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Water-ballast funny story massnspace at 7:08am 03.28.24 Smaller Boats 7/478
Gear Ratio of my Beneteau Oceanis 48 \| Built 2027 (1) RiazDan at 3:27am 03.28.24 Ask All Sailors 4/180 Hello, I would like to change my saildrive propeller due to some damages on the old one. I came acr
NMEA Drinky Crow at 8:12pm 03.27.24 Ask All Sailors 16/324 Basic, basic question. Do I have to run an individual drop cable to every single device on the netwo
Removing the dodger Jfrost59 at 7:28pm 03.27.24 Pearson 2/234 How should I remove the dodger from my P31-2?
Hunter 380 Refrigeration tb_gb at 4:51pm 03.27.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/261 Can I please have a suggestion as to the best refrigeration to add to my 1999 Hunter 380? I would l
Replacing Injector Return Hoses (3) dkinzer at 1:50pm 03.27.24 Ask All Sailors 5/195 When we bought our 2007 Hunter 41AC (with a Yanmar 4JH4E) about 2-1/2 years ago, the surveyor's repo
Fixing keel to stub Connection - Smile jerryf609 at 11:42am 03.27.24 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/380 Hi Folks. I have a 1985 Catalina 30 Tall Rig used in fresh water only.My (adult) nephew is consideri
1978 Com-Pac 16: soft between the bunks? Ranzo at 11:41am 03.27.24 Com-Pac 4/249 Hello, friends! I have been wanting a Com-Pac 16 for a long time and had one finally come up recentl
Stem Fitting (4) Cat 310 #1 in GA at 10:44am 03.27.24 Catalina 310 6/347 Has anyone had to replace their stem fitting on their 310? I became aware that this is a potential
How do you get your Batteries into the boat. (1) jssailem at 10:07am 03.27.24 Ask All Sailors 15/515 The other day, my friend with the slip next to me came wandering down the dock with 2 new batteries
TELL ME ABOUT SURVEYORS jssailem at 9:29am 03.27.24 Ask All Sailors 4/181 Frequently, multiple times a year, there are questions about surveyors and boat surveys. New promi
Switched back to hank on sails morbidfollower at 7:52am 03.27.24 Catalina 22 1/310 Ive been running a 130 on a cdi Furler since I got my boat. Aside from the 130 being a little oversi
Another Legend 40.5 holding tank replacement 3.26.24 (1) SV Maverick at 12:06pm 03.26.24 Big Boats 15/557 I have been putting this project off for three years now. The only original problem was the failure
Companion way H26 Marc the army sailor at 11:28am 03.26.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/205 Has anyone successfully replaced the washboards with barn doors? Pictures?
Best place for a fire port? danb2k at 8:45am 03.26.24 Big Boats 4/230 Hi All, I want to install a fire port on the wooden engine cover in my 2003 Catalina 36. I'm lookin
Fridge: 12V or DC xavpil at 7:43am 03.26.24 Ask All Sailors 26/648 Hi all. My new fridge can be powered with AC or DC I am off the grid I need to save any power I ca
Baltimore's key bridge down , hit by ship in early morning . . . MitchM at 5:59am 03.26.24 Ask All Sailors 30/875 1:30 am. early am Baltimore MD news: huge Sri Lankan flagged cargo vessel, rented by
Balmar sg200 problem mobilesport at 6:14pm 03.25.24 Ask All Sailors 13/354 Note , I couldn't find a electronics section to post this in. Anyways I bought a Balmer sg200 state
Tiller pilot ? Raymarine BTC1984 at 5:50pm 03.25.24 Mid-Size Boats 11/456
What did I do wrong? - Navigating around another vessel (1) colb218 at 4:29pm 03.25.24 Ask All Sailors 23/802 My marina has a fairly lengthy entrance/exit that requires going first between an island and the sho

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https://youtu.be/qaYsRSZ3CSQ?si=-tE9G7JwoqpNMIfZ (1) monocerosin at 4:32am 04.24.24 @monoceresin: do your homework! There is a lot of information on the 1978 - 1985 Hunter 37 Cutter h
Access to windlass east coaster at 4:30am 04.24.24 Newer one, had to replace the original plastic plate with a plastic plate cut from a used cutting bo
https://youtu.be/qaYsRSZ3CSQ?si=-tE9G7JwoqpNMIfZ monocerosin at 4:20am 04.24.24 large screwdriver from the outside to prevent then from turning while the nuts are tightened from
Gooseneck Pin Brianstanis at 3:44am 04.24.24 Those are bolts with plastic lock nut at the thread end. The bolt should be installed from the top
Gooseneck Pin Brianstanis at 3:43am 04.24.24 Assuming yours is like my goose neck. and the pin drops down into the assembly from the top... No,
Metal lathe kappykaplan at 3:38am 04.24.24 I just wish that I did not have to look at that particular shade of blue every time I open my engin
Metal lathe (2) Hayden Watson at 3:09am 04.24.24 I finally got balmars screwup fixed and it only cost me $137. I needed to buy a 1/2 drive impact wr
Universal M25 front V-belt pulley. Hayden Watson at 2:06am 04.24.24
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

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