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'86 Hunter 34 chrisrezba at 8:06pm 02.25.15 Big Boats 6/1244 Hello, With help I just rigged and stepped my mast. After attaching the boom I have no idea how to r
Air Conditioner Tripping Boat main breaker Unwinder at 7:06pm 02.25.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/4986 My reverse cycle cooling/heating unit (with 2 blowers) has worked great since I bought the 1994 Lege
1986 Hunter 34 "My First Big Sailboat" chrisrezba at 6:02pm 02.25.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/689 Please Help ~ This is my 1st big sailboat and I am really enjoying all the challenges I am being fac
LiFePo4 drop in replacement batteries njl at 5:42pm 02.25.15 Ask All Sailors 8/3822 What do you guys think of all these new "drop-in Lead Acid replacement" LiFePo4 batteries? Brands in
1984 222 outboard bracket kdmjme at 5:24pm 02.25.15 Ask An Oday Owner 5/785 Hi, does anybody know the original outboard motor bracket model? I'm looking to replace with somethi
Hunter 38 rudder post material question Picaro at 4:22pm 02.25.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/674 Does anyone know what Hunter means when they say the rudder post is composite on the Hunter 38? It c
Dropped the steaming light wire (oops) rkuris at 3:30pm 02.25.15 Catalina 30 9/1754 The old steaming light had given up the ghost, so I went up the mast to replace it. During the proce
Square Footage twodzusfittings at 2:49pm 02.25.15 Smaller Boats 10/1183 I could use your help in calculating how much bottom paint I will need. The coverage on the paint bu
Dropping the Hook Etiquette Brian D at 1:33pm 02.25.15 Ask All Sailors 25/5890 Suppose one is boating up a coast/waterway and on the chart the next marina has an area for anchorin
replacing wheel and installing a tiller Grefyne at 1:26pm 02.25.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1048 Hi, I want to replace the steering wheel with a tiller on a 281. Has anyone done that? Thanks, Scott
Prudent Speed in Low Visibility kloudie1 at 1:08pm 02.25.15 Ask All Sailors 39/3434 So this guy was going a prudent speed in the fog.. and keeping a good lookout, just as the COLREGS s
Insurance quote redhead78 at 12:33pm 02.25.15 Ask All Sailors 9/1706 Hi all, spring is just around the corner..I have insurance with a co I won't mention by name initial
Hull ID no. question 19' Weekender oliversdad at 11:58am 02.25.15 Day Sailers 6/1735 I'm missing a digit on the transom HIN. It looks as if it has blistered off and can't be read. Does
Survey Botch? Drhoppy at 9:42am 02.25.15 Smaller Boats 0/37 Hello All: I'm new to this site and, hopefully, will be a first time sailboat owner. I'm in the p
Survey Botch? Drhoppy at 9:40am 02.25.15 Ask All Sailors 34/3271 Hello All: I'm new to this site and, hopefully, will be a first time sailboat owner. I'm in the p
Manual Bilge Pump benfirst at 9:15am 02.25.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1769 My manual bilge pump on my First 30E needs to be either rebuilt or replaced. The problem is that it
Chinese Knock Off Solar Panels (1) JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 8:05am 02.25.15 Musings With Maine Sail 3/1958 Here is an excellent article about comparing the real deal Solbian with genuine SunPower Cells vs th
Beneteau Sail Seminar bob_pattison at 7:58am 02.25.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1080 Just a note for Beneteau Owners in New England looking for an end to winter... Prestige Yacht Sales
Opening passageway to forward compartment davidmhull at 7:57am 02.25.15 Ask An Oday Owner 10/1475 I have an Oday 22 that I am refurbishing. The opening leading to the forward compartment is really t
Offshore Cruising LMatthews svCamelot at 6:42am 02.25.15 Lancer 4/1806 Hello; New (to me) 30' Lancer owner. Intention is to Blue Water Sail at sea up to a month at a tim

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Leaving the dock 87Jayhawk at 10:17am 06.18.23 I'm thinking from your video, you could run a doubled aka slip spring line off your bow, stern out,
Leaving the dock 87Jayhawk at 10:16am 06.18.23 At slow speeds, the boat will want to feather with bow pointing downwind and down current. Until th
2011 Hunter 45DS need mast boom sails sunwest at 10:15am 06.18.23 In Mast..was original.. but I could do traditional also:facepalm: received boat without mast and rig
Leaving the dock 87Jayhawk at 10:15am 06.18.23 If I didn't feel like I could swing safely I would back out the fairway till I had room to turn.
Leaving the dock 87Jayhawk at 10:14am 06.18.23 I owned an O'28 for 19 yrs. With the OEM prop there is significant prop walk astern. Recognized e
Leaving the dock 87Jayhawk at 10:12am 06.18.23 Here's link to a well know series on docking techniques. I think you should take the time to go th
Leaving the dock 87Jayhawk at 10:10am 06.18.23
Leaving the dock 87Jayhawk at 10:09am 06.18.23 Any photos or drawings of the setup? Sorry, I thought about this post after leaving the boat.
Gloucester 22 Armike at 10:07am 06.18.23
VDO Multifunctional Display: Batteries, water and fuel levels Davidasailor26 at 10:05am 06.18.23 Hi, I just bought this unit after a lightning problem, However it have 2 sets of dip switches on th
Changing FRESH water pump on VP MD22L JamesG161 at 9:48am 06.18.23 why don't you send an email to Parts4 Engines Done. Thanks for the advice.
Changing FRESH water pump on VP MD22L (1) JamesG161 at 9:38am 06.18.23 I went to P4E site and got this view of the Wild Azz impeller. e Gasket for engine mount. Hopefull
Do you trailer with the motor attached? WayneH at 9:35am 06.18.23 On my 21' I towed with the motor on the boat. I had one of those lifting motor mounts so the engine
Fuel Pipe ID ggrizzard at 9:35am 06.18.23 A Dremel tool might get in that tight space. Or, a modified drill bit with sand paper tip.
Leaving the dock (1) jssailem at 9:31am 06.18.23 Being. YouTuber, I figure you will appreciate videos of "How TO". BoatUS has some good ideas that ap
Changing FRESH water pump on VP MD22L (1) JamesG161 at 9:30am 06.18.23 Guessing now about the Water pump flow. that oiler. Whew. Jim...
Doesn't hurt to ask eherlihy at 9:27am 06.18.23 Unfortunately Guido died in January 2021 VERY sad to read this...
Changing FRESH water pump on VP MD22L (1) JamesG161 at 9:25am 06.18.23 They do have many other ignition switches for the Volvo MD engines Good idea! Also I was going to
Gear box not engaging Alex G at 9:19am 06.18.23 It could also be slipping clutch rings. This is an item that wears out on the Hurth HBW 50 gearbox
VDO Multifunctional Display: Batteries, water and fuel levels (1) zrod at 9:16am 06.18.23 The Beneteau spare parts site does list that insert and has it available, part number 156278 for $5

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