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Where is water pressure pump on Catalina 320? Ted10028 at 4:08pm 05.02.24 Ask All Sailors 6/451 I was draining anti-freeze out of my fresh water tanks today when pump stopped working. Any advice?
Adventures with a Beneteau faucet (3) Davidasailor26 at 2:34pm 05.02.24 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/776 After recommissioning the water system this year I noticed my galley faucet was leaking around its b
DIY replacement for Hunter cockpit arch speaker/light box - anyone had success? AndyL at 1:41pm 05.02.24 Big Boats 4/740 I have the normal white speaker/light pod on the arch of my 2004 Hunter 36. I don't use the speaker
replacing Spartite with traditional shims patmacdonald at 11:47am 05.02.24 C&C 1/376 i have a C'C 30 MK II-XL and want to find rubber shims for the deck collar
Weeping Holes at Mast Step (2) lacoursmarc at 10:19am 05.02.24 Ask All Sailors 3/422 After doing a lot of research on weeping holes for deck stepped masts, I went and took another look
want to raise main from cockpit fred1diver at 9:54am 05.02.24 Ask All Sailors 10/794
Remove hot water tank 1988 Hunter 28.5 inkunzi at 5:10am 05.02.24 Ask All Sailors 2/269 I discovered that the hot water tank on my newly acquired 1988 Hunter 28.5 was abandoned by the prev
Material around the shaft (1) elvio at 12:52am 05.02.24 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/550 Hi folks. I finished painting with priming and anti-fouling. I noticed the area around the shaft en
Lost swing keel for Oday 22. Please help with fabrication measurements abrown at 3:47pm 05.01.24 Ask All Sailors 4/292 Hi, I Iost the swing keel for my Oday 22. Please help with fabrication measurements.
Eight Bells for Don Street dlochner at 2:10pm 05.01.24 Sails Call Lounge 3/910 Don Street has passed away. If you don't know Don he was a life long sailor who wrote extensively ab
Garmin Navigation/plotter addition to helm FOLLOWING SEAS at 12:59pm 05.01.24 Mid-Size Boats 0/239 Hello, I am looking for some advice from HUNTER 310 owners. I have a 1999 that I want to add a chart
Starting the Yanmar on a H280 Occasional Heeler at 8:34am 05.01.24 Mid-Size Boats 9/614 First season with my 1999 H280. Previous owner started it once last fall and now up to me ( might ha
Weight of an O' Day 27 Bluenose at 7:39am 05.01.24 Bigger Boats 1/357 Hi there, I am seeing conflicting numbers for the weight of this boat that I am looking at. Does any
Looking for ideas on galley remodel fred1diver at 6:25am 05.01.24 Ask All Sailors 22/1248
Removing Stains and smudges John_F at 4:35am 05.01.24 Ask All Sailors 12/755 Our boat has tea-colored water stains along the hull and black smudges from sneakers, etc. Any sugge
New Design Fresh Water Tank Source ...3TacksontheWater at 1:47pm 04.30.24 Catalina 22 5/950 Can someone steer me in the direction of a source and model number of the correct forward fresh wate
Nice Article About Cape Caution Terry Cox at 11:55am 04.30.24 Pacific North West Cruisers 0/572 Very nice and informative article about transiting Cape Caution in the 48 Degrees North magazine Apr
Sailing Sidekicks (1) T-Schwan at 10:37am 04.30.24 Ask All Sailors 7/912
Cell phone signal booster experiences or recommendations please. BAD ORCA at 9:04am 04.30.24 Ask All Sailors 15/2211 When im at the boat im using my cell phone hotspot to stream movies and internet. On a good day i c
Looking for Fantasia 35 on East Coast US SailingAlchemy at 7:42am 04.30.24 Fantasia 35 3/1725 Hey folks, my wife and I are looking to move aboard in the next year and I'm very keen on the Fantas

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Astronauts to Return in good weather. (1) JamesG161 at 3:53pm 03.18.25 Nick Hauge aves
Astronauts to Return in good weather. JamesG161 at 3:25pm 03.18.25 Good video here https://x.com/NASA/status/1902117081044189237 Jim...
Astronauts to Return in good weather. (2) JamesG161 at 3:20pm 03.18.25 They landed Safely in the Gulf of America. Right on their Schedule. ap: Jim...
Outhaul modifications fred1diver at 2:38pm 03.18.25 I would love to get pictures, but at the moment the boat is still tarped up. the sail will be held
7 Years no haul out Foswick at 1:54pm 03.18.25 David is almost certainly right about getting a survey. So, this is not a counterpoint, really. But
Outhaul modifications jssailem at 1:34pm 03.18.25 Fred, Pictures of your current rig will help us understand what you are facing. The discussion will
Outhaul modifications Foswick at 1:26pm 03.18.25 Just want to suggest that, while an internal outhaul is better (in general). They weren't very commo
Hunter 340 refrigerator JamesG161 at 12:39pm 03.18.25 What is your refrigerator model number? On my H430 is much bigger size. but... I used non - expan
Outhaul modifications smokey73 at 11:05am 03.18.25 If you can get the forward end cap off the boom you could mount a cascading block and tackle system
Traditional Stuffing or Dripless? PNWE36 at 11:02am 03.18.25 This conversation reminded me contact the person who bought our boat to see if they changed fittings
7 Years no haul out David in Sandusky at 10:23am 03.18.25 Get a survey first. Our survey on our '77 Cherubini 27 footer clearly outlined our maintenance plan
Why Don't You Use ActiveCaptain? dLj at 9:38am 03.18.25 @Foswick I'm going to walk through your post and give you my opinion on the points you've raised. Th
Hunter 240 owners here? SteveHughessails at 9:35am 03.18.25
Replacing the power connectors on my old Raymarine52 VHf sailcapt340 at 9:11am 03.18.25
Replacing the power connectors on my old Raymarine52 VHf Don S/V ILLusion at 8:59am 03.18.25 That is a very common Molex plug. A simple search will give lots of sources. His ham radio license w
Hunter 290- leaks between hull & floor sole jdrutten at 8:31am 03.18.25 I have a possibly similar issue on my H306. I'm not sure about the 3" hole you mentioned, but If I'm
Making new floorboards for a Beneteau (6) Nonixskis at 8:21am 03.18.25 +1 Looks great! How much time to apply plasteak & approximate cost? I bought 15 feet of PlasTea
Source for bulk ring terminals? BAD ORCA at 8:01am 03.18.25 Really? I love Mcmaster and buy a lot from them, but those terminals are 6x the price of the Ancor
Source for bulk ring terminals? BAD ORCA at 7:56am 03.18.25 Back to the original question about sourcing terminals. Waytek Wire is a good source for bulk purc
Outhaul modifications fred1diver at 7:27am 03.18.25

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