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Mast for plastic Walker Bay 10 (4) FTPartridge at 6:56pm 04.06.24 Parts Search 4/1742 As part of liquidating my late parents' estate, I sold the Walker Bay 10 (plastic model) on craigsli
Yanmar 3JH2-TBE with apparently a 4JH heat exchanger core. (3) geoffschultz at 1:47pm 04.06.24 Ask All Sailors 1/698 This is related to Yet another Yanmar overheating issue, but is slightly different. I'm at anchor i
Backup Nav Lights for $2.49 (1) Project_Mayhem at 5:53pm 04.05.24 Ask All Sailors 1/282 I spotted these battery operated nav lights the other day and ordered a set. I haven't opened the bo
Diesel Generator Slow Starting on First Attempt Georgedoyle at 3:34pm 04.05.24 Engines and Propulsion 5/713 I have a Mastervolt Whisper 8 generator With a Mitsubishi L2E engine. It usually starts slowly befor
MORC lacoursmarc at 2:34pm 04.05.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1472 Is the Hunter 29.5 a MORC rated boat?
Selden Boom - Excess Play in Gooseneck Clevis Pin? (2) dkinzer at 2:06pm 04.05.24 Ask All Sailors 11/1890 I removed the boom vang today in preparation for doing some work on it and I noticed a couple of iss
Topping lift xavpil at 1:49pm 04.05.24 Ask All Sailors 16/1850 Hi all. I 419 SO Jeanneau. Mast furling. the topping lift line is currently NOT brought to the cockp
Does anybody know what size wire or threaded rod life lines are on Catalina 320, 2004 Ted10028 at 1:25pm 04.05.24 Ask All Sailors 6/675 I want to attach 2 Pelican Hooks on my life lines for easy access off the bow. But cant order withou
Gennaker Halyard Lead for Oceanis 37. Fractional or Masthead? (1) JP Pacific at 1:19pm 04.05.24 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/716
Sailing down the channel (1) Rodsails at 11:33am 04.05.24 Show Us Your Boat--Videos 2/811 Finishing up a great night of racing
Simple electronic install - first time advice needed (2) circa1971la at 5:32am 04.05.24 Ask All Sailors 15/1265
Hunter 34 rudder Marauder at 5:52pm 04.04.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/892 Hello Hunter owners, I'm looking at potential purchase of a 80's Hunter 34 in NZ. I've read about th
lovely boat ---about to be crushed in FL, due to incompetence. . MitchM at 4:45pm 04.04.24 Ask All Sailors 9/990 the Facebook group Com-Pac Yacht owners just published a very sad story today . the
170 cracked warranty hull (1) cracked warranty hull at 2:58pm 04.04.24 Day Sailers 3/926 Looking for repair guidance for a crack in a 170 warranty replacement hull. I May remember wrong but
Mast conduit capacity questions, how many and how much CbKl at 11:36am 04.04.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/801 Happy Spring everybody, We have 1993, Legend 40.5. I'd like to sample the wisdom and observations of
What's on the underside of the stanchions on my 23-2? AndrewJillings at 5:18am 04.04.24 Ask An Oday Owner 3/475 It's time to re-bed the stanchions and I'm wondering what's on the other end of the bolts that hold
Converting 5411 to Electric Drive - removing old coupler (1) rob452 at 6:22pm 04.03.24 Catalina 30 6/833 We have finally accepted that our aging 5411 (1980) is no longer up to the task at hand and have com
voltage drop with deck light only chelsabella at 6:06pm 04.03.24 Ask All Sailors 11/961 Just rewired my mast with new wire for anchor light and combo deck/steaming light. Testing connectio
Ruined mast or not a big deal? (2) cstan at 5:40pm 04.03.24 Ask All Sailors 26/2811 Just purchased my first boat, a 1974 Catalina 27 and realized while I was getting everything setup t
Solar / lithium question xavpil at 5:13pm 04.03.24 Ask All Sailors 16/1242 hi all I have 2x 200Ah Dakota litium batteries. The solar panel leave me at the beginning of the ev

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Circumnavigating Vancouver Island (4) Michael Davis at 10:15am 08.14.25 We left Hootla-Kootla for a quick trip up Sydney Inlet to Bottleneck Cove. A couple of sunny days he
Which battery is my bilge pump connected to? Stu Jackson at 10:04am 08.14.25 do not think the benefit of periodically expelling incidental water compensates for the risk of hav
Mac 25 mainsail woes or ok SteveHughessails at 9:52am 08.14.25 With more room for a Bimini too. Love it.
What boat is this? degas at 9:46am 08.14.25 The HIN would confirm... Can't get close enough to see a HIN, but @Rick D seems to have nailed it
B&G Auto pilot device not found jssailem at 9:35am 08.14.25 I had originally assumed turning everything off and on again would resolve the issue but it didn't.
Mac 25 mainsail woes or ok rgranger at 9:16am 08.14.25 You might want to raise the boom a little. That will make it less likely that the boom will live
B&G Auto pilot device not found SV Temenos at 8:54am 08.14.25 I figured it out. I was going to call B&G but didn't have time until Friday and I'm leaving on a tr
Mac 25 mainsail woes or ok SteveHughessails at 8:35am 08.14.25
Mac 25 mainsail woes or ok dlochner at 8:22am 08.14.25
Mac 25 mainsail woes or ok SteveHughessails at 8:07am 08.14.25
Quick question for a Hunter 240 skipper SteveHughessails at 7:40am 08.14.25 Sadly, I have already received the new lines and installed it. I obtained the length from the manual
Refitting the Scuppers for Heavy Weather Confidence testingthewaters91 at 7:11am 08.14.25 I have sen this on other damaged Hunter hulls of that general era. "Some Kind" is a tactful descrip
Refitting the Scuppers for Heavy Weather Confidence FastOlson at 6:43am 08.14.25 Some kind of core? I have sen this on other damaged Hunter hulls of that general era. "Some Kind"
Mast crack hunter 23 rgranger at 6:31am 08.14.25 WEll the cheap way to do this would be to cut off the damage part, add a spacer under the mast base
Quick question for a Hunter 240 skipper rgranger at 6:29am 08.14.25 What problem are you trying to solve? Are you wondering how long the lift line needs to be?
Genoa head not wrapping Joe at 6:27am 08.14.25
What boat is this? rgranger at 6:24am 08.14.25 The HIN would confirm...
45CC Generator Size? Terry Cox at 6:17am 08.14.25 Hi Kev. Our boat has many of the systems as yours. Dual heat pumps, fridge and freezer, water heater
Propane regulations Project_Mayhem at 6:07am 08.14.25 Propane is a liquid inside of the tanks. There's a little float switch inside of it that cuts off th
What boat is this? Apex at 6:05am 08.14.25 @Rick D wins...https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f47/challenger-32-a-290722.html

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