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Masthead sheaves (1) Deleted member 117556 at 5:44am 04.30.24 Catalina 310 9/1715 My masthead sheaves appear to be frozen as it is extremely difficult to use the spare halyard to hoi
Advice - Westerbeke 30b Spun Bearing (2) jsut210 at 5:44pm 04.29.24 Engines and Propulsion 5/837 Sadly this weekend my engine, a Westerbeke 30b, developed a rod knock as I was returning to my slip
WEMA Holding Tank Gage - LED all Lights are on Silverman at 1:49pm 04.29.24 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/951 Hello We have a 2000 Moody 42, I have had it 2 seasons, holding tank gage is showing 3 lights on, I
eSail Sailing Simulator (1) morbidfollower at 12:35pm 04.29.24 Catalina 22 10/1978 Not Catalina 22 related per se, but This PC simulator is awesome. The training stuff is great and it
Help me Install Dripless Shaft Seal (PYI Model) (5) anelso29 at 11:40am 04.29.24 Ask All Sailors 21/1952 Captains, Happy Monday! I'm reaching out for some assistance. I'm currently upgrading and repairin
Replacing exhaust hose Sutric at 10:38am 04.29.24 Mid-Size Boats 19/1484 I need to replace the wet exhaust hose on our 1993 H33.5. I can easily get to the engine and the wat
Prop Shaft runout Sutric at 7:07pm 04.28.24 Engines and Propulsion 14/1304 A friend of mine recently had his Catalina 30 pulled from the water and the aft lifting strap was on
Tartan 3800 bow water tank mellis at 6:51pm 04.28.24 Tartan 4/629 Does anyone know the capacity of the Tartan 3800 bow water tank?
Help please, Mast electrical plug C&C 25 mk 1 CliffA at 5:46pm 04.28.24 C&C 7/1029
Hurricane Season 2023 Analysis jssailem at 1:59pm 04.28.24 Weather and Forecasting 2/820
07 H-36 front water tank sender seadaddler at 6:55am 04.28.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/709 The gauge reads empty but when take out and move up down it register on gauge works fine but back in
New Transducer Install - Splitting Hairs? (2) ...3TacksontheWater at 8:27pm 04.27.24 Catalina 22 6/968 Long story short - I'm in the process of replacing an inoperable Garmin Striker, paired with an unsi
Convert florescent fixtures to LED bulbs spadaforaj at 7:12pm 04.27.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1178 Anyone convert those florescent fixtures in their 2004ish hunters to LED ? Pretty sure the ballast
Hunter 41DS cabin top clutch refurb MFD at 1:35pm 04.27.24 Big Boats 3/583 When I got the boat, the cabin top clutch for the outhaul was pretty worn. Probably people pulling o
Mainsheet tackle configuration for 1987 C30 MKII (3) Tkman at 1:33pm 04.27.24 Mid-Size Boats 7/742 The manual that came with the boat, ( a photocopy), indicates a system where there are two swivel bl
Florida to NYC on a sailboat xavpil at 9:26am 04.27.24 Destinations 24/4406 Hi all, 42' sailboat, ready to head to NYC next week. First season on the water with a "big' boat. J
Dropping rudder on 11.0A (1) mbefus at 8:17am 04.27.24 S2 12/1235
Water tank replacement on Passage 420 tfatland at 8:07am 04.27.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/14 Our starboard 47-gallon water tank has bulged and is pushing up the floor boards. Can you get the ta
Replacing Water Tank on Passage 420 tfatland at 8:03am 04.27.24 Big Boats 0/12 Our starboard 47-gallon water tank has bulged and is pushing up the floor boards. Is there a way to
Replacing water tank on Passage 420 tfatland at 7:53am 04.27.24 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/1044 Our 47-gallon water tank has started to bulge and pushed up the floor boards. How do you replace thi

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City and Month of Manufacture kappykaplan at 1:28am 05.07.25 Thanks again! De nada
Tight furler skunther at 11:39pm 05.06.25 And does anyone know of a way to determine if I have the 700 or the 800/900 model? They use differen
Tight furler skunther at 11:24pm 05.06.25 Part 18 is intact and supports/centers the drum from the bottom. The unit seems to shift every rotat
Nifty Boat Handling jssailem at 6:32pm 05.06.25 so all of those terms are familiar You start calling out "back the spanker" on Papillon and there
Electric fuel pump to replace lift pump Yanmar 3GM30F jssailem at 6:20pm 05.06.25 If I understand the sequence. Fuel tank - Secondary filter - new electric pump - Engine pump - Engi
Nifty Boat Handling Hayden Watson at 6:09pm 05.06.25 I just bought all 21 of the Patric O'Brian: Jack Aubrey books so all of those terms are familiar.
Nifty Boat Handling (1) jssailem at 6:08pm 05.06.25 The Lady Washington was out on Port Townsend Bay. We had the upper hand in a tacking duel. With th
Tight furler Project_Mayhem at 6:00pm 05.06.25
Tight furler garymalmgren at 5:24pm 05.06.25 This looks like .... Secure foresail halyard to stem. Remove drum fittings ( and maybe first length
City and Month of Manufacture GordonL at 5:08pm 05.06.25 Thanks for the welcome and the scoop. I knew the year was tagged onto the HIN, but I had to look up
Nifty Boat Handling kappykaplan at 4:01pm 05.06.25 Meanwhile back at the Star of India they are tacking. Nice find! Tks for posting. :beer:
Nifty Boat Handling garymalmgren at 3:29pm 05.06.25 Sounds like a real experience Shawn. Meanwhile back at the Star of India they are tacking. BxCKGS_bL
Tight furler dmax at 3:18pm 05.06.25 These are the last known people to have parts for the Hood SeaFurl - they were winding that business
Electric fuel pump to replace lift pump Yanmar 3GM30F skunther at 3:15pm 05.06.25 What is the best way to connect the pump to the secondary filter? Do I need to use metal braid reinf
Nifty Boat Handling ShawnL at 3:11pm 05.06.25 We sailed on the Californian in San Diego last spring (see below). It's a reproduction, but we were
Tight furler (2) skunther at 3:01pm 05.06.25 Your drum is very full. This is why I asked what model you have and what size genoa you are using.
Tight furler DanMaine at 2:04pm 05.06.25 I had a furler on my h37c. It was plastic on plastic for the bearings. I replaced it with a furler t
Tight furler Project_Mayhem at 1:57pm 05.06.25 Your drum is very full. This is why I asked what model you have and what size genoa you are using. B
Battery recommendation - anchor windless mermike at 1:45pm 05.06.25
Asymmetrical Spinnaker Tack Point PaulK at 1:44pm 05.06.25 As @Davidasailor26 suggests, tacking an asym to the bow pulpit is not a good idea. It is not design

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