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How Fast Does Your H34 Motor? Joe Mullee at 2:56pm 06.16.09 Big Boats 8/1497 Today my 1983 H34 went on the hard to do the bottom after two years in the middle Chesapeake. It's s
my jabsco y valve. help w position luvitt at 1:59pm 06.16.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/9684 i cant get my head in compartment where the y valve is. so i cant really tell what the face of it s
Homemade compressor breather for bottom cleaning??? Maldonia at 1:33pm 06.16.09 Ask All Sailors 91/25837 Homemade compressor breather for bottom cleaning??? Me again Got with a diver who told me to try th
Fuel Filter Failure Warren Milberg at 12:26pm 06.16.09 Ask All Sailors 6/2634 In the ongoing thread on fuel polishing, a number of posters alluded to the potential for diesel fue
waste Deck plate installation olignyp at 12:17pm 06.16.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1566 waste Deck plate installation H26 I plan to install a pump out for my Porta Potti. Any Rx about the
Repower with new Engine-Yanmar shilosamm at 11:36am 06.16.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1305 I have a 1990 Moorings 38 ( Beneteau) would like to repower but they don't make my engine anymore 3G
Need Bow Navigation Light madmegeth at 11:34am 06.16.09 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1292 I'm newbie with my first boat! Lost my bow rail mounted nav light. Not even sure how it mounts, s
Shackle on main sheet blocks dfast7181 at 11:15am 06.16.09 Mid-Size Boats 1/1557 I have a 2005 hunter 33. Over Memorial day while sailing in 15-17 knots of wind we turned up wind to
Masthead light for '98 H340 tedt at 10:53am 06.16.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1326 Both the masthead and steaming lights have stopped working. I expect a blown bulb until I'm able to
Pearson26 on bottom of Lake HELP Tim White at 10:38am 06.16.09 Pearson 2/1653 My name is Tim Whiteand I have a question for anyone that might be able to help me. I have a Pearson
Dark Colored Hauls DJW at 10:34am 06.16.09 Ask All Sailors 12/3091 Looking at a 49' boat with a dark green haul. What are the pros and cons of a dark colored haul? T
Steering Backwards Steering at 10:17am 06.16.09 Big Boats 2/1635 I just replaced my cable on my Merryman Pedistal and the steering is now backwards. I did not notice
Mounting a Radar Reflector Bob S at 9:39am 06.16.09 Ask All Sailors 19/16521 I just bought a Plastimo 2" x 22 Radar Reflector. Has anyone used one of these on their boat? Just c
Backyard boat lift codfather at 9:02am 06.16.09 Day Sailers 6/2989 Thought I would upload some pics of my new backyard boatlift I built. It works great and was really
mast internal rigging vtxrider55 at 7:45am 06.16.09 S2 10/2295 I want to rewire my mast for the lights and antenae. I have a 8.0, 30 ft mast. Is this something tha
Batteries for Hunter 37 80 model Cherubini smittyssi at 7:40am 06.16.09 The Cherubini Hunters 11/2844 What type, size, make, model batteries should be used? The batteries need replacing and I suspect th
cabinet door locks ayarkon at 7:37am 06.16.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1474 Has anyone have to replace the cabinet door locks. i have a 2005 c36 .cant find info on new ones?
Head Odor Kenc at 7:03am 06.16.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 9/3033 I have done everything I can think of, from treating the waste tank, changing the physical head alon
Difference between Mac 25 and Mac 26X JWH2050 at 7:01am 06.16.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/3139 I'm newby to the M26 I have just bought a 98 Mac 26x. I have been sailing a Mac 25. On the 25 jib sh
Yanmar sb8 hard to start only after heavy sailing kielboatsa at 6:57am 06.16.09 Ask All Sailors 15/3248 I have a yanmar sb8 in my 1978 hunter 27. The engine starts on the first crank normally, unless I ha

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Inability to hook up to GFCI shore POWER while on-the-hard jviss at 5:29pm 03.21.22 I'll second the "why" on this. Of course, in a single circuit it likely doesn't make sense. But th
Auto Pilot jviss at 5:27pm 03.21.22 I thought the idea was to give William options. William said "...want to install an autopilot, Any
Inability to hook up to GFCI shore POWER while on-the-hard jeepbluetj at 5:25pm 03.21.22 "Same circuit" maybe misleading, A GFI should not be on the load side of another GFI, daisy chaine
Help with pumpout station part Justin_NSA at 5:25pm 03.21.22 Thanks Dave. Looks like Grainger and Amazon have the couplings also. And they are not expensive. Nee
Great Sailing Sunday. Woops! Tater at 5:21pm 03.21.22 What were the wind speeds when first sailing? Hi Dave. I est. 5-10 with gusts to 15. The big one c
Great Sailing Sunday. Woops! Crazy Dave Condon at 5:15pm 03.21.22 What were the wind speeds when first sailing?
Legend 40.5 - Anchor chain stowage Kings Gambit at 5:04pm 03.21.22 The short answer is "replace with SS chain." It's slippery; does not crust over, does not kink in wi
Firefly battery issues Brad Hoff at 5:03pm 03.21.22 I have been having issued myself. Installed 3 Firefly 12v the fall before the pandemic. Boat did get
Rudder Reference Installation Hunter Vision 36 zephyr070 at 4:59pm 03.21.22 Nice installation! This is exactly what I have on my Vision 32. One question: did you bed the mounti
Auto Pilot Stu Jackson at 4:48pm 03.21.22 And, in my opinion, that's all there is to it! Except that's NOT all there is to it, is there? Th
H280 Boom & Jiffy Reef zephyr070 at 4:41pm 03.21.22 Hi there! I remember coming across this blog post when I first bought my 89 Vision 32. I was curious
Forever to Charge - What's This? LouisMK at 4:09pm 03.21.22
Kudos to Peggy Hall - Installed Raritan Fresh Head no worries about contamination now bear333 at 4:02pm 03.21.22
Legend 40.5 - Anchor chain stowage twistedskipper at 3:18pm 03.21.22 I have tried something different, I usually anchor in 15 to 20 feet rarely 25 ft so50 to 75 feet of
Anti-siphon valve (1) thinwater at 2:52pm 03.21.22 Hello everyone, quick question. I need to do a few items on my new to me Pearson 30 to comply with
Auto Pilot jviss at 2:50pm 03.21.22 And no, it's "not still a wheel pilot" in comparison to RM I didn't say "in comparison to RM," I s
Auto Pilot dlochner at 2:45pm 03.21.22 Even with your :) in your "troll": post, I didn't get your "humor." Maybe you should work harder o
Auto Pilot Stu Jackson at 2:37pm 03.21.22 Stu, you apparently have no sense of humor. That first sentence was meant to be humorous. I would
Anchor windlass for Hunter 340 mromanow at 2:24pm 03.21.22 I had a factory installed windlass in the anchor locker of my 2000 H340. It worked well and I never
Auto Pilot jviss at 2:23pm 03.21.22 What a wonderful welcome to a serious question. /s I posted that link with this text: ...An exa

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