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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 3/1562 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 6/1295 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
Loose Strut repairs John Pool at 11:07am 04.27.03 Big Boats 1/990 I am looking for information on repairing my strut so that it doesnot wiggle side to side. Any sugg
Shore Power and gas storage on a 26S Ray at 11:00am 04.27.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/1242 I am going to install shore power on our 1994 26S, in which we just bought. I am trying to find som
Water in tanks - stinky! G at 10:36am 04.27.03 Ask All Sailors 2/968 Hi,We have a fresh water holding capacity of about 60 gallons. I drained the tanks a couple of wee
looking at 37 cherubini alex at 10:36am 04.27.03 The Cherubini Hunters 6/1047 I'm looking at a 1981 37 cutter. I did not see any deck softening or port leaks, my wife saw one. We

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Yanmar 3JH3E Engine Maintenance Gary Ryan at 6:35am 10.24.20 Hey, I went online to Yanmar where they have a Marine Portal. Long story short, I messaged them reg
Sea Tow to discontinue Automated Radio Check Service Jackdaw at 6:35am 10.24.20 I spent a little time trying to remember the process. I got the name and MMSI added , turned to Ch
Balboa 24 ; water getting in thru-hull somehow shemandr at 6:33am 10.24.20 ...stupid question; what is the difference between a thru-hull and a bilge area. maybe it is the
Replacing Danfoss 101N0210 with 101N0212 RitSim at 6:29am 10.24.20 JK Boston's comment is valid. Most of these controllers have a low voltage cutout.
Sea Tow to discontinue Automated Radio Check Service All U Get at 6:24am 10.24.20 I spent a little time trying to remember the process. I got the name and MMSI added , turned to Ch
98 hunter H26 - Add chair? RoyS at 6:18am 10.24.20 CaptainRan, You mentioned that you are looking for a tall seat at the helm. Hopefully you can find a
Osiris Rex? justsomeguy at 6:17am 10.24.20 Whoopsie... https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-exploration-asteroid/nasa-probe-leaking-astero
Can't Connect Hose to Seacock jssailem at 6:15am 10.24.20 :plus: With @dlochner. I would not grind anything. Silly question, you measured the hose inside
The kind of year it has been shemandr at 6:14am 10.24.20 ... Handrails are waiting on enough courage to buzz up $90 worth of teak. Pictures to follow. When
Fell in love with the MacGregor 26M, but... Jim26m at 6:02am 10.24.20 @Tally Ho brings up some great points from the other side of the force. 1. If you can afford the s
Can't Connect Hose to Seacock dlochner at 5:43am 10.24.20 Clean and lubricate the hose barb. Dish detergent works, a water based lube works (KY-Jelly). Heat
Problems with fresh water manual supply Jammins2 at 5:34am 10.24.20 Thank you. I will have a look.
Can't Connect Hose to Seacock surfstud31 at 5:31am 10.24.20
Converting from roller furled to hank on Joe at 5:22am 10.24.20 What kind of furler do you have? Does the foil have twin grooves. Can you remove the drum and stil
problems filling diesel tank sailme88 at 5:10am 10.24.20 Thanks, sailme88, i appreciate it. Any idea where the nipple is? Looking at the first of your 2 p
Diesels love their oil like a sailor likes his rum. DayDreamer41 at 3:14am 10.24.20 I don't have any experience with a Westerbeke, but I did sleep at a Holiday Inn Express last night..
Replacing Danfoss 101N0210 with 101N0212 JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 12:16am 10.24.20 I replaced the Danfoss module, still compressor would not come on. I bypassed the thermostat same p
Can't Connect Hose to Seacock sgiarc at 12:06am 10.24.20 Don't grind anything down. Just use boiling water. If you can't dunk it in the water just boil a ket
1GM10 yanmar diesel Redrover1425 at 9:32pm 10.23.20 Noodat Lady: The first time this happened the air filter was not attached. My son, who is a mechanic
Problems with fresh water manual supply Tally Ho at 8:44pm 10.23.20

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