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Best practices for entering a new harbor (3) Jackdaw at 5:43am 05.29.19 Ask All Sailors 82/7436 Instead of filling up the chartplotter thread, I figured maybe best to create a thread on best pract
Stanchion removal challenge Catalina 28 Mk II (1) gerry murphy at 1:28am 05.29.19 Catalina 30 3/1004 Hi Guys, I have a Catalina 28 Mk II hull 725 built 2003. I am trying to remove the port forward sta
Air Contitioner Freezing Up HawkeyeFlyer at 9:51pm 05.28.19 Ask All Sailors 24/6651 I have a Dometic Marine Air unit, model number - VCD16K/2-LH. It works fine but eventually, after a
Muffler / Exhaust Lifter on Caltalina 28 (1) gerry murphy at 8:43pm 05.28.19 Catalina 30 2/801 Hi Folks, My Catalina 28 MkII 2003 has a Universal 25XPB diesel motor and uses an exhaust lifter th
Legend 37.5 - Inverter and battery placement aybabtme at 8:25pm 05.28.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1099 Hey folks! I'm looking at seriously beefing up the battery bank on our boat to LiFePo4, and adding a
Cutting conduit holes in beam and stringer (1) Marrigoround at 8:18pm 05.28.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/346 I'm installing a new inverter/charger that requires some heavy (#4/0 AWG) cable from the battery box
Proper use of the wheel brake? clmooring at 7:56pm 05.28.19 Big Boats 8/1127 I purchased a H356 in december 2018. I have had it out about a half dozen times so far this spring.
Has anyone installed Raymarine EV100 on 356 clmooring at 7:31pm 05.28.19 Big Boats 6/831 has anyone installed a Raymarine EV100 on a hunter 356? If so where did you place the components an
Question on fiberglass repair (2) Bay Tripper at 6:22pm 05.28.19 Ask All Sailors 5/2010 Hello, I am still relatively new here, and I have done a lot of searching online and on this fo
Hot water heating system bwasileski at 5:24pm 05.28.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 33/6078 Hi I have a Beneteau 423. Hoping to get some help. I replace the hot water tank last year and since
Electrial Question sailor420 at 2:57pm 05.28.19 Big Boats 12/1468 We run our fridg and freezer 247. When we loose shore power from a storm or something our batteries
Portable Holding Tank Overboard Discharge dlochner at 1:55pm 05.28.19 Ask All Sailors 19/4784 Quick backstory, as a Great Lakes (shark free and unsalted) sailor our boat does not have a macerato
Thoughts on dinghies? limbodog at 1:54pm 05.28.19 Big Boats 25/4816 Dinghy - from dingi the Hindi word for "small boat" I know I'm going to need one sooner or later, bu
LYNNETTE, an Eggemoggin 47. (3) TomY at 1:20pm 05.28.19 Ask All Sailors 18/2790 Spirit of Tradition genre for racing and daysailing. 47'6" long with a 9'0" beam, she's designed to
3rd Reef on a 22 ? Rltgold at 12:22pm 05.28.19 Catalina 22 31/3793 Thinking of adding a 3rd reef to my 22. For my first reef I installed a Harken reefing system which
Yanmar 2GM20F Vibration dennismenace111 at 12:09pm 05.28.19 Engines and Propulsion 17/3079 I recently purchased a Watkins 29 that had sat unused for a few years. I bought the boat on the Wes
Shallow (shoal) vs deep draft (Oceanis 38) Michael54321 at 10:44am 05.28.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/4300 Hi Beneteau owners I have been in the market for a used Beneteau Oceanis 38 for some time, and rece
Hot water tank relief valve acepilot123 at 10:35am 05.28.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/670 when I heat the hot water tank, three way, webasto, engine or 110 v all is well until I turn on the
Loss of Sailing Super Yacht Rick D at 9:40am 05.28.19 Ask All Sailors 45/4093 I'm sure many of you have seen this, but I didn't see any posts, so here's a link: https://www.saili
Yanmar 2GM20F - Filler Cap (neck) & Subtank (3) Hunter28Austin at 9:22am 05.28.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1640

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Another chainplate question Timm R Oday25 at 4:17pm 12.31.24 The bulkheads on our 1981 Oday 25 were indeed only screwed into place . The bulkheads were removed a
Happy New Sailing Year 2025 Davidasailor26 at 4:09pm 12.31.24 Happy New Year to you too! P.S. AI generated sailing pictures are improving, but still not quite th
Happy New Sailing Year 2025 dLj at 3:45pm 12.31.24 Happy New Year! Can't wait to hear about you back sailing your boat!!!!! dj
Shore Tender dLj at 3:44pm 12.31.24 We have (2 ) 9 and half foot rotomolded Water tenders . Being a tri-hull design , they very stabl
Hydraulic Drive (EV-200) Install on H34? Mike Oldak at 3:38pm 12.31.24 The issue with wheel pilot on a 34 foot boat is also lack of rudder feedback. This is somewhat esse
Shore Tender Timm R Oday25 at 3:09pm 12.31.24 We have (2 ) 9 and half foot rotomolded Water tenders . Being a tri-hull design , they very stable
Hydraulic Drive (EV-200) Install on H34? artboas at 2:57pm 12.31.24 Yes, and added more "protection" so you can't overstress the motor. That made it quite worthless o
Shore Tender dLj at 2:48pm 12.31.24 What you haven't told us is what kind of use will you want it for? Do you want to mostly want to get
Shore Tender jpiombo67 at 1:15pm 12.31.24 We have a similar one for rowing from the dock to our mooring. It's survived 3+ seasons, though th
Shore Tender ShawnL at 12:57pm 12.31.24 We have a similar one for rowing from the dock to our mooring. It's survived 3+ seasons, though thi
Shore Tender jpiombo67 at 12:55pm 12.31.24 If you put 6 people in that raft there will be a lot of wet butts and probably wet feet, that's ass
Shore Tender dlochner at 12:48pm 12.31.24 If you put 6 people in that raft there will be a lot of wet butts and probably wet feet, that's assu
Shore Tender mermike at 12:32pm 12.31.24 As long as you don't expect it to last more than a season...if that.
Shore Tender jssailem at 12:26pm 12.31.24 If the price is right.... Come on down. Better than trying to walk on water. Might be a bit wet in
Oldest Boat to Buy FastOlson at 12:10pm 12.31.24 May just be a Florida thing but a buddy at our club had a very difficult time getting a liability p
Mini Globe Race 2025 Drinky Crow at 11:48am 12.31.24 And.....here is the tracker..... https://minigloberace.com/tracker
Another chainplate question Project_Mayhem at 10:34am 12.31.24 Thanks - so is the fiberglass tape work for fixing the top of the bulkhead to the cabin ceiling? I
Auto charge relay with solar Project_Mayhem at 10:31am 12.31.24 The batteries are matching FLA's. I have a dual Morningstar controller that I bought a few months ag
Ok to Remove Inner Forestay? (1) Windpilot at 10:12am 12.31.24 On my 410 I added the inner forestay, obviously I could also remove it. I'm pretty sure you can remo
1984 Hunter 27 - Looking For Pictures/Measurements of OEM Emergency Tiller (1) Dalliance at 9:42am 12.31.24

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