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H260 Centerboard up-haul lower line diameter Tom2909 at 7:57am 05.23.17 Smaller Boats 3/592 Hi All, I need a new line for the lower section of the centerboard up-haul rig and want to verify th
H260 roof softness Mathieu Fortin at 7:39am 05.23.17 Smaller Boats 5/578 Hello everyone I've owned a 260 with my dad for the past 2 years. I always felt a soft spot on the
New outboard motor (1) Dionysis at 6:49am 05.23.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/441 Guys, I have a problem... I recently bought a new Mercury 15 hp 4 stroke outboard for my 14' john bo
1984 Beneteau 345 RIDAVIDK at 6:26am 05.23.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/605 HI all I am new to the forum, so hello. I have been sailing a 1975 Pearson 28 for the last 4 years
Hatch drop boards Dimensions (3) tempest1964 at 6:25am 05.23.17 Ask All Sailors 4/776 I have been reading a lot of the old posts on here regarding drop board dimensions and couldn't find
Time management - Fog LeslieTroyer at 6:07am 05.23.17 Ask All Sailors 58/2761 For those of you who travel in fog - what percentage of the time is spent looking at AIS and RADAR
Nyloc brass prop nut or not ?? Brahmany at 3:46am 05.23.17 Ask All Sailors 15/2911 Currently undertaking an opportunistic antifoul and am changing the cutlass bearing while on the har
Outboard stand (3) kimelmore at 10:29pm 05.22.17 Engines and Propulsion 2/618 I used some scrap lumber I had around the garage to make this outboard stand. I thought I would shar
Hunter 29.5 SL Coastin at 9:00pm 05.22.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/465 Looking at a 29.5. I have a few questions regarding the boat. What are the trouble spots to look fo
Attempted Shaft Sleeve Remedy For Leaking Jabsco 2760-003 Seawater Pump (2) rardiH36 at 8:55pm 05.22.17 The Cherubini Hunters 5/1011 In a recent thread, Kloudie1 shared that SKF makes a product called Speedi-Sleeve. It is a very thin
Fresh Water Pump on O'day 28 tlv1231 at 7:17pm 05.22.17 Bigger Boats 10/2519 Doing some research and figured I'd reach out to see if anyone here had any knowledge about this...
Already to go cruise... then FOG... Then (3) jssailem at 7:10pm 05.22.17 Pacific North West Cruisers 5/902 It started out simple and got very complicated... I am attaching my story of a fateful event as I wa
Free to a good home BAT SAVER 8 Charger (2) bawlmer at 4:17pm 05.22.17 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 0/513 This is an 8 amp 2 bank charger that came with my Catalina 270. I am sure it is original equipment (
Webasto hydronic issue Tricky at 4:05pm 05.22.17 Ask All Sailors 1/424 Hi there! So we have a Webasto S90 hydronic heater onboard that hasn't really work since we bought
Sail Trim Forum Don Guillette at 3:58pm 05.22.17 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 13/2070 Today I received a phone call from a FL sailor. Normally, it's about a sail trim question but this c
Tach quits when battery full gettinthere at 3:27pm 05.22.17 Ask All Sailors 3/339 When the battery bank is totally charged up full, my tach gets a bit wonky and then quits. I believe
S2 6.8 PrairieSailor21 at 2:55pm 05.22.17 S2 8/2358 Hoping to connect with other 6.8 owners or those that have sailed on them. I picked up the shoal dra
Changing keel cable and lifting boat. pulsewave at 2:41pm 05.22.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/987 Hi, I have a macgregor 22 and will be changing out the keel cable soon. A friend has a way to lift
Upgrade Origo 3000 to heater? (3) Jackdaw at 1:32pm 05.22.17 Ask All Sailors 10/3804 Last weekend was COLD here in Minnesota, windy, rain and in the upper 40s. And we sailed. It starte
Has anyone replaced a rub rail? Leatherneck at 12:30pm 05.22.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/940 Had to do some fiberglass repair on a 10 inch section under the rub rail. That portion of the rail w

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Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. jviss at 11:31am 07.10.24 Could the OP have a pressure sensor (sender) and not a switch? I believe a pressure sensor increase
What a day! kappykaplan at 11:24am 07.10.24 Sounds like y'all had a lot of fun!! :beer:
Old ST4000 Control head case? jviss at 11:21am 07.10.24 It looks like you're almost there! I would try to carefully cut out that acrylic, measure the thick
What a day! Will Gilmore at 10:29am 07.10.24 If I wasn't already enamored of sailing, your story would have me dreaming of boats and the sea. Fa
DC Panel Confusion (1) SkipperArne at 10:25am 07.10.24 Here we go - that is what I got from Scheiber upon request. Looks pretty much like what I have on my
H49/50 battery replacement Hayden Watson at 10:03am 07.10.24 Update on our lithium battery upgrade. We took our Hunter 49 to Catalina for the first test of our
Old ST4000 Control head case? kloudie1 at 9:39am 07.10.24 Get in contact with this guy: LCD Screen for Raymarine / Autohelm ST4000+ / ST5000+ Heads -Replaceme
Boom connection woes? jviss at 9:32am 07.10.24 On my 1999 catalina 36 the boom dos not rotate. I do not understand why the boom should be free to
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. JoeWhite at 9:31am 07.10.24 Oil switches sound an alarm with an open circuit. You need a positive signal saying pressure is go
Boom connection woes? JoeWhite at 9:18am 07.10.24 I would think you'd want to boom to rotate some. That's the case with my current boat, and was so
Boom connection woes? CowboyWay at 9:13am 07.10.24 The concern with the boom rotating is that it adds stress to the linkage for the boom vang which on
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. LakeOntario270 at 9:09am 07.10.24 Oil switches sound an alarm with an open circuit. You need a positive signal saying pressure is goo
electric windlass SoSound at 9:09am 07.10.24 Interesting. On our 37 the blower is also powered by a relay, but it comes on as soon as the power
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. jviss at 8:53am 07.10.24 I had in the past abandoned a suspect conductor in an existing bundle only to find later it served
Boom connection woes? jviss at 8:48am 07.10.24 Seems there should be a "cross pin" that locks that linkage together and keeps the boom from rotati
Boom connection woes? (1) CowboyWay at 8:27am 07.10.24 Seems there should be a "cross pin" that locks that linkage together and keeps the boom from rotatin
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. FastOlson at 7:31am 07.10.24 Also, running at full throttle on a sand bar is likely to suck a lot of sand into the engine - you
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. dmax at 7:19am 07.10.24 Also, running at full throttle on a sand bar is likely to suck a lot of sand into the engine - you s
So It Begins: Deck Recoring Project SailingCal21 at 6:58am 07.10.24 ... Curious; did you consider any of the plastic teak decking alternatives? (EVA or PVC) Not real
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. stickinthemud57 at 5:56am 07.10.24 My sympathies for your engine woes, but I think you are burying the lead. "Sold all my stuff, and mo

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