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Valiant 40 Blister Boat purchase toliver at 7:57pm 08.19.18 Ask All Sailors 20/4951 Should I worry over lots o Blisters on a 1979 Valiant 40 that I am considering buying? The Seller sa
All in fun (1) Jimmy at 7:04pm 08.19.18 Trailer Sailors 3/954
Barlow winch replacement parts bimmerboy0212 at 5:42pm 08.19.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 15/8590 I have the Barlow 15 and 16 winches on our First 26 and the black top cap broke off and need replaci
Compare the Telstar and Corsair Im looking at 28 or smaller videorov at 2:39pm 08.19.18 Telstar 18/7647 Telstar or Corsair same size or close to. How the folding arms compare and can you motor both with
New Distribution Panel (1) decktosser at 1:45pm 08.19.18 Smaller Boats 7/688 IMG_2716 by decktosser posted Aug 19, 2018 at 3:44 PMMy guess is that most Hunter 23 owners wish the
Catalina 18 Owners Opinions jimmcgee at 1:29pm 08.19.18 Smaller Boats 4/4663 We recently sold our Catalina 30 and I'm looking at downsizing to a 17-20 foot day sailer. My sail
H34 Roller Furling to Cockpit? mnmpizza at 1:20pm 08.19.18 Big Boats 8/1735 Fellow Sailors, As I get a little closer to actually 'sailing' my boat, I've been trying to solve a
1990 35.5, hose length to Hot water heater Steverhnm at 12:30pm 08.19.18 Big Boats 5/755 Anyone with a 1990 or so Hunter 35.5 have an idea how much hose I need to get to replace my hot wate
Hunter 34 Cabin Redo/ Redesign (2) Ilanortho at 10:27am 08.19.18 Big Boats 12/3727 Hi; Got tired of sleeping in the V-berth. Refinished the cabin sole this winter, and installed a co
1976 O'day Widgeon Rigging Instructions (4) joegagliano31 at 9:23am 08.19.18 Smaller Boats 4/1341 I just picked up a 1976 widgeon that came with all of the documents and wanted to share this with an
Perfect day! (3) w4swk at 9:12am 08.19.18 Catalina 22 10/1074 This post has only a little to do with sailing but hopefully you all will allow me to stray some.
Hunter 340 " does size matter " Sand-Ra-Jean at 8:50am 08.19.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/2766
Blue Streak Chemical Metering System For Marine Toilets jviss at 8:00am 08.19.18 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/951 Has anyone tried this? We're on a mooring, and our cruising grounds are NDZ's. We always use the
Lightning strike again Capt Robbie at 7:26am 08.19.18 Big Boats 16/1357 Took another lighting strike Saturday morning at 3am during one of the most intense electrical storm
Backstay adjuster for Hunter 25 Cu Na Mara at 7:18am 08.19.18 Smaller Boats 6/555 I'm looking at the Harken 12:1 non-split backstay tensioner to be attached at the backstay bracket a
C-80 wireless seadaddler at 6:57am 08.19.18 Ask All Sailors 2/272 I have a C-80 and love it and not changing it. Is it possible to add some kind of multiplex box of s
WOW! Brian D at 8:02pm 08.18.18 Sails Call Lounge 7/1068 I think he is OK, but... rPe1BO-Eowc
Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 349 JRT at 7:40pm 08.18.18 Ask All Sailors 37/15842 I have fallen in love with the Jeanneau 349. The size, layout and modern hull looks perfect to me.
Where to mount non portable AC system for Hunter 23 and what type to buy. scott hall at 6:50pm 08.18.18 Ask All Sailors 3/432 I live in Nashville area. Have slip on marina. Can buy a Cruisair portable for hatch but wondering i
Yanmar 2gm question Tartan 30 at 3:55pm 08.18.18 Engines and Propulsion 16/2342 Hello, New to this site, so I hope this question hasn't been asked and answered already. (didn't fi

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So It Begins: Deck Recoring Project SailingCal21 at 6:58am 07.10.24 ... Curious; did you consider any of the plastic teak decking alternatives? (EVA or PVC) Not real
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. stickinthemud57 at 5:56am 07.10.24 My sympathies for your engine woes, but I think you are burying the lead. "Sold all my stuff, and mo
Dinghy best practices shemandr at 5:33am 07.10.24 I towed mine - a hard pram - about three waves back from the transom. More specifically, on the fro
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. jviss at 5:12am 07.10.24 Is that engine with <900 hours as old as the boat? If the pressure sensor wire is suspect, I would
electric windlass Caboteur at 4:32am 07.10.24
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. east coaster at 4:31am 07.10.24 A single oil analysis will establish nothing. However a history of analyzing the results of previou
electric windlass Marmalade at 4:24am 07.10.24 @DZinger - it sure if this would be interesting... isn't mine, just saw it and then this thread, so
Dinghy best practices east coaster at 4:22am 07.10.24 Have a 10 ft dinghy, air floor and 6 HP tohatsu . When I tow I do haul it up on the transom as high
electric windlass dlochner at 4:15am 07.10.24 It was a factory option on the 37 and I got the sense many but not all hulls came with it. We use
electric windlass jviss at 4:11am 07.10.24 It was a factory option on the 37 and I got the sense many but not all hulls came with it. We use
electric windlass Davidasailor26 at 4:07am 07.10.24 Wow, you have a bow thruster on a 37' sailboat? I imagine that's a pretty rare accessory in that s
Fresh water pump east coaster at 3:56am 07.10.24 Replaced mine with a shurflo pentair model 4008. 55 psi and 3 gpm and it does not require an accumul
electric windlass jviss at 3:55am 07.10.24 Interesting. On our 37 the blower is also powered by a relay, but it comes on as soon as the power
electric windlass Davidasailor26 at 3:45am 07.10.24 On our boat, the windlass will not operate if the motor is not running, we've tested it with just t
electric windlass jviss at 3:17am 07.10.24 Rendezvous (is that plural?) The plural of rendezvous is rendezvous The distinction is in the pron
Dinghy best practices SFS at 3:09am 07.10.24 You will probably get lots of thoughts on this, but here is my take. We started with an inflatable,
H49/50 battery replacement SoSound at 8:39pm 07.09.24 Congrats!! I followed this thread for a long time, and did my own smaller installation this spring.
electric windlass SoSound at 8:05pm 07.09.24 On our boat, the windlass will not operate if the motor is not running, we've tested it with just th
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. Blitz at 7:08pm 07.09.24 I would suggest running a wire outside of the harness to confirm your issue is in the harness. chec
electric windlass Davidasailor26 at 6:58pm 07.09.24 I've heard that's so with Bennies. Not a bad idea, unless it's an emergency and you can't get the

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