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Iron Swing Keel Maintenance: A cautionary tale (5) HeelBoy at 5:28am 11.30.22 Trailer Sailors 15/3534 Cliff notes, you -must- take it out and blast it at some point. You may be shocked at how little iro
C30 Rudder Weight womble at 12:45pm 11.29.22 Ask All Sailors 1/351 Does anybody know of the weight of a Catalina 30 rudder that is not waterlogged?. In my humble opini
C30 Rudder Weight womble at 12:40pm 11.29.22 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/32 Does anybody know of the weight of a Catalina 30 rudder that is not waterlogged?. In my humble opini
Cooler for Boat patbratton at 12:37pm 11.29.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1147 My $200 Chinese made refrigerator died after three months. There was nothing obviously wrong, compre
Raymarine GPS Week Rollover Issues dkinzer at 12:29pm 11.29.22 Ask All Sailors 3/1148 In an earlier post I mentioned that a Raymarine tech person said that the RayStar 125 GPS unit on my
Boat is Hibernating (4) SawyerCurt at 4:37am 11.29.22 Catalina 310 11/1718 One of the disadvantages of the New England climate is the 6-month sailing season. Over Thanksgivin
Replacing cockpit throttle on Elite 29 (aka Feeling 850) (4) Elite29Owner at 11:08pm 11.28.22 Mid-Size Boats 4/806 Greetings, Need to replace a broken throttle on a 1984 Elite 29 (aka Feeling 850). Current one is a
DC distribution panel in Hunters George Braun at 6:28pm 11.28.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1066 I don't particularly like the push-to-reset breakers Hunter uses for a bunch of DC equipment in thei
Replacing Battery in RayStar 125 GPS Unit (1) dkinzer at 4:49pm 11.28.22 Ask All Sailors 5/1409 The last few times that we took our boat out we got a message on our MFD indicating that the GPS fix
Side Stay Tension ColumbiaRiverDoug at 1:50pm 11.28.22 Trailer Sailors 17/2873 Hi Everyone, I wondered for quite a while about how much tension should be on the side stays of my
Sea Hood re-bedding Andiamo 34 at 4:31am 11.28.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/723 I have an H34 and as most sailors do I have leaks. I've been reading and it seems that 4200 is the
Help, My Boat is Tipping Over! joelm100 at 2:10pm 11.27.22 Big Boats 31/4113
Raymarine Axiom shawanaga at 1:29pm 11.27.22 Big Boats 33/5774 Has anyone installed an Axiom + and connected it to their 3gm30f ? thanks Floyd
Two fender covers for 8x20 fenders (2) Rich Stidger at 12:58pm 11.27.22 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 11/2346 These are light weight stretchable black covers. I might have used them for part of a season. The le
Confirming plan for replacing shot battery charger (Longish post re: electronics) Monheganlover at 12:01pm 11.27.22 Catalina 310 4/823 I have my 2002 Catalina 310 on the hard and, when plugging my original equipment C-Charger Model 122
Miracle Rescue of MOB JamesG161 at 10:00am 11.27.22 Sails Call Lounge 11/1505 A man fell overboard on a recent Carnival cruise and managed to survive in the open waters for up t
Hunter 49 mainsail measurements Zencra at 8:20am 11.27.22 Big Boats 5/774 Hi everyone, I'm in the process of measuring for a new furling mainsail. I've never been happy with
Watermaker Kings Gambit at 8:13am 11.27.22 Ask All Sailors 29/2411 I did not get one on Black Friday, but having one installed within the next few months is in the for
Charging the House Battery Bank with a Small Outboard O�Day 222 at 7:21am 11.27.22 Ask All Sailors 35/3646 My 300 amp hour house battery bank consists of 3 x 100ah lithium LiFe4 batteries in parallel. My ou
Motor Mount Bracket for 3GM30F torque specs Sea-ker at 4:31am 11.27.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/842 Going to be replacing the motor mounts on my Hunter 336 3GM30F over the winter and plan to take the

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Battery Location 2000 Hunter 290 Johann at 6:43am 08.26.24 You might find the info here: https://sbo.sailboatowners.com/downloads/Hunter_290_51735090.pdf
Navigation Instruments Power Outage imagine504 at 6:03am 08.26.24 My previous boat was struck while docked, and fried. It did not sink--some boats do. BoatUS totaled
Best toaster to use with an alcohol stove jviss at 5:48am 08.26.24 For years I have been thinking of designing a gas toaster - one you could connect to your propane su
Looking for a spares kit for my 1999 Yanmar 4JH3E diesel engine jviss at 5:42am 08.26.24 Yes, what Dave says. Racor fuel filters and Wix oil filters. Wix are probably the best, and I beli
Best toaster to use with an alcohol stove Tally Ho at 5:24am 08.26.24 Soak the bread in alcohol and light it? Maybe not. I have used the wire pyramid one but collapsed
Looking for a spares kit for my 1999 Yanmar 4JH3E diesel engine dlochner at 5:07am 08.26.24 The best prices I have found are from Niemiec Marine in CT. Good service Good prices. Yanmar fuel f
Propane Outboard Issue caverun at 4:05am 08.26.24 Can't believe that's a 2 year old motor! looks like new. How long is the warranty on those?
Where 'Roger That' Really Comes From sailme88 at 3:46am 08.26.24 O.K., here's a trivia quiz for you. In the old Dick Tracy comics, when ending a conversation on hi
Traveller on Catalina 16.5 dlochner at 1:53am 08.26.24 Why would you want to limit the traveller movement? When it is at the ends of its range, the travele
Looking for a spares kit for my 1999 Yanmar 4JH3E diesel engine KCofKC at 1:33am 08.26.24 Toad Marine, Catalina Direct etc., they can provide them. But like some one mentioned you can assem
Starter motor burned up? KCofKC at 1:29am 08.26.24 You have a couple of problems. First the wiring harness connector plug shorted out, there is where
Where 'Roger That' Really Comes From Stu Jackson at 7:51pm 08.25.24 Now you're just being contrary. For example, if someone tells me "go to "A" dock and tie up at sl
Looking to hire help on a Catalina 25 in (Woodland, WA) hour away from Portland, Oregon higgs at 7:29pm 08.25.24 Another reason to join a yacht club.
Why is it so hard for me sail downwind? higgs at 7:27pm 08.25.24 Going downwind a lot of centerboard boats go a bit faster by raising the center board. When day sai
Best toaster to use with an alcohol stove JBP-PA at 6:38pm 08.25.24 A telescoping marshmallow fork works well. It's flat so it doesn't warp your toast. When collapsed i
Yanmar 2gm20f - Suspected fuel line blockage jssailem at 5:59pm 08.25.24 It is true. Clean fuel supplied to a diesel engine that has a source of air and compression will run
Yanmar 2gm20f - Suspected fuel line blockage (1) Ralph Johnstone at 5:15pm 08.25.24 I went to shut off the fuel line before pulling the line and it was in the 90 degree position. Nooo
Its funny Friday! Ralph Johnstone at 5:02pm 08.25.24 awww good times :laugh::laugh: .................................. to be followed by about 6 mont
Yanmar 2gm20f - Suspected fuel line blockage ManicFarmer at 5:01pm 08.25.24 I just got back from the boat so I figured I would report back, despite the embarrassment. I went a
Its funny Friday! RussC at 4:37pm 08.25.24 More Funny signs siness where large crates came in from time to time that were only to be lifted w

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