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Snake River Tank Monitors Terry Fields at 7:53am 07.31.02 Ask All Sailors 15/4024 My tank monitor has failed for the second time in 12 months. Has anyone else had this type of exper
Trailering a Catalina to Arkansas Robert Murphy at 7:26am 07.31.02 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/894 Has anyone any suggestions on how to get a Catalina 25 from Columbia SC to Arkansas.I would like to
Depth Sonder Transducer Placement JCAL at 6:55am 07.31.02 Mid-Size Boats 3/940 If you had a choice where would you place the depth sounder thruhull transducer. midships, aft, for
ODAY 23 LAYOUT CLIF at 6:26am 07.31.02 Ask All Sailors 9/1357 I just bought a oday 23 1973. looking at the odayowners website it looks like a oday 22 layout.. Is
Carpets cut to order Dickering at 6:20am 07.31.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/847 We just bought a new Hunter 420 and met someone at Mystic Boat yard that said they got carpets cut t
battery Charger Craig Cassidy at 5:55am 07.31.02 Mid-Size Boats 8/1126 This pass week end I ran some test on my electrical system on my 29.5. I found that my battery charg
Internal rudder stops? Paul Nebeling at 5:44am 07.31.02 The Cherubini Hunters 5/993 I'm working on a small problem of no rudder stops for my radial wheel on my 1978 Hunter 27 and someo
Lifeline Replacement Problem Paul at 5:42am 07.31.02 Mid-Size Boats 3/954 On my 1990 Hunter 28, I noticed that at the second stanchion from the bow, the lower lifelines do no
draft with rudder down? Scott Pittam at 5:33am 07.31.02 Smaller Boats 4/796 Anybody know the draft of a h26 with the rudder down? Left the boat in the slip and forgot to raise
EXTERNAL ALT REGULATOR DAve Mehan at 5:22am 07.31.02 Bigger Boats 0/1100 HAS ANYONE OUT THERE EVER CONVERTED THEIR INTERNALLY REGULATED ALTERNATOR ON THE WESTERBEKE 10TWO EN
Sump Box/Pump H326 Ed Fluss at 3:59am 07.31.02 Mid-Size Boats 0/898 It seems I cant get lucky. On my H280 I had to build a custom sump box/pump for shower and cooler d
alternator belt turns to dust Dennis Lindauer at 3:40am 07.31.02 Bigger Boats 2/1279 I have a Universal diesal, 10 HP in my 28 O'Day. I have tried replacing the (fan) belt on the engin
Waste holding tank KevinD at 3:30am 07.31.02 The Cherubini Hunters 6/965 I've just purchased a 79 H30 in need of some work. I'll be here often and thanks for all the help.
Waste holding tank KevinD at 3:05am 07.31.02 The Cherubini Hunters 0/920 I've just purchased a 79 H30 in need of some cleaning and fixing,so I'll be here often. Thanks for t
Keel Rob Weber at 2:43am 07.31.02 Ask An Oday Owner 2/972 I'm interested in switching out the wing keel on my 87' O'Day 272 to possibly, a shoal draft or deep
Outboard Motor Battery Charging Rudy AZ at 1:44am 07.31.02 Ask An Oday Owner 2/950 I've tried to get this info from Evinrude/Johnson sites, but very little info is available for littl
Catalina 350 Ed Boudreau at 1:40am 07.31.02 Mid-Size Boats 11/1523 I have been looking at Catalina 310's, but have recently been drawn to the new 350.Sailing will be
Keel Winch Greg at 1:37am 07.31.02 Smaller Boats 5/886 Is there anyway to repair a keel winch? or should I just bite the bullet and pay for a new one?If
Specs Needed /Replacement Holding Tank for 92/35.5 fred miller at 1:26am 07.31.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/817 I am thinking of replacing the aluminum holding tank in my 1992 H 35.5 with a plastic one. I have th
Rudder Stuffing Box Leak John New at 1:17am 07.31.02 The Cherubini Hunters 6/1395 I have a slow leak from the rudder stuffing box in my 1981 Hunter 27. It seems to be worse when beat

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Specifications help Tbride at 7:05am 04.14.20 There are two more more things to check, in addition to the height of the gooseneck above the mast
Specifications help Tbride at 7:04am 04.14.20 If no one here can help. Try BWY. They may have the measurements. Is the new mast a direct (rotatin
Hunter 386 Year 2002 Crazy Dave Condon at 7:02am 04.14.20 FYI SBO now owned by a former Hunter employee who was in retail parts as well. I recommend them fo
Fuel Limiter Screw Adjustment? NYSail at 6:55am 04.14.20 As a start point, hopefully you didn't clean the screw ..... maybe there is some tell-tale aging on
Beaching your sailboat Crazy Dave Condon at 6:46am 04.14.20 Beaching a boat, care must be given because wave action will cause the bow to move about in sand and
Finding Obscure Sailboat Items (and a sorry story to go with it). capta at 6:46am 04.14.20 In thick gooy mud, it is almost impossible to recover items dropped. They will continue to sink deep
Seemed like a good idea at the time? stickinthemud57 at 6:42am 04.14.20 Shorefun, MA, methyacrylate, correct? I appreciate your steering me away from an unsuccessful atte
Finding Obscure Sailboat Items (and a sorry story to go with it). capta at 6:42am 04.14.20 Slightly off topic: I would have liked to find out how they scrub bottoms in the BVIs. When we pick
Rabbit hole Hayden Watson at 6:42am 04.14.20 My engine is the M25XP with a Hurth Z50 and my understanding is that it has the spring type damper p
Rabbit hole Witzend at 6:31am 04.14.20 I had not previously heard of this issue. Can you check for this wear by putting the tranny in gea
Finding Obscure Sailboat Items (and a sorry story to go with it). thinwater at 6:21am 04.14.20 Dive. It's part of being a sailor. I can't imagine not having the required gear to go in the water
Daysailer Cabin Brian S at 6:17am 04.14.20 The Sailor's Tailor makes this cockpit cover for the Daysailer: Daysailer Cockpit Cover -- One Desig
Toe Rail Brian S at 6:12am 04.14.20 I have no experience with a large O'day like yours, but I have plenty of experience with leaking dec
What deck paint Hunter 33 Crazy Dave Condon at 6:09am 04.14.20 Ask the forum store as they should know. If I recall it was grey gel coat that was used vs white wh
Plastic Hunter Crack Repair Rictifyit at 6:02am 04.14.20 It is a mistake to believe that you will get a decent adhesion from anything but MA or depending 52
Finding Obscure Sailboat Items (and a sorry story to go with it). Justin_NSA at 5:52am 04.14.20 Slightly off topic: I would have liked to find out how they scrub bottoms in the BVIs. When we picke
Fuel Limiter Screw Adjustment? RoyS at 5:42am 04.14.20 Is this the device that limits maximum engine RPM? If so, purchase an optical RPM meter (not overly
Thru-hull replacement and hull thickness RoyS at 5:31am 04.14.20 I would go with the 4200. Using epoxy IMHO requires great care to produce a backing surface that end
Rabbit hole JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 5:09am 04.14.20 The reason for aluminum cased cells is a size consideration. I have enough room for (8) 200AH cell
Sailing movie on Amazon Prime dasreboot at 5:07am 04.14.20 Watched The Boat last evening on Amazon Prime. They got the sailing stuff right as far as I could t

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