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Partial Hose Replacement? Ed Sabornie at 1:36pm 07.29.02 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/1700 Dear Peggy,Here's a question that I hope you can answer, and I hope my description below is adequa
1990 H 27 Battery Access JCAL at 1:29pm 07.29.02 Mid-Size Boats 0/787 Lets talk about ideas for better access to the batteries. Those of us who are over size 36" waist a
broke rudder pin on my swift coopfesta at 1:23pm 07.29.02 Day Sailers 1/1203 I just bought a swift, used, and broke the bottom rudder pin. I need either to make one or buy one.
1990 27 Packing gland area drain JCAL at 1:16pm 07.29.02 Mid-Size Boats 0/808 In my research before buying this boat a few months ago, I was told on the forum that the packing gl
Mast Raising System Ed at 1:15pm 07.29.02 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1429 I just purchased a 1975 Catalina 22 2 weeks ago. I will have many questions I'm sure. This is the fi
Catalina 22 keel lockdown pin is stuck! David Luckenbach at 1:12pm 07.29.02 Trailer Sailors 4/2450 A doctor at our marina is trying to sell his boat for $750, and I can't get the keel lockdown pin to
Dating from a hull serial # Allen at 12:05pm 07.29.02 Day Sailers 1/924 Does anyone know how to find the date of manufacture of a boat by the serial # on the hull? Also, W
Fuel Filter Replacement for a Yamaha Diesel 3GMF30 Barrie McDonald at 12:00pm 07.29.02 Ask All Sailors 9/1133 I want to replace the fuel filter on my yamaha disel engine. My worry is getting air in the fuel lin
Jabso head replacement versus pump rebuild Bob Early at 12:00pm 07.29.02 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/1351 Peggy, if I understand your words and terminology correct, then you'd suggest total reacement of the
Wheel binds w/ST-4000 autopilot attachment rings Gregg at 11:29am 07.29.02 Mid-Size Boats 5/1215 You know those black plastic rings that attach to the wheel? I've got some bad binding at the three
Pricing Information Jeff at 11:06am 07.29.02 Ask All Sailors 1/1166 Can anyone tell me the value of a 1978 33' Morgan Sailboat. And where I can locate a copy of her spe
Beneteau 473 vs Hunter 466 JC at 10:20am 07.29.02 Ask All Sailors 1/2026 Would like any feedback positive, negative or comparitive between Hunter 466 and Beneteau 473. Tha
Overheating Problem on Renault Deisel Jim Arrighi at 10:17am 07.29.02 Mid-Size Boats 1/806 I have a 1980 Hunter 27 with 8hp Renault deisel. It normally runs quite cool. I then had a problem
Follow up on Electric Shock Jim Seamans at 9:11am 07.29.02 Smaller Boats 0/786 For those of you have not read my previous post, I got an electrical shock when inserting the rudder
Kenyon Anemometer Doug Wilson at 8:31am 07.29.02 Big Boats 0/1937 I need to replace the transducer on my anemometer. The bearings are bad and it looks like a sealed
Keel bolts weeping H2O Henry Rozanski at 8:24am 07.29.02 Big Boats 1/889 I've noticed a little water that might be leaking from a couple of the rear keel bolts (bilge inspec
Aluminum Tank replacement Henry Rozanski at 8:21am 07.29.02 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/1373 Peggy,Do you know of any company that stocks polyehtylene holding replacement tanks for Hunter sai
Intercat 1500 Catamaran Mike at 8:08am 07.29.02 Ask All Sailors 0/3750 I started out sailing in Fl. with a Mac 26X, sold it and moved up to a 28' catamaran. Anyone know of
Catalina 30 MKII ??? John at 8:06am 07.29.02 Mid-Size Boats 2/1466 Is there such a thing as a Catalina 30 MK II ??? If so, what year(s) was the moded produced.Thanks
Anyone have a LINK for NJ's Catalina Association? Chuck at 8:02am 07.29.02 Mid-Size Boats 1/962 THX-Chuck

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Adding Winch and deck organizer on a B323 (1) Ron20324 at 3:10pm 04.13.20 My B323 came new with the "spinnaker package"- a winch a line stopper and halayrd IIRC. The winch is
Docking Mishap Davidasailor26 at 3:03pm 04.13.20
high water? (1) Hunter216 at 2:51pm 04.13.20 I've watched this tread bouncing around. It contains both empirical and surmised reasons for increa
Mac 26D forestay chain plate justsomeguy at 2:41pm 04.13.20 There was a bunch of styrofoam blocks in the space I cut open and ended up using them to support th
New Running Rigging: bothered by what is probably a non-problem FastOlson at 2:40pm 04.13.20 Perhaps you can be happy with smaller dia. line for your 30 footer. From an overhead (builder cost)
Rabbit hole Hayden Watson at 2:18pm 04.13.20 Have you given any more thought to adding LFP batteries? On my C30 Mk-2 I only have room in the bat
Hunter 410 refrigerator Sailgunner at 2:17pm 04.13.20 It freezes the beer! When you consider the freezer next to the frig is below freezing the frig unit
Securing floor with 4200 adhesive FastOlson at 2:17pm 04.13.20 We changed from the factory teak plugged screws to re-patterning the screws in the sole pieces and c
Common leak in Aft Berth? DrewVan at 2:11pm 04.13.20 Most of my water was coming in from the gauge hoop deck mounting. The water traveled down the tubing
Toe Rail Voyager1 at 2:10pm 04.13.20 Thanks for responding nramsey. That is my intent at this time. Just seeing if anyone has insight if
Securing floor with 4200 adhesive Scott T-Bird at 2:06pm 04.13.20 Nice work, Scott. I'd likely put it down with screws and hold the plugs, for now. I'd use small sc
Securing floor with 4200 adhesive Scott T-Bird at 2:04pm 04.13.20 Scott; Having installed many floors, for the edge I would use what the manufacturers use on the win
Fixed-blade Replacement For Martec Folder fstbttms at 2:03pm 04.13.20 OK, good to hear. I'm interested to hear what you end up installing for your customer. Thank you!
high water? DArcy at 2:01pm 04.13.20 No glaciers, just snow and rain feeding the lakes. It takes a crystal ball with a 12 month window in
Fixed-blade Replacement For Martec Folder Chuckdenik at 2:01pm 04.13.20 OK, good to hear. I'm interested to hear what you end up installing for your customer. Thank you!
Fixed-blade Replacement For Martec Folder fstbttms at 1:56pm 04.13.20 Martec doesn't refurbish their props anymore? Yes, Martec will refurbish your prop.
Docking Mishap kappykaplan at 1:53pm 04.13.20 It's clear to me that the pilot had far too much speed on. The aft tug was being pulled sideways be
Fixed-blade Replacement For Martec Folder Chuckdenik at 1:52pm 04.13.20 If it helps, I have a 1982 Santana 30-30 with a Martec Eliptic RH 14x14 powered by a Yanmar 2GM20F a
battery monitor slow to read dlochner at 1:45pm 04.13.20 I really would like to see how the batteries are performing and when to replace. I have an analog
Rabbit hole BillyK at 1:35pm 04.13.20 Is that the original Sherwood pump? I hated it, too. The new Oberdorfer is so much better! Yes!

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