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Seacock Corrosion chaves188 at 2:15pm 11.17.21 Bavaria 0/17 I need some advice with the holding tank seacock, it has some corrosion. Is the boat at danger? is u
Universal M 25 fuel lines cdsailor at 10:45am 11.17.21 Engines and Propulsion 4/978 I have a universal M 25. For a long time I have had a problem starting the engine when it is cold.
Removing v-berth bow wood panel on a Hunter 38 Pat Hooyman at 10:37am 11.17.21 Big Boats 8/1718 Has any one removed the bow wood panels at the front of the v-berth on a Hunter 38 or similar setup?
Dinghy floor replacement sailcapt340 at 7:56am 11.17.21 Ask All Sailors 6/1382 Last year I repaired my Achilles Dinghy plywood floor. The repair held up great, but now and why wo
WTB 23.5 or 240 in PNW PNWSailing at 7:39am 11.17.21 Smaller Boats 5/679 Not sure if this is right place. Did not see a wanted section in classifieds. I am looking for a cle
door kit for 1996 bennetau oceanis 400 bwagner187 at 6:24am 11.17.21 Parts Search 5/921 Ahoy, I just purchased my first sail boat . It is a beautiful one owner bennetau oceanis 400 and I
Looking for advice. Crusair supply valve (1) Justin_NSA at 6:05am 11.17.21 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/1297 Looking for issues I ought to be fixing in the off season. I'm already flipping my fresh water press
Catalina 30 Terminal block? (1) Joe Perez at 8:17pm 11.16.21 Catalina 30 14/3242
Catalina 30 Terminal Block? Joe Perez at 8:12pm 11.16.21 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/628
PNW flooding, terrible.. DAVA390 at 3:29pm 11.16.21 Ask All Sailors 19/2055 Been seeing news reports of your storms, hope you guys are o.k. ..
C30 MKII main shaft pulley and v belt clearance with the M25XP (3) Captain.Olives at 3:18pm 11.16.21 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1079 Before I go and start cutting out a notch into the lip of the cabin sole/cabin settee, thought it pr
Surfing Cat DayDreamer41 at 11:51am 11.16.21 Ask All Sailors 9/1352 ETir8OEdDrc
Winter Season & Project Plans (1) DayDreamer41 at 11:22am 11.16.21 Ask All Sailors 5/1237 So the off season for many of us is here, :wahwah: and we see our vessels sitting in cradles or on s
Blister on Rudder (1) WasabiRush at 10:47am 11.16.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1244 My boat was hauled out last week for the winter. Upon inspection, I detected a blister about 3/4 up
Looking at a c30 this weekend SailingLoto at 4:11am 11.16.21 Catalina 30 5/1559 I am driving to Stockton Mo to view a 1983 C30 this Saturday. Anything in particular I should look
Water Heater temp setting ricksoth at 6:50pm 11.15.21 Ask All Sailors 10/2561 I have an ancient square box type water heater (Seward, Atwood, etc) on my Cal 2-27 that I have been
Windlass for Hunter 340. mromanow at 5:48pm 11.15.21 Ask All Sailors 1/661 Has anyone tried to install a windlass on a Hunter 340? if so how do you get the anchor rode into t
Can't get yanmar 3GMF above 2200 rpm under load question Capt Robbie at 2:58pm 11.15.21 Big Boats 56/9497 have been looking into this issue for two seasons and still have not been able to resolved it. A lit
oil pressure sensor quandry patfarrell1949 at 2:52pm 11.15.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/3058 My 50CC has a Yanmar 4JH4-HTE with Teleflex i5501 engine monitoring. After erratic oil pressure read
Yanmar 3GMF still can't get above 2200 Rpm question ? Capt Robbie at 2:13pm 11.15.21 Engines and Propulsion 15/2224 l have been looking into this issue for two seasons and still have not been able to resolved it. A l

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Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. Tally Ho at 1:31pm 07.07.25
How long til your 3GM starts? Tally Ho at 1:22pm 07.07.25 I have a 2GM20F, and my cranks and fires on first 5 seconds of cranking usually. I give it 3/4 thro
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. testingthewaters91 at 1:20pm 07.07.25
s 2 6.9 trailer Tedd at 1:20pm 07.07.25 Not to tell you how to suck eggs but is there a VIN number plate on the trailer? If not, do you have
Hunter Legend 40 exhaust system 1 Tally Ho at 1:16pm 07.07.25 What engine ? Do you have any photos of the exhaust path? Could be that some previous owner did so
How to re-attach small wires to ComNav autopilot compass cable plug Tally Ho at 1:10pm 07.07.25 It seems odd that the wires in the connector are reversed, especially if one is firmly in the connec
Chartplotter navigation software for Raymarine Dave Thompson at 1:09pm 07.07.25 Have you tried downloading Raymarine software through the WiFi? I believe yours has WiFi. I have an
Round "sail slugs" VS flat "sail slides" Tally Ho at 1:03pm 07.07.25
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. Tally Ho at 12:52pm 07.07.25
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. surfstud31 at 12:21pm 07.07.25 The seacocks on my boat are original at 30 years old and work fine. I never considered replacing the
Double the tanks, double the Catalina fun? surfstud31 at 12:17pm 07.07.25 I'm guessing that divided tanks is a hold over from past years when water you might get from questi
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. thinwater at 11:40am 07.07.25 Another thing to consider. All of the warnings about strength are mostly important if something can
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. testingthewaters91 at 11:16am 07.07.25 Don't misunderstand me; I have said from the beginning that you need to replace ALL thru hull fitt
Lines leading aft kit from Cat Direct or piece together ...3TacksontheWater at 11:14am 07.07.25 Th Thanks but no desire to do that. Fair enough. The kit that CD sells includes everything that y
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. BigEasy at 11:11am 07.07.25
Merit 22 owners Digger1 at 11:10am 07.07.25 This is sad as you have been a great contributor, hopefully you will keep chiming in. I contacted t
Merit 22 owners Los at 10:50am 07.07.25 Sadly sold the Merit 22 on May 16th....but bought the Catalina 22 two spots down from mine on the 2
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. testingthewaters91 at 10:25am 07.07.25 Was definitely past time to replace those fittings! That situation was a catastrophe waiting to ha
Water under engine while motoring -- shaft seal leak? [Photos attached] dlochner at 10:20am 07.07.25
Water under engine while motoring -- shaft seal leak? [Photos attached] testingthewaters91 at 10:12am 07.07.25 I am not sure what engine we are dealing with but on my Universal engine the heat exchanger has en

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