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Companionway handle confusion (4) AnnekeHobson at 10:03am 08.12.25 Ask All Sailors 6/291 Working on a 1988 Brewer 44 and feeling silly about not getting how to re-attach this companionway h
Rudder (Skeg) Surprise - Found Water, Found Cracks... Found a New Project (2) testingthewaters91 at 9:31am 08.12.25 Ask All Sailors 11/619 Well, I was minding my own business at the yard the other day, when I saw a couple of other folks po
Progress on the H40 refit... (6) Canuck Sailorguy at 9:13am 08.12.25 Big Boats 5/389 For all y'all who are watching, the refit is coming along, albeit slowly. I've installed a new start
Help identifying older sail boat (2) splorinplaces at 8:18am 08.12.25 Ask All Sailors 17/509
Older solar intake vent. DStegs49 at 7:58am 08.12.25 Ask All Sailors 7/308 I don't even know who made or makes it (circa 1987). It is a single speed, single direction intake
Mariner 19 Vang vs Gnav Wood and Steel at 7:06am 08.12.25 Trailer Sailors 4/484 Hi all! I need to upgrade the vang on my Mariner 19, and I'm a little torn on which way to go. The M
Replacing injectors Scott T-Bird at 5:56am 08.12.25 Engines and Propulsion 14/794 I have a Yanmar 3GM30F with completely unknown engine hours. The hour meter supposedly stopped work
B&G Auto pilot device not found SV Temenos at 4:07am 08.12.25 Ask All Sailors 8/382 Looking for some help with my B'G auto pilot. I tried to do a firmware update to my precision 9 com
AIS Questions boris2point0 at 4:40pm 08.11.25 Yamaha 5/419 Hey folks, I have discovered I have AIS unit, wondering if anything special needs to be done about
A new look at tides... rgranger at 12:58pm 08.11.25 Sails Call Lounge 2/334 I saw this Neil deGrasse Tyson video on tides... It does not change anything in a practicle way bu
HOOD FURLER CONTINUOUS LOOP MODEL 915 Rick.johnson at 11:39am 08.11.25 Ask All Sailors 3/201 Hi Guy I have a 40 ft hunter with a Hood Furler model 915 With a continuous loop 7/16" dia line
Mast base RolfSail at 11:02am 08.11.25 Smaller Boats 7/560 Heeeelp!! Was lowering my mast when the mast plate cracked and the mast came down. Need a new base.
Monday Moon Shots (2) jssailem at 8:44am 08.11.25 Sails Call Lounge 5/518 With all this talk of colonizing the Moon in the next 20 years, perhaps we should start to look at t
Electrical panel rebuild (4) fred1diver at 4:48pm 08.10.25 Ask All Sailors 15/524 Hello all Had a busy day on the boat today. mainly worked on making a new wall panel that includes
Lifting a Hunter 23.5 on straps HunterKid at 3:51pm 08.10.25 Smaller Boats 8/539 I am interested in lifting a Hunter 23.5 to replace the re-furnished centerboard. My question is, ho
Holding tank replacement fred1diver at 2:20pm 08.10.25 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/228 Hello everyone, we are thinking of replacing our vetus flexible holding tank to a rigid holding tank
Asymmetric for Hunter 28 twin keel petercra at 1:48pm 08.10.25 Destinations 1/694 Hi can anyone advise set up for a new asymmetric for a Hunter 28 and the sail size? My previous expe
Complete Novice Orientation Foswick at 11:31am 08.10.25 Ask All Sailors 23/866 I have a few friends traveling up next month to crew for me. Amongst them, they have a combined expe
Free Sail Bag for 2009 Hunter 33 Headsail Robert Gall at 5:13am 08.10.25 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 0/1333 I discovered an old but unused sail bag for a headsail for a 2009 Hunter 33, which I sold a few year
Spars sandpiper10471 at 8:16pm 08.09.25 The Cherubini Hunters 3/283 What manufacturer built the masts and booms for the Hunter 30 (Cherubini)?

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Weeping Keel Bolts Johnb at 4:21pm 10.02.25 I have no leaks. I did have my keel bolts torqued in 2019 by a boat yard and they all passed the tes
Ceramic heater on board? Johnb at 4:07pm 10.02.25 An electric blanket will make you comfortable with less than 200 watts of power. It also leaves the
Gel coat on underside of helmsman seat. Robert H. Wood at 3:58pm 10.02.25 It is two part.
Gel coat on underside of helmsman seat. Robert H. Wood at 3:56pm 10.02.25 I have ordered a color matched waxed gel coat from Spectrum, hoping that will do the trick.
Catalina 22 Aluminum Bulkhead Replacement ...3TacksontheWater at 3:45pm 10.02.25 That's an interesting question. You don't indicate what year or, model your C-22 is so, it's difficu
Gel coat on underside of helmsman seat. Don S/V ILLusion at 3:37pm 10.02.25
Battcar System for Capri 18 dlochner at 3:05pm 10.02.25 A really worn halyard or an oversized one can cause problems. Also check the sheave to make sure it
Battcar System for Capri 18 ddox at 2:57pm 10.02.25 My mainsail currently doesn't have any slides, so I will look into that as a start, also thanks for
(2) eherlihy at 2:33pm 10.02.25 I have a piece of scrap that O'day kindly left in my hull. I believe that this was a cutout for a bo
Rudder Repair TheMastiff at 2:26pm 10.02.25 With the seam at the edge compromised, I'd be concerned about water intrusion. Take the handle end
Strategies and techniques for solo heavy weather sailing thinwater at 1:58pm 10.02.25 I'm not sure I can really answer your question. I have found it's rather boat specific. Thinwater j
Ceramic heater on board? thinwater at 1:56pm 10.02.25 Not ceramic, but other types, many times. Make sure the shore power plugs are clean and corrosion-
Ceramic heater on board? JBP-PA at 1:48pm 10.02.25 My electric heater on low easily keeps up with temps into the 50's, slowly cycling on and off. In f
Ceramic heater on board? Ralph Johnstone at 1:37pm 10.02.25 If you want the ultimate comfort from your elec. heater, set it to 750W and mount a small rechargeab
To drill or not to drill... Ralph Johnstone at 1:29pm 10.02.25 We overfilled our forward water tank and it started leaking from the inspection port. This is a j
Strategies and techniques for solo heavy weather sailing BarryL at 1:14pm 10.02.25 Hello, As mentioned by DLJ, when wind and conditions speed up, you need to slow down. Think more an
HUNTER 380 HOUSE BATTERY CHARGE marcham at 12:54pm 10.02.25 If you have the isolator in series to the combiner, it's so that power flows only from the start bat
To drill or not to drill... Stu Jackson at 12:36pm 10.02.25 The tank is in a fiberglass enclosure built under the forward berth. Tank level meters are in the w
Strategies and techniques for solo heavy weather sailing capta at 11:43am 10.02.25 If you get over wrap when pulling in a sheet on a winch, your lead to the winch is not correct. If y
How to sell a sailboat in2025? PaulK at 11:12am 10.02.25 To sell our 1981 J/36 we dealt with a broker who agreed on a fixed commission amount rather than a p

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