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Adequate towing vehicle? spitfire1967 at 3:30pm 08.23.15 Trailer Sailors 17/10093 I have a c/b ODay Mariner which weighs 1300 lbs. The question is: What vehicle can I purchase whi
Coolant Leak buddybear at 3:05pm 08.23.15 Catalina 310 5/1752 Have been doing multiple jobs on the boat. Disconnected the discharge hose from the raw water pump t
Roller fuller problems and the weekend scottmellloyditude at 2:53pm 08.23.15 Mid-Size Boats 0/859 Roller fuller... Harken and it looks to be in good shape. However we have tried to use it twice and
House bank battery location drkmcdaniel at 11:25am 08.23.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/2037 I have a 1994 35.5 legend, The house bank batteries are located in the port side lazarette, I would
Fuel tank Location drkmcdaniel at 11:20am 08.23.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/715 I have a 1994 Hunter 35.5 legend, the original owner removed the fuel tank, could someone possibly p
Vent Cowling White hcolvin1 at 9:21am 08.23.15 Parts Search 3/757 I dropped my cowl vent overboard. Anyone know where I can find a replacement?
Empty Holdibg Tanks on Beneteau 473 rbelau at 9:18am 08.23.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 10/4889 We are planning an offshore trip. It it possible to empty our (waste) holding tanks overboard (once
Mercury 9.9 Hurting my Season: Advice Needed (2) Sock Puppet at 8:42am 08.23.15 Engines and Propulsion 44/11672 I've been chasing an issue with my 2009 Mercury 9.9 4 Stroke since last year. Sometimes it will run
Isolation in ground circuit? (2) BobT at 7:52am 08.23.15 Musings With Maine Sail 9/2893 Electrical guys please enlighten. This little gizmo was between the ground wire and the negative bus
Leading lines aft on an O'Day 22 PamC at 7:30am 08.23.15 Day Sailers 6/1581 Hello all, I haven't posted here in quite a while. So by way of introduction, my husband and I r
Engine Alarms haebby at 6:50am 08.23.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1480 Recently, we were sailing with the engine (Yanmar 2GM) OFF and no key in the ignition, when the engi
theft from boat trainmanjess at 5:11am 08.23.15 Ask All Sailors 60/11799 hello all I live along way from my 45ft sailboat... at present I have my boat at a dock behind a
Bypass hose for a Seaward Waterheater sailcapt340 at 5:00am 08.23.15 Big Boats 11/2221 How do you by pass the Seaward 600 Water-heater when you winterize? I am currently in the process
Cabin Lights Gerald Tibbo at 4:01am 08.23.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1542 I'm looking to change the bulbs in the cabin of my 2007 Beneteau 343. Before doing this, can someon
Fuel spill Manureva at 9:31pm 08.22.15 Ask All Sailors 10/1469 The kid at the marina was more interested in girl then fuelling this evening, the result being a few
Catalina 30 fuel tank Socalsurfer at 7:28pm 08.22.15 Catalina 30 5/4952 Hi everyone. I bought a '78 C30 MkI TRBS a few months ago and have been having a blast sailing her.
Emergency tillers cookcwayne at 3:37pm 08.22.15 Bigger Boats 5/909 anyone know what size the O'Day 27 takes and where to locate one Previous owner replaced steering a
Sun Cat water in the hull hensonrick5 at 2:55pm 08.22.15 Com-Pac 14/11242 I'm brand new to sailing and got a free Sun Cat that has been swamped. I have it cleaned up and sai
Starting Issue - Universal M3=20 plorette at 1:33pm 08.22.15 Engines and Propulsion 7/1344 I have had two instances where I have motored out to sail, and when I attempt to restart after a sho
Minor Blistering in Gelcoat of Hunter 380 sandiegosailor99 at 9:53am 08.22.15 Big Boats 4/1221 Does anyone have any experience with minor blistering in the gelcoat of a large Hunter? I believe

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If H260 is suspended in air, or frozen, what happens? dlochner at 7:38am 12.30.23 If there is any chance of a long deep freeze the water ballast should be drain and the valves left o
How to change Trailer tire with Boat on Trailer? Tater at 6:01am 12.30.23 I didn't see this mentioned so I will. etrailer sells wheel/tire assemblies. I replaced the assembli
Beneteau Oceanis 34.1 Review sailcapt340 at 5:37am 12.30.23
If H260 is suspended in air, or frozen, what happens? Davidasailor26 at 5:29am 12.30.23 I may be away, and like many owners then my boat is suspended by 4 ropes hanging a bit on stretched
Beneteau Oceanis 34.1 Review MrH at 1:55am 12.30.23 Wife would like a new cruising boat for New England coastal sailing (Cape Cod-Newport-New York-Poss
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. mikeracca at 10:30pm 12.29.23
Hunter 36 Fridge and Freezer Replacement Terry Cox at 10:09pm 12.29.23 Hi, I have the original freezer and fridge provided by Hunter. My AGM house batteries are 4 x 6V A
Hunter 36 Shower drain sump pump...keeps tripping its breaker drm1 at 6:36pm 12.29.23 should have added that I had exactly the same problem. Onc you've cleaned out the filter, if it stil
Hunter 36 Shower drain sump pump...keeps tripping its breaker drm1 at 6:06pm 12.29.23 I think it needs to be replaced
Seaward 32RK and 26RK Ocean-Going Capabilities dlochner at 12:20pm 12.29.23 Recently Sailing Zinger rescued 3 people aboard a Bavaria 44 that had been dismasted in the middle o
San Carlos advise justsomeguy at 11:20am 12.29.23 a 5 day trip out of San Carlos. North of Bahia Algodones about ten-twelve miles is Bahia San Pedro
Water lock broke Allan12210 at 9:29am 12.29.23
Seaward 32RK and 26RK Ocean-Going Capabilities Tedd at 9:05am 12.29.23 ...this is a coastal cruiser designed to trailer from an inland location to multiple sailing areas.
Installing a MSD potty in our C22 Sail22Capri22 at 7:48am 12.29.23 I mimicked @AaronD almost exactly (again thank you Aaron for the write up) for my install and am ver
Hunter 216 Crazy Dave Condon at 7:07am 12.29.23 @chuckwayne and I know your boat as he has one and I was a dealer. Short shaft is fine. Thank yo
Hunter 216 Oriondriver at 9:42pm 12.28.23
Hunter 216 chuckwayne at 8:38pm 12.28.23 you can use a long shaft or a standard short shaft outboard. Hunter recommends a long shaft to keep
Installing a MSD potty in our C22 Gene Neill at 8:03pm 12.28.23 A "proper" vent thru-hull doesn't allow that, an open thru-hull does...and unlike a fuel or water
Installing a MSD potty in our C22 Gene Neill at 8:00pm 12.28.23 Yikes, usually Fisheries has decent prices. Unfortunately, Defender has a much lower price. Perhaps
Registration is open! Hunter designers Rob Maza & Glenn Hendersen to speak! colin59 at 7:52pm 12.28.23 when is the next one? thks Colin

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