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Oceanis 373 Greasy Water In Engine Start Battery Compartment Dadawada at 5:27pm 02.02.26 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/56 After a long (4.5 hour each way) trip over the summer, I noticed water with grease in it under the e
Throttle Cable TheTY at 11:08am 02.02.26 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/95
Cellphone use in bright sun - ricksoth at 6:38pm 02.01.26 Ask All Sailors 7/193 Has anyone found a cell phone that they can see in bright sun, ideally with polarized sunglasses on?
"10 Sailboats to Avoid Buying" shemandr at 1:01pm 02.01.26 Ask All Sailors 9/262 Has anyone else seen this video? It turns out the reasons to avoid these boats is their uninsurabi
Handlauf Oberdeck undicht HJS at 10:40am 02.01.26 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/151 Hallo liebe Segelfreunde ! Ich habe mir vor 4 jahren eine Hunter 38 Baujahr 2008 gekauft.Ich habe ei
PSA: Battleborn High Current at 2:25pm 01.30.26 Ask All Sailors 48/1120 Hi all, This is not entirely news, but Battleborn - which was previously considered among the highe
Keel Bolt Condition and small keel damage question (4) Deven R at 11:04am 01.30.26 Big Boats 4/212 Hello fellow Catalina owners. Spring of 2025 I purchased my first keelboat - a 1986 Catalina 34. I s
Rewiring Starter switch jonny356 at 10:24am 01.30.26 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/228 I have a Hunter 356 and have issues with starter. I replaced the starter motor and start switch (bu
Hunter 33 Raymarine Autopilot Ian Thailand at 9:00pm 01.29.26 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/111 I'm looking to contact someone who has fitted, or owns, a Hunter 33 with a Raymarine Autopilot. I'm
location of air conditioner sea water pump trigger Slipin Away at 9:03am 01.29.26 Big Boats 7/205 I have a 2005 Hunter 45cc. Does anyone knows the location of the trigger switch (relay) for the air
Yanmar 3GM30 Slips when trying to engage in forward (1) william24424 at 8:56am 01.29.26 Ask All Sailors 3/362 Happens more often when engine is hot. Last year I'd keep in gear through mooring field because drif
halyard questions Mike8193 at 1:48pm 01.28.26 Ask All Sailors 6/286 Pretty basic questions here. I am progressively doing more and more DIY on my boat. I am learning it
Salon table opinions sought Timm R Oday25 at 1:18pm 01.28.26 Ask All Sailors 14/403 Our salon table is no overdue for an upgrade . I'm confident in my skills as a woodworker . Where I
Hot water relief valve east coaster at 10:04am 01.28.26 Catalina 310 18/633 My pressure relief valve on my hot water tank is 150 psi. The domestic water pump is max 40 psi. I
Hunter 49/50 transformer Laid-back at 5:56am 01.28.26 Big Boats 3/204
Start battery setting DinghySailor at 6:49pm 01.27.26 Ask All Sailors 21/685 The starter for my Yanmar began intermittently working over the summer. The engine now starts only w
Replacing bilge hose on 387 svnalu387 at 2:28pm 01.27.26 Big Boats 1/166
Hunter 41AC Helm Seat Completed (3) dkinzer at 1:51pm 01.27.26 Big Boats 1/151 Ever since we got our boat we have had issues seeing out over the bow while seated in the cockpit. I
Hunter passage 42 inverter question sailor832 at 1:06pm 01.27.26 Big Boats 11/355 I recently acquired a 1996 hunter passage 42 and was looking at replacing the aftermarket inverter t
Has anyone raced their TM 30? GBeck at 12:39pm 01.27.26 Catalina 30 8/314 I've been thinking about racing my boat in the non-spin class on Wednesday nights on a lake in Georg

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DIY Sailing Instrument brett_howard at 11:32pm 02.02.26 Well shit... I thought I'd finished putting all the wind data into the GPX files... But as it turn
Hunter 33 Raymarine Autopilot Ian Thailand at 10:40pm 02.02.26 No idea of the age of your Hunter, so the information is based on the popular Hunter 33 built betwe
Throttle Cable (2) Ralph Johnstone at 10:26pm 02.02.26 You will find your throttle/shift, stop or etc. similar to the old cable construction shown below :
Hunter 49 / M-H 50 wiring diagrams (1) marcham at 9:23pm 02.02.26 Slight disagreement on this At our yacht club, the phases are indeed 120 degrees apart. On the AC p
"10 Sailboats to Avoid Buying" nightowle at 9:18pm 02.02.26 The 40-year rule is a very real problem, and for many mainstream insurers, that window is now compre
Oceanis 373 Greasy Water In Engine Start Battery Compartment JoeWhite at 8:46pm 02.02.26 A photo would help. When I replace the flax packing inside the stuffing box, I put lanocoat before I
Hunter 49 / M-H 50 wiring diagrams artboas at 7:33pm 02.02.26 This is often misquoted. North American household power 240v is not 2 phase , it's split phase. T
DIY Sailing Instrument dLj at 7:23pm 02.02.26 Let me touch on some of your points and question as to functionality. My current control head has a
Oceanis 373 Greasy Water In Engine Start Battery Compartment (1) Davidasailor26 at 5:50pm 02.02.26
O'Day 40 Bilge Hose Tally Ho at 5:39pm 02.02.26 I replaced both bilge pump hoses on my 35. I used smooth walled flexible tubing.
Replacing 1991 Hunter Passage 42 line brakes Tally Ho at 5:10pm 02.02.26 Have you looked into rebuilding the clutches instead of replacing them? It's usually cheaper and mu
PSA: Battleborn colemj at 5:00pm 02.02.26 SO You don't watch Will's videos but know all about them. Genius. In the context of this thread'
Funny Friday!!! smokey73 at 4:00pm 02.02.26 That was back when coffee was Maxwell House or Folgers - Black, and you could stand your spoon up i
Funny Friday!!! (1) dmax at 3:25pm 02.02.26 236454
PSA: Battleborn Davidasailor26 at 3:17pm 02.02.26 Bought 2 BB100AH in 2017, added another one in 2020. In 2025 during annual capacity testing, had 2
Replacing 1991 Hunter Passage 42 line brakes marcham at 2:26pm 02.02.26 Have you looked into rebuilding the clutches instead of replacing them? It's usually cheaper and muc
PSA: Battleborn Garbonzo at 2:21pm 02.02.26 It is fine to describe Will as you did, but the inescapable conclusion has nothing to do with him.
Throttle Cable TheTY at 1:45pm 02.02.26 Thank you for the advice.
PSA: Battleborn dLj at 1:36pm 02.02.26 But this seems pretty serious. Im not sure what my decision would be if I had these batteries on my
Proper way to shut down an outboard for long term storage Barnacle Bill at 1:28pm 02.02.26 Didn't read them all, but I always advise to pull the fuel line and let the outboard run until it di

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