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Need davits for hunter e36 gregpallen at 12:39pm 10.20.15 Big Boats 9/1546 I would like to add dinghy davits to my 2012 e36. I know that there are many suppliers out there fo
Hunter 310 phrf rating? Gardnera at 12:24pm 10.20.15 Racing 3/2279 I own a 1999 Hunter 310 wing keel and when I raced for the first time this past week they gave me a
Definiton of "dsc" tadd5181 at 11:42am 10.20.15 Ask All Sailors 8/777 My marine radio keeps using "dsc" but I am dumb enough not to know what it stands for...some one ple
In line fuel filter Richard19084 at 9:10am 10.20.15 Catalina 310 5/2044 The service kit for the M25XPB engine included an 80 micron in-line fuel filter Part # 48076. This i
Need a spreader bushing (or whatever it's called) bshock at 8:34am 10.20.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 13/1808 Hi fellow Beneteau owners. I have a 361 and lost a small thingamajig, which I will call a "spreader
Fun and games with a wing keel first 235 (2) Jackdaw at 7:52am 10.20.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/6511 A friends wing keel First 235, taking to ground. Says he does it all the time. Maybe so, but I'm gue
Need help with dimensions for a rudder-1981 27' shole draft hunter sailboat Megan27Hunter1981 at 6:32am 10.20.15 Ask All Sailors 5/1139 Hi I am a new member. I am new to all things sailing. Learning as I go. I just acquired my first Hu
The end is near (1) Jackdaw at 10:42pm 10.19.15 Ask All Sailors 24/1712 Not Bayfield, but Marquette Harbor on Lake Superior got snow over the weekend. https://scontent-ord
Fusing house and starter battery banks capta at 9:51pm 10.19.15 Ask All Sailors 2/478 Off hand does anyone know the PERKINS 4-236 starter motor amperage draw for fusing the starter batte
Dual bilge pumps atwhite2 at 7:07pm 10.19.15 Ask All Sailors 26/10309 Just a theoretical question... When I purchased my Tartan 30, the bilge pump did not work, the shor
Sailing to anchor: who does it? Kings Gambit at 6:48pm 10.19.15 Ask All Sailors 12/1342 So, my wife and I with two sailing buddies from FL were sailing to Cabrillo Beach anchorage, a 6-n.m
79 l25 berth idea (2) Steve22116 at 6:17pm 10.19.15 Lancer 1/1915 I'm working on a concept to change the forward berth as the Commodore doesn't like the existing "dou
New oday 19 owner (1) Brett C at 5:49pm 10.19.15 Day Sailers 28/11753 Thought I would introduce myself. I bought an O'Day 19 (not mariner) over the summer. It is my first
How/where to get fix for lightly mangled bottom of mast on venture 22 ? Hockeyfool at 4:54pm 10.19.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/1946 I'm about to tackle a repair for a mast that was dropped on the deck by a numbskull( not me ) where
Topping lift or boomkicker mrudman850 at 2:32pm 10.19.15 Catalina 22 7/2558 As was suggested on an earlier post, the Boomkicker from my Buccaneer 180 is unlikely to support the
Portable vhf recommendations Lodi47 at 2:29pm 10.19.15 Ask All Sailors 20/1817 Anyone have any thoughts they would like to share on floatable VHF radios. I'm giving my wife my Chr
Loose aft lower shroud Celtic_Wind at 12:52pm 10.19.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 10/4072 We're fairly new to sailing and had an interesting, and concerning situation last Friday. We own a
New garmin 741sx chartplotter connecting to a raymarine st4000 ah Damifudo at 11:50am 10.19.15 Ask All Sailors 5/5342 I am installing a new Garmin 741SX and would like to connect it to the Raymarine ST4000 auto helm.
Sugar scoop for hunter 34 h34 at 11:41am 10.19.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/5720 I am looking to add a sugar scoop for a hunter 34. I have seen pictures on the forum for them but I
Steaming light AUDIS BROW at 11:18am 10.19.15 Ask All Sailors 8/1121 I am a new sailboat owner......The CG aux came aboard to do a standard safety check, which I welcome

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Fisher panda / Kabota smoking on startup Ralph Johnstone at 10:18am 10.21.23 After it has run for a while at the beginning of a trip, it never gets glowed again. "Desperate t
Fisher panda / Kabota smoking on startup ice breaker at 9:30am 10.21.23 I will put a meter on the individual glow plugs today. Maybe one is failed and I am only starting
Halyard mast clutch question Stu Jackson at 9:23am 10.21.23 As far as raising the sail, the line would extend downward from the clutch to a turning block and t
Halyard mast clutch question dlochner at 9:19am 10.21.23 An alternative to a clutch on the mast would be a cam cleat. The cleat can secure the halyard while
Halyard mast clutch question Davidasailor26 at 9:09am 10.21.23 I could think of reasons to have a clutch on the mast rather than at the winch. For one thing it wou
Serial numbers/year built. dlochner at 9:01am 10.21.23 Hi. Does anyone know how C&C tracked their model year in relation to the year of construction on th
Halyard mast clutch question Joe at 8:36am 10.21.23 I have a '99 Beneteau 411 with roller furling genoa and main. Both Halyards are Samson MLX3, 10mm
Halyard mast clutch question stickinthemud57 at 8:34am 10.21.23 I agree that the more convenient location for rope clutches are at or near the cockpit. On my boat,
Interesting to me eherlihy at 7:23am 10.21.23 FWIW: Per the HIN the HULL of my 1987 MODEL year O'day 35 was built in June of 1986: XDY Z nnnn F 6
Fisher panda / Kabota smoking on startup ice breaker at 6:46am 10.21.23 I will put a meter on the individual glow plugs today. Maybe one is failed and I am only starting o
Fisher panda / Kabota smoking on startup ice breaker at 6:43am 10.21.23 Most unusual. If the engine starts instantly, I've got to wonder where the extra fuel comes from t
Perkins M30 Heat Exchanger salt water intrusion into sealed side of system jibes138 at 6:35am 10.21.23 Regarding mounting of a heat exchanger: while motors have the mounting integrated onto the motor, on
Invest 94L (1) JamesG161 at 6:31am 10.21.23 The Storm is mainly on the NE quadrant, minimizing Winds near the Islands
Catalina Capri (Catalina 18) in high winds? bzano at 6:29am 10.21.23 Yes capsizing is. rare event however you have think about high winds beating up on your boat. The r
Interesting to me dlochner at 6:25am 10.21.23 Regardless of how you describe it, the MY is 12 months, not 14. But if you use a 14 month year, y
Interesting to me Clutch Cargo at 6:24am 10.21.23 Regardless of how you describe it, the MY is 12 months, not 14.
Air is not welcome here! jibes138 at 6:14am 10.21.23 Make sure your priming bulb is mounted vertically with the flow direction pointing up!
Interesting to me dlochner at 5:59am 10.21.23 I don't know what builders you work with, but my customers are a who's who (including the nice folk
sailing Lake of the Ozarks (2) SailingLoto at 5:54am 10.21.23 A couple pics
I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try kbgunn at 5:54am 10.21.23 I wrote a post here about using a Dell ruggedized tablet PC running Ubuntu as a chart plotter at the

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