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Replacing corroded Seaward 5200 series water heater (20 g.) with Kuuma 6 g. HWH - removal and installation questions Monheganlover at 8:47am 05.03.23 Catalina 310 6/682 I have to remove my rusted out and leaking original equipment 20 gallon Seaward 5000 series water he
Well found Fantasia for sale in BVI (1) nat55 at 6:14am 05.03.23 Fantasia 35 0/24 I met the owners of this Fantasia here in Maine a few years back. 35' Fantasia 35 - BVI Yacht Sale
Raymarine and Autohelm Wheel Pilot Belts (1) jviss at 5:11am 05.03.23 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 3/1033 Gates SYNCHRO-POWER BELT T5-750-10 This is the belt I sourced to replace the belt in an Autohelm AH
Bottom Chip Repair (1) tailboom at 7:22pm 05.02.23 Catalina 22 12/1684
Reattach wire to steering quadrant (2) mobydog at 6:03pm 05.02.23 Mid-Size Boats 6/1557 I have recently dropped my rudder on a Catalina 30 1981 a few inches to repair the top with epoxy. R
Hi boaters, 1975 pearson 39 owners manual pat.rik at 5:43pm 05.02.23 Pearson 4/1221 Hi everyone super excited bought a 39 pearson! Gonna liveaboard full time in Baltimore. Does anyon
Third summer, boat wont sail gtg at 4:45pm 05.02.23 Ask All Sailors 51/3313 I have been taking classes, sailing boats but my 1974 Catalina 22 is a wild horse . Dont really not
Urgent warning to genset owners (3) artboas at 4:43pm 05.02.23 Big Boats 23/2666
Need Recommendations Plymouth Sailor at 12:08pm 05.02.23 Ask All Sailors 2/395
Cat 30 Windlass PeteT at 11:47am 05.02.23 Ask A Catalina Owner 16/1384 I am considering installing an electric windlass on my 1980 CAT 30. I am perplexed as to where to in
How to remove drain from s600 for anode install (2) skunther at 11:43am 05.02.23 Ask All Sailors 4/454 I am trying to remove the drain from my Seaward s600 in order to install an anode. It is very diffic
Reefing system sheaves fred1diver at 11:23am 05.02.23 Ask All Sailors 7/682
Reconnecting water heater and bleeding the system? CowboyWay at 10:48am 05.02.23 Catalina 310 7/847 I currently have my water heater bypassed with the engine (Universal M25XPB) coolant lines and am lo
Honter 33 2006 keel repair Tomek at 9:14am 05.02.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/455 I have gouged a tip of the wing on my wing keel. I believe the keel is lead. The gouge is about 3"
My 1980 Hunter 22, A Restoration (10) Secondwind2008 at 7:45am 05.02.23 Trailer Sailors 14/2970 I haven't been here for many years but I still have my Hunter 22 and I thought I'd share her history
3 Blade Prop Swap? Dudenhoeffer at 7:13am 05.02.23 Catalina 30 23/3145 Hi All! Recently purchased a C-30 and will be bringing her from Lake Ontario to Lake Champlain via
Stanchion bases Seahawk345 at 4:58am 05.02.23 Mid-Size Boats 9/1064 Good morning. My wife and I recently bought a 2010 Hunter 31. I owned a Hunter 40 Legend many years
Packing Gland Question / 1980 Hunter 33 Matt DV at 8:56pm 05.01.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/525 I have a 1980 Hunter 33 with 1 inch shaft. I installed 1/4 inch packing in the packing gland it was
Universal M25XPB Crankcase vent line? (2) CowboyWay at 8:10pm 05.01.23 Catalina 310 8/1128 Do others have their crankcase vent line connected directly to the intake manifold or a carved up ho
Replacing Sheaves on a Catalina 27 shank at 10:25am 05.01.23 Ask A Catalina Owner 10/1952 I have an 82 model 27' and the main is becoming increasingly hard to raise. I can hear some squealin

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no eyelet on the tack of my main sail Von Clipper at 12:07pm 01.28.25 Sooo ya think I should have a shop sew in a cringle with reinforcement?
Engine anode missing on a Volvo Penta 2002? jssailem at 11:05am 01.28.25 Hi John. I could have said: "No, the surveyor is correct." But that would have generated another
Home Pumpout System Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 10:20am 01.28.25 I missed that your pump is MANUAL, not electric. --Peggie
Hoses in the bilge of Cherubini 33 Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 10:17am 01.28.25 Peggie, thank you for your detailed reply.Water tank is at the bow under the birth and I believe it
I'll never see this again capta at 9:36am 01.28.25 The longtails. They look very well balanced, but I haven't tried them. I would call them an outbo
Engine anode missing on a Volvo Penta 2002? JRacer at 9:06am 01.28.25 My First 310, also a 92 with a VP 2002 engine does not have one. I also looked to inspect/replace an
Hoses in the bilge of Cherubini 33 HermanHunter at 8:41am 01.28.25 Thank you All for your help! Great forum here.
Hoses in the bilge of Cherubini 33 HermanHunter at 8:40am 01.28.25 I had the same style and what appears to be the same size hose connected to a manual bilge pump In
Lithium Battery upgrade installation james2034 at 8:38am 01.28.25
Lithium Battery upgrade installation (1) james2034 at 8:36am 01.28.25 On our Hunter Legend 35. 5, separating the start bank was easy. Just take the battery cable that'
Hoses in the bilge of Cherubini 33 HermanHunter at 8:34am 01.28.25
2000 Oceanis 411 Rudder Issue KStolten at 8:32am 01.28.25 Hi there I am about to throw my self into the project of replacing the rudder bearing soon and was
Lithium Battery upgrade installation james2034 at 8:31am 01.28.25
Engine anode missing on a Volvo Penta 2002? john6206 at 8:28am 01.28.25 Hey - I see this thread is a couple years old - but I'm going to tag a question on. I'm looking a
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks dLj at 8:12am 01.28.25 Why not just replace any OEM "valve on a thruhull" with a stronger seacock valve. Forespar and (mor
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks FastOlson at 7:53am 01.28.25 Why not just replace any OEM "valve on a thruhull" with a stronger seacock valve? Forespar and (more
Home Pumpout System Tedd at 7:39am 01.28.25 Hi Peggie, I did briefly consider using a macerator pump but it has some drawbacks. A macerator pu
Deck Leaking? dmax at 7:18am 01.28.25 One more thing to add: you can try to locate the source of the leak from the interior by taping pape
Hoses in the bilge of Cherubini 33 Project_Mayhem at 7:16am 01.28.25 I had the same style and what appears to be the same size hose connected to a manual bilge pump
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks Project_Mayhem at 7:12am 01.28.25 I have some Marelon mushroom type thru hulls in white for over 40 years. Marelon will say it on

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