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Anyone have experience with Totalboat bottom paint? PropellerHead at 12:08pm 10.16.18 Smaller Boats 28/6818 Planning on parking my 23.5 in a slip for a couple of months so I figure I need to finally paint the
Embarrassing Experience With my Windlass!! Lee Hadjiosif at 12:04pm 10.16.18 Ask All Sailors 11/1090 Just purchased a 2006 Jeanneau 42 from Croatia and needed to deliver it to Cyprus about 1200 nm. I d
Fishfinder deal Razrburn at 11:41am 10.16.18 Sails Call Lounge 11/1137 Noticed a decent deal on a Fishfinder, I did a bunch of research on them lately(months) Seems Garmin
Can a new macerator pump be smelly? newsailor130 at 11:37am 10.16.18 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 13/1995 Hello Peggie and all. My boat mechanic installed a new Jabsco 18590-2092 macerator pump to pump out
Macerator Through Hull and backflow question jonelli at 10:51am 10.16.18 Catalina 30 13/5270 Hey All, I'm just really curious: I have a Johnson TA3P10-19 Mfg# 10-24453-01 macerator pump. As f
H30 Transmission Gbulloss at 8:06am 10.16.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/361 I have a 1982 H30. I need to rebuild the transmission. Can the transmission be pulled while the b
Engine swap sailnoproblem at 7:13am 10.16.18 Engines and Propulsion 17/3364 OK guys/gals, I think I have had enough of my Universal Atomic 4, and want to replace it with a Dies
Engine Blower Hunter 340 ger123 at 4:50am 10.16.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/759 Hello! Have someone installed a engine blower on a Hunter 340? I want to install a blower an lookin
Swing keel hanger bolts replacement greg_m at 12:36am 10.16.18 Catalina 22 3/1569 Hi guys n gals... has anyone replaced the keel hanger bolts on a very pre-85 swing keel model before
Yamaha 26 Owner's Manual Lady in Red at 7:21pm 10.15.18 Yamaha 4/2300
Possible water in rudder Canonshooternb at 5:28pm 10.15.18 Big Boats 15/3776 I have just taken my 1991 Hunter 35.5 legend out of the water over the weekend. on closer inspectio
Ericson 28-2 Fuel system karoulia at 4:23pm 10.15.18 Engines and Propulsion 3/723 Have just acquired a 1989 Ericson 28-2. While checking all systems, for the life of me I can't find
Maintaining Volvo M.D. 2020 goofeyfoot at 3:34pm 10.15.18 Engines and Propulsion 10/892
Just Another Manic Monday (1) Kermit at 1:53pm 10.15.18 Sails Call Lounge 7/804
Hatch closure needed (1) kenkindy1 at 11:45am 10.15.18 Ask All Sailors 8/709 Hi All, Can anyone read the brand stamp and point me to a source for these "latches"? There is a c
Power to ignition with main power switch turned off. Jacksail at 11:18am 10.15.18 Catalina 310 6/1134 The other day I asked the crew to set the battery switch to 2 before I started the engine. The engin
Beneteau First 305 Fresh Water Tank (1) ronmatthews at 10:45am 10.15.18 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/1163 Where can I find a replacement flexible tank for my First 305 ? The original bladder outlet fitting
Going to dripless shaft? Valerio at 7:37am 10.15.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/972 please tell me your experience about going to dripless shaft, not drip less please.
H41 motor blidge Valerio at 7:35am 10.15.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/323 hi to h 41 owner, i need to ask why the water coming from my shaft will stay forever in my blidge un
Trailering a Ranger 23 Gi49336 at 2:24pm 10.14.18 Trailer Sailors 23/4026 So, I am thinking about trailering a Ranger 23 and was curious if this was a good idea or if this wi

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Ruined mast or not a big deal? FastOlson at 9:47pm 04.04.24 Also, check your survey for relevant comments, altho a hull surveyor might not have looked up there.
Bent wing keels Ken13559 at 9:17pm 04.04.24 I would suggest leaving the bend as to straighten bend wing risk breaking it. 2" is small, won't aff
Adding Freon to Isotherm ASU 3751Refridgeration unit deander at 9:01pm 04.04.24 That's very good to know. Where and how do you T in a fill port? I have a new unit to install (Isoth
Cleaning foam cushions? Project_Mayhem at 8:43pm 04.04.24 Folks, FYI... I took my covers to the dry cleaners once and was told that because they had vinyl pa
Converting 5411 to Electric Drive - removing old coupler Tally Ho at 8:03pm 04.04.24 My shaft and coupler look a bit different, but here is how I did mine. But in the end, I replaced t
Ruined mast or not a big deal? Sanfelice at 8:02pm 04.04.24 I am not familiar with how the spreaders are attached on the 27 but I know how they are attached on
Hunter 34 rudder marcham at 7:39pm 04.04.24 Maybe try this: Free HIN number Decoder for any Boat, Hull, or Vessel - HINDecoder.com The HIN will
RECOMMISSIONING THE FRESH WATER SYSTEM Tally Ho at 7:35pm 04.04.24 If the HW tank is bypassed when winterizing and left by passed when recommissioning, there should b
Ruined mast or not a big deal? dlochner at 7:13pm 04.04.24 This is a good example of something you should take the author's word for. Don't try this at home!
Ruined mast or not a big deal? shemandr at 7:09pm 04.04.24 ...To safely see what happens when a tube goes out of column, take an empty aluminum soda or beer
RECOMMISSIONING THE FRESH WATER SYSTEM dlochner at 7:07pm 04.04.24 It is nearly impossible to get all the chlorine out of your hot water tank by simply running the wa
lovely boat ---about to be crushed in FL, due to incompetence. . shemandr at 6:58pm 04.04.24 Emotions and boat acquisitions don't mix.
lovely boat ---about to be crushed in FL, due to incompetence. . dlochner at 6:58pm 04.04.24 Florida has some very strict laws about derelict and abandoned boats. I'm not surprised that the FWC
Solar / lithium question Georgedoyle at 6:57pm 04.04.24 There might be a mismatch between your actual state of charge and what is showing on the Victron scr
voltage drop with deck light only thinwater at 6:55pm 04.04.24 You more likely have a battery or a battery wire problem. If the lights were pulling enough amps to
Ruined mast or not a big deal? dlochner at 6:50pm 04.04.24 While hope springs eternal, bent masts do not spring back. A mast that has a curvature due to lack o
Solar / lithium question Johann at 6:17pm 04.04.24
Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger MitchM at 5:33pm 04.04.24 we went from weekend sailing of a 20' trailerable cal on a local lake 50 minutes from ho
28.5 Split Backstay rigging Shaw_2112 at 5:30pm 04.04.24 I have a 34 but here is a picture of what your back-stay should look like with the proper attachmen
Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger john6206 at 5:15pm 04.04.24

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