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Towing a Portland Pudgy? SailorElliot at 5:28pm 04.23.23 Ask All Sailors 4/1081 Hey, I'm looking for a dinghy for a Flicka 20 and I've stumbled across the controversial Portland P
Yenmar 2QM15 Exhaust Mixing Elbow Part PIC INCLUDED (1) Matt DV at 3:16pm 04.23.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/955 Going on the visual alone, I evidently have to replace this piece. Any suggestions on parts supplier
Problems with early 310s paulducham at 2:52pm 04.23.23 Catalina 310 14/2464 I thought I remembered reading here that there were some design flaws in the first couple of years o
Crew finder Coboaters at 1:43pm 04.23.23 Ask All Sailors 10/1119 Hello Sailors, How do you find crew when you need to deliver your boat or want to sail more?
Want to Buy Hunter 30' - 33' 1988 to 1996 vabchbrewer at 12:56pm 04.23.23 Mid-Size Boats 4/813 I am in Virginia Beach, VA and am looking for a nice Hunter, ready to sail. I'm retired and getting
Abandoned vessels, what's the solution? (1) T-Schwan at 11:25am 04.23.23 Ask All Sailors 60/7690 More and more boat owners, no longer able to afford (or care about) maintenance of their vessels, ar
Help!! Seaward 25 shore power Noodat Lady at 10:52am 04.23.23 Seaward 15/2009 My 2000 model Seaward 25 has shore power, but I have never had the occasion to use it until now. Wit
What's the real value of an autopilot on a sailboat? Wm. Gill at 9:08am 04.23.23 Ask All Sailors 57/6451 I am just returning to sailing after over 25 years. During that time, I had a twin-engine powerboat
What to do above the water line??? Dil at 6:42am 04.23.23 Ask All Sailors 14/1991 I am getting ready to redo the bottom of my 1991 Hunter 30, there is a lot of info on this and produ
Maxprop Grease jviss at 5:47am 04.23.23 Ask All Sailors 5/84 Never mind. Some members here find it necessary to mock or insult people for asking a question, or
iOS Notifications are back! Davidasailor26 at 5:08am 04.23.23 Forum Help (Site Talk) 0/865 The one feature of the long-deprecated SBO iOS mobile app that I missed was push notifications. Hap
Rudder Bearing thetone at 9:06pm 04.22.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/1391 Hello Friends,I'm trying to drop the rudder on my 35s5. It will not come out! Help me please! theto
Lubricating Through Hull Valves Terry Cox at 4:50pm 04.22.23 Ask All Sailors 15/3439 Our boat has nine of the standard bronze through hull valves. Some are getting a bit stiff to operat
Not to complain about weather forecasting certainty Don S/V ILLusion at 12:59pm 04.22.23 Weather and Forecasting 31/3826 I understand forecasts are just that and not always correct, however, my question is - why are fore
Overheat buzzer buzzing continuously - Yanmar 3HM35F SailMaster at 6:26am 04.22.23 Engines and Propulsion 8/1435 Upon starting when cold, our overheat buzzer or the sensor is buzzing constantly with the switch on.
Wind velocity and angle not reading on Chartplotter. Thomas Frazer at 6:03pm 04.21.23 Ask All Sailors 2/646 Boat model: Beneteau Oceanis 41.1. Year 2019 I have wired connection between the B'G wind instrumen
Flimsy deck on bow and tabernacle. Backplate (3) Mike25 at 5:21pm 04.21.23 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/2409 Flimsy deck and bow cleat. Post n bow backplate needed. The po had cut a 1.5" by 1.5 hole in forwar
Bilge Hose xavpil at 3:47pm 04.21.23 Ask All Sailors 3/583
Squeaky companionway cover AndyL at 3:08pm 04.21.23 Big Boats 10/1601 On my 2004 Hunter 36 the sliding companionway cover squeaks when you slide it open or closed. It's
Universal M-18 fresh water pump questions (1) mforum at 3:07pm 04.21.23 Engines and Propulsion 5/1090

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Replacing the thru-hull and seacock for the marine toilet - Beneteau Oceanis 40 2008 BigEasy at 11:43am 05.23.25 The problem I figured is to tighten down the nut since the nut is sitting in this useless recess.
Sail is close to furler Max Luff Drinky Crow at 11:14am 05.23.25 Restrainer's tucked up there right under the sheave box. So high it's actually not doing much of any
7+ years without bottomcoat Will Gilmore at 11:07am 05.23.25 Official zebra mussel cleaning guide -Will
Sail is close to furler Max Luff dlochner at 10:51am 05.23.25 Could be the angle, but I don't see a restrainer. Move the restrainer down a few inches. Shortenin
Catalina 23 Swing Keel LLoyd B at 10:43am 05.23.25 It looks to me that the most likely cause of the damage is because the heavy swing kill was allowed
Sail is close to furler Max Luff (2) Drinky Crow at 10:40am 05.23.25 More furling issues. Pic on left is recent 148 which hoists higher but wraps horribly unless - as ha
Converting from ev100 wheel pilot to hydraulic? Calif. Ted at 10:39am 05.23.25 I have not programmed one of the Evolution AP's but always in the past the controller had to be set
Converting from ev100 wheel pilot to hydraulic? Foswick at 10:33am 05.23.25 I concur with Dave and Claude. I would have been pretty confident that it would not be worth the eff
Converting from ev100 wheel pilot to hydraulic? BrianQ at 10:32am 05.23.25 The ACU-100 will drive a wheel drive, tiller drive, or hydraulic pump. Type 0.5 Hydraulic Pump \| B
Upgrading AWG wire from battery necessary? Ralph Johnstone at 9:23am 05.23.25 Read the side of the wire to get its AWG size. I didn't say it was easy. After that, it's a matter
Sunken Treasure Grumps at 9:04am 05.23.25 hopefully I can find another project boat to discuss with you all, and maybe even one on the corre
Sunken Treasure dLj at 9:00am 05.23.25 hopefully I can find another project boat to discuss with you all, and maybe even one on the corre
Hunter 260 Electric Conduit in Ceiling Crazy Dave Condon at 8:46am 05.23.25 Ok
Atomic 4 Rebuild (Inprogress) Night Watch at 8:24am 05.23.25 Will be down in your neck of the woods to see the grandkids next week.
Atomic 4 Rebuild (Inprogress) Night Watch at 8:22am 05.23.25 Stuff probably needs to be broken in a bit.. Remove one plug and put in a teaspoon (not more) of en
7+ years without bottomcoat FastOlson at 8:22am 05.23.25 Fresh water-stored boats attract varying amounts of slime and other organic growth on submerged surf
Atomic 4 Rebuild (Inprogress) kloudie1 at 8:11am 05.23.25 Stuff probably needs to be broken in a bit.. Remove one plug and put in a teaspoon (not more) of eng
1984 H31 Bilge Pump Setup pham at 8:10am 05.23.25 Got any more friends with boats to give away? Afraid not. I got really lucky with this one. She'
7+ years without bottomcoat Urban Hermit at 8:08am 05.23.25 Don't know about Zebra muscles but do know about barnacles. Those must be pressure-washed and scrap
1985 Hunter hull Grumps at 8:04am 05.23.25 @dlochner @jssailem Your thoughts. Frankly, I would say walk away from this one as to costs, ti

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