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Delorme Inreach SE altairishgirl at 3:04pm 06.27.16 Ask All Sailors 1/409 Does anyone have first hand knowledge of the marine weather forecasting from this product, specifica
Coolant Ronald Roman at 2:38pm 06.27.16 Ask All Sailors 7/980 I need the add coolant to my motor and I have read on this site not mix colors of different coolants
Silva Nexus (1) Boomvang at 12:39pm 06.27.16 Parts Search 1/2017 125181 One of the blades on my very old Silva Nexus wind transducer broke off. Does anyone out ther
Water System Installation (4) Scott T-Bird at 12:20pm 06.27.16 Ask All Sailors 8/820 Well, I'm finally getting "A Round Tuit" ... pressurized hot ' cold water system install. Instructi
Flying pigs MattObjects at 11:28am 06.27.16 Ask All Sailors 18/3433 We keep our boat on a mooring in the Upper Chesapeake. The osprey and bald eagle populations here a
Rudder pin hook at 10:59am 06.27.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/2303 I've never sailed in my life, and this is probably a real stupid question, but I just bought an 86 M
Canadian Charts SUCK!!! druid at 10:46am 06.27.16 Ask All Sailors 35/6097 OK, RANT time! Getting Digital Charts for Canadian waters SUCK!!!! There's ONE company (basically Go
Speed of a Hunter 25 Plymouth Sailor at 9:31am 06.27.16 The Cherubini Hunters 7/925 Given wind of 10 knts sailing close haul of beam reach, can anyone tell me the average speed of a 25
Hunter 140 - Boom "bumper"? usererror at 8:10am 06.27.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/490 Was there supposed to be a plastic cap or other protector at the end of the boom for the Hunter 140?
Capri 30 rehab for grand prix winner Tom Barry at 8:01am 06.27.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1257 Hello A year and a half ago I was "gifted" an old Capri 30. The boat had certainly showed some good
Bilge Pump Hose Replacement DaveJ at 7:32am 06.27.16 Catalina 310 2/1259 I have been having water in my bilge for a while and could not figure out where it was coming from.
power outlets xianbarnard at 6:56am 06.27.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/771 Hi, the outlets on my boat worked fine when I arrived yesterday. I took my Hunter 28 out for a few h
Oh those "previous owners" (1) chrisings at 6:36am 06.27.16 Ask All Sailors 21/1439 As a precautionary alert, and okay, a little bit of a rant, you never know what previous owners may
engine shifter problem GWG at 6:35am 06.27.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1177 I have the standard Teleflex single lever shifter. Last week, all of a sudden, shifting out of neut
Asymmetrical sail cut Charlie98117 at 6:35am 06.27.16 Ask All Sailors 2/561 I am looking at a used North Sails asymmetrical with a leech dimension that seems much shorter than
Green Harbor, Marshfield, MA Plymouth Sailor at 5:19am 06.27.16 Ask All Sailors 4/724 To anyone who has navigated this harbor, I have a mooring in Plymouth, MA however the boat ramp ther
23.5 Hull ID # mgiraz at 12:13am 06.27.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/478 I am looking at a Hunter 23.5 with the hull # "etched" into the starboard side of the boat. I'm susp
Hunter 260 Mast Raise PaytonG at 10:01pm 06.26.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1207 Hey guys, Well we are purchasing a 2001 Hunter 260 , and it is being shipped to us in a couple of w
Flex Seal JHoward at 6:46pm 06.26.16 Ask All Sailors 26/7024 I've recently, successfully I might add, using a product called Flex Seal, stopped a whole lot of de
Bimini for 1976 C30 w/ Aft Traveler hillzz22 at 6:45pm 06.26.16 Catalina 30 14/2388 I am searching for a bimini or similar solution that would work with my 1976 Catalina 30 with an aft

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Boom AngelM at 6:36am 03.25.24 Yes a blast, and no-one will offer ideas and local riggers kinda useless. You have given me a great
Boom kloudie1 at 6:34am 03.25.24 Lots of boats were totaled iin your area a couple of years ago you can probably find a used boom if
Adler Barbour Power Plate kloudie1 at 6:25am 03.25.24 The Power Plate is the (replaces) evaporator.. The gurgling is a solution inside that freezes when t
Hunter 420 below deck autopilot install... smokey73 at 5:59am 03.25.24 I chose to use a stainless steel main sprocket, drive socket on the drive and stainless steel chain.
Hunter 420 below deck autopilot install... smokey73 at 5:50am 03.25.24 There was an extensive discussion about it awhile back. There is picture of the Rotary drive in the
Boom jssailem at 5:34am 03.25.24 Not sure what reply you seek. It appears you are rebuilding a boat that was manufactured in the late
Simpson/Lawrance Horizon 1500 Windlass (1) jssailem at 5:18am 03.25.24 It appears to me that the chain specification is supplied in the manual. It is dependent on the Gyps
Rode for Desolation Sound dLj at 4:54am 03.25.24
Rode for Desolation Sound jssailem at 4:44am 03.25.24
Replacing a frozen autopilot Terry Cox at 4:26am 03.25.24 Has anyone replace one of these before and which model did you use? Our 1991 P42 original Autohelm
Suggestions on South Florida Towns to Retire To? IWannaGoSailing at 4:02am 03.25.24 @Tally Ho That's a great suggestion! I'm heading to Fort Myers next week and plan to scout out a few
M-12 Oil Change StanleyJ at 3:56am 03.25.24 Jssailem: Is your Universal engine a M-12? It was my understanding that the alternator bracket upg
Simpson/Lawrance Horizon 1500 Windlass Jim Legere at 3:47am 03.25.24 Most of the SL 1500 sold in NA had a gypsy spec'ed for 3/8" BBB chain. I'm not sure 3/8" Gr 43 will
Rode for Desolation Sound skunther at 9:18pm 03.24.24
Venting 3 compartments at once Ted10028 at 7:40pm 03.24.24 Through a deck fitting. How else? that was my original plan but I could not see a way to get a 3 i
Replacing a frozen autopilot JamesG161 at 6:55pm 03.24.24 Hunter passage 42. Very same issue here... Hunter 420 below deck autopilot install... you both n
1984 Hunter 34 Fuel Fittings Tally Ho at 6:54pm 03.24.24 Is the tank metal or poly ? Poly, based on the photo.
Suggestions on South Florida Towns to Retire To? Tally Ho at 6:53pm 03.24.24 Wife and I went to Ft. Lauderdale area last week, and Naples area this week (we have friends on both
Replacing a frozen autopilot Sailgunner at 5:44pm 03.24.24 Don't know anything about your numbers but a Raymarine Type II drive motor with course computer will
Venting 3 compartments at once thinwater at 5:04pm 03.24.24 got it. You pull air from the bathroom but the issue is how to get that air out of the boat! Throu

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