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Keel bolts mkI mwill at 2:35pm 06.18.23 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/1528 We purchased a 1985 catalina 36 mkI last year and are uncertain about the state of the keel bolts. T
Steering arm knuckle (1) thetone at 12:46pm 06.18.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/419 I recently removed the rudder on my 1990 Beneteau 35s5. It was not easy, I had to cut one of the ste
Hunter 310 accessories HugoJaramillo at 11:41am 06.18.23 Ask All Sailors 0/304 Looking for recommendations on where to pick up used or new Bimini, dodger ' dinghy davit. 1999 Hunt
Location of ELCI on 2003 Beneteau 393 Bscott515 at 8:11am 06.18.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/875 Anyone know the location of the ELCI on a 2003 Beneteau 393?
Swing Keel Line routing help (o'day 222) Unremarcable at 7:50am 06.18.23 Day Sailers 5/1155 Does anyone happen to have a diagram of or knowledge of the swing keel routing for an O'Day 222? I h
Do you trailer with the motor attached? john6206 at 6:02am 06.18.23 Trailer Sailors 19/1926 This might sound like a stupid question, especially from someone who has been trailer sailing for so
Need Mast boom and rigging for 2011 hunter 45DS sunwest at 6:10pm 06.17.23 Parts Search 4/1126 Need Mast boom and rigging for 2011 hunter 45DS ....please contact sunwestmarine@hotmail.com
2011 Hunter 45DS need mast boom sails sunwest at 5:56pm 06.17.23 Ask All Sailors 3/427 need mast boom sails for 2011 hunter 45DS please contact sunwestmarine@hotmail.com
Gear box not engaging Alex G at 5:54pm 06.17.23 Engines and Propulsion 17/2819 our gear box will not engage the propeller shaft in forward, on Our Kubota engine. the engine runs f
Raw water pump westerbeke 42b (3) Syversens at 5:01pm 06.17.23 Engines and Propulsion 4/811 Hey all, after a week of lots of motoring finally noticed a leak spraying small amount of raw water
Hunter 27-2 clear plastic engine control panel cover B type inkunzi at 2:51pm 06.17.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/574 Hello I saw a post about this engine control panel cover with a round opening for key access. Phil H
Replacing stringers/bulkheads on my South Coast 22 with XPS foam? skipperdee at 11:25am 06.17.23 Ask All Sailors 5/594 Last year I received a free South Coast 22 and have been slowly fixing it up with a steep learning c
Gloucester 22 (4) Armike at 10:44am 06.17.23 Ask All Sailors 8/1565
Low fresh water pressure Rodd at 9:49am 06.17.23 Musings With Maine Sail 22/3888 I have very los pressure both on dock water and from onboard pressure pump. I checked my filter by
What do I do with the holes for instruments that are no longer needed? arcadiahunter28 at 9:42am 06.17.23 Mid-Size Boats 6/1035 I'm upgrading to a multi-function display mounted on my pedestal, which renders my autohelm controll
Portugal lehighsail at 8:24am 06.17.23 Ask All Sailors 5/567 Does anyone have any experience chartering a sailboat in Portugal? I may be going in October and wo
WS Parks Annual Permit Registration MikeHoncho at 8:20am 06.17.23 Pacific North West Cruisers 9/1300
New Rudder for 1990 Hunter Vision 32 (3) CET at 5:54am 06.17.23 Ask All Sailors 0/2 I wrecked my sailboat and it was totaled BUT unfortunately, I jumped the gun on the marine survey an
1980 c and c 32 shower pump dmcelwreath at 5:45am 06.17.23 C&C 0/496 hi, shower pump drain does not pick up water. I can heare pump working (installed under sink)( but
Fuel Pipe ID (2) jaysweet at 7:09pm 06.16.23 Ask All Sailors 8/582 I noticed that one of the metal pipes (presumably a diesel "fuel oil" pipe) which runs under the hea

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Through-Hull Fittings JoeWhite at 4:15pm 02.05.25 If that was my boat I would put it on the hard as soon as possible and remove it and replace it. Thi
Easy solution for Catalina 310 companionway crib boards max_sailing at 2:57pm 02.05.25 Even better in some ways because the hatch boards have four or five teak sections that potentially
Through-Hull Fittings Don S/V ILLusion at 2:55pm 02.05.25 Whoever installed that valve must own a caulking business. There should be none visible if done prop
Raymarine Auto Pilot Rich Stidger at 2:46pm 02.05.25 @Thinksnow , Exactly how is the rudder transducer being damaged? Is is physically broken or electri
GPS Antenna Quandary (2) nhodgson at 2:33pm 02.05.25 ....I'd probably need to disconnect the RS120 too wouldn't I? Unless it takes whatever gps data it
GPS Antenna Quandary (1) nhodgson at 2:30pm 02.05.25 From the original question see below in red_ish. I think I may have to replace the RS120 GPS anten
Raymarine Auto Pilot Thinksnow at 1:21pm 02.05.25 Regardless, the rudder should have hard stops, and the transducer should not be damaged when the ru
Through-Hull Fittings (1) Ran-Dee9229 at 11:23am 02.05.25 Here is a photo of the valve that I cannot close.
Through-Hull Fittings (2) Ran-Dee9229 at 11:17am 02.05.25 My head discharge valve opens and closes fine. My sea water intake for the head works as well. Here
Runaway diesel twodzusfittings at 11:02am 02.05.25 Is this thread still attracting traffic......... https://images.app.goo.gl/CARe7zE2EBUN9WTF8
Easy solution for Catalina 310 companionway crib boards DArcy at 9:34am 02.05.25 My previous boat had acrylic (Plexiglass) hatch boards. I liked the look, they were smoked grey so h
1987 Hunter Legend 37 Marmalade at 9:03am 02.05.25 Disclaimer - I haven't gone down to the boat to measure... but based on some scaling that I have rea
Runaway diesel Leeward Rail at 8:34am 02.05.25 That video is more like a 300 or 400 horsepower engine and intentionally held to high rev's Try 2,
Runaway diesel dLj at 8:04am 02.05.25 You may be confusing scalar and vector quantities. RPM is scalar - it has no direction. When it i
Easy solution for Catalina 310 companionway crib boards (1) BC Bernie at 7:29am 02.05.25 Entertaining idea. That is enough to hold back the ocean waves from getting to your inner sanctum?
Motorhome Mariners jssailem at 7:22am 02.05.25 no place where ignorance and stupidity are as starkly and immediately evident as on the water. How
Runaway diesel dLj at 6:38am 02.05.25 Actually, I have owned an engine that could be hand cranked, although I never tried to start it tha
Cutless Bearing Set Screws duck21 at 6:16am 02.05.25 Thanks all for the suggestions and info. Doug
Looking to replicate this transmission cable bracket. CSTim at 6:13am 02.05.25 Essential yes, the the unpainted aluminum piece is easy to make, home made, and just a square piece
Looking to replicate this transmission cable bracket. dlochner at 5:20am 02.05.25 I agree totally and was told (East Coast Transmission) and it is in the manual to try to maintain a

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