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380 Rollers For Running Rigging Under Turtleshell planoron at 10:43pm 05.21.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/542 Thanks in advance. I am finishing a refit and while restepping the mast I found that the nylon(?) r
Straightening Rolling furler track azsailing at 9:45pm 05.21.17 Trailer Sailors 11/3142 Anybody have any ideas about how to straighten a plastic rolling furler track that has a bit of an s
looking for heavy-duty mast cleaner njlarry at 8:47pm 05.21.17 Ask All Sailors 3/367 About to pull our mast and among the many tasks planned is a good cleaning. It is really dirty espec
Parts I can't buy (1) Ken Cross at 6:08pm 05.21.17 Ask All Sailors 53/3459 I broke a small clamp that holds the autopilot ring on the wheel. I didn't find a ready supply of pa
Battery installation - Any suggestions El Jeffe at 3:40pm 05.21.17 Smaller Boats 10/3601 I'm a brand new owner of a 2001 C16.5. Can't wait to get it in the water. I'm interested in any ad
Locals Only! surfforce 1 at 2:36pm 05.21.17 Mid-Size Boats 0/622 Anyone out there in the Long Beach California area who wants to go sailing this week? I'll host! Cap
Sea Lion grabs young girl Brian D at 1:56pm 05.21.17 Sails Call Lounge 28/2542 People feeding the Sea Lion, little girls sits on the edge, and then... wpDPvq81sC4
Rules question? (1) Ted at 1:20pm 05.21.17 Ask All Sailors 19/946 Just wondering who would have the right of way, a sailboat or a building?
shroud replacement gblankinship at 12:55pm 05.21.17 Ask An Oday Owner 6/836 I bent the threaded end on the upper shroud of my o'day 23. Does anyone know where I can order a rep
Engine RPM's fluxulating thaeni at 12:25pm 05.21.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 18/1405 While mothering in heavy seas (6to8') my rpm's would fluxulate from 2800 down to 2000. This went on
H23.5 transducer placement and install Chris Flanagan at 10:18am 05.21.17 Smaller Boats 23/1727 I was following an earlier post by Dave Congdon and still having no luck getting a reading. I chose
Broken Seacock - repair options? (2) dph123 at 8:36am 05.21.17 Ask All Sailors 18/4621 I went down to the boat to diagnose an overheating problem. I started at the seawater intake. I st
Outboard motor oil RWSlater at 8:31am 05.21.17 Ask All Sailors 12/934 Do y'all use synthetic oil in your 4 stroke outboards?
2007 Beneteau 343 aft cabin bed sheets Ciarabc at 8:05am 05.21.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1028 Can anyone provide solution for bed sheets in our aft cabin?
Unstepping an O'Day 25 Quick help needed Nevada Mike at 7:17am 05.21.17 Ask An Oday Owner 8/1186 I have a new to me O'Day 25 and was able to step the mast with much more worry than actual drama. T
New style shroud retainers (1) Tony_Furst at 5:07am 05.21.17 Smaller Boats 14/1857 Replaced the original rubber shroud retainer plugs on my 23.5 with the new style retainer covers fro
Lifting Rings for dinghy Solstice at 4:38am 05.21.17 Ask All Sailors 12/4785 Just received my PVC Zodiac and as I suspected I need to add lifting D-Rings to my bow as it will li
Small sail repair azsailing at 10:41pm 05.20.17 Trailer Sailors 4/846 Hi guys, My boat came with a genny on a rolling furler. Most of the sail is in good shape, but it h
Catalina 22 Swing Keel restoration (1) Harley at 10:24pm 05.20.17 Catalina 22 16/3633 So I bought a Catalina 22 and want to restore functionality of the swing keel but as you can see fro
Bottom Paint surfforce 1 at 7:21pm 05.20.17 Mid-Size Boats 13/1610 Hello all! Seriously, what happens if I don't haul out and paint bottom? If I have to paint bottom h

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Freedom 10 buzzing dlochner at 7:35pm 07.03.24 hearing an occasional buzzing from my Freedom 10. Also note that the Link 2000 is flashing "Lo Bat
Freedom 10 buzzing JoeWhite at 7:29pm 07.03.24 The buzzing may be a cooling fan that has accumulated lint a or is off balance or the bearings are w
1984 Hunter 20 - Restoration Thread shemandr at 7:12pm 07.03.24 Ugh! "You got it bad, and that ain't good." Credit to Duke Ellington and Paul Francis Weber.
1984 Hunter 20 - Restoration Thread rgranger at 6:41pm 07.03.24 ThNks for sharing. Keep the pics coming:beer:
Running 110V next to 12V while at shore mermike at 6:17pm 07.03.24 Do you have any suggestions ? Smurf tube: https://www.homedepot.com/s/smurf%20tube?NCNI-5
Electrical panel backing board dLj at 6:16pm 07.03.24 where did you get that nice panel ? Thinking about doing something similar It came with my boat. P
Running 110V next to 12V while at shore zinahewitt at 6:11pm 07.03.24 Split loom conduit is a very common choice for that purpose in boats. It gives good chafe protectio
Running 110V next to 12V while at shore Davidasailor26 at 4:30pm 07.03.24 Split loom conduit is a very common choice for that purpose in boats. It gives good chafe protection
Running 110V next to 12V while at shore zinahewitt at 4:26pm 07.03.24 Having ripped out miles of poor wiring from my boat, installed by people who's strong suits were no
Question on Changing Keel Wench in the Water ShawnL at 3:24pm 07.03.24 You can certainly replace the winch while on the water. Just crank the keel down all the way and ke
Curiosity might be making me overthink (1) fred1diver at 2:15pm 07.03.24 Ok, so time went by and I did a few things, still a work in progress, I will take pics next time I a
Electrical panel backing board fred1diver at 2:05pm 07.03.24 As you are designing your panel I just thought I'd share a photo of a section of my panel that I ac
Is my foresail too big? kappykaplan at 1:15pm 07.03.24 No lofts in your area? I'm sure there are many folks on this forum who can recommend someone. good
Yanmar YSM12 fuel injection pump mjberns at 12:22pm 07.03.24 Thanks, Charles, good to know. We were able to rebuild the pump and now we're about to replace the v
Yanmar YSM12 fuel injection pump Charles Erwin at 12:11pm 07.03.24 Don't know if this helps but the high-pressure pump internal components are almost certainly the sam
H33 (2005) bilge pump float switch question JoeWhite at 12:05pm 07.03.24 A voltmeter is your friend. Do you measure voltage at the wires near the pump?
Alternator wiring question? BAD ORCA at 12:03pm 07.03.24 Yes, the alternator will sense its output voltage and self-excite just as much as needed to keep th
Seeking Sailboat Recommendations for Lakeside Launch shemandr at 11:27am 07.03.24 Who owns the property under the jetty? I wouldn't describe a Sunfish as comfortable or stabile.
Looking to upgrade from a C22 to?? Timm R Oday25 at 11:25am 07.03.24 Although it might be hard to argue with the boats already mentioned , I will add one more . The Hut
Alternator wiring question? Davidasailor26 at 11:07am 07.03.24 Ok, that makes sense. I guess It would need some sort of battery voltage sensing (the alternator)

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