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Mast for plastic Walker Bay 10 (4) FTPartridge at 6:56pm 04.06.24 Parts Search 4/1389 As part of liquidating my late parents' estate, I sold the Walker Bay 10 (plastic model) on craigsli
Yanmar 3JH2-TBE with apparently a 4JH heat exchanger core. (3) geoffschultz at 1:47pm 04.06.24 Ask All Sailors 1/530 This is related to Yet another Yanmar overheating issue, but is slightly different. I'm at anchor i
Backup Nav Lights for $2.49 (1) Project_Mayhem at 5:53pm 04.05.24 Ask All Sailors 1/239 I spotted these battery operated nav lights the other day and ordered a set. I haven't opened the bo
Diesel Generator Slow Starting on First Attempt Georgedoyle at 3:34pm 04.05.24 Engines and Propulsion 5/594 I have a Mastervolt Whisper 8 generator With a Mitsubishi L2E engine. It usually starts slowly befor
MORC lacoursmarc at 2:34pm 04.05.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1058 Is the Hunter 29.5 a MORC rated boat?
Selden Boom - Excess Play in Gooseneck Clevis Pin? (2) dkinzer at 2:06pm 04.05.24 Ask All Sailors 11/1367 I removed the boom vang today in preparation for doing some work on it and I noticed a couple of iss
Topping lift xavpil at 1:49pm 04.05.24 Ask All Sailors 11/1090 Hi all. I 419 SO Jeanneau. Mast furling. the topping lift line is currently NOT brought to the cockp
Does anybody know what size wire or threaded rod life lines are on Catalina 320, 2004 Ted10028 at 1:25pm 04.05.24 Ask All Sailors 6/519 I want to attach 2 Pelican Hooks on my life lines for easy access off the bow. But cant order withou
Gennaker Halyard Lead for Oceanis 37. Fractional or Masthead? (1) JP Pacific at 1:19pm 04.05.24 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/612
Sailing down the channel (1) Rodsails at 11:33am 04.05.24 Show Us Your Boat--Videos 2/702 Finishing up a great night of racing
Simple electronic install - first time advice needed (2) circa1971la at 5:32am 04.05.24 Ask All Sailors 15/1062
Hunter 34 rudder Marauder at 5:52pm 04.04.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/687 Hello Hunter owners, I'm looking at potential purchase of a 80's Hunter 34 in NZ. I've read about th
lovely boat ---about to be crushed in FL, due to incompetence. . MitchM at 4:45pm 04.04.24 Ask All Sailors 9/780 the Facebook group Com-Pac Yacht owners just published a very sad story today . the
170 cracked warranty hull (1) cracked warranty hull at 2:58pm 04.04.24 Day Sailers 3/718 Looking for repair guidance for a crack in a 170 warranty replacement hull. I May remember wrong but
Mast conduit capacity questions, how many and how much CbKl at 11:36am 04.04.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/680 Happy Spring everybody, We have 1993, Legend 40.5. I'd like to sample the wisdom and observations of
What's on the underside of the stanchions on my 23-2? AndrewJillings at 5:18am 04.04.24 Ask An Oday Owner 3/411 It's time to re-bed the stanchions and I'm wondering what's on the other end of the bolts that hold
Converting 5411 to Electric Drive - removing old coupler (1) rob452 at 6:22pm 04.03.24 Catalina 30 6/664 We have finally accepted that our aging 5411 (1980) is no longer up to the task at hand and have com
voltage drop with deck light only chelsabella at 6:06pm 04.03.24 Ask All Sailors 11/785 Just rewired my mast with new wire for anchor light and combo deck/steaming light. Testing connectio
Ruined mast or not a big deal? (2) cstan at 5:40pm 04.03.24 Ask All Sailors 26/2162 Just purchased my first boat, a 1974 Catalina 27 and realized while I was getting everything setup t
Solar / lithium question xavpil at 5:13pm 04.03.24 Ask All Sailors 16/976 hi all I have 2x 200Ah Dakota litium batteries. The solar panel leave me at the beginning of the ev

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Traveler car/track as tether? Project_Mayhem at 7:42pm 05.03.25 It's interesting how we get so wrapped up with tether systems and don't talk as much about setting
Starter switch sporadically engages starter marcham at 7:22pm 05.03.25 If you run AWG 10 to the control panel from the starter positive, then a 30A fuse about 12 inches fr
Non binary boaters Muttondressedaslamb at 6:50pm 05.03.25 Ich spreche kein Deutsch.
Starter switch sporadically engages starter dlochner at 6:16pm 05.03.25
Starter switch sporadically engages starter skunther at 6:15pm 05.03.25
Ridder bearing bolt tightness (1) max_sailing at 6:10pm 05.03.25 Thanks @kloudie1. Focusing my search on packing gland instead of bearing I found a lot more info, in
Non binary boaters (1) Ralph Johnstone at 5:52pm 05.03.25 Interestingly there was an inexpensive brand of beer that was discontinued because of the deliberat
Non binary boaters Ralph Johnstone at 5:40pm 05.03.25 Just wondering what is an SA thread I don't get out much but I'm going to assume that stands for
Chain splice Rich Stidger at 5:37pm 05.03.25 Anybody know if the gypsy can handle this amount of error for a single link or will it jamb up ever
Starter switch sporadically engages starter dlochner at 5:34pm 05.03.25 So the factory fuse on the circuit would be on the supply side to the starter switch, not on the wi
Starter switch sporadically engages starter heritage at 5:13pm 05.03.25 There is a fuse on the power going to the instrument panel. It is a part of the wiring bundle betwe
Sleeping, quarter berth or settee? (1) twodzusfittings at 5:12pm 05.03.25 Settee/Couch I re purposed a wooden bunk bed piece in place of a lee cloth.
Starter switch sporadically engages starter skunther at 4:11pm 05.03.25 So the factory fuse on the circuit would be on the supply side to the starter switch, not on the wir
New Boat! smokey73 at 3:49pm 05.03.25 Why DM? Just let us know the details.
Sail Shape Indysailor at 3:33pm 05.03.25
Non binary boaters kappykaplan at 3:18pm 05.03.25 Is that a sister forum to this one? I wouldn't say that . . .
Battery recommendation - anchor windless Davidasailor26 at 3:18pm 05.03.25
New Boat! Snarkhunter at 3:05pm 05.03.25 End of the line for #42. DM for details.
Chain splice Captain Larry-DH at 2:29pm 05.03.25 I was looking at the dimensions on this Crosby G-335 link in the 3/8" size and it does have the sam
Starter switch sporadically engages starter dlochner at 2:21pm 05.03.25 I assume the existing circuit would have already been fused, correct? I have traced the circuit tho

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