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Beneteau 43 Headliner Dave9854 at 6:14am 05.25.23 Ask All Sailors 1/294 Does anyone have any experience removing the headliner on a 2008 Beneteau? I have to get to the trav
Water tank level gauge circuit board (1) Jeff Tirey at 5:04am 05.25.23 Bavaria 2/724 The water level gauge for the two water tanks on my 2002 Bavaria 40 appears to have been damaged by
Hunter 26 almost sunk in wind graeme000 at 8:09pm 05.24.23 Smaller Boats 15/2199 Hello all. I had my Hunter 26 in Portsmouth Harbour, UK during the winter on a mooring. It was secur
Weeping keel (10) Benjammin at 7:57pm 05.24.23 Bigger Boats 9/1726
Crew Finder websites Coboaters at 6:22pm 05.24.23 Ask All Sailors 0/4 hello Sailors, New blog: Crew finder website comparison to find out which on is the best. Tell me wh
Yanmar 3GM30F not starting after fuel filter change skunther at 2:43pm 05.24.23 Ask All Sailors 7/1811 The engine was due for a secondary fuel filter change (the primary Racor has 300 hours on it, specs
Change in Annapolis area dealership Dr. D at 2:29pm 05.24.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/388 Annapolis Yacht Sales is no longer the Annapolis area Beneteau dealership. Beneteau awarded the lice
Refrigerator/Freezer Controllers from a Hunter 42 1993 BabuBoat at 12:13pm 05.24.23 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 1/936 I gave up at being Mr. Fix It for the existing Adley/Barbour freezer/refrigerator units (one compres
FF4 CDI Furler PacificMist at 11:09am 05.24.23 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1005 I went to purchase a FF2 CDI Furler for the Mac 26x. CDI luffs are no longer in production and I
Hunter 146 Drain Tube and Thru Hull Fiitings (3) CapeCodBubs at 10:07am 05.24.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/446 Hi All, The 146 I just purchased had the rear drain hose and both fittings removed. She gave me one
Seacock Mystery (2) silasl at 4:50am 05.24.23 Ask All Sailors 30/1682 I was looking at the seacocks on my "new to me" older sailboat, which is in the water. In the pictur
Depth transducer Ken13559 at 7:30pm 05.23.23 Ask All Sailors 2/318 If i were to replace my Raymarine Depth Transducer but don't want to rethread the cable through all
Water temperature sensor (1) DanBurke at 6:15pm 05.23.23 Ask All Sailors 5/648 I recently purchased a 1987 Mirage 32 with a Yanmar 2GM diesel. We started getting an alarm and our
Finding the right LED replacement bulbs. Wm. Gill at 11:16am 05.23.23 Ask All Sailors 10/1205 While looking to replace my spreader light with an LED bulb I ran into several problems. The existin
Circuit panel wiring question. (1) Wm. Gill at 11:05am 05.23.23 Ask All Sailors 26/1886 Working on rewiring the mast and came up with a couple things. I will post (a rant?) in a separate p
Hunter 90 Winyah Bay at 11:00am 05.23.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/332 Anyone know the luff and foot measurements for the Hunter 90? the info for the dinghy is quite bare
Hunter replacement rudder assembly (6) rebelh2o at 10:17am 05.23.23 Big Boats 3/761 I have a 2001 Hunter 340 with a replacement rudder that had some play in the bottom "bushing". When
Tabernacle design CaptainStan at 8:22am 05.23.23 Smaller Boats 8/1697 I am thinking on building a tabernacle to make it easier to raise the mast and like the idea of the
SSB Newbie Question rmcgonegal at 7:54am 05.23.23 SSB and Ham Operators 1/767 Hi - on the boat I recently bought there is a Target HF3/W-HF3/P existing receiver. The backstay has
Plans for hurricane season 2023? LydieBP at 6:57am 05.23.23 Ask All Sailors 32/2225 Hi all, About 7 months ago a major hurricane doddled towards Florida . It barrelled through Ft Myers

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Seattle Boat Show Hello Below at 10:01am 02.01.25 Went to the Vancouver boat show on Thursday. The lack of attendees was surprising. But holy smokie
Runaway diesel dLj at 9:58am 02.01.25 Agree. I would not want to be connected to the nut if the engine fired. If only I had a ratcheting
With hopes I'm not duplicating: COCPIT LIGHTING Urban Hermit at 9:33am 02.01.25 <sigh> I'll go through it again. For sailing I'm going to have a 135 stern light at the top of the
Raymarine Auto Pilot Thinksnow at 9:29am 02.01.25 It sounds like a a broken 5V or Gnd wire, or a short between the transducer centre tap and either 5
Seattle Boat Show Michael Davis at 9:24am 02.01.25
Raymarine Auto Pilot Thinksnow at 9:23am 02.01.25 When you replaced the transducer, did you home-run the cable from it straight to the AP, or is ther
Raymarine Auto Pilot Thinksnow at 9:19am 02.01.25 No Good suggestions, but is there any way that the drive wires to the AP motor, or the wires for th
Seattle Boat Show Stu Jackson at 9:04am 02.01.25 You go to a winter boat show and it snows! Could there be some cosmic connection?!?;)
Runaway diesel Hayden Watson at 8:56am 02.01.25 In my experience with hand cranked diesel engines, you won't have enough stored energy in just the
Your experience with online courses? john6206 at 8:23am 02.01.25 OK, now that I'm almost finished with my Udemy class, I'm prepared to say . . . wait for it (you're
Runaway diesel dLj at 8:19am 02.01.25 I had a simular thought as well. On my Universal M25XP, I cannot get a socket on the crankshaft nu
Handcrank starting a small engine. dLj at 8:10am 02.01.25 The poster described modifying the existing engine crank handle end to fit the impact driver. My r
Raritan Seara bowl fills with water jmarty32 at 7:58am 02.01.25 Thanks Peggie, i will look at this when i am at the boat. Appreciate your help.
Runaway diesel Hayden Watson at 7:50am 02.01.25 My thought was to get the engine spinning, pull off the drill and close the decompression levers.
With hopes I'm not duplicating: COCPIT LIGHTING dlochner at 7:42am 02.01.25 The forward-facing 225 on top of the rudder post is no more confusing to other boats than a big fla
Handcrank starting a small engine. colemj at 7:33am 02.01.25 The connection to the engine needs a quick, automatic disconnect for when the engine fires. dj T
With hopes I'm not duplicating: COCPIT LIGHTING (1) jssailem at 7:31am 02.01.25 Saw these on a 10ft dingy at the boat show today they would meet the CG requirement for a small boat
Handcrank starting a small engine. dLj at 6:38am 02.01.25 If the engine has manual decompression, a drill will work fine. If not, then I'd be concerned with
Runaway diesel dLj at 6:30am 02.01.25 My thought was to get the engine spinning, pull off the drill and close the decompression levers.
Runaway diesel colemj at 4:29am 02.01.25 And if/when the engine fires off, then what? Sounds pretty dangerous. The crank for my Yanmar 1GM--

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