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Portable Generator fbcoache at 6:45pm 06.29.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 57/11480 I have a 92 30T Hunter and was planning to get away for a week or so sailing in Oklahoma. I want to
Hunter 36 Fridge Replacement acevedolc2 at 5:37pm 06.29.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/624 I own a 2008 Hunter 36 and the refrigerator is not cooling enough. It maybe time to replace. It has
Shakes Tiller MaryEllaRose at 5:30pm 06.29.20 Ask All Sailors 5/984 The tiller on my Cat 25 started shaking today whenever I reached about 4 knots. Did it under power a
digital engine senders for old yanmars?? eianm at 4:35pm 06.29.20 Big Boats 21/3371 I have a 1991 H42 that i simply love! I also have a current Raymarine axiom MFD. Does anyone know of
New Life for Old Instruments (1) Georgedoyle at 3:46pm 06.29.20 Big Boats 1/600 This post is for all of those boaters out there with old Raymarine ST 60 instruments. I've had troub
Whitlock engine control bracket (volvo) (1) OWI at 3:10pm 06.29.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/657 The bracket holding the throttle cable for a volvo penta 2002 broke and i need a new one. Did anybo
Anchor hatch/door Waggs1 at 1:56pm 06.29.20 Smaller Boats 2/687 Purchased a 1986 Cat 22 about a year ago. Looks good except for forward locker storage hatch/door.
New tiller for Oday 27 (1974) (1) sbcwolff at 1:21pm 06.29.20 Ask An Oday Owner 3/701 We just restained and varnished our tiller from our "new" boat (1974), and it snapped when we went t
YANMAR 4JH3TE Slow throttle response when hot Sofraniaeth at 12:59pm 06.29.20 Engines and Propulsion 31/5302 On my last two 8-10 hour passages when I started heading in to the dock I noticed the engine RPMs to
Trading No kaboom for BIG KABOOM!!! Converting stove from CNG to LPG. TomY at 12:54pm 06.29.20 Ask All Sailors 26/4153 The New England supplier for the CNG exchange, Corp Bros out of Mass, was sold. The new owner won't
Method for attaching external portlights for V222 RevRol at 12:35pm 06.29.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/796 Anyone have any experience/recommendations for affixing portlights externally on any model boat? My
Expected performance JohanSweden at 11:39am 06.29.20 Ask All Sailors 7/2801 Hi sailors! I'm looking into buying a boat in the 45 ft range. Beneteau O 46 or Jeanneau Sun Odyssey
How does a roller furler work? John G. Davis at 11:32am 06.29.20 Ask An Oday Owner 15/3762 I recently purchased a new to me boat and the roller furler has a single line. I thought they had to
Cooler Upgrade ('86) (1) TheSoggyDollar at 11:05am 06.29.20 Catalina 22 0/452 Thought I would share: The cooler/step that came with our boat was probably as old as the boat and w
Kink in Line Tantor at 10:59am 06.29.20 Ask All Sailors 7/1139 what double braided line kink or twist minimum... actually i am using it for inside forestay with do
Windlass wiring Charlie98117 at 10:59am 06.29.20 Musings With Maine Sail 18/5279 I'm finally getting around to installing a windlass on my H34. I have a question regarding the fact
Refrigerator - Compressor and Evaporator gscottnelson at 10:47am 06.29.20 Catalina 310 13/3163 Boat team, I have a 2002 Catalina - that has a 18 year old Adler Barbour - C100, and the fan starts
The WTF Thread ontherocks83 at 10:40am 06.29.20 Ask All Sailors 49/5140 I thought it would be fun to start a thread where people can tell stories (i.e. gripe) about how th
New chaps (3) All U Get at 10:01am 06.29.20 Ask All Sailors 8/931 Hi all, My wife finished the chaps for our new dinghy. She added a lot of nice touches like chafin
Tack shackle ? Ron20324 at 9:10am 06.29.20 Catalina 310 6/1191 My slip neighbor lost their tack to roller shackle or whatever was there. Can you tell us what is th

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Gearbox dipstick dlochner at 7:49am 07.27.24 As noted by Sailcap340's photo the line is the upper/lower limit. So the line is the correct level
Volvo Penta 2003, exhaust. WayneH at 7:48am 07.27.24 The raw water in the bottom diagram drains into the muffler only and that is the siphon break. Once
shower drain sump pump question (1) JamesG161 at 7:21am 07.27.24 The pump is a centrifugal pump, any water left in the hose between the pump and the highest point o
Boat Mocs Hello Below at 7:19am 07.27.24
shower drain sump pump question JamesG161 at 7:11am 07.27.24
Volvo Penta 2003, exhaust. (1) Whitby-42 at 7:04am 07.27.24 This image pretty much explains everything I need to know except one thing I'm confused on is in the
Engine room vinyl coated foam is peeling (1) Tally Ho at 6:44am 07.27.24 Great idea Greg & a video to boot! Will investigate reflexite further. I guess it is called Refec
shower drain sump pump question Hello Below at 6:37am 07.27.24
Gearbox dipstick Blitz at 6:23am 07.27.24 As noted by Sailcap340's photo the line is the upper/lower limit. So the line is the correct level.
Gearbox dipstick BigEasy at 5:07am 07.27.24 , I have always checked my Kansaki Transmission fluid level with the dipstick screwed in. The
shower drain sump pump question dLj at 4:56am 07.27.24 I was on a boat the other day that had two pumps in their bilge- one same as yours - the other one t
Gearbox dipstick dlochner at 3:50am 07.27.24 We should note that not all Kanzaki transmissions are alike. My Kanzaki (RIP) used ATF not oil and t
Gearbox dipstick (3) sailcapt340 at 3:44am 07.27.24 I looked at my Yanmar Manual yesterday, as this question is very ambiguous. Since I bought my 2000
shower drain sump pump question dlochner at 3:36am 07.27.24 The pump is a centrifugal pump, any water left in the hose between the pump and the highest point on
55 years ago Apollo 11 was Launched heading to the Moon ! Will Gilmore at 2:14am 07.27.24 Below is a shot of my fore stay on a typical afternoon outing :eek: . It looks like it only went p
shower drain sump pump question kappykaplan at 2:09am 07.27.24 Is this typical? Yes. The purpose of the box is to contain the liquid so it can't get into the bi
Ghosting with a Code Zero kappykaplan at 2:07am 07.27.24 Nice video - tks for sharing! :beer:
Hunter 28 on the Great Lakes? matts997 at 10:54pm 07.26.24 John: We sold our 280 primarily to get more interior cabin space and to get a newer boat to (hopefu
Anchor setup jssailem at 8:58pm 07.26.24 the 4" hole in the deck where the chain and rhode would come out is over the v-berth, not over the
Boat Mocs Blitz at 8:43pm 07.26.24 The Durbarry of Ireland Regatta deck shoe is a great shoe if you like the classic boat show look bu

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