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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 3/1970 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 1/1287 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 10/1390 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 52/7301 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 8/1944 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 10/2354 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 10/1407 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 12/4778 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 14/2077 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 8/1227 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 3/1219 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 10/2312 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 14/2127 I have a 2004 fisher panda 6000 gen set powered by a kabota 2 cylinder. It has about 1500 hours on
Spinnaker Blocks (2) FlimFlamII at 7:35am 10.20.23 Parts Search 5/1838 Any idea on a source for these?
Mast down spreader removals Bentsailor at 6:58am 10.20.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/609 Our 1994 Hunter 29.5 double Spreader rig must come down this winter. To tarp the boat we must remov
Removing the rudder on my 1986 28 Oday fourwhitesocks at 6:50am 10.20.23 Bigger Boats 9/1460 Hello there! A long time ago we removed the rudder from my 28' Oday, but I really don't remember ho
Mast Trailer tom154ca at 3:57am 10.20.23 Ask All Sailors 28/2694 Hello, I currently remove my mast every Fall and install every Spring. I would like to make a proper
New Sails HomeyD at 1:07pm 10.19.23 Ask All Sailors 13/2009 I am ready to order new sails for my Catalina 22. A full battoned main and 135 Jib set up for a roll

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Only 4 through hulls on C30 MKl Woodworks1 at 12:25pm 09.29.25
Mariner 2+2 rigging issue (1) Project_Mayhem at 12:13pm 09.29.25 You could use a forestay lever. I can't imagine rigging a trailer sailor without one. If you have th
Only 4 through hulls on C30 MKl Ralph Johnstone at 12:13pm 09.29.25 Since it would be dangerous to combine them, install a new thruhull and problem solved! Out of cu
Only 4 through hulls on C30 MKl Woodworks1 at 11:54am 09.29.25 So the black water tank is a holding tank not a septic tank.
Only 4 through hulls on C30 MKl Woodworks1 at 11:51am 09.29.25 Peggie, Thank, I am a small boat sailer and have no experience in large boats. That why I came here.
Only 4 through hulls on C30 MKl Woodworks1 at 11:43am 09.29.25 MacGyvering things on the sailboat was never a good idea.
Running light corrosion Project_Mayhem at 11:42am 09.29.25 That hasn't been my experience. I have what looks like the same unit. Both my bow and stern light w
Goosneck corrosion - how bad is this? dLj at 11:41am 09.29.25 Thank you for all these different angles, much appretiated! I will try to sort it during the winter
Only 4 through hulls on C30 MKl Ward H at 11:40am 09.29.25 Or just drain it into the black water holding tank for now. @Peggie Hall HeadMistress I tagged the
Running light corrosion colemj at 11:38am 09.29.25 We've had those lights and they are terrible for corrosion. As for the quality of the spade connect
Only 4 through hulls on C30 MKl Woodworks1 at 11:34am 09.29.25
Shifter sticking when shifting in and out of forward Woodworks1 at 11:30am 09.29.25
Only 4 through hulls on C30 MKl Woodworks1 at 11:29am 09.29.25 Or just drain it into the black water holding tank for now.
Goosneck corrosion - how bad is this? giogi93 at 11:19am 09.29.25 Thank you for all these different angles, much appretiated! I will try to sort it during the winter
Seal tiny leak portlight caulk (3) ds34mail at 11:19am 09.29.25 just to complete the VTB+795 discussion - I did this a few years back - and I did not see this menti
Only 4 through hulls on C30 MKl Ward H at 11:15am 09.29.25 Welcome to the forum! I agree with Don, you need to install a new thru hull for the sink drain. I
Only 4 through hulls on C30 MKl Woodworks1 at 10:51am 09.29.25 Don, That would be best practices. Or run a line forward to the lav sink through hull if it has enou
Only 4 through hulls on C30 MKl Don S/V ILLusion at 10:28am 09.29.25 No, Someone add an air conditioner and used the kitchen sink overboard drain for the raw water cool
Only 4 through hulls on C30 MKl Woodworks1 at 10:21am 09.29.25 No, Someone add an air conditioner and used the kitchen sink overboard drain for the raw water cooli
Running light corrosion dLj at 10:19am 09.29.25 I just replaced a new, cheap stern light after too many connection issues. To my surprise, the SeaF

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