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Sister ship! -- lame start to my own boating season (5) pclarksurf at 4:00pm 08.29.23 Catalina 22 3/557 Pathetic that I have yet to get out this year on my own boat (sometimes you have to collect a payche
Raritan PHII long term review Skipper at 3:49pm 08.29.23 Ask All Sailors 29/1818
Question about ignition switch and engine panel for 2004 Hunter 36 (1) AndyL at 3:32pm 08.29.23 Big Boats 3/435 219354 My 2004 Hunter 36 has the engine panel that looks like the picture above. I had a couple of
2001 HUNTER 320 Keith P at 3:28pm 08.29.23 Ask All Sailors 6/310 LOOKING FOR SOME INFO PLEASE... About to purchase a hydraulic autopilot made by Raymor. Does anyone
Problems with cdi furling jib sailingdude92 at 2:50pm 08.29.23 Ask All Sailors 10/679
Any advantage to using fiberglass wrap on Yanmar diesel exhaust? bmohr at 2:18pm 08.29.23 Ask All Sailors 13/566 Back in the (good/bad) old days, I used to wrap fiberglass tape on the headers and exhaust of my mot
Drifter block positioning? stickinthemud57 at 12:29pm 08.29.23 Ask All Sailors 3/395 I have ordered a .75 ounce nylon drifter for my MacGregor 26S for use in light winds, and want to ha
Water demand pump question Jimongee at 11:21am 08.29.23 C&C 4/474
No Binnacle Compass on Oceanis 34.1 toastysailor at 10:20am 08.29.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/640 My Oceanis 34.1 did not come with a binnacle compass. The only compass is a very small one located
Lubricating sail slugs and mast tracks jviss at 7:39am 08.29.23 Ask All Sailors 41/2328 I have a thought on which I'd appreciate opinions. I have never had a ton of success with dry lube
Gonna pull the boat... rgranger at 6:14am 08.29.23 Trailer Sailors 9/868 So Idalia is supposed to pass right over Charleston during a high tide.... They are predicting a t
A C27 Question (1) rpwillia at 4:37pm 08.28.23 Ask All Sailors 5/463 Friend has a track mounted on his C27 Boom with two movable blocks on it. What does it do?
H34 Mast Rewiring WasabiRush at 3:35pm 08.28.23 Big Boats 12/623 For those whom have rewired your mast, what wire did you use (i.e. multiple 16/2, etc.)? I have the
SANTANA 23? (2) NUBOAT?? at 3:03pm 08.28.23 Trailer Sailors 10/1449 I have the opportunity to buy a Santana 2023, type "A", built in 1993. Asking price, $7000. The c
Wooden block under mast step. (1) Mark W at 2:57pm 08.28.23 Catalina 22 18/1264 I recently purchased a catalina 22. The hull and deck are in great shape, but a previous owner insta
Clean up after holding tank leaked when pressurized (1) arthur.goldberg at 2:32pm 08.28.23 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/992 Hello The holding tank on a friend's boat leaked a couple of pints of black water when it filled up
Replace section of G4 anchor chain (1) skunther at 11:43am 08.28.23 Ask All Sailors 36/1868 I have 100' of 5/16" G4 anchor chain of unknown age (purchased the boat in 2019), and the first 60'
Sourcing window lenses Berkeley 30 at 8:45am 08.28.23 Catalina 30 9/931 I have a 1985 Catalina 30 and I would like to replace the window lenses on the 8 fixed windows. Cata
Coolant Leak - Exchanger? dmdiehl64 at 7:03am 08.28.23 Ask All Sailors 7/444 Hello, Noticed a sizeable drop in the coolant tank and topped it off. Went out for a sail and upon
Comparing Boat Specs - Apache 37 Project_Mayhem at 6:29am 08.28.23 Ask All Sailors 4/316 I recently got to sail an Apache 37 and all I could say was Wow! I was nearly speechless! This boat

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Help with wiring for new engine dlochner at 5:35am 06.19.24 Yanmar is not noted for building robust wiring harnesses, so ditching the old one would get my vote.
Missing Reef Hook? Tally Ho at 5:35am 06.19.24 My H280 had the horns like @chp. But yours appears to be set up for single-line reefing and the 2
Missing Reef Hook? (2) chp at 5:24am 06.19.24 Looks like you have a different boom than mine. I have a horn that feeds through the holes in the go
Help with wiring for new engine shemandr at 5:15am 06.19.24 Why does it need to be on the pedestal?
Rubber hose for prop shaft packing gland leaking, misaligned prop shaft? (1) dlochner at 5:06am 06.19.24 Aloha, I'm sorry but I don't have any good news for you. before it sinks. Yesterday would not be
Rubber hose for prop shaft packing gland leaking, misaligned prop shaft? Jim Legere at 3:35am 06.19.24 That looks bad in the pictures. The stuffing box looks like its almost out of the hose connecting it
Rubber hose for prop shaft packing gland leaking, misaligned prop shaft? Davidasailor26 at 3:19am 06.19.24 There could be a few things going on here. From the picture it looks to me like the engine could be
Missing Reef Hook? danstanford at 2:17am 06.19.24 My boat has the same gooseneck and the reefing line goes up to the reef point on the luff then back
Missing Reef Hook? Windpilot at 8:53pm 06.18.24 I know nothing about your 280, but on my 410 those 2 lines coming out of the sheaves on the top of t
Can it be repaired? JY14 stickinthemud57 at 8:07pm 06.18.24 Just saw this thread and yes, Plexus is the preferred repair material for Luran (i.e. Hunter 170) an
Can it be repaired? JY14 Tally Ho at 7:26pm 06.18.24 It's ACP plastic over foam and fiberglass, so not a typical repair, the manufacturer recommends usi
Can it be repaired? JY14 murray1113 at 6:56pm 06.18.24 It's ACP plastic over foam and fiberglass, so not a typical repair, the manufacturer recommends usin
Identify this brand/model hatch ? PaulK at 6:44pm 06.18.24 Don't know who made your hatch, though it looks like it might be a Bomar. Several of your hatch's fe
Can it be repaired? JY14 shemandr at 6:24pm 06.18.24 Sorry, I missed that it is a JY 14 which I think is roto-molded. Not as repairable.
Can it be repaired? JY14 Tally Ho at 6:22pm 06.18.24
Can it be repaired? JY14 shemandr at 6:19pm 06.18.24 Sorry I can't get a clear idea about the crack from the pictures. The first one doesn't seem that
Can it be repaired? JY14 Tally Ho at 6:15pm 06.18.24 I would think that if you clean up the area really well (sand and get down to solid fiberglass on ea
CNG Tank Terry Cox at 6:07pm 06.18.24 Any advice? Check with one of your local gas suppliers and ask them where they have their tanks re
H44 port setee modification. wyctoronto at 5:57pm 06.18.24
New owner Hunter 240 WB owners Crazy Dave Condon at 5:28pm 06.18.24 I will be off line Wednesday and Thursday morning. Before doing that we need to talk. Did you fi

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