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"--external structure problem with internal ballast keel--bilge area." (8) "Selah" at 10:25pm 02.18.19 Ask All Sailors 13/1329 Hey all! Following dlochner's suggestion of possibly doing an endoscopy under the cabin sole, I deci
Where should the genneker Wichard folding pad eyes be (B461)? (1) sailingrock at 7:35pm 02.18.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1301 I have recently purchased a 1999 Benneteau 461 with a gennaker. According to Benneteau's documentati
Gasket....Yes or No? rpell1@msn.com at 4:20pm 02.18.19 Ask All Sailors 20/1171 Hi everyone, I'm looking for some experienced advice. I have a 1997 Universal M25XPA. I am changing
Sanitation Hose jhagg at 3:41pm 02.18.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/693
Galley Rebuild jkandris at 2:54pm 02.18.19 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1111 Has anyone rebuilt their Galley? I swear I havent found a piece of wood in this old girl that isnt
Hunter 170 Shock cord, Do you think this will work? Shorefun at 2:45pm 02.18.19 Day Sailers 7/1230 I was at West Marine and checking for 3/8" shock cord in stock (they do not have it) when I saw this
Dregs of winter (1) Meriachee at 2:45pm 02.18.19 Destinations 20/2577
Riddle me This: Constant 12v @ Bilge Fuse on Panel? (1) mnmpizza at 2:14pm 02.18.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/634 1986 Hunter 34 Owner here: Before I open up the back of the electrical panels, I'd like someone to e
PHRF Classes Bill19233 at 1:05pm 02.18.19 Racing 14/2545 Our club currently has four classes within PHRF: non spinnaker, symmetrical spinnaker, A-sail sprit,
H356 Cutlass bearing size Secret sail at 11:08am 02.18.19 Big Boats 8/827 Good day everyone. I'm going to change my stuffing box and propeller in a couple of weeks. I'll also
ST winch question - potential project Justin_NSA at 8:58am 02.18.19 Ask All Sailors 15/1142 We've had the Hunter for about 3 years now. It's the first time I've used ST winches. Whenever we ta
Raymarine Compatibility Question Marc14857 at 8:34am 02.18.19 Ask All Sailors 4/748 I recently purchased a new (to me) boat that has a Raymarine E140 Wide Screen MFD in the pilot house
Installation Frustration! (4) Scott T-Bird at 8:01am 02.18.19 Ask All Sailors 44/2764 Saturday I got a round to installing a galvanic isolator. Reading up on them, I'm not sure why I ne
Teleflex fuel gauge pullark at 5:52am 02.18.19 Catalina 30 4/629 Hi Folks, I have a 1989 Catalina 30 Mk11. Had a recent issue with the fuel sender whereby the gauge
Eight year project All U Get at 5:36am 02.18.19 Ask All Sailors 0/273
Relocating early C22 upper shroud chainplates Voiding Sounds at 7:16pm 02.17.19 Catalina 22 4/703 I'm getting ready to replace my misaligned, leaking 3/8" chainplate bolts and I was looking at the c
Time for new sails on my 2005 H38 glonek5 at 6:43pm 02.17.19 Big Boats 8/2448 I have a quote from North Sails replacing the original set and they are suggesting 1 of 2 sail mater
Problems with updating NOAA charts in OpenCpn MitchK at 5:35pm 02.17.19 Ask All Sailors 2/472 Hello all, not sure if this is the correct forum for this question. So please forgive if it is not.
Our 2003 C310! JRT at 5:02pm 02.17.19 Catalina 310 559/81336 So after our adventure of looking at a C34 and deciding it was too dated we decided to move on and n
Ladder for Hunter 18.5 Jody at 4:40pm 02.17.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/712 Hello fellow Hunter owners, We have a 1992 Hunter 18.5. It has no hardware on the back of the boat,

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Replacing Raymarine Autopilot Control Head dkinzer at 8:09am 06.16.24 Have you seen this 2018 discussion on Raymarine forum. Thanks. I had not seen that and it is helpf
Replacing Raymarine Autopilot Control Head Captain Larry-DH at 7:59am 06.16.24
Replacing Raymarine Autopilot Control Head jssailem at 7:53am 06.16.24 Have you seen this 2018 discussion on Raymarine forum. https://forum.raymarine.com/showthread.php?ti
Engine Overheating (2) SV Watercolor at 6:54am 06.16.24 On the older Yanmars I find there are typically a combination of factors and not always a silver bul
Boom vang blocks (2) jssailem at 6:52am 06.16.24
tidy traveller options thinwater at 5:28am 06.16.24 All 4 of my multihulls have had continuous traveler lines, from beach cats to cruising cats. Very co
Three shrouds per side on 22-footer -- really? sailme88 at 4:44am 06.16.24 AND then....... there's the Marshall Cat boat and a few others without ANY shrouds....
Three shrouds per side on 22-footer -- really? Joe at 3:32am 06.16.24 Not unusual at all. Two lowers and an upper. The ubiquitous Catalina 22 is like that, I had one,
Engine Overheating jssailem at 10:50pm 06.15.24 In addition, due to your statement about "oily residue," perhaps it is a coolant that is the residue
Engine Overheating Ralph Johnstone at 8:24pm 06.15.24 The exhaust water output looked a little anemic Check the water temp. in the exhaust gas discharg
Engine Overheating Feo23 at 7:16pm 06.15.24 Yes, could have phrased that better, steam from the over heated coolant plus some smoke from overhe
Hunter 23 broken z-spar tabernacle mast foot rgranger at 5:52pm 06.15.24
Engine Overheating Davidasailor26 at 4:47pm 06.15.24
Large Frame alternator in M25XP mermike at 4:41pm 06.15.24 @Hayden Watson, thanks for the write-up. Looking good. I agree with not powder coating anything that
Hunter 23 broken z-spar tabernacle mast foot (1) twalker H260 at 4:36pm 06.15.24 Does it look like this? rig rite site it looks like it could be one of 3 mast feet - see if there i
Hunter 23 broken z-spar tabernacle mast foot kappykaplan at 4:07pm 06.15.24 Any photos of the carnage?
Engine Overheating Don S/V ILLusion at 3:09pm 06.15.24 Could be any number of reasons: clogged exhaust elbow faulty injectors faulty water pump/ bad impell
Bilge maintenance jibes138 at 2:55pm 06.15.24 GRP (glass reinforced plastic) is very strong in tension but not in compression. Thin washers under
Large Frame alternator in M25XP (2) Hayden Watson at 2:24pm 06.15.24 Hayden - how is the alternator project coming along? Did have Tuscon Alternator customize your alte
Bought a McGregor 26M but all rigging was not in place. stickinthemud57 at 12:23pm 06.15.24 There are a lot of very knowledgeable people at this forum. A few other great resources include: ht

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