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Transducer Question Earendil at 6:37am 12.16.14 Ask All Sailors 7/1335 I'm a new sailor who just finished my first season with my first boat -- an O'Day 23 -- sailing in t
Any Tartan 34C owners out there? sailnoproblem at 6:12am 12.16.14 Ask All Sailors 0/819 I bought and restored Hull #68 model year1970. (boat was built in 1969) Have several questions tha
Installing a television in the 30... Bob4203 at 5:35am 12.16.14 Catalina 30 5/3025 I have the u-shaped dinette arrangement that allows the port bulkhead to be void of the folding dini
House Battery replacement looking for suggestions drtsr1 at 7:52pm 12.15.14 Big Boats 12/2186 I currently have four golf cart batteries, need to replace. I would like to have longer lasting batt
Minney Update--Winches rbringle at 7:32pm 12.15.14 Ask All Sailors 2/1119 Minney's is for real. Thanks for the responses to my earlier post about Minney's Yacht Supply and t
Fresh Sailboat Listings thomas.dargan at 5:17pm 12.15.14 Forum Help (Site Talk) 2/2198 Would it be a good idea to open up the list menu for shoppers, by not requiring the boat Brand field
Wet core, would you buy? Ken Cross at 4:40pm 12.15.14 Ask All Sailors 18/8815 I'm looking for a new (used) boat and found one we really like (1988 Hunter 30.) The problem is I fo
Motor Mount Bracket (1) bigpapaporsche at 4:33pm 12.15.14 Catalina 22 3/1092 I've noticed that our new to us 2006 Capri 22's Motor Mount drags in the water when in the down posi
Motor Mount Bracket (1) bigpapaporsche at 4:29pm 12.15.14 Ask All Sailors 1/824 I've noticed that our new to us 2006 Capri 22's Motor Mount drags in the water when in the down posi
renaming a sailboat captain monk at 3:21pm 12.15.14 Seafarer 8/4110 dose anyone now about name change ceremoney?
Transducer Query Earendil at 3:19pm 12.15.14 Ask An Oday Owner 0/754 Just finished my first season with my first boat -- an O'Day 23. Considering adding a transducer fo
autopilot on a /Hunter 40? jumpphx at 2:14pm 12.15.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/708 Has anyone installed a wind vane auto pilot on a Hunter 40, if so what kind, how$$, and performance.
Alternator sizing marchem at 1:48pm 12.15.14 Musings With Maine Sail 13/4214 Kind of a funny story: '82 Catalina 27 with a 5411 diesel. I was removing the alternator to get at
Main Halyard rstan2001 at 12:40pm 12.15.14 Mid-Size Boats 1/900 I have a Hunter Vision 32 Can someone give me the size and length of the main halyard ? Thanks in
Water Leaks on Beneteau tby at 12:20pm 12.15.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1301 Any experience with water leaking near toe rails?
Dynaplate, KISS-SSB, Copper? Brian D at 12:06pm 12.15.14 SSB and Ham Operators 10/5388 What is your RF grounding composed of? Do you have a Dynaplate installed? KISS-SSB installed? 100 sq
Recutting a Jib for better visibility donvanv at 11:51am 12.15.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1142 I thought I saw posts on this topic in the past, but was unable to find anything using the search to
Barbecue Grills redhead78 at 11:06am 12.15.14 Ask All Sailors 47/7391 Hi all Merry- xmas, i asked santa fro a grill for the boat and was looking for some input, the Magma
Ground Fault popping on Charger PGIJon at 10:34am 12.15.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 24/6085 I have a Xantex 20A TrueCharge charger that is causing the Ground Fault to pop when the batteries ar
Advice on installing a solar panel RECESS at 8:14am 12.15.14 Ask All Sailors 25/3868 I have a Grape 100w panel. I need to know what I really need to install this to charge batteries. It

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Its funny Friday! Will Gilmore at 6:35pm 06.03.23 She don't look fast, but she'll get you there. The only question is, how to provision for a voyage
Beneteau 35s5 Rudder Bearing FastOlson at 6:33pm 06.03.23 The boat builder is still in business. It seems like they could provide a drawing of he parts and so
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Hayden Watson at 5:48pm 06.03.23 Here's to hoping for the Varoom!
Intracoastal Waterway Sailing Joe at 5:32pm 06.03.23 Hello everyone, Can anyone tell me about sailing the ICW? In what context? Are you wanting to mak
I'm picking up a new to me '87 H23 tomorrow. (2) Tb0n3 at 5:22pm 06.03.23 I pulled lightly on the chain locker drain and look what I got. I'm sure the plastic thru hulls are
Continupus mainsail furling (1) kbgunn at 5:19pm 06.03.23 @Seahawk345 Your owners manual can be found here: https://www.marlow-hunter.com/wp-content/export/Ow
Yanmar 4Jh4-HTE Manual fuel priming lift pump jssailem at 5:04pm 06.03.23 Sucking it down implies a vacuum is being created. Since you say the high pressure pump has a low pr
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't kappykaplan at 5:01pm 06.03.23 Test start set for Monday afternoon. Cross fingers, toes, and anything else that you can. :biggrin:
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't (3) jssailem at 4:59pm 06.03.23 Test start set for Monday afternoon. Cross fingers, toes, and anything else that you can. :biggrin
Beneteau 35s5 Rudder Bearing thetone at 4:55pm 06.03.23 Hi Thetone, I used 2" x 1/4" steel bar stock and 3/4" threaded rod, large washers and bolts (Home D
Raymarine Autopilot Problems (ST4000+) BigEasy at 4:39pm 06.03.23 Note that the video discusses rebuild of the Raymarine 4000 wheel pilot, not the 4000+. The 4000 mo
Yanmar 4Jh4-HTE Manual fuel priming lift pump Screen Saver at 3:57pm 06.03.23 Yea this particular model Yanmar engine is not supposed to need and external pump of any sort and th
Dissimilar Metals dlochner at 3:47pm 06.03.23 Tef-Gel (amazon link) on the threads. Buy a tub, you'll never run out and it is not that much more m
Raymarine Autopilot Problems (ST4000+) Ward H at 3:44pm 06.03.23
Intracoastal Waterway Sailing (1) dlochner at 3:44pm 06.03.23 Also, from that brief moment you took your eyes off the channel and ran aground, Were you watchin
Dissimilar Metals Rick Webb at 3:31pm 06.03.23 Or use rivets either SS or aluminum
Macgregor 26 stickinthemud57 at 3:25pm 06.03.23
Intracoastal Waterway Sailing stickinthemud57 at 3:23pm 06.03.23 What kind of boat? Draft and bridge clearance height? What time of year? Heading north or south?
Dissimilar Metals Davidasailor26 at 3:19pm 06.03.23
3 Blade Prop Swap? Davidasailor26 at 3:13pm 06.03.23 Sounds like a good trip. It could be worth checking the prop shaft alignment. At least that can be d

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