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marine GPS for my android phone brad minda at 9:02pm 01.15.17 Catalina 30 20/2899 I will be moving my boat from Alameda in the SF Bay to Stockton in about two weeks. It's going to b
Edson steering adjustment H260 bamabaxter at 7:37pm 01.15.17 Smaller Boats 10/1379 I had no issued locating the threaded cable ends on the rudder shaft bracket to adjust tension, but
V-Birth Sheets for Catalina 310 DaveJ at 6:52pm 01.15.17 Catalina 310 7/1916 I see that SBO has V-birth sheets for sale, has anyone ordered these for the C310? I am not near the
Walkie talkie ideas DLB at 6:21pm 01.15.17 Bigger Boats 36/3376 I read once about using Walkie talkies with headsets to communicate between the helm and bow, rather
Stepping the mast on a Mac 25 Tom7219 at 4:27pm 01.15.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 25/5554 Just bought this boat - it came with a box of miscellaneous items, but no bolt for stepping the mast
Fun in the Fog on Galveston Bay Bill19233 at 4:02pm 01.15.17 Racing 4/946 GBCA 2017 Icicle Race #2 Saturday, January 14th on Galveston Bay : 9zgXCf7Vddo
Best Way to Remove Soot Viktor Eysselein at 2:03pm 01.15.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 19/2054 Hi All: I had an electrical fire (power plug area) on my boat burning the after cabin. What is the
Wiring a reversing switch gettinthere at 11:30am 01.15.17 Ask All Sailors 18/2419 My mascerator pump needs a bit of priming each time I want to pump overboard. When I installed it, t
Winter project (2) Hydro Therapy at 11:20am 01.15.17 Day Sailers 21/2369 Ive been slowly upgrading things within the cabin of my O 240. I figured working on the boat will sp
Propeller Proper Size & Pitch Richard Bruno at 10:52am 01.15.17 Engines and Propulsion 4/1460 Does anyone know the proper size and pitch to be install on a Yamaha-30 Sailboat that is powered by
Catalina 22 Florida State Championship Regatta NOR EditorC22NSA at 7:27am 01.15.17 Catalina 22 0/346 The Notice of Race for the Catalina 22 Florida State Championship is now available. Go to www.catali
New Catalina 320 MKII owners tgrass462 at 6:48pm 01.14.17 Mid-Size Boats 2/1299 We are in the process of purchasing a 2008 Catalina 320 MKII, having owned a Catalina 22 years ago a
Battery overcharging John R at 4:38pm 01.14.17 Ask All Sailors 13/1813 Yesterday, I took my Catalina 36 out. (Yes, here in the SF Bay we sail year round.) When I started t
O'Day 222-Trailering (2) mccadamsoday at 2:38pm 01.14.17 Ask An Oday Owner 18/4291 My O'Day 222, when on the trailer, is partially resting on the keel. Is this O.K. or should the boat
Made a simple Outboard Motor Stand (5) CrispyCringle at 1:52pm 01.14.17 Smaller Boats 24/48767 I needed a couple of outboard motor stands for the old and new outboards. Couldnt find any used and
Rumba Escape 12 wtrskiegllk at 12:58pm 01.14.17 Ask All Sailors 9/3152 Does anyone have/know where to find sail dimensions/specs? I need to have a sail made. Any suggestio
Can I convert a water tank to a fuel tank? tom@therrington.com at 12:20pm 01.14.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/2545 We have 3 50 gal water tanks and 1 50 gal fuel tank. Getting ready to bash north from Cabo to San Di
1997 HUNTER 340 BILGE FUSE (1) smoothsailing at 11:09am 01.14.17 Big Boats 5/842 131750 I see the bilge fuse on the panel. Don't want to destroy with plyers. How do you get to th
OEM stove/oven/range for mid-30' Hunters? RichW9603 at 9:46am 01.14.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1734 Hi all, The prior owner of my 1989 Hunter 33.5 removed the oven/stove/range and there is currently a
Pedestal paint crack (1) SEMPERAVANTI41 at 7:25am 01.14.17 Ask All Sailors 7/786 Has anyone got any advice as to how to repair a crack in the paint on the base of my pedestal? Looks

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Looking to replace my 6 gal water heater on Hunter 320 Stu Jackson at 12:45pm 02.20.24 False advertising? Defender & West Marine describe this tank as having an aluminum inner tank. I th
Fuel locker and propane dlochner at 12:43pm 02.20.24 The locker needs to be vented over board and to air. The cockpit scuppers are likely exit underwater
Moving Up... Stu Jackson at 12:42pm 02.20.24
Legend 40.5 - Light above sink baycloud at 12:37pm 02.20.24 Hey Fero, did you figure out the routing? cheers
Yamaha 26c dlochner at 12:33pm 02.20.24 The bushing was very thin and had lost some material. A replacement of this bushing is needed. I ha
Wood and Stain To Match 2006 Hunter 38 Aft Cabin + Plans for Cabin + Bed Modification rgranger at 12:28pm 02.20.24 If I had the answer it would be an easy fix.. Only way I can imagine, is to do a lot of calling loo
Bang! Bang! What would you have done? rgranger at 12:22pm 02.20.24 And comment #3 in this thread, makes no sense. It makes total sense... if you assume he made a bun
Bang! Bang! What would you have done? rgranger at 12:20pm 02.20.24 If you are among the fortunate to have heard on a range the various calibers of hand guns mentioned
Western L.I. Sound marina JCH4 at 12:18pm 02.20.24 Commuted over the Whitestone for many years. Traffic is better than it was because of E-Zpass. Cos
YANMAR replacement FastOlson at 11:07am 02.20.24 The one on my boat, came in "toast" and that was the main reason i got the boat cheap. This begs t
Hunter 23.5 wisker pole Examinator327 at 11:06am 02.20.24 Thank you gents! This has been most helpful.
Wood and Stain To Match 2006 Hunter 38 Aft Cabin + Plans for Cabin + Bed Modification jssailem at 10:40am 02.20.24 If I had the answer it would be an easy fix.. Only way I can imagine, is to do a lot of calling look
WINDLASS Alan Gomes at 10:35am 02.20.24 Boats with rope rodes are more likely to wrap the rode around the keel under certain conditions, th
Wood and Stain To Match 2006 Hunter 38 Aft Cabin + Plans for Cabin + Bed Modification KelToy at 10:02am 02.20.24 Great idea! Hmm...wonder how to do that...
Yamaha 26c jssailem at 9:55am 02.20.24 I suspect you will need to find a machine shop to make you a metal replacement. That assumes you hav
Looking to replace my 6 gal water heater on Hunter 320 Scott T-Bird at 9:41am 02.20.24 I am looking to replace with a Kuuma 11811 6 Gallon 120v Front Exchanger Stainless Steel Water Heat
Wood and Stain To Match 2006 Hunter 38 Aft Cabin + Plans for Cabin + Bed Modification jssailem at 9:39am 02.20.24 What would be helpful in your situation would be to find a damaged boat from one of the hurricane ev
WINDLASS dlochner at 9:34am 02.20.24 The Bahamas and the Florida Keys have similar geology, the islands and the Banks are limestone. In b
Solent or Slutter added to a new fractional Selden in-mast furler rig runninglts at 9:34am 02.20.24 Hope you are planning to land it where the forward anchor locker bulkhead is, so it can be well att
Western L.I. Sound marina PaulK at 9:22am 02.20.24 Commuted over the Whitestone for many years. Traffic is better than it was because of E-Zpass. Cost

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