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Raw water intake thru hull ChrisCall at 6:09pm 05.19.16 Catalina 30 7/1871 Got a question that I probably already know the answer. My boat went in the water today Catalina 30
Raw water intake thru hull ChrisCall at 6:06pm 05.19.16 Ask All Sailors 3/465 Got a question that I probably already know the answer. My boat went in the water today . I went dow
Repositioning to San Pedro kimelmore at 5:52pm 05.19.16 Big Boats 15/2797 This is it We are moving our new to us Catalina 380 from San Diego to San Pedro this weekend. Two go
Cumberland Island Area (1) JTulls at 5:16pm 05.19.16 Ask All Sailors 9/840 Here's to hoping the area gets all the rain out of its system this weekend so we get some sunshine f
companion way screen fred1diver at 4:37pm 05.19.16 Ask All Sailors 18/4149 hey everyone, has anyone made a companion way screen, I'm looking at some, but the 80$ seems a bit m
Rigging New Halyards GorillaToast at 4:21pm 05.19.16 Ask All Sailors 10/672 ive never replaced halyards with the mast up. I know I need to sew the new one onto the old one and
Battery Combiner Compared to Blue Seas ACR (2) pateco at 1:55pm 05.19.16 Ask All Sailors 2/964 I have one of these on my boat, differences between this and a Blue Seas 7610 ACR. 123614
First Purchase Question PaytonG at 1:22pm 05.19.16 Ask All Sailors 18/1043 Good afternoon! My wife and I have recently caught the sailing bug, and have enjoyed it enough to
Dip in fuel line. (1) DinoKanuck at 1:00pm 05.19.16 Ask All Sailors 4/467 123612 Any known problems allowing a fuel line to come to within 1 foot of a primary Racor filter an
Passage 450 Lazarette Latches (1) Chuck Cohen at 12:39pm 05.19.16 Parts Search 2/1006 I'm looking for two new lazarrete latches for our 1997 Hunter Passage 450. Help appreciated. Thank y
2gm20 mixing elbow stainless or cast. Gzito at 12:15pm 05.19.16 Engines and Propulsion 12/2261 My sailboat has a Yanmar 2gm20fw 1987 I want to replace the exhaust mixing elbow. Should I spend t
Solar Vent Removal (2) MikeK2B at 12:04pm 05.19.16 Ask All Sailors 12/3109 I'm almost embarrassed to ask this but for the life of me I can't figure out how to remove my solar
Shroud Tension 260 steved2 at 11:19am 05.19.16 Smaller Boats 12/2211 Does anyone know what the shroud tension should be for a hunter 260 using a tension gauge?
Disposing of an old boat (1) Texas Gun-Man at 11:03am 05.19.16 Catalina 22 35/9638 I live on a ranch. The ranch next door has this sailboat on it. He's offered to give it to me if I'l
Need a bow sprit Boatman1710 at 10:55am 05.19.16 Ask All Sailors 4/415 I have a 1984 Hunter '34. Last year while motoring on the St. Johns river In Jacksonville, Fl., my f
Force 10 Use JHoward at 9:52am 05.19.16 Ask All Sailors 8/824 I have a H37c with, I'm assuming, the original 1980 heater, which seems to be in very good condition
37c stay sail jib boom JHoward at 9:44am 05.19.16 The Cherubini Hunters 4/918 I really don't like the boom, does it have to be used to fly the stay sail well?
H386 Deck Light Replacement Bulb Boston2020 at 9:19am 05.19.16 Big Boats 28/3195 I need to replace the bulb for the deck light on my 2003 Hunter 386. I would like to go up the mast
Manual windlass Gzito at 9:14am 05.19.16 Bigger Boats 17/4881 I have a Oday 322. I would like to install a manual windlass. Rope rode with 15 feet of chain. Any
Beer cruise Jackdaw at 9:13am 05.19.16 Ask All Sailors 14/879 We're in the midst of a week of San Diego weather here in Minneapolis.... Sunny, Breezy, Seventy. So

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Thru Hull Replacement? Scott T-Bird at 7:56am 12.05.23 As a follow-up .... are you sure that you are trying to turn it the right way? Every once in a whil
Dodger Needed FastOlson at 7:45am 12.05.23 I'm in the wrong business Yeah. You might be, or Not. :) Tough business to succeed in -- with con
Manual Bilge motosail_SD at 7:41am 12.05.23 Glad you discovered the answer. Old boats are often a mystery awaiting discovery. Kind of the char
Any clever ideas about how to blow fresh air into Catalina 320? FastOlson at 7:27am 12.05.23
Dodger Needed Project_Mayhem at 7:24am 12.05.23 Oooof-ya.. $8000! Is that pesos or dollars? EDIT: Looking at SailRite, tallying up the materials fo
Manual Bilge jssailem at 7:24am 12.05.23 Glad you discovered the answer. Old boats are often a mystery awaiting discovery. Kind of the charm
Hunter Sailboat Salvage Yards? Project_Mayhem at 7:19am 12.05.23 There's a few marine salvage yards listed here: Sailboat Parts
Border Crossing with a Trailer Sailer sesmith at 7:12am 12.05.23 Not sure of the boarder crossing wait times in your area, but where we cross into Ontario I'd much r
Solar power systems dlochner at 7:04am 12.05.23 The "solar generators" are a LFP battery and a charger/inverter in one self-contained unit. Plug the
Manual Bilge motosail_SD at 7:02am 12.05.23 Hello all. Well it come to find out that it is a centerboard. Which explains the cleat there to kee
Which are the best good old daysailers? jimshipsky at 6:58am 12.05.23 Huh! I've been thinking monohulls. But now I'll keep my eyes open for a tri.
Solar power systems American_Mainsail at 6:48am 12.05.23 I am a liveaboard as well. In the summer, I rely on my solar/battery combo for nearly all of my powe
Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 49 DS American_Mainsail at 6:40am 12.05.23 Hi Rado - linking you this article, in case you haven't seen it, on cruising washing machines: Washi
Any clever ideas about how to blow fresh air into Catalina 320? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:33am 12.05.23 Start with changing the sanitation hoses. You remind me of a marine engine mechanic I once knew whos
Cutlass bearing replacement on 2004 Hunter 36 Rasselas36 at 6:26am 12.05.23
Solar power systems dlochner at 6:14am 12.05.23 There are a good series of videos and articles about solar panels on the AltE website. Most are gear
Hunter 36 Shower drain sump pump...keeps tripping its breaker ice breaker at 5:44am 12.05.23 You will be much happier if your replace that wabble pump, that needs a filter, with a Gulper 220.
Hunter 36 Shower drain sump pump...keeps tripping its breaker DaveJ at 5:09am 12.05.23 Another possible test would be to move the wire from the existing breaker to another 10A breaker. If
Thanksgiving Cruise mermike at 4:24am 12.05.23 What's amazing is the team approach to creating these works. It was fascinating to watch the action.
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? sailme88 at 4:04am 12.05.23 if it works well can you give me the brand name please. RecPro is the system that I installed.. T

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