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Replacement outside cover for large "panoramic" fixed port in Salon (2) smokey73 at 4:15pm 04.09.24 Ask All Sailors 8/380 Does anyone know what material would be good to make a replacement cover for the outside sun shade f
2005 Catalina C36 MK2 - Shaft and Strut parts Info sail4sf at 3:56pm 04.09.24 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/604 We had an incident recently that broke our strut, propeller, and prop shaft. We are not able to ord
Replace just acrylic on bow deck hatch? (1) kjdoyle1 at 1:16pm 04.09.24 Ask All Sailors 7/780 I have a 1994 Hunter 29.5 and the acrylic on the bow deck hatch cracked. Can I have someone just rep
Converting compost toilet to tank system 2007 Hunter 31 (1) DH31 at 12:57pm 04.09.24 Mid-Size Boats 1/456 Bought boat with compost toilet. Running new waste lines to holding tank, any easy way to get access
Dufour 500 GL Bluesmoods at 12:00pm 04.09.24 Ask All Sailors 6/1096 Greetings folks I am giving serious thought to acquiring a Dufour 500 GL. Although the market has
Dodger mold stain Clydo at 8:36am 04.09.24 Catalina 310 3/749 Anyone have suggestion for good mold stain remover? Whole lotta products on the market. Guy that u
Farmer's Almanac report - Mid West and South Singing times 2. (1) jssailem at 7:38am 04.09.24 Weather and Forecasting 0/349
CS22 in the Thousand Islands DMD at 6:47am 04.09.24 Ask All Sailors 8/556 Have been looking at a number of CS22s that are for sale. I live on the St Lawrence. Havn't sailed f
Catalina 34 Interior Guystapo at 6:04am 04.09.24 Ask All Sailors 6/765 My interior looks good but needs a good wipe down ..what is a good product for this? Furniture polis
Pic of Hunter 23 Masthead for fitting main topping lift tim_brisbane at 8:19pm 04.08.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/597 Hi all! Looking at fitting a topping lift to my hunter 23. It lives at a marina a long way from my h
Easiest way to obtain fuel sample from bottom of tank on a Catalina 310? Monheganlover at 4:18pm 04.08.24 Catalina 310 10/1390 As part of spring commissioning, I want to extract 1 cup of diesel from the bottom of my tank to che
Hunter 216 to buy? AlwaysSailing at 1:59pm 04.08.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/786 Hi all, I joined this forum as I am considering picking up a Hunter 216. They come and go for sale
Lofrans Tigres Horizontal Windlass dLj at 9:40am 04.08.24 Ask All Sailors 9/1225 I'm going to have to rebuild my windlass, the Lofrans Tigres. It apparently has a "safety feature" w
Has anyone used the self adhesive shims to cure stanchion wobble? AndyL at 7:46am 04.08.24 Big Boats 12/1308 Hi, This question is re: 2004 Hunter 36 The Hunter store sells small strips of self adhesive SS to
Bilge water smells like gas (1) Bluebonnet87 at 4:09am 04.08.24 Smaller Boats 6/1057 Hi all, I'm in process of siphoning out some water in the bilge of this 26.5 i just pruchased. Im j
Refrigerator thermostat wiring (2) danm1 at 5:46pm 04.07.24 Big Boats 16/4265 I have the top loading Adler Barbour freezer and adjacent fridge on my Hunter 356. The freezer therm
Monoceros thru-hulls monocerosin at 4:59pm 04.07.24 The Cherubini Hunters 11/1260 Hello again 37c group! Got some thru-hull questions in video form qaYsRSZ3CSQ
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: Ted10028 at 3:22pm 04.07.24 Ask All Sailors 85/6704 Had a minor disaster the other day; now thinking this is best approach. Please let me know what you
Disassemble Older Morse Shifter (1) Jackfmcc at 1:27pm 04.07.24 Ask All Sailors 5/685 Anyone know how to disassemble this old Morse shifter? I need to relocate it to a different spot in
ghost striping / lettering residue domer94 at 10:34am 04.07.24 Ask All Sailors 7/497 i removed old decals / name etc with combo of eraser wheel and heat gun. seems there is still some

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Battery recommendation - anchor windless dLj at 8:46pm 05.04.25 I like AGM's for start batteries and AGM's for my bow thruster and windlass. I prefer Lifeline AGM's
Tight furler skunther at 8:40pm 05.04.25 You may have a slack forestay. If the forestay has a lot of play this can cause the extrusion to be
Bench testing alternator Stu Jackson at 8:37pm 05.04.25 I'm looking to get this bench tested at an auto parts store...I'm guessing that to test this altern
Battery recommendation - anchor windless Screen Saver at 8:19pm 05.04.25 Yea the above views are not uncommon, and I readily admit that for most I am possibly of a different
Non binary boaters Muttondressedaslamb at 7:56pm 05.04.25 I did some searching and can't find anything saying horlacker died due its name. Apparently, in th
Down the (New Design) Hatch! ...3TacksontheWater at 7:11pm 05.04.25 Update - Goodness, I hate Silicone! Between April Showers and work related travel (which is a good t
Battery recommendation - anchor windless American_Mainsail at 6:50pm 05.04.25
Bench testing alternator jssailem at 6:22pm 05.04.25 I took an alternator to an auto electric shop. He put the unit on his test equipment. Spun up the al
Battery recommendation - anchor windless jssailem at 6:15pm 05.04.25 For most of my windlass usage I am running the auxiliary with the alternator providing a charge to t
Tight furler jssailem at 6:10pm 05.04.25 You may have a slack forestay. If the forestay has a lot of play this can cause the extrusion to be
Tight furler JoeWhite at 6:08pm 05.04.25 I roll up the jib while going downwind and the main blankets the jib. This takes the load off of the
First post. New C22 owner boulevardtalonman at 5:59pm 05.04.25 Here is a video of the motor I got with the boat running
First post. New C22 owner boulevardtalonman at 5:57pm 05.04.25 Thanks for the replies, I found a good drawing to make bridals, but am still fuzzy on how they attac
Traveler car/track as tether? jssailem at 5:54pm 05.04.25 (like a catapult broach) C7OwVBz2JlE Then there are some events that it is difficult to plan for.
Starter switch sporadically engages starter skunther at 5:31pm 05.04.25 Here is a link to a company that deals with Yanmar parts. You can see where the fuse is located on
Battery recommendation - anchor windless mermike at 5:29pm 05.04.25 I will add that several companies offer dual purpose LFP start/house batteries. Epoch and Dakota are
Battery recommendation - anchor windless mermike at 5:21pm 05.04.25 It depends on the windlass requirements. LFP at first glance seems like the best solution, but as @d
Battery recommendation - anchor windless dlochner at 5:04pm 05.04.25 Yea could be new carts. Lithium batteries have far better initial current than any other convention
Tight furler Project_Mayhem at 4:48pm 05.04.25 It helps to round up into the wind so there's less load on the sail. Does your drum spin freely? Do
Starter switch sporadically engages starter heritage at 4:37pm 05.04.25 Here is a link to a company that deals with Yanmar parts. You can see where the fuse is located on

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