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What should I be worried about? Smooshed keel while tied up... Walsh0575 at 1:30pm 08.10.23 Ask All Sailors 10/1193 Hi all - I dug around a bit looking for other conversations about keel damage from rocks and couldn'
Thoughts on chart tables? CliffA at 1:28pm 08.10.23 Ask All Sailors 37/3967 With the prevalence of electronic navigation devices these days, are there many sailors out there th
Anyone sailing a Flying Scot for Coastal Exploration? (1) SmallCraftLifeNews at 10:19am 08.10.23 Trailer Sailors 0/10 Anyone sailing a modified for cruising - Flying Scot sailboat? (19') Best Regards, Jude SCL 887 Ch
MID Season Hurricane 2023 Forecast Update. jssailem at 10:17am 08.10.23 Weather and Forecasting 13/2116 Good Morning. While James is working on the write up of the 10 August 2023 NOAA Hurricane Forecast
C&C 30mkii true love at 7:07am 08.10.23 C&C 2/776 I just bought a C'C30 mkii and I need to purchase jack stands in preparation for winter storage. Wh
ForeDeck Windows step on capacity, No Step On? (1) Qomomoko at 7:04am 08.10.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 18/1792 Hello I went to look at a HL37 1987 yesterday. As usual, the add looks better than the boat in pe
need to know ohm of water level for 1997 hunter 310 CharlieAnn at 6:58pm 08.09.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 25/1927 sensor
Lake of the Woods Spadman007 at 3:31pm 08.09.23 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1109 First time going to Lake of the Woods. Renting a slip at Northern Harbour. Any advice on sailing i
1973 C&C30 mk1 rudder post cap rjmbc71 at 2:42pm 08.09.23 C&C 0/494 I am looking for a picture of the top of the rudder post (where the tiller is connected) in the cock
Halkey-Roberts V85000 Automatic Cap (2) jviss at 1:46pm 08.09.23 Parts Search 1/1416 I know this is a long shot. A long time ago I opted for manual-only inflation on one of my SOSpende
Need an old Navionics CF card danm1 at 1:01pm 08.09.23 Parts Search 7/1816 I am trying to update the operating system on an e80 chartplotter so that it will read new charts. N
Rowing a 22 Rltgold at 11:12am 08.09.23 Catalina 22 6/1339 Rowing a Catalina 22 Does anyone have experience with adding a set of oars to a 22 ? What lenth ? Wh
Rear seal size/specs for kanzaki k3mp CamaroMan at 8:27am 08.09.23 Engines and Propulsion 3/659 Hi there.. Can anyone supply the size/specs rear seal for the kanzaki transmission? Thanks
Top Down Furler Meriachee at 7:55am 08.09.23 Show Us Your Boat--Videos 23/4872 Top down kite on our 270. The top down furler and bowsprit were all crafted in house, and the kite
Water in Engine Oil of Raw Water Cooled Universal Atomic Diesel 5411 (1) Media again at 7:19am 08.09.23 Engines and Propulsion 10/2298 Purchased Northern 29 (built 1981) equiped with Universal Atomic Diesel Model 5411, cools with raw f
Rub Rail Help dennisv at 5:58am 08.09.23 Bigger Boats 8/1440 Took my very nice ODay 28 to a marine for some work that had all steel docks. Single handed the tri
Watches (2) jviss at 1:11pm 08.08.23 Sails Call Lounge 37/5173 Anyone else into watches? I always wanted a high end watch, a Rolex or an Omega. So, about 13 year
'76 Cat 22 Keel Winch operation (3) mbaker267 at 12:52pm 08.08.23 Catalina 22 8/681 I have a 1976 Cat-22 that appears to have the original keel winch. The winch handle rotates clockwis
What is the meaning of this? sailboatracer at 11:45am 08.08.23 Ask All Sailors 2/424 In the following text, what does DWSA/DISP mean? I assume that SA/DISP is sail area to displacement.
30' C&C prop shaft strut ChuckCleElum at 11:30am 08.08.23 Mid-Size Boats 5/1023 I have a 1973 30' C%C - need a replacement prop shaft strut! does anyone know of a used one, the des

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Chart Plotter Guystapo at 6:14am 06.09.25 https://onwamarine.com/onwa-kp-series-marine-chartplotters
Chart Plotter dlochner at 6:11am 06.09.25 Do you have link to their website? Seems to be too good to be true.
Compression Block and Mast Step Project_Mayhem at 6:10am 06.09.25 What does the bottom of the compression post sit on? Compression posts, even cracked, usually don'
Compression Block and Mast Step colemj at 5:54am 06.09.25 What does the bottom of the compression post sit on? Compression posts, even cracked, usually don't
Mounting bracket for Hunter cockpit speaker/light pod. Pnbair at 5:41am 06.09.25 On my Hunter 38, the speaker pod is held up with four 3 1/2" machine screws. The screws go through
Convert trailer from straight axle to drop axle Rick Webb at 5:10am 06.09.25 Looks like a good idea to me on your trailer. 6" may even work. Can't tell from the picture but if
Hurricane Season 2025 Rick Webb at 4:55am 06.09.25 How meaningful are those predicted numbers? A storm that lands in North Carolina or Texas does not
Unreliable shore power SycloneDriver at 4:54am 06.09.25 A battery protector will protect your batteries but not your drinks. If there's nothing perishable
Hunter 49/50 alternator wiring kappykaplan at 4:54am 06.09.25 I can't find the file in downloads, but here's an old discussion: https://forums.sailboatowners.com/
3GM30F problems seadaddler at 4:48am 06.09.25 I had oil leak rear engine and took months to try and find out where and track down and constant wip
Unreliable shore power SycloneDriver at 4:44am 06.09.25
Hunter 30 tanks Intrepid-II at 4:44am 06.09.25 With respect to the problem you inherited, you will just have to literally dig in and clean up the m
3YM30 Remove core from heat exchanger seadaddler at 4:37am 06.09.25
Unreliable shore power mermike at 4:35am 06.09.25 A battery protector will protect your batteries but not your drinks. If there's nothing perishable i
Hunter 49/50 alternator wiring Laid-back at 4:32am 06.09.25 Art Boas posted a new water pump instal on front of the engine to replace the existing pump with the
Hunter 30 tanks (2) Intrepid-II at 4:24am 06.09.25 I have an 82 Hunter 30 and I just added 2 additional inspection/cleaning hatches to my water tank so
Yanmar Glow Plugs mermike at 4:21am 06.09.25 Hard starting on the GM series is usually indicative of other problems, even when cold. In no partic
Hurricane Season 2025 JamesG161 at 4:20am 06.09.25 2024 Hurricane Forecasts But they made their ranges so wide , so it fell in range. They scared eve
3GM30F problems (1) mermike at 4:09am 06.09.25 There's an oil pipe that runs across the back of the engine that is prone to corrosion and leakage.
3GM30F problems jssailem at 4:00am 06.09.25 Maybe, but look for the simpler possibility. Perhaps it is the bell housing or pan gasket.

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