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Problems with fresh water manual supply Jammins2 at 8:41am 10.22.20 Ask An Oday Owner 8/568 Hi, we bought an O'Day 272 about 2 months ago and the boat is great. We realized that the fresh wate
2014 Hunter 22 Drain (1) The Commodore at 8:22am 10.22.20 Trailer Sailors 4/645 howdy folks! Just bought a 2014 Hunter 22 yesterday- as is customary, Hunter documentation is a lit
Lifting Yanmar 2GM20F tdrewes at 8:13am 10.22.20 Ask All Sailors 7/1208 I need to lift my Yanmar 2GM20f out of me Beneteau. There are two engine lifting eyes on the motor
Ice Makers.... NYSail at 7:55am 10.22.20 Ask All Sailors 10/1989 Hello all, Was wondering what small ice makers people have experience with on their boat. While we
Toerail damage B323 finding a replacement (2) S/Y Obelix at 12:12am 10.22.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/1899 Hello fellow Colleagues, we sustained some toerail damage. the intend is to get it repaired/replaced
98 hunter H26 - Add chair? CaptainRan at 7:24pm 10.21.20 Smaller Boats 10/763 I just purchased this boat. It has a wheel and the traveler is mounted above the companionway hatch.
Deck organizer on hunter 340 HD74 at 4:45pm 10.21.20 Ask All Sailors 7/814 The boat is a 1999 hunter 340. I would like to run more lines back to my cockpit however I only have
Hunter 23.5 - No mast, no ballast, no centerboard, no problem? Electricboater45 at 3:40pm 10.21.20 Smaller Boats 16/905 My goal is a displacement speed solar powered electric boat. The combination of displacement hull s
1981 22'Cape Dory Ric Hall at 1:09pm 10.21.20 Ask All Sailors 6/1596 I have a Honda 5hp four stoke motor how well will this move my sail boat brand new to sailing
VHF Coax F260SS at 1:00pm 10.21.20 Catalina 275 6/923 I should be taking delivery of my new to me 275 in the next couple of weeks. I have read that there
Alternator.... turning internal to externally regulated NYSail at 8:48am 10.21.20 Ask All Sailors 9/3552 Hello all, So a couple of years ago I upgraded to a Balmar 150amp with mc 614 regulator. The alt I r
H 34 anchor locker hose jk kudera at 8:32am 10.21.20 Big Boats 14/1492 Has anyone replaced that hose, and what has to be removed to gain access?
Fell in love with the MacGregor 26M, but... SailFan1 at 8:06am 10.21.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 62/21459 Hello there! I am new to this forum and new to sailing too! My husband and I have a (new to us) 1971
Beneteau 435 Switch Panel Captjoe92 at 7:55am 10.21.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/385 Does anyone experience circuits switching on ' off when starting engine? Any ideas why this is happe
F435 Stanchion Gate (1) Captjoe92 at 7:51am 10.21.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/560 Does anyone know where I can obtain a replacement Stanchion Gate for a 1988 Beneteau 435 ?
Cal-21 Jib Furler PeteTheri at 7:45am 10.21.20 Ask All Sailors 10/1125
Aft Bedding for a Beneteau 321 surfstud31 at 6:49am 10.21.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/1259 I have a 1995 Beneteau Oceanis 321 with a fairly big aft berth. All the pre-made aft berth bedding I
2006 H25 Airmar Speed Transducer/Thru-ull Leak ..... (3) waveform at 3:06am 10.21.20 Smaller Boats 1/385 Have a small leak coming from top cap of the Airmar transducer (see photo). Pulled it out, replaced
23.5 Halyard Cleats Bobbi Ullinger at 7:27pm 10.20.20 Smaller Boats 5/686
Beautiful boat website Captain W at 6:28pm 10.20.20 Ask All Sailors 7/829

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Outboard depth in water. LakeShark at 8:06am 04.30.24 Looks good to me too and @Gene Neill gave a great explanation with the pictures. I take mine off an
Need help repairing/replacing hinged mast assembly - Wind Jammer 17 boat (1) rgranger at 7:55am 04.30.24 That looks very similar to the ones that Hunter used on their H26. I replaced mine once Yes ... ri
Need help identifying this boat please rgranger at 7:49am 04.30.24 Oh, I think you are going to need a larger truck too. :biggrin: Seriously... hook that baby up to
Uniseal tank thickness Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:37am 04.30.24 K.O. and C.P. are two of the products I sold to Raritan. Raritan only markets C.P. as a bowl clea
Hand held Radio ? BarryL at 7:31am 04.30.24 Hi, Typo on my part, my previous radio was an HX870. According to Standard Horizon, the HX870 shoul
Need help identifying this boat please Rick Webb at 7:29am 04.30.24 For a $100 you have made many lasting memories. Careful though it's a habit more addictive than cra
Masthead sheaves marchem at 7:20am 04.30.24 That is good to know but I doubt we could actually access the sheaves with channel lock because the
Masthead sheaves (1) Cat 310 #1 in GA at 7:02am 04.30.24
Masthead sheaves marchem at 6:57am 04.30.24
Advice - Westerbeke 30b Spun Bearing kloudie1 at 6:47am 04.30.24 The engine is probably manufactured by Kubota with Westerbeke marine stuff bolted on. The engine blo
Masthead sheaves east coaster at 5:57am 04.30.24 My mast head is welded to the mast and when I changed out the hard plastic sheaves it was a frustrat
Access to windlass east coaster at 5:39am 04.30.24 I required access to the bowsprit after a power boat struck it with such force it was bent down abou
Access to windlass Cat 310 #1 in GA at 5:16am 04.30.24 The forward access port in the anchor locker is how you get to the stem fitting bolts. Ask me how I
New Transducer Install - Splitting Hairs? Gene Neill at 5:14am 04.30.24 I can vouch for the plumber's putty, and the toilet wax ring. I prefer plumber's putty, as it is les
hull port (windows) leaking Cat 310 #1 in GA at 5:14am 04.30.24 May want to consider Lifecaulk as a sealant. It is polysulfide and used for bedding chainplates. I l
Advice - Westerbeke 30b Spun Bearing shemandr at 5:07am 04.30.24 Not knowing what a spun bearing is I googled the term. Here is what came up first: https://www.engi
Uniseal tank thickness Project_Mayhem at 5:06am 04.30.24 Thanks for recommending Uniseal @Peggie Hall HeadMistress! While a vendor told me it's not necessary
Outboard depth in water. Gene Neill at 5:03am 04.30.24 Thanks guys. Gene do you tie your motor off somehow when trailering? I basically took all my tail m
Replacing exhaust hose dlochner at 4:53am 04.30.24 I didn't use the old hose to pull the new one thru... the hoses were too stiff and there wasn't eno
Adding a new rope clutch dlochner at 4:46am 04.30.24 If you are screwing SS bolts into an aluminum plate, it is a good idea to coat the bolt with some Te

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