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Apparent Wind Indicator Roger B at 1:27pm 09.10.25 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/888 My aft of mast Windex broke (not the Raymarine little windex with the anemometer). The tail fell of
Keel bolt damage on lead keel (3) Tazbro47 at 9:12am 09.10.25 Ask All Sailors 15/1090 I sustained damage to my keel recently. I hit a rock in Robinson Hole passing between Vinyard Sound
Rigging Arrgh at 8:58am 09.10.25 Bigger Boats 6/933 Anyone with a 34 change their standing rigging? I was thinking that since it's a production boat, s
Autopilot for O'Day 39 Taylor1618 at 8:50am 09.10.25 Bigger Boats 15/1316 Hello all. I recently purchased a 1984 O'Day 39. Beautiful boat and my family is ever so happy to be
Rudder repair (1) brhoads at 8:41am 09.10.25 Ask All Sailors 8/662 I just purchased an OD 23. The previous owner hit a rock with the rudder. This is a picture of his
Crimp Pull Testing Preview Maine Sail at 3:10pm 09.09.25 Musings With Maine Sail 0/1102 I have been fabricating a test jig for crimp pull testing. Today, I ran a test of the PRO-HST heat s
Isotherm Icebox Cooling Kit (2) Schwarz633 at 2:24pm 09.09.25 Ask All Sailors 4/679 I installed an Isotherm Compact "2501" U200X000R11111AB along with a SBD00154XA 2 meter extension li
Anyone need a trailer for movement or storage. Last used for 46 ft, Ted Brewer Pilothouse Cutter. (1) leac0010 at 12:39pm 09.09.25 Ask All Sailors 0/57 I don't mean to offer anything for sale, I'm just trying to get the word out that I have a nice heav
2002 Hunter Passage 450 integral water tank leaks S/V Gypsea Soul at 11:41am 09.09.25 Big Boats 4/576 Hello group, my wife and I are the new owners of a 2002 Hunter Passage 450. We have been refitting a
Cokckpit table and pedestal for 2002 Hunter 356 (1) Brian Choi at 9:58am 09.09.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/655 Looking for cockpit table and pedestal frame for 2002 Hunter 356. Anyone know where i can get this
Battery box mount. AP0196 at 9:15am 09.09.25 Ask All Sailors 19/1309
Cost of a New Yanmar 44HP Installed? GeneraiT001 at 2:42pm 09.08.25 Engines and Propulsion 22/2153 HI, First post :) I'm about to look at my first sailboat (to buy) in a couple of days. I have zero
Hunter 49 Cutlass OD size ? Screen Saver at 1:56pm 09.08.25 Big Boats 4/771 Im trying to buy a new Duramax Cutlass bearing for my Hunter 49 that is still in the Water, so I can
Yanmar 2gm20f issue Ryan R at 12:25pm 09.08.25 Engines and Propulsion 5/741 My O'day 302 has a 2GM20F. As I was motoring along at about 2500 RPMs. Suddenly the RPMs dropped to
Hunter 41 AC black water coming into build from anti siphon above exhaust elbow any reason why JohnofChannelIslands at 10:47am 09.08.25 Ask All Sailors 2/353 Ha anyone had a few table spoons of water coming from the anti siphon elbow that is above the exhaus
Stopping and M25XP Project_Mayhem at 9:58am 09.08.25 Engines and Propulsion 3/519 Does the stop lever work by blocking the intake or through decompression? We accidentally drained
Outboard steering ACGravitt at 8:39am 09.08.25 Engines and Propulsion 9/792 I have a Morgan out island 28. I have added an auxiliary 9.9 hp kicker, but would like to build a sy
Deck restoration/painting. What will it take? (1) AP0196 at 7:26am 09.08.25 Ask All Sailors 9/691
Forestay ddox at 3:37pm 09.07.25 Smaller Boats 8/846 So, went to rig it today, and when I tried to attach the forestay it was about 3 inches too short. I
Main Sheet Block O'day DS 1972 DelVel at 10:23am 09.07.25 Parts Search 13/1835 I need one my project boat is missing it, and Starboard traveler block.

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Quest 30 jssailem at 8:26am 11.17.25 Why? I would wonder why not? If the initial rating is not correct after a couple of races, they will
Help Me Understand The Basics Of Boat Battery Charging jssailem at 8:24am 11.17.25 getting the pulley off will ne a snap Listen to the comedian Jimmy Carr and you would never ask th
Hood Stoway In-Mast Furling Manuals UpperPintle at 8:08am 11.17.25 FYI: Here is info on the upper bearing assembly if you ever need to replace it. This is for the "A"
Hood Stoway In-Mast Furling Manuals Val B at 7:12am 11.17.25 I have a manual system, but no continuous line (just crank at the mast). Attached are documents I
Raymarine MFD problems - replacement robbjd at 7:01am 11.17.25 We replaced an old, and no longer supported RM plotter with an AXIOM 12+. It did require an iTC-5, c
Funny Friday!!! (1) dmax at 6:59am 11.17.25 Just in time for the holidays:
1984 Hunter 27: Bow/Deck Protection Project_Mayhem at 6:57am 11.17.25 I'm not entirely sure what the proper term is, but if a rub rail is designed to protect the bow, th
Removing fuel tank on Catalina 310 robbjd at 6:48am 11.17.25 Great write up! I'm in need of new coolant and water lines for our C34Mk2. Thank you
MarineMaster Pro - Free Route Planner sea_zone at 6:45am 11.17.25 Does it give an eta based on current speed? Not right now, but you can easily add this feature wit
Removing fuel tank on Catalina 310 Project_Mayhem at 6:29am 11.17.25 Thanks for this write up! I've added your hose selection and lengths to my C30 notes. Should be pret
Companion way doors for a 1983 (3) OS2Dude at 6:21am 11.17.25 These are the the plans I drew to make removeable doors for my 1985 Catalina 30. Two strips fill in
Hunter 41 DS - Any Known Issues? Look-Fors? ice breaker at 5:51am 11.17.25 We have a 2004 ac 41. Same boat with the lower roof line. We have had it 16 years. We sail Lake S
Help Me Understand The Basics Of Boat Battery Charging dlochner at 4:30am 11.17.25 Thanks for the info on getting the right model of alternator. Hope getting the pulley off will ne a
Help Me Understand The Basics Of Boat Battery Charging GeneraiT001 at 4:12am 11.17.25 That is the one with a single foot (SF) and a dual V belt pulley (DV). That's not what you want.
Hunter 41 DS - Any Known Issues? Look-Fors? Mtmaksim at 4:03am 11.17.25 Yep - I had a dumb moment - it's a 2008. Somehow I lost 10 years writing the post!
MarineMaster Pro - Free Route Planner Project_Mayhem at 8:07pm 11.16.25 Does it give an eta based on current speed?
Outboard transom mount repair Project_Mayhem at 8:06pm 11.16.25 If the OP is not in salt water, I'd recommend using Unistrut washers as backing plates. 1/4" thick s
A day at the beach shemandr at 7:45pm 11.16.25 Ayup!
A day at the beach PaulK at 7:00pm 11.16.25 At this point it looks like both the rudder and keel have been sheared off. Looks like sawzall time
Help Me Understand The Basics Of Boat Battery Charging Scott T-Bird at 6:18pm 11.16.25 BTW, when I converted to the J10 pulley https://www.westmarine.com/balmar-pulley-conversion-kit-1808

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