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Proper water tank reading here? (1) JosefR at 11:46am 05.31.17 Catalina 30 16/1447 137199 My physics ain't that good, since I never had any, but I was wondering if you stuck a SCAD se
O'Day 20 Centerboard CHris F at 11:14am 05.31.17 Ask An Oday Owner 3/833 I think that the centerboard on our "new to us" 1976 O'Day 20 is not extending fully - she does not
Long time sailer returning to the water Steve Atkinson at 7:43am 05.31.17 Catalina 22 17/954 My son Ethan just purchased a 1983 Catalina 22, his first large boat after sailing a sunfish for 10
Bentteau 373 engine won't turn over Peter M at 6:40am 05.31.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 15/2686 My 373 with Yanmar 3ym30 wont start on first turn of the key. Sometimes it takes 7 or 8 times before
Florida bound wyctoronto at 6:34am 05.31.17 Ask All Sailors 25/1490 Getting a second anchor and rode for the trip south and requesting feedback on how much chain most o
Speaker blocks for stack pack install questions (3) Adrock1.8t at 5:08am 05.31.17 Ask All Sailors 11/695 Hey all, I am having Doyle stack packs and lazy Jack's installed today. They have already installed
Admiral's Galley..12502 (6) rpludwig at 2:28am 05.31.17 Catalina 22 18/3366 2 pc 4/4x6"x6' sapele, a pc of scrap sandstone corian....damn, not a square/plumb/level 90angle in*
C'Mon! Seriously? --and a question about new mast base: (3) pclarksurf at 9:58pm 05.30.17 Catalina 22 4/1106 Back Story-- "Maryann" is getting ever closer to a splash date, and after finishing the keel refurb
How does the Bilge work on a Hunter 20? (1) CanyonLake at 9:31pm 05.30.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1160 I have been recently gifted a Hunter 20 that has been out of the water for ten years. It's dirty an
A novella, dedicated to a cool tool I never even knew about..... (1) ilance at 8:40pm 05.30.17 Catalina 22 4/638 having been reading about this Fein "Multi Tool" for several years, I still avoided temptation.....
Victoria 18 Sliding Hatch Covers karena at 8:07pm 05.30.17 Ask All Sailors 1/355 Any photos of your fiberglass sliding hatch cover for your Vic 18? I own 1.5 Vics - please don't ju
1975 Mac venture 25 spreader tips Boogaloo at 7:26pm 05.30.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1198 Im new to this forum. I resently purchased a 75 Macgregor venture 25. Can anyone tell me where I can
Part to hold the shrouds in the mast stackwalker at 7:14pm 05.30.17 Smaller Boats 8/758 I'm not sure what these are called, but the previous owner jammed these pieces of folded up plastic
SBO store measurements for running rigging VanIslandGuy at 4:31pm 05.30.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/898 Anyone have experience with this: When I go into my H410 owners manual on page 46A; the mainsail,
guppy 13 d furler install (4) sailorforever at 3:56pm 05.30.17 Guppy 0/1491 weathers great sailing is fun, got my furler installed, here are some pictures. i had an old sail
Lightning Strikes Milton.Audas at 2:22pm 05.30.17 Catalina 22 20/3847 While trying tho understand why none of my electronics worked on the boat this past weekend, but had
Improving pointing ability by sheeting inside shrouds Alctel at 1:49pm 05.30.17 The Cherubini Hunters 6/2199 Now I know Rardi was looking at this a while back but not sure if he ended up doing anything. On my
Remote for Windless seadaddler at 11:55am 05.30.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/512 Just installed this remote for windless that I found on Amazon and it was $39.80 plus free prime shi
Jib sock tsennett at 9:04am 05.30.17 Day Sailers 12/4560 I am refreshing an old O'day Javelin. It has a jib furler (Harken) so the jib stays on the forestay
Troubleshooting my bilge pump circuit reset/fuse (2) plenny7 at 8:48am 05.30.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/5576 The gist of the problem, other than that I'm a noob, is that I'm not sure how the bilge reset works

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Hunter Passage 42 forward head seawater hose clogged Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 10:10am 06.23.24 37038-2012 is the part # for a jabsco toilet 12v solenoid valve with vented loop. However, replacing
mast attach points (1) Fly4rfun at 9:50am 06.23.24 OK back, here is a photo
B331 Bilge Pump electrical Issues jssailem at 9:11am 06.23.24 Trace wires... The common suspect is connections. They are exposed and often the site of corrosion.
Looking for source for used roller furling and jib. morbidfollower at 8:30am 06.23.24 There's nothing "wrong" with having a hank-on jib or genoa. People have been using them for a (rea
Head treatment Calif. Ted at 8:19am 06.23.24 I've been using Odorlos (liquid) for a couple decades now, there is no "head" odor on my boat. If th
Looking for source for used roller furling and jib. ShawnL at 8:04am 06.23.24 There's nothing "wrong" with having a hank-on jib or genoa. People have been using them for a (real
Looking for source for used roller furling and jib. shemandr at 6:46am 06.23.24 Here's a directory. Warning: This is not a secure site. http://www.allaboutsalvage.com/marine/cali
Looking for source for used roller furling and jib. shemandr at 6:39am 06.23.24 There are marine salvage yards. But I don't know of any outside of Florida and the NE. Maybe a loc
Blown exhaust not enough I guess odaydokay at 6:04am 06.23.24 Many thanks to you both for checking in. Very useful thinking from both of you and much appreciate
Looking for source for used roller furling and jib. justsomeguy at 5:40am 06.23.24 relatively inexpensive good new components. Check out CDI roller furlers.
Thermostat (1) UpperPintle at 5:35am 06.23.24 Did you resolve your engine thermostat question? I also have a M5444 and the manual specs running t
Head treatment thinwater at 5:22am 06.23.24
Downsizing to a 260 dlochner at 4:30am 06.23.24 This is where a Stack pack is worth every penny. We struggled with flaking our new heavy stiff mains
Hunter Passage 42 forward head seawater hose clogged BBC16385 at 4:14am 06.23.24 Yes, I found my issue but the toilet still does not work. I covered the air intakes on the solenoid
Hunter 260 Edison Steering Pulley (Cable Jump) Davidasailor26 at 3:51am 06.23.24 How is the sheave attached to the bracket? My Lewmar pedestal has the sheaves riding on a pin, held
Mobile navigation app Captain Larry-DH at 3:43am 06.23.24 My iPad has several apps. Aqua maps is one. Coastal Explorer, which I used on a PC and PC Laptop no
Blown exhaust not enough I guess Hayden Watson at 1:54am 06.23.24 I have found that my M25XP is very sensitive to any loss of coolant. I installed a coolant overflow
Hunter 260 Edison Steering Pulley (Cable Jump) philiefay at 10:20pm 06.22.24 Having done some research.. I have read about others drilling a 6" 3/8 inspection port under the ped
Downsizing to a 260 SoSound at 9:39pm 06.22.24
Head treatment rgranger at 9:03pm 06.22.24 Please explain with links. This could be interesting. I can think of a few possibilites, but I'd li

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