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Replacing floor on a Passage 42 Bonanza II at 7:54am 07.29.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/469 We have a 1990 Passage 42 in the Caribbean. The floor is developping soft spots in the galley and s
Hunter 37 cutter - mainsheet configuration. rugger at 7:08am 07.29.19 Ask All Sailors 4/559 Help - I painted my boom and now am not able to set the mainsheet blocks up properly. Sounds like a
Nylon Cutlass Bearing (4) Saltwaterand seaweed at 3:44am 07.29.19 Yamaha 3/1888 Is anyone here familiar with the nylon cutlass bearing inside the nylon shaft log on the Yamaha 33?
Fish finder glued inside the hull (3) jonelli at 10:30pm 07.28.19 Ask All Sailors 11/1678 Not a really important topic, but I was messing around with a fish finder transducer in my Cat30, an
Searching for S2 6.7 rudder jubels at 6:19pm 07.28.19 Parts Search 4/853 I need a rudder for a 1981 S2 6.7. Does anyone have one or know where I can find one?
AMF Alcort Puffer ARC7 at 5:23pm 07.28.19 Ask All Sailors 1/418 I recently bought an AMF Alcort Puffer but it is missing a mast and jib. Can anyone refer where I ca
No Electrical power Mbfhunter at 4:45pm 07.28.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/777 An intended day on the water ended up being a day of dead batteries. 2006 Hunter 27. Pulled them off
Rodkicker Repair (1) Bill19233 at 3:40pm 07.28.19 Racing 23/9960 Has anyone had the cable pull out of the inside of their Selden Rodkicker boom vang? Having trouble
Longer rudder Slacker at 2:04pm 07.28.19 Smaller Boats 11/2519 If I installed a longer rudder would that help prevent my Catalina 18 from rounding up so quickly?
Where the heck is my electric bilge pump? spethier at 1:11pm 07.28.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 14/2060 I have now owned a 2008 Beneteau 37 for a couple of years now, and this weekend, my bilge pump faile
"The time has come," the walrus said, "to speak of many things . . ." Red_Dog at 11:38am 07.28.19 Ask All Sailors 25/2737 In this case, it's boom vangs, main sheets and travelers. Ok, I think I've got an understanding thos
H376 Holding tank jcrews63 at 9:39am 07.28.19 Big Boats 0/615 Has anyone here replaced the holding tank of their 376? I'm just in discovery mode now and thought i
Supercapacitor starters & "batteries" agprice22 at 6:54am 07.28.19 Sails Call Lounge 4/1048 I have been around powerboats and sailboats my whole life, and I own one of each. My father was more
Nylon cutlass bearing inside the nylon shaft log Saltwaterand seaweed at 11:01pm 07.27.19 Yamaha 3/1171 Is anyone here familiar with the nylon cutlass bearing inside the nylon shaft log on the Yamaha 33?
2006 Hunter 146 Centerboard Repair Hunter146Owner at 9:33pm 07.27.19 Day Sailers 24/4407 I just bought a 2006 Hunter 146 that is in very good condition. To my dismay, the cleat holding the
Interior Teak Finish Help (4) DYFLWD at 8:35pm 07.27.19 Ask An Oday Owner 12/3389 Hi all, I am refininshing my settee shelf which I believe to be made of teak. It isnt varnished but
Nice sailing on Seneca agprice22 at 6:17pm 07.27.19 Telstar 12/2845 nice day one Seneca today... fRSaPbyOEUU
Check Your Bilge MikeHoncho at 5:44pm 07.27.19 Ask All Sailors 14/1527 Went to the boat last night to load it and do some prep and sleep on it for a early morning start to
Outboard for an O'Day 192? (1) GSBNY at 4:26pm 07.27.19 Ask An Oday Owner 10/2200
Need help with proper boom rigging on Hunter 22 nickvillaume at 2:29pm 07.27.19 Smaller Boats 12/2746 There is a cable coming from the top of the mast that hooks onto the back of the boom and supports i

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Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks FastOlson at 7:53am 01.28.25 Why not just replace any OEM "valve on a thruhull" with a stronger seacock valve? Forespar and (more
Home Pumpout System Tedd at 7:39am 01.28.25 Hi Peggie, I did briefly consider using a macerator pump but it has some drawbacks. A macerator pu
Deck Leaking? dmax at 7:18am 01.28.25 One more thing to add: you can try to locate the source of the leak from the interior by taping pape
Hoses in the bilge of Cherubini 33 Project_Mayhem at 7:16am 01.28.25 I had the same style and what appears to be the same size hose connected to a manual bilge pump
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks Project_Mayhem at 7:12am 01.28.25 I have some Marelon mushroom type thru hulls in white for over 40 years. Marelon will say it on
Runaway diesel Robert Strickland at 6:51am 01.28.25 Never had it happen to me, but in a runaway diesel situation, couldn't you just flip the decompress
no eyelet on the tack of my main sail Don S/V ILLusion at 6:48am 01.28.25 Looks like the luff side tack to me
Runaway diesel degas at 6:02am 01.28.25 Never had it happen to me, but in a runaway diesel situation, couldn't you just flip the decompressi
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks Blitz at 5:47am 01.28.25 I have seen white Marelon I have some Marelon mushroom type thru hulls in white for over 40 years.
no eyelet on the tack of my main sail Project_Mayhem at 5:43am 01.28.25 I cant imagine a loft would charge more than $120, even if they have to sew a reinforcement patch on
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks Captain Larry-DH at 5:00am 01.28.25 It's white while the marelon valves are black. I'm not sure what it's made of I have seen white Ma
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks Project_Mayhem at 4:53am 01.28.25 Are you sure the thruhulls are just simple plastic? Usually marelon valves are mated to marelon th
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks colemj at 4:27am 01.28.25 I'm ok with the marelon valves but it's the plastic through hulls that make me uncomfortable. Are
Lithium Battery upgrade installation Rich 35.5 at 4:15am 01.28.25 On our Hunter Legend 35.5, separating the start bank was easy. Just take the battery cable that's
no eyelet on the tack of my main sail (2) Von Clipper at 3:28am 01.28.25 and these229543
no eyelet on the tack of my main sail (1) Von Clipper at 3:18am 01.28.25 here's the sail
Lithium Battery upgrade installation Davidasailor26 at 2:25am 01.28.25
What is this on my boom? Joe at 2:09am 01.28.25 Thanks @Joe . The TL control line reaches it with enough for one bend, and no way to secure.
no eyelet on the tack of my main sail Joe at 1:59am 01.28.25 Yes, as Greg suggested, post a picture far enough away so one pic will show what's there. But also
Hoses in the bilge of Cherubini 33 Dalliance at 10:42pm 01.27.25

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