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Broken fitting holding roller furling to deck (1) buddybear at 11:01am 01.12.19 Catalina 310 8/1194 A fellow boater on our dock pointed out the broken fitting for the roller furling. I had never notic
Water in the Bilge (1) Oceanis 440 NY at 10:30am 01.12.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/744 Happy New Year Beneteau Owners! Have a new/old issue I am hoping someone in this forum may have exp
Westerbeke 10-2 prop replacement Chuck Powell at 10:28am 01.12.19 Engines and Propulsion 14/1588 I have a 1987 O'Day 272LE with a Westerbeke 10-2 diesel engine. Has anyone replaced the 2 blade prop
Yanmar 3GM30F Water Heater Nichole340 at 9:57am 01.12.19 Big Boats 27/8685 Regarding My 2000 340 w/Yanmar 3GM30F Engine. The Water Heater has a leak. Seaward S600. Do I need
Bleeding Fuel System 3GM30F mnmpizza at 7:54am 01.12.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 20/5933 I'm going to be upgrading the fuel system on my H34's 3GM30F. The shortlist: 1. Changing the Fuel Li
Re-wiring boat CYQK at 7:17am 01.12.19 Ask All Sailors 8/1078 Getting ready to pull wire,most wire will be contained in conduit Been checking out some application
The North Pole is moving! dlochner at 5:59am 01.12.19 Ask All Sailors 100/7532 It appears the magnetic north pole is moving north faster than expected. https://gcaptain.com/shift
Rare find a Hunter 23.4 (2) P100D at 9:07pm 01.11.19 Smaller Boats 8/925 Came across this the other day. Even asked the guy what a 23.4 is. He swears by it. Maybe just maybe
Tara find a Hunter 23.4 P100D at 9:06pm 01.11.19 Smaller Boats 0/392 C
Charging System Upgrade Project (1) DayDreamer41 at 6:59pm 01.11.19 Ask All Sailors 48/6656 Well I am diving deep into the world of charging systems and have started the acquisition process. T
When anchored overnight, raise or lower board/rudder? TraylerSailor at 5:25pm 01.11.19 Trailer Sailors 17/4157 While I was anchored in wave sheltered Urbanna, VA for last November's Oyster Festival, this was my
1979 southern sails skipper 20 (3) Kerrymorganandersen at 3:34pm 01.11.19 Ask All Sailors 0/6 160084 160086 160085 1979 southern sails skipper 20. Main and jib in good conditions. Cabin, traile
Can 26X hatch be converted to pop top? Even Kiehl at 3:23pm 01.11.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/483 Hi, I need to enclose the cockpit of a 26X for San Francisco Bay. First, can the hatch be converted
Hunter 240 trailer problems Chern at 8:06am 01.11.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 33/4435 I bought Hunter 240 with a single axle trailer a year ago and towed it from upstate NY to Florida An
272LE Engine Replacement fhujber at 7:58am 01.11.19 Bigger Boats 12/2103 I'm advised by my mechanic that the Universal M12 inboard diesel in my boat has seen way better days
Bimini Design Ideas (2) rortega46 at 7:53am 01.11.19 Ask All Sailors 18/4830
Stern Rail (1) decktosser at 7:35am 01.11.19 Smaller Boats 7/961 I am aware that this topic has been discussed before but I have specific question. Has anyone purcha
H33 In-Mast Wiring dilemma (2) McKinneyH33C at 6:54am 01.11.19 The Cherubini Hunters 9/1263 Hello and Happy New Year! Thanks to everyone for giving me lots to read and learn over the past yea
Where tp post an ad for Sails for Sale? Waveski at 6:49am 01.11.19 Columbia 5/1625 The rules state that we are not to post for sale ads on the forum. The classified section appears t
Battery fuse question Sefuller at 6:14am 01.11.19 Ask All Sailors 9/791 I'd like to use a 3 position MRBF (Blue Sea 5194) with a common source direct from the battery. It

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Hunter 260 Mast Base loose?!? Help! isaksp00 at 5:53am 09.11.24 You could get a pop rivet tool and some aluminum rivets and replace the loose ones. I had the mast o
Reefer/freezer installation Tally Ho at 5:53am 09.11.24
Universal M18 leaking oil / low oil pressure smokey73 at 5:48am 09.11.24 First question to clarity. Do you have both a pressure gauge of some sort (reading actual sensed pr
Universal M18 leaking oil / low oil pressure adamv at 5:25am 09.11.24 Thanks @Ralph Johnstone ! Yes the m18 technical manual and parts list just shows an oil switch screw
Potential Tropical Cyclone SIX kappykaplan at 4:36am 09.11.24 Latest projection (9/11 AM) is 4 to 6' in Lake Pontchartrain, same for MS Coast Good luck! :beer:
Potential Tropical Cyclone SIX BigEasy at 4:33am 09.11.24 Are you expecting much in the way of storm surge based on its point of landfall? Latest proje
looking for Lat/Long plotting software Davidasailor26 at 3:31am 09.11.24 Giving David's post about ChatGPT a second look, it might be that he is saying that ChatGPT would b
315 Question: What light wind Sail are you using to handle beam to broad reach? Furling Genneker, Doyle UPS, Code 0, whisker pole on the Genoa? john2 at 11:59pm 09.10.24 I liked the colors of the sail and the sock was included (second hands sail). A furler ads an onothe
Universal M18 leaking oil / low oil pressure Ralph Johnstone at 11:19pm 09.10.24 One more suggestion is to clean up the wires on the pressure switch. They look to be in bad shape a
Universal M18 leaking oil / low oil pressure (2) Ralph Johnstone at 11:14pm 09.10.24 Awright, jets on cool. Do you have a Universal M18 maintenance manual from this site yet ? I'm t
Tank Sensors artboas at 10:13pm 09.10.24 This was the solution I posted about a year ago. It works perfectly
Universal M18 leaking oil / low oil pressure adamv at 10:12pm 09.10.24 Why are you so obsessed with this bloody oil leak ? It isn't worth mentioning. It has nothing to
Universal M18 leaking oil / low oil pressure Ralph Johnstone at 9:36pm 09.10.24 i spotted some oil on top of the transmission - it looks like its dripping from above Why are you
looking for Lat/Long plotting software Foswick at 9:08pm 09.10.24 I will say that using GPT is not a good fit for this sort of problem. I work intensively with machi
Potential Tropical Cyclone SIX smokey73 at 8:43pm 09.10.24 Hope it doesn't shift your way DAMMIT Jim. Are you expecting much in the way of storm surge based o
Pumpout Carts Suck Foswick at 8:39pm 09.10.24 This is s__t hose, and what you see is the correct product for the use at a practical value. Howeve
Universal M18 leaking oil / low oil pressure smokey73 at 8:38pm 09.10.24 I'm a little confused on which problem we are trying to solve? The apparent "low oil pressure," or
Potential Tropical Cyclone SIX JamesG161 at 8:31pm 09.10.24 Category 1 on landfall. DAMMIT Jim...
Pumpout Carts Suck thinwater at 7:58pm 09.10.24 Oh, I am under no delusion that marinas will pay for a better hose. My hope is that I acn convince
Universal M18 leaking oil / low oil pressure Tally Ho at 7:27pm 09.10.24 Hard to tell what that tubular device is without some detailed photos on any connections. My firs

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