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Replacement emblems (1) Jacomo Sailor at 8:14pm 07.14.19 Catalina 22 8/956 I made some of these a few weeks back to replace my old broken ones. Ended up helping out a couple
Mixing Elbow replacement blackout at 8:08pm 07.14.19 Ask All Sailors 15/955
Replacement for a Atwood EHM6-SM water heater jarcher at 8:06pm 07.14.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/7751 Hi All... My Beneteau First 36.7 has an Atwood EHM6-SM water heater, which is apparently no longer
Aquarius23 fixed keel (1) Dan413 at 5:05pm 07.14.19 Ask All Sailors 24/2029 Hello all I'm new to boat ownership and sailing. However, I have crewed and been sailing throughout
Bad Cylinders? DJN51 at 5:01pm 07.14.19 Smaller Boats 6/772 Has anyone had problem with the gas cylinders on inflatable lifevest ,2 of mine inflated in boat th
Transmission Control Cable Hard to Move rpell1@msn.com at 4:54pm 07.14.19 Ask All Sailors 5/401 Hi all, My shifter cable is really hard to move. Before going ahead to change the cable, I noticed
2GMF water heater/exchange connection help (1) thelilnauti at 4:53pm 07.14.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/621 Hi all, I'm just looking for a bit of help, advice. We have a new water heater installed which can
Cracks under rub tail (10) dmosier at 4:43pm 07.14.19 Smaller Boats 9/1414 167189 167190 167191 167192 167193 167194 167195 167196 167197 167198 While working on the boat to
Water Pump Accumulator twodzusfittings at 3:51pm 07.14.19 Bigger Boats 14/1908 When I pulled all the old rusty pumps out of the boat, I also removed the accumulator. Ive replace t
restoring windows tgrayson at 12:06pm 07.14.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1097 restoring windows on 74 venture 17,was thinking of cutting plexiglass larger to fit in aluminum fram
Screws inside of cabin john6206 at 11:49am 07.14.19 Smaller Boats 3/1069 Hi Everyone, C-18 owner here. So far, I have not put any screws into the boat. I have hung some
renaming tgrayson at 11:21am 07.14.19 Ask All Sailors 11/1068 restoring a 1974 venture 17,I don't live near the water,can I do the renaming ceremony in my backyar
Halyard Options for 1968 Mariner 19: Advice Needed kmiles16 at 11:12am 07.14.19 Ask An Oday Owner 6/734 Hi, all- I have a 1968 Mariner 19 with most of its original rigging. Earlier this week, I broke the
2014 Hunter 33 vinyl liner Banooma at 5:09am 07.14.19 Mid-Size Boats 2/777 There is a nice looking 2014 h33 for sale that seems great in several ways, and reviews I've seen ar
Need Source for Universal M-18 Air Filter fjwilsonjr at 8:28pm 07.13.19 Catalina 30 7/2250 I need to replace the air filter on my M-18, and I can't find one on any Web site. Does anyone kno
Wet compass leaked. Justin_NSA at 7:58pm 07.13.19 Ask All Sailors 21/2979 It's old. It happens to the best of us. My Ritchie HF 72S leaked and the compass doesn't work anymor
Dodger & Bimini Setup (1) Terry Cox at 5:39pm 07.13.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/538 Recently published an article over in the "Boat Info" tab (42) that describes in some detail how I h
Converting P42 Salon Settee Into A Double Berth Terry Cox at 5:27pm 07.13.19 Big Boats 4/1150 Published an article over in the "Boat Info" tab about how to convert the port salon settee into a d
Universal m-18 won't start sometimes sailing11 at 2:00pm 07.13.19 Engines and Propulsion 28/4260 Hello, I have a Catalina 27 with a universal m-18 diesel motor in it. I replaced the glow plug swit
Anyone Recognize This? Rick Webb at 10:58am 07.13.19 Ask All Sailors 32/3366 This has been kicking around our club for a long time. everyone seems to be afraid to toss it as it

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H49/50 Boom Preventer Rigging jssailem at 12:37pm 05.22.24 dyneema soft shackles and using frictionless rings The soft shackle is what I use. Frictionless
H49/50 Boom Preventer Rigging flightlead404 at 12:20pm 05.22.24 It should. Our boat has swept back spreaders as well, but the main goes out far enough to do the jo
H49/50 Boom Preventer Rigging Terry Cox at 12:07pm 05.22.24 I've been thinking about this situation for a while given than I'm single-handing a lot and recentl
Hunter 356 seahood advice wanted kappykaplan at 11:53am 05.22.24 Turns out the "stop" was the top edge of my fancy custom.Zarcor doors. Removed the doors and the ha
Hunter 356 seahood advice wanted danm1 at 10:55am 05.22.24 OK. For anyone else as incompetent as I am, I got back to the boat today and looked harder for a sto
Anchor dings need repair - thoughts? Davidasailor26 at 10:48am 05.22.24 I like the approach the marina proposed for the above waterline chips. Gelcoat goes best over polyes
In mast Halyard Swivel (1) JamesG161 at 9:43am 05.22.24 The lower connection, turns or swivels. The upper connection is fixed by halyard tension. them whi
How to make my deck look good? jssailem at 9:33am 05.22.24 Congrats on your "new to me Hunter 26.5". Cleaning up a mature boat is where we all start our advent
Anchor dings need repair - thoughts? jssailem at 9:24am 05.22.24 That was a lot of anchor swinging about. I am guessing here. The bow roller might be a bit short bas
Anchor dings need repair - thoughts? thinwater at 9:22am 05.22.24 No comment on the repair method. You seem to be on the right path. If this was PO damamge, please d
Recovery Marine's Mast Ladder experiences? BAD ORCA at 8:57am 05.22.24 OSHA and climbing standards groups banned chest harnesses-alone for climbing more than 60 years ago
In mast Halyard Swivel Crazy Dave Condon at 8:52am 05.22.24
Repair Don S/V ILLusion at 8:46am 05.22.24 Thank you everyone for comments The other side is fine.....just the port side has the gap. It is
Repair Crazy Dave Condon at 8:37am 05.22.24 @tb_gb Can you take a picture of the starboard side?
anchoring Hunter 37.5 Legend BrianQ at 8:03am 05.22.24 If you're using all, or mostly rode, and the starboard primary winch can handle the rode all you nee
windvanes for hunter 33 de 2004 jssailem at 6:48am 05.22.24 I bought a Monitor Vane, but it is not yet installed. My Cal35 is slightly longer than your boat. Th
Mooring and bilge pump carlc376 at 6:31am 05.22.24 Bilge water volume for your boat should never be much. If there is water, then there is likely a l
Hunter 23 teak slats on seats isaksp00 at 6:25am 05.22.24 My boat does not have any wood behind the mounting holes for the slats. Just the back of the fibergl
Mooring and bilge pump jssailem at 6:20am 05.22.24 Once I have more time, I will then install the 1 1/4 along side the 3/4 . I will retain the manual
Hunter 23 teak slats on seats daydreamerh23 at 6:19am 05.22.24 Thank you, Crazy Dave! I think we will be replacing those slats and I will for sure check on the bac

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