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Back stay Flicker shawanaga at 2:21pm 10.12.25 Big Boats 3/466 Has anyone installed a back stay flicker on their Hunter I have a 35.5 and need to tighten up the ba
Kermit's Birth Place (1) JamesG161 at 1:20pm 10.12.25 Sails Call Lounge 7/608 He was born near the Mississippi River, which is just left on the Map below! :yikes: MS. Jim...
How to identify and dispose of abandoned sailboat. JBP-PA at 10:36am 10.12.25 Ask All Sailors 42/2535 At our club, we have a 43ft aluminum sailboat that had been abandoned for years. No local knowledge
Delrod suffing box (3) termitec4 at 6:39pm 10.11.25 Irwin 4/258 What is a delrod stuffing box and do I have one on my boat?1970 23ft irwin
Roller furling question azambella at 6:31pm 10.11.25 Ask All Sailors 8/864 Is the diameter of the round (wire?) sewn into the leading edge of the jib the same on all systems?
OPEN POSITIONS Alansails at 11:28am 10.11.25 Catalina 310 0/295 Greetings fellow 310 owners our association is currently searching to fill the following fleet posi
Replacing ALL of the plumbing john6206 at 8:56am 10.11.25 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 20/1086
Annapolis Sailboat Show Sunday?? Ward H at 8:28am 10.11.25 Ask All Sailors 6/403 @lehighsail and I were at the boat show yesterday (Friday) Late in the day we heard a rumor, from a
Bottom rudder bearing Beneateau Oceanis 40 Goodvibes at 3:33pm 10.10.25 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/344 Hi all i live in Western Australia I own a Beneteau Oceanis 40 year 2010 having trouble trying to fi
Mast and boom specifications Mutney bay ranger 12 at 12:13pm 10.10.25 Ranger Boats (WA) 2/276 I recently was given a Ranger 12 dinghy minus the sails, mast, boom, and rigging. I contacted Dwyer
Removing wall of toilet room (head)? gwoolverton at 6:26pm 10.09.25 Catalina 310 8/666 Hi, I'm planning to replace my motor mounts and it seems like that aft port one will be easier to ge
Remote access for OpenPlotter SV Temenos at 2:26pm 10.09.25 Ask All Sailors 11/657 For those using OpenPlotter what do you do for remote access to your boat such as from home? I woul
Engine Rod Knock BAD ORCA at 9:05am 10.09.25 Ask All Sailors 35/1376 What other engine problems could cause a sound in a diesel that sounds the same as engine rod knock?
Waterlogged DolphinNewbie at 8:54am 10.09.25 Ask All Sailors 22/875 I just brought home on old Silverline Dolphin Senior 14.5 that is severely waterlogged (weighs about
Broken prong on shore power cord Allowishish at 9:21pm 10.08.25 Ask All Sailors 15/742 One of the prongs on our shore power cord broke. Logic seemed to be to cut that head off and install
Outboard transom board dimensions HunterKid at 12:54pm 10.08.25 Smaller Boats 2/361 Does anyone know the dimensions of the Hunter 23.5 outboard transom board. I need to replace mine an
Hunter 18 swim ladder install Swabby Third Class at 7:35am 10.08.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 21/1095
Run Silent, Run Deep (1) TrapperJohn at 9:57pm 10.07.25 Sails Call Lounge 4/510 This was recently posted on LinkedIn. Being a former submariner myself, I had to take notice. In 198
Hatch and lens restoration with wood (5) trevoratlarge at 5:02pm 10.07.25 Ask All Sailors 5/354 Hi folks. I bought my boat in April and the previous owner was in the early stages of refurbishing t
Had KBW20 tranny rebuilt on a Hunter 42 Passage and now Fwd is reverse and Rev is forward (1) mesmith1122 at 2:58pm 10.07.25 Big Boats 7/537 Just had my Kanzaki KBW20 tranny rebuilt. Shift lever is facing towards the stern of the boat with t

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under 2ft draft - options for far off shore trailer-able boat? Paceship.org at 9:48am 11.28.25 FWIW, I notice that the PY 23 was one of the boats in the MORC Midget Offshore Racing Club class.
Can't attach (certain) picture (2) Paceship.org at 9:39am 11.28.25 235642 Here's the file info of the objectionable picture.... Notice the screenshot of the picture i
Can't attach (certain) picture Paceship.org at 9:34am 11.28.25 that isn;t ot/ i'm on Android.....the issue picture is a screen shot cropped to remove phone header
Starter voltage Richard19068 at 9:34am 11.28.25 At 60% charge refers to the Victron Battery monitor counting amp hours in and out. In my quick te
Happy Thanksgiving, all! Leeward Rail at 9:23am 11.28.25 I'm grateful for the ability to feel gratitude. The opposite of gratitude is disappointment or eve
under 2ft draft - options for far off shore trailer-able boat? Leeward Rail at 8:56am 11.28.25 FWIW, I notice that the PY 23 was one of the boats in the MORC Midget Offshore Racing Club class. B
Starter voltage JohnSn at 8:43am 11.28.25 Thanks for the feedback! The house bank is just a few weeks old. Deep Cycle, US Battery 300Ah made
Can't attach (certain) picture dlochner at 8:12am 11.28.25 Attachments are restricted by size and by file format. A now common format from iPhones is HEIC, thi
Can't attach (certain) picture kappykaplan at 8:09am 11.28.25 I get the errors in the screenshots but I can attach the error screenshots - so what does the forum
under 2ft draft - options for far off shore trailer-able boat? jssailem at 7:56am 11.28.25 You are correct, the terms are not interchangeable. They look at different boat characteristics. T
under 2ft draft - options for far off shore trailer-able boat? Paceship.org at 7:28am 11.28.25
under 2ft draft - options for far off shore trailer-able boat? (2) rgranger at 7:19am 11.28.25
Depth sounder replacement on C30 jssailem at 6:47am 11.28.25 Mike. Having a depth sensor is fine. It will not keep you out of shallow water, nor from running ag
Cleaning a Diesel Tank Captain Larry-DH at 4:03am 11.28.25 Here is an idea. https://keenanfilters.com Here is a product that may be helpful. https://www.fuel
Cleaning a Diesel Tank sailme88 at 3:26am 11.28.25 When I had the tank polished on our previous boat, the tech had what looked like Bresnan Distributor
Cleaning a Diesel Tank (1) thinwater at 10:52pm 11.27.25 Many thousands of 5000-7000 gallon oil, chemical, and food product tankers are cleaned every day thr
Cleaning a Diesel Tank jssailem at 8:17pm 11.27.25 Here is an idea. https://keenanfilters.com Here is a product that may be helpful. https://www.fuelr
Starter voltage dlochner at 6:29pm 11.27.25 How old are your batteries? What kind of batteries, FLA, AGM, LFP? How are you estimating the SOC?
Happy Thanksgiving, all! (1) Will Gilmore at 5:19pm 11.27.25 235634 Happy Thanksgiving sailor. -Will
Cleaning a Diesel Tank shemandr at 4:17pm 11.27.25 ...The tank itself is fiberglass and well glassed into place, extending well under structures that

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