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Holding tank vent fitting (1) keithonElan at 11:35am 10.30.25 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/123 I have a corroded fitting on my holding tank vent that I need to identify and replace. Any suggestio
Raw water intake pump questions Dr. D at 8:44am 10.30.25 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/105 My raw water intake pump began leaking from the backside last week and I had it replaced. The tech w
H260 and tide goes far out grounding it, mud squirts up bottom hole into ballast tank? Davenport at 7:11am 10.30.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/75 Here in Houston when North wind blows the water drops at my marina to 1 foot from 5 foot normal, gro
Lightning strike garymalmgren at 10:51pm 10.29.25 Ask All Sailors 11/195 It's getting pretty hard to tell these days. Is this AI or the real thing? Gary https://www.facebook
Lifeline Stanchion Orientation Questions (Catalina 22) Carl Wonderful at 10:03pm 10.29.25 Ask A Catalina Owner 9/122 On my C22 the (middle) lifeline stanchions are angled inward toward the center of the boat. This ma
Hows this boom/mast look.. on my "new" (1971) Catalina 22 (5) Carl Wonderful at 7:22pm 10.29.25 Catalina 22 8/153 Just bought this boat. The original owner passed years ago so the family had no information for me
Broken Mast block alternative (1) carlyzahrt at 3:58pm 10.29.25 Ask All Sailors 8/171 Previous owner of my boat seems to have attached two wooden blocks to lead the halyard from the mast
1984 Newport Mk3 30-foot spreader boot (end cap) size? knotimpossible at 8:31am 10.29.25 Newport 1/61 Does anyone know what size spreader end cap (boot) to order for a 1984 Newport Mk3 30-foot, before I
Fuel range for C30 with M25-XP Project_Mayhem at 6:56am 10.29.25 Catalina 30 7/141 We're about to make the trip back to the yard. It's roughly a 38 mile trip. We're expecting 2' seas
Morgan 382 nharalambides at 11:40am 10.28.25 Parts Search 1/66 I am looking for an Owner's Manual for a Morgan 382
LifePo4 in winter Bob S at 11:28am 10.28.25 Ask All Sailors 6/160 Getting ready for winter in New England. I will be removing my 2 batteries to bring inside. I came a
Hunter 212 Mast Step Replacement (1) JT_Fulkerson at 8:57am 10.28.25 Smaller Boats 1/53 I recently purcahsed a Hunter 212 sailboat and upon purchasing it I knew there was a large crack in
Cracked gel coat below the waterline (2) Don Crowther at 8:56am 10.28.25 Mid-Size Boats 7/145 Good Morning I have a 1993 Hunter 33.5 This fall when loading it onto the trailer one of the pads f
Rudder fiberglass repair (4) bob45 at 4:10am 10.28.25 Ask All Sailors 1/84 Hi! I dropped my rudder because it looked like the top, flat edge had delaminated. But upon further
gelcoat unclejack3 at 1:51am 10.28.25 Ask All Sailors 11/279 Sorry to sound stupid but if i mix epoxy resin with hardener is that not called Gelcoat? Because the
Need help identifying a part from my vent hose (3) zinahewitt at 9:27pm 10.27.25 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/204 Hi All, I am looking for a thru-hull 1 inch diameter 1/2 inch pipe 2 inch length NPT I can't handl
H26 Mast not sitting flush (2) dinosound at 6:31pm 10.27.25 Smaller Boats 4/123 I noticed my mast was nit sitting flush on my new to me H26. After the Season was over, I took a ver
Rigging Quote jaysweet at 2:27pm 10.27.25 Ask All Sailors 14/375
Where can I buy a bumper section for a Hunter 23.5 ? (1) FWBpilot at 10:59am 10.27.25 Smaller Boats 8/202 Last night a storm did some damage to the Hunter 23.5. It was tied to a dock with 4 large inflatabl
OLYC Online Yacht Club members roll call... Leeward Rail at 3:35am 10.27.25 Sails Call Lounge 4/212 How many of you were members of the "Online Yacht Club" ? Hint.. it wasn't on the typical website o

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Raw water intake pump questions Dr. D at 6:55am 10.31.25 The motor is a Yanmar 3YM30AE and the pump is by Johnson F4B-903. I found a video of rebuilding thi
Invest 98L (1) jssailem at 6:54am 10.31.25
Centerboard/Swing Keel Removal - Hunter 240 (2) Paule R at 6:33am 10.31.25
Funny Friday!!! jssailem at 5:53am 10.31.25
Rigging Quote jssailem at 5:33am 10.31.25 @marcham, Your rigger is spot on with all of the questions and ideas. His time lines maybe a we bit
Lifeline Stanchion Orientation Questions (Catalina 22) dlochner at 5:18am 10.31.25 Filling screw holes and properly bedding fittings are skills every sailor needs to learn. One of the
Holding tank vent fitting keithonElan at 4:36am 10.31.25 Thanks Mark. The 90 deg piece is metal and I will replace with plastic. In planning to unscrew what
Lifeline Stanchion Orientation Questions (Catalina 22) ...3TacksontheWater at 4:16am 10.31.25 Epoxy is not for mounting stanchions. Epoxy is used to pot holes in the deck so as to prevent moistu
Holding tank vent fitting colemj at 4:08am 10.31.25 It looks like there is a threaded boss glued/welded to the tank, with a 90 adaptor screwed into tha*
Holding tank vent fitting keithonElan at 3:09am 10.31.25 The pic shows the top of the holding tank and the fitting connected to it. Not shown is a one inch f
Holding tank vent fitting JoeWhite at 9:14pm 10.30.25 Was there a hose connected to it? What it made of? Can you clean it so we can see the mayerial?
Rigging Quote MFD at 8:35pm 10.30.25 Sounds to me that they are asking the right kind of questions and also being genuine about getting r
Rigging Quote marcham at 8:01pm 10.30.25 I passed this post to my rigger over coffee earlier this week. He said that would be a STARTING cost
Rigging Quote MFD at 7:22pm 10.30.25 Interesting thread as I need to do similar with an H41DS within a few years. the bit about the B&R
Holding tank vent fitting Ralph Johnstone at 7:00pm 10.30.25 Any idea what it does ? Is there another vent on the top of the tank or is this intended to be the
Lightning strike PaulK at 5:36pm 10.30.25
Where can I buy a bumper section for a Hunter 23.5 ? Crazy Dave Condon at 5:26pm 10.30.25 Mooring whips?
Broken Mast block alternativez garymalmgren at 4:19pm 10.30.25
Lightning strike BigEasy at 3:47pm 10.30.25
Raw water intake pump questions BigEasy at 3:30pm 10.30.25 Replaced mine on a Yanmar 3ym30 Johnson raw water pump (not engine coolant pump)at approximately 300

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