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CHI-MAC today jon hansen at 8:04am 07.22.23 Racing 17/2478 best of the great lakes. wind, waves, fresh water, sun burn, biting black flys, blue berry pancakes
Alder Barbour Refrigeration ScottFreeRick at 7:33am 07.22.23 Big Boats 17/2228 I have a Hunter 34 set up with a 276 ah #2 bank. This season we added 350 watts of solar which is c
Pressure/temperature valve and setting on water heater east coaster at 4:27am 07.22.23 Catalina 310 16/2000 2002 310 catalina, 6 g water heater, the original pressure valve on it is set for 150 psi. If it eve
Ignition panel replacement ConnJack at 12:08pm 07.21.23 S2 6/1342 I have a 1982 S2 9.2C and the ignition panel (I don't know if that's what it's called, but it's on t
Windows Badger Dolphin at 11:02am 07.21.23 Big Boats 13/1254 Both Portside and Starboard side windows have cracked. Is there somewhere I can get replacements?
Faulty Fuel Gauge Robert J Miller at 10:58am 07.21.23 Engines and Propulsion 5/960 The fuel gauge on my Beneteau 311 is stuck. I believe it is a faulty sending unit in the tank. How
"Portable" Anchor Light? jviss at 10:51am 07.21.23 Ask All Sailors 44/5979 Greetings, I need a recommendation for USCG legal anchor light that I can deploy by perhaps hoistin
Can't find leak on 8' Mercury Inflatable CapeCodBubs at 7:39am 07.21.23 Ask All Sailors 11/967 Hi, I have an 8' inflatable that goes limp in one of the sections over night (~ 8 hours or so). I've
Winterizing Air Conditioner While in the Water Monheganlover at 4:56am 07.21.23 Catalina 310 5/1168 I am planning to keep my 2002 Catalina 310 in the water this winter at her slip. I am on the Chesape
Sabre Shoshana at 7:02pm 07.20.23 Other Sailboats 6/1767 I'm looking at buying a Sabre 34 mark 1. The steering pedestal was very loose on the first boat I
Hunter 25.5 Bow Damage Advice (3) AustinSailor at 6:10pm 07.20.23 Smaller Boats 7/1132 I hope I can get some advice on how to repair or replace damaged hardware on a 1985 Hunter 25.5. Rec
Looking for drawing with dimensions of 35 gallon holding tank on 1990 42ft Hunter Passage? Pmack240 at 1:20pm 07.20.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/248 Holding tank corroded out want to get plastic one. Aluminum one is only 6 yoa and done. Need drawing
Oberdorfer lipseal replacement help (1) jonelli at 12:11pm 07.20.23 Ask All Sailors 5/625
Oday sailboat original manufacterer ID tag or plaque. wbliss at 9:11am 07.20.23 Ask An Oday Owner 2/802 The transom was rebuilt and the original ID tag lost. Does anyone have an image of an original tag.
Seeking Input on prior flooding of 1979 C&C 29 Cabin - 6+ years ago (3) Dnea at 7:41am 07.20.23 Ask All Sailors 8/923 Hello I'm interested in this moderstely priced '79 C'C 29.6 sailboat as a potential purchase and one
Zip ties as a drain snake stephen_i_w at 5:38am 07.20.23 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/1888 I thought I would pass this along. My shower sump was running slow, also the relief valve on the my
Sail numbers for a Widgeon nacra1425 at 4:46am 07.20.23 Ask An Oday Owner 6/984 Can anyone with sail numbers on their Widgeon, tell me how tall? In inches? I'm restoring our 1966 W
Fiberglass repair advice on keel box CaptnPorter at 9:21pm 07.19.23 Ask All Sailors 5/1246
Papillon Summer Solo cruise. (5) Hayden Watson at 8:48pm 07.19.23 Pacific North West Cruisers 4/1366 Read to the end because day 5 got really interesting. My wife had a desperate need to go to Arizona
Sliding cabin top falling out of slots (1) jcrewser at 8:06pm 07.19.23 Mid-Size Boats 3/988 The sliding cabin top on my 1974 Catalina 27 sailboats no longer spans across far enough to stay in

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Black some on start of my Hunter 28 (2GM20G Yanmar engine) Seb6226$ at 6:22pm 07.24.25 Folks, i started the engine, there was black smoke and it disappeared after less than a minute. I l
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat shemandr at 6:14pm 07.24.25 I think it's an on the hard repair. I'm stupid enough to dangle my legs over the dock and use a powe
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. mermike at 5:39pm 07.24.25 You can use wood as I wrote above. Please, please, please don't use wood. It WILL rot unless you'
Hunter 38 one and only piece of exterior wood quadrille38 at 5:27pm 07.24.25 I should have mentioned that I ordered the piece from Boat Outfitters. Called, gave them the dimens
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat (1) neuneu at 5:22pm 07.24.25 hard to tell for sure if what I enlarged is dirt or a crackg a close up look. Aside from that It
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat neuneu at 5:17pm 07.24.25 Rich makes a fair suggestion about just covering it up and dealing with it later. However, I wouldn
Black some on start of my Hunter 28 (2GM20G Yanmar engine) garymalmgren at 5:15pm 07.24.25 Hi Seb RE: My plan is to change the oil, fuel filters, impeller, air filter to reset the maintenance
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat (1) Don S/V ILLusion at 5:06pm 07.24.25 I I just checked and it looks solid to me. Take a look as well since im a noob. hard to tell for
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat neuneu at 5:01pm 07.24.25
From a Catalina 22 to a 310 DaveJ at 4:57pm 07.24.25 I think dodgers and biminis are mostly after market, mine have no straps, piping in all locations.
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat neuneu at 4:57pm 07.24.25
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat neuneu at 4:49pm 07.24.25 The good news is that I think you are correct that there is no structural damage. What I would do
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat (1) neuneu at 4:34pm 07.24.25 I just checked and it looks solid to me. Take a look as well since im a noob.
Survey of a 331 novodka44 at 4:32pm 07.24.25 The inspector said all is rather well with the boat, I get the written report tomorrow. The boat has
Survey of a 331 BigEasy at 3:40pm 07.24.25 Understood. I am very happy with my inspection. The surveyor will look at it tomorrow. I do b
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. testingthewaters91 at 3:38pm 07.24.25 I ended up ordering the thru hull wrench on Amazon. It should arrive next week. It was about 80 doll
Hunter 23 help D.Courtney at 3:15pm 07.24.25 Thank you. I'm not sure how big or small of a project it is. I think it will be manageable with so
Looking for a used / new mast for a 1991 MacGregor 26C rumfordmarston at 3:15pm 07.24.25
Looking for a used / new mast for a 1991 MacGregor 26C Tally Ho at 3:02pm 07.24.25 Can it be sleeved? Or did you really destroy it ? :banghead: Greg
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat Tally Ho at 2:55pm 07.24.25

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