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26' wiring to bow Nav Light 1986 sloop captined at 6:30am 10.25.23 Ask An Oday Owner 11/1627 Hi: Stern light -works / Bow Nav light works with out side voltage -not with boat power Has Bk ' Dar
Hurricane Otis (1) JamesG161 at 6:01am 10.25.23 Weather and Forecasting 11/1872 Another storm started south of Cuba and Crossed into the E Pacific. Hitting Acapulco MX, as a Categ
Will 1hp motor push h260 on calm day?? Davenport at 7:26pm 10.24.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 23/2812 On calm day will 1hp push h260 around marina or if wind dies? Does anyone KNOW for sure from experi
Evaluating a Beneteau 323 for Purchase - Keel Boat / Matrix Questions (10) jbmia at 7:00pm 10.24.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 12/2949 Question for the Beneteau owners.. I'm evaluating an '05 323 and took a few pics of the bilge/keel b
Keel bolts on a 23-2 (1) AndrewJillings at 4:54pm 10.24.23 Day Sailers 4/1797 New to the forum, and to the ODay 23-2 I bought in July. Can someone tell me if these are the keel b
Better way to make twin bed of h26 seats, than 6x2ft plank I did? (10) Davenport at 12:00pm 10.24.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/558 Is there better way to make twin bed of h26 seats, than 80x16inch plank and 4x4inch blocks stacked f
Rough night - storm surge dLj at 1:56am 10.24.23 Show Us Your Boat--Videos 3/1974 I'm uploading a short video of my boat being thrown around in the marina where I'm located at the mo
Rough night dLj at 2:57pm 10.23.23 Show Us Your Boat--Videos 1/1290 I'm not sure if I'm doing this right. It's the first time I'm posting a video. Had a tough night la
Chartering Moon Dragon dlochner at 2:44pm 10.23.23 Sails Call Lounge 0/1274 If by some rare chance you have chartered Moon Dragon, you might want to check your travel insurance
Hunter 216 in light air Alan Backus at 9:55am 10.23.23 Smaller Boats 10/1392 We use a Hunter 216 in our Adult Sailing classes. Sailing upwind in light air below 5 knots, the bo
Lantern Advice Skipper J at 9:52am 10.23.23 Ask All Sailors 52/7311 Hi, Can anyone tell me if the Weems and Plath yacht lanterns (link below) give off enough light to
Racor filter size Tucson Sailor at 9:37am 10.23.23 Catalina 30 8/1949 We have a 1996 Catalina 30 MKIII #6374 with 390 hours on the MX 25 engine. It has the Racor 26RS spi
House Battery Condition Nodak7 at 9:23am 10.23.23 Big Boats 10/2359 I have six (6) Trojan T105 6v Batteries for my house battery system. They have been in service for o
Plugged Waste Vent Line Nodak7 at 9:10am 10.23.23 Big Boats 10/1409 Help! I am certain this brain trust has some innovative system for this! It appears that my vent lin
Down East Forum (5) Argyle38 at 12:59pm 10.22.23 Down East Yachts 12/4783 Hello all Downeasterer's (made up word...). With the demise of the latest Down East Yachts web site
Water Leak C320 Driveshaft (1) Witbooi at 8:39am 10.22.23 Engines and Propulsion 14/2081 Hi. First post here. We are new Catalina 320 owners. Noticed a water leak on the driveshaft (photo i
Acrylic Hatch Sealant SirMichael at 5:50am 10.22.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1228 The topside hatches on my 88' Hunter 28.5 were getting pretty badly glazed so I replaced the acrylic
Serial numbers/year built. CliffA at 5:39am 10.21.23 C&C 3/1220 Hi. Does anyone know how C'C tracked their model year in relation to the year of construction on the
Halyard mast clutch question RitSim at 2:02pm 10.20.23 Ask All Sailors 10/2319 I have a '99 Beneteau 411 with roller furling genoa and main. Both Halyards are Samson MLX3, 10mm.
Fisher panda / Kabota smoking on startup ice breaker at 11:51am 10.20.23 Engines and Propulsion 14/2130 I have a 2004 fisher panda 6000 gen set powered by a kabota 2 cylinder. It has about 1500 hours on

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Looking for a replacement skeg - Caliber 28! Tally Ho at 7:52pm 09.30.25 If it fell off, I doubt it provides much protection. :poop: Greg
Towing a Catalina C30 1983 Hayden Watson at 7:45pm 09.30.25 That 10,200lb is the weight of the bare boat as it left the factory (assuming a Mk1). They never ch
Towing a Catalina C30 1983 Woodworks1 at 7:35pm 09.30.25
Superyachts & Oligarchs Don S/V ILLusion at 6:08pm 09.30.25
WINDLASS MOTOR REPLACEMENT dLj at 4:58pm 09.30.25 Switch to a Lofrans.... the footprint is nearly identical. I just had to add a hole for the gipsy m
Frozen Hood Roller Furler BarryL at 4:43pm 09.30.25
Frozen Hood Roller Furler dlochner at 3:36pm 09.30.25 Thanks Dave. I took the pictures with my camera which creates .heic format pictures.. I found it ea
Frozen Hood Roller Furler Bob_967 at 3:07pm 09.30.25 That does look like a Hood Furler. It is better to post photos as JPGs PNGs than as PDFs. PDFs hav
WINDLASS MOTOR REPLACEMENT marcham at 2:48pm 09.30.25 Switch to a Lofrans.... the footprint is nearly identical. I just had to add a hole for the gipsy ma
Frozen Hood Roller Furler dlochner at 1:55pm 09.30.25 I have an O'Day 40 with a frozen roller furler. I believe it's a hood.. though see no name on it.
Superyachts & Oligarchs dlochner at 1:51pm 09.30.25 Isn't it easier to manage a bunch of slips than a service department? Yes, but the expense of ren
Its funny Friday! dmax at 1:26pm 09.30.25 A police officer called into the station: "I have an interesting case here, an old lady shot her hus
Superyachts & Oligarchs Project_Mayhem at 1:13pm 09.30.25 Not sure the math leads where it seems. In a former life, I got to peer inside the books of a mari
Superyachts & Oligarchs Don S/V ILLusion at 12:54pm 09.30.25 Not sure the math leads where it seems. In a former life, I got to peer inside the books of a marin
Frozen Hood Roller Furler dLj at 12:13pm 09.30.25 Photos really help .. dj
Superyachts & Oligarchs dLj at 12:12pm 09.30.25 I feel it's a disturbing trend. dj
HUNTER 380 HOUSE BATTERY CHARGE BIGUA at 11:53am 09.30.25 Probably is under the panel but in the lower section , I think is grey :) Thanks JamesG
HUNTER 380 HOUSE BATTERY CHARGE JamesG161 at 11:41am 09.30.25
Towing a Catalina C30 1983 David in Sandusky at 11:30am 09.30.25 What Joe White said. The Catalina 30 is way too wide to tow without a special permit.
HUNTER 380 HOUSE BATTERY CHARGE BIGUA at 11:16am 09.30.25 JamesG , thanks a lot !! I think i know where probably is that solenoid !! On the other hand, what

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