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Retrofitting a bowthruster to a 423 Riverdaze at 11:45am 04.21.24 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1049 I'd like to hear from any 423 owners or similar hull Beneteau's about experience adding a bow thrust
Rudder crack (1) mbefus at 11:18am 04.21.24 S2 13/2230
Expected life of a fuel line hose? Project_Mayhem at 8:30am 04.21.24 Engines and Propulsion 17/2142 I replaced a fuel line yesterday and found that the gasoline had some black stuff in it. I suspect i
Outboard gear oil.... Tohatsu 9.8 NYSail at 6:21am 04.21.24 Ask All Sailors 8/1753 Going to change gear oil for 1st time myself. Plain 80/90 wt or should I use gear oil made for marin
Airmar DST 810 (1) Drinky Crow at 8:47pm 04.20.24 Ask All Sailors 5/1276 You ever install one? Dry fit it stops ~4mm short of flush w/bottom thru hull. Instructions say "tap
Seaward Fox 19 Sparty Ken at 7:52pm 04.20.24 Seaward 2/1144 Can anyone direct me to a forum for Seaward Fox 19 owners? I am interested in buying a Fox 19 and wo
Yanmar Diesel cooling blockage at street nipple to exhaust bris59 at 6:31pm 04.20.24 Ask All Sailors 7/1027 My yanmar diesel (27 hp, 3 cyl) for my hunter 36 has had two incidents 4 years apart where the seawa
Stern anchoring circa1971la at 3:55pm 04.20.24 Ask All Sailors 12/2038 Sorry if this is a dumb question but does a stern anchor typically have to have the same scope as th
Universal M25 front V-belt pulley. Hayden Watson at 12:24pm 04.20.24 Ask All Sailors 17/1959 If anyone with an M25 or M25XP is near their engine, can you measure the outside diameter of the cra
Catalina 28 mkII - Hot Water Heater Installation (1) Fred at 7:58am 04.20.24 Mid-Size Boats 3/1268 I'm looking at the HW installation on this new-to-me Cat28. The two aspects that I am considering ar
70 FT of LIFE LINE (2) twodzusfittings at 7:49am 04.20.24 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 6/151 70 ft of 3/16 steel inner with a 5/16 white cover. Free. You pay postage.
Secondary Fuel Filter Mistake - M25-XPB diesel Monheganlover at 5:39am 04.20.24 Catalina 310 21/3360 Yesterday, during spring commissioning of my Universal M25-XPB engine, I did my first change of the
Anyone installed a Balmar Serpentine belt kit on their Universal M25? Hayden Watson at 3:09am 04.20.24 Ask All Sailors 17/2136 I am installing a Balmar Serpentine belt kit on my Universal M25XP and the drive pulley on the crank
Balmar Serpentine kit fail. Hayden Watson at 9:05pm 04.19.24 Engines and Propulsion 4/807 I bought the Balmar 48-USP-M25 for my M25XP. This should be an easy bolt-on process except that the
Original Yamaha Sailboat logo (1) Arctic Hawk at 8:53pm 04.19.24 Yamaha 3/1023 224256 Would any one happen to have an image of the original Yamaha sailboat logo? It was not the t
Boom Vang Part Vision 32 teacherspet at 4:59pm 04.19.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/730 In an inspection, I noticed a slight crack on the part that attached the Boom vang to the mast on th
Trump Companion 21 tedsteffan at 12:43pm 04.19.24 Ask All Sailors 9/1801 Greeting all! I am about to embark on a full refit of a Trump Companion 21 and will be looking for a
store mast diagonal on h260? and mast down lessens pull on anchor 80%? Davenport at 12:32pm 04.19.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1271 Before hurricane season I was thinking of dropping my h260 mast and storing it either in normal stra
pour 1/16th inch of resin to firm up H260 wood flooring? Davenport at 11:50am 04.19.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/712 Im a heavy guy and my old h260 creaks when I walk on the wood floor and it bounces too. So far I've
Adding a mid-ship cleat to a H260 Chuck C. at 11:03am 04.19.24 Smaller Boats 5/873 Has anyone installed a mid-ship cleat on a H260? I've been tying off my spring line to the winch b

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OLYC Online Yacht Club members roll call... Leeward Rail at 7:09pm 10.27.25 Ooh interesting. Was this the yachting site on the dark web :facepalm: ? Dark ? Well, it was a
H26 Mast not sitting flush Don S/V ILLusion at 6:56pm 10.27.25 Is it the mast base or the deck which has deformed?
Yanmar 2YM15 anode replacement (1) Doug on Long Island Sound at 6:53pm 10.27.25 Nice to get the feedback. The anode I am refering to is on my SD20 saildrive. On my boat it is coupl
Yanmar 2YM15 anode replacement Ralph Johnstone at 5:49pm 10.27.25 Seems that you are NOT looking for an anode for a Yanmar 2YM15 (no engine anodes) but more likely th
basic battery connections question marcham at 5:41pm 10.27.25 LiFePO4 prices are not as high as quoted unless you insist on name brand - which from what I can se
Invest 98L Don S/V ILLusion at 5:09pm 10.27.25 Cat 5 storm now very scary I went to Jamaica once. Best spot to be was high in the Mountains. A
Goosneck corrosion - how bad is this? garymalmgren at 5:04pm 10.27.25 I would look for a second hand boom. I have been watching the refit adventures of Mark in the Nether
Invest 98L kappykaplan at 4:22pm 10.27.25 Best spot to be was high in the Mountains. Interesting. The news tonight said being at elevation
Rigging Quote jaysweet at 4:22pm 10.27.25
Towing a Catalina C30 1983 Project_Mayhem at 3:22pm 10.27.25
Genoa Sail trim for broad reach or run Mac Smith at 2:58pm 10.27.25 The tell-tales don't work well on the point of sail you are talking about because your sail is being
Rigging Quote dlochner at 2:37pm 10.27.25
Where can I buy a bumper section for a Hunter 23.5 ? rgranger at 2:25pm 10.27.25
basic battery connections question pgandw at 1:59pm 10.27.25 Op has about 180-200 Ah, of which about 100ah is usable. (Agm or flooded?) A 280Ah .lithium pack c
Goosneck corrosion - how bad is this? Scott T-Bird at 1:55pm 10.27.25 If your old sail won't fit when you cut some of that end off, you can always have a new sail made to
Invest 98L (2) JamesG161 at 1:50pm 10.27.25 235179 I went to Jamaica once. Best spot to be was high in the Mountains. All weather forecasters
Hull preparation unclejack3 at 1:15pm 10.27.25 It's difficult to say what's going on there. Are you sure it is gelcoat and not two different pain
Where can I buy a bumper section for a Hunter 23.5 ? kappykaplan at 12:09pm 10.27.25 Check with the forum store on this site.
Possibly wrong boat, but dreaming. sv_regulus at 11:28am 10.27.25 Some quick thoughts/questions to spur some ideas for you..... as I lay awake in the middle of the n
Possibly wrong boat, but dreaming. FastOlson at 11:20am 10.27.25 I hope the OP does some searching for info at the main owners' site, ericsonyachts.org. Registering

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