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Need help repairing/replacing hinged mast assembly - Wind Jammer 17 boat (1) DKurtz-NC at 7:18am 04.30.24 Ask All Sailors 6/309 I am looking to replace the aluminum part (top) of my mast hinged plate. What is the part that atta
Need help identifying this boat please (2) skallagrime at 5:44am 04.30.24 Trailer Sailors 8/1097 Sorry if this isnt the right spot for this Decoding the hull number I found: kms003391175 Boat hul
Masthead sheaves (1) Deleted member 117556 at 5:44am 04.30.24 Catalina 310 9/1479 My masthead sheaves appear to be frozen as it is extremely difficult to use the spare halyard to hoi
Advice - Westerbeke 30b Spun Bearing (2) jsut210 at 5:44pm 04.29.24 Engines and Propulsion 5/727 Sadly this weekend my engine, a Westerbeke 30b, developed a rod knock as I was returning to my slip
WEMA Holding Tank Gage - LED all Lights are on Silverman at 1:49pm 04.29.24 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/858 Hello We have a 2000 Moody 42, I have had it 2 seasons, holding tank gage is showing 3 lights on, I
eSail Sailing Simulator (1) morbidfollower at 12:35pm 04.29.24 Catalina 22 10/1631 Not Catalina 22 related per se, but This PC simulator is awesome. The training stuff is great and it
Help me Install Dripless Shaft Seal (PYI Model) (5) anelso29 at 11:40am 04.29.24 Ask All Sailors 21/1746 Captains, Happy Monday! I'm reaching out for some assistance. I'm currently upgrading and repairin
Replacing exhaust hose Sutric at 10:38am 04.29.24 Mid-Size Boats 19/1272 I need to replace the wet exhaust hose on our 1993 H33.5. I can easily get to the engine and the wat
Prop Shaft runout Sutric at 7:07pm 04.28.24 Engines and Propulsion 14/1166 A friend of mine recently had his Catalina 30 pulled from the water and the aft lifting strap was on
Tartan 3800 bow water tank mellis at 6:51pm 04.28.24 Tartan 4/541 Does anyone know the capacity of the Tartan 3800 bow water tank?
Help please, Mast electrical plug C&C 25 mk 1 CliffA at 5:46pm 04.28.24 C&C 7/809
Hurricane Season 2023 Analysis jssailem at 1:59pm 04.28.24 Weather and Forecasting 2/738
07 H-36 front water tank sender seadaddler at 6:55am 04.28.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/676 The gauge reads empty but when take out and move up down it register on gauge works fine but back in
New Transducer Install - Splitting Hairs? (2) ...3TacksontheWater at 8:27pm 04.27.24 Catalina 22 6/901 Long story short - I'm in the process of replacing an inoperable Garmin Striker, paired with an unsi
Convert florescent fixtures to LED bulbs spadaforaj at 7:12pm 04.27.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1090 Anyone convert those florescent fixtures in their 2004ish hunters to LED ? Pretty sure the ballast
Hunter 41DS cabin top clutch refurb MFD at 1:35pm 04.27.24 Big Boats 3/532 When I got the boat, the cabin top clutch for the outhaul was pretty worn. Probably people pulling o
Mainsheet tackle configuration for 1987 C30 MKII (3) Tkman at 1:33pm 04.27.24 Mid-Size Boats 7/681 The manual that came with the boat, ( a photocopy), indicates a system where there are two swivel bl
Florida to NYC on a sailboat xavpil at 9:26am 04.27.24 Destinations 24/3501 Hi all, 42' sailboat, ready to head to NYC next week. First season on the water with a "big' boat. J
Dropping rudder on 11.0A (1) mbefus at 8:17am 04.27.24 S2 12/962
Water tank replacement on Passage 420 tfatland at 8:07am 04.27.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/14 Our starboard 47-gallon water tank has bulged and is pushing up the floor boards. Can you get the ta

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Why Don't You Use ActiveCaptain? dLj at 6:53am 03.18.25 I agree with your sentiment, and only reluctantly installed it. The reality is that while you may
Making new floorboards for a Beneteau dLj at 6:44am 03.18.25 Looks great! How much time to apply plasteak & approximate cost? +1
Making new floorboards for a Beneteau BigEasy at 6:33am 03.18.25 UPDATE: Project successful. Went with the Plasteak Teak and Holly (matte finish) and it looks gre
Why Don't You Use ActiveCaptain? colemj at 6:10am 03.18.25 I, personally, will never install WhatsApp or any Meta product. It is the burden of knowledge of ho
Source for bulk ring terminals? colemj at 5:41am 03.18.25 Well i'll be! Ha...i never thought of my go to hardware store. Thanks for reminder. Their prices
Making new floorboards for a Beneteau (3) Nonixskis at 5:22am 03.18.25 So what you're saying is that finished product using the existing floor boards as the sub floor wou
Any reason not to go with 6mm for clew reef line yelkenli at 7:46pm 03.17.25 It will be by hand. I will go with the larger and in polyester double braid. Thanks for all of the f
Any reason not to go with 6mm for clew reef line Tally Ho at 7:40pm 03.17.25 Do you have the reef line run to a winch? Or are you pulling it by hand? pulling by hand may be ea
Have others installed heat shield on Racor primary fuel filter? Don S/V ILLusion at 7:10pm 03.17.25 On my C36 with M35B engine, I use same filter set up. There is no heat shield. All works OK with pl
Why Don't You Use ActiveCaptain? dlochner at 5:58pm 03.17.25 I was going to revisit this later, when we had some more concrete decisions, since this conversatio
Source for bulk ring terminals? dlochner at 5:54pm 03.17.25 Back to the original question about sourcing terminals. Waytek Wire is a good source for bulk purch
Why Don't You Use ActiveCaptain? Davidasailor26 at 5:53pm 03.17.25 Ways I, personally, would use this app: "Hey, I am at my boat and need to turn her around in her s
Source for bulk ring terminals? dlochner at 5:52pm 03.17.25 Yes, depending on which die is used. The smooth heatshrink die does not crimp as securely as the d
Hydro of CNG tank - HELP smokey73 at 5:51pm 03.17.25 Thanks, I will try giving them a call.
Source for bulk ring terminals? dlochner at 5:42pm 03.17.25
Hydro of CNG tank - HELP Will Gilmore at 5:42pm 03.17.25 Arrowhead Industrial Services, Inc. 3537 South NC 119 Graham, NC 27253 CA1998040008 IA01 Joe Cassid
Have others installed heat shield on Racor primary fuel filter? (1) jssailem at 5:25pm 03.17.25 I chose to use a Racor 500MA when I installed a replacement for the original Ford Diesel Motor filte
Source for bulk ring terminals? BAD ORCA at 4:47pm 03.17.25 What kind of crimper are you using? I forget the brand, decent crimper. I bought it from Mainesai
7 Years no haul out Bob1992 at 4:23pm 03.17.25 All great points and thank you for them. I grew up boating and spent a significant amount of time o
Why Don't You Use ActiveCaptain? Foswick at 4:21pm 03.17.25 I was going to revisit this later, when we had some more concrete decisions, since this conversation

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