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Considering Teak Cockpit Makeover (3) Foswick at 12:26pm 07.15.24 Ask All Sailors 27/2993 Ugh ... I think I have just about resigned to a complete cockpit makeover. When I bought this boat
Replacement hatch cover wood family at 12:15pm 07.15.24 Ask An Oday Owner 2/392 Anyone know where I can buy a replacement forward hatch cover for an 81 O'Day 23? Thanks
Hunter 376 Water Leaking Through Salon Lights -- Solved? (3) duck21 at 10:38am 07.15.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/526 Hi all, We've had issues with water coming in through our salon ceiling lights similar to many Hunt
A technique for replacing lines thru line organizers and sheaves (1) Rich Stidger at 10:13am 07.15.24 Ask All Sailors 14/1213 So maybe this technique has been suggested before now, but it might be an original idea. (or not!)
Compartment under bow berth on 285 3GGG at 9:38am 07.15.24 Mid-Size Boats 12/1328 I noticed there is a compartment under the bow berth that has multiple screws holding it down and a
Sticky wheel after disengaging autopilot on Hunter 33 ADW-Canada at 5:53am 07.15.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/760 I'm a fairly new owner of a 2008 Hunter 33. We've engaged and disengaged the autopilot on a few sai
Exhaust elbow riser needed? (2) kbanman at 5:21pm 07.14.24 Engines and Propulsion 5/765 I'd like to replace the exhaust elbow in my Hunter 320 (yanmar 2GM20F) with a stainless one, but the
1984 Hunter 22 Swing Keel pivot pin (7) Jim_3 at 11:48am 07.14.24 Smaller Boats 4/529 Longtime lurker, first time poster! Forgive me if I breach any protocols... I've owned a 1984 H22
Tiller mount damages fiberglass (1) BTC1984 at 11:16am 07.14.24 Mid-Size Boats 4/514 See photo. It seems like my boat is missing a piece that keeps the tiller mount from hitting the
Is There Such a Thing as 1:1 "Scope?" Kings Gambit at 7:19am 07.14.24 Ask All Sailors 74/3704 If you're up short, the chain is vertical relative to the bottom. Is that 1:1 scope, or actually ze
Covering a 15 ft at a seawall (1) captMarkK at 5:55am 07.14.24 Trailer Sailors 3/808 I have a 15ft Surprise and I am trying to figure a way to easily cover it and keep out rain water.
Does your 315 naturally list to port? VFR750 at 5:32am 07.14.24 Catalina 310 7/1134 My 315 has a set list to port. About 1+ degree. I have not overloaded gear or stuff on the port si
Furling system issues / broken headsail halyard (3) Misc11 at 4:48am 07.14.24 Ask All Sailors 11/807 Brand new to sailing, and I've got a snapped headsail halyard. It happened while furling the sail af
Windlass woes as a result of anchoring woes (9) mermike at 7:37pm 07.13.24 Ask All Sailors 27/1778 226017 It was going OK at this point, but when i tried it the first time, the chain piled up and ja
Anchoring woes fred1diver at 6:42pm 07.13.24 Ask All Sailors 7/494 Hello everyone With the admiral helping out more on the boat, we need to find a better solution to
Westerbeke 30B Tachometer Issue Rolihlahla at 6:33pm 07.13.24 Engines and Propulsion 4/642 The tachometer is not reading correctly: sometimes when the engine is not running it sits at 200 RPM
Damaged gel coat (2) BTC1984 at 6:00pm 07.13.24 Ask All Sailors 6/571 Anyone have suggestions how I should fix this ?
Raymarine GPX File Editing Monterey385 at 11:03am 07.13.24 Ask All Sailors 5/888 I just archived my entire Raymarine database of waypoints, routes, and tracks. The archive file is
Rusty and siezed - how to free a transmission coupling? (1) adamv at 8:52pm 07.12.24 Engines and Propulsion 9/720 So I have a very very corroded transmission coupling on my universal m 18 with hurth transmission -
charging problem with new batterie richk at 1:40pm 07.12.24 Big Boats 23/1426 I just upgraded my house band to 3000 AH. After first doing this I didn't detect a problem. A few

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Hunter Legend 35.5 Stuffing Box shemandr at 5:56am 05.15.25 The OP could pay the boatyard to do the job before launch. It's prolly less than an hour's labor wh
Blower hose and other one that I need help identifying. niceshoes6 at 5:52am 05.15.25 Thanks that is helpful. I'm still unsure how to route that seemingly broken vent hose. Does it lay
Lake Michigan (and Huron) Delivery Cruise smokey73 at 5:30am 05.15.25 I'd make sure there that the fuel tank is clean and there is no "gunk" in the bottom of the tank. D
37c fuel tank cleaning Cocoa Beach Sailor at 5:25am 05.15.25 The effort is not that great. I was certain to empty the tank regardless so that is not really an ef
Doors Won't Close expresso37 at 5:08am 05.15.25 I also have a 2012 motor yacht with warped bulkheads around the master cabin door and the en-suite h
Lake Michigan (and Huron) Delivery Cruise john6206 at 4:55am 05.15.25 Thanks for the responses @Tally Ho and @kappykaplan the first week we own the boat we plan to take
Hunter 29.5 2GM engine vibration Brian M H23 at 3:59am 05.15.25 I replaced engine mounts a few months ago on my 3YM30 Yanmar. Excessive vibration in neutral idle,
Hunter 29.5 2GM engine vibration Brian M H23 at 3:53am 05.15.25 I'm not clear on this one myself. @Brian M H23 has not replied on this item and in the VID. it loo
Hunter Legend 35.5 Stuffing Box Zoom767 at 2:19am 05.15.25 You probably know this already, but when you replace the packing rings, position the cut at 120 deg
Nav light wiring Stu Jackson at 8:28pm 05.14.25 Masthead light: White light, halfway up the mast, facing forward All-round light: 360 degree white
My first boat and I'm a bit puzzled RussC at 8:07pm 05.14.25 floatation if it should capsize. most people remove all or part of it. I guess if you plan to sail o
Quick electrical question, inv. to shore (1) fred1diver at 6:49pm 05.14.25 How does this look?
Quick electrical question, inv. to shore Johann at 6:41pm 05.14.25 It can be simpler than this. No need for a $300 automatic relay - just a $25 manual transfer switc
Quick electrical question, inv. to shore heritage at 5:16pm 05.14.25 It can be simpler than this. No need for a $300 automatic relay - just a $25 manual transfer switc
37c fuel tank cleaning Charlie98117 at 4:00pm 05.14.25 Seems like you're going through a lot of effort and still won't have a throughly clean tank. I was
Nav light wiring kappykaplan at 3:56pm 05.14.25 Most boats combine the stern and side lights onto one breaker as they're never needed independently
Hunter 29.5 2GM engine vibration Charlie98117 at 3:51pm 05.14.25 I agree there could be an alignment issue but more likely one or more mounts are gone.You can check
37c fuel tank cleaning Cocoa Beach Sailor at 3:35pm 05.14.25 I did already take into account needing something for the diesel return. I decided that I am going t
Doors Won't Close capta at 3:09pm 05.14.25 Before you do anything else, try ending your next sail on a different tack. I'm not kidding. It coul
Spreader loose capta at 3:05pm 05.14.25 I don't know your boat specifically, but I have seen spreaders mounted to move and others not, so lo

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