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Raymarine instrument covers Rjm st.petersburg at 5:54pm 04.11.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1090 I seem to have lost the sun cover for my Raymarine ST60+ knot meter and my Raymarine 7001 Autopilot.
Changing Hoses, Catalina 320! Scott T-Bird at 4:57pm 04.11.21 Mid-Size Boats 2/908 I want to change the hose from the deck fitting to the T where the tank discharge splits for either
Macgregor 26s Mods newsailor12 at 4:55pm 04.11.21 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/963 New here, this is my second season with my 26s. I am wanting to do some interior upgrades/mods, has
Tachometer powers on, but does not show RPM tylcole at 4:45pm 04.11.21 Ask All Sailors 36/7464 I'm the third owner of a 1982 Catalina 30 with a Universal diesel. The tach that came with the boat
Xantrex Freedom 2000 combi- charging LED fail eianm at 3:31pm 04.11.21 Big Boats 0/284 Has anyone successfully replaced dead LED's for either charge or invert on this style unit please?
cleaning a marine head fred1diver at 3:07pm 04.11.21 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 17/4520 Any tips and tricks to cleaning an overdue disaster of a head, the PO didn't clean it and the boat h
Epoxy Primer Don Crowther at 2:44pm 04.11.21 Ask All Sailors 15/1085 The keel on the new to us boat has to be ground/sand blasted down to bare metal. After that I would
MRBF Fuse Block question sailcapt340 at 12:45pm 04.11.21 Ask All Sailors 11/2244 I have been watching, with great interest, a posting about adding an ACR Switch to a battery bank ar
Pulling prop shaft to change Stuffing Box - Hunter 310 rjadelsohn at 12:07pm 04.11.21 Mid-Size Boats 8/1348 We are getting ready to replace the stuffing box and the shaft log rubber tube. What should we ant
Racor R26 Filter Puizzle odaydokay at 11:17am 04.11.21 Engines and Propulsion 3/578 Installed this filter as replacement numerous times int he past. Now I see they do not sell as such,
S2 8.6 1985 Stern rail, Rub rail JerseySailors at 10:36am 04.11.21 Parts Search 1/452 To repair/replace storm damage on our 1985 S2 8.6, looking for small amount of vinyl rub rail and th
good morning's work on the boat fred1diver at 10:22am 04.11.21 Ask All Sailors 1/388 Hey everyone, just spent the morning on the boat tackling a few projects, the PO had installed a bra
Time for New Insurance BigEasy at 10:10am 04.11.21 Ask All Sailors 53/2898 I received notification from my insurer that the program that provides insurance coverage for my '06
Catalina 30 Mk II engine dying in rough seas Franzcat at 9:45am 04.11.21 Catalina 30 11/1316 I've owned my boat about 5 years but three times recently have had problems with the engine slowing
M 25 Damper Plate Mount on Adapter Plate (3) sailnski at 7:28am 04.11.21 Ask All Sailors 0/255 I am replacing the damper plate on my Universal M 25. The damper plate has a slightly larger diamet
O'Day 25 Shoal Draft Centerboard Water Leak (1) supercub at 6:44am 04.11.21 Bigger Boats 23/2577 My keel has water trapped inside of it. I found that I had a missing screw on one of the plates- sta
Title Transfers and Registrations Brokenarm at 12:32am 04.11.21 Ask All Sailors 7/651 Just a important tip, With the current restrictions at State offices that handle boating registratio
Seaboard mast winch DianaOfBurlington at 7:52pm 04.10.21 Parts Search 1/369 Seeking the small-size Seaboard (with 6-sided winch socket) winch typical of 1970s for Hunter 25 and
H34 1983 Ritchie Helmsman Compass model number Capt.Yap at 5:56pm 04.10.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/764 Hi I am looking for the model number of the Ritchie Helmsman Compass on my 1983 H34. I am almost ce
Need Impeller for RC8D Renault engine in 1980 27 mkenneth22 at 5:47pm 04.10.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/246 Does anyone know where to find the impeller for the Renault RC8D engine? Is there a knock-off that w

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Catalina 310 Air Conditioner Installation Scott T-Bird at 2:04pm 02.05.24 Our boats are similar in size so my application may be relatable to yours. Our older Dometic 12K BT
Gulf Coast, AL to FL Panhandle Move JRT at 2:03pm 02.05.24 Any ideas about Gulf Shores or Orange Beach AL area?
Mac 65 Pilothouse owners manual? rsementi at 1:36pm 02.05.24 I'm out of ideas then! Sorry. Thank you!!
Mac 65 Pilothouse owners manual? kappykaplan at 1:19pm 02.05.24 I'm out of ideas then! Sorry.
Gulf Coast, AL to FL Panhandle Move WayneH at 11:58am 02.05.24 Oh, Yeah. Prices will go up. My slip in Pensacola is north of $500. We are tucked away in Bayou Chi
Strange phenomena seen while boating? Siamese at 10:48am 02.05.24 On our last sail south to the Caribbean from Bermuda, I was looking at a star in the NE sky when it
Mac 65 Pilothouse owners manual? rsementi at 10:40am 02.05.24 You may be able to contact another owner via the Macgregor resources on this site: https://macgrego
Mac 65 Pilothouse owners manual? rsementi at 10:40am 02.05.24 Found a brochure here: mac65brochure.pdf (macgregorsailors.com) Thank you, I have that too.
Hunter 41 DS Fwd Head Sani Hose jamesrbrown999 at 10:35am 02.05.24 Successfully completed replacing all the sanitation hoses on our Hunter 41 DS with Trident 102 (whit
So, you're thinking of going Electric... LloydB at 10:25am 02.05.24 He's a YouTuber. It worked at least he got me to watch it and I think that was mostly his intent wit
Funny Friday!!! (1) Will Gilmore at 9:17am 02.05.24 Do you have a place for that on your toolbelt? tUklzP8CEkY You need to make sure your toolbelt has t
Funny Friday!!! (1) dmax at 8:39am 02.05.24 When you need a little more oomph from your drill: (article)MSN
Rudder Post Grease Fitting? twodzusfittings at 8:25am 02.05.24 Hey Bob_S, why does yours look like it's pregnant? Careful, you might end up with twin rudders!!!!!!
Replaced all my sanitation hoses Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:02am 02.05.24 If you follow these directions and use Raritan SaniFlex (10 year warranty against odor permeation an
Hunter 306 fresh water leak Gripper at 7:40am 02.05.24 David, your pressurization idea sounds perfect. Right now in Southern California. We are getting inu
Windshield H430 Leaking Gripper at 7:32am 02.05.24 I just went through having to replace the original windshield which had developed a crack. I also ha
Removing Furlex for forestay inspection chp at 6:39am 02.05.24 Fortunately the mast is down for the winter so no climbing around. I have the manual which looks lik
Hunter 240 Broken Mast Struts Crazy Dave Condon at 6:00am 02.05.24 @patbratton @twalker H260 is correct. It was designed to replace the guide wires on the 23.5, 19 a
I Know Age is just a number but at 75 am I just dreaming ? twodzusfittings at 5:30am 02.05.24 OTOH, I know a man who separated from his wife at 70 and went travelling. She wanted to stay home a
2GM20F engine issue Ken13559 at 4:58am 02.05.24 I did Compression Test on both cylinders. It average about 250psig. Not much different from what I g

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