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Boat registration advice frankiedogs at 9:26am 09.26.15 Ask All Sailors 32/3709 Need some advice from the masses. Lord help me now. We bought our boat from owner b. Consider us
Toby1979 Toby1979 at 8:57am 09.26.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/780 The manuals / Wiring diagrams that came with the boat. Show a circuit for Fans. The panel has a la
hull polishing bburke at 8:51am 09.26.15 Day Sailers 2/1021 The hull on my Spindrift Daysailer 1 had an ok finish, but I wanted to improve it with some polishin
Short Video Bad Obsession at 8:40am 09.26.15 Ask All Sailors 8/997 I got a SJ CAM 4000 for a birthday present. Anyway, I shot a very short video of my last sailing tr
What is this flap thing on the bottom of my H170? (2) mark2 at 6:29am 09.26.15 Day Sailers 5/1565 Thought I saw a post about this once before but cannot find it. While searching for a leak around th
Cat 30 refit advise. (1) Woodyapex at 1:02am 09.26.15 Catalina 30 14/4183 I've purchased a cat 30 for myself and girlfriend to sail around in for a while . At the minute it
Blisters above the waterline!? (1) Zach Grammon at 8:43pm 09.25.15 Catalina 22 5/1888 So I recently purchased a C-22 '73 #2353 and have been working on it the past three weeks or so. To
Raising the Gooseneck steve.bp65 at 5:03pm 09.25.15 Smaller Boats 15/4105 Reposition the Gooseneck I recently had a bimini fitted to our hunter 240. To allow the installer t
Looking for 2017 C-22 Nationals Host CaptDon01 at 3:33pm 09.25.15 Catalina 22 0/640 It's time to start thinking about the 2017 C-22 Nationals. The regatta will be returning to the cent
New Owner mrudman850 at 3:13pm 09.25.15 Catalina 22 1/446 Took possession of an unnamed 1977 C-22 yesterday - #7575. Boat was out of the water for two years,
Re-powering 78 H30 Yeki at 1:36pm 09.25.15 The Cherubini Hunters 3/757 Hello All! I am considering re-powering our 1978 H30. Would a Universal 5424 be a suitable replacem
Heavy Weather Bad Obsession at 12:56pm 09.25.15 Ask All Sailors 76/12111 Where is the line when the weather turns from good sailing to Heavy Weather? I think that each pe
Single Handed Mooring Techniques Jtcf78911 at 10:43am 09.25.15 Ask All Sailors 18/4278 Dear friends in sailing... Interested in techniques some of you may use for single handed moori
Battery Charger Location And Type On A Hunter 33.5 tgrady at 10:34am 09.25.15 Mid-Size Boats 1/1044 I have a Xantrex True Charge 2 charging a bank of 4 flood type golf batteries. The batteries are lo
Installing a generator in a Hunter 410 Don Lucas at 6:09am 09.25.15 Big Boats 6/1793 Who has installed a generator in their Hunter 410? Were you able to install it from the outside beta
2GM Shifter travel Canonshooternb at 5:44am 09.25.15 Engines and Propulsion 6/1325 I have a new 2 me 1986 boat with 2GM20 engine. This summer on occasion I noticed that the transmis
Motor Mounts Damifudo at 3:14am 09.25.15 Catalina 30 9/2788 Hello all I am new to Catalina and this Forum. We are looking to purchase a 1988 C30 and just had t
1997 Owner's Manual oldsalt147 at 8:58pm 09.24.15 Catalina 30 4/866 where can I go to purchase or download a 1997 Catalina 30 Owner's Manual?
Ameriseam 6 foot rail mount bimini CHSN WND at 5:35pm 09.24.15 Smaller Boats 6/1033 Dumb question, but how does the 6 foot rail mount bimini (the model sold in the SBO store for H26) f
2GM Mixing Elbow Question davejet at 3:58pm 09.24.15 Mid-Size Boats 13/2749 :confused: Need a Yanmar Expert! I have the orginal 2GM for my 1983 Hunter 31. SaltWater/RawWater

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Help with Low Oil Pressure troubleshoot Afraal at 7:47pm 07.31.23 Do you have a separate low oil pressure alarm? HI Stu... not sure what you mean by a separate alar
Hunter smile / keel movement duck21 at 7:44pm 07.31.23 My Hunter 376 manual has a section that details out the keel construction including keel bolt placem
Solar water heat exchanger Davidasailor26 at 7:24pm 07.31.23 Most (all?) engine cooling systems have an expansion tank Off-topic, but to answer your question m
Yanmar 3GM30F light blue smoke when cruising Davidasailor26 at 7:19pm 07.31.23
Aluminum winch on a saltwater boat - Good or bad idea? Davidasailor26 at 6:57pm 07.31.23
Aluminum winch on a saltwater boat - Good or bad idea? PaulK at 6:36pm 07.31.23 Anodized masts seem to hold up pretty well.
Lazy jack rigging question Mark Maulden at 6:10pm 07.31.23 Use dyneema. Less chafe
Hunter smile / keel movement dlochner at 6:10pm 07.31.23 @Gypsy hunter How do you know that keel comes in two pieces? I don't know how @Gypsy hunter knows
Rear Traveler Cam Cleat pcharn01 at 6:10pm 07.31.23 Maybe this? https://www.catalinadirect.com/shop-by-boat/catalina-25/hull-deck/cockpit/winches-amp-cl
Bow thruster and electric winch iestion Captain Larry-DH at 6:01pm 07.31.23
Hunter 290 or 306 in Bahamas CliffA at 6:01pm 07.31.23
Hunter smile / keel movement Crazy Dave Condon at 5:50pm 07.31.23 @Gypsy hunter How do you know that keel comes in two pieces?
Lazy jack rigging question Justin_NSA at 5:26pm 07.31.23 You're missing the part of the system that lets you tighten or ease the lines. Like Greg mentioned,
Lazy jack rigging question (1) Tally Ho at 4:34pm 07.31.23 My boat is quite a bit bigger, but my jacks are set up so I can loosen or tighten them(or even pull
Traveler Car Replacement - 73 Sabre 28-1 Summer Wind - Sabre 28 at 4:14pm 07.31.23 I will jump over to that group to pose the Sabre question. Thank you for the reply.
Old DataMarine instrument ...does it speak NMEA0183? kappykaplan at 3:56pm 07.31.23 Raymarine ITC5 I'll be at my boat on Fri and will determine what I have + photos.
Yanmar 3JH3E clutch slipping Gary Ryan at 3:54pm 07.31.23 Thanks Dave. I believe the bolts are easy to get to. I will call the transmission place tomorrow.
Old DataMarine instrument ...does it speak NMEA0183? jssailem at 3:37pm 07.31.23 You might try to examine the Raymarine ITC5. The unit fires the transducer, takes the transducer sig
Hunter 23.5 topping lift rigging. Scubagirl62 at 3:00pm 07.31.23 Had a 23.5. We ran it through the third sheave and cleated it on the side of the boom. Done. And is
Traveler Car Replacement - 73 Sabre 28-1 dlochner at 2:35pm 07.31.23 The best source of information for a question like this is the Sabre Sailboats FB group and/or the S

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