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Water Tank issues wahoo42 at 5:24am 12.06.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/855 We sail a 1992 Hunter Passage 42 and are in St Martin right now. The last two times we were empty an
2gm20f heat exchanger gary_y at 4:20am 12.06.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1075 Is there a front end and back end for the exchanger core on a 2gm20f? I didn't pay close attention
VHF inop gfrazzle at 10:20pm 12.05.14 Ask All Sailors 22/2770 The factory installed Icom M422 VHF quit working. It worked fine the last time I sailed but today- n
hole in galley wall??? Ritdog at 6:01pm 12.05.14 Ask An Oday Owner 2/693 I thought I'd posted this earlier, but maybe not- What I am thinking of doing is putting all the
What kind of oil ? MORNING LIGHT at 5:11pm 12.05.14 Mid-Size Boats 4/1277 Bought a Catalina 28 MK II 1996. Oil recommanded is 30 HD. Is there any benefit to switch to synthet
Cutter stay on fractional rig? Kings Gambit at 3:12pm 12.05.14 Ask All Sailors 22/10120 For the purpose of weathering gale conditions (Beaufort 7 or 8), would a fractional rig sailboat car
Swing keel bracket Larry D Calander at 1:16pm 12.05.14 Parts Search 1/1816 Need a bracket for Hunter h26.unbelievable that mine is gone. Swing keel bracket that is. Thanks
trailer sailor rendezvous sailorsteve1 at 12:57pm 12.05.14 Smaller Boats 0/1177 for the past 7 years my wife and i have hosted an event on carlyle lake in southern illinois. it is
main halyard rope for c18 sailorsteve1 at 12:28pm 12.05.14 Smaller Boats 0/982 can someone recommend a good cordage to use for a main halyard for a capri 18?
O'Day 22 Sail Question hughesk1957 at 11:14am 12.05.14 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1255 I need some help of the knowledge/information kind, PLEASE! I have a 1977 O'Day 22 I bought just ove
What the hell is this!?! Rust / Corrosion Question (1) eugenesdream24 at 11:14am 12.05.14 Ask All Sailors 19/2271 My Irwin 28 is a centerboard model. I was just cleaning up under the floor panels and cabin storage
Trailer extension (4) Watercolors! at 10:52am 12.05.14 Catalina 22 2/793 Friend has a very large boat for trailering, Sovereign 28. http://sailboatdata.com/viewrecord.as
Catalina 400 Mr Mac at 10:15am 12.05.14 Big Boats 7/5483 The wife and I are looking for the next last boat we'll ever own and have taken a liking to the C400
Considering "Butt ugly" S2 9.2C Muttondressedaslamb at 9:58am 12.05.14 S2 26/12707 At the present time, I am looking for a retirement boat to replace my Pearson 27. Big enough to cru
Eastport collapse ifmdalvey at 8:54am 12.05.14 Ask All Sailors 2/1329 A link below to a dock collapse at Eastport Maine. This might be a sign of our failing infrastruct
Frig door Latch tryschon at 7:43am 12.05.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1007 Looking for a replacement door latch for the front-opening frig on my 2000 411; any ideas?
Anyone Cruising The BVI's ..... Maine Sail at 6:55am 12.05.14 Ask All Sailors 12/1861 Anyone cruising the BVI's this week? Out till next Friday and have wifi on-board to check responses?
How to run wires to pedestal geek_guy at 5:38am 12.05.14 Big Boats 8/2367 Need some input please. I am installing a new GPS at the Pedestal in cockpit. I've run the trans
Rudder Bearing Failure garygreen68 at 10:59pm 12.04.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/2424 On haul out this week, we found that the lower rudder bearing (which carries the main rudder load) o
I bought an auction boat. Now what? (2) Oc1paddler at 10:05pm 12.04.14 Catalina 22 15/1840 Hi all. I've been lurking for a while reading up on Catalina 22's while I looked for one to purchase

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Side Stay Tension ColumbiaRiverDoug at 1:31pm 11.29.22 Thank you DayDreamer41! I live on the water in a floating home, so the boat is ready to go when the
Warped Rudder sbrogden at 1:11pm 11.29.22 Please post pics of your build. That approach works well for tillers as well. Here are some pic
Side Stay Tension DayDreamer41 at 12:20pm 11.29.22 If too floppy and you end up with an accidental jibe you could be without rigging all together. Bein
Charging the House Battery Bank with a Small Outboard thinwater at 11:37am 11.29.22 Outboard = solar. Unless you run the engine all day and full rpms, not enough to amount to anything.
How ro remove an in-mast furling mainsail? DayDreamer41 at 11:35am 11.29.22 Ah the challenge of a furling mainsail, with (2) persons one in the cock pit and one on the mast mou
Replacing cockpit throttle on Elite 29 (aka Feeling 850) Hollyberry at 11:03am 11.29.22 ..... Given the age (guessing it is OEM from 1984), I'm thinking it will be easier just to replace
Another Lithium conversion ... Hunter 49 Schematic Hayden Watson at 10:57am 11.29.22 The best option I have seen to avoid the dump load to the diodes due to HVC is to lower the regulato
Charging the House Battery Bank with a Small Outboard Leeward Rail at 10:55am 11.29.22 lithium battery bank should not be charged by an unregulated alternator. Aww come on... Let's d
Single handing WI Rigger at 10:41am 11.29.22
Single handing (2) Davidasailor26 at 10:27am 11.29.22
Boat is Hibernating Justin_NSA at 10:26am 11.29.22 We had to haul out early (October) due to the low lake level and the reach of our crane. The predict
Side Stay Tension ColumbiaRiverDoug at 10:21am 11.29.22 Thanks to rgranger and Calif. Ted for comments. I did not have the owner's manual, so I really appr
How ro remove an in-mast furling mainsail? JamesG161 at 10:18am 11.29.22 @ckreitlein and I finally had our phone call last night. We discussed Terminology and focused on hi
Single handing WI Rigger at 10:10am 11.29.22 Is there a color preference? Can the lettering be reflective?
Replacing cockpit throttle on Elite 29 (aka Feeling 850) Elite29Owner at 9:52am 11.29.22 Thank you both for your responses. Fortunately, the mechanical linkages are working fine. The prob
Charging the House Battery Bank with a Small Outboard Stu Jackson at 9:48am 11.29.22 house battery bank consists of 3 x 100ah lithium LiFe4 batteries in parallel. While the discussion
Boat is Hibernating SawyerCurt at 9:34am 11.29.22 Just curious, why did you take the mast down? The cover that came with the boat when I purchased h
hunter 49 washing machine retro fit Zencra at 9:33am 11.29.22 IMPORTANT thanks Art I took that advice from you previously. the machine is actually quite a tight
Single handing Davidasailor26 at 9:31am 11.29.22 Is there a specific letter size, must the hailing port lettering match the size of the boat name?
Charging the House Battery Bank with a Small Outboard dlochner at 9:28am 11.29.22 Time to ask Tohatsu support, instead of speculating :biggrin: Aw, come on. You're taking all the

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