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Removing Reading Light (2) kenvail at 4:32pm 06.09.19 Big Boats 3/759 https://forums.sailboatowners.com/data/attachments/144/144178-4f100669928defa8eafa4cb117a460f6.jpg
27' Lancer Power sail Unresponsive helm ~Jeff~ at 4:17pm 06.09.19 Ask All Sailors 13/1760 I've just picked up 27' Lancer Power sail and took her yesterday for the first time. She was neglect
Spinaker. Big Rog at 3:06pm 06.09.19 Smaller Boats 29/4461 i bought my boat in November last year. It has an asymmetrical spinnaker tha I finally decided to tr
Looking to find the make of a sailboat (2) Little By Little ll at 1:40pm 06.09.19 Ask All Sailors 3/587 165811 165812
Ambassador Marine Trinidad shower head replacement cartridge valve PAC3142 at 11:27am 06.09.19 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 4/1349 Hi, I need to replace the hot water valve for this shower unit: https://shop.sailboatowners.com/prod
H340 1-2-Both Switch Nichole340 at 10:28am 06.09.19 Big Boats 12/1717 My 2000 Hunter 340.....1 - 2 - Both Switch seems to be acting up. Twice now, the number 1 side (st
Breaker panel wording jngotasail at 9:54am 06.09.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/2338 Hi, Is it possible and if so how would I change the wording for the breakers on my panel? For exampl
Old Start Battery Solar Panel Joe Shipes at 6:57am 06.09.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/685 Owner of a 1998 Hunter and 450 CC looking to see what other owners have done with the Start Battery
Venture 23 - missing forestay? vdesmond at 6:08am 06.09.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/686 Hello! I am a new boat owner and new to the site. Thank you everyone for all the great info. I am
Legend 35.5 leaning to starboard. Michael-Louis at 1:29am 06.09.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/2197 I purchased a 1992 Legend 3 years ago in Holland. She is leaning to sb-side about 1-2 degree and can
Mainsail slugs for H26 Z-Spar? twistedskipper at 9:33pm 06.08.19 Smaller Boats 1/596 I have a 1998 Hunter 26 with the Z-Spar Z230 mast. The specs on rigrite.com say 8mm round slugs. T
mounting solar charge controller Greg_C. at 9:00pm 06.08.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/2189 I'm preparing my Oceanis 50 for blue water cruising and am adding 4 160W solar panels and a Renogy 6
Red Fiber Washer (gasket) (1) helmfam at 6:30pm 06.08.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/992 Took apart my transom shower to fix a leak. There are red fiber washers where the steel shower contr
Push latches will not unlock Seraglio at 5:38pm 06.08.19 Ask All Sailors 3/636 I have a 2009 Hunter 36 with push locks on the lockers. One latch is "frozen?" closed. I have jigg
Engine control panel (1) Jon Elliott at 3:03pm 06.08.19 Engines and Propulsion 8/1539 I have a 1978 Hunter 27 with the old engine control panel with just the three dummy lights. Can some
Calling all ODay 28, 30, 31 club racers or sail trim fanactics dennisv at 2:14pm 06.08.19 Bigger Boats 11/2165 Gentlemen, "I have the need, the need for speed" (Top Gun quote). I have a ODay 28. I suck sailing
O'Day 322 core (4) Tally Ho at 2:10pm 06.08.19 Bigger Boats 5/1022 I pulled my salon hatch today to rebed it (work day instead of sail day today :-(. Here is what the
ODay 20 Mast Tony Lajoie at 9:19am 06.08.19 Parts Search 1/563 Hi. I have a 1978 Oday 20. A tornado type storm came through VA and snapped my mast. I'm having t
Fuel Lift Pump sjsflyer at 9:07am 06.08.19 Catalina 310 16/2808 Fuel Lift Pump does not come on with ignition switch. It should come on prior to starting correct?
Forestay Mod gwduffield at 1:16am 06.08.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1166 Just out of curiosity, has anyone ever attempted to reposition the forestay such that a M26C becomes

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Rotating Furling Drum Project_Mayhem at 7:32am 01.04.25 Shouldn't the yard be the ones to correct this?
Auto charge relay with solar Project_Mayhem at 7:30am 01.04.25 @colemj I get what you're saying. No matter how these components are wired up, this will be far from
Freeze protection for small keel boat Universal M18 LloydB at 7:25am 01.04.25 I think i would be tempted to take my buck Rogers laser thermometer down to the boat that is sitting
Any info on Revatek alternator regulators? colemj at 6:02am 01.04.25 Thanks. I'm all about design efficiency in principle, but that represents just 0.1% of my alternato
Auto charge relay with solar colemj at 5:39am 01.04.25 It is correct that batteries will have different charge acceptance rates depending on different age
Auto charge relay with solar colemj at 5:31am 01.04.25 Despite their ratings being the same, the batteries will be slightly different so there's some bene
Dish Rack for 2004-2011 Hunter 33 sailcapt340 at 3:09am 01.04.25 What Dave showed is what I thought you were asking about as well. I made a similar design one for o
Beneteau 381 Whisker pole (1) garymalmgren at 8:48pm 01.03.25 Hi Jeff interesting one. First I cannot imagine a whisker pole being attaches to the babystay (inner
Beneteau 381 Whisker pole higgs at 8:02pm 01.03.25 Contact Beneteau
Rotating Furling Drum kloudie1 at 7:26pm 01.03.25 On the home page, top of page, c.ick on "owner resources". Then click on "general downloads " Then s
Beneteau 381 Whisker pole Davidasailor26 at 7:25pm 01.03.25 Hi all Trying to figure out how to attach a whisker pole on a Beneteau 381 with an in mast furling
Knot for Docking in BC Terry Cox at 7:16pm 01.03.25 Hi Tedd. Been docking to BC bull rails for years and have never had a problem. What I do is make a l
Auto charge relay with solar dlochner at 6:59pm 01.03.25 Despite their ratings being the same, the batteries will be slightly different so there's some bene
Hunter Legend Mainsail Reefing (1) Marmalade at 6:02pm 01.03.25 @Ringydingydo - maybe you're right that previous owners didn't know how to re-rig the single-line r
Freeze protection for small keel boat Universal M18 shemandr at 5:42pm 01.03.25 To Dave's point I've seen many marina storage contracts which specifically prohibit heaters on boats
Passage 42, 1997: windlass not working (1) Ralph Johnstone at 4:33pm 01.03.25 Or you can look at it like this : rol wire (coming from your DC circuit breaker) goes through the m
Rotating Furling Drum BAD ORCA at 4:17pm 01.03.25 Can you tell me again the brand of furler you are reinstalling/ its a circa 1980's Harken MK1. I
Rotating Furling Drum jssailem at 3:35pm 01.03.25 Can you tell me again the brand of furler you are reinstalling/
Auto charge relay with solar Project_Mayhem at 3:27pm 01.03.25 OK, I'm understanding your setup better, but I think you are making a mistake or misunderstanding w
Knot for Docking in BC jssailem at 3:26pm 01.03.25 Enjoy the beauty of nature. :biggrin:

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