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Brand New Boat, Brand New Head Sandy at 4:34am 02.21.03 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/1276 Hi Peggy,I looked through the archives and couldn't find exactly what I was looking for so I thoug
how hard can you run the 8hp yanmar? John at 4:09am 02.21.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/859 I am new to small diesel ibs. Have owned tons of gas outboards my entire life. Can you run the 8hp
Universal 5411 raw water mixing elbow replacement Todd Osborne (Windwalker) at 3:53am 02.21.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1398 My old 5411 needs a new exhaust part that is located just aft of the manifold. It is where the exhau
Rigging the 22' Hunter? Irene at 2:17am 02.21.03 Smaller Boats 2/980 I have a fixed keel 22' that I have just made a trailer for. It will be faster and simplier for me,
Engine RPM's Brian C. at 2:11am 02.21.03 Ask All Sailors 7/1308 I need to calibrate my tachometer on my Yanmar 3JH3E.. What is the most inexpensive way to do this?
Travel time for ICW? Dennis at 1:52am 02.21.03 Ask All Sailors 3/3903 What is the approximate sailing time from the Chesapeake Bay area via the ICW, stopping off nightly
Holding Tank Replacement Ray at 12:16am 02.21.03 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/1580 How do you replace an aluminum holding tank (in 1992 Hunter 28) when the old tank is too big to fit
Water Heater Allen Schweitzer at 11:55pm 02.20.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1053 Hey Everyone,I'm thinking of installing a hot water heater ' some facuets to use as a shower in th
Bareboat Florida Bryan at 11:32pm 02.20.03 Ask All Sailors 5/1023 Looking for help planning a Florida (keys?) bareboat trip in June for a family of 4 (boys 13,14). W
Martec or MaxProp JerryM at 11:08pm 02.20.03 Mid-Size Boats 1/1181 Still searching for either a 3 blade or folding prop for my Catalina 30 (Universal 23 hp. diesel).
Cradle for 40.5 Bob Willett at 10:51pm 02.20.03 Big Boats 3/916 Myself and a friend both own 40.5 hunters 1994-1993. We are planning to move the boats to the New Or
'Survivor' restoration (1) Jonathan Rhodes at 10:35pm 02.20.03 Ask An Oday Owner 3/946 This is a cry for help from an ex Hobie 16 sailor (25 years) whose wife wants to swap trapeezing and
Suggested source and location for sail numbers Jack Kelly at 10:17pm 02.20.03 Smaller Boats 2/911 We sent our sails out for cleaning and reconditioning - our sails never had sail numbers and I'd lik
'Survivor' restoration Jonathan Rhodes at 9:38pm 02.20.03 Ask An Oday Owner 0/916 This is a cry for help from an ex Hobie 16 sailor (25 years), who's wife wants to swap trapeezing an
Brass vs. Bronze? Brian at 9:22pm 02.20.03 Big Boats 9/1387 I recently replaced a sea-water hose for my A/C. Wow, I discovered that the barb (hose connector) fr
Catalina 30 tall rig, cutting off keel 9 inches, John Bruder at 8:42pm 02.20.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1315 This is a question we would like to ask since we are considering buying a Tall rig with a 5'3" draft
BOOM HEIGHT--BIMINI LARRY at 2:17pm 02.20.03 Mid-Size Boats 15/4492 I have been considering raising the boom, shortening the height of the sail by about one foot to all
Old Sheaves Peter Lund at 12:49pm 02.20.03 Mid-Size Boats 1/996 My boat is a 1990 vision 32. The deck sheaves are getting old and cracked. Should I use Delrin, or
Shower Doors on a 376 Russell Egge at 12:09pm 02.20.03 Big Boats 1/940 Saw folding shower doors on all the new boats at the boat show. Wondered if anyone had tried to fit
Gori 2-blade folding propeller Russell Egge at 12:07pm 02.20.03 Ask All Sailors 5/1500 Saw the Gori 2-blade folding propeller at the Boston Boat Show and wondered if anyone had any exper

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Dripless shaft seal jssailem at 6:44am 10.10.20 @forsterp Welcome to the forum. When I attended the Vancouver Boat Show in 2019 the dripless shaft s
TS Delta HMT2 at 6:22am 10.10.20 I have never heard of that being done in Texas. Interesting.
Pulls to port under power pbknowles at 6:17am 10.10.20 Thank you for the replies. I was not specific enough in my original post. I am familiar with prop
Looks Important Maybe (1) BlowMeAway at 5:58am 10.10.20 Sure, there's not many weekends the boat doesn't go out, so I should be able to acomadate you. But,
Confused about pipe sizes - trying to make dip tube for new tank Fredct at 5:56am 10.10.20 @Peggie Hall HeadMistress Question: considering the space limitations, can I get away with using 2
Confused about pipe sizes - trying to make dip tube for new tank (2) Fredct at 5:54am 10.10.20 @Peggie Hall HeadMistress UPDATE - you were correct. The barbed end is buried in insulation, insid
Harken Traveler Upgrade H34 pa391as at 5:40am 10.10.20 Hope it works out well. I cannot take any credit. The PO had it rigged this way. Great to be out on
Bye Bye Birdie RoyS at 5:40am 10.10.20 Pellet gun works better.
What to do if you lose your rig. Jackdaw at 5:29am 10.10.20
Anti Seize dlochner at 5:25am 10.10.20 Tef Gel. It can be purchased in small tubes at a very high unit price or in a small tub for a much
Winterizing the C310 engine? sailme88 at 4:28am 10.10.20 Don't know if I missed this or it's just too obvious, but don't forget to run the engine for a few
Brands (2) Will Gilmore at 2:46am 10.10.20 Berkay, I see you are in the NJ area, I'm with Ken, the condition of the boat is key, but there are
TS Delta JamesG161 at 11:13pm 10.09.20 In addition to what @BigEasy said... The Governors of LA and MS declared a state of emergency. What
TS Delta BigEasy at 9:33pm 10.09.20 What does that mean? In some marinas along the coast, boat owners are forced to remove their boat
looking for marina Michael Davis at 9:33pm 10.09.20 Had my previous boat on a floating dock and my present boat on fixed piling dock. Floating dock wa
looking for marina BigEasy at 9:22pm 10.09.20 Had my previous boat on a floating dock and my present boat on fixed piling dock. Floating dock was
Trailer alignment Benny17441 at 9:18pm 10.09.20 Maybe but there is the undeniable fact that you are experiencing uneven tire wear. The upper limits
Hunter 240 Furler Rick Webb at 9:14pm 10.09.20 I thought I wanted one. I bought a yankee bag and added a downhaul instead. There is not enough of
Anti Seize BigEasy at 9:13pm 10.09.20 I use the product Tef Gel, as Bob mentioned. Also use lanocote.
Trailer alignment Rick Webb at 9:10pm 10.09.20 Yes, I'd start by marking the current position on both sides with a sharp pencil then loosen the ubo

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