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Dingy Davit Horizontle Stabilizer spadaforaj at 4:10am 04.12.21 Ask All Sailors 10/2580 Hi all - I am going to brave putting this together for my Kato Marine Davits on my Hunter 41. It wi
Lewmar 30 maintenance on Hunter30T Scott19770 at 10:54pm 04.11.21 Ask All Sailors 0/315 I embarked on the task of trying to do maintenance on my (2) Lewmar ST-30's (2 speed) on my '93 Hunt
Beneteau 321 genoa roller furler swivel top and low parts stuck together (1) EmmanuelC at 8:19pm 04.11.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 21/3430 Hi, This weekend I tried to install my Genoa on a Beneteau 321 (just bought) with a Profurl Genoa r
Raymarine instrument covers Rjm st.petersburg at 5:54pm 04.11.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1277 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 2/996 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 4/1125 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 36/9558 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 0/315 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 17/5887 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 15/1504 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 11/2942 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 8/1808 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 3/644 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 1/531 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 1/421 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 53/3610 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 11/1618 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 0/302 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 23/3358 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 7/879 Just a important tip, With the current restrictions at State offices that handle boating registratio

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Alternator Bracket for Universal M25XPB Final Setup john2 at 11:51pm 09.29.24 that takes care of the squeaking at idling , nice!
Newbie question: First Boat - Am I in the right place? ScottBHome at 10:08pm 09.29.24 Where in Upper Michigan? In The Cisco Chain of Lakes, on Thousand Island Lake on the MI/WI line, a
Newbie question: First Boat - Am I in the right place? Leeward Rail at 9:59pm 09.29.24 Siren 17 may be an option.
Random Yanmar instrument warning light and buzzer Leeward Rail at 9:33pm 09.29.24 Doesn't look like the flange has room for a nut behind it. @Ralph Johnstone if you look at the phot
Pearson 31-2 1991 with wing keel shemandr at 7:02pm 09.29.24 With wing keels it's good if the rudder is not longer than the keel. Maybe Lake Michigan is deep en
Sea-Fire system Dan_Y at 5:56pm 09.29.24
Starter motor burned up? heritage at 5:11pm 09.29.24 I agree with what David said. Instead of having two cables from the battery run into the engine com
2999 Hunter 310 rudder kappykaplan at 4:41pm 09.29.24
paralleling batteries MFD at 3:21pm 09.29.24
Starter motor burned up? Davidasailor26 at 3:02pm 09.29.24 Update: what would happen if my alternator voltage regulator was defective? if yes and it was stuc
Took out zephyr sail drive motor kloudie1 at 2:37pm 09.29.24 The engine part is the sane as a 20 HP OMC outboard unit from that era.. meant to be transom mounted
Help and courage - West Marine Air Floor Dungy and Davit lift points (1) spadaforaj at 2:21pm 09.29.24 Update - works just fine. Four pvc patches and the air floor more than holds its shape. I did not
Took out zephyr sail drive motor Project_Mayhem at 12:35pm 09.29.24 It doesn't do any harm leaving it as is. If you prefer, you can remove the cable altogether. I have
Newbie question: First Boat - Am I in the right place? Richard19068 at 12:21pm 09.29.24 My first post. I'm not even sure if I am in the right place or forum, so I would be happy to take a
Took out zephyr sail drive motor leela at 12:11pm 09.29.24 Thanks,I'll look into that
Starter motor burned up? BTC1984 at 12:09pm 09.29.24 Update: what would happen if my alternator voltage regulator was defective? if yes and it was stuck
Stackpack / lazy jacks rigging on a Beneteau 311 (1) jssailem at 11:43am 09.29.24 Welcome Back @Shorinsean. I see you have upgraded your boat since 2022. Congrats. It is easy to ma
Took out zephyr sail drive motor dlochner at 11:42am 09.29.24 Since I have an engine with a ground I haven't delved very deeply into this issue. If you don't have
Fan inside fridge/icebox Sailgunner at 11:39am 09.29.24 Never have cold beer with that setup. Put a small refrig unit in for the frig and close the cross h
Took out zephyr sail drive motor leela at 11:35am 09.29.24 Yes exactly, that is the question

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