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Outboard help - Daysailer II Doug at 11:41pm 06.24.02 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1884 I just acquired a 1978 (I think) DSII, great condition. Looking to put a 4 to 6 HP outboard on it,
Leaking Hot Water Tank Gary Wyngarden at 11:26pm 06.24.02 Ask All Sailors 6/1383 I discovered some water leaking out from under my ten year old hot water tank/heater yesterday after
Getting Taller Gary Wyngarden at 11:22pm 06.24.02 Ask All Sailors 5/1121 My wife who is 5'8" has difficulty seeing over the top of our dodger and has to stoop to see through
Zincs Tim Op't Holt at 11:11pm 06.24.02 Mid-Size Boats 8/1211 I noticed that the zinc placed on the prop shaft last summer is gone. I need some help from someone
Replies to raising a Mac 25 Thom Francola at 11:00pm 06.24.02 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/1000 Thanks to all you replied to my inquirey on how to raise a Mac 25 on the trailer. Now it's time for
H25.5 Steaming Light Mark at 10:29pm 06.24.02 Smaller Boats 4/933 Does anyone know if the steaming light on an 85 H25.5 has its own switch or does it come on when the
Stuffing Box Drip Rate Carmen Daccurso at 10:17pm 06.24.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1701 The drip rate from my stuffing box is one drop every 4 seconds with engine off. Is this normal? Tr
Mysterious bilge water Kevin Kane at 10:07pm 06.24.02 Ask An Oday Owner 2/993 Water appears in the bilge of my O'Day 272LE with Universal Model 12 Diesel apparently only while mo
floor don robinson at 8:01pm 06.24.02 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/1328 I have to replace the floor on my 1980 30 ft an would like to know what is under it be I cut it up w
Autohelm 7000 Bill Sheehy at 3:14pm 06.24.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1480 I need to find a Autohelm 7000 autopilot computer. They don't make the Autohelm anymore so I am stuc
Inverter shut down Bill at 1:32pm 06.24.02 Big Boats 4/998 I have a 1995 430. Everytime I use the inverter to run my Grunert system (with the engine running) t
What is the recommended RPM? Bert at 1:22pm 06.24.02 Ask All Sailors 5/1955 Fellow Sailors,I reach my hull speed at about 2200 RPM with my 1982 Yanmar 3HM. The Yanmar specs d
ST4000+ wierdness Jeff Bacon at 1:07pm 06.24.02 Ask All Sailors 12/2076 I installed and calibrated an ST400+ this weekend, and an interesting thing occurred.After doing m
Great weekend of sailing! How was yours? Jamie Shreeves at 12:32pm 06.24.02 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1054 This weekend was spent up at the lake with 7 of my friends from college. We had a blast! 8 people an
waste tank maintenance John Trautman at 12:28pm 06.24.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/821 I have been blessed to have the opportunity to own a new Hunter 420. It is the first boat I have own
Ablative Bottom Paint Chips Dean at 12:23pm 06.24.02 Mid-Size Boats 1/966 I have some chipping of the bottom paint just at the water line. My Catalina 27 is on a mooring in
Can't Get the Main Up All the Way Marc P at 11:14am 06.24.02 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/960 I can't seem to get my main sail up the last 12 inches or so. She goes up pretty smoothly until the
Headed to the Caribean Bob at 10:37am 06.24.02 Big Boats 8/853 We are considering heading south for some extended cruising in the Caribean. I would appreciate som
Let's go sailing Ray Carl at 10:25am 06.24.02 Smaller Boats 3/804 First off,it's a temporary course that's set up the day of the race.The races are called Beer can ra
Jib Rigging Question (Roller Furled) Mark Malcolm at 9:21am 06.24.02 Smaller Boats 3/743 Hi all,My 212 came with the jib pre-rigged without the 2:1 blocks attatched to the sail "O" ring (p

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Groco HE head part I cant find Ron20324 at 7:30am 06.25.20 Hhmmm... You'd think the spud from another brand would fit since the tailpiece is changeable? My 2 c
Winterizing batteries. Yeah, getting WAY ahead of myself here... odaydokay at 7:27am 06.25.20 I guess I am the rogue of the group. My boat goes on the hard, no power connected, bilge pump maste
Looking for help with installing a Raymarine EV-200 on a 2006 Hunter 33 (1) jviss at 7:27am 06.25.20 Ah, O.K. I don't like the fact that it's welded-up like that. The "standard" approach is an Edson
running rigging replacement. chichiflys at 7:25am 06.25.20 I use 7/16" (11mm) for the main and Jib halyards - I purchased the line from Fisheries Supply (they
Ferrule with Euro style jviss at 7:23am 06.25.20 On the subject, I personally HATE those kind of terminal strips. For fine wires I prefer to connect
Bow Pulpit and stern rail for a Hunter 28.5 sail sfbay at 7:23am 06.25.20 You can purchase a bow pulpit from this site: Hunter 28.5 bow pulpit You can also purchase a a bow
New to the MacGregor 25 lifestyle (2) Lost Hannah at 7:17am 06.25.20 181509 lots of new lumber going into and on the boat. most of the old wood was so rotten and sun dam
Looking for help with installing a Raymarine EV-200 on a 2006 Hunter 33 (1) gmiller131 at 7:17am 06.25.20 Maybe the term Tiller lever is a better name. I have seen a couple similar to the one below. For ho
Ferrule with Euro style (1) Maine Sail at 7:15am 06.25.20 Good quality Euro strips are supposed to have a "pressure plate" that contacts the wire. A Euro stri
New to the MacGregor 25 lifestyle (1) Lost Hannah at 7:14am 06.25.20 I guess I just have to upload small pictures!
Ferrule with Euro style IStream at 7:11am 06.25.20 Assuming the ferrules are properly sized for both the wire and the insulation and properly crimped o
Winterizing batteries. Yeah, getting WAY ahead of myself here... jviss at 7:04am 06.25.20 I don't know of a marina on the East End of LI that doesn't have a "No power cord..." rule for boat
81 Hunter 36 cockpit drain hose question (H37 similar?) tmjb at 7:03am 06.25.20
Winterizing batteries. Yeah, getting WAY ahead of myself here... jviss at 7:03am 06.25.20 I don't know of a marina on the East End of LI that doesn't have a "No power cord..." rule for boat
Changing Coolant jviss at 7:00am 06.25.20 For just the reason you describe, that the water heater is higher than the engine, my system as a se
Winterizing batteries. Yeah, getting WAY ahead of myself here... shemandr at 6:52am 06.25.20 I don't know of a marina on the East End of LI that doesn't have a "No power cord..." rule for boats
Changing Coolant jviss at 6:44am 06.25.20 If you add coolant to the engine and the level of the reservoir is lower then the heater, you will
Groco HE head part I cant find fourwhitesocks at 6:37am 06.25.20 You did you rock thank you!!
81 Hunter 36 cockpit drain hose question (H37 similar?) (1) chichiflys at 6:36am 06.25.20 Sounds like you have your answer - just sharing a picture as to what we did a loooong time ago. The
Groco HE head part I cant find jviss at 6:35am 06.25.20 Glad I could help.

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