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yanmar yse8 has a knoking sound ocbew at 5:22am 06.08.10 Ask All Sailors 31/10426 hi every one. i'm new here. i would like your help if you can. i have a irwin 10/4 with a yanmar ys
placement of fire extinquisers Ginger80 at 2:53am 06.08.10 Catalina 309 Group Forum 4/2197 :confused:i just got our 309 in the water and to our home port . I am at a loss as to where to place
Boom to Bimini Clearance Neil McDonald at 12:14am 06.08.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1868 Today I agreed to have a custom bimini built for my boat by a very experienced local professional. H
Beneteau 361 - safety line hooks Philip_Oceanis 361 at 11:11pm 06.07.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1629 Any ideas where I could attach safety line hooks in the cockpit area of a Beneteau 361? Or probably
Solar fan for my 1993 Hunter 23.5 Mark H at 7:50pm 06.07.10 Smaller Boats 6/1785 I have a solar fan in my fore hatch cover. It has stopped running even with strong sun present. The
Hunter 23 bimini ChrisM at 6:36pm 06.07.10 Smaller Boats 2/1645 I ordered a bimini from this website the other day, and remembered a post from another member saying
Lets talk grills Joe Snuffy at 5:53pm 06.07.10 Ask All Sailors 21/4512 I have decided to pull the trigger on a grill, after wishing for one all last season. I looked throu
Blocked drainage to bildge Interlude at 5:40pm 06.07.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/3707 I have a 1998 Beneteau 461 and have owned it since new. Over the past few year, following heavy dri
Traveler for 37CC finn1 at 5:31pm 06.07.10 Bigger Boats 7/2004 Has anyone installed a traveler on a 37CC? Can the rear cabin take the load? Richard:)
Yanmar Throttle Deleted member 78819 at 4:57pm 06.07.10 Mid-Size Boats 6/2086 The throttle on my Yanmar is very stiff. I understand that I need some friction there so it will st
Radio interference from solar controll Seattle Scott at 4:56pm 06.07.10 Ask All Sailors 4/1529 So I installed a solar panel running it through an MPPT type controller. The controller is mounted a
Stanchion Options 83-87 Hunters (2) Steve Dion at 4:26pm 06.07.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1241 I took some photos of some alternative options for those of you who have the extrusion type mounts f
Hunter Vision 36 Owners Steve Dion at 4:16pm 06.07.10 Big Boats 4/2003 I have a 1994 Hunter Vision 36. I am looking to install a electric windlass in the anchor locker.
Dometic Sealand Sanipottie 965 Doug J at 3:35pm 06.07.10 Trailer Sailors 7/3310 I asked this question in another thread and didn't get a reponse, so I thought I'd start a new threa
Battery Bank - Mixing Group Types dansam55 at 3:33pm 06.07.10 Ask All Sailors 1/1486 Irwin 25', cabin and running lights, bilge pump, CD changer and stereo, sink pump, no engine startin
Preparedness to weigh anchor kaboboom at 3:32pm 06.07.10 Smaller Boats 7/1900 Although this is a very general, newbie sailing question, I am posting it here since I now own a Hun
Lifeline Replacement Jlynnwidaseck at 3:24pm 06.07.10 S2 5/2076 Has anyone replaced the lifelines? Is it easy to do or does it need to be outsourced to a Rigging ex
1983 25 new owner looking for a trailer?? rdfortner at 3:08pm 06.07.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1058 I'm looking for a USED trailer for a 1983 Hunter 25 somewhere close to Northern (home) to Central (L
No AC power. Where are the breakers/fuses. ShulerJ at 2:29pm 06.07.10 Mid-Size Boats 4/2405 I have a Hunter 33 (1982). This is my first season with this boat. We plugged in the shore power
Bimini Top for Oday 26 HakunaMatata at 2:24pm 06.07.10 Day Sailers 1/2070 Where can i order a Sunbrella bimini kit to install on my 1986 26 foot? I live in Pensacola than

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Any advice regarding bottom paint shemandr at 4:40pm 09.29.21 Why do you want a hard paint? Putting hard paint over an ablative requires removal of the ablative.
Any advice regarding bottom paint dmax at 4:35pm 09.29.21 Not sure if you are aware that you will have to remove the ablative paint before covering with hard
Leaking Boat Stanchions sunlover at 4:33pm 09.29.21 I can get at some mine , if they are behind a cabinet ... you may have to remove cabinet to access
Deck drains and Scuppers 1973 Ranger 29 shemandr at 4:27pm 09.29.21 As a former Ranger 29 owner .... no. I'm sorry to say. I think I read on this or another website t
Leaking Boat Stanchions Mechone at 4:23pm 09.29.21 I got out my endoscope to look behind a wall (bulkhead?). There's about a 1/2 inch crack to allo
Purchased a Soverel 33 Project Boat JRacer at 4:22pm 09.29.21 I looked at one of those before I bought the Beneteau. Wife saw the porta-potty in the "V" of the V-
Any advice regarding bottom paint sail sfbay at 4:22pm 09.29.21 Check with your diver on what he/she recommends.
Leaking Boat Stanchions Calif. Ted at 4:08pm 09.29.21 I regret to report that after I replaced the furling line clutch on an '06 Bene the owner was unsur
Leaking Boat Stanchions (1) sunlover at 3:55pm 09.29.21 I got out my endoscope to look behind a wall (bulkhead?). There's about a 1/2 inch crack to allow
Purchased a Soverel 33 Project Boat jon hansen at 3:53pm 09.29.21 thanks for the update
Stern tube winterization. dmax at 3:45pm 09.29.21 If it looks like all the water will drain out if the seacock is open then you are all set, otherwise
Fuel Filter Replacement sail sfbay at 3:38pm 09.29.21 ........is there any reason to replace the filters after X amount of time or hours....... No, based
Fuel Filter Replacement (1) Ralph Johnstone at 3:31pm 09.29.21 I got two nickels and a ball of lint in my right rear pocket that says the gauge is at fault. I kn
Rudder cables - need some help Tom J at 3:11pm 09.29.21 this is one of those repairs where I am going to take a bunch of before pictures to ensure that my
Mods to our 35s5 (2) Hollyberry at 2:56pm 09.29.21 Another "what were they thinking" moment..... The (very nice) plotter housing was mounted as shown:
Elvabro Deck Passage Cableport - Thread size flightlead404 at 2:35pm 09.29.21 To close this out M5-0.8
Fuel Filter Replacement SEMPERAVANTI41 at 2:27pm 09.29.21 I'll bet that unless your fuel supply gets contaminated with algae, it will be good for 10+ years. I
water heater check (one way) valve phase3 at 2:26pm 09.29.21 One other quick thought. The thermostat, if there is one, is likely part of the AC heating element.
Quest Water Pipe Size (2) Claude L.-Auger at 2:09pm 09.29.21 FYI here is how I did install the bypass on my water heater with the same Qest fitting as yours. In
Fuel Filter Replacement Claude L.-Auger at 1:53pm 09.29.21 I'm also of the opinion that if your fuel is clean there is no need to replace the filter annually.

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