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Flexible couplings.... Anthony Bavuso at 12:20am 04.28.03 Smaller Boats 2/940 Greetings,I have some questions about the drive train installation on your Yanmar inboard powered
engine replacement cables draft at 12:19am 04.28.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1132 I need tips from anyone who has replaced control cables on Hunters with edson steering pedistle
Shaft Alignment Randy Chitwood at 12:16am 04.28.03 Mid-Size Boats 5/1067 Does anyone have any experience with any changes in shaft/engine alignment as a C30 is moved from th
BOOM VANG Dennis Rielly at 11:20pm 04.27.03 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1231 I will installing a rope boom vang on my '81 30 shortly, but I'm a little concerned about where to a
Raritan PHII Not Pumping Laura Bertran at 10:40pm 04.27.03 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/1678 My one year old PHII, which was working perfectly at layup last fall, is not pumping in raw water. P
Replacing Exhaust Flap Assembly Jamie Taylor at 10:34pm 04.27.03 Mid-Size Boats 3/1563 I recently purchased a stainless steal exhaust flap assembly from Catalina Direct. Any advise on rem
Drilling into my Mast Doug Dannen at 10:31pm 04.27.03 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1067 I'm installing a Lazy Jack system on my Oday 272 and it requires me to install two cheek blocks on t
Finding woodwork? Mark Nelson at 9:50pm 04.27.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1058 I've just purchased a 1976 Catalina 30 and would like to replace all the woodwork on the deck. Where
Installing a new halyard Lewis at 8:16pm 04.27.03 Ask All Sailors 6/2591 I plan on installing a new main halyard and outhaul. Are there any tricks to insure a smooth operati
Loose pulpit screws Leif Arneson at 5:15pm 04.27.03 Smaller Boats 6/1296 The (machine) screws attaching the after pulpit stanchions to the deck on my Hunter water ballast ar
Looking for a good sailboat pls help! Tim at 4:21pm 04.27.03 Ask All Sailors 3/1096 Being a temporary "landlocked" sailor I have "caught" the fever agin to purchase a sailboat. I used
3 Blade Propeller?? Leif Askeland at 3:41pm 04.27.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/975 My 36 Hunter Vision has the factory installed 2-blade propeller. The boat has always seemed to be s
Pacific Sail Expo Rick Dober s/v Baytrek at 2:20pm 04.27.03 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/1305 Peggie, It was a pleasure meeting you at the boat show yesterday. Too bad the publisher didn't
Engine belched out an oily slick Hans Baart at 1:41pm 04.27.03 Big Boats 1/772 Can anyone give some insight on this?I started my Yanmar 3GMF today after not having run it for abo
Centerboard Repairs Arnie Hoffman at 1:25pm 04.27.03 Ask An Oday Owner 1/994 Just a FYI to those with C.B. 30's. When I bought my '82 last summer the previous owner had wedged
Bottom Paint and a centerboard? Geof at 1:09pm 04.27.03 Ask All Sailors 9/3855 So, last year, our first year with our O'Day 25, and I let the yard do the bottom paint. We were ou
Anyone thought about their leaf springs lately??? tom b. c-22 at 12:55pm 04.27.03 Trailer Sailors 3/1707 Well I have.. Oh boy, what fun..I bought a 74 catalina with trailer that hasprobably seen better da
Hose bulge guy, again! Bruce Z at 12:35pm 04.27.03 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/1429 Greetings Mistress,I put in a new hose. I cleaned up the aluminum elbow on the tank and it looks o
Battle of the Prop Shaft Flex Couplings! (1) Stirling Hasen at 12:34pm 04.27.03 Big Boats 5/2726 After finally being able to remove my prop shaft on my Hunter 54. I noticed that my Federal Flex Cou
Pumpout Problems Gary Scheir at 11:12am 04.27.03 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/1274 We installed a new Raritan Cricket head in our 1991 Hunter 28 last year, and all seemed to work fine

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Battery Sizing leo310 at 3:46pm 10.24.20 I have 4 6volt golf cart bat. and before installing solar panels I could go 2 days with out charging
W21 NO POWER cdells at 3:45pm 10.24.20 So I got back out there this weekend and went through the fuel system from tank and vents up to the
Battery Sizing JohnShannon at 3:44pm 10.24.20 Probably the first step is to get a good battery monitor and then sail around for a bit to get an id
Diesels love their oil like a sailor likes his rum. Jim Hawkins at 3:38pm 10.24.20 Rich, John, thank you. Good ideas. After considerable time looking, by the time I found the dipstick
any way to fix a bad topside paint job? Don S/V ILLusion at 3:36pm 10.24.20
Battery Sizing sail sfbay at 3:34pm 10.24.20 dlochner...............plans for the DC electrical system is to have a marine electrician inspect th
any way to fix a bad topside paint job? Tally Ho at 3:25pm 10.24.20 Why would anyone use non-skid on the topsides? Regardless, most people look at market or re-sale v
West Marine antifreeze thinwater at 3:23pm 10.24.20 Just finished winterizing my engine with West Marine premium Marine antifreeze rated to -60. This i
Used Diesel engines Michael Davis at 3:22pm 10.24.20 went through that with a universal 5411 a few years ago. Cost of a new or rebuilt engine was more th
West Marine antifreeze Sefuller at 3:20pm 10.24.20 Unlike ethylene glycol designed to be mixed with water, the efficacy of p-glycol is effected by dil
I win! (1) Jim Hawkins at 3:17pm 10.24.20 Folks like that PHII but you'll be just fine with the Jabsco also. I just replaced one rather than r
Used Diesel engines David in Sandusky at 3:02pm 10.24.20 I was in The same fix around 8 years ago. I found a guy in Wisconsin who was dealing in rebuilt Yanm
West Marine antifreeze Don S/V ILLusion at 2:22pm 10.24.20 Unlike ethylene glycol designed to be mixed with water, the efficacy of p-glycol is effected by dilu
West Marine antifreeze dlochner at 2:19pm 10.24.20 The issue with freezing is freezing solid. As water freezes it expands, the AF keeps the water from
West Marine antifreeze Sefuller at 2:07pm 10.24.20 I'm wondering if it's reading the slushing point which is 7 degrees? It says on the bottle slushing
eye candy kappykaplan at 1:55pm 10.24.20 Beautiful boat! Am I dreaming?
West Marine antifreeze dlochner at 1:53pm 10.24.20 Thanks for the heads up. I'll be checking my jugs of WM AF. I use ethylene glycol in the engine, so
eye candy (1) TomY at 1:51pm 10.24.20 HOI AN in Rockport Harbor, Me. this afternoon.
Used Diesel engines S/V Honu at 1:12pm 10.24.20 With all the storm damaged boats around, there should be some decent older GM and QM series engines
Propeller antifouling - B331 fstbttms at 12:49pm 10.24.20 I checked it out on Defender. Looks like a decimal point in the wrong place on the price....:) Yo

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