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H340 Spinlock XA Clutch Installation (1) Chew Oon at 1:04pm 05.31.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/1969
Transpac Entry Loses Keel on Delivery Rick D at 1:01pm 05.31.19 Ask All Sailors 2/953 At least they had beer.... https://www.latitude38.com/lectronic/2019/05/31/#transpac-entry-loses-kee
Multi-tasking (1) Jackdaw at 12:57pm 05.31.19 Racing 11/834 Last night our 4th G-series was called for lack of race-quality breeze. So while most bobbed while w
Hunter 460 electric halyard winch fitting jimali at 12:38pm 05.31.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/752 Hi We are converting one of our halyard winches to electric. Had fun running the cables. New winch
Chrysrler 26 rudder assembly (1) martinjohncarr at 10:03am 05.31.19 Ask All Sailors 2/474 My chrysrler 26 fin keel has a rudder wich moves up and down about an inch. Two separate divers have
Do you know what it is? (1) Richardwm at 7:36am 05.31.19 Ask All Sailors 15/1405 I found this on the boat I purchased last fall. Do you know what it is????
boat blunders ! MitchM at 5:54am 05.31.19 Ask All Sailors 0/345 this big - boat forum just sent off a link to its ever-popular thread, Oops! A Decade of
Proposed Small Solar Setup (1) Northstar1014 at 5:21am 05.31.19 Ask All Sailors 4/675 Hello all, I am adding a small solar panel to my Beneteau 343 -- my goal is for it to provide suppl
Epirb All U Get at 3:14am 05.31.19 Ask All Sailors 16/780
Yanmar 2Gm20F shaking with New Yanmar Mounts Brinky63 at 6:10pm 05.30.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1508 I replaced the old mounts with Yanmar mounts specific for the engine, 3 years ago. The boat is 15 ye
Stackpak for Dutchman? rpell1@msn.com at 2:23pm 05.30.19 Ask All Sailors 11/1074 Hi all, I have a '97 Cat30 MKIII with a Dutchman mainsail system. I would love to add a Stackpak c
Battling Mildew and Mold dlochner at 1:48pm 05.30.19 Ask All Sailors 38/2807 Since owning Second Star we have been battling a musty moldy smell with limited success. Recently wh
Building a replacement shroud Minnesail at 12:43pm 05.30.19 Catalina 22 2/533 So, I was tensioning my port side forward lower shroud when I heard a snap. I couldn't tell what it
Cracked Muffler (1) sjsflyer at 12:40pm 05.30.19 Catalina 310 10/1344 165459 This original 2007 muffler has less than 400 hours on it. It was weeping water just above t
Anyone parting out a cracked 216? AZExpedition at 11:54am 05.30.19 Smaller Boats 3/491 I am looking for a boom and vang. Thx Mike
Instrument Pod help (1) mdavisdc at 11:53am 05.30.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/547
Conduit holes in structural beam and stringer (1) Marrigoround at 9:21am 05.30.19 Ask All Sailors 5/1230 I'm installing a new inverter/charger that requires some heavy (#4/0 AWG) cable from the battery box
Radar mounting dilemma (2) DougM at 5:50am 05.30.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/2398 I installed a new radar on my 323 last summer, and am looking for solutions to correcting the angula
Yanmar 2GMF Coolant change/flush thelilnauti at 11:08pm 05.29.19 Ask All Sailors 14/1678 Hey there sailors. Im looking to do a coolant flush and change on my 13hp Yanmar 2GMF engine. I'm n
Stantion replace on an o'day 34 daviddp at 4:50pm 05.29.19 Ask An Oday Owner 13/1175 I have 2 stanchions that are bent, The port side near the cabin bulkhead is impossible to see or eve

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Push Button Starter Testing (1) Nichole340 at 3:23pm 09.10.23
How to determine Genoa size? dlochner at 2:58pm 09.10.23 Advertise the sail by its dimensions, condition, sailmaker and the size sail it was for your boat.
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION kappykaplan at 2:52pm 09.10.23 What does WOT mean? (pardon my ignorance) wide open throttle
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION twodzusfittings at 2:46pm 09.10.23 Did you ever check your oil level when you see this sludge problem ? Oil level is good. At 1500 -
How to determine Genoa size? Tally Ho at 2:30pm 09.10.23
Push Button Starter Testing Maine Sail at 2:15pm 09.10.23 This may help: https://forums.sailboatowners.com/threads/add-starting-relay.194701/#post-1505182
Oh my sweet rotten unicorn. dlochner at 2:11pm 09.10.23 So I can sand the black and blue off down to all white everywhere, and then prep for new barrier co
Oh my sweet rotten unicorn. monocerosin at 2:09pm 09.10.23 Gelcoat is usually white. If you sand through the gelcoat you will see the polyester resin and glas
New Electronics Networking Help jviss at 1:54pm 09.10.23 Thanks. Maretron has a great reputation. I'm personally not a big fan of screw terminals, but the
Oh my sweet rotten unicorn. dlochner at 1:21pm 09.10.23 The boat is not made of epoxy, it is likely polyester resin and glass. If there is epoxy on the bott
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION Tally Ho at 1:15pm 09.10.23
Oh my sweet rotten unicorn. (1) monocerosin at 1:01pm 09.10.23 How do I know if it's epoxy or gelcoat? Is there a test I can do to the surface? I figure doing this
Oh my sweet rotten unicorn. Ralph Johnstone at 12:01pm 09.10.23 The black came off I presume the black was only the black bottom paint as Citristrip isn't going
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION Ralph Johnstone at 11:47am 09.10.23 My Universal 5614 will not go any higher than 2000 rpm's and when its up there I see black sludge l
Push Button Starter Testing Ralph Johnstone at 11:32am 09.10.23 I have decided to replace the wire to the starter. Just to be clear, you want that wire to go to
Water Tank Capacity on 2007 44DS ggrizzard at 11:03am 09.10.23 Good work. Thanks for sharing.
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION nramsey at 10:59am 09.10.23 Damned autocorrect. Over propped.
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION nramsey at 10:59am 09.10.23 Sounds like it's overloaded. Could you be overcrowded?
Hunter 320 Steering Issue Kevy at 10:35am 09.10.23 Thanks all. Indeed it was a maintenance point that I was ignorant of so happy to take the blame. I
Push Button Starter Testing Nichole340 at 10:15am 09.10.23 Is this a Yanmar? There's a known issue with the starter that has these symptoms. The problem is th

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