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CRANK CASE BREATHER HOSE RE CIRCULATION (1) twodzusfittings at 5:27am 05.11.19 Bigger Boats 5/1318 I'm in need of recirculating the crank case breather hose. The original air filter housing does not
Grease for rudder post daviddp at 4:25am 05.11.19 Ask All Sailors 3/861 Found a grease fitting ? (Zerk) on the new to us O'Day 34 on the fiberglass rudder post Should I use
Flooring in Huntersflooring had help from this seadaddler at 4:18pm 05.10.19 Ask All Sailors 3/986 Does anyone know who is the Company who supplying the Laminate flooring in Hunters for maybe the la
Block in Lazarette (2) Mlachman at 11:32am 05.10.19 Ask All Sailors 24/2285 So I am a bit new to this boat and have been doing a full bow to stern overhaul, I came across a woo
Interior Dome Light Covers mhinnc at 10:59am 05.10.19 C&C 1/1327 Anyone know where I might find replacement plastic dome interior light covers. My boat is a 1980 C'
Q's on Fastening Starboard(tm) Handrails to Cabin Top ObiQuiet at 10:56am 05.10.19 Smaller Boats 11/3832 Hi, I have the starboard plastic handrails from CD, and plan to bed them with Bed-It-Butyl tape. I
Hand Holding Boat Hook as Whisker Pole Legal? glaufman at 9:02am 05.10.19 Racing 21/4144 Hi All- Our first race of the season is tomorrow, looks like it'll be a miserable drifter... a rules
Hunter 376 standing rigging pcmartin1200 at 8:51am 05.10.19 Big Boats 5/1238 I'm needing to replace the standing rigging on the 376 I just bought. My hold up is the stemball bac
Dissolved Air Filter ToddS at 8:42am 05.10.19 Engines and Propulsion 29/4433 I have a 2004 Beneteau 373 with a Yanmar 3ym30 engine. I bought it last year from the original owner
Ready. Set. Whoa! (1) Phil Herring at 8:42am 05.10.19 Ask All Sailors 54/4232 Memorial Day weekend looms... will your boat be in the water and/or ready to roll for summer? Did y
1980 Hunter 33 starboard lazarette opening dimensions sbarefoo at 8:12am 05.10.19 Mid-Size Boats 1/664 One of the problems about being 1000 miles away from your boat is you can't scoot over to the marina
Sailing a kayak? Ken Cross at 7:36am 05.10.19 Ask All Sailors 60/8546 I'm in the process of building a kayak and got to thinking: If you were to put a sail on a kayak, ho
Screw/bolt size question Chris & Lenore at 4:07am 05.10.19 Ask All Sailors 8/1147 I plan to use bolts to mount my 18 inch Raymarine radar to the mast. The Scanstrut mount came with
How long to kick off? Project_Mayhem at 9:19pm 05.09.19 Ask All Sailors 19/3273 I've been working on a lot of fiberglass right now and it's taking forever for the fiberglass to kic
WTB O'Day 192 Long Island, NY GSBNY at 7:43pm 05.09.19 Ask An Oday Owner 8/989
Widgeon foredeck hatch addition DabbyDuck at 5:21pm 05.09.19 Day Sailers 4/1476 Hello all! I am looking to add a hatch to the foredeck of my 1974 Widgeon. I was wondering if there
Wind sensor positioning (1) Scott T-Bird at 4:07pm 05.09.19 Ask All Sailors 32/8350 I always see the sensor pointing forward - ahead of the mast - on just about all boats. I pointed i
H41 ice maker output. leemarkadams at 2:29pm 05.09.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/351 Screenshot_20190509_221541_com.dropbox.android by leemarkadams posted May 9, 2019 at 10:27 PMHello a
Hi, I'm a prior member and now have returned 2bysea at 2:17pm 05.09.19 Smaller Boats 4/644 I had a H33 set up as a livaboard cruiser around Fl. After several small trailer sailers I have just
Hot water fitting size Voyager1 at 11:59am 05.09.19 Ask An Oday Owner 0/352 I have a 2gm20f, looking to replace the hot water hoses. Current hose are 5/8th. One fitting on the

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TD 14 BigEasy at 3:05pm 10.06.24 My office had 42 feet of Storm Surge in Katrina. But point taken about Surge. Amazing. Had frie
TD 14 (2) kappykaplan at 2:54pm 10.06.24 Projected to reach 145 mph on Tuesday PM & downgrade to cat 3 before landfall. Milton is cookin!
TD 14 (1) JamesG161 at 2:50pm 10.06.24 Similar situation during Katrina resulted in 25+ feet surge on MS coast at eastern eyewall. Catastr
First sail... first trip... Hunter 23 Crazy Dave Condon at 2:41pm 10.06.24 @Project_Mayhem @Brian M H23 and @Shacklepin Hunter Marine purchased trailers from KWS also known a
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard (1) aftica_1 at 2:41pm 10.06.24 What I don't understand is the torque dropping. That implies that something is moving - it could be
TD 14 BigEasy at 2:26pm 10.06.24 Just saw latest NHC advisory at 4:00 PM (Sunday). Projected to reach 145 mph on Tuesday PM & downgr
Spinlock xas Davidasailor26 at 2:00pm 10.06.24
Looking for advice on buying a Beneteau Ocenis 321 JasonArthur at 2:00pm 10.06.24 Thanks BigEasy, Caboteur and Tally Ho for the information and advice. Very helpful and valuable. W
Spinlock xas Calif. Ted at 1:46pm 10.06.24 They are all directional as John has said, Garhauer does make some that are "pull to release" which
Looking for advice on buying a Beneteau Ocenis 321 BigEasy at 12:25pm 10.06.24
Spinlock xas jssailem at 11:34am 10.06.24 No clutch will properly function if the load is reversed. With the spinlock to work you need to be a
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard Richard19068 at 11:33am 10.06.24 * There was also the early-production O'Day 30 that totally lost its keel due to similar build p
HELP! with outhaul line replacement jssailem at 11:29am 10.06.24 made some changes to boom hardware, added reef hooks to gooseneck and changed the reefing plan. I
Looking for advice on buying a Beneteau Ocenis 321 Caboteur at 11:08am 10.06.24
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard David W at 11:04am 10.06.24
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard dLj at 10:26am 10.06.24 Since I have torqued the keel bolts (I have the smile) i got the back 4 torqued to spec, but the fr
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard Ward H at 10:16am 10.06.24 The C30's, and if I'm not mistaken, other Catalinas, used wood until 86 or 87 when the Mark II came
Catalina 30 Engine Smoke and No Throttle Control Ralph Johnstone at 9:52am 10.06.24 Same advice as @kappykaplan. Start with the simple (cheapest stuff first). First of all, unfortuna
Elusive Leak in the Anchor Lockers of 1995 and Later Hunters Ralph Johnstone at 9:47am 10.06.24 I've worked in there as well, looking for an elusive leak that I've chased for 24 years. Sometimes
What's the story on the 280? Ralph Johnstone at 9:36am 10.06.24 Also the prop turbulence can really be felt on the helm. Do you have a two bladed prop ?

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