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Best way to track wind shifts danstanford at 11:45am 07.29.19 Racing 54/6035 Hi folks, this question has been of interest to me for some time and I have asked it before in a cou
Don't see this too often... (3) Brian S at 11:42am 07.29.19 Day Sailers 5/1687 How many 18' boats on land locked lakes need a tender? Mine doesn't, but I wanted to build this, so
Raw Water Through Hull fitting 2001 Catalina 310 (1) Jacksail at 10:52am 07.29.19 Catalina 310 9/1416 Greetings Right now the barnacle growth on boats in my area is becoming a real annoyance and crucia
I done messed up, holding tank overflow. Rear cabin smells like a Coldplay album. Help? limbodog at 10:39am 07.29.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 18/1969 Hiya. Quick background: bought my Hunter 40 last year, 365-liveaboard I was trying to clean the bilg
Bilge tom.p.brown at 10:29am 07.29.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/429 I have a 2003 Hunter 360. was looking at bilge over weekend as I was going to replace the pump as th
1974 O'Day 20 electrical questions def at 10:25am 07.29.19 Day Sailers 5/1139 I just got this boat and have a couple of questions. 1) Where was the original battery location? Th
Drinking water distribution manifold (under sink) VelaFella at 10:14am 07.29.19 Big Boats 7/735 I have a 2005 Hunter 41, aft cockpit. The manifold under the sink has developed a substantial leak.
Catalina C310 3rd most popular Catalina on SBO JRT at 8:43am 07.29.19 Catalina 310 6/1158 I find looking at the statistics interesting that the top 3 boats on SBO under Catalina Forum are:
the power boating scene. I'm behind the times Justin_NSA at 8:03am 07.29.19 Sails Call Lounge 13/1238 As this forum says, this has nothing to do with sailing. Some good friends of ours invited us down t
Hunter Legend 37.5, Moving Furler from below deck to above deck Maraj at 8:00am 07.29.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/2251 I have a Furlex 200S furler on a Hunter Legend 37.5 that is below deck. I do not like this configura
Replacing floor on a Passage 42 Bonanza II at 7:54am 07.29.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/411 We have a 1990 Passage 42 in the Caribbean. The floor is developping soft spots in the galley and s
Hunter 37 cutter - mainsheet configuration. rugger at 7:08am 07.29.19 Ask All Sailors 4/475 Help - I painted my boom and now am not able to set the mainsheet blocks up properly. Sounds like a
Nylon Cutlass Bearing (4) Saltwaterand seaweed at 3:44am 07.29.19 Yamaha 3/1603 Is anyone here familiar with the nylon cutlass bearing inside the nylon shaft log on the Yamaha 33?
Fish finder glued inside the hull (3) jonelli at 10:30pm 07.28.19 Ask All Sailors 11/1357 Not a really important topic, but I was messing around with a fish finder transducer in my Cat30, an
Searching for S2 6.7 rudder jubels at 6:19pm 07.28.19 Parts Search 4/703 I need a rudder for a 1981 S2 6.7. Does anyone have one or know where I can find one?
AMF Alcort Puffer ARC7 at 5:23pm 07.28.19 Ask All Sailors 1/360 I recently bought an AMF Alcort Puffer but it is missing a mast and jib. Can anyone refer where I ca
No Electrical power Mbfhunter at 4:45pm 07.28.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/655 An intended day on the water ended up being a day of dead batteries. 2006 Hunter 27. Pulled them off
Rodkicker Repair (1) Bill19233 at 3:40pm 07.28.19 Racing 23/7843 Has anyone had the cable pull out of the inside of their Selden Rodkicker boom vang? Having trouble
Longer rudder Slacker at 2:04pm 07.28.19 Smaller Boats 11/1964 If I installed a longer rudder would that help prevent my Catalina 18 from rounding up so quickly?
Where the heck is my electric bilge pump? spethier at 1:11pm 07.28.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 14/1423 I have now owned a 2008 Beneteau 37 for a couple of years now, and this weekend, my bilge pump faile

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LFP Battery Install, or Argh! ...More Fuses! Davidasailor26 at 10:22am 05.25.24 Thanks for the report! The AGM bank in our 37 reached end of life a couple seasons ago and we went w
Backing screw hole for filling with epoxy SoSound at 10:12am 05.25.24 Unless the new installation is going to be through bolted, is it really necessary to drill the origi
Backing screw hole for filling with epoxy dlochner at 10:10am 05.25.24 In these situations I use a tiny piece of wadded up paper towel jammed in the hole.
Mast bag? stickinthemud57 at 9:50am 05.25.24 I once interviewed a single hander aboard the Open 60 he raced around the world. His halyards were
Backing screw hole for filling with epoxy Sandy Stone at 9:30am 05.25.24 What is the headliner made of? If it's hard plastic, maybe you could drill a small pilot hole from
Mast bag? thinwater at 9:08am 05.25.24 ... If you single hand, as I do frequently, anything that allows you to stay in the cockpit is wort
I just bought an American Fiberglass Daysailer 16...gonna have questions for y'all! Crazy Dave Condon at 8:50am 05.25.24 @Coloradonosea I am a former sailboat dealer now retired. American Fiberglass has been out of bu
Prop Shaft runout JoeWhite at 8:45am 05.25.24 I would fix everything ASAP
2024 Hurricane Forecasts (1) JamesG161 at 7:50am 05.25.24 The NHC did make their Standard Pie Chart llite era. Dammit Jim...
Raw water vented loop question JamesG161 at 7:45am 05.25.24 I know the ABYC recommends an 8" clearance for no vac. breaker The reason For a Vac Breaker.. Eng
Electric Head conversion Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:37am 05.25.24 You may not be aware that the pump/motor assembly doesn't have to come out the back...it can be inst
Prop Shaft runout Hamish_s at 7:18am 05.25.24 Practical advice for the season - propeller shaft fell out of the coupling. Bought at auction a 200
Rodeo anchoring (2) jssailem at 7:16am 05.25.24 I know of a fellow boater who purchased a new anchor plus chain and then headed to a secluded anchor
Bilge water question catsails8 at 6:58am 05.25.24
Jabsco Quiet Flush loop question Salty79 at 6:54am 05.25.24 Ah, but my desired orientation (for hose security and fit) is the motor assembly to come out the fro
Bilge water question catsails8 at 6:51am 05.25.24 I suspect that the corrugated tan hose is the manual whale pump feed line. The white line to the
Jabsco Quiet Flush loop question Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:51am 05.25.24 Either the discharge pipe will stick out in front of the user (risking damage and mess) or I'll have
Mast bag? Dalliance at 6:33am 05.25.24 No experience with the bag you speak of, but if you do much single-handing then I recommend leading
Mast bag? Davidasailor26 at 6:24am 05.25.24
Raw water vented loop question (1) sailcapt340 at 6:23am 05.25.24 As Dave stated Scot is the part you want. Mine looked liked yours and replaced it a while back. Th

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