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Yanmar fuel filter/pump question Tartan 30 at 10:13am 06.26.19 Ask All Sailors 12/1980 Hello, I am changing out the ancient fuel filter on my Yanmar 2gm with a Racor 120 screw-on type f
Spreader repair kit hunter 23.5 or 26 jbreland at 9:36am 06.26.19 Smaller Boats 15/2617 Has anyone installed the spreader repair kit offered by the forum store (sold by US Spars) It comes
Head mirror (1) marchem at 9:33am 06.26.19 Catalina 310 14/3431 166438 Any thoughts on where to get a replacement mirror for the head? Ours is starting to corrode
Porta-potties & pump-out stations Rltgold at 9:29am 06.26.19 Catalina 22 33/9080 Does anyone have any experience using a pump=out station to empty their porta-potty?
Porta-potties & pump-out stations Rltgold at 9:29am 06.26.19 Catalina 22 0/460 Does anyone have any experience using a pump=out station to empty their porta-potty?
Towing with outboard H26 Jimmy at 8:38am 06.26.19 Smaller Boats 12/861
Windlass alternative danm1 at 8:20am 06.26.19 Ask All Sailors 13/3499 I will state up front that I know this is probably wrong. I have a rope rode with only about 6 feet
New tiller stick? sbcwolff at 7:05am 06.26.19 Ask All Sailors 16/3595 We broke our old tiller stick and want to craft a new one. Stick with wood? Or has anyone made one o
Companionway Glass change out planoron at 6:17am 06.26.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/703 I have a H380 with the smoked .375 plexiglass slide for the companionway. I am considering changing
Reefing lines led aft: organizer, blocks, or low friction rings? agprice22 at 3:45am 06.26.19 Ask All Sailors 13/1800 I am preparing to remove the rats-nest of lines at the base of my mast and reduce the stress on my w
Installing Cable Covers??? SirMichael at 8:36pm 06.25.19 Ask All Sailors 18/3123 The cable covers on the lifelines of my '88 Hunter 28.5 have seen better days, so I ordered some Dav
Am I Jinxed? topcat0399 at 8:06pm 06.25.19 Ask All Sailors 23/2757 3 Experiances buying sails, new and used from 3 vendors. All three customer service fails. New mai
Replacing Keel Window (1) Kelseyking13 at 7:59pm 06.25.19 San Juan Sailboats 0/1819 I recently replaced the keel cable and winch on a 21 San Juan. When I purchased it the window was op
Electronics overheating? (2) SEMPERAVANTI41 at 6:45pm 06.25.19 Ask All Sailors 1/393 3 weekends ago my both wind displays showing wind speed and direction (ST60 ' ST70) stopped working
Windlass on a Hunter 28. Deparlocean at 5:18pm 06.25.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/710 I have a Hunter 28, and I want to install a manual windlass just behind the anchor chain hatch. I n
Grohe galley faucet o-rings and washer for 1990's Hunters (1) Rich Stidger at 4:37pm 06.25.19 Big Boats 8/1186 Grohe no longer supports the old faucets used in the mid-90's larger Hunter boats. My galley faucet
Hunter 260 replacing mainsail slides and shackles (1) dfos at 4:32pm 06.25.19 Smaller Boats 5/1008 We have a 1999 H260 and one of the plastic shackles broke this weekend... We are going to replace t
Broken sail guide clip (2) DFD at 2:55pm 06.25.19 Ask All Sailors 3/447 Not sure what to call this but any suggestions on how to fix it? I don't sew. Pictures attached. Bo
Holding tank Vent locations (1) Bob S at 12:44pm 06.25.19 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 19/5085 I going to add 1" vents to my holding tanks. There are two heads in the two cabin version of the 393
Marvair Seamach on the fritz T J Furstenau at 12:22pm 06.25.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/729 I'm afraid that I already know the answer to this, but figured that I'd ask anyway. Closed about 2

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Toilet Intake Hose ....modification (1) TimFromLI at 7:44pm 12.05.24 This works for me
Is the forward pad eye strong enough for storm jib? 1990 Beneteau 50/M500 TimFromLI at 7:18pm 12.05.24 That looks like the same pad eye as on my '93 Beneteau - it's a Wichard. I think they are only mean
Aluminum sewage tank on Legend 40.5, 1993 Ralph Johnstone at 6:52pm 12.05.24 After looking around I found a SS screw which was most likely for long time under the tank. OUCH
AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? AndyBC at 6:41pm 12.05.24 I have an Emtrak AIS transceiver, which has a built-in splitter. So I use 1 cable and 1 antenna tha
Sarasota Bay Returning patrickfarley at 6:16pm 12.05.24 Headed back to Sarasota. Launching on December 21. Hopefully anchoring in my usual spot. Hopefull
Just picked up a super nice 2003 Precision 165 but I have a lot of questions I haven't found answers to online. RitSim at 5:45pm 12.05.24 Welding 6063 does drop the metal strength. I acknowledge that this is compareativly a low stress a
Is the forward pad eye strong enough for storm jib? 1990 Beneteau 50/M500 (1) Ralph Johnstone at 5:43pm 12.05.24 We want to confirm this pad eye could hold a stay with a storm jib in 50+ kts. I think I could co
Hunter 49 Swim Platform artboas at 5:34pm 12.05.24 After imagining for years how much better our Hunter 49 would be with a proper swim platform, we fi
Chesapeake Bay Area. Possibilities kappykaplan at 4:45pm 12.05.24 Cove Point Wx Buoy recorded a gust of 46kts at 1154 and one of 39kts at 1206. Gooses Reef had a gus
Chesapeake Bay Area. Possibilities kappykaplan at 4:41pm 12.05.24 40-46 knot gusts are significant Yes, and there were gusts around 50kts near mid-day.
Just picked up a super nice 2003 Precision 165 but I have a lot of questions I haven't found answers to online. jssailem at 4:37pm 12.05.24 Be sure to leave some weep holes. Water will get in the mast. It needs a way to get out, or when you
Chesapeake Bay Area. Possibilities jssailem at 4:33pm 12.05.24 40-46 knot gusts are significant
Chesapeake Bay Area. Possibilities (1) kappykaplan at 3:44pm 12.05.24 Gooses Reef is still seeing some pretty significant wind - not so for Solomons and Cove Point.
AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? capta at 2:11pm 12.05.24 Standard Horizon makes an AIS/VHF antenna, all in one, designed for their upper line of VHF radios.
AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? Tally Ho at 1:59pm 12.05.24 I bought a new B&G radio several years ago, with AIS. I just hooked it up to my existing antennae.
Best stronger jack plate mount Will Gilmore at 1:52pm 12.05.24 instead of pulling motor up by hand I will do it with the push of a bottom. Otherwise known as a '
Existing 30 amp main panel upgrade to 50 amp panel Hayden Watson at 1:49pm 12.05.24 Aha.. I may not have been talking about the same thing as you but its an interesting idea brought
Just picked up a super nice 2003 Precision 165 but I have a lot of questions I haven't found answers to online. Boanerges at 12:54pm 12.05.24 Nah, I'm not taking any material off the bottom of the mast that would in any way shorten it. I got
TS 10 Simrad Tillerpilot reborn with smartphone app. dLj at 12:22pm 12.05.24 Looking good! I look forward to seeing how it goes under sail. dj
Chesapeake Bay Area. Possibilities (1) kappykaplan at 12:21pm 12.05.24 Neither Solomons nor Cove Point Wx Buoys showed any significant wind gusts; however, Gooses Reef (sl

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