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C&C36 rudder bearing replacement, osmosis?, front hatch etc goco at 6:30pm 12.02.15 C&C 0/1075 Dear ... Forum Before i point my questions, a short introduction to Sailboatowners.com and its user
Replacing Edson Helm Chain/Cable mytime at 6:27pm 12.02.15 Ask All Sailors 17/9705 When I was at the boat show an Edson rep told me that the chain/cable connecting the helm to rudder
Sail Drive Lifted Thur Hull (1) KamaHeleKai at 6:17pm 12.02.15 Ask All Sailors 2/644 During the Great Lakes autumn ritual of hoisting out to dry dock, my '79 S2 8.0B with an Johnson-Evi
Holes in topsides near stern of Oceanis 430 (1) royd43 at 3:31pm 12.02.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/2181 There are holes on each side of our Oceanis 430 that don't seem to be attached to anything. Any ide
New electrical panel Lodi47 at 3:05pm 12.02.15 Ask All Sailors 6/968 Are there any suggestions for videos explaining how to wire a boat, specifically, I need to add anot
Proper Line Handling (1) cb32863 at 12:14pm 12.02.15 Ask All Sailors 31/2230 We all know that when handling our sheets and halyards that we are supposed to pull with an over-han
Packing gland on H466 and oil change jack silver at 10:34am 12.02.15 Big Boats 4/1171 i have a 2004 Hunter 466; is there any easy way to get to the packing gland to service? and while
Another Keel Failure Rick D at 10:25am 12.02.15 Ask All Sailors 6/1563 This article in another forum concerning a keel failure on a pretty new boat is interesting if still
Cooling System Universal M3-20 mcclendon at 9:37am 12.02.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/785 The overflow line off the coolant tank has melted in the engine compartment of my C 28.5, so the ove
How do Avon inflatible oarlocks work?????? (1) Vegas at 6:13am 12.02.15 Ask All Sailors 4/1942 I bought this used Avon inflatable, and no book came with it. I forgot to ask the seller how the oar
1977 O'Day 25 Window Replacement lostintime at 5:26am 12.02.15 Ask An Oday Owner 8/2784 Hi all, Happy Holidays! Sadly I live in Michigan so "Happy Holidays" means the boat is out of the w
Cabin Deflection rich26nc at 10:12pm 12.01.15 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1368 Had some well meaning friends help tune my rigging. Now the cabin top is deflected at the mast step.
Early Christmas getting a new rig Fred Villiard at 6:04pm 12.01.15 SSB and Ham Operators 10/2118 I've made up my mind to retire the old TS-440 rather than fixing it. Trying to make up my mind what
Yanmar 2gm cylinder head; can it be fixed? Doons60 at 5:38pm 12.01.15 Engines and Propulsion 4/3034 I pulled the head on my Yanmar 2GM as I believed I had issues with an exhaust valve. I took it to th
Refrigerator kerry a berg at 1:40pm 12.01.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/757 Refrigerator keeps freezing/icing over. This seems to indicate that the compressor is still working
Possible to clean under V-berth? 51RD55 at 12:28pm 12.01.15 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 11/1833 Awhile back, at the very same time this site had undergone its upgrade, and I believe I was one of
rigging ShapeShifter at 9:41am 12.01.15 Ask All Sailors 8/936 My wife and I are going to retire soon on a mac26x. We lived and sailed a boat many years ago. We ar
Battery Cable size?? captron at 7:34am 12.01.15 Ask All Sailors 5/4891 Increasing the house bank, adding 2 additional group 31 AGM to bring the total to 4 house with a com
AIS is evolving to be more uncledom at 5:00am 12.01.15 Ask All Sailors 16/1272 I know not everyone is a big fan of AIS due to slow update rates and the fact that not all vessels t
Mast wiring Oday 302 (1) Mackaroni at 8:13pm 11.30.15 Bigger Boats 10/2569 I plan on rewiring my entire mast this winter while it is unstepped and resting on the saw horses.

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Looking to Find a Mast for my Hunter 42 CC 1991 55.5' Terry Cox at 6:19pm 12.06.23 Thank you for the sketch, Dean. So starboard side? The shear occurred within the one piece rod itsel
hello chp at 5:39pm 12.06.23 great pics...good to get this forum up and going again...CHP where do you keep yours? we are in NOT
New Sovereign forum nightowle at 4:43pm 12.06.23 Same here I'll 3rd that. It gave me quite the chuckle and thought Sailing Anarchy was taking over
Any clever ideas about how to blow fresh air into Catalina 320? Alan Gomes at 4:35pm 12.06.23 honestly changing the hoses seems like a job and a half and a filthy one at that while putting in
Knot meter sensitivity to sail trim (1) Tally Ho at 4:30pm 12.06.23 My boat had both a paddle wheel transducer/gauge and a GPS speed on my Chartplotter. My paddle whe
Any clever ideas about how to blow fresh air into Catalina 320? Scott T-Bird at 4:09pm 12.06.23 If you have boat smell from the toilet and hoses, there isn't any amount of ventilation that is goin
Hunter 36 Shower drain sump pump...keeps tripping its breaker artboas at 3:49pm 12.06.23
Break out your Rain Coats... kappykaplan at 3:41pm 12.06.23 Wow, nearly 12" of rain in 24 hours after your weekend deluge! Stay safe!! :beer:
Lead Acid Batteries (1) JamesG161 at 2:42pm 12.06.23 Yes... No... maybe? :plus: Why maybe? Power Supply flow of electrons not shown, _______ Better s
Any clever ideas about how to blow fresh air into Catalina 320? Ted10028 at 2:27pm 12.06.23 You are correct Ted. It is a bit of work. I guess cutting a 3inch diameter hole in your boat is als
Any clever ideas about how to blow fresh air into Catalina 320? jssailem at 2:10pm 12.06.23 You are correct Ted. It is a bit of work. I guess cutting a 3inch diameter hole in your boat is also
Synthetic Rigging AaronD at 2:07pm 12.06.23 That is a very nicely done video. Thanks for sharing. He mentions the load strength of the dyneme
Width of wing on wing keel cokomo at 1:24pm 12.06.23 Thank you, I reached out to the owners. Hopefully, someone will know the answer.
Need Mast for 1991 Hunter 42. Lost the entire rig this last weekene deanM at 12:53pm 12.06.23 I recently saw this boat on FB marketplace. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1992846987760
Looking to Find a Mast for my Hunter 42 CC 1991 55.5' (1) deanM at 12:51pm 12.06.23 221785 The steel rod from the hull to the deck.
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? Ted10028 at 12:05pm 12.06.23 Try this link. for $11 I bought it. I tried it on a number of jars in my refrigerator and could no
Any clever ideas about how to blow fresh air into Catalina 320? Ted10028 at 11:57am 12.06.23 Follow Peggy's advice about the sanitation hoses first. Based on your information that you did NOT
Any clever ideas about how to blow fresh air into Catalina 320? Calif. Ted at 11:37am 12.06.23 I think the best ideal of all is to put a solar powered in-take fan in the main cabin roof. And may
Width of wing on wing keel jssailem at 11:30am 12.06.23 The Site info is here. https://cs.sailboatowners.com/index.php?r=footer and info on the team here.
Looking to Find a Mast for my Hunter 42 CC 1991 55.5' Terry Cox at 11:24am 12.06.23 Where exactly did it shear off, Dean? Now you've got me worried about our rigging. Our 1991 has an I

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