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Bimini top Dug22 at 5:27am 04.30.19 Catalina 22 14/2198 I installed my Bimini this past Sunday. The dimensions are 6ft long, 73-78" wide and 48" tall. My qu
Water in my boat rjarrell at 4:25am 04.30.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/665 After a two day sail offshore there was about 6 inches of salt water in the starboard stern lazarett
Arctic 041-D for parts (FREE) Hayden Watson at 9:55pm 04.29.19 Ask All Sailors 0/234 Hopefully someone can use this because many of these parts are made of UNOBTAINIUM. If you are inter
Garhauer rigid vang Kermit at 7:11pm 04.29.19 Ask All Sailors 17/2235 Its time to replace the lines in my Garhauer rigid boom vang. Silly me, I thought Garhauer would hav
Premature Battery Sulfation? walmsleyc at 7:06pm 04.29.19 Ask All Sailors 34/2042 So, my house bank seems like it may have suffered a premature death, perhaps due to sulfation? The
Show off some new handy work! (1) Lemon Drop at 6:47pm 04.29.19 Catalina 22 11/1083 Hello fellow sailors, I got a hold of a handy little wood burning device and wanted to show off some
Need new helm wheel... custom? lacoursj at 4:54pm 04.29.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/295 Finally putting 37ft cutter back together in St Thomas after the hurricanes of 2017. Looters took j
H26 curtains (1) rgranger at 4:19pm 04.29.19 Smaller Boats 4/1453 Does anyone know where you can buy these curtains? https://newimages.yachtworld.com/resize/1/18/80/
Macgregor 1988 26D sealing shroud deck straps Ms Hope at 3:36pm 04.29.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/834
Kermit, We thought we knew you. (1) WayneH at 2:28pm 04.29.19 Sails Call Lounge 13/3054 But there seems to be a dark side to the frog. , Texas. Ran across Animal and Cookie Monster but no
V17 - Issues/Refit (6) Vanka472 at 1:40pm 04.29.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 26/3240 Hey guys! I am new to these forums but have read through what I could get my hands on, about the V
Hunter 260 "New" Deck Hardware Install h2o_snow at 1:08pm 04.29.19 Smaller Boats 12/1011 So... been slowly modifying our tiller 260. Next step is installing the new (used) asym spi gear. L
Help Needed: Identify this Seidelmann (2) ncfrech at 12:57pm 04.29.19 Seidelmann 5/11116 First time using this forum, I've found the communities that make up forums to be a wealth of crowd-
Fresh Water System Commissioning Question Rick486 at 12:54pm 04.29.19 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 14/3866 Hi Peggie: I'm sure you have answered this many times, so I'd appreciate you just pointing me to a l
Varnish or teak oil on wood for 23.5 Zerosfault at 12:38pm 04.29.19 Smaller Boats 6/769 My 23.5 wooden parts have been varnished before. Should I stick with spar varnish or do I strip it a
Nautical Quiz....This could be a problem...? (1) rgranger at 11:40am 04.29.19 Ask All Sailors 53/3718 So I recently moved from Virginia to Alabama. I completed setting my boat up (almost) this past we
Spinnaker downhaul? Jazzydaze at 11:15am 04.29.19 Newport 2/807 Hi guys... so about 3ft front of my mast on the deck is a round stainless plate.maybe 3 inches roun
P42 Anchor Well Terry Cox at 10:54am 04.29.19 Big Boats 0/455 Just posted an article in the "Boat Info" tab regarding the Passage 42 anchor well. Our arrangement
Arctic 041-D for parts (FREE) Hayden Watson at 9:38am 04.29.19 Parts Search 0/359 Hopefully someone can use this because many of these parts are made of UNOBTAINIUM. If you are inte
Wooden Boats - Someone Talk Some Sense Into Me (6) Todd Atchison at 8:53am 04.29.19 Ask All Sailors 49/4472 So here we go. I need all the sane sailors (if there is such a thing) particularly those sailing woo

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Yanmar SD20 Saildrive PMK at 6:32am 06.30.24 Thanks. Yes, I'm sure its not much of a problem to replace the hull seal. I'm planning to have bot
Need help recognizing items on my boat (1) Tally Ho at 6:01am 06.30.24
1996 440 Oceanis Choke Cable Replacement Indysailor at 5:32am 06.30.24 I would be surprised if there was an actual part that was manufactured for the specific length of th
Invest 95L (3) JamesG161 at 4:59am 06.30.24 225692 The 96 hour path takes it over the HEAT fuels area. 225693 Dammit Jim...
Rubber hose for prop shaft packing gland leaking, misaligned prop shaft? dlochner at 4:33am 06.30.24 :) And, while I'm here, a pet peeve of mine: why do new posters bother to sign up, ask questions an
Looking at a Tartan 33 shemandr at 4:27am 06.30.24 I've sailed quite a bit on a Tartan 33. They are good boats. You may need to modify this one a bit
Looking at a Tartan 33 (1) Davidasailor26 at 4:18am 06.30.24
Noise between Mast and Boom jssailem at 4:05am 06.30.24
Rubber hose for prop shaft packing gland leaking, misaligned prop shaft? Jim Legere at 3:48am 06.30.24 I wonder how @YankeeGirl fared? Hopefully made it to haul out and is getting the problem repaired. A
Battery Placement (1) Jim Legere at 3:37am 06.30.24 On my 37C I left one (starter) battery in the original starboard cockpit locker location and moved t
Noise between Mast and Boom (1) KGarvey at 3:33am 06.30.24 It turns out the noise was not coming from where the boom meets the mast. The pin that goes through
Balmar 6 Series 150 Amp alternator, Balmar MC 614 Regulator Stu Jackson at 8:03pm 06.29.24 2 concerns, the voltage after 2 1/2 hours didn't drop to absorption (14.2 V) and the charge amperag
Non working microwave Teddy W at 7:42pm 06.29.24 We replaced ours a year ago... Easy Out.. Easy In.. Screws in the bottom holding it in and cord was
Simrad RS35, HS35 not connecting Davidasailor26 at 7:21pm 06.29.24 I have not done any firmware updates. Do they happen automatically? How would I update the hand set
Need help recognizing items on my boat (1) rgranger at 7:19pm 06.29.24
2004 Hunter 36 Refrigerator...repair or replace? justsomeguy at 7:11pm 06.29.24 I bought a can of R134a and a hose for about $50-60 bucks and recharged my fridge myself. Not diffic
Stripped Wench Base Screw rgranger at 7:09pm 06.29.24
Need help recognizing items on my boat (1) dlochner at 7:06pm 06.29.24 1404 is a cleat for a Danforth style anchor. The wedge slides into it. One caveat, it seems to be pl
How to run reefing lines thru the boom.... rgranger at 7:03pm 06.29.24 "and then pop in new [ Monel rivets". Don't use stainless or aluminum. Thanks for the assist:ton
Simrad RS35, HS35 not connecting JoeK at 7:01pm 06.29.24 I have not done any firmware updates. Do they happen automatically? How would I update the hand set?

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