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Sliding hatch fix Salvonight at 5:21am 07.26.23 Ask All Sailors 2/320 Good morning, I recently purchased a boat and don't know much about boat repair but consider myself
Hunter 49 Rudder Question (1) Georgedoyle at 7:16pm 07.25.23 Big Boats 9/900 We pulled our boat out of the water today for bottom paint. I noticed that above the rudder there is
Hunter 38 Cowl Vent (2) quadrille38 at 6:00pm 07.25.23 Big Boats 5/733 I did a small enhancement project today. Replaced the white plastic cowl vent with a new stainless s
Cleaning a Webasto Heater (1) dkinzer at 4:40pm 07.25.23 Ask All Sailors 0/729 I have a Webasto SG1577 diesel hydronic heater installed by Sure Marine Service in Seattle. It funct
Newport anchorages NYSail at 3:25pm 07.25.23 Destinations 18/3070 So friends are invited wife and i to Newport for the folk festival this coming weekend. Tried to res
Motor suggestions for a Day Sailer jpcrane at 1:55pm 07.25.23 Day Sailers 5/1436 Hello everyone! I'm new to sailing, new to Day Sailer ownership, and new to this forum. I recently
Beneteau 323 LynnM at 11:55am 07.25.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/973 1) what are the 2 toggle switches on the head sink? 2) how do you tell where the icebox drains? 3) h
Well...the time comes to all of us.... Dunlookin at 10:17am 07.25.23 The Cherubini Hunters 3/906 ...each sailor, each, boat, each of us. My beloved 1978 33' Cherubini Hunter (Dunlook'n) has develo
Capping a Black Water Tank's Access to Macerator Jason and Dina at 10:03am 07.25.23 Ask All Sailors 8/709 We have 1990 Catalina 30 MKii and would like to cap the black water tank's access to the macerator.
Replace Lewmar vent with solar sailAnnapolis at 8:13am 07.25.23 Ask All Sailors 1/297 I would like to replace a Lewmar Retro-fit Mini Vent Black with a solar vent. Does anyone have expe
Yanmar 3JH3E clutch slipping Gary Ryan at 7:06am 07.25.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 28/2542 Hey Guys, our Hunter 386 has started to exhibit some intermittent clutch slippage. Backing out of
Covert holding tank to auxiliary diesel tank. Pmack240 at 7:04am 07.25.23 Ask All Sailors 6/432 Thinking of getting rid of holding tank on 42 Hunter Passage and installing two composting heads, th
How do you prove you can sail a boat? Daveinet at 6:06am 07.25.23 Ask All Sailors 36/3225 So I have an interesting situation I'm in. As some may recall, my boat was crushed by a tree, and I'
Raytheon Chart Platter Question for Old School Folks Rick D at 7:37pm 07.24.23 Ask All Sailors 3/488 OK, so my RC520 Raytheon chartplotter I had below for 23 years suffered a screen burn. Not worth rep
20" or 25" shaft for Chesapeake Bay? tkyoung04 at 6:48pm 07.24.23 Ask All Sailors 5/793
Here are some videos of my boatwork on 1975 C&C 33 Mk1 'Yellowtail' Traveler7 at 6:06pm 07.24.23 Show Us Your Boat--Videos 2/1167 First trip where we got stuck.... 0_HNMvU-GCs Interior WO7PqyP6v0w In Portland at the Marina Ln5z8Yn
H 41 sea water pump removal captprogreso at 12:21pm 07.24.23 Ask All Sailors 4/311 Hi to all, while assembly back the sea water pump i broke one of the 4 bolts, now i have to take dow
Wind sensor error fix needed Dr. D at 11:55am 07.24.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 14/1450 I was racing yesterday and I thought the the TWA/AWA numbers were a bit odd on a long beam reach. At
Lewmar autopilot drive/clutch (3) tomoma2 at 10:38am 07.24.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/959 I own a 2007 hunter 45cc. The lewmar autopilot drive/clutch is located in the binnacle. (see attache
Neutral and Ground wires connected in AC Panel (1) Catalina310#175 at 9:59am 07.24.23 Catalina 310 8/1892 I was checking the wiring on our Catalina 310 and noticed a jumper wire connecting the AC Neutral bu

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Keeping warm for winter boat work Tally Ho at 4:30pm 02.12.25 I will be very busy with work come spring time so I'm trying to knock stuff out now. Fiberglass wor
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? colemj at 4:17pm 02.12.25 We could have a long conversation about bronze vs plastic thru-hulls. I personally would never use
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? (4) Ralph Johnstone at 3:48pm 02.12.25 229751 This is taken from the above link referring to the responce from Beneteau to Practical Sailo
H34 Mast: Need More Halyards clublunasea at 3:42pm 02.12.25 I have a 1984 Hunter 34 and was thinking of dropping the mast this offseason and replacing my 20 yea
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? dLj at 3:27pm 02.12.25 Someone posted a response by Beneteau saying they are duplex brass - which DZR is one. But even wi
Faded Sunbrella (or equivalent) Boat Canvas DuxDweller at 3:26pm 02.12.25 Well, back again. I ordered some Rust-Oleum Fabric Paint, and I'm also looking at Fabric Spray Dye
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? dLj at 3:26pm 02.12.25 For a long time I agreed with that and defended the use of DZR brass for this application. However
Keeping warm for winter boat work Project_Mayhem at 2:53pm 02.12.25 For about $1,000 you can get a dickinson furnace with a proper chimney. https://www.amazon.com/Dic
Safety Tether Migolito at 2:09pm 02.12.25 Great replys folks thank you. I'll be setting up my Jackline AND adding some strong points along the
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? Davidasailor26 at 1:27pm 02.12.25 It doesn't seem likely that so many boats have stray current or galvanic issues. Generally the Ben
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? (1) colemj at 1:23pm 02.12.25 I'm not doubting you on this but I'm going to have to see some authentification from the manufactur
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? colemj at 1:00pm 02.12.25 This is a good alloy for that use. Not all brasses are "bad". Not all bronzes are "good". For a l
Keeping warm for winter boat work dlochner at 12:45pm 02.12.25
Keeping warm for winter boat work Tally Ho at 12:24pm 02.12.25
inspecting a Catalina 30 Tally Ho at 12:23pm 02.12.25
Keeping warm for winter boat work dlochner at 12:16pm 02.12.25
Keeping warm for winter boat work dlochner at 12:14pm 02.12.25
Keeping warm for winter boat work (2) Tally Ho at 12:12pm 02.12.25
Keeping warm for winter boat work (1) Tally Ho at 12:04pm 02.12.25
Keeping warm for winter boat work Tally Ho at 12:02pm 02.12.25

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