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Mast pad eye replacement (1) adrianp7 at 9:51pm 07.15.24 Catalina 30 0/513 I unfortunately broke the bottom pad eye during a gybe in heavier wind. I managed to remove the base
Very hard to turn wheel steering on a 1987 Pearson 27 chrisyse at 2:34pm 07.15.24 Pearson 5/1850 My P27 is equipped an outboard rudder controlled with a standard Edson wheel assembly which drives a
1984 Hunter 27 - Emergency Tiller System (4) Hunter Enthusiast at 1:28pm 07.15.24 Ask All Sailors 23/2084 Greetings all, I recently purchased a 1984 Hunter 27 and am diligently preparing it for sea. One i
Looking for replacement turnbuckles Wolffman08 at 12:36pm 07.15.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/1970 I have a Hunter 23. The deck end of the turnbuckles have become bent. I want to replace them. I'm
Considering Teak Cockpit Makeover (3) Foswick at 12:26pm 07.15.24 Ask All Sailors 27/4481 Ugh ... I think I have just about resigned to a complete cockpit makeover. When I bought this boat
Replacement hatch cover wood family at 12:15pm 07.15.24 Ask An Oday Owner 2/598 Anyone know where I can buy a replacement forward hatch cover for an 81 O'Day 23? Thanks
Hunter 376 Water Leaking Through Salon Lights -- Solved? (3) duck21 at 10:38am 07.15.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/18214 Hi all, We've had issues with water coming in through our salon ceiling lights similar to many Hunt
A technique for replacing lines thru line organizers and sheaves (1) Rich Stidger at 10:13am 07.15.24 Ask All Sailors 14/1842 So maybe this technique has been suggested before now, but it might be an original idea. (or not!)
Compartment under bow berth on 285 3GGG at 9:38am 07.15.24 Mid-Size Boats 12/2034 I noticed there is a compartment under the bow berth that has multiple screws holding it down and a
Sticky wheel after disengaging autopilot on Hunter 33 ADW-Canada at 5:53am 07.15.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1226 I'm a fairly new owner of a 2008 Hunter 33. We've engaged and disengaged the autopilot on a few sai
Exhaust elbow riser needed? (2) kbanman at 5:21pm 07.14.24 Engines and Propulsion 5/1261 I'd like to replace the exhaust elbow in my Hunter 320 (yanmar 2GM20F) with a stainless one, but the
1984 Hunter 22 Swing Keel pivot pin (7) Jim_3 at 11:48am 07.14.24 Smaller Boats 4/816 Longtime lurker, first time poster! Forgive me if I breach any protocols... I've owned a 1984 H22
Tiller mount damages fiberglass (1) BTC1984 at 11:16am 07.14.24 Mid-Size Boats 4/757 See photo. It seems like my boat is missing a piece that keeps the tiller mount from hitting the
Is There Such a Thing as 1:1 "Scope?" Kings Gambit at 7:19am 07.14.24 Ask All Sailors 74/6564 If you're up short, the chain is vertical relative to the bottom. Is that 1:1 scope, or actually ze
Covering a 15 ft at a seawall (1) captMarkK at 5:55am 07.14.24 Trailer Sailors 3/1047 I have a 15ft Surprise and I am trying to figure a way to easily cover it and keep out rain water.
Does your 315 naturally list to port? VFR750 at 5:32am 07.14.24 Catalina 310 7/1484 My 315 has a set list to port. About 1+ degree. I have not overloaded gear or stuff on the port si
Furling system issues / broken headsail halyard (3) Misc11 at 4:48am 07.14.24 Ask All Sailors 11/1379 Brand new to sailing, and I've got a snapped headsail halyard. It happened while furling the sail af
Windlass woes as a result of anchoring woes (9) mermike at 7:37pm 07.13.24 Ask All Sailors 27/2801 226017 It was going OK at this point, but when i tried it the first time, the chain piled up and ja
Anchoring woes fred1diver at 6:42pm 07.13.24 Ask All Sailors 7/840 Hello everyone With the admiral helping out more on the boat, we need to find a better solution to
Westerbeke 30B Tachometer Issue Rolihlahla at 6:33pm 07.13.24 Engines and Propulsion 4/915 The tachometer is not reading correctly: sometimes when the engine is not running it sits at 200 RPM

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Shore Power Fault - Above my pay grade..... kloudie1 at 3:43am 11.09.25 Not an expert either, but I'd suspect that the ground to neutral at that power pedestal has become d
What to do first? Sat for 5 years. Old Mercury 4hp Outboard motor MaryEllaRose at 9:36pm 11.08.25 Beware of carbs bought on Amazon. I bought one for my Tohatsu 9.8 and although it looked identical i
Water under cabin sole BobSail at 9:17pm 11.08.25 I had a 2004 260 at Tomahawk Bay for 20 years. One year I was getting water on top after sailing and
Water under cabin sole rgranger at 7:48pm 11.08.25
Shore Power Fault - Above my pay grade..... Rich Stidger at 7:26pm 11.08.25
Shore Power Fault - Above my pay grade..... Davidasailor26 at 7:23pm 11.08.25 At the end of the Smart Plug cable when disconnected from the boat: Hot to Neutral 122.6V Hot to Gr
Shore Power Fault - Above my pay grade..... jason flare at 6:38pm 11.08.25
Electric Outboard motors DArcy at 6:20pm 11.08.25 I keep wondering when Dewalt is going to put one out Not a Dewalt but here you go Wc03KtW2vNA
Alternative to Split Rings Rick Webb at 5:53pm 11.08.25 A pair of forceps is what I use when I am planning on attaching ring dings. If is not something I th
Old 2004-era ST60 wind instrument Captain Larry-DH at 3:58pm 11.08.25 @jaysweet the way I see it you can get the biggest benefit when networking your Axiom by adding AIS
1986 Lacoste 42 manuals MikeKoz at 3:29pm 11.08.25 Makes good sense! Thanks
Help Me With The Wires On The Back Of An Alternator (Hitachi 12v-55A) GeneraiT001 at 3:14pm 11.08.25 It is common practice on production boats for the alternator output (B+) to be connected to the sta
Water under cabin sole kappykaplan at 2:41pm 11.08.25 Welcome to the forum! :beer: Perhaps @rgranger can advise you.
Old 2004-era ST60 wind instrument jaysweet at 2:40pm 11.08.25 Sounds good folks: thanks for the confirmation! I'm leaning towards just replacing the transducer n
H26 Mast not sitting flush dinosound at 2:31pm 11.08.25 It's fine don't worry about it. Those screws are not coming out, not in one piece anyway. Lol, so
H26 Mast not sitting flush dinosound at 2:29pm 11.08.25 If I understand you correctly, your saying one of the four phillips head screws is standing up too
H26 Mast not sitting flush dinosound at 2:27pm 11.08.25 I had to replace mine once. It got bent a little and the top piece would not sit correctly in the
H26 Mast not sitting flush dinosound at 2:25pm 11.08.25 It almost looks as if the mast step on the deck is sitting atop another plate or previous step moun
H26 Mast not sitting flush dinosound at 2:24pm 11.08.25 Can you loosen and take it out? There may be debris under the head. Or you may shave off a little a
H26 Mast not sitting flush dinosound at 2:22pm 11.08.25 Is it the mast base or the deck which has deformed? The mast base is slightly deformed from one sc

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