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Leaky Lofrance (Royal) manual windless rsn48 at 2:42pm 10.17.06 Ask All Sailors 5/1557 My manual Lofrance windlass (model: Royal) leaks a bit of oil; is there some gasket or something tha
westerbeke engines lommy at 5:50pm 10.17.06 Big Boats 1/1497 I just found out the crank on my westerbeke 42 engine has broken. The engine has worked only 1200 ho
Mast base/step in water H37c Mad Max at 9:52pm 10.14.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/713 Anybody have any experience with long term mast base in salt water. The base has a little surface co
2-stroke nisson outboard nick maggio at 10:36pm 10.14.06 Ask All Sailors 14/1579 My wife and I Saw a 2-stroke nisson on dink last week and thought it was very small and light,where
Owners of in-boom furling system? Kauai26 at 11:13pm 10.14.06 Ask All Sailors 5/1336 From my post "Fools query on furling main sail" I learned from Moody Buccaneer of "in boom furling
Trailer Winch Phil Benge at 11:14pm 10.14.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/983 This winter I need to replace the trailer winch on my 82 stock Mac trailer. The stamped information
Course Computer Waldo Emerson at 12:04am 10.15.06 Big Boats 6/913 On a Hunter 44 where is the couse computer located andthe gyro ?
Volvo 2 cyl. Gas engine Gene at 3:13am 10.15.06 Other Sailboats 1/1025 Looking for Engine Manual and advice for Idleing problems . Very difficult to set Idle speed , suspe
O'Day Sprite Old Sprite Sailor at 3:45am 10.15.06 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1477 I am having a '59 O'Day Sprite rehabed, and my marina has almost completed the project. The hull is
Newer Type of Fixed Port leaking (1) SceptreSailor at 5:26am 10.15.06 Ask All Sailors 4/986 I have a Catalinia 310 Hull 282 and last week the Fixed port on the starboard side has started leaki
310 Fixed Port Leaking (1) SceptreSailor at 5:21am 10.15.06 Mid-Size Boats 1/1092 I have Hull 282 and last week the Fixed port on the starboard side has started leaking-really bad.
No hot water after flushing engine DickL at 12:54am 10.15.06 Big Boats 7/1188 I'm a new owner of a H44DS and am beginning my winter preparation. Following a successful change of
Rudder Tube Morgan 45 berryaf at 8:30am 10.15.06 Ask All Sailors 0/905 Rudder TubeDoes anyone have experience with a leak in the rudder post area of Morgan 45. If so, pl
Rudder Tube berryaf at 8:28am 10.15.06 Morgan 1/1893 Does anyone have experience with a leak in the rudder post area of Morgan 45. If so, please contact
Name of manufacturer please ? (1) Louis Dallaire at 8:22am 10.15.06 Trailer Sailors 5/1442 Please,.Ask me, the name of manufacturer of this trailer. it's a Hunter 13.5, 1993TKSLouis
USCG Documentation windswept1522 at 9:36am 10.15.06 Mid-Size Boats 4/1465 I've just purchased a 1987 Catalina and am interested in the USCG documentation. Has anyone docume
shower sump float switch jack boats at 9:55am 10.15.06 Ask All Sailors 4/1777 I have Attwood sumps which aren't pumping water because the float switch isn't sensitive enough. Is
Lady Liberty sailaway78 at 6:15am 10.15.06 Ask All Sailors 2/855 Someone remarked that I should attach photos, along with reports. So whenever I have some I will. T
24 hours to Cape May sailaway78 at 6:07am 10.15.06 Ask All Sailors 23/2557 Now we are really headed south. Into Cape May this morning around 10am. We left from behing the sta
Pressure Stephen at 5:48am 10.15.06 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/1433 On "wet" my head pulls in water nicely. On "dry" it builds pressure and the plunger / rod actually w

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Linear drive fitment jssailem at 9:35pm 07.31.21
Chain snubbers jssailem at 9:20pm 07.31.21 Dave, I bought the Mantus snubber. Two Nylon line bridle about 15ft. Attach to a hook that catches t
Reconnecting cut transducer cable on Standard Horizon DS35 jssailem at 9:13pm 07.31.21 You should not need to worry about the frequency. It will impact how deep you can get readings and t
How to gain access to port stern space? (1) Yangyangyyy at 9:08pm 07.31.21 Another pic
Cat 22 Outboard Options Gene Neill at 8:57pm 07.31.21 Is the Nissan a 4 stroke ? There is a chance that the Nissan 5hp is actually. the Tohatsu 5hp with
1984 (not Charubini) Hunter 30 Benny17441 at 8:41pm 07.31.21 The Hunter Cherubini 30's and 33's ended in 1983 in contrast to the Hunter Cherubini 27's which ende
Sail question Tally Ho at 8:26pm 07.31.21 My new North Sail main also makes contact with my topping lift. I loosen my topping lift once the s
Interior wood finish BigEasy at 7:53pm 07.31.21 Just a quick update. After 4 1/2 years since I refinished my companionway ladder, the top two step
Sail question BarryL at 7:13pm 07.31.21 Hello, As mentioned, its common to have the leach of the main rub against the backstay. A few point
Reconnecting cut transducer cable on Standard Horizon DS35 (2) ricksoth at 7:10pm 07.31.21 I finally got out to the boat and discovered I'm more of an idiot than I already knew. The cable I
Chain snubbers dLj at 7:04pm 07.31.21 We have an all chain rode. Initially I used a simple chain hook, however after reading about snubb
Cat 22 Outboard Options (1) danooxnard at 6:54pm 07.31.21 I just did the upgrade from 6 hp to. 9.8 with 25" shaft Tohatsu on my Catalina 22. I wanted electric
Hunter 34 driveline needed kloudie1 at 6:24pm 07.31.21 This site store has the strut.. some are two bolts, some are four bolts, so ya need to know which. T
Chain snubbers dlochner at 6:06pm 07.31.21 We have an all chain rode. Initially I used a simple chain hook, however after reading about snubb
Sail question dlochner at 5:57pm 07.31.21 Loosen the backstay. The main or perhaps only purpose of the topping lift is to keep the boom out of
Oceanis 31 Window leak Ralph Johnstone at 5:52pm 07.31.21 The original portlight caulking in Hunter is DC 795. Beneteau may well be the same. Had a microsco
Linear drive fitment dLj at 5:45pm 07.31.21
Linear drive fitment sunandsmiles at 5:34pm 07.31.21
Linear drive fitment dLj at 5:26pm 07.31.21 Hi. Yes that is another option and probably better on longer passages There are often debates on
Sail question cb32863 at 5:14pm 07.31.21 Yep, called roach. A flicker may help. Mine is like that, has been for going on 7 years now. All I h

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