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Alternator heat - how serious? Scott T-Bird at 9:41am 08.08.24 Ask All Sailors 10/1394 I've never noticed it until the other day ... my alternator seems to heat up when I am charging on s
Pneumatic Lift for Motor Cover (Hunter 376, maybe others) duck21 at 7:17am 08.08.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/765 Hi all, On the 376 the motor is underneath the steps that lead down into the cabin (the first few a
Boweye Backing Block (2) Ranzo at 5:34pm 08.07.24 Catalina 22 4/1093 Hello everyone! I was installing the Catalina Direct boweye kit and did a poor of drilling the upper
Cockpit table clips (1) wyctoronto at 2:16pm 08.07.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/463
Trailer sailing near toledo john6206 at 12:41pm 08.07.24 Destinations 2/921 Hey everyone! I live in Ann Arbor, my daughter is a student in Columbus (I know . . . Right? Too b
What is this thing? (1) jviss at 12:11pm 08.07.24 Musings With Maine Sail 13/3316 Sorry for the stupid post, but this thing is on my boat, behind the electrical panel, and I always f
How do we know what we know? A question for the ages. dlochner at 8:38am 08.07.24 Ask All Sailors 20/2128 People often come to internet forums to seek answers and solutions to problems they are experiencing
Stepping a mast on a Hunter 33 ADW-Canada at 4:54am 08.07.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/1655 I got a 2008 Hunter 33 this year and am considering options for winter storage. My club requires ma
Catalina 30 sailboat internal cabin lights only work when connected to shore power madthomp at 7:49pm 08.06.24 Ask All Sailors 8/1541 We have a Catalina 30 sailboat and the indoor cabin lights work fine, but only when connected to sho
Hunter 34 Refit Help (1) chloe at 7:08pm 08.06.24 Big Boats 28/4613 Hello All, This is my first time posting here so I apologize for any etiquette mistakes. I recent
Catalina 320 Aft Cabin Ventilation RBWX2 at 2:05pm 08.06.24 Mid-Size Boats 4/1266 Considering purchase of C-320 (Hull #452) for Chesapeake Bay cruising. V Berth is too small for us,
Access to Cummins Onan JeffC at 1:47pm 08.06.24 Beneteau Sense Owners 0/3128 My Cummins Onan Model 6MDKBJ-1100A genset is throwing out a code 27 and I think I have either a bad
Head & shower air conditioning duct/hose SEMPERAVANTI41 at 1:08pm 08.06.24 Big Boats 3/696 Anyone know what kind ' size of duct/hose Hunter used for the small a/c vent both in the head ' show
Legend 356 / 36 Rig question therowans at 5:01am 08.06.24 Big Boats 2/612 We have just had the standing rigging replaced - however the end of the boom is now quite a bit high
Cracked stringer on project boat (3) $2pearson37-2 at 12:11am 08.06.24 Ask All Sailors 28/2776 226604226605226606
E-scooters jviss at 7:47am 08.05.24 Ask All Sailors 4/968 Anyone else have an e-scooter on board? We have two of these, a Xiaomi M365, and one that's just li
1981 H-33 Plexiglass coach top slide cover azambella at 8:23pm 08.04.24 The Cherubini Hunters 0/394 Our slide cover has cracked. It has survived 43 years ov UV and human abuse but now need replacing.
Using the aft stay wostenberg at 5:39pm 08.04.24 Ask All Sailors 4/649 How to attach a Flag ' Pendant to the Aft Stay and be able to raise or lower it from the cockpit of
The fog of shore Tiffany at 3:58pm 08.04.24 Ask All Sailors 12/2113 Give us fog tips and tell your best harrowing fog stories.
Hunter 28.5 2GM20 exhaust soot in bilge inkunzi at 1:18pm 08.04.24 Ask All Sailors 16/1621 My 1988 Hunter 28.5 with the 2GM20 engine has black sooty water collecting in the bilge. I also have

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Yamaha 30 - have you done a Beta engine re-power install in the vberth? Blue Horizon at 9:32am 11.11.25
Rigging Quote jssailem at 9:06am 11.11.25 It is a challenge. The tri-color on the mast helps to stand out to vessels like commercial shipping.
Solar Flares may bring Northern Lights into view (2) jssailem at 8:59am 11.11.25 235407
Water under cabin sole Benny17441 at 8:54am 11.11.25 Don't know about the water ballasted h26s but most boats have more than a few gallons of water trapp
Catalina 22 Aluminum Bulkhead Replacement holeshot8600 at 8:10am 11.11.25 Thanks for the replies and I apologize for the delay; I can add to it. 1978 Swing Keel - The cabin
Rigging Quote Scott T-Bird at 7:58am 11.11.25 Marinebeam makes a combo anchor/tricolor light that only requires the typical 2-wire setup for an an
Happy Veterans Day (1) jssailem at 7:42am 11.11.25 Thanks you for our service.
Shore Power Fault - Above my pay grade..... Deparlocean at 7:36am 11.11.25 Hello all of you! I read a bit of the thread but not all. Here are my conclusions for the differen
1984 Spindrift 15 foor Crazy Dave Condon at 6:54am 11.11.25 @PConti2025 can you tell me year of boat and trailer. Can you please provide a picture of the co
Raise the mast single handed How? Crazy Dave Condon at 6:42am 11.11.25 @PConti2025 Is your boat a daysailor or better yet what is the length of your boat? I am a former
Old 2004-era ST60 wind instrument Scott T-Bird at 6:33am 11.11.25 I have an old Seatalk-1 backbone (wind/depth/speed/autopilot) with a newer standalone Axiom 9. I'm
Hows this boom/mast look.. on my "new" (1971) Catalina 22 kappykaplan at 5:48am 11.11.25 Which will result in excessive heeling and poor upwind sailing. :plus:
Fuel range for C30 with M25-XP Project_Mayhem at 5:34am 11.11.25 I started out around 2000RPM at 4kts. Then increased to a cruising RPM of 2500. Little did I know, t
Hows this boom/mast look.. on my "new" (1971) Catalina 22 dlochner at 5:29am 11.11.25 Blown out main will result in a lot of weather helm when wind conditions pipe up because you can't
How to rebed the bow pulpit on a 1987 RKenSailor at 5:11am 11.11.25 235402 ... the aft legs don't have any nuts under them, just these thin stainless plates, somewha
Rigging Quote dlochner at 5:08am 11.11.25 The Chesapeake can certainly get choppy, especially in your area with the water being pretty shallow
Rigging Quote shemandr at 5:06am 11.11.25
Spring Launch Checklists for through hulls Claude L.-Auger at 4:59am 11.11.25 What specific product (s) would you recommend? Since I generally have olive oil in the galley that
How to rebed the bow pulpit on a 1987 (3) Gene Neill at 4:48am 11.11.25 I installed ports on each side to rebed (and reinforce!) the cleats, as well as give more access to
Old 2004-era ST60 wind instrument StuartSailor at 4:32am 11.11.25 The wind transducer is the same for ST as for StNG. The change from analog to digital takes place at

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