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Diesel Generator Slow Starting on First Attempt Georgedoyle at 3:34pm 04.05.24 Engines and Propulsion 5/850 I have a Mastervolt Whisper 8 generator With a Mitsubishi L2E engine. It usually starts slowly befor
MORC lacoursmarc at 2:34pm 04.05.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1756 Is the Hunter 29.5 a MORC rated boat?
Selden Boom - Excess Play in Gooseneck Clevis Pin? (2) dkinzer at 2:06pm 04.05.24 Ask All Sailors 11/2177 I removed the boom vang today in preparation for doing some work on it and I noticed a couple of iss
Topping lift xavpil at 1:49pm 04.05.24 Ask All Sailors 16/2341 Hi all. I 419 SO Jeanneau. Mast furling. the topping lift line is currently NOT brought to the cockp
Does anybody know what size wire or threaded rod life lines are on Catalina 320, 2004 Ted10028 at 1:25pm 04.05.24 Ask All Sailors 6/861 I want to attach 2 Pelican Hooks on my life lines for easy access off the bow. But cant order withou
Gennaker Halyard Lead for Oceanis 37. Fractional or Masthead? (1) JP Pacific at 1:19pm 04.05.24 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/843
Sailing down the channel (1) Rodsails at 11:33am 04.05.24 Show Us Your Boat--Videos 2/981 Finishing up a great night of racing
Simple electronic install - first time advice needed (2) circa1971la at 5:32am 04.05.24 Ask All Sailors 15/1437
Hunter 34 rudder Marauder at 5:52pm 04.04.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1049 Hello Hunter owners, I'm looking at potential purchase of a 80's Hunter 34 in NZ. I've read about th
lovely boat ---about to be crushed in FL, due to incompetence. . MitchM at 4:45pm 04.04.24 Ask All Sailors 9/1058 the Facebook group Com-Pac Yacht owners just published a very sad story today . the
170 cracked warranty hull (1) cracked warranty hull at 2:58pm 04.04.24 Day Sailers 3/1152 Looking for repair guidance for a crack in a 170 warranty replacement hull. I May remember wrong but
Mast conduit capacity questions, how many and how much CbKl at 11:36am 04.04.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/907 Happy Spring everybody, We have 1993, Legend 40.5. I'd like to sample the wisdom and observations of
What's on the underside of the stanchions on my 23-2? AndrewJillings at 5:18am 04.04.24 Ask An Oday Owner 3/539 It's time to re-bed the stanchions and I'm wondering what's on the other end of the bolts that hold
Converting 5411 to Electric Drive - removing old coupler (1) rob452 at 6:22pm 04.03.24 Catalina 30 6/934 We have finally accepted that our aging 5411 (1980) is no longer up to the task at hand and have com
voltage drop with deck light only chelsabella at 6:06pm 04.03.24 Ask All Sailors 11/1045 Just rewired my mast with new wire for anchor light and combo deck/steaming light. Testing connectio
Ruined mast or not a big deal? (2) cstan at 5:40pm 04.03.24 Ask All Sailors 26/3307 Just purchased my first boat, a 1974 Catalina 27 and realized while I was getting everything setup t
Solar / lithium question xavpil at 5:13pm 04.03.24 Ask All Sailors 16/1402 hi all I have 2x 200Ah Dakota litium batteries. The solar panel leave me at the beginning of the ev
Wednesday is photo day 2024 (2) Captain Larry-DH at 4:01pm 04.03.24 Ask All Sailors 1/385 SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink rocket over Great Exuma Island, launched from Canaveral. (it was taken wit
Adding a new rope clutch damarshall at 12:25pm 04.03.24 Big Boats 8/2521 I want to replace a jam cleat for my mainsheet with a rope clutch but cannot figure how to gain acce
Raytheon Wind Instrument not reading Afraal at 3:27pm 04.02.24 Catalina 310 13/2576 Hello everyone, I'm looking for some advice on troubleshooting my wind instrument. My boat has a Ra

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Ranger 12 - rescue jssailem at 8:17pm 10.25.25 The boat my friend owned had a wooden mast and boom.
Hunter 39 Furlex Line MFD at 7:01pm 10.25.25 I would say to figure out the manufacturer and model of the furler - should be on there. then go to
12V Plug at helm BigEasy at 6:06pm 10.25.25 Scott, I chartered a 331, 343, & 393 several times before purchasing my used 343. There was no
Rudder packing gland bob45 at 4:47pm 10.25.25 It looks to be the same type used on the early Hunters. It operates the same way as the cutlass be
Rudder packing gland heritage at 4:29pm 10.25.25 It looks to be the same type used on the early Hunters. It operates the same way as the cutlass bea
Advice on selling our 1994 Hunter Passage 42 shemandr at 1:07pm 10.25.25 I would look at the broker question like this: If you can find a broker that will list and market y
Advice on selling our 1994 Hunter Passage 42 Wanderwind at 12:42pm 10.25.25
Advice on selling our 1994 Hunter Passage 42 Don S/V ILLusion at 11:55am 10.25.25
12V Plug at helm Scott Duncan at 9:51am 10.25.25
Statue of limitations on DPO ? WayneH at 9:37am 10.25.25 The hull to deck joint on my 1980 Tartan is the original non-leaking butyl. So guess what I used to
The Sewing Machine Thread jviss at 9:32am 10.25.25 Resurrecting this thread... I'm jealous of you Sailrite owners. I finally got my Alphasew working
12V Plug at helm CrispyCringle at 7:56am 10.25.25 Does the outlet wiring have an inline fuse? My guess is it is not a factory install. But the fact th
Mast Down Inspection DaveJ at 6:44am 10.25.25 This is a good topic, timely for this time of year. I am taking the boat out next week and dropping
Mast Down Inspection twodzusfittings at 5:15am 10.25.25 should have been factored into the agreement on selling price I question that statement as there w
Hunter 37C Rudder Drop Jim Legere at 4:03am 10.25.25 On my H37C, I just followed the method recommended in the West System Fiberglass Boat Repair and Mai
12V Plug at helm Scott Duncan at 3:09am 10.25.25 I am not sure if the original owner added the plug. He has been unwilling to answer other questions
More Woes for Catalina and Tartan Yachts BigEasy at 9:14pm 10.24.25 Just sad that so many us boat builders are going out of business. Sad indeed. You would thi
basic battery connections question mermike at 7:31pm 10.24.25 I'm going to be the contrarian here and say that the OP is a good candidate for converting to lithiu
12V Plug at helm JoeWhite at 7:17pm 10.24.25 Ok, good detective work. Was the plug added by the previous owner? If not then the diagram should sh
More Woes for Catalina and Tartan Yachts dlochner at 6:42pm 10.24.25 The article makes it sound like Catalina was sold for only a million. I'd imagine assets would be w

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