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Temperture - Heat - Storms - Sailing (3) jssailem at 10:14am 06.30.24 Weather and Forecasting 0/647 SEA TEMPERATURES and Storm Development We need to understand some basics about sea temperatures bef
Masthead removal/Catalina 27 (2) Catalina27 at 9:59am 06.30.24 Ask All Sailors 3/373 I am preparing to replace my spreader brackets that broke with the kit from Catalina Direct. In orde
2GM20F - How long for FW temp to rise above 100F? tmaccabe at 9:57am 06.30.24 Engines and Propulsion 6/559 Hello, I'm troubleshooting my gauges after both oil press and water temp pegged high during our last
deck organizer access - Vision 32 (1) Belzoni at 9:28am 06.30.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/642 Hi. I need to repair/replace my deck organizers that are hidden under a dress panel on my deck. Can
Fuel Tank Gauge Power747 at 9:25am 06.30.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/426 I have a 1985 Hunter 31 boat. Is there a fuel gauge anywhere on the tank or somewhere? I never know
Engine & Genset Pan are they connected ? Screen Saver at 8:52pm 06.29.24 Big Boats 4/570 Hi, This relates specifically to a Hunter 49. Short Version: Does anyone know if fluid from under
Looking at a Tartan 33 Lazy1 at 7:47pm 06.29.24 Tartan 6/991 Hey, I have been sailing a 1986 Catalina 22 for 5 years on Lake Erie and looking to size up on the c
Need help recognizing items on my boat (2) zinahewitt at 4:47pm 06.29.24 Ask All Sailors 9/805 Hi All, Hope your day is going well. I've figured out most of my boat. I have a Dufour 34 from 1975
Balmar 6 Series 150 Amp alternator, Balmar MC 614 Regulator DayDreamer41 at 3:45pm 06.29.24 Ask All Sailors 24/1568 Having some difficulty with this, I posted this same issue (2) years ago which I never did resolve
Stripped Wench Base Screw fiatlux at 2:46pm 06.29.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/507 Greetings, Somehow over the years one of the screws that hold our main sail wench to the hull has g
Simrad RS35, HS35 not connecting JoeK at 12:20pm 06.29.24 Ask All Sailors 6/765 My Simrad HS35 handset is no longer connecting to the RS35 base station. The handset appears to be c
New owners - how are they doing, part 3 (1) Tiffany at 10:45am 06.29.24 Ask All Sailors 8/1083 We asked this same question in 2021 and 2023, lets hear what you have to say in 2024.
Hull flex question Hunter 23 1986 (1) imp6 at 7:54am 06.29.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/780
Hypalon cleaning NYSail at 4:48am 06.29.24 Ask All Sailors 1/470
Catalina 28 Cruising speed under motor Hard pull to port William Weeks at 4:17am 06.29.24 Mid-Size Boats 10/1382 Hi all, I intended asking Catalina 28 owners what speed I should get under power with a Yanmar 3ym 2
2004 Hunter 36 Refrigerator...repair or replace? Kupe at 6:02pm 06.28.24 Big Boats 17/1343 Hey gang- Some time during the three weeks since our last visit to our 2004 Hunter 36, the refriger
Wiring Alternator Without AC Tap Foswick at 4:13pm 06.28.24 Engines and Propulsion 6/618 It's a long story how I got here, but I'll get to the point. I am about 4 days from home and had to
Leaking helm cover Kazdude at 3:56pm 06.28.24 Catalina 309 Group Forum 3/1251 Anyone have any issues with leaking helm cover in Catalina 309 - rain fills catchment bowl under cov
How to run reefing lines thru the boom.... Rich 35.5 at 1:27pm 06.28.24 Ask All Sailors 27/1967 Our new Hunter 35.5 has the single line reefing. The first reef line was removed at some point, an
First time question: I own a 1974 Oday 20. Tim11465 at 10:50am 06.28.24 Ask All Sailors 8/622 I'm thinking about a furling system for the headsail. Does anyone have recommendations? I have the o

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Looking for rudder print for 1977 Morgan Out islander shemandr at 4:37pm 05.13.25 Print = pattern? You can build your own rudder and maybe improve on its hydrodynamic shape. It's
Quick electrical question, inv. to shore Stu Jackson at 4:20pm 05.13.25 Mark, My concern is that he may not be aware of the serious issues he faces simply because of the w
Doors Won't Close shemandr at 4:16pm 05.13.25 Yeah, it depends on if the doors closed properly last season. If they didn't, I'd look for evidence
Templates for the floors of the 1985 Hunter 40-foot sailboat FastOlson at 3:45pm 05.13.25 Are you perhaps asking for templates for the sole pieces?
Yanmar 3GM30F pre heating system skunther at 3:28pm 05.13.25
Doors Won't Close dlochner at 3:23pm 05.13.25 Did the doors work as designed last fall? If so @Davidasailor26's assessment is correct. A related
Doors Won't Close Davidasailor26 at 3:18pm 05.13.25
Yanmar 3GM30F pre heating system Davidasailor26 at 3:14pm 05.13.25 I do have a vacuum gauge on the Racor, and it stays pretty consistent. I imagine if there were an a
Yanmar 3GM30F pre heating system skunther at 1:46pm 05.13.25 @Morgan donor, cleaning the tank here is an expensive proposition from what I gather. It seemed a hi
Hunter 29.5 2GM engine vibration (1) Ralph Johnstone at 1:40pm 05.13.25 Ralph, you got to be really bored to want to change engine mounts, because no other projects. It wa
76 O'day 22 Manuals Sunbird22358 at 1:23pm 05.13.25 <DRAFT> 2025-05-13 O'DAY 22 OPERATING & RIGGING INSTRUCTIONS CAUTION: Do not begin operating or r
76 O'day 22 Manuals (6) Sunbird22358 at 1:19pm 05.13.25 Back then O'DAY really didn't supply much of a Manual with any of their boats. They really had one "
Down the (New Design) Hatch! (1) ...3TacksontheWater at 1:17pm 05.13.25 Updating - On the sixth day of the project there was finally some progress! I was getting nowhere fa
Looking for ideas Will Gilmore at 12:48pm 05.13.25 Clean agent is used in server rooms. You do not want to find yourself locked in a server room with
How do VHF whip antennas fail? Don S/V ILLusion at 12:23pm 05.13.25
Any Mac 19 Owners on Tx Coast? Drtubesocks at 12:23pm 05.13.25 Hello, I am not on the Texas coast, but in California. The large circular ballast/daggerboard inspe
Hunter 29.5 2GM engine vibration BigEasy at 12:07pm 05.13.25 Mine are original 1998 mounts that feel as smooth as glass under power. Mine were OK at cru
Should there be water in here? odaydokay at 11:58am 05.13.25 I had to replace both of my cockpit drain hoses. They were kind of a strange ribbed plastic like mat
Roller Furling Upgrade - ODAY 272 odaydokay at 11:54am 05.13.25 I replaced the CDI on my boat in 1995 and the Schaeffer Seafurl I replaced it with has been going s
Quick electrical question, inv. to shore colemj at 10:49am 05.13.25 It does, but no automatic transfer switch. This will require Fred to install switches and develop

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