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Potable Water Filter jviss at 7:26am 09.02.19 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 36/2653 The only filter I have on my fresh water system is the screen at the tank manifold, before the pump;
Isolating Taps? (1) stephen_i_w at 7:15am 09.02.19 Catalina 310 6/834 On my new 315, just forward of the engine, under the cabin sole are these, each labeled "isolating t
TILLER HANDLE......................REPAIRING SAME Harveybutler at 5:25am 09.02.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/429 HAS ANYONE HAD TO REBUILD THE TILLER HANDLE FOR A HUNTER 23.5..
Classic Sailing Dinghy Question (1) kiwibyron at 12:48am 09.02.19 Ask All Sailors 18/3075 Hi all, I recently bought a boat (my first mistake i know...). It's a small dinghy, 2.7m long and
Last Month of Season 3 beginning agprice22 at 6:52pm 09.01.19 Telstar 2/6972 Upstate New York has been unusually cool at the end of Summer. Our temps are low-to-mid 70s in the d
Replacing sanitary hose with rigid PVC pipe IH82BL8 at 6:37pm 09.01.19 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/2989 Is this an option? Isn't PVC pipe impervious absorbing odors? Thanks
2007 Instrument Panel Wiring Issue (1) Caspurr at 6:18pm 09.01.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/669 I have a 2007 Hunter 33. Today I turned the key and the engine did not turn over. Batteries are abou
Clearing the line from head to holding tank? Mr Fox at 6:10pm 09.01.19 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 17/2145 Hi all- looking for some advice on clearing a line from my raritan sea era to my holding tank, which
Cabin top moisture and dull tones glandry924 at 5:39pm 09.01.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/395 My '93 Legend 37.5, recently surveyed for a pending sale, had dull tones from the sounding mallet an
Sailing Firefly on Seneca 9-1-19 agprice22 at 5:20pm 09.01.19 Sails Call Lounge 3/567 Today was a treat! We got a rare SSE blow of 15-20 knots for 3 hours. Being at the South end of Sene
Lewmar V1 Windlass Tim22 at 3:49pm 09.01.19 Ask All Sailors 4/524 I recently installed a V1 windlass and for the most part am happy with it. What I do find irritating
1979 33 Water Heater drcov at 3:05pm 09.01.19 The Cherubini Hunters 6/959 I just pulled the old worn out water heater. Should I replace or just forget it. I have a marine uni
Bow pumpkinpie at 1:39pm 09.01.19 Ask All Sailors 10/1820 .
HX pumpkinpie at 1:05pm 09.01.19 Ask All Sailors 5/898 .
Still Learning about Flying the Spinnaker (4) Cowpokee at 10:44am 09.01.19 Ask All Sailors 8/1329 When planning out our three day weekend, my wife asked about the possibility of sailing. I desponden
Refrigeration issue? (1) fero at 10:08am 09.01.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/501 Hi again, Last time I was on the boat ( before haul out for hurricane season ), I tried to run the f
Flying the Asymmetrical Direct Down Wind DayDreamer41 at 8:56am 09.01.19 Ask All Sailors 7/525 Yesterday during a race in light air <8 on the first down wind leg (wind at our starboard quarter) w
Rewiring Westerbeke 'Admiral' panel on ODay 272 cbourne200 at 7:30am 09.01.19 Ask All Sailors 12/1162 Ok. Need to replace water temp guage in panel. Unscrewed it and it fell into 2 pieces. Break is vert
Port sheet winch For Sail at 7:07am 09.01.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/292 My port sheet winch is locked up. It is a Maxwell 17c. I took it apart cleaned everything, regreas
ODay 19 Deck under Forestay chain plate damaged (3) ZeusRod at 6:23am 09.01.19 Trailer Sailors 5/783 Hello All, Taking off the forestay chain plate where there was some damage to the deck and the bolts

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Yanmar KM2A un-serviceable? Also need transmission basics too. Tally Ho at 4:20pm 09.26.23 Should be no reason you cannot unbolt the transmission from the engine and replace it with a rebuilt
The Sewing Machine Thread Tally Ho at 4:08pm 09.26.23 Does that machine have a walking foot? dj No walking foot. You can buy an attachment, but it is
My solution for winch override. Yours? Tally Ho at 4:05pm 09.26.23
Just a bit too much heel and helm danstanford at 4:05pm 09.26.23 Like I said-they are better sailors. This was right after a big gust and I dumped the main but hadn
Ruddercraft Lower Pintle Failure Any Sea at 2:50pm 09.26.23 I ordered a spare lower pintle to keep on the boat in the tool bag. I'd rather be looking at it tha
Ruddercraft Lower Pintle Failure Rltgold at 1:57pm 09.26.23 I just got off the phone with Jeff . We had a very nice conversation about the Pintle issue. It is n
Raymarine RL70C..... RitSim at 1:42pm 09.26.23 thanks. I'll let you know
Raymarine RL70C..... (1) Rich Stidger at 1:40pm 09.26.23 I am not sure what a "L750" is, but here is the connections for a RL70C display. I might have a con
Ruddercraft Lower Pintle Failure RudderCraft at 1:24pm 09.26.23 Hello all Catalina 22 owners. My name is Jason and I am the owner of Rudder Craft. I am also a proud
My solution for winch override. Yours? thinwater at 1:20pm 09.26.23
My solution for winch override. Yours? BigEasy at 1:12pm 09.26.23
Raymarine RL70C..... (1) RitSim at 1:06pm 09.26.23 I also have an L750 that I am working on. Can you tell me which pins are power and ground?
My solution for winch override. Yours? (3) thinwater at 12:28pm 09.26.23 Some examples for discussion. Some of these I know to be stock installations. https://forums.sailboa
My solution for winch override. Yours? thinwater at 12:22pm 09.26.23 ... Then the rotating cleats serve me much better.... I need to think on that. On one hand, I u
My solution for winch override. Yours? thinwater at 12:09pm 09.26.23 Plus a million to the tiller lock comment. I use the TillerClutch device and frankly don't see how
Rudder Craft Rudders Timm R Oday25 at 12:02pm 09.26.23 I use 80/20 during the course of my job. I have lot's of it from previous projects that my employer
Ruddercraft Lower Pintle Failure Rltgold at 11:45am 09.26.23 This is specifically forRudder Craft Brand systems. They have said most issues were with 3/8" Pintle
P28 Rudder Removal jssailem at 11:41am 09.26.23
Ruddercraft Lower Pintle Failure AaronD at 11:37am 09.26.23 Are these failures on the early boats and the MK II boats? Those with actual experience may correc
Ruddercraft Lower Pintle Failure Rltgold at 11:34am 09.26.23 Any Sea, Possibly additional brackets with bolt/locknut or castellated nut with cotter pin. I had

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