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Boat ref ridge not working (1) steve201 at 8:11am 04.28.14 Ask All Sailors 4/1281 Any ideas, i have power to a c , power to thermostat. the fan is not getting any power. I'm not sure
Battery Upgrade (4) JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 8:03am 04.28.14 Catalina 310 20/6981 Last year I completed an upgrade on the electrical distribution and charging system. What I didn't
Mac 25 easy Pop-top raising? dickbozung at 7:56am 04.28.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/1916 I'm 70 and its getting really difficult to raise the Pop-top by myself. 2 scenarios - first, dock
Engine commissioning Thom Hoffman at 7:55am 04.28.14 Engines and Propulsion 1/1677 Haven't found this in archive; looking for helpful hints on putting my Universal MX25 back into serv
1984 Beneteau Holding Tank gbgreen59 at 7:46am 04.28.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/874 I am a new owner of a 1984 Beneteau First 35'. I found that the waist holding tank is missing. It
Flipping the forward Hatch around? rgranger at 7:41am 04.28.14 Balboa 12/4910 Hello Balboa 26 sailors.... So I have a question. Have any of you switched the hinges on your forw
How to make a deck fit back into it's cavity (PICS) (4) Picflight at 6:42am 04.28.14 Ask All Sailors 15/2256 I ask this question to the audience of this forum because the skills and knowledge I have observed i
San Diego Bay Hurricane CaptDon01 at 2:27am 04.28.14 Catalina 22 1/832 Well, another sailing adventure weekend event is finished, and it's one we'll be talking about and e
where does this water come from and how does this valve work (1) gitpicker2007 at 7:34pm 04.27.14 Catalina 22 11/2111 I left the catalina at the slip for a few days while they repaired the outboard (bad impeller). I've
Stuffing Box getting "hot" c130king at 7:34pm 04.27.14 Catalina 310 35/8117 I had a leak somewhere. Engine bilge area constantly full of clear/clean water. Bilge pumping runn
Ready To Launch This Saturday! (5) Ward H at 7:21pm 04.27.14 Day Sailers 19/1539 Last year I got caught up doing a lot of deferred maintenance, including a complete bottom job, on o
Yanmar Fuel Shutoff Cable H376/380/386 bigbrownpilot at 7:11pm 04.27.14 Big Boats 5/4721 The diesel fuel shutoff cable in our Hunter 380 won't pull out to shut down the engine. I was able
Deck Fill Caps 37CC finn1 at 6:59pm 04.27.14 Bigger Boats 5/1145 Does anyone know where to locate replacement deck filler caps? They are black plastic 1 1/2". What
nav table hight chusansail at 6:49pm 04.27.14 The Cherubini Hunters 8/1292 can anybody tell me the clearance from the floor to the nav table apron/ on hunter 37 cutter
Heat exchanger pin hole leak R. Chapin at 6:46pm 04.27.14 Catalina 310 12/3753 I repeatedly loose small amounts of coolant and think I have located a pin hole leak in the undersid
Mast step core wet Kh3412 at 6:40pm 04.27.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1222 The core on the deck under the mast step is wet. Drilled some hole to see how far the water spread.
Two Stupid Battery / Connector Questions Ward H at 6:34pm 04.27.14 Ask All Sailors 49/6093 1. My OB neg terminal connector is one size too small for my busbar. Busbar is 3/8, connector is 5/1
Cast iron keel/Hunter 31 Tom Fritz at 6:21pm 04.27.14 Mid-Size Boats 4/2350 I just bought a 31' that's been out of the water for several years. For some reason the keel is been
Weekend Work (5) Lost Parent at 5:42pm 04.27.14 Ask All Sailors 7/1266 Just installed my free ST4000+ autopilot with rudder sensor and my Wifes new windlass 74698.vB
Cracked Skeg jacksTYCracer at 3:13pm 04.27.14 Bigger Boats 1/1104 Hello, I am getting into my third season with my 1975 O'day 27. When I bought the boat I knew that

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Winch handle safe use thinwater at 7:56am 07.18.23 Winches deserve respect. I've been on winches where a pawl stuck 3 times. All related to using grea
Let's Buy A Sailboat DRhoads at 7:40am 07.18.23 Recently, we ran out of fuel while entering a busy harbor and had to sail to the dock. Knowing what
Topside paint (1) JamesG161 at 7:37am 07.18.23 This the real Before picture after damage repairs. .
Gelcoat repair JamesG161 at 7:18am 07.18.23 Remember all Gel Coats change with age and UV exposure. Just my opinion, but I would leave it alone
Topside paint (2) JamesG161 at 7:06am 07.18.23 Spectrum provided Hunter Marine all of their Gelcoats. My boat's exact matched Gel Coat Hunter Blu
I have an 21' American Fiberglass stickinthemud57 at 7:00am 07.18.23 Nice looking boat. Looks like fun to sail. I hope the Dyneema rigging works out for you. It is my u
Gelcoat repair elcojo2 at 6:52am 07.18.23 Thanks for the reply I will try to take better pictures. I added a link with some more. In order to
Winch handle safe use stickinthemud57 at 6:11am 07.18.23 I have never had that happen in 30-years of sailing. Nor have I, nor have I heard of it every happ
New Seaward/Whale S-600 water heater leaking fresh water? dlochner at 5:17am 07.18.23 And it might not be anything associated with the heater install, it could be a near by fitting that
I have an 21' American Fiberglass dlochner at 5:05am 07.18.23 YouTube can teach you somethings about sailing, reading a good book oriented to people learning to s
Gelcoat repair (1) dlochner at 4:50am 07.18.23 The circled area does look like over sanding with the underlying fiberglass bleeding through. Sligh
New Seaward/Whale S-600 water heater leaking fresh water? kloudie1 at 4:41am 07.18.23 The other thing to check is the PT valve.. it usually has a lever on it to bleed the fresh side .. i
Water proofing zippers.... jviss at 3:36am 07.18.23 yup. I put Chevy oil in my Ford once and it blew up also. Not a good analogy. Oil is oil. Sailco
New Seaward/Whale S-600 water heater leaking fresh water? Davidasailor26 at 2:53am 07.18.23 You could connect the input and output hoses together directly, bypassing the heater. That would hel
Vacu flush bowl seal deforming (1) Windpilot at 1:32am 07.18.23 Somethings not right with the install. It doesn't look right, looking down on my flush ball the gask
Gelcoat repair Ralph Johnstone at 10:36pm 07.17.23 I've been doing nit picky cosmetic repairs on my gel coat for twenty years and can't find them the n
exhaust system on 1997 Hunter 310 Ralph Johnstone at 9:55pm 07.17.23 If it is leaking water it is also leaking exhaust gas, into the boat. Looking on the bright side
Topside paint (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:53pm 07.17.23 I don't think it's a gel coat because the gel coat repair I did was fairly spongy to the touch, but
I have an 21' American Fiberglass Will Gilmore at 9:27pm 07.17.23 First off I do not have any use for some one "making up" B.S. yeah! we'll tell you what we know a
Reef points Joe at 9:14pm 07.17.23 Time to pull out the 8th grade geometry text book. :D

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