Recent Posts (old style)

Serving sailors online since 1997

Forum Index
Recent Posts (Legacy)

Recent Topics

Winterizing Hunter 356 Musetta at 6:44am 06.21.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1717 Since it takes weeks to get the antifreeze taste out of the fresh water system, I am wondering if it
Help! Need a new prop! (2) dave_and_dd at 6:30am 06.21.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 9/1335 I have the boat (Catalina 309) out on the hard for bottom paint. there was a bit of 'chipping' on t
Just curious (1) flynhi4u at 6:28am 06.21.16 Ask All Sailors 38/1670 I am curious about something concerning all the "Adimrals" out there. How many of your wifes, girlfr
leaky shower head Justin_NSA at 5:52am 06.21.16 Mid-Size Boats 2/481 We never use the shower head, but sometimes it leaks water for no reason. I could probably mess with
Looking at '82 C22 this weekend (1) zimm at 5:46am 06.21.16 Catalina 22 9/851 I'm interested in buying my first sailboat. The more I ask, the more people point me to the C-22 as
Follow up on water heater installation efforts (1) Bob4203 at 5:33am 06.21.16 Catalina 30 2/825 I attached a photo to show what was necessary (in my situation) to remove the water heater on my Mar
Assym equipment Clydo at 11:02pm 06.20.16 Catalina 310 40/8088 Looks like our boats came from factory equipped for spinnaker. Looking through binocs appears to be
15MM tube fittings kimelmore at 6:31pm 06.20.16 Ask All Sailors 4/603 Is there an easy way to remove the plastic 15mm tube fittings used on the fresh water system of my b
V berth fresh water tank removal JDemo at 5:21pm 06.20.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/2659 I have been watching water leak from under the V berth water tank for awhile on my '94 Passage 42'.
Single handed from the foredeck... C22BC at 5:05pm 06.20.16 Catalina 22 16/1818 Does anybody sale single handed without a headsail furler and lines led aft? I'm trying to figure ou
Foam blocks for dingy Meriachee at 2:10pm 06.20.16 Ask All Sailors 2/539 I've seen hard sided dingys on the fordeck from time to time with what looks like poly-foam cut out
Engine instruments on Raymarine Display Hunter 49/50 (1) SEMPERAVANTI41 at 2:07pm 06.20.16 Big Boats 1/759 I made a simple modification on my Hunter 50 equipped with a MAS 200 monitoring system. By connectin
Keeping cool, what do you do? Craig Cook at 1:35pm 06.20.16 Mid-Size Boats 19/8033 I'm very curious what others do to keep their boats cool enough to sleep on in the summer. I have a
Rebuild of my Catalina 30's Diesel (4) shazam at 12:44pm 06.20.16 Catalina 30 25/8751 ......thus begins the process of the removal and rebuild of my Universal Diesel on my '83 Catalina 3
Aft Holding Tank on 1985 Hunter 40' Jo Ann Stebbins at 11:06am 06.20.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/2015 We are considering purchase of a 1985 Hunter 40'. There is much discussion about leakage from the t
Has anyone installed an anchor windless on a 1985 Hunter 40'? Jo Ann Stebbins at 11:02am 06.20.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/413 a) Is there a location in or around the chain locker designed for an anchor windless to be mounted t
has anyone purchased Bimini Top from Hunter Owners Shop? Elie at 10:54am 06.20.16 Mid-Size Boats 6/1568 Thinking about buying a bimini top for my 1995 Hunter 29.5 from the hunter owners shop. After shippi
Universal m25xp now running to cool? ChrisCall at 10:53am 06.20.16 Ask All Sailors 3/861 Do to overheating issues last season ,I recently installed a new raw water pump, new heat exchanger
Is the topping lift necessary? Bob James at 9:42am 06.20.16 Catalina 310 22/5156 I recently deep-sixted my Dutchman system in favor of lazy jacks and a cradle cover (Doyle). The top
Javelin jib and main sheet locations John Stevens at 9:42am 06.20.16 Day Sailers 2/854 I have a 1969 Javelin. The jib sheets go from an adjustable block on the side of the coaming to a c

Recent Replies

Another Legend 40.5 holding tank replacement 3.26.24 artboas at 9:57am 03.29.24 Wema gauges or any other tank level indicator that uses an internal sensor are fine for water and
37c 3qm30 Kanzaki water house routing please help RitSim at 9:42am 03.29.24 It would seem that if that is a transmission cooler that this would be first in the cooling line. T
Repowering with a Volvo D1-30 tomlix at 9:34am 03.29.24 Thanks for the link, much appreciated.
NMEA Scott T-Bird at 9:00am 03.29.24 When looking at NMEA 2000 network structure, I fall back to this diagram. Power Up the Network Rem
Baltimore's key bridge down , hit by ship in early morning . . . Scott T-Bird at 8:57am 03.29.24 Yep, everything comes with a cost. I suspect that something is going to change. I agree that prote
Baltimore's key bridge down , hit by ship in early morning . . . pgandw at 8:42am 03.29.24 So you are going to slow down the ships in and out of Baltimore to 1-2 knots until past the bridge?
Baltimore's key bridge down , hit by ship in early morning . . . Scott T-Bird at 8:34am 03.29.24 Minimum steerage speed for such a ship is 6-7 kts, which is why she was doing 8kts. Even my huge R
How does a battery selector switch work? Scott T-Bird at 8:30am 03.29.24
Stem Fitting Deleted member 117556 at 8:29am 03.29.24 John, You have the "new & improved" fitting. Notice how the thickness of your fitting does not vary
How does a battery selector switch work? jssailem at 8:26am 03.29.24
How does a battery selector switch work? Scott T-Bird at 8:21am 03.29.24 Becareful when buying Northstar Batteries and any TPPL batteries. Many of them are designed for use
37c 3qm30 Kanzaki water house routing please help Cocoa Beach Sailor at 8:05am 03.29.24 You are right, that is different Yanmar - 3QM30F rather than "H"? - than was standard for the 1980-
How does a battery selector switch work? dlochner at 7:40am 03.29.24 If I were buying AGM batteries, I would get Odyssey, Northstar, or X2Power (exclusively sold by Bat
37c 3qm30 Kanzaki water house routing please help Jim Legere at 7:35am 03.29.24 You are right, that is different Yanmar - 3QM30F rather than "H"? - than was standard for the 1980-8
Another Legend 40.5 holding tank replacement 3.26.24 Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:26am 03.29.24 What is the make/model/approx age of your toilets? If not one of the high end all china "thrones,"
37c 3qm30 Kanzaki water house routing please help (4) Cocoa Beach Sailor at 7:24am 03.29.24 What you are calling the "transmission cooler" is actually the engine heat exchanger. The Yanmar 3Q
Baltimore's key bridge down , hit by ship in early morning . . . pgandw at 7:17am 03.29.24 Minimum steerage speed for such a ship is 6-7 kts, which is why she was doing 8kts. Even my huge Ru
Baltimore's key bridge down , hit by ship in early morning . . . Scott T-Bird at 7:05am 03.29.24 The magic number is the 8+ kts speed. I'm sure there is a minimum steerage speed for that ship, may
Table bases (3) twodzusfittings at 6:59am 03.29.24 Have you looked into one of these. I had one on my previous boat, a Hunter 25.5. I bought the table
How does a battery selector switch work? Scott T-Bird at 6:55am 03.29.24 If I were buying AGM batteries, I would get Odyssey, Northstar, or X2Power (exclusively sold by Batt

Contact
About
Terms of Use