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Fischer Panda impeller change artboas at 1:10am 11.11.23 Big Boats 9/1299 Ok,, This make no sense (to me) The screws holding one the FP pump late are M4, very short, and (ga
Help and courage - West Marine Air Floor Dinghy and Davit lift points spadaforaj at 7:39pm 11.10.23 Ask All Sailors 14/3319 Just purchased a new one with a good deal - anyone mount davit lift points on one of these ? Looki
Solar arch installation pictures on 315 VFR750 at 1:59pm 11.10.23 Catalina 310 9/2441 I am going to add a solar arch on my 315; specifically looking at the Atlantic Tower brand Can some
Bimini window.... NYSail at 11:07am 11.10.23 Ask All Sailors 8/1886
Oday 25 cabin roof tcbailey67 at 4:29am 11.10.23 Ask An Oday Owner 8/1514 Hi, I'm rebedding some things on my Oday 25, toe rails, cheek blocks, etc, was planning on the mast
Pearson electra? SailingLoto at 5:22pm 11.09.23 Ask All Sailors 10/1300 Help me ID this old sailboat please.
Raising boom height Hunter 28.5 inkunzi at 3:36pm 11.09.23 Ask All Sailors 20/2262
Does anyone have, or had, a Belmar 120 diesel heater on board? advgaia at 2:32pm 11.09.23 Ask All Sailors 2/648 Recently, I've acquired a Pearson 323 and am going thru the boat. The is a Belmar 120 diesel heater
Stanchion Support for 2001 Beneteau 361 bfrey0003 at 7:17am 11.09.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/639 The deck around my stanchions has starburst and other cracks, which I want to repair. Naturally, th
MARINE GROWTH twodzusfittings at 7:08am 11.09.23 Bigger Boats 27/6210 This year, I am amazed at how much barnacles and growth I have on the bottom of my boat. I'm located
Vented Loop (2) MaryEllaRose at 6:49pm 11.08.23 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/2206
H450 Grunert fridge/freezer AKlight at 5:00pm 11.08.23 Big Boats 9/1301 Am thinking about replacing my grunert ac fridge with something more efficient. I was figuring on no
I thought I have seen it all...and then this. BlowMeAway at 3:29pm 11.08.23 Ask All Sailors 18/1839 What should we call it on a sailboat? Dock line windlass? Millennial Grabber? Flip flop eater? Big b
Setting Tack on Dipping Lug Sail (8) dovey2500 at 2:57pm 11.08.23 Ask All Sailors 7/1985
hunter hull # Rick.johnson at 11:51am 11.08.23 Big Boats 5/1157 Hi Guys I have a 1987 40 ft Hunter Legend is there a way to tell by the hull number what keel
Hunter 40.5 bi.moller1 at 11:05am 11.08.23 Big Boats 8/1529 I am looking at a Hunter 40.5 is there a moister drain on the refrigeration or freezer?
Replacing standing rigging Berkeley 30 at 9:35am 11.08.23 Catalina 30 8/5110 We've got a 1985 Catalina 30 with standard rig and the standing rigging needs to be replaced. It has
Coolant flush Sutric at 10:19am 11.07.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1651 We have a 1993 33.5 with a Yanmar 3GM30F engine. I'm in the process of winterizing the boat and want
Winterize Wilcox Crittenden Toilet Ted10028 at 6:00pm 11.06.23 Ask All Sailors 4/468 Can anyone tell me how to do this? I assume holding tank must be empty? Not sure how to drain water
C&C 37/40 Holding Tank steve92106 at 3:47pm 11.06.23 C&C 2/1812 Hello, I recently bought a 37/40 with a tiny, smelly bladder holding tank located under the vanity i

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Beta Testers Needed: Boat Management Platform (Built by a Sailor, for Sailors) fred1diver at 5:44pm 10.23.25 Looks interesting, please tell me more! an apple app would be very promising
Replacing single rusty keelboat dlochner at 5:28pm 10.23.25 I have to ask what the valves and lines go to in your picture. The body of the valves look to be ga
Funny Friday!!! (1) DArcy at 5:25pm 10.23.25 I just got this email from Temu. They do have some interesting products at very low prices. I'm temp
Funny Friday!!! DArcy at 5:19pm 10.23.25 Beware of 7. 7 ate 9.
Replacing single rusty keelboat (1) Ralph Johnstone at 5:04pm 10.23.25 Here is a screen shot of a file (.xls file) Hunter Marine sent me somewhere back in 2010 when they h
Hunter 37C Rudder Drop (6) Rumbero at 5:03pm 10.23.25 Looking for input from any H37C owners who have addressed/upgraded/repaired the lower rudder bearing
Strategies and techniques for solo heavy weather sailing jssailem at 4:57pm 10.23.25 Lots of great info here. :plus: on the techniques described by @thinwaterand @Hayden Watson. Also, a
Beta Testers Needed: Boat Management Platform (Built by a Sailor, for Sailors) paultech at 4:28pm 10.23.25 Is the app available through Apple Store? What structure exists to protect the tester data? Is the
Funny Friday!!! Richard19068 at 4:26pm 10.23.25 Just where has the Number 7 been? Hanging out with Chanel #5?
Protecting the mast light connector and VHF connector Antonio2025 at 4:21pm 10.23.25 Just a standard 4-wire flat trailer plug - maybe this one - I bought one of these once, not sure if
Statue of limitations on DPO ? jssailem at 4:07pm 10.23.25 Those sneaky yacht builders. Always looking for a shortcut. :banghead:
Replacing single rusty keelboat jssailem at 4:02pm 10.23.25 Here is what I found. https://forums.sailboatowners.com/threads/keel-bolt-torque-values.1249941665/p
Funny Friday!!! jssailem at 3:58pm 10.23.25 Just where has the Number 7 been?
Beta Testers Needed: Boat Management Platform (Built by a Sailor, for Sailors) jssailem at 3:57pm 10.23.25 Is the app available through Apple Store? What structure exists to protect the tester data? Is the
Lifeline Stanchion Installation 1987 Catalina 22 Gene Neill at 3:14pm 10.23.25 Yep same here. Maybe the bases warp when welded? Anyway, just use plenty of butyl tape, it will fore
Need to fix or rewire bow light on a 1986 Davidasailor26 at 2:49pm 10.23.25 The red is probably +12V and the black is probably ground. White might be +12V for the cabin lights,
basic battery connections question Don S/V ILLusion at 2:36pm 10.23.25 For the reasons above plus others not mentioned, you would be better served using the 2 new batterie
basic battery connections question dlochner at 2:30pm 10.23.25 Assuming the new batteries would be wire in parallel to form a bank of 4 batteries, there is a lot o
Protecting the mast light connector and VHF connector AaronD at 2:08pm 10.23.25 Good morning. I would like to know the name of the four pin connector, who makes it, and where you
What Whisker Pole are you using on a 315 or 310? VFR750 at 2:05pm 10.23.25 thanks, this is great info. I don't have a spinnaker, so it is interesting to know I don't have to

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