailors 4/671 Just replaced this foot pump and managed to pump about 2 gallons before it more or less stopped work
Coos Bay Oregon azsailing at 6:28am 05.28.22 Destinations 7/3413 I am thinking to trailer a mac 26 to Coos bay. Can anyone tell me how is the recreational sailing?

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Water under engine while motoring -- shaft seal leak? [Photos attached] dlochner at 7:38am 07.06.25 Your bellows don't look compressed enough - they are supposed to be compressed 3/4" for a 1" shaft.
Water under engine while motoring -- shaft seal leak? [Photos attached] testingthewaters91 at 7:37am 07.06.25 There is evidence of some spray (dirty) from the seal under it on the gelcoat - mine was perfectly
Water under engine while motoring -- shaft seal leak? [Photos attached] smokey73 at 7:37am 07.06.25 If it is a new carbon and stainless ring it will Mist a little when brand new until it breaks in. I
Water under engine while motoring -- shaft seal leak? [Photos attached] dmax at 7:30am 07.06.25 There is evidence of some spray (dirty) from the seal under it on the gelcoat - mine was perfectly c
How to tell if 2001 H260 has mast from Z-spar Corp or Isomat Corp, to pick right gin pole to raise mast? See pics. Rick Webb at 7:29am 07.06.25 looks like a ZSpar to me Go to the zspar website and look at the fittings, compare that to yours
Solar controller overcharging batteries (2) colemj at 7:29am 07.06.25 I would love to know why you think Outback re-brands EPever? I Don't see any indication of that? Pl
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. FastOlson at 7:29am 07.06.25 Here is some of the work. There are so many violations of 'best practice' and of 'common sense' in
Water under engine while motoring -- shaft seal leak? [Photos attached] smokey73 at 7:27am 07.06.25 Quick follow-up to my earlier posts: When I first checked the dipstick, the oil had kind of a grey
Water under engine while motoring -- shaft seal leak? [Photos attached] smokey73 at 7:24am 07.06.25 @dmax That is true and only a little less than the 3/4" will make a big difference. HOWEVER, the
Water under engine while motoring -- shaft seal leak? [Photos attached] testingthewaters91 at 7:22am 07.06.25 Quick follow-up to my earlier posts: When I first checked the dipstick, the oil had kind of a grey
Water under engine while motoring -- shaft seal leak? [Photos attached] dmax at 6:49am 07.06.25 Your bellows don't look compressed enough - they are supposed to be compressed 3/4" for a 1" shaft.
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. Captain Larry-DH at 5:55am 07.06.25 My boat is finally out of his yard and I'm trying to get it to a DIY yard to employ the wonderful a
Solar controller overcharging batteries Maine Sail at 5:49am 07.06.25 Epever is not a cheap Chinese controller. They produce some of Outback Power's controllers (Outbac
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. Tally Ho at 5:48am 07.06.25
Chartplotter navigation software for Raymarine smokey73 at 5:41am 07.06.25 Agreed about "Lighthouse." Lighthouse presents some rather crude navigation mapping.
Water under engine while motoring -- shaft seal leak? [Photos attached] smokey73 at 5:37am 07.06.25 Have you ruled out a bad water seal on the raw water pump? That also would only leak when running.
Chartplotter navigation software for Raymarine Clutch Cargo at 5:29am 07.06.25 "Lighthouse" by Raymarine.Jim... Ditto. Although, I would prefer something that more closely resem
Chartplotter navigation software for Raymarine Davidasailor26 at 5:14am 07.06.25 They "know who I am" and I registered my card with them, they surely know my ip address that I have
Chartplotter navigation software for Raymarine smokey73 at 5:06am 07.06.25 @Blitz I have an older (2022) Navionics card which I have installed and will use until I decide to u
Improving airflow at charger/inverter compartment colemj at 5:01am 07.06.25 You likely won't be able to run them directly off the solar because most solar panel voltages are mu

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