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T3800 - Location of Macerator Pump?
jssailem at 5:00pm 09.27.21
Do you know where the thru hull is to dump the effluent overboard? I would trace the hose attached
T3800 - Location of Macerator Pump?
jviss at 4:52pm 09.27.21
The only part of the holding tank that I can view is the very top. To see any other part would requ
1994 Hunter 40.5 price new
sail sfbay at 4:51pm 09.27.21
Welcome to the forum!! If it is a USCG documented boat a title search can tell you that (as it did
Indoor/Outdoor marine speakers   (1)
sail sfbay at 4:44pm 09.27.21
$70 pair of Sony 140 watt speakers from West Marine SONY XS-MP1611 6 1/2" Dual Cone Marine Speakers
Yanmar 3jh3e Winterize
RitSim at 4:39pm 09.27.21
On my previous C30, I drained the water muffler (had a petcock on the muffler base) and drained the
T3800 - Location of Macerator Pump?
JoeWhite at 4:37pm 09.27.21
On the holding tank, there is an incoming hose and an outgoing hose. Follow the outgoing hose. It go
Anyone around Fortman Marina, Alameda?
HeatherE at 4:34pm 09.27.21
Do we get a trip report? Thursday has come and gone. If it went poorly it didn't go so badly as t
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HeatherE at 4:26pm 09.27.21
Haha :) Mark, haven't joined anything yet! Great idea! Looking now, thanks!
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KZW at 4:18pm 09.27.21
My furling mast (sail 307 built in 2005) is Charleston Spar. I believe all the furling masts were CS
Yanmar 3jh3e Winterize
Claude L.-Auger at 4:16pm 09.27.21
All good advice here and since you mention changing the antifreeze it means you only need to winteri
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Don S/V ILLusion at 4:04pm 09.27.21
Peggy, I know how pumps work. My grandfather was an engineering, my father was an engineer, I'm an
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sail sfbay at 3:59pm 09.27.21
The pump noise is the pump cycling. The cycling is caused by the pump's built-in pressure switch th
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sail sfbay at 3:37pm 09.27.21
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Gene Neill at 3:28pm 09.27.21
The right prop makes all the difference in the world.
Teak seats and trim.
Hollyberry at 3:26pm 09.27.21
Teak seats and trim.
Bluenose at 3:20pm 09.27.21
Looks good! I'd like to put some on the companionway steps to the saloon. Where did you buy it?
Water system hoses and connectors   (1)
Udi at 3:18pm 09.27.21
I wish I won't need one but I believe I do because the flow of the new pump is larger then the deman
Its funny Friday!
WayneH at 3:08pm 09.27.21
Brain bleach!!!!! Please, more brain bleach!!!
Water system hoses and connectors
sail sfbay at 2:46pm 09.27.21
Maybe you do not need an accumulator. I do not have one on my Hunter 46 and powerboat with a Jabsco

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