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Beneteau 361 travel tower gel coat cracks. Fiftybucks at 8:35am 02.07.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/955 Looking at 2001 Bene 361 Love the boat layout size etc. it has gel coat cracks around each traveler
What size Jib? Dug22 at 7:32am 02.07.19 Catalina 22 6/2249 My Catalina 22 came with a 130 and a 150 jib. When should I use the 150? How windy should it be or n
Hunter 50CC 2010 Entertainment System Sloopsail816 at 7:18am 02.07.19 Big Boats 17/1949
San Juan 21 keel Cstrock at 6:07am 02.07.19 Ask All Sailors 8/2659 anyone know where to buy a keel gasket for my San Juan. Also how do you install them especially on a
The Glass half-full, or the Optimist (2) Will Gilmore at 4:23am 02.07.19 Other Sailboats 4/1324 I learned to sail in an Optimist Pram ling of rigid wing sails, I read a statement on the Wikipedia
H356 2002 Soft hull under heads floor Tipsynippertoo at 3:28am 02.07.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/538 Our H356 2002 has a "soft" hull under the heads floor, exhibited by a concave dishing of the hull ab
Legend 37.5, CAD model anyone? aybabtme at 10:08pm 02.06.19 Big Boats 0/458 Hey folks, I've been looking at making a rough CAD model of my 37.5 in Fusion 360, using the base di
Buying a sailboat. Have some questions.. (6) Newbie3 at 7:36pm 02.06.19 Ask All Sailors 31/1988 I found a sailboat I really like and I'm excited about closing on the purchase. First though, I'm ab
Grounding Location for Inverter? (1) Ryan Stutes at 7:34pm 02.06.19 Ask All Sailors 7/4602 I recently purchased my first boat! A Neptune 24 by Capital Yachts, called Bon Temps (good times). I
Survey of 2002 Hunter 456 BlueHeronSailing at 3:42pm 02.06.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/541 I am in the process of buying a 2002 Hunter 456 next week. I want to go over all the systems, struct
No backing plate under bow cleat. 23.5 PropellerHead at 1:58pm 02.06.19 Smaller Boats 8/736 Found that one bolt on my bow cleat had backed out sitting in the slip over the weekend. I figured t
Do you need a Femtometer? JamesG161 at 11:38am 02.06.19 Sails Call Lounge 7/1011 In trying to zoom in on @jssailem and @LeslieTroyer on there AIS position, I was trying to scale the
Cross bar for Halyard over campanion way slider (1) odj22sailor at 8:45am 02.06.19 Catalina 22 28/1956 Hi All, Is someone making the flat crossbar for halyards I am seeing for racing?
I found a Mixing Elbow Alarm HMT2 at 7:13am 02.06.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/701 Three years back I installed an Aqualarm, low flow alarm on my Yanmar 2GM. I never really thought ab
Fresh water bottom paint Flip Rutledge at 6:26am 02.06.19 Ask All Sailors 31/3605 I am new to keeping my boat in the water as opposed to trailering. I am preparing to strip and repai
Hunter 376 table halyard Randy R at 8:38pm 02.05.19 Big Boats 4/575 I purchased a Hunter 376 one of the issues was a stuck table halyard. I sprayed mclube sail coat in
Run a new wire to O322 bilge? (1) Mickstr at 3:59pm 02.05.19 Bigger Boats 12/1041 I'd like to add a 3rd wire to my bilge pump, so I can power both the manual and automatic circuits.
Starboard Main Stay looks 4 in crack inside Fiftybucks at 2:57pm 02.05.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/667 we are evauating a 99 hunter 380 and during our walkthru inspection, we noticed a 4 in long crack in
Replacement Furler for 40.5 MetricMountie at 2:22pm 02.05.19 Big Boats 2/707 I'm looking for information from other 40.5 owners regarding the brand of furler that they may have
Would a Oceanis 393 be strong enough for circumnavigating? HansZelf at 1:21pm 02.05.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 29/16034 Hi all, I consider buying a Beneteau Oceanis Clipper 393 (2001). From your experience, will this ty

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Not perfect launch day... Ralph Johnstone at 10:18pm 04.23.24 So, I have asked the marina if they can haul me out late tomorrow afternoon after their last launch
Universal M25 front V-belt pulley. jssailem at 9:32pm 04.23.24
New Batteries and Switch marcham at 9:02pm 04.23.24 Difficult to remotely troubleshoot wiring.... suggest tracing the wires from each battery switch. T
New Batteries and Switch (1) Tally Ho at 7:33pm 04.23.24 Just a guess, but one switch is a 1-2-both-off switch, usually used to switch the house batteries.
Not perfect launch day... Tally Ho at 6:58pm 04.23.24 Water trapped in the pan is a good guess. Each year I lose some there while winterizing and it does
Gooseneck Pin JoeWhite at 5:43pm 04.23.24 Those are bolts with plastic lock nut at the thread end. The bolt should be installed from the top a
Holding Tank macerator remove JoeWhite at 5:34pm 04.23.24 Do not remove it. Fix the leaks.
Not perfect launch day... Davidasailor26 at 4:51pm 04.23.24
Secondary Fuel Filter Mistake - M25-XPB diesel (1) marchem at 4:24pm 04.23.24 When I installed a new fuel pump on our M25XPB I used a spade connector on the hot side. I can unplu
Not perfect launch day... kappykaplan at 3:40pm 04.23.24 Good luck with the teardown and reassembly, Greg. :beer:
Not perfect launch day... (1) Tally Ho at 3:27pm 04.23.24 Bummer. I followed your installation with interest. I've watched competent yard workers struggle
34.1: Code 0 or Spinnaker? shemandr at 3:26pm 04.23.24 The Code 0 is a reaching sail. Maybe close reaching. It has a beautiful shape but a relatively nar
Blower Vent Hose Fred at 3:15pm 04.23.24 I decided to change the vent exhaust hose (hose from engine compartment to the blower). It turns out
Not perfect launch day... shemandr at 3:11pm 04.23.24 Bummer. I followed your installation with interest. I've watched competent yard workers struggle w
Gooseneck Pin ggrizzard at 3:08pm 04.23.24 Assuming yours is like my goose neck. and the pin drops down into the assembly from the top... No, i
Self tacking jib DArcy at 2:35pm 04.23.24 The fore and aft track could be for a baby stay but then you would need some way to pull the car for
Retrofitting a bowthruster to a 423 dlochner at 2:28pm 04.23.24 Good to know plenty of room forward and no additional battery box. Greatly appreciate your getting
Windlass and thruster Battery question dlochner at 2:23pm 04.23.24 The Odyssey TPPL AGMs are great batteries. In this application an AGM would be a good choice becau
Hunter Combination Steaming/Anchor Masthead Light Replacement Crazy Dave Condon at 2:22pm 04.23.24 Check with Mike at SBO to see if by chance they have any lens. Mike use to order all parts for hunt
Gooseneck Pin Crazy Dave Condon at 2:16pm 04.23.24 Mfg of boom and mast along with model/year of ssilboat

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