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Hull (1) Frozen Steve D at 6:35pm 03.26.18 Ask An Oday Owner 3/582 The fiberglass on my keel is rough in texture (not anywhere else on the hull) and now has a few spot
Composting head on B361? Ben4195 at 4:30pm 03.26.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 16/2177 hi all, Have any B361 owners converted to a composting head, and if so, which one did you choose?
Replacement Chain Plate and Support Rod - '84 H31 jmce1587 at 4:17pm 03.26.18 Mid-Size Boats 16/3063 I have placed in the owner mods, the steps taken to replace the chain plate and support rods for bot
Cabling in Hunter 37.5 mast aybabtme at 4:03pm 03.26.18 Big Boats 4/1171 Hey there! This might be a dumb question but I'm fairly new to boats. I'm wondering what I should
Flying Pig's Excellent Adventure (An Unbelievable Electrical Upgrade Story - was: "Battery Woes") Skip Gundlach at 2:18pm 03.26.18 Ask All Sailors 3/691 Flying Pig's Excellent Adventure (An Unbelievable Electrical Upgrade Story - was: "Battery Woes") W
A vacuum for a boat Scuba diver at 2:07pm 03.26.18 Ask All Sailors 34/5920 My wife and I have a 37.5 hunter sailboat, we are looking for a compact vacuum not sure whether it s
Navigating large swells Hydro Therapy at 1:51pm 03.26.18 Ask All Sailors 24/3943 Ive watched this attached link several times. It amazes my every time I watch it. These guys have so
Ship-to-Shore Transport for <25-Foot Boats? thinwater at 1:46pm 03.26.18 Ask All Sailors 29/2776 Putting anything on the fore deck seems impractical. I'm not a fan of towing, because it slows you d
Hunter 34 - pulling the prop shaft markwbird at 1:13pm 03.26.18 Ask All Sailors 2/392 I have a very simple question: Can the propeller shaft on a 1984 Hunter 34 be removed without remov
Humor (1) rgranger at 12:39pm 03.26.18 Sails Call Lounge 5/952 Found this image today and it made me laugh.... https://i.pinimg.com/originals/86/d2/40/86d240d8
SHK/Scallywag & VOR Working an MOB cb32863 at 12:23pm 03.26.18 Ask All Sailors 32/1917 In the southern ocean. Has Survival gear on and hopefully a beacon https://www.volvooceanrace.com/en
Fastest Hull Design and Rig (2) Simon Sexton at 10:45am 03.26.18 Ask All Sailors 18/17051 Hey Everyone, Good afternoon! I wanted to ask everyone today what they think is the fastes
Rigging Diagram for 1980 Catalina 25 Windwalker III at 9:22am 03.26.18 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/19955 Is there a source where I can get a diagram of the rigging and clear explanation of stepping the mas
Generate your own polars (3) Jackdaw at 9:05am 03.26.18 Ask All Sailors 37/15877 It's out of beta now. An on-line VPP system Avalon Navigation (a French Company) will do a very dece
1988 Hunter 37 Legend - Need Info on Engine Cooling and Head valves BobConaway at 8:47am 03.26.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/292 Hello, I've owned my Hunter for 4 years and keep it in Mexico. Sailing season is during the winter t
Replacing my charger. Config questions Justin_NSA at 8:44am 03.26.18 Ask All Sailors 11/685 I plan to replace my Xantrex Freedom 20 charger/inverter with a Sterling Power Pro. I don't need th
Need Advice about Air-X Marine 24v / 12v Manly at 5:57am 03.26.18 Ask All Sailors 8/2578 *edited, to clarify this unit was free* I came across a used Air-X marine wind generator for fr
Boat Title jbreland at 4:59am 03.26.18 Smaller Boats 11/1446 Can anyone tell me on here if boats registered in florida have a title ??? Here in Mississippi we do
New owner questions Rxsail at 4:26am 03.26.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/1053 Hunter 30T 1992, I have ordered a new Jabesco manual toilet. The bolt pattern appears identical bu
Marinebeam foredeck LED bulb for Aquasignal 25 (2) Skipper at 8:34pm 03.25.18 Ask All Sailors 11/2523 Some may remember my bitching about the foredeck 20w bulb failures in the Aqua Signal 25 combo light

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A Sobering but Not Unexpected Incident in the PNW east coaster at 4:06am 06.11.24 I was involved with solving the seaplane problem in Victoria harbour. The end result was a dedicated
Cat310 Engine bed east coaster at 3:35am 06.11.24 Hull no 166 from 2002 no plate such as shown.
Newport 28 batteries Davidasailor26 at 2:28am 06.11.24
A Sobering but Not Unexpected Incident in the PNW SFS at 1:26am 06.11.24 According to the recordings of the radio transmissions that I have heard, the "tower" cautioned the
Cat310 Engine bed john2 at 12:47am 06.11.24 we have hull 58 and is without the plate. we have original engine and transmission.
A Sobering but Not Unexpected Incident in the PNW Ralph Johnstone at 9:47pm 06.10.24 Several interesting tid-bits were passed along from a buddy of mine who is a pilot : - The Harbour
Leaky windows tehsailor at 9:28pm 06.10.24 if you are really tired of doing Windows use go buy some smoked plexiglass and do the VHB tape to mo
H30t Boot Stripe (2) PAC3142 at 7:36pm 06.10.24 I had an H30G. I did the same. I took the bottom paint to the top of the boot stripe, and added a
Halyard line jssailem at 7:13pm 06.10.24 As seen in Cruising World magazine. Polyester (Dacron): For decades, polyester has been the go-to r
Minneapolis Cat 22 advice mach2knots at 7:12pm 06.10.24 Looking for help with setting it up for the first time. Mostly with the CDI furling headsail.
Minneapolis Cat 22 advice LakeShark at 6:58pm 06.10.24 What info are you looking for? I believe the lakes in the cities require electric motors and you ge
Failed Traveler Part rgranger at 6:31pm 06.10.24
Failed Traveler Part Hayden Watson at 6:25pm 06.10.24 The only way to replace that part is to find some lucky C30 owner who is upgrading to the Garhauer f
Failed Traveler Part dlochner at 6:14pm 06.10.24
Is a little water in the bilge okay? captcoho at 6:05pm 06.10.24 You don't indicate if the boat is in the water or on the hard which makes it difficult to diagnose
Halyard line shemandr at 4:30pm 06.10.24
Hood 810 LD Furler (Drum Maintenance/ Replacement) rgranger at 4:20pm 06.10.24
Halyard line catsails8 at 4:18pm 06.10.24 Yeah I understand you don't want to spend a bunch. I urge you to compare the cost of Yacht Braid v
Main Cross Traveler ... Siamese at 4:17pm 06.10.24 I'd call Garhaurer Marine and tell them what you're doing, and send them that and maybe a couple oth
Dish storage rgranger at 4:17pm 06.10.24 :clap:

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