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New Boat, Custom Work? Good or bad for me? (1) RustyPepper23 at 11:37am 07.26.23 Smaller Boats 2/723 Hello everyone! I am new to the forum. recently purchased a 86 H23 and as I'm gutting it, I'm findi
I need a good chili recipe... jviss at 10:24am 07.26.23 Sails Call Lounge 22/3233 Please, let me know your best chili recipes! I will ultimately eat it with beans, and prefer con ca
Replacing Raymarine ST50 Tridata display. coastal sailor at 9:25am 07.26.23 Ask All Sailors 2/1357 The original ST 50 Raymaine Tridata display finally quit working on our 1995 Hunter336. Is there a d
Hunter 386 Throttle/Shifter cable replacement Gary Ryan at 7:56am 07.26.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/641 Hey Guys, we have a 2002 Hunter 386 with the larger console. May have to change out the throttle/sh
Sliding hatch fix Salvonight at 5:21am 07.26.23 Ask All Sailors 2/383 Good morning, I recently purchased a boat and don't know much about boat repair but consider myself
Hunter 49 Rudder Question (1) Georgedoyle at 7:16pm 07.25.23 Big Boats 9/1129 We pulled our boat out of the water today for bottom paint. I noticed that above the rudder there is
Hunter 38 Cowl Vent (2) quadrille38 at 6:00pm 07.25.23 Big Boats 5/1019 I did a small enhancement project today. Replaced the white plastic cowl vent with a new stainless s
Cleaning a Webasto Heater (1) dkinzer at 4:40pm 07.25.23 Ask All Sailors 0/990 I have a Webasto SG1577 diesel hydronic heater installed by Sure Marine Service in Seattle. It funct
Newport anchorages NYSail at 3:25pm 07.25.23 Destinations 18/4304 So friends are invited wife and i to Newport for the folk festival this coming weekend. Tried to res
Motor suggestions for a Day Sailer jpcrane at 1:55pm 07.25.23 Day Sailers 5/2126 Hello everyone! I'm new to sailing, new to Day Sailer ownership, and new to this forum. I recently
Beneteau 323 LynnM at 11:55am 07.25.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1276 1) what are the 2 toggle switches on the head sink? 2) how do you tell where the icebox drains? 3) h
Well...the time comes to all of us.... Dunlookin at 10:17am 07.25.23 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1046 ...each sailor, each, boat, each of us. My beloved 1978 33' Cherubini Hunter (Dunlook'n) has develo
Capping a Black Water Tank's Access to Macerator Jason and Dina at 10:03am 07.25.23 Ask All Sailors 8/869 We have 1990 Catalina 30 MKii and would like to cap the black water tank's access to the macerator.
Replace Lewmar vent with solar sailAnnapolis at 8:13am 07.25.23 Ask All Sailors 1/360 I would like to replace a Lewmar Retro-fit Mini Vent Black with a solar vent. Does anyone have expe
Yanmar 3JH3E clutch slipping Gary Ryan at 7:06am 07.25.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 28/3477 Hey Guys, our Hunter 386 has started to exhibit some intermittent clutch slippage. Backing out of
Covert holding tank to auxiliary diesel tank. Pmack240 at 7:04am 07.25.23 Ask All Sailors 6/615 Thinking of getting rid of holding tank on 42 Hunter Passage and installing two composting heads, th
How do you prove you can sail a boat? Daveinet at 6:06am 07.25.23 Ask All Sailors 36/5040 So I have an interesting situation I'm in. As some may recall, my boat was crushed by a tree, and I'
Raytheon Chart Platter Question for Old School Folks Rick D at 7:37pm 07.24.23 Ask All Sailors 3/716 OK, so my RC520 Raytheon chartplotter I had below for 23 years suffered a screen burn. Not worth rep
20" or 25" shaft for Chesapeake Bay? tkyoung04 at 6:48pm 07.24.23 Ask All Sailors 5/1121
Here are some videos of my boatwork on 1975 C&C 33 Mk1 'Yellowtail' Traveler7 at 6:06pm 07.24.23 Show Us Your Boat--Videos 2/1424 First trip where we got stuck.... 0_HNMvU-GCs Interior WO7PqyP6v0w In Portland at the Marina Ln5z8Yn

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Merit 22 owners (3) RussC at 11:35am 08.26.25 project for the day (or two). I love the clean and dry storage Merit provided under the cabin cushio
Oil filter for a 331 novodka44 at 11:30am 08.26.25 I am going to do an inventory of spare parts and order enogh to change out old still have a spare. T
Merit 22 owners (2) RussC at 11:25am 08.26.25 I just did this re-rigging project after finding only three strands left on my 1x19 backstay cable
First Day out on the Hunter 240 rgranger at 10:51am 08.26.25
H22 swing keel play (1) rgranger at 10:50am 08.26.25 There needs to be some play. The pivot pin is not what is supporting the forces that the keel exper
Edson steering brake question Boatyarddog at 10:35am 08.26.25 On an older Atomic the water passages in the engine block may be partially occluded and water could
Edson steering brake question Boatyarddog at 10:27am 08.26.25 T-stats, all do the same thing, try it and see if if gives you the results you want.
Deck top clutches, organizers, winches Project_Mayhem at 9:28am 08.26.25 @Tally Ho is spot on I wouldnt rely upon threaded G10 for this purpose. Plus, you'll need to protec
Refinishing Wooden Wheel (1) capta at 9:25am 08.26.25 I've done a couple wheels like that and I completely disassembled each. For me, if I'm going to do v
Merit 22 owners Los at 9:23am 08.26.25 Christmas came early today. I guess I have a project for the day now :biggrin: replacing upper, low
Rotten locker floor shemandr at 8:50am 08.26.25 I'm not sure it doesn't have some structural roll to stiffen the bow. The hatch doesn't really do
Keel/Hull Crack on Splash Project_Mayhem at 8:40am 08.26.25 A boat in our marina had similar damage caused by bilge water freezing. I had this happen on my O'
Surveyor in Connecticut? mermike at 8:11am 08.26.25 Thanks, High Current.
Ceiling Replacement and Pleasant Surprises BAD ORCA at 7:13am 08.26.25 Back at the dock and got out this afternoon to do a second row. fore: 233363 After: 233364 HAH
In search of a rudder transom mount for a Point Jude 16 cybrdweeb at 6:35am 08.26.25 Thanks for the great explanation- I finally figured it out have incorporated it in my mock-up.
In search of a rudder transom mount for a Point Jude 16 cybrdweeb at 6:34am 08.26.25 If I turn the picture of the rudder upside down, so that you are seeing it as it is on the boat it
Oil filter for a 331 BigEasy at 6:12am 08.26.25 The OEM oil filter for the Westerbeke 30B is #WEK036918. Not familiar with parts availability in yo
Oil filter for a 331 novodka44 at 6:04am 08.26.25 Thank you so much
Thinking about getting a smaller wheel for our 36 mk ii. Thud at 6:01am 08.26.25 So far the 32 inch wheel is a vast improvement over the 42 inch wheel we were using. Much easier to
Oil filter for a 331 Don S/V ILLusion at 5:52am 08.26.25 The K &N part number is HP 1004 Sierra 036918 Fram PH 3593

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