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Shirt Exchange (4) Marmalade at 11:11am 11.15.22 Ask All Sailors 0/312 Have some leftover crew shirts from this year, and was wondering anyone would be interested in a shi
Racor 110A ivieto at 9:48am 11.15.22 Engines and Propulsion 1/742
H26 Trailer Keel Tray dleddy at 9:31am 11.15.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/713
Maintenance of interior teak on a Hunter 320 Stephen Dale at 7:38am 11.15.22 Mid-Size Boats 14/2350 Does anyone have any sage advice on how to maintain the teak interior on a Hunter 320 (or similar ve
Challenge with replacing Sanitation Hose (2) artboas at 11:29pm 11.14.22 Big Boats 15/1351 So,, as noted on another post, I decided to strip out all my really smelly Sani hose. I ran into a c
O'Day 30 Barnacle Phil at 8:55pm 11.14.22 Ask An Oday Owner 2/934
"Temporary" way to start the engine with two dead batteries? Steve L22188 at 7:50pm 11.14.22 Ask All Sailors 15/972 Went to the boat to winterize it this afternoon. After just two days shy of 9 years my two 12-volt
C315 engine model and transmission gear reduction data question VFR750 at 3:12pm 11.14.22 Catalina 310 3/1118 For the recently delivered C315 owners can you confirm the yanmar engine model number (21hp) and th
Selden / Furlex 100s - "Outer Hub" (Part B14) rhiggins at 11:13am 11.14.22 Parts Search 4/827 Fortunately this plastic part failed at the dock. I found one website (Mauripro Sailing) that appea
Engineless.... The_Sailing_Pelican at 9:52pm 11.13.22 Ask All Sailors 57/3562 Ok... This is going to be VERY controversial a theme here with gazillions of why I should and anothe
Mystic to Quincy Russell26 at 4:18pm 11.13.22 Destinations 15/1801 Planning a maiden voyage from Mystic to Quincy Ma. Any suggestions on course. Have 4 days to do this
Garhauer sale Cederholm at 1:32pm 11.13.22 Ask All Sailors 8/836
Another Lithium conversion ... Hunter 49 Schematic tkwhalen at 7:14am 11.13.22 Big Boats 29/3470 Similar to Maverick I plan on making the change to lithium lifepo4 this winter. To help with my plan
560Ah LiFePo4 Battery (2) AllenC57 at 3:17am 11.13.22 Catalina 310 7/1532 The latest addition to my boat was this 560 Ah LiFePo4 (Lithium Iron Phosphate ) battery build. It c
C310 Vertical Windlass Refit (6) AllenC57 at 2:26am 11.13.22 Catalina 310 2/961 The windlass that came with the 310 was nearly useless to me (only slightly better than not having o
Westerbeke 42b coolant questions Syversens at 8:40pm 11.12.22 Engines and Propulsion 33/3375 Hey all, I'm trying to figure out the coolant on our new to us Westerbeke 42. I want to do a coolant
C22 Pop Top Assist pcharn01 at 2:42pm 11.12.22 Catalina 22 16/1408 Does anyone have part numbers for the gas struts?
Old Barient winches binding Frankoxc17 at 2:28pm 11.12.22 Ask All Sailors 7/1596 Hi folks, I recently purchased two used two-speed self-tailing barient 19 winches. When I snug down
Catalina 320 diesel? Ben Ingebretson at 11:35am 11.12.22 Engines and Propulsion 11/1072 My 320 is hull #307 and I cannot determine if it is the Westebeke 30B (3cyl) or 29B (4cyl). Anyone
Selden self tacking jib system MaryEllaRose at 8:31am 11.12.22 Ask All Sailors 12/1897 Has anyone had experience with the Selden system 20 self tacking jib system? Old age and a torn rota

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Leaky screws holding steering gear cover on Hunter 36 - any better solutions? artboas at 1:45pm 05.13.24 Here is an option for you. I wouid suggest using brass or stainless inserts. 1 wouid suggest 10-24,
Hasserott Beach Mooring Balls (Grand Traverse Bay) john6206 at 1:35pm 05.13.24 @rgranger Thank you! I did try google first, I found all kinds of stories about haserot beach, but
Birth orientation in Hunter 40.5 Rich Stidger at 12:31pm 05.13.24 We had an 2005 H38 with the E-W berth and didn't like it for the mentioned reasons. I built a remo
1986 Catalina 38 Standing Rigging Scott T-Bird at 12:31pm 05.13.24 How long did the previous owner have the boat? Obviously P.O. never replaced rigging. My first ins
Insurance Burdette at 12:22pm 05.13.24 Thank you so much. I really appreciate your help.
Insurance dlochner at 12:03pm 05.13.24 I've used BoatUS insurance which is currently underwritten by GEICO for 40 years. I always found the
Insurance Burdette at 12:01pm 05.13.24 Thanks!
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Insurance Burdette at 11:55am 05.13.24 The survey was on January 27, 2023. We got our copy in May of 2023.
Insurance dmax at 11:54am 05.13.24 Progressive is decent for a big company. They didn't require a survey from me.
Insurance kappykaplan at 11:52am 05.13.24 Can the survey be used if the insurance company needs one? How recent is the survey? I have insur
Birth orientation in Hunter 40.5 desodave at 11:19am 05.13.24 We had an 2005 H38 with the E-W berth and didn't like it for the mentioned reasons. I built a remov
12v breaker panel wiring question dlochner at 10:55am 05.13.24 The grounding wire (bare, green or green with yellow stripe and normally non-current carrying) shou
12v breaker panel wiring question domer94 at 10:26am 05.13.24 john , since the "dc neg" and "grounding buss" as labeled on the panel bars are isolated, i will jus
12v breaker panel wiring question jssailem at 10:20am 05.13.24 i have has a neg buss that goes to "DC neg" and another buss right next to it that goes to "DC grou
Water in Bilge of Oday 23 Project_Mayhem at 9:59am 05.13.24 hahaahah. I finished my repair, went to place the window down in my shop and it slid sideways, hit
Help me Install Dripless Shaft Seal (PYI Model) (2) anelso29 at 9:28am 05.13.24
Its funny Friday! Ralph Johnstone at 8:53am 05.13.24 I finely set the timer for the oven An electric oven which explodes like a gas oven. What will t
Refrigerator/Solar Timm R Oday25 at 8:49am 05.13.24 The Camco's offering looks tempting . I am not finding any amperage draw rating..
Refrigerator/Solar DArcy at 8:36am 05.13.24 It would be good to know the brand and model of fridge. There are some that run on either 110v AC or

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