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Running Rigging Supplier for New Benteau Boats Oceanis_Sailor at 10:09pm 11.05.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1135 Anybody know who Beneteau uses for the running rigging and sheets on new boats?
Solar Confusion (1) Nodak7 at 11:45am 11.05.22 Big Boats 22/2030 OK I need to help! I have a pair of LG395 Fixed Panels connected to a single Victron MPPT Smart 150
H41DS microwave Nachismo at 11:31am 11.05.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/529
where to purchase mast plate replacement (1) tadd5181 at 11:29am 11.05.22 Big Boats 3/436 attached is a picture of a plate that was on the port side of my Hunter 420 mast; it broke off and
Battery msturner at 4:45am 11.05.22 Ask All Sailors 12/1212 Any suggestions on replacing the batteries in my 27 foot hunter sailboat
Pinole replacement Jawbee at 4:26am 11.05.22 Day Sailers 5/1370 Good morning, I am the new owner of a 1971 daysailer. On our shakedown cruise the bottom rudder Pin
CENTERBOARD WOES twodzusfittings at 5:22pm 11.04.22 Bigger Boats 13/2057 Although at the beginning of the season I was able to splash with a working centerboard, I ended the
Hot Water Heater Rear Heat Exchanger Plumbing gonekayaking247 at 5:16pm 11.04.22 Catalina 30 4/1180 When I bought the boat almost a year ago, the PO said the hot water tank only got lukewarm while mot
Wires up the mast (1) SDS3 Sailors at 5:00pm 11.04.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/715 2005 H36. Top of picture is 4 wires incoming from DC panel. Only 3 wires connected at mast base:
NorthWest Weather jssailem at 2:54pm 11.04.22 Weather and Forecasting 5/1401 I just read this forecast for our PacificNW. As some of you know, I canceled my scheduled haul out f
Need to replace roller on rope clutch from 1984 Hunter 25.5 (3) Another NYC Sailor at 2:41pm 11.04.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/636 The rollers on my easylock rope clutch from a 1984 Hunter 25.5 are worn through. Can anyone confirm
"Dry" delamination from repeated load/flexing? (1) HeelBoy at 1:15pm 11.04.22 Ask All Sailors 15/1508 Is moisture intrusion the only cause of delamination? There is one spot in the cockpit that emits a
Replace fuel injectors Shagdance at 12:02pm 11.04.22 Catalina 310 1/861 How difficult to remove and replace? What are the things to watch out for (problems) Anybody know th
S3 Espar D5E heater Hans Baart at 11:29am 11.04.22 Ask All Sailors 8/956 This heater worked great last week after pulling it apart and cleaning out a bunch of carbon from th
Shorty Old Climber at 10:39am 11.04.22 Ask All Sailors 12/1140 I have a short pole that came with my sailboat that is the same 4" thickness as the spinnaker pole a
Insurance for older boats Cederholm at 10:26am 11.04.22 Ask All Sailors 23/2902 Hi guys, I sold my 1984 Catalina 27 (insured by Geico) and bought a 1980 Catalina 30. Trying to ins
Sanitation hose recommendation requested artboas at 3:13pm 11.03.22 Big Boats 38/3330
Cleaning a stanky bilge? HeelBoy at 12:48pm 11.03.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1100
crack/cut in compression post H30 (1) capt_paul at 12:07pm 11.03.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/904 Hey sailors, anyone seen this on a hunter's compression post? it's a 1991 Hunter 30 I'm considering
Do you put your bimini down? bonkle at 10:36am 11.03.22 Ask All Sailors 30/2264 My bimini is a royal pain to put down due to the backstay. its a 3 bow and seems to be stock on the

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Need Concern over Iithium battery charging of device batteries. dlochner at 5:04pm 08.23.24 The battery and solar charger are sold as a compatible set, where that compatibility includes the s
Looking for a spares kit for my 1999 Yanmar 4JH3E diesel engine (2) jviss at 4:23pm 08.23.24 Westerbeke sells spare parts kits for their engines. Westerbeke PARTS KIT A - o Harbor Freight an
Need Concern over Iithium battery charging of device batteries. Kings Gambit at 3:15pm 08.23.24 The battery and solar charger are sold as a compatible set, where that compatibility includes the se
Cell Phone Boosters SkiingSailor at 3:11pm 08.23.24 I use a Weboost cell booster. In areas with sketchy coverage (1 bar coming in/out), lots of them her
Looking for a spares kit for my 1999 Yanmar 4JH3E diesel engine Ralph Johnstone at 3:08pm 08.23.24 Forgot to mention that you may be able to find your shop maintenance manual and/or parts manual for
Need Concern over Iithium battery charging of device batteries. dlochner at 3:00pm 08.23.24 There are some ifs here. Are the batteries LiFePO4 batteries or some other chemistry? Is there a co
Looking for a spares kit for my 1999 Yanmar 4JH3E diesel engine LastDiveBernie at 2:54pm 08.23.24 Thanks Ralph! Much appreciated.
Treadmill alternative for the boat. Hello Below at 2:54pm 08.23.24 Sue is 5'-6" and I have full standing headroom at 6' so she should be fine. Yes . . . maybe. A typ
Looking for a spares kit for my 1999 Yanmar 4JH3E diesel engine Ralph Johnstone at 2:45pm 08.23.24 Haven't ever heard of any spares kits out here. Very easy to sit at your desk with a parts catalogu
B&G Foward Scan Questions Ralph Johnstone at 2:40pm 08.23.24 A simple and inexpensive method of entering shallow waters is to take a dinghy into an anchorage or
Hunter 40.5 diesel heater Windpilot at 2:13pm 08.23.24 I have a Webasto AirTop with two outlets in the master cabin. Where did you find space for the duc
Megayacht Bayesian sank dlochner at 2:13pm 08.23.24 If the crew would have closed the big openings as the storm approached, this would likely have just
Megayacht Bayesian sank jssailem at 2:08pm 08.23.24 You live as a passenger on a great big yacht; closing hatches and maintaining watertight integrity i
Cell Phone Boosters jviss at 2:03pm 08.23.24 Thanks, but I don't really need Starlink. I just need to boost the cell signal, mostly for data, in
B&G Foward Scan Questions (2) jssailem at 2:02pm 08.23.24 The reason we install the sonar transducer near the bow is to enable the return signal to give us in
Treadmill alternative for the boat. mermike at 1:58pm 08.23.24 Exercise bands work great.
Treadmill alternative for the boat. Hayden Watson at 1:51pm 08.23.24
Is there too much slack in my mainsail? Hayden Watson at 1:45pm 08.23.24 I have added some tension to the outhaul and there is an improvement, but I still need to add some
Megayacht Bayesian sank Hayden Watson at 1:43pm 08.23.24 I agree that the likely cause of the sinking was down-flooding. I know of a Capris 25 and sunk in t
Head occasionally bubbles and won't flush when stuck with a #2 Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 1:10pm 08.23.24 My "special friends" are the tech support gurus at the equipment mfrs. Theyve taught me most of wha

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