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30 Rescued After Boat Capsizes in San Francisco Bay vimocam at 7:37pm 10.10.16 Ask All Sailors 16/1619 http://gcaptain.com/30-rescued-after-sailboat-capsizes-in-san-francisco-bay
Slight leakleak (2) Kommy000 at 5:52pm 10.10.16 The Cherubini Hunters 7/822 Hi, Was hoping someone had the same problem and fixed it. I had multiple leaks on my "new" 81 hunter
New old boat with bad cracking (3) John Montgomery at 5:47pm 10.10.16 Trailer Sailors 12/1998 Hi, I'm new here, poked around and didn't see a topic with my issue. So here it goes. I bought a 73
Electronics for a Mac My Mistress at 5:33pm 10.10.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1269 "Mistress" came with an old Hummingbird electronic depth sounder/water temp sensor. I have been co
RPM change when boat pitches Skipper at 5:17pm 10.10.16 Ask All Sailors 20/1457 This is odd. In neutral at idle, the motor RPM dips when the stern pitches down in swells. It's ins
Wind Speed Meter defect Viktor Eysselein at 3:22pm 10.10.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/6164 One quick question: on my Hunter 45CC during sailing all of a sudden the wind speed meter showed onl
Whats up with my interior bulbs? freeheelbillie at 1:21pm 10.10.16 Catalina 30 29/2823 I bought some LED replacement bulbs and they wont turn on. I put the incandescent back in and they f
MaxSpeed Bow thruster on my B43 Dave9854 at 1:14pm 10.10.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 20/2569 My bow thruster turned on the other day but had no response from either button. Battery checks out f
EMS Knotmeter manual needed JoeSailer10 at 1:04pm 10.10.16 Ask All Sailors 2/649 Can anyone supply me with a copy of their manual for an EMS U25K or U25PL knotmeter? PDF would be gr
Perko Fuel Filter (1) Mike Daus at 10:51am 10.10.16 The Cherubini Hunters 6/1453 The first filter downstream of the diesel fuel tank in our '82 Hunter 36c is a brass-bodied Perko 29
1999 Hunter 420 Passage rudder (3) hughvr at 10:20am 10.10.16 Big Boats 7/2646 I noticed over the last several years that my steering under power or sail kept getting worse. I rep
Beneteau Oceanis domestic water system Don S. at 9:23am 10.10.16 Big Boats 1/1308 I have been unable to keep a prime in the port aft domestic water tank in my 1993 Beneteau Moorings/
Standing rigging question Leatherneck at 8:57am 10.10.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/779 Do the port and starboard shrouds go inside or outside the lifeline?
Any ideas for sealing or restoring non-skid deck? speras at 8:45am 10.10.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1234 Hi - We've had a great couple seasons on our 1991 Mac 26S, but I'm realizing the deck needs some sea
Rig modifications for flying a Gennaker (1) onlinelee at 7:16am 10.10.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 20/8024 Hi Beneteau friends, I have what I guess is a standard factory fitted bow anchor roller on my 2003
The river runs through me jleblanc31 at 5:37am 10.10.16 Ask All Sailors 13/976 I slept on the boat this weekend with my two youngest boys . it took a little getting use to with t
Replacing the in-haul line on 27-3 in mast furling Craig Cook at 5:18am 10.10.16 Mid-Size Boats 10/1289 After several months of trying, this project is finally done. I know there are only a few 27-3's ou
Extra table section Slipin Away at 3:21am 10.10.16 Big Boats 4/855 Has anyone come up with a cleaver place or way to store the extra dining table section when not in u
Northstar TPPL Charge Profile Charles Erwin at 9:08pm 10.09.16 Ask All Sailors 2/4100 I have looked over the internet published documents (without success) to get this information. Can
Removing Mainsail from In-Mast Furler SDcondogirl at 7:19pm 10.09.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/4190 Hi All! I'm new at my "big Bene" and need a little help getting the mainsail out for storage this wi

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Catalina 27 outboard hp question Joe at 4:24am 05.22.24 As Kloudie suggests, switch to a high thrust prop. For a vessel whose max speed less than kts, the
Mooring and bilge pump kappykaplan at 4:20am 05.22.24 The through hull for the bilge is above the water line. Do we infer from this that the boat has a
EV-100 auto helm issues sailme88 at 4:16am 05.22.24 EV-100 Autopilot was installed last year, works great, but when not on or in standby there is a dec
Mooring and bilge pump carlc376 at 4:10am 05.22.24 Thank you all. The through hull for the bilge is above the water line. I am going to add the Automa
Phasor genset exhaust Terry Cox at 3:58am 05.22.24 Hi Wayne. Different model boat and genset, but our exhaust port discharges at the waterline, starboa
Mosquitoes and Other bugs dlochner at 3:54am 05.22.24 Anyone have any experience using a commercial insecticide and spraying everywhere? Full treatment..
Outdated Flares of All Types..... Captain Larry-DH at 3:45am 05.22.24 Really, you will call for help with a cell phone. Then VHF. Then, just maybe, a flare. Yes, near c
Rodeo anchoring (4) Will Gilmore at 3:34am 05.22.24 Way back, the year the first Rocky movie came out, my family was helping a woman, who's husband was
EV-100 auto helm issues pvisich at 3:15am 05.22.24 Thanks for responding. Tried to run water through the back in my sink but didn't seem to help. I d
Mosquitoes and Other bugs catsails8 at 9:25pm 05.21.24 Anyone have any experience using a commercial insecticide and spraying everywhere? Full treatment..
Outdated Flares of All Types..... thinwater at 9:11pm 05.21.24 Electronic flares have their place. At the Seattle boat show, there was a booth of such. I asked
Race Round Whidbey on Papillon MikeHoncho at 8:07pm 05.21.24 Great write up Pepper!
H49/50 Boom Preventer Rigging dkinzer at 7:37pm 05.21.24 I was on an outing this past weekend with a group of sailors and I asked a well-seasoned sailor abou
What Tide Chart do you use on your Cell Phone? dkinzer at 7:09pm 05.21.24 For many years (before I had a boat), I have used the Tide Times app when we were on a beach trip (O
Hunter 23 teak slats on seats (1) daydreamerh23 at 6:53pm 05.21.24 224914
anchoring Hunter 37.5 Legend duck21 at 6:48pm 05.21.24 The 376 has a similar shallow anchor locker, but the windlass actually drops the chain/rode down int
Outdated Flares of All Types..... Dalliance at 6:45pm 05.21.24 I am in the electronic flare camp too. With DSC, GPS, Distress capabilities in our VHF radios, I
Hunter 23 teak slats on seats Crazy Dave Condon at 6:41pm 05.21.24 Can you Oriya picture of the seats. Thanks
Hunter 356 cockpit cocktail table..HELP! Crazy Dave Condon at 6:35pm 05.21.24 @Jimongee Call the forum store and speak with either Al or Mike Thomas. Both worked for Hunter a
anchoring Hunter 37.5 Legend jssailem at 6:28pm 05.21.24 The manual winch is certainly an option. The handling of the anchor from the cockpit is likely going

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