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Spiders Again !! George H260 at 11:57am 06.01.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1378 This is a continuation of a previous thread on Spiders. A friend alerted me to an article in the la
Ancor light Larry14133 at 9:04am 06.01.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1435 The anchor light on my 87 O'day 302 ha failed. Does anyone know or have a best guess what bulb it u
Adding automatic bilge pump float switch Vegas at 11:41am 06.01.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/2022 I'm surprised my 1992 38s5 does not seem to have an automatic bilge pump. A switch has to be manuall
What sanitation hose do you recomend? Nelsonhow at 11:30am 06.01.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 11/15343 Peggy, Well the time has come to replace the old head in my Hunter 30. I should have done it when
26S fwd hatch dimensions (1) Justin_NSA at 10:22am 06.01.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1902 I have a strut on my forward hatch and I'd like to get a bug screen for it. Does anyone have the hat
Best cleaning product I found- Marine Spray Nine breweraz at 10:14am 06.01.09 Ask All Sailors 9/11204 We recently purchased a boat that had been sitting for some time. I had small black spots all over t
Squeaky Wheel Mark3755 at 10:13am 06.01.09 Big Boats 3/1809 The wheel steering on my Edson pedestal has a squeal that I can't seem to tame. The only thing I had
Compounding & Waxing - Sailors Helping Sailors (6) Maine Sail at 9:53am 06.01.09 Musings With Maine Sail 13/5338 This past weekend Tim R. organized a work party for a friend of ours who's lifelong sailing companio
Boom Vang during Jibe oldiesrocker2001 at 9:02am 06.01.09 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 6/7760 While looking at a post regarding using the Vang as a jibe preventer a question for me came to mind
25 ft oday, center board stuck dennyg4 at 8:41am 06.01.09 Ask An Oday Owner 15/8817 Purchased this boat this spring, have it in water, but center board is stuck, how do I free it up, c
Signal Flags Nodak7 at 8:25am 06.01.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1805 I recently purchased a couple of signal flags from West Marine. When I went to attach them to my fla
Foam in forward bilge garylinger at 8:23am 06.01.09 Ask All Sailors 7/1654 A PO apparently sprayed or had sprayed a dense foam in the blilge beneath the access panel located u
Ground wire connection - seacock garylinger at 8:12am 06.01.09 Ask All Sailors 5/2786 I believe the ground wire from my sanitation system seacock is not connected. If the end is what I
windlass for Hunter Legend 40 ehelms7477 at 8:00am 06.01.09 Big Boats 12/5586 I have a 1987 Hunter 40 Legend and would like to install am electric windlass. Has anyone done this
Spiders cymeyer at 7:53am 06.01.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/36 Any tricks to keeping spiders off the top of our mast? I know how to clean off the webs, but they
Flag halyard regor-123 at 7:50am 06.01.09 Ask All Sailors 14/19886 Has anyone made their own flag halyards? Need ideas on how to. Thanks.
Companionway Steps Advice Needed Steve Liggett at 7:22am 06.01.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1413 Just completed refinishing the sole of my 1988 O'Day 302. Used Ultimate Sole finish -- it looks abs
Opinions wanted on Boom Tents Mike Oatsvall at 6:52am 06.01.09 Mid-Size Boats 3/1744 With summer coming I've been looking at ways to keep the boat cooler. Somebody suggested a boom tent
26.5 Backstay rigging jerseywaters at 6:34am 06.01.09 Smaller Boats 2/1477 The backstay on our 26.5 is not rigged correctly. We would appreciate advice/photos of how the backs
Sirius Marine Weather seadaddler at 6:07am 06.01.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1225 Any one using Sirius weather in SW Florida. I have Sirius weather on my C-80 Raymarine chartplotter

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Mast rail kappykaplan at 4:47am 03.29.22 Please post photos so we can see what you're working with.
'86 Hunter 34 coolant through exhaust jssailem at 2:43am 03.29.22 Even if the exhaust is underneath the boat, most are at or very near the stern. Back the boat into a
SEALING THE MAST Barnacle Phil at 11:00pm 03.28.22 Thanks for asking this question. I have the '82 O'day 30 FK (Full Keel) version with the same proble
'86 Hunter 34 coolant through exhaust stuendan at 10:55pm 03.28.22 Assume your motor is a 2gm20F - the manual says 422 gal/hour @ 3600 rpm or 7 gal/min. Assuming a lin
Beaching a Hunter 40.5 by the pier Bouchard at 10:33pm 03.28.22 Thanks for the answers. I forgot this thread, dumb of me. It was a question out of curiosity. Then I
Its funny Friday! (1) Will Gilmore at 9:55pm 03.28.22 My son was very upset about having to walk to school. I walked with him to keep him company. "You
26 Classic cockpit seat mod kendyoozed at 9:04pm 03.28.22 I definitely hear you on wanting to keep fuel odors out of the cabin when storing fuel in the lazar
Yanmar 3GMF can't get rpms over 22,000 I believe is soon to be resolved ! Benny17441 at 8:00pm 03.28.22 Yes, tied to the dock will affect performance. The fuel governor responds to loads on the engine,
Suspect Crankshaft oil leaks Benny17441 at 7:38pm 03.28.22 What is the grade or viscosity thickness of your engine oil? An oil additive to thicken viscosity
Yanmar 3GMF can't get rpms over 22,000 I believe is soon to be resolved ! Alan Gomes at 7:37pm 03.28.22 Depending on the tach, you can usually calibrate it to the photo tach by turning a calibration scre
26 Classic cockpit seat mod stickinthemud57 at 7:33pm 03.28.22 I definitely hear you on wanting to keep fuel odors out of the cabin when storing fuel in the lazare
Rudder position sensor and Raymarine Evolution EV-100 Autopilot Question rpwillia at 7:21pm 03.28.22 I have the ST1 with the rudder sensor and it works fine. Since you already have the rudder sensor in
Standing rigging swaging .125 wire Tater at 7:06pm 03.28.22 Gotta love a project. I have 3 going right now. Just finished this starwind up. The aquarius i
Yanmar 3GMF can't get rpms over 22,000 I believe is soon to be resolved ! Capt Robbie at 6:41pm 03.28.22 sorry about the zero, still recovering from hand surgery. Hand still has a way to go, should have se
Its funny Friday! jssailem at 6:30pm 03.28.22 Is that a Stick - up, or a Stick - In? A clever way to do a WalletEctomy!
Its funny Friday! (1) mikeracca at 6:28pm 03.28.22 Robbery In Progress
Water Pump Running dlochner at 6:21pm 03.28.22 Yeah, I have checked all the connections. Is there a reason the amount of air in the accumulator ta
Water Pump Running jssailem at 6:21pm 03.28.22 Is there a reason the amount of air in the accumulator tank bladder affects how often the pump runs
Water Pump Running NWSailor at 6:13pm 03.28.22 Yeah, I have checked all the connections. Is there a reason the amount of air in the accumulator tan
Water Pump Running dlochner at 6:11pm 03.28.22 On top of the accumulator tank there should be a Schraeder valve, same as on your car tires and bicy

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