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Engine Control (5) xavpil at 6:45am 06.04.23 Ask A Catalina Owner 12/1250 Hi friends. I have Morse control engine on my 1980 Cat 27: one shifter for speed and one for gear. I
Need some help to get my 87 finished enough to get my mast up - All Hands On Deck! (6) reefsider at 9:06pm 06.03.23 Catalina 22 9/916 Hi, I Started this boat 6 or so years ago. Did a ton of work and had it in the water for 2 seasons
Hunter 38 Fixed Portlight Shade jemill at 7:30pm 06.03.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/785 Hello All, While opening my 2006 Hunter 38 for the season, my well meaning daughter washed one of th
Omega Capri Mast Step (boot) (2) philiefay at 7:24pm 06.03.23 Smaller Boats 0/1035 This is a long shot but somehow the foot of the mast on my Capri (1982 Mod 1) has gone missing. I h
Dissimilar Metals Captain W at 2:09pm 06.03.23 Ask All Sailors 16/1605 I am considering putting a jam cleat to my aluminum boom. My concern is attaching it with stainless
Mercury 9.9 4 stroke on Cat 25 (2) lsavocchi at 11:57am 06.03.23 Ask A Catalina Owner 10/1017 When I got back to my mooring today It looked like I was leaking oil. I popped the hood off the engi
Screens for Windows (3) DaveJ at 9:23am 06.03.23 Catalina 310 11/1309
V25 Rudder and castle fabrication (1) Mike25 at 7:56am 06.03.23 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/739 Like the proud papa of an ugly baby I finally finished the rudder and castle fabrication. I started
Does anyone own a Widgeon??? mellowyellow at 7:38am 06.03.23 Ask An Oday Owner 2/514 Does anyone own a Widgeon?
Intracoastal Waterway Sailing drgbanks at 4:54am 06.03.23 Ask All Sailors 36/2626 Hello everyone, Can anyone tell me about sailing the ICW?
Recommendations for a new head Afraal at 4:12am 06.03.23 Catalina 310 23/3239 Hi everyone! I believe the head in our boat is on its last leg. The supreme leaded (aka the wife) as
Jabsco volume per stroke robinrjellis at 2:30am 06.03.23 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/1165 Does anyone know the volume per stroke on a Jabsco manual head? Trying to figure out how many to cle
Check my wiring diagram? (1) Beth G at 7:57pm 06.02.23 Ask All Sailors 41/3890 Hi there! New boat owner here...we inherited our sailboat, and are redoing the wiring. I have made a
First Time in the Water sbrogden at 5:50pm 06.02.23 Trailer Sailors 1/465 Took the Vagabond 14 to a nearby lake for a couple of hours this afternoon. Winds were against the l
dock line for Beneteau 323 1/2" or 5/8? LynnM at 1:51pm 06.02.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/803 what size?
Cleat recommendations for Hunter 26 WesternTraveler at 1:50pm 06.02.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/796 I just purchased a 1996 Hunter 26 and I will be mooring quite a bit. I thought I would add two bow c
New Alternator Regulator? jviss at 1:36pm 06.02.23 Ask All Sailors 37/2103 Greetings, My Heart Interface Ideal Regulator Output Module has apparently bitten the dust. It's p
Addicted to Sailing (1) Hayden Watson at 1:30pm 06.02.23 Ask All Sailors 2/405 216400
Catalina 320 Diesel deck port davidwkenn at 9:35am 06.02.23 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/570 Does anyone have one of these from an old boat? Ours went glug glug and I know that the original st
Modification of a Catalina 320 for solo sailing davidwkenn at 9:12am 06.02.23 Mid-Size Boats 21/3192 Does anyone have experience with modifying a Catalina 320 for easier solo sailing? At minimum, I th

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Yanmar 2gm20f - Suspected fuel line blockage ManicFarmer at 6:37am 09.18.24 Anyone who does their own fuel filter changes and doesn't have a local shut-off valve just isn't pl
H376 Mixing Elbow Tally Ho at 6:01am 09.18.24
Engine Alignment Afraal at 5:48am 09.18.24 Update: I followed the steps in the document @Ralph Johnstone shared. I have all my measuring now.
New owner Hunter 240 WB owners caverun at 3:53am 09.18.24 Great job mate! That looks beautiful- hope you can still get some sailing in this season
Engine wiring diagram for Hunter 35.5 (2) marcham at 9:20pm 09.17.24 Given the age of your boat, it likely has gone through several owners. Before going down the lithium
New owner Hunter 240 WB owners (1) SteveHughessails at 9:11pm 09.17.24 I was hoping for a, "good job mate". :-) The main lifting strap is only going to go one way, forwar
H376 Mixing Elbow chuckwayne at 8:52pm 09.17.24 IMHO, forget fabbing a coupler. Get the CNC machined HDI elbow and stainless coupler Ditto on HDI!
H376 Mixing Elbow dlochner at 7:15pm 09.17.24 Replace with an SS HDI Elbow. And run the engine wide open periodically. https://hdimarine.net
Water tank cleaning Choptank Sailor at 6:54pm 09.17.24 I was just asking this same question over on the Marine Plumbing & Sanitation thread. My plan is t
2005 Hunter Rudder measurements james2034 at 5:22pm 09.17.24 Maybe @JamesG161 can point you in the right direction. Thank you
H376 Mixing Elbow Justin_NSA at 4:56pm 09.17.24 IMHO, forget fabbing a coupler. Get the CNC machined HDI elbow and stainless coupler
2005 Hunter Rudder measurements kappykaplan at 4:41pm 09.17.24 Maybe @JamesG161 can point you in the right direction.
S2 9.2 A keyportjoe at 4:37pm 09.17.24
1982 Tartan 33R Diesel Filter shemandr at 3:35pm 09.17.24 Surveyors write reports to protect themselves. What are they to say? This isn't right but it shoul
Mac 26C - Traveler / 135 Jib stickinthemud57 at 2:59pm 09.17.24 Wow, this is a detailed and informative reply. We did buy the Lite Skin main sail a couple of year
LYNNETTE, an Eggemoggin 47. shemandr at 2:35pm 09.17.24
1982 Tartan 33R Diesel Filter jssailem at 2:21pm 09.17.24 I upgraded my fuel filter to a Racor 500 because it is one of the most effortless filter changes wit
1982 Tartan 33R Diesel Filter jssailem at 2:19pm 09.17.24 The overall tone of the survey was quite nit-picky for what I consider to be an excellent boat in v
1982 Tartan 33R Diesel Filter Schwarz633 at 1:35pm 09.17.24 A metal bowl is required for USCG inspected commercial vessels. There is no such requirement for re
H376 Mixing Elbow Ralph Johnstone at 12:56pm 09.17.24 BTW my original coupler lasted 32 years. You are blessed indeed. I've seen a number of complaint

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