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Help with Low Oil Pressure troubleshoot Afraal at 8:30pm 07.30.23 Catalina 310 24/2546 Hello Forum, I need to appeal to your collective wisdom for guidance. Today as we were motoring bac
Sailing in higher winds. (1) zinahewitt at 7:44pm 07.30.23 Ask All Sailors 6/502 Hi All, Hope your weekend went nicely. I have a boat, it is a Dufour 34, 1975. It is a simple boat
Hunter 146 boom pulling away from gooseneck rivets (2) Eric S. at 6:56pm 07.30.23 Day Sailers 6/1034 See attached photos. Any thoughts on how to fix this? Am I looking at a new boom/gooseneck assembl
Rear Traveler Cam Cleat (1) pcharn01 at 6:41pm 07.30.23 Catalina 22 3/545 Gene, A few years ago you posted a video sailing in FL Keys. The C22 had a rear traveler with ca
Hunter 290 or 306 in Bahamas CliffA at 3:20pm 07.30.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1419
Hunter 18.5 Forestay Connection (1) abouttime at 3:08pm 07.30.23 Smaller Boats 2/746 There is a definite learning curve when getting a different boat. Sometimes you just do stuff with
Old DataMarine instrument ...does it speak NMEA0183? (2) Tally Ho at 1:57pm 07.30.23 Ask All Sailors 36/2080
Catalina 30 push-button start mystery BAdrianWhite at 12:23pm 07.30.23 Catalina 30 15/2038 I am hoping someone might have an idea of what my problem is with our pushbutton start on my 1981 Ca
Ran air into my water pump (3) DestinySoyQuick at 9:13am 07.30.23 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 9/1594
cabin fresh water pump PeteT at 6:49pm 07.29.23 Ask All Sailors 5/385 I have a Hot and Cold set up in my CAT 30, 1980. The cold water side in the galley and the head flo
PSS Replacement (3) thetone at 11:30am 07.29.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/723 Help Desperately Needed, My 1990 33s5 was launched yesterday after sitting for two years and had to
Delayed start. charliec30 at 10:01am 07.29.23 Mid-Size Boats 16/1313 When I first start diesel I prime for 15 seconds then hit start. Nothing but fuel pump running and s
Hunter 23.5 topping lift rigging. (1) HunterStClair at 9:31am 07.29.23 Smaller Boats 7/1408 Hello all, we having a question regarding the proper/best way to rig the topping lift on our Hunter
Alberg 22 - possible to launch / retrieve solo? Anchored87 at 9:18am 07.29.23 Ask All Sailors 17/1280
Solar water heat exchanger gettinthere at 8:03am 07.29.23 Ask All Sailors 28/1516 I have a 6 gallon hot water tank. It has the heat exchanger circuit using the engine coolant to heat
Hunter 376 Recessed Lighting duck21 at 5:42am 07.29.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/445 Hi everyone, Our 376 has recessed lights along the edge of the headliner in the main cabin. These l
H 29.5 flat top main Bentsailor at 4:59am 07.29.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/484 Hello to the group ! We are new caretakers of a 94 H29.5 that could use a new set of sails, any rec
First Sailing Forum! getting the sailing bug to the owner ship level Qomomoko at 3:23pm 07.28.23 Ask All Sailors 21/1573 Hello sailors. My experience with sailing/sailors has only been about 3 years, but it was been over
Lewmar V700 Windlass Fred at 1:55pm 07.28.23 Ask All Sailors 7/1053 Is there any reason that a Lewmar V700 windlass could not be installed on a vertical surface in the
Odd fuel leak: Need a diagnostic clue (2) matts997 at 12:19pm 07.28.23 Engines and Propulsion 27/1567 After returning from a 20 mile cruise, I discovered a pretty severe fuel leak beneath my fairly new,

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Purchase questions 38 Ralph Johnstone at 2:22pm 09.24.24 2. their is a leak at one of the Bose speakers. I assume it's from a window? What is the proper fix
Protection for Tailing Well Edges Ralph Johnstone at 2:09pm 09.24.24 some sort of Edge Guard to see the Tailing Well edges from getting beat up? Just had to ask ....
holding tank pump out blowing macerator gaskets? Ed whatnot at 1:57pm 09.24.24 Nothing is creating pressure, it's all suction. The pumpout is pulling in air via the vent. There's
Purchase questions 38 ldd at 1:49pm 09.24.24 thanks Shemandr, it was pee. Notified selling broker. We did not want to be accused. the rest of t
Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine BigEasy at 1:39pm 09.24.24 I feel for those folks from Cape San Blas , Apalachicola, Carrabelle, and on down to around Hudson
Purchase questions 38 shemandr at 1:33pm 09.24.24 5). It's likely that someone didn't "Forget" to flush the toilet. They didn't want to pay for a pum
Extra line from boom...what is it? dlochner at 12:29pm 09.24.24 I just need to learn a bit more about how the different blocks work. For this application you'll
Starter motor burned up? KCofKC at 12:14pm 09.24.24 You can also go to the technical section in Catalina Direct and they have technical articles on it a
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard dmax at 12:12pm 09.24.24 Can you part it out yourself before giving it to the scrapyard? You should at least get some money f
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard David W at 12:10pm 09.24.24 What a shame. When I had my Crown 34, the surveyor said there were blisters and then my insurance co
holding tank pump out blowing macerator gaskets? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 12:07pm 09.24.24 I'm just a little surprised that the vent wouldn't compensate for this and prevent pressure from goi
Lubricating outhaul car/track stickinthemud57 at 11:59am 09.24.24 Sailkote and McLube are both excellent products. Sailkote for the slug tracks and McLube for travele
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard aftica_1 at 10:54am 09.24.24 Thank you to everyone for your help. I think its time for me to throw in the towel. I bought the
Extra line from boom...what is it? degas at 10:36am 09.24.24 Are you sure the topping lift line isn't a repurposed reef line? That's the case on my boat, wher
holding tank pump out blowing macerator gaskets? Ed whatnot at 10:03am 09.24.24 thx Peggy. I'm just a little surprised that the vent wouldn't compensate for this and prevent press
Starter motor burned up? Richard19068 at 10:03am 09.24.24 Off topic but related, you should also check out this article. https://pbase.com/mainecruising/uni
Starter motor burned up? Richard19068 at 9:59am 09.24.24 Perhaps it would be relevant to ask why do you have an amp meter and what does it tell you? Is that
Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine (1) JamesG161 at 9:55am 09.24.24 feel for those folks from Cape San Blas , Apalachicola, Carrabelle, and on down to around Hudson..
Lubricating outhaul car/track JBP-PA at 9:54am 09.24.24 SailKote does glorius things for my sail track. I pop the halyard and the main collapses into the l
Prefer to trailer SteveHughessails at 9:31am 09.24.24 Pulled the boat and brought her home yesterday. This was after an hour at the car wash and $20 bucks

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