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Boat fire in Japan Tin Kicker at 5:14pm 05.09.23 Other Sailboats 1/713 Pretty hard to put out once started, since so much is below decks. Jetski rider made a valiant try
Lift Arm - Engine room cover (1) LLeDrew at 3:09pm 05.09.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/811 I just replaced both lift arms in the engine room compartment (photo attached), however after less t
Windshield and side window material BabuBoat at 10:47am 05.09.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/1157 I'm in the process of removing leaky, crazed, hideous looking windshield and side windows on my 1993
Thoughts on rail mounted VHF antenna morbidfollower at 8:35am 05.09.23 Catalina 22 32/3546 Looking for some boater wisdom here. Currently my boat is in a slip and I have a handheld vhf. I was
Adding Speed DanMaine at 6:44am 05.09.23 Ask All Sailors 6/790 I would like to add a speed through the water readout to my 37' sailboat this year. I have a 3 year
Part identification (2) CiscoVT2 at 6:41am 05.09.23 Ask All Sailors 5/653 Looking to identify this part for a neighbor. She found it while cleaning out her parents estate an
New owner of an Irwin 28 Mk III Marty_B at 6:19pm 05.08.23 Ask All Sailors 0/252 Hi everyone, I acquired this boat recently and have not been able to find much information about it.
Electric terminal block Scott T-Bird at 6:01pm 05.08.23 Ask All Sailors 13/710 I'm finally finishing my instrument panel modifications and I bought a Blue Sea Systems terminal blo
Solar panel/battery charger suggestions 1986 C22 Fuji242 at 2:28pm 05.08.23 Catalina 22 16/1504 New C22 owner here. Looking to setup my factory electrical system with a trickle charger and solar p
Universal M25 dosnt want to start. Goobs at 1:32pm 05.08.23 Engines and Propulsion 16/1459 We started the engine at Spring commsisioning prior launch and she started right up. We ran it for a
Color Pallet PedersParade at 11:50am 05.08.23 S2 1/702 1985 S2 10.3 Trying to find original paint colors for top deck non-skid
Bulges on Keel on Hunter 376 duck21 at 10:28am 05.08.23 Ask All Sailors 16/1261 Hi all, Looking for a little info from folks to gauge whether I need to take action on an issue....
Sleeping on 22 new design morbidfollower at 8:43am 05.08.23 Catalina 22 13/2629 Still trying to figure out the best sleeping solution for myself 6'1 (190lbs) my wife 5'4 (110lbs) a
Acrylic portlight question xavpil at 8:04am 05.08.23 Ask A Catalina Owner 19/1372 Hey friends, I removed the porlights on the 1980 Cat 27 anD I want to replace with cast acrylic wind
Electronics die, perhapse after starting engine, recently 1 month off charger bonkle at 5:27am 05.08.23 Ask All Sailors 9/715 Everything seemed fine before the boat sat in dry dock for a month. When I picked it up, the engine
Self Tacking Jib Experience skob1014 at 3:03am 05.08.23 Ask All Sailors 14/2484 If you have any experience with a self tacking jib, please let me know what you think of them. I sa
Washing Machine on H Passage 450 henri at 10:32pm 05.07.23 Big Boats 0/424 The owners manual, speaks about an " optional washing machine" on the aft of a Hunter Passage 450. H
Bilge pump wowes!!! azambella at 7:53pm 05.07.23 Ask All Sailors 14/960 My bilge pumps are not lasting at all. 2 seasons at best... Tried all the major brands. Super confus
Head (toilet of course) plumbing help (8) bonkle at 5:49pm 05.07.23 Ask All Sailors 16/1314 I think I've identified what is going on in this system but want to double check with yall. Picture
depth transducer and plumbing issue George Braun at 5:14pm 05.07.23 Big Boats 6/816 so we re-commissioned our 2008 Hunter 36 this weekend. To my annoyance, one of the things I managed

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Its funny Friday! Will Gilmore at 8:41pm 01.29.25 Is there more to that "poem"? No. It's described as a limerick. One of my favorite limericks goe
Outfitting a little bare boat Urban Hermit at 8:13pm 01.29.25 Drag line saved me once. I couldn't pull myself up it but I held on until my inexperienced crew hea
Outfitting a little bare boat Urban Hermit at 8:08pm 01.29.25 Don't know what you are talking about - brand new from OGO it's $199.99 You must be looking at the
Outfitting a little bare boat Tally Ho at 6:57pm 01.29.25
Raymarine Auto Pilot Tally Ho at 6:46pm 01.29.25 No Good suggestions, but is there any way that the drive wires to the AP motor, or the wires for the
Outfitting a little bare boat Davidasailor26 at 6:42pm 01.29.25
Outfitting a little bare boat dLj at 6:31pm 01.29.25 OUCH! I searched. $750 blem sale . . . I almost --- ! Afraid it'll be a porta pottie for me.
Runaway diesel dLj at 6:15pm 01.29.25 I have a little baby single-cylinder Yanmar 1GM, which is only about 7 hp. It has a decompression l
Its funny Friday! Urban Hermit at 5:55pm 01.29.25 Will, I live to serve. But -- thank you for letting me know I brought a little glow into someone's
Its funny Friday! Will Gilmore at 5:51pm 01.29.25 When I was a kid living aboard, my parents signed my two brothers and me up for the Calvert Correspo
Outfitting a little bare boat Urban Hermit at 5:20pm 01.29.25 Thank you both for your suggestions. I've got a bunch of old halyards for larger boats in the past
Runaway diesel Alan Gomes at 5:12pm 01.29.25 Decompression levers were only used on engines that were designed to be hand cranked for starting a
Runaway diesel Alan Gomes at 5:08pm 01.29.25 It is a starting and maintenance aid. Right. Like if your batteries are run down.
Runaway diesel garymalmgren at 4:53pm 01.29.25 It is not unusual for (very) large engines to have manual or automatic decompression to aid starting
Runaway diesel Charles Erwin at 4:32pm 01.29.25 When running in a larger diesel motor (ie in the shop - to break in the camshaft and achieve some ri
Outfitting a little bare boat dLj at 4:00pm 01.29.25 I probably would worry about the 100' of drag line. I'd bring a minimum of 4 dock lines. (I actually
Outfitting a little bare boat kappykaplan at 3:53pm 01.29.25 Your list looks pretty complete to me, but I'd add at least another dock line. I actually carry fiv
Runaway diesel dLj at 3:12pm 01.29.25 Strange. The levers (one / cylinder) are intended as a starting assist. Why discontinue a good id
Runaway diesel dlochner at 2:59pm 01.29.25 Strange. The levers (one / cylinder) are intended as a starting assist. Why discontinue a good id
Runaway diesel Ralph Johnstone at 2:56pm 01.29.25 My 1993 Yanmar 3JH2E does not have a decompression lever. Strange. The levers (one / cylinder) a

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