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No power at electrical panel on B331 (1) Stuermer at 4:13pm 05.07.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 11/755 Any thoughts welcome. when trying to turn on my engine this weekend there was no power from ignition
Hunter 240 mast replacement Arnie53 at 3:49pm 05.07.23 Smaller Boats 6/895 I had a disaster when raising my mast on my 1998 Hunter 240. Long story short, the mast is now in t
Custom screen hatch board (1) chriscampbell at 3:41pm 05.07.23 Smaller Boats 4/1031
What do I need to get this boat able to sail somewhat nicely? (2) JustinP at 2:43pm 05.07.23 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/1499 I was given this 1977 Venture 22 and I know it's missing some things. What would be the best way to
Whale Gulper 220 for shower drain with atomatic sensor switch skunther at 12:54pm 05.07.23 Ask All Sailors 33/2558 Has anyone set up a shower drain pump with an automatic switch? I'm looking into installing a Whale
1980 Catalina 38 water heater location? SycloneDriver at 11:48am 05.07.23 Ask All Sailors 3/360 I'm helping an older gentleman repair his boat. Neither of us are very familiar with it. The boat
Hunter 410 Yanmar 4JH3E Temperature Sensor sailing gal at 11:11am 05.07.23 Big Boats 4/846 Who know the part number for the Yanmar 4JH3 temper sensor for the temp gauge (not the alarm)
Low engine RPMs >> Bad Fuel/Filter? (2) CowboyWay at 7:13am 05.07.23 Catalina 310 17/2343 I'm new to servicing the fuel system and have read a fair bit on the topic, but had a problem recent
how improve the storage in h 33 /2005 michel06440 at 6:43am 05.07.23 Mid-Size Boats 0/469 Hello everyone, we have a hunter 33 from 2005 and want to improve the storage as we live on board. D
1984 Catalina 27 floor board under the stairs. Mine is missing. Ideas for replacement? Thanks. (1) BTC1984 at 5:05am 05.07.23 Mid-Size Boats 13/1828 215419
Fun one - Lewmar 8 1975. (1) zinahewitt at 11:34pm 05.06.23 Ask All Sailors 3/418 Hi All, I have a Lewmar winch 8. It is a single speed. The boat is from 1975, so the winch is a sup
Install galley faucet on 11/16" water lines (2) skunther at 8:10pm 05.06.23 Ask All Sailors 3/605 I have a big box faucet I am trying to install to upgrade the old one. I cannot for the life of me f
Lost the job roller furler halyard reisserar at 2:33pm 05.06.23 Ask All Sailors 10/1095 Help Oday 20 I was trying to replace the old halyard with a new one for fear the old one might brea
Mast Electric Connector (1) kclancy at 1:26pm 05.06.23 Catalina 22 11/1151 Hi All - I am installing a new connector for the mast electric. I am confused about the ground. It
Finding Stuff After Re-buying Stuff jviss at 1:03pm 05.06.23 Sails Call Lounge 15/1405 Man, I'm so pissed! I decided to grease my MaxProp before launch, and even decided to use the 'reco
Propane tank rectertification RitSim at 11:59am 05.06.23 Ask All Sailors 6/826 I have an original (1999) aluminum 9.6# aluminum propane tank in great condition. I know the cert i
Bimini for 1987 Hunter 28.5 wgshaw at 5:26am 05.06.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/508 I am looking for a frame, with or without the canvas, for a 1987 Hunter 28.5.
Ducks in my backyard! (1) RSHunter27 at 10:12pm 05.05.23 The Cherubini Hunters 38/3205 215389 So since I've been working on my boat daily I get multiple visits everyday from the local duc
Blisters - To Repair or not to repair..... Crusty Ol Salt at 7:18pm 05.05.23 Ask All Sailors 8/1315 I have been finding quotes like this in other sailing forums. I guess I disagree about blisters. Th
2005 Hunter 25 w/ roller furler - mast stepping challenges Cap'nCook at 4:44pm 05.05.23 Trailer Sailors 13/1443 Recently purchased the boat and am trying to practice raising/lowering the mast so I can trailer sai

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Runaway diesel Davidasailor26 at 2:42pm 01.29.25 None on my 2014 3YM30 either.
no eyelet on the tack of my main sail Von Clipper at 2:35pm 01.29.25 This gear is definitely not original to a Mac 26d. First, he has a boom kicker which we all know
Its funny Friday! Urban Hermit at 2:33pm 01.29.25 Somewhere, someone hasn't heard this yet: Oh, what a strange bird is the pelican! His beak can hold
Hoses in the bilge of Cherubini 33 HermanHunter at 11:46am 01.29.25 YES. Ice box drain & bile pump. The big pump exits the boat on the starboard side just below the
Hoses in the bilge of Cherubini 33 azambella at 11:45am 01.29.25 Wow, Dumb-A spelling on my part. Sorry. New PC and not used to small keyboard I have had the 1982 H
no eyelet on the tack of my main sail Joe at 11:22am 01.29.25 This gear is definitely not original to a Mac 26d. First, he has a boom kicker which we all know i
no eyelet on the tack of my main sail Richard19068 at 11:12am 01.29.25 I notice the sail has a logo "WHIRLWIND". Looking that up it seems they are a company in San Diego
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks FastOlson at 11:10am 01.29.25 Ancient history at this point, but I believe that ForeSpar bought up the RC Marine line in the very
Home Pumpout System Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 11:10am 01.29.25 Perhaps a bit of RTV or 3M 4000? In any other installation, I'd say "nope...never use sealant on sa
Home Pumpout System Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 10:41am 01.29.25 Fwiw, ABYC standards call for double clamping all sanitation system hose connections. Screws should
Hoses in the bilge of Cherubini 33 azambella at 10:03am 01.29.25 YES. Ice box drain & bile pump. The big pump exits the boat on the starboard side just below th
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks Maine Sail at 9:22am 01.29.25 The Marelon seacock has a flange against the hull which greatly increases the force required to bre
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks dLj at 9:22am 01.29.25 There's like a bunch through hulls on this boat so it's a project to replace them. Seems to me lik
Runaway diesel dlochner at 9:16am 01.29.25 Shouldn't that be "without" ? My 1993 Yanmar 3JH2E does not have a decompression lever.
Runaway diesel Ralph Johnstone at 9:11am 01.29.25 but I haven't seen an engine since the 90's with a decompression lever. Shouldn't that be "withou
Home Pumpout System dlochner at 9:09am 01.29.25 I forgot to mention that my vintage bilge hose liked to slide off of the pump inlet and outlet. May
Home Pumpout System Tedd at 7:47am 01.29.25 Hi @Project_Mayhem , Yes, the Guzzler pump I bought has completely smooth ports--no barbs or textur
Home Pumpout System Project_Mayhem at 6:43am 01.29.25 I forgot to mention that my vintage bilge hose liked to slide off of the pump inlet and outlet. Mayb
no eyelet on the tack of my main sail shemandr at 6:38am 01.29.25 It's odd. Not only is there no clew cringle, the sail isn't built to have one. Is it possible that
Look inside 1979, 25 Catalina (1) SailingLoto at 6:31am 01.29.25 I like the storage divider/cubby under the cockpit. Mine doesn't have that.

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