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New House Batteries! Yay! jviss at 10:22am 08.15.18 Musings With Maine Sail 12/2871 I just picked up my new house batts, two Trojan SCS200 Deep Cycle Marine, 115Ah, group 27 batteries.
Cooking Fuel Flexibility jviss at 10:02am 08.15.18 Ask All Sailors 29/1857 I have a propane locker with two 11lb. steel cylinders. They last so long one can become complacent
bent mast, are my chainplates ok? (1) vegassail at 9:44am 08.15.18 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/967 I stupidly managed to hit a tree with my mast and bent it in half. Looking the boat over after, I n
Sanitation hose length hunter 41 Tucker67 at 9:31am 08.15.18 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 20/2344 hi all I am looking for anyone who knows the sanitation hose lengths for a hunter 41. The manual g
Tohatsu 5hp propane outboard? rpludwig at 7:17am 08.15.18 Catalina 22 39/17984 I see discussions going on regarding propane tank sizes/storage issues, etc. Aside from that, looki
Hunter 26 ( what was mounted here) (2) jbreland at 4:44am 08.15.18 Smaller Boats 5/830 On my hunter 26 on the port side (where the rope clutches) would normally go, these bracket remnants
Upgradng cabin top winch to electric- more economically! eianm at 8:22pm 08.14.18 Big Boats 20/5055 On my passage 42 I have always lusted after an electric upgrade for my main cabin top winch. At a r
Propane tanks that fit the c22 New Design Fuel Locker ObiQuiet at 6:19pm 08.14.18 Catalina 22 23/4246 In considering outboards, I like the idea of the Tohatsu propane, but I really want to find a way to
Need Help Identifing A Boat (1) BrianRobin at 5:58pm 08.14.18 Ask All Sailors 15/1109 Hi Folk, My wife spotted this on our trip last week, wish now I had looked a little closer, any Idea
how flat do you sail your hunter ? Valerio at 5:04pm 08.14.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 55/4612 My H41 has wings so at 45 degree is when the wing is at is max deep, but also the keel is so angled
Help Identifing a Boat (1) BrianRobin at 4:05pm 08.14.18 Big Boats 4/76 Hi Folk, My wife spotted this on our trip last week, wish now I had looked a little closer, any Idea
RE-stepping mast on N28 (10) MitchK at 2:26pm 08.14.18 Newport 4/1635 All, been awhile. Lots of things going on, so not much boat work. Finally finished re-wiring, re-she
Hunter 410, Mainsail Outhaul Car jsmac at 12:52pm 08.14.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/918 Hello, I have a 1998 410 with in-mast furled mainsail. This rig uses an outhaul car mounted to a tr
Hunter 15 Wanted captainpoppy at 11:58am 08.14.18 Day Sailers 0/580 If anyone knows of an available Hunter 15, ACP preferred over FRP, please let me know. Text to 901-5
Leroy Somer windlass MBT11141S SVMusic at 11:33am 08.14.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/768 We have a 2000 Beneteau and it has the original windlass made by Leroy Somer. After taking the moto
Lewmar Binnacle guard - 2008 Hunter 36 (4) gigasloop at 11:17am 08.14.18 Big Boats 2/936 I have a 2008 Hunter 36 with a Lewmar pedestal and guard. The pedestal guard has detached at the co
How to re-install a keel rustyw007 at 10:41am 08.14.18 Catalina 22 14/3284 Hi everyone, I did a quick search but didn't come up with much. Does anyone have any lessons learne
Roller furling Kplakes at 10:14am 08.14.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/466 I have a 1982 27 Cherubini it has roller furling. Was that standard for Hunter boats from the factor
Rescued 1978 Hunter 25' Sailboat- Seeking Advice on Restoring and Creative Uses (8) Boathouse Bunkie at 10:13am 08.14.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/894 Hello! We rescued this 40 year old beauty from the wrecking ball and hope to bring her back to life
Made it out to lake michigan, twice, this weekend (5) tipsyravensailing at 8:31am 08.14.18 Ask All Sailors 28/2202 Heya all! Made it out to lake mich this weekend and had a blast. i learned some things about the b

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My rudder broke off wardk at 7:46pm 09.23.24 We don't have a sling , we get a crane charges us 20 dollars a minute to get the boat from the wate
My rudder broke off wardk at 7:43pm 09.23.24 I did this for my rudder replacement. We got all the bolts loose while were waterborne except the
holding tank pump out blowing macerator gaskets? Ed whatnot at 7:19pm 09.23.24 the line to the macerator is a direct dedicated hose from the tank. it is not connected to the pump
how do you permanently remove yourself from this website? (1) Ralph Johnstone at 6:53pm 09.23.24
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard marcham at 6:44pm 09.23.24 Cleaning up the worst of the blisters should be 6-15 hrs max (unless you have thousands of them, whi
how do you permanently remove yourself from this website? Project_Mayhem at 6:32pm 09.23.24 Whoa! You managed to bring @Kermit back!
Random Yanmar instrument warning light and buzzer Moondawg at 6:27pm 09.23.24 Thank you for the info, Davidsailor26! That is correct. I thought it was a tad short for a heat ex
Random Yanmar instrument warning light and buzzer Davidasailor26 at 6:18pm 09.23.24 I'll be taking the heat exchanger apart to inspect/clean after I get the broken bolt drilled and ta
Oday 192 outboard bracket john6206 at 6:07pm 09.23.24
how do you permanently remove yourself from this website? (1) Kermit at 5:44pm 09.23.24 Looks like Alaska to me... Nice photo... dj Thanks. Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, AK. We went dawg
Sugar scoops are for pretty girls, not ducks! Crazy Dave Condon at 5:42pm 09.23.24 Moth balls as long as it protected from the elements might work. I have used it under the mainsail
how do you permanently remove yourself from this website? (1) Kermit at 5:30pm 09.23.24 Yes I can, but I believe your greatest challenge was trying to find Stanley Park in Vancouver BC.
My rudder broke off Crazy Dave Condon at 5:22pm 09.23.24
My rudder broke off smokey73 at 5:17pm 09.23.24 Thanks @Crazy Dave Condon Getting a thumbs up from you is a compliment. Your experience on this fo
Extra line from boom...what is it? dlochner at 5:11pm 09.23.24 There are many ways to skin a cat or rig a boat. A really simple and relatively inexpensive way to r
My rudder broke off smokey73 at 4:44pm 09.23.24 Well that is a good theory if I was to estimate the cost of this approach I think that would cost a
holding tank pump out blowing macerator gaskets? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 4:38pm 09.23.24 If the line to the macerator pump is just teed into the pumpout line, replacing the tee with a y-val
My rudder broke off shemandr at 4:17pm 09.23.24 If you're not blocked on concrete you can dig a hole to get the rudder out. It's labor intensive bu
Extra line from boom...what is it? BAD ORCA at 4:10pm 09.23.24 First Reef, out haul, Second Reef. Topping lift to the eye. If you have a loose footed main, this
Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine shemandr at 3:56pm 09.23.24 . ...I'm not there but hasn't Apalachicola had enough? Yeah, they've had more than their share.

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