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Battery msturner at 4:45am 11.05.22 Ask All Sailors 12/1098 Any suggestions on replacing the batteries in my 27 foot hunter sailboat
Pinole replacement Jawbee at 4:26am 11.05.22 Day Sailers 5/1202 Good morning, I am the new owner of a 1971 daysailer. On our shakedown cruise the bottom rudder Pin
CENTERBOARD WOES twodzusfittings at 5:22pm 11.04.22 Bigger Boats 13/1757 Although at the beginning of the season I was able to splash with a working centerboard, I ended the
Hot Water Heater Rear Heat Exchanger Plumbing gonekayaking247 at 5:16pm 11.04.22 Catalina 30 4/1062 When I bought the boat almost a year ago, the PO said the hot water tank only got lukewarm while mot
Wires up the mast (1) SDS3 Sailors at 5:00pm 11.04.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/532 2005 H36. Top of picture is 4 wires incoming from DC panel. Only 3 wires connected at mast base:
NorthWest Weather jssailem at 2:54pm 11.04.22 Weather and Forecasting 5/1235 I just read this forecast for our PacificNW. As some of you know, I canceled my scheduled haul out f
Need to replace roller on rope clutch from 1984 Hunter 25.5 (3) Another NYC Sailor at 2:41pm 11.04.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/553 The rollers on my easylock rope clutch from a 1984 Hunter 25.5 are worn through. Can anyone confirm
"Dry" delamination from repeated load/flexing? (1) HeelBoy at 1:15pm 11.04.22 Ask All Sailors 15/1199 Is moisture intrusion the only cause of delamination? There is one spot in the cockpit that emits a
Replace fuel injectors Shagdance at 12:02pm 11.04.22 Catalina 310 1/814 How difficult to remove and replace? What are the things to watch out for (problems) Anybody know th
S3 Espar D5E heater Hans Baart at 11:29am 11.04.22 Ask All Sailors 8/765 This heater worked great last week after pulling it apart and cleaning out a bunch of carbon from th
Shorty Old Climber at 10:39am 11.04.22 Ask All Sailors 12/1015 I have a short pole that came with my sailboat that is the same 4" thickness as the spinnaker pole a
Insurance for older boats Cederholm at 10:26am 11.04.22 Ask All Sailors 23/2434 Hi guys, I sold my 1984 Catalina 27 (insured by Geico) and bought a 1980 Catalina 30. Trying to ins
Sanitation hose recommendation requested artboas at 3:13pm 11.03.22 Big Boats 38/2464
Cleaning a stanky bilge? HeelBoy at 12:48pm 11.03.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/974
crack/cut in compression post H30 (1) capt_paul at 12:07pm 11.03.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/738 Hey sailors, anyone seen this on a hunter's compression post? it's a 1991 Hunter 30 I'm considering
Do you put your bimini down? bonkle at 10:36am 11.03.22 Ask All Sailors 26/1748 My bimini is a royal pain to put down due to the backstay. its a 3 bow and seems to be stock on the
Main sheet cleat options- running to rear (1) bonkle at 9:58am 11.03.22 Mid-Size Boats 27/2520 Here's a pic of my 1984 Hunter 31. This isn't specific to the boat though. It's a pretty standard se
Over zinced? (3) walmsleyc at 9:27am 11.03.22 Ask All Sailors 4/688 Attached is a picture on the only bronze through-hull on my boat that shows a "halo". Also some pic
Can't Find that darn leak ! NEWELLMIKE8 at 5:52am 11.03.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/940 Hello everyone - I have a miserable little dribble coming from the hole at the bottom of my main bil
Rainwater in bilge Anifares at 9:48pm 11.02.22 Ask A Catalina Owner 8/1213 Hi All, My 2005 Catalina 34 mkII gets rainwater in the bilge when it rains steady over a few days. T

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Electrical Symbol for preheat solenoid Fred at 12:45pm 05.12.24
Eco Flow Wave 2 Airconditioner Thoughts/Reviews Ted at 12:07pm 05.12.24 No personal knowledge. With only 5100 btu's of cooling capacity it would be undersized if you are tr
Disassemble Older Morse Shifter twodzusfittings at 12:06pm 05.12.24 @Jackfmcc Dual Lever Single Function Side Mount Control B49$189.13Go2marineFree by 5/2130-day return
Removing Paint from PVC Pipe. ggrizzard at 11:51am 05.12.24 Thanks Guys (Again). I'll let you know Tuesday what worked. G.
Disassemble Older Morse Shifter Jackfmcc at 11:35am 05.12.24 It is very likely they were pressed on. There would be an inner and an outer stem. If you tried to
Catalina 22 jib keeps getting stuck trying to raise it kbgunn at 11:29am 05.12.24 Don't feed the halyard into the luff extrusion slot of the furling foil. Only the luff tape of the s
Spring refit done, time to go sailing ?? (10) morbidfollower at 10:21am 05.12.24 photo dump
Water in Bilge of Oday 23 G Newboat at 10:18am 05.12.24 Friday was partly cloudy, 10-12 mph of steady wind. I was having a great day until dark clouds gathe
Flickering House Lights PeteT at 10:16am 05.12.24 I checked batteries and both banks are strong at 13.5. I think I'll just go down the line with a tes
Spring refit done, time to go sailing ?? morbidfollower at 9:47am 05.12.24 You can see some of my mods in the pics. I take inspiration from everybody with a few of my own idea
Spring refit done, time to go sailing ?? (4) morbidfollower at 9:43am 05.12.24 224747
Flickering House Lights BAD ORCA at 9:38am 05.12.24 I wondered about that, but I don't know how to test that. Really strange. I wonder if they are in s
Self Tailers and the Catalina 22 New Design morbidfollower at 9:26am 05.12.24
Eco Flow Wave 2 Airconditioner Thoughts/Reviews jssailem at 9:01am 05.12.24 New to me.. Intereesting video... MgJ3-Wr-q2I
Winch placement jssailem at 8:45am 05.12.24 Locating additional winches is often a good step in making the boat easier to manage. You might al
Universal M 3 20 (1) jssailem at 7:47am 05.12.24 Agree... Fuel would be the suspect high on my list to chase down. You say the boat was built in 19
Happy Mothers Day... jssailem at 7:23am 05.12.24 I'll be pouring wine at the Winery for 1000 of my friends sharing brunch with their Mothers. :biggri
Starting the Yanmar on a H280 Tally Ho at 6:02am 05.12.24 A million thanks to all! Got 'er started nice and easy and managed to avoid the many pitfalls ment
Refrigerator/Solar kappykaplan at 4:38am 05.12.24 Type of house batteries and capacity. Age of house batteries Type of refrigerator (if we know the m
Refrigerator/Solar Captain Larry-DH at 4:30am 05.12.24 I also have a basic converter which attaches to a battery and then has a standard three prong plug

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