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Guest Galvanic Isolators RitSim at 7:22am 07.08.21 Ask All Sailors 5/1507 Adding two galvanic isolators to my AC system. The diagram shows the Guest Isolator in series with
Yanmar 2qm15 Fuel return bypass?? Boomer2it at 7:13am 07.08.21 Ask All Sailors 9/3471 reading some old threads, I am curious how bypassing the fuel return line direct to the fuel tank wa
Accessing the raw water pump? geoffreykwright at 6:19am 07.08.21 C&C 3/1095 I'm working on a friend's 1971 C'C 35 Mk 1. The boat has an atomic 4 engine. The water pump is on
Fixing a ding in a lead keel geoffreykwright at 6:12am 07.08.21 Ask All Sailors 8/3204 A friend put a ding on the leading edge of the lead keel on his C'C 35 (grounding). I'm helping him
Looking for a sail boat. westy21 at 6:00am 07.08.21 Ask All Sailors 1/319 Hi, just sold my beauty full jeanneau 39i. Looking for the next one. I am on the market for: Benete
1987 Cat22 Sink Drain (1) John Marrone at 5:51am 07.08.21 Catalina 22 3/797 So........I'll start by assuming the "Keel Trunk" is the two small teak panel cover areas in the flo
Air Conditioning Install on C30 (7) Ward H at 6:53pm 07.07.21 Ask All Sailors 4/840
Replacing trailer hand winch cable with UHMWPE synthetic winch rope ? Leeward Rail at 5:09pm 07.07.21 Catalina 22 4/2164 The winch cable on our trailer is old and needs replacing. In addition to it's normal use on the tra
Irwin 37CC non skid pattern HunterBob at 4:17pm 07.07.21 Irwin 7/1709 I'm the proud new owner of a 1979 Irwin 37CC. Needs work (what boat doesn't). I need to make repairs
Hunter 386 Stern Flag (2) Gary Ryan at 4:11pm 07.07.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1820 Hey Guys, I have a simple one here. Found a stern flag hidden in our boat. Doesn't stay in the ho
Port Lights: Who made these? (3) Brazil at 3:43pm 07.07.21 Ask All Sailors 3/648 Can anyone please help me identify the manufacturer of these port lights? I need replacement parts f
Hunter 44DS and 426DS front head hatch measurement? Skipper Chris at 2:56pm 07.07.21 Big Boats 2/516 Hi guy's, I'm about 1600 miles away from the boat and would like to have a new hatch made to bring
275 Traveler and Main Sheet F260SS at 1:43pm 07.07.21 Catalina 275 10/2953 I was reading through the 275 Sport manual today and noticed that the traveler and main sheet are su
Strange whining sound at engine cut off - thoughts? gsg900 at 12:05pm 07.07.21 Big Boats 9/1341 Ok Hunter folks - long time lurker, first time poster. Tried to search the forums for some solution
Cruising Wobbly and lessons in seamanship - crossing the Wash. jssailem at 11:37am 07.07.21 Ask All Sailors 19/2703 What is Wobbly? It is a British descriptive name given to a canal boat. Boats are narrow and used in
Will this battery charger work? SailorElliot at 6:21am 07.07.21 Ask All Sailors 3/1100 Hello! I just bought a Flicka 20, and it came with these batteries. I realized recently that the on
Water dripping from salon lights SVFinally at 5:09am 07.07.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1382 We have an H376. When it rains, hard, we have water coming in through the 3 center lights in the sa
Simpson Lawrence Sprint 900 Windlass Issues Nodak7 at 4:54am 07.07.21 Big Boats 24/3891 Our Simpson Lawrence Sprint 900 Windlass was making a racket last time we anchored. It had been a ye
New H240 patbratton at 4:47am 07.07.21 Smaller Boats 11/1231 Headed from Wildwood to Jupiter Florida to purchase 1998 H240. We have to tow back to Atlanta. If it
How to bleed the water heater heat exchanger on 2003 H326 stuendan at 12:43am 07.07.21 Mid-Size Boats 6/1295 Have replaced engine coolant in H326 and every thing seems ok engine wise. Pretty sure that the pota

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Exhaust water flow dlochner at 10:41am 02.19.25 That's the question I thought you had, the last comment had me puzzled. If the seawater pump isn't w
Lost Water ballast valve in Hunter 23.5 help me please Jwall0703 at 10:27am 02.19.25 Good Afternoon @crazydavecondon - Where can one purchase this water ballast valve? I recently purch
Naked Lifelines and Fuel Leak jssailem at 10:17am 02.19.25 Hi Rick. It sounds like the boat buy discussed in December went through successfully. re is a reas
Exhaust water flow Rick.johnson at 9:59am 02.19.25 Hi Dave No i am not losing coolant / antifreeze that is in the engine cooling side of the heat ex
Naked Lifelines and Fuel Leak dLj at 9:47am 02.19.25 Some folks are using Dyneema for lifelines I tried them. They work but I didn't like how they loos
Exhaust water flow dlochner at 9:45am 02.19.25 Well yes there is exhaust coming out from under the aft hull tell me how to tell if there is coolin
Naked Lifelines and Fuel Leak Timm R Oday25 at 9:11am 02.19.25 Some folks are using Dyneema for lifelines
I need another vagabond 17 LloydB at 9:03am 02.19.25 You might also look for a Holder 17 which is according to the Internet a very similar boat although
Opinions on "best" outboard motor pgandw at 8:43am 02.19.25 Agreed that a 20hp electric outboard is not in the current sweet spot for electrics, due to battery
Naked Lifelines and Fuel Leak FastOlson at 8:33am 02.19.25 Best (and safest) to consider your lifelines as a part of a boat's standing rig. Any wire/fitting t
Hunter 170 crack down to keel stickinthemud57 at 8:31am 02.19.25
Oday 35 Main Halyard chaffing dmax at 7:44am 02.19.25 I think it's the same masthead - the cover is the piece with the anchor light attached. There are tw
A new boat supply resource jdhohmann at 6:12am 02.19.25 In my neck of the woods, we only have a couple marine supply stores, the rest are online, but my que
Oday 35 Main Halyard chaffing (2) CodeGrue at 6:04am 02.19.25 Here is my masthead and a view of the main halyard coming out the rear where it would head down to t
Exhaust water flow Rick.johnson at 5:38am 02.19.25 Well yes there is exhaust coming out from under the aft hull tell me how to tell if there is cooling
Naked Lifelines and Fuel Leak Hayden Watson at 5:26am 02.19.25 In the safety regs for racing in my area, coated lifelines are not allowed. This is because they de
Naked Lifelines and Fuel Leak frenzy13 at 5:16am 02.19.25 On my 3GM30f the crush washers on the fuel pump are thicker than the others in fuel line.
Opinions on "best" outboard motor colemj at 4:32am 02.19.25 Missed it in the spec for the Elco 20hp - operating at 2/3 throttle will give ~1.5hrs of use with th
Opinions on "best" outboard motor colemj at 4:27am 02.19.25 The OP required a 20hp engine. These do exist in electric format, but they also require a minimum o
Hunter 170 crack down to keel east coaster at 3:53am 02.19.25 Please advise me on the material called " loran", after a long range navigation system, long gone; o

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