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Bilge Sump (1) thaeni at 8:20am 07.27.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1296 I have a 1984 27' Hunter. The picture (attached) shows my Bilge. The drain hose is from my ice box.
Yanmar SB-8 questions bsavulis at 8:08am 07.27.09 Ask All Sailors 3/2330 Can anyone tell me the orientation of the seals in the water pump? Do the lips face toward or away f
Charging Amps going to negative garylinger at 7:58am 07.27.09 Ask All Sailors 20/7686 I have searched this forum and consulted other people and literature and am still unable to determin
VHF Antennae installation Hunter 23.5 david.lemay at 7:37am 07.27.09 Smaller Boats 10/4432 Hi, I am upgrading a 1993 Hunter 23.5 and want to install a VHF radio. I bought the unit here on
noisy M 3-20 engine Bill Greenberg at 7:30am 07.27.09 Mid-Size Boats 2/1448 Anybody have any success in reducing the engine noise in a Catalina 28 with an M 3-20 diesel with ab
Packing Gland Nut Bob S at 7:22am 07.27.09 Catalina 30 3/1750 Does anyone know the size hex nut used on the packing gland? It's a bear to get at it, it's just und
TV reception on Hunter 36 MicMac at 6:53am 07.27.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/2572 We have a 2-year-old Hunter 36 and discovered in June that our Sole TV (installed by manufacturer) i
Running from a storm (1) Jim Seamans at 6:49am 07.27.09 Ask All Sailors 7/1857 Wahoooo. Was out with three other boats this weekend - of course partying and drinking. We were co
Bedding port lights Florida sail at 6:47am 07.27.09 Ask All Sailors 3/2420 Has anyone had any experience using butyl tape to bed portlights rather than Life Seal as Don Casey
Honda outboard problems Mougly at 6:42am 07.27.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1954 Hello all I seem to be having a problem now with my outboard, I noticed what looks like an oil le
1/2 inch scratch resistant smoked acrylic BobM at 6:39am 07.27.09 S2 3/2584 There is a guy on ebay selling 1/2 inch smoked acrylic sheets. The ad says to ask him if you want c
Help with DRS head sail. asymmetric spinnaker (3) Scotian at 6:36am 07.27.09 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 6/9419 With my new to me sailboat there is an asymmetric spinnaker that vendor called a DRS sail. It has a
Electrical Problems??? Duplicate from Ask Catalina Sailors jfreeman at 6:34am 07.27.09 Catalina 310 14/4075 Had an interesting occurrence this weekend. Our 1999 C-310 is in great shape, and we had just left t
Vision 36 Steve White at 6:28am 07.27.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1266 Anyone have any comments ( good or bad) on the Hunter Vision 36. This is the model with a free sta
Impeller Problems cbsailor at 6:18am 07.27.09 Ask All Sailors 9/2593 I had a new impeller self destruct after less than 10 hours run time on my Yannie 2GM. The center hu
Electrical Problem??? jfreeman at 6:13am 07.27.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 8/2201 Had an interesting occurrence this weekend. Our 1999 C-310 is in great shape, and we had just left t
Question for Keith, Rich, Rick, et. al? Shoaldrafter at 6:06am 07.27.09 Ask An Oday Owner 22/3410 Keith, Rich, Rick, et. al: During your work rebuilding your boats, have you found the coin from th
Stuffing Box Leak Aftereffects lehigh375 at 5:52am 07.27.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1401 I just had my stuffing box adjusted because it was leaking too fast. Now I would like to remove the
Size of propeller? Bekker at 4:50am 07.27.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/5509 Hi Guys, I'm a new member in here and a happy owner of a Mac 26M. The boat is working great exce
rub rail parts ditch946 at 4:29am 07.27.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1294 The rubrail on my 2005 Beneteau 423 took a major hit and needs to be repaired. Who is the manufactur

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Oceanis 400 switches SimonNZ at 6:05pm 04.03.22 These are great links, thanks. I'm in New Zealand and the suppliers here only seem to sell top of th
Oceanis 400 switches jviss at 6:03pm 04.03.22 Cheaper to change out panel if your 16 switches Bluesea 8377 about 500.00 Blue Sea Systems DC Bran
r we being PULLED or PUSHED?? higgs at 5:55pm 04.03.22 I am no physicist and this is how I see it: I don't think this is a philosophical question. Physic
Oceanis 400 switches Mechone at 5:52pm 04.03.22 Cheaper to change out panel if your 16 switches Bluesea 8377 about 500.00 Blue Sea Systems DC Branc
Life's little lesson Head Sail at 5:50pm 04.03.22 Hi all, We just had one of a number of fronts that are coming through south Florida. Between seri
Yanmar 3GMF can't get rpms over 22,000 I believe is soon to be resolved ! Terry Cox at 5:24pm 04.03.22
Life's little lesson dlochner at 5:22pm 04.03.22 alder cay was special. the lagoon was a wonder to swim around. manta rays playing. chub cay. for
2' of ice still in the bay, so Tom J at 5:18pm 04.03.22 You Tube wouldn't let me watch it.. They said I was too old.
r we being PULLED or PUSHED?? Tom J at 4:55pm 04.03.22 Does a fan pull air or push it? Also an interesting engineering question. The aircraft I worked w
Engine stalls when raising or lowering anchor Davidasailor26 at 4:49pm 04.03.22 Thanks. That's probably not enough battery to overload a Hitachi 80A alternator, even when close t
the great lakes are open. the season is underway (1) Tally Ho at 4:41pm 04.03.22 Bottom sanded a bit yesterday, and bottom painted today. Would really like to clean and wax the top
Yanmar 3GMF can't get rpms over 22,000 I believe is soon to be resolved ! Tally Ho at 4:38pm 04.03.22 pulled the old throttle cable that I replaced a few years ago and confirmed that it was either manu
Engine stalls when raising or lowering anchor jviss at 4:24pm 04.03.22 Thanks. That's probably not enough battery to overload a Hitachi 80A alternator, even when close to
Desperate leakinhg Tally Ho at 4:11pm 04.03.22
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Engine stalls when raising or lowering anchor Davidasailor26 at 3:46pm 04.03.22 What's the size of your bank? House bank is 210 AH AGM (2x Group 31 AGMs). There's another Group
Oceanis 400 switches jviss at 3:41pm 04.03.22 I've never seen individual plus buses joined that way, but yes. I would prefer the plus bus breaker
Oceanis 400 switches (1) SimonNZ at 3:38pm 04.03.22 Is this a typical example? u mean, fiddly - especially for the plus bus bolts which are not angled
Hard of Hearing Help sesmith at 3:38pm 04.03.22 Not sure if you already have them, but I've found a newer set of digital hearing aids helps a lot wi
Engine stalls when raising or lowering anchor jviss at 3:37pm 04.03.22 My alternator is a "dumb" Hitachi internally regulated model that will "try" to reach 14.4. What I'

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