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New Mainsheet Traveler on 28.5 captdaveglass at 6:08pm 10.14.16 Mid-Size Boats 1/972 Just finished replacing the original, broken mainsheet traveler with a Lewmar size 1 unit, which fit
Building a DC Electrical Foundation (1) Maine Sail at 4:25pm 10.14.16 Musings With Maine Sail 32/29354 Every boats DC electrical system needs to start with a solid foundation. The foundation of any elect
Microwave outlet Bnealsails at 3:49pm 10.14.16 Big Boats 5/732 It appears that our microwave has gone south on us aboard our Hunter 460. The Hunter Manuel states
Relay socket Mark Maulden at 3:38pm 10.14.16 Ask All Sailors 3/616 I have a friend that has intermittent glow plug problems with his Volvo MD 2030. I traced the issue
Looking for a C&C 30 MkII Penceler at 3:13pm 10.14.16 C&C 0/1052 Looking for a 30 MkII in the New York City area. Shoal draft strongly preferred. If anyone knows
Mid ship cleats Matpearce at 3:00pm 10.14.16 Catalina 310 27/4356 hi has any one installed mid ship cleats on a Catalina 31 ? Thinking about bolting to toe , kick rai
Flexible Solar Panels sea_casper at 2:48pm 10.14.16 Musings With Maine Sail 8/1788 Has anyone had any experience with Solar Cynergy 120W Semi-Flexible Monocrystalline Solar Panel? Cur
Yanmar Tach problem dave_and_dd at 2:41pm 10.14.16 Ask All Sailors 5/1697 So, here's the story which seems a bit strange. In summary: Tach suddenly reading high. (by about
Chain locker -- H49 Bizbat at 1:51pm 10.14.16 Big Boats 3/622 Are there any H49 owners here have more than 300' of 3/8" chain in your locker? I would like to m
Watercraft Insurance Kristy Win at 9:03am 10.14.16 Sails Call Lounge 0/41 Hi Sailors! As a Floridian it is absurd that only in the event of a disaster do people think about i
Hull deflection winter storage H35? IvanRBS at 8:18am 10.14.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/534 I have an 88 Hunter Legend 35 on the North Channel of Great Lakes and time for winter storage on six
Yanmar 4jhe rear crankshaft seal leaking bc worn tayana42bluewater at 7:03am 10.14.16 Engines and Propulsion 0/900 Hey everyone I was hoping maybe somebody had some info I'm looking for. I have a yanmar 4jhe and I
Navico WP10 Autopilot bawlmer at 8:53pm 10.13.16 Ask All Sailors 9/1627 Fellow Sailors. My Navico WP10 autopilot got stuck suddenly today. An internet search shows it is pr
Replace Roller Furling on 92 Hunter 30 ChrisHunter at 5:24pm 10.13.16 Mid-Size Boats 3/1023 The Seafurl unit has seen better days and I am looking to replace it. Any recommendations? Also, I
Matthew and Me... Skip Gundlach at 3:13pm 10.13.16 Ask All Sailors 8/930 Matthew and Me... We arrived in Beaufort SC from Charleston, our last stop, in moderate weather. A
Off Set Prop Shaft : Pros and Cons 51RD55 at 2:33pm 10.13.16 Ask All Sailors 14/6302 Someone expressed interest in buying our boat and there is a 1972 C'C 35' for sale that was recommen
New owner 2005 T2 agprice22 at 1:47pm 10.13.16 Telstar 10/3112 Hi. I just picked up a 2005 T2. I will spend this Winter fixing her up, and we will sail her out of
Looking for feedback from 05-06-07 Hunter 33 sailboat owners Maurice Doran at 1:35pm 10.13.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/1952 I am looking at roughly 10 year old Hunter 33s and want to hear from owners. What's the good - bad
What's going on with Marlow-Hunter? Maurice Doran at 1:31pm 10.13.16 Lake Ontario Hunter Sailing Assoc. 28/26576 I went to the Annapolis Sailboat Show last week and there were no Hunters to be seen. The rumour wa
Bladder Fresh Water Tank Member 81826 at 1:25pm 10.13.16 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/614 Greetings, I am looking to replace my old rigid plastic tank with a larger bladder tank. Going to in

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Funny Friday!!! (1) Kermit at 8:42am 11.21.23
CALLING ON ANYONE WHO HAS A UNIVERSAL 5416 (2) GeorgeC at 8:33am 11.21.23 Hi, I own a 1983 O'Day 30 with a with a Universal 5416 engine. I compared the picture of your engine
Raymarine GPS antenna sensor DRhoads at 8:30am 11.21.23 Concur with Barnstormer -- new battery. fixed mine.
cleaning the fabric covers of cushions chriscampbell at 8:20am 11.21.23
Boom eye - What is this called? Allan12210 at 7:51am 11.21.23 Clever fairlead. In the fiber spinning industry they were called "Pigtails" to guide the filaments a
Funny Friday!!! jssailem at 7:37am 11.21.23
Does anyone recognise this windlass? jssailem at 7:03am 11.21.23 The windlass looks like something that could come from either of those seaports. Certainly a piece o
Raymarine GPS antenna sensor barnstormer at 6:22am 11.21.23 Don't know if this is helpful but the RS 129 seatalk 1 antennae has a button style battery that dies
So, I pulled the trigger on an "X2Power" lithium battery. OS2Dude at 5:59am 11.21.23 Do you have a battery fuse? IIRC the AYBC requires a Class T fuse within 7" of the Lithium Bank. H
Does anyone recognise this windlass? SV Andorinha at 5:45am 11.21.23 Thanks Terry! I will certainly send that email. Brisbane, Australia in 1976. I have no knowledge o
Another Solar Panel Question. . . Project_Mayhem at 5:38am 11.21.23 Get a decent charge controller such as Victron or Morning Star. If I had a choice between MPPT and a
Compass plexiglass got blind kappykaplan at 5:11am 11.21.23 Ritchie will rebuild to as good as new for 1/3 of price of replacement :plus: Did this many years
Compass plexiglass got blind NoReverse at 5:07am 11.21.23 Ritchie will rebuild to as good as new for 1/3 of price of replacement
Boom eye - What is this called? jssailem at 4:40am 11.21.23 Hello Sean. Looks to me to be a custom designed fairlead. Clever design. Keeps the line off the cent
Boom eye - What is this called? (1) Will Gilmore at 4:38am 11.21.23 It looks like it was installed to prevent the sheet from catching on the vang pin. Perhapse you cou
Does anyone recognise this windlass? Terry Cox at 4:34am 11.21.23 Good morning, Johan. Mr. Bob Walker, with Vetus, Inc., was very helpful in determining the brand and
Funny Friday!!! Kermit at 4:24am 11.21.23
Funny Friday!!! (1) Kermit at 4:22am 11.21.23 @Ralph Johnstone and @Meriachee
Does anyone recognise this windlass? jssailem at 4:19am 11.21.23 With old stout gear you need to be a bit of a sleuth to discover the mysteries they hide. Do you kno
Boom eye - What is this called? smo10018 at 3:48am 11.21.23

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