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Pictures Dan at 4:25pm 06.06.03 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/983 How does this site expect to sell any boats if the only pics ever shown are of the exterior of the b
Honda 9.9 Starter Motor Amperage Draw Bob Fliegel at 2:11pm 06.06.03 Smaller Boats 3/3377 Hi everyone! I have just finished re-locating my batteries to under the port seats in the cabin. Thi
Mast rake update Alan at 12:19pm 06.06.03 Racing 2/1544 Well guys(girls), the mast rake that we set at 15" seems to have worked. In our first Wed. nite race
PORTA POT paul at 11:59am 06.06.03 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/1206 PEGGIE,Do you have information on empting porta,I have been bringing home to empty, will marnias do
Winter blues/Condensation Mark at 10:34am 06.06.03 Smaller Boats 5/792 Yep it has arrived. Cold and wet and my 260 is starting to suffer.The condensation is high. This
Maxi prop for Baba 30 scott at 9:38am 06.06.03 Other Sailboats 1/1226 We are considering converting simple 2 blade fixed prop to max feathering prop. Any experience with
Alcohol stove feed line Mitch Simmons at 8:32am 06.06.03 The Cherubini Hunters 7/1120 I am the original owner of a 1980 Hunter 33 (HIN33336M80I)that came equipped with a Kenyon alcohol s
23.5 Trailer Modifications Jonathan Costello at 8:00am 06.06.03 Smaller Boats 14/956 While there is active discussion about trailers I thought I'd throw this out. Has anyone modified a
Packing Gland Material Size Bob Pugh at 7:49am 06.06.03 Big Boats 0/763 I just went to replace the flexible packing gland material and found that the size stated in the man
Wheel House Access Ryan Ericson at 7:06am 06.06.03 Mid-Size Boats 1/919 I have just purchased a C30. The rear lazerette (msp) has been glassed in to make a molded storage
Blisters Rusty Rossey at 6:53am 06.06.03 Mid-Size Boats 5/918 I am in the market for a 30.There is one offered at a good (maybe) price but I was told that it has
Hunter 27' Mast shortened 4 inches Kevin Gillespie at 6:35am 06.06.03 Mid-Size Boats 4/878 Had to shorten the mast by four inches due to it being run over by a tractor during dry dock. Now I
Off to the land of _real_ Guinness justin - o'day owners' web at 5:08am 06.06.03 Forum Help (Site Talk) 0/724 Hey all - off on vacation next week. See you the next.Justin
Mast Light MIke B at 4:37am 06.06.03 Smaller Boats 4/853 Can anyone tell me the bulb number or current draw / base size for the mast light bulbs on the Hunt
Datamarine Depth Sounder on the blink - literally! Dee Doyle at 2:04am 06.06.03 Mid-Size Boats 0/785 Just got back from a week on the Chesapeake, and, after night of rain and thunder, my depth sounder
Fiberglass repair around windows Roxanne at 1:32am 06.06.03 Smaller Boats 3/970 I have verticle cracks in the fiberglass above and below both the port windows on my 22. The cracks
Hunter 23.5 Hatch Sliders Lee Cole at 1:24am 06.06.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1081 I am looking to replace the sliders for my cabin. If anyone knows where to get them, please let me
Tiller handle Roxanne at 1:22am 06.06.03 Smaller Boats 4/2868 Replacing the tiller handle on my 22. Any recommended suppliers? Also, is teak still the best choi
Autohelm 3000 question Matt Wolf at 12:26am 06.06.03 Mid-Size Boats 4/1447 Hi everyone. I recently bought a Hunter 28' equipped with an Autohelm 3000. It appears that calibrat
Outboard problem on Catalina 27 Bob Shafer at 11:35pm 06.05.03 Forum Help (Site Talk) 1/925 I just purchased a 1975 Catalina 27 in great shape, but with a 20 year old Mercury 9.8 on it. It ru

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Irwin 28 on a trailer Meriachee at 12:50pm 05.29.20 The F-150 shows a towing capacity of 8000 lbs max and the Irwin dry weight is about that. and not
Worth it to upgrade to an 8hp engine? (1) pclarksurf at 12:47pm 05.29.20 Fellow Columbian-- not sure what your average current is down south-- but up here I've got a steady
Pin hole leak in water tank TimFromLI at 12:44pm 05.29.20 I used west systems gflex to fix a hole in a kayak and it's been fine. gflex is different than 105 s
PSS shaft seal operating temperature Jshock33 at 12:36pm 05.29.20 The motor mounts if I had to guess are original. No visible signs of damage or cracks but probably
New (for us) 1973 Catalina 22 and basic mast tuning Hunter216 at 12:32pm 05.29.20 Okay. So I'm overthinking it. Dumb Soldier explanation "Tighten the wires till they're not floppy a
PSS shaft seal operating temperature JamesG161 at 12:14pm 05.29.20 I purge mine with my sea water pump, since i had no room for the vent. My last point about alignment
Irwin 28 on a trailer SeaRags at 12:11pm 05.29.20 Seems odd that a 28ft boat has only a 8ft beam. I was going to comment that you may need a special
PSS shaft seal operating temperature Meriachee at 12:07pm 05.29.20 Should be fine. I was told no end of doom and gloom and how the boat was going straight to the bott
worthy of its own thread-- Stu Jackson at 12:06pm 05.29.20 Interesting and intriguing thread. In the interest of transparency, I'm an old geezer who bought h
New (for us) 1973 Catalina 22 and basic mast tuning pclarksurf at 12:03pm 05.29.20 "Tighten the wires till they're not floppy and go have fun..." Yes sir! perfection-- Step 1: ke
Attaching Radar Reflector (1) Bob S at 12:00pm 05.29.20 Working on the boat today I found this unassembled in the port lazerette. have sharp edges. The back
PSS shaft seal operating temperature Jshock33 at 11:58am 05.29.20 Thanks I took my time, that's one thing on my boat I really don't want to fail. That makes me feel
Non Slip Paint Additive ?? Project_Mayhem at 11:57am 05.29.20 It's supposed to make small craters in the paint. I imagine it'd be flaking away for a little while
RAM Mike installation at the pedestal. goldenstate at 11:54am 05.29.20 Ran into the same consideration last year when I was upgrading my VHF and Chart Plotter . Went wit
Mainsail StackPack Reefing? Hydro Therapy at 11:52am 05.29.20
Mainsail StackPack Reefing? Hydro Therapy at 11:48am 05.29.20 I have the same Isomat setup on my 28 Precision. I only have it setup for single reef. My stack pack
PSS shaft seal operating temperature berner73 at 11:47am 05.29.20 Nice bilge and good looking install. I need to burp ours at the beginning of each season after stor
Non Slip Paint Additive ?? rgranger at 11:47am 05.29.20 I've also read about using salt with paint and then washing it away afterwards. Does anyone have an
Steering Linkage iceowood at 11:47am 05.29.20 Thanks folks!!
PSS shaft seal operating temperature Jshock33 at 11:46am 05.29.20 Stone cold is what I was expecting. I hope you are right about it needing to break in. I know ever

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