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What is this paint? (1) duncan14 at 6:19am 09.25.24 Ask All Sailors 10/870 Hello All, new boat owner here with noob questions! I just got an old Pearson, it needs some cleanin
Would you put your money where your mouth is? (1) Muttondressedaslamb at 6:07am 09.25.24 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/1063 While randomly searching boating sites, this dental office came up. Wondering if they are sailors.
Treatment for portlight gaskets skunther at 4:57pm 09.24.24 Ask All Sailors 4/655 Does anyone use any product to keep their portlight gaskets fresh and functional? I know for car do
Standup blocks (2) FlimFlamII at 2:23pm 09.24.24 Ask All Sailors 10/1020 Any reason that I should not replace the blocks that are attached to the toe rail with stand up bloc
injector hole size needed Owen at 2:08pm 09.24.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/343 I need the diameter of the hole where the injector goes on a Yanmar SB8 to check the compression.
Protection for Tailing Well Edges Lpaynefl at 2:02pm 09.24.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/913 Has anyone found a good solution for some sort of Edge Guard to see the Tailing Well edges from gett
Purchase questions 38 ldd at 12:49pm 09.24.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 22/1671 I am interested in a 38. It has some issues that I am sure have been addressed?. 1. The headliner lo
Whos Mast Rick.johnson at 6:15am 09.24.24 Ask All Sailors 12/909 Hi Guys I have a 1987 Hunter legend 40 ft I am looking for information about the mast are there
holding tank pump out blowing macerator gaskets? Ed whatnot at 4:27pm 09.23.24 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/1322 I rebuilt my jabsco macerator last year and replaced the corroded brass bolts with ss bolts. also re
PTC 9 ---> Hurricane Helene (2) JamesG161 at 9:07am 09.23.24 Weather and Forecasting 35/2598 This will be a major Hurricane soon. 227669 It will Intensify fast to Hurricane Helene DAMMIT
Replace universal 25xpb exhaust riser eberns at 9:00am 09.23.24 Engines and Propulsion 4/738 20 year old Catalina 28 with original exhaust riser. No apparent problem but should it be replaced j
Extra line from boom...what is it? BAD ORCA at 8:46am 09.23.24 Ask All Sailors 19/1469 Took my mainsail off this weekend to do some maintenance on the boom outhaul track, replace cotter p
Looking for Procedure to change Engine Coolant on Yanmar 4JH4E andyschoenb@gmail.com at 4:30am 09.23.24 Ask All Sailors 1/421 I am looking for a procedure for the 4JH4E, the maintenance manual only discusses the adding of cool
Thru hull repair (2) blondebeard30 at 1:59am 09.23.24 Ask All Sailors 2/620 Hello all, looking for advice on repairing and replacing a thru hull. Just bought my first boat 19
Why is my stern quacking? (1) Project_Mayhem at 1:26pm 09.22.24 Ask All Sailors 10/965 Sorry, no pics of girls on sugar scoops in this post! I would always chuckle at the pretty boats wit
Galley and propane help in an old catalina lizardwizard at 10:57am 09.22.24 Catalina 30 11/1595 Hey there everyone! I recently purchased a 1988 Catalina 30 mkII as a bit of a restoration project/l
info on catalina 22 fishingaz at 2:57am 09.22.24 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1018 hi just like to introduce myself on this great site. from Queensland Australia and after a very long
Non skid cleaner issue colin59 at 9:23pm 09.21.24 Ask All Sailors 2/618 Used starbrite brand and after rinsing it dried with a soapy residue. Further rinsing a few more ti
Lubricating outhaul car/track BAD ORCA at 6:15pm 09.21.24 Ask All Sailors 11/1231 What are you guys using to lubricate the car in the outhaul track at the top of the boom? Mine is a
Would loose outhaul lead to weather helm? BAD ORCA at 6:04pm 09.21.24 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 7/3074 Just curious what changed. I'm restoring my sailboat and because of some big projects have not sail

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Hunter 146 motor mount bolt locations kappykaplan at 3:52am 07.07.25 Perhaps @Crazy Dave Condon will chime in.
Hunter 146 motor mount bolt locations hawkroxx at 3:43am 07.07.25 I have seen that, but it doesn't tell thr exact location of where to place the bolts if you don't ha
Hunter 146 motor mount bolt locations kappykaplan at 1:53am 07.07.25 Welcome to the forum! :beer: There is a motor mount installation instruction in the Hunter 146 downl
Circumnavigating Vancouver Island Michael Davis at 10:07pm 07.06.25 Ahhh Michael catching them. Michael eating them. The marina catches,cleans and cooks. I just do th
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. jssailem at 9:14pm 07.06.25 Here is what I was floating on before Yes. Those were bad.:yikes:
Fill your water tanks easily artboas at 8:51pm 07.06.25 You need to know that no matter how cheap or expensive, the are only 2 types of shore water pressur
Circumnavigating Vancouver Island jssailem at 7:56pm 07.06.25
Circumnavigating Vancouver Island Hello Below at 7:50pm 07.06.25
3 of us lowered mast H260, that mast is heavy, I admit gin pole is needed Davenport at 7:49pm 07.06.25 I went from MacGregor 26classic in water 3000 pounds to now Hunter 260 in water 5000 pounds, so I sh
h260 mast on deck options, weight bearing options Davenport at 7:45pm 07.06.25 Hmmm, with H260 mast lowered, having bow pulpit PULL via straps the mast forward would put some weig
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. (3) testingthewaters91 at 7:22pm 07.06.25 Here is what I was floating on before.
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. testingthewaters91 at 7:19pm 07.06.25 I think the prior 4 four posts are ignoring the above part of the OP's post #111. He is working to
How long til your 3GM starts? Dalestr at 7:13pm 07.06.25 The Yanmar Multi cylinder GM SERIES engines were entirely without a preheating mechanism. They can
Water under engine while motoring -- shaft seal leak? [Photos attached] (7) testingthewaters91 at 7:06pm 07.06.25 Hey everyone, Did an oil change today on my boat. The old oil came out black with a milky layer on
Anchor Swivel thinwater at 6:34pm 07.06.25 I had a swivel on my PDQ. Then I found a crack in it, when changing anchors. Never had one after tha
Belt adjustment on my Perkins M30 engine beneteau 351 (2) Dalestr at 6:12pm 07.06.25 Keven, it appears that your alternator is using a shorter belt to keep it clear of the bulkhead at r
Circumnavigating Vancouver Island (3) Michael Davis at 5:22pm 07.06.25 Port Neville to Lagoon Cove. Motored from Port Neville, bucked the tide and a 15/ 17 kt headwind for
Replacement LED anchor bulb (and deck light bulb) surfstud31 at 5:05pm 07.06.25 You might be better off replacing the light fixtures as well. I found on my 1995 Beneateau that the
Electric fuel pump to replace lift pump Yanmar 3GM30F Dalestr at 4:56pm 07.06.25 What should be done with the lift pump once bypassed? Leave it mounted? You could leave the lift p
A great mast raising system seb at 4:25pm 07.06.25 Thats's a fabulous system and I decided there's no way I can go on living without this...lol. How

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