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The most useless product ever made (1) RWSlater at 9:22am 05.14.17 Big Boats 10/1298 These screens have to be the most useless items on this boat. Rant over
Aluminum anchor connection to ss shackle Dusty Mac at 8:17am 05.14.17 Ask All Sailors 20/1542 Have new light weight aluminum anchor for 21 foot sailboat. I understand aluminum to stainless steel
Alcohol stove fuel... C22BC at 7:29am 05.14.17 Ask All Sailors 64/14213 I've recently picked up a Origo 3000 . Does anyone use methyl hydrate instead of denatured alcohol f
2004 Hunter36 keel richard9525 at 10:09pm 05.13.17 Big Boats 7/785 Hi Group looking at 2004 H36. For that year , is the keel lead or iron. thanks richard
rope clutch size njlarry at 6:02pm 05.13.17 Ask All Sailors 10/913 About to order our first rope clutch so have no experience with them. It will be for our genny roll
You choke it, you clear it! Ken13559 at 5:02pm 05.13.17 Ask All Sailors 56/5129 Having read some post on choked toilet discharge hose, I've been very careful using my head bowl...b
New P42 Owner needs electric help (3) Jim_H42 at 5:00pm 05.13.17 Big Boats 25/2609 Greetings ! I'm gradually getting an understanding of my recently purchased 1992 Hunter Passage 42
Cleaning fenders with "brush cleaner" Brian S at 4:49pm 05.13.17 Ask All Sailors 14/2819 Several years ago, there was a blurb in Good Old Boat magazine where a guy said an Amish guy used a
1974 42' Alden Yawl, SHANTI. (3) TomY at 3:17pm 05.13.17 Alden General Chat 3/10492 Owning a 1961 Alden with fiberglass hull and decks with spruce spars, this Alden, 13 years newer, i
Hunter 25 2005 Ruder Missing part (2) Alex111 at 2:17pm 05.13.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/414 Hello Everyone, I have Hunter 25 2005 Rudder Missing part, I don't know the part name. I am using s
Drilling the Boom TortolaTim at 1:52pm 05.13.17 Catalina 22 13/3068 I bought the Cat Direct boom topping lift kit and had a question about the installation. When mounti
Wood care basics for 2004 Hunter 33 Interior (3) richot at 12:14pm 05.13.17 Mid-Size Boats 5/2160 Hello I'm looking to touch up some of the wood interior on our 2004 Hunter 33. I've read the manual
Dodger window clouding (1) capta at 11:53am 05.13.17 Ask All Sailors 11/1659 One side panel on our dodger is clouding. Has anyone found anything which will reverse this or at le
Life line post Garalau2 at 7:44am 05.13.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/512 I would like to tighten the life line posts on my Hunter 38 , 2006. Do we have to remove all the int
more minor stuff recommendations plz... rpludwig at 5:00am 05.13.17 Catalina 22 20/4835 looking to wrap this up in nxt few weeks, so need best/cost effective recommendations for the follow
butyl tape source? gel coat paste source? rpludwig at 4:42am 05.13.17 Catalina 22 18/2491 bottom work done, keel work done, on to bedding deck hdwr ' touchup on some spider cracks... recomme
gunnels wood? (1) Karyon at 6:29pm 05.12.17 Smaller Boats 8/703 I would like to replace the pieces of teak wood on the gunnels, where can I get new ones, or is ther
engine die above an idle Hunter 31 at 6:21pm 05.12.17 Engines and Propulsion 14/1290 Yanmar Diesel in Hunter 31, Boat went in the water today. It has not been in the water for 4 years.
Fix it like the Fonz... VanIslandGuy at 6:11pm 05.12.17 Engines and Propulsion 5/910 Anyone remember Fonzie from Happy Days? Lately I've used the closed fist method to fix two items.
Cam cleats for O'Day 23 ClintonLakeSailor at 6:03pm 05.12.17 Day Sailers 5/1915 Hi all, I am wanting to exchange my horn cleats for cam cleats on my O'Day 23, but wanted to see if

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Universal M 3 20 (1) jssailem at 7:47am 05.12.24 Agree... Fuel would be the suspect high on my list to chase down. You say the boat was built in 19
Happy Mothers Day... jssailem at 7:23am 05.12.24 I'll be pouring wine at the Winery for 1000 of my friends sharing brunch with their Mothers. :biggri
Starting the Yanmar on a H280 Tally Ho at 6:02am 05.12.24 A million thanks to all! Got 'er started nice and easy and managed to avoid the many pitfalls ment
Refrigerator/Solar kappykaplan at 4:38am 05.12.24 Type of house batteries and capacity. Age of house batteries Type of refrigerator (if we know the m
Refrigerator/Solar Captain Larry-DH at 4:30am 05.12.24 I also have a basic converter which attaches to a battery and then has a standard three prong plug
Refrigerator/Solar east coaster at 4:11am 05.12.24 I have an Adler Barbour 50 and it runs great especially since I changed its controller to the 500 se
Starting the Yanmar on a H280 Occasional Heeler at 10:54pm 05.11.24 A million thanks to all! Got 'er started nice and easy and managed to avoid the many pitfalls menti
Birth orientation in Hunter 40.5 MFD at 10:17pm 05.11.24 I have a 41DS, with an athwartship berth aft. I think there are actually some benefits. Offshore, an
Universal M 3 20 Stu Jackson at 8:30pm 05.11.24 In ADDITION to this fine advice, there is this: Fuel Starvation and The Obscure Check Ball Valve F
Birth orientation in Hunter 40.5 shemandr at 7:09pm 05.11.24 We like that!
To cut or not to cut pushpit PaulK at 6:59pm 05.11.24 We have a short section of lifeline across the top opening there, secured with a pelican hook, inst
Stove Cover PaulK at 6:43pm 05.11.24 The cover on my boat is OEM. It fits over top of the stove and pot holders and has two latches to k
Replacing a mast step on a Princess 18 dlochner at 6:41pm 05.11.24 If they smeared epoxy into the slots on the screw heads, they probably smeared it all over the thre
Flickering House Lights dlochner at 6:30pm 05.11.24 A common practice, which does not imply a good practice, by boat builders is to stick more than one
Birth orientation in Hunter 40.5 Rich Stidger at 6:00pm 05.11.24
Universal M 3 20 Davidasailor26 at 5:58pm 05.11.24 In the adage that diesel engines need fuel, air, and compression your symptoms seem to make it unlik
Universal M 3 20 JoeWhite at 5:43pm 05.11.24 Sounds like fuel starvation. Replace both fuel filters. Then clear the fuel hose from tank to prima
Replacing a mast step on a Princess 18 Brian and Anne on Princess 18 at 5:14pm 05.11.24 Many thanks for your excellent advice and for opening my eyes to the concept of the tabernacle.
Flickering House Lights PeteT at 4:38pm 05.11.24 I wondered about that, but I don't know how to test that. Really strange. I wonder if they are in se
Anti seize on coupler set screws? Tally Ho at 4:32pm 05.11.24 If the shaft has not worn evenly, i.e., the shaft is no longer round, it will be more difficult to

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