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Fuel Tank, fixing the wood box that holds in place Riga at 5:38am 07.31.23 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1470
Help with Low Oil Pressure troubleshoot Afraal at 8:30pm 07.30.23 Catalina 310 24/4704 Hello Forum, I need to appeal to your collective wisdom for guidance. Today as we were motoring bac
Sailing in higher winds. (1) zinahewitt at 7:44pm 07.30.23 Ask All Sailors 6/864 Hi All, Hope your weekend went nicely. I have a boat, it is a Dufour 34, 1975. It is a simple boat
Hunter 146 boom pulling away from gooseneck rivets (2) Eric S. at 6:56pm 07.30.23 Day Sailers 6/1673 See attached photos. Any thoughts on how to fix this? Am I looking at a new boom/gooseneck assembl
Rear Traveler Cam Cleat (1) pcharn01 at 6:41pm 07.30.23 Catalina 22 3/810 Gene, A few years ago you posted a video sailing in FL Keys. The C22 had a rear traveler with ca
Hunter 290 or 306 in Bahamas CliffA at 3:20pm 07.30.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/2670
Hunter 18.5 Forestay Connection (1) abouttime at 3:08pm 07.30.23 Smaller Boats 2/1144 There is a definite learning curve when getting a different boat. Sometimes you just do stuff with
Old DataMarine instrument ...does it speak NMEA0183? (2) Tally Ho at 1:57pm 07.30.23 Ask All Sailors 36/4030
Catalina 30 push-button start mystery BAdrianWhite at 12:23pm 07.30.23 Catalina 30 15/3432 I am hoping someone might have an idea of what my problem is with our pushbutton start on my 1981 Ca
Ran air into my water pump (3) DestinySoyQuick at 9:13am 07.30.23 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 9/3191
cabin fresh water pump PeteT at 6:49pm 07.29.23 Ask All Sailors 5/623 I have a Hot and Cold set up in my CAT 30, 1980. The cold water side in the galley and the head flo
PSS Replacement (3) thetone at 11:30am 07.29.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1153 Help Desperately Needed, My 1990 33s5 was launched yesterday after sitting for two years and had to
Delayed start. charliec30 at 10:01am 07.29.23 Mid-Size Boats 16/2470 When I first start diesel I prime for 15 seconds then hit start. Nothing but fuel pump running and s
Hunter 23.5 topping lift rigging. (1) HunterStClair at 9:31am 07.29.23 Smaller Boats 7/2341 Hello all, we having a question regarding the proper/best way to rig the topping lift on our Hunter
Alberg 22 - possible to launch / retrieve solo? Anchored87 at 9:18am 07.29.23 Ask All Sailors 17/2872
Solar water heat exchanger gettinthere at 8:03am 07.29.23 Ask All Sailors 28/2630 I have a 6 gallon hot water tank. It has the heat exchanger circuit using the engine coolant to heat
Hunter 376 Recessed Lighting duck21 at 5:42am 07.29.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/613 Hi everyone, Our 376 has recessed lights along the edge of the headliner in the main cabin. These l
H 29.5 flat top main Bentsailor at 4:59am 07.29.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/644 Hello to the group ! We are new caretakers of a 94 H29.5 that could use a new set of sails, any rec
First Sailing Forum! getting the sailing bug to the owner ship level Qomomoko at 3:23pm 07.28.23 Ask All Sailors 21/2275 Hello sailors. My experience with sailing/sailors has only been about 3 years, but it was been over
Lewmar V700 Windlass Fred at 1:55pm 07.28.23 Ask All Sailors 7/1947 Is there any reason that a Lewmar V700 windlass could not be installed on a vertical surface in the

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Gel coat on underside of helmsman seat. Davidasailor26 at 2:37am 10.03.25
Strategies and techniques for solo heavy weather sailing Project_Mayhem at 8:44pm 10.02.25 Hello, As mentioned by DLJ, when wind and conditions speed up, you need to slow down. Think more a
Gel coat on underside of helmsman seat. Ralph Johnstone at 8:44pm 10.02.25 I have a 2001 Hunter 340 and the underside of the helmsman seat is showing wear and tear. For wha
Battcar System for Capri 18 Project_Mayhem at 8:33pm 10.02.25 My mainsail currently doesn't have any slides, so I will look into that as a start, also thanks for
Ceramic heater on board? BobSail at 8:31pm 10.02.25 I sail all year, and we get plenty if ice. A few ideas here: winter sailing :plus:
Ceramic heater on board? Ralph Johnstone at 8:25pm 10.02.25 On my F-24 I use this vented stove top heater. Yup, that's me. Is that a neoprene wet suit you're
To drill or not to drill... Project_Mayhem at 8:23pm 10.02.25 Isn't there a vent to the tank? There must be one. The vent tells you when you are close to filli
Ceramic heater on board? Ralph Johnstone at 8:19pm 10.02.25 An electric blanket will make you comfortable with less than 200 watts of power. That's just too
Ranger 12 Sail Batten question PNW Sailor at 7:03pm 10.02.25 I have the original sails.. I've never used them.. Took them out of the bag once.. I'll check the ba
Ranger 12 - rescue PNW Sailor at 7:01pm 10.02.25 Looking good.. That's interesting wooden rigging.. The original mast/boom were aluminum on mine. Hav
Gel coat on underside of helmsman seat. Don S/V ILLusion at 6:25pm 10.02.25 I have ordered a color matched waxed gel coat from Spectrum, hoping that will do the trick. Why as
OUTHAUL ACCESS JoeWhite at 6:22pm 10.02.25 https://mei1970.org/saillavie/Manuals_C36MKII Visit the above link page 28 to see the engineering dr
OUTHAUL ACCESS Doug on Long Island Sound at 5:17pm 10.02.25 I have the manual that came with the boat. It does have a schematic of the internal boom (outhaul an
OUTHAUL ACCESS Doug on Long Island Sound at 5:13pm 10.02.25 .
Richard19068 at 5:08pm 10.02.25 Thanks for doing the research. I know I would have to play around with it for my eye (or my wife's
OUTHAUL ACCESS dizo514 at 4:38pm 10.02.25 I have not though there is a diagram of the mechanism in the Selden manual, I recall. You should be
Timing for the perfect tack Johnb at 4:32pm 10.02.25 I got a lesson last Monday that if there is a bee on the wheel it is best not to put your hand on it
Weeping Keel Bolts gmarch85 at 4:26pm 10.02.25 I need to check them all but there is one specific one for sure.
Weeping Keel Bolts Johnb at 4:21pm 10.02.25 I have no leaks. I did have my keel bolts torqued in 2019 by a boat yard and they all passed the tes
Ceramic heater on board? Johnb at 4:07pm 10.02.25 An electric blanket will make you comfortable with less than 200 watts of power. It also leaves the

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