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No Bow thruster xavpil at 6:50pm 07.07.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 21/3566 Hi all Looking at a 2011 Ben. Oceanis 43 this weekend No bow thruster is it a big deal?
Oberdorfer n202M-15 impeller (3) bgsimons12 at 4:14pm 07.07.23 Engines and Propulsion 3/654 Hi all - trying to remove the impeller from the shaft of my Oberdorfer raw water pump. It is wigglin
P42 motor mounts mbaker at 3:12pm 07.07.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/740 Has any replaced the motor mounts on the P42? Port side piece of cake. Starboard looks impossible.
Marina recommendations around SF bay area peninsula? YachtyByNature at 1:29pm 07.07.23 Ask All Sailors 5/668 I've been lurking around here for a while, but this is my first post. I've recently purchased a 19
Changing from Bunk Boards to Rollers for Hunter 170 Mustangricky at 11:41am 07.07.23 Day Sailers 5/1194 I have a Venture Sailboat trailer and am thinking of changing from bunk boards to rollers on my trai
Accelerated Anode Burning Lfarquhar at 9:48am 07.07.23 Ask All Sailors 5/727 My boat is burning through the Prop Zinc (AN230 Beneteau) at a rate of 1 per month. This has increa
Strange beep from cockpit engine panel gfroch at 7:54am 07.07.23 Catalina 30 6/1221
Wheel chocks (1) john6206 at 7:09am 07.07.23 Trailer Sailors 1/920 217612Note to self: Always check bottom of wheel chocks before casually tossing them in the back of
Screw head for cockpit locker bumper broke off (1) towchristopher at 6:11am 07.07.23 Smaller Boats 2/601 Photo attached. I tried using a screw extractor but it started to chip the fiberglass, so I stoppe
bow and stern light bulbs Jim Redslob at 6:01am 07.07.23 Ask All Sailors 1/304 What is the part/style number of the bow and stern replacement light bulbs ? Each, 1 3/4" long bulle
Bayview Sailor Lost / Drowning (1) Marmalade at 5:45am 07.07.23 Ask All Sailors 3/841 Very damn sad... anyone know more details? Prayers for the family, friends and the crew of Blue Ch
Sahara Dust shemandr at 4:07am 07.07.23 Weather and Forecasting 9/1883 OK gurus: Local weather here in FL has started talking about the Sarah dust anew (Or at least the f
Hunter 33, Do wires actually run in between the deck and head liner?? azambella at 7:44pm 07.06.23 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1049 The wires that run forward to the mast connections and the bow light, I suspect they run between th
Cocpit Table for Merriman binnacle? azambella at 7:39pm 07.06.23 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1044 Anybody find something that does this job???
Need help wiring my new air conditioner FDICsailing at 7:11pm 07.06.23 Ask All Sailors 21/1683 Does anyone know of a app or service that works through FaceTime to help with wiring of a marine air
Emergency steering knocking (2) Voyager1 at 4:54pm 07.06.23 Ask An Oday Owner 6/981 Hello: I have an oday 302 where the emergency steering shaft is slightly moving creates knocking noi
Rebuild or repower redlegmsg66 at 1:28pm 07.06.23 Engines and Propulsion 6/973 I have a Perkins 4.236 hours unknown multiple leaks still runs ok. Same with Borg Warner Velvet Dri
Georges Bank sailing from just South Nantucket to NS jssailem at 10:33am 07.06.23 Ask All Sailors 28/2849 What are the water conditions sailing across the north side of the Georges Banks (Southern Gulf of M
Wiring advice? Kwester at 7:31am 07.06.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1338 Hey Hunter owners! I'm a new owner of 2002 H306 and want to install new instruments. I'm looking t
Hammock install on a H26? (1) WesternTraveler at 6:36am 07.06.23 Smaller Boats 5/1080 Has anyone mounted a hammock on their H26? I want to install it between the mast and the furler. I'm

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Any tips on re-drilling wood plug holes. (1) sailcapt340 at 5:13am 09.23.25
Yanmar 1GM10 engine tuning Jim Legere at 4:40am 09.23.25 As the two previous replies advise, you don't really 'tune' a small marine diesel; you just make sur
Any tips on re-drilling wood plug holes. jssailem at 10:30pm 09.22.25 I had a similar experience with my on deck hand holds. Learned that you need to do all of the sandin
So It Begins: Deck Recoring Project jssailem at 10:17pm 09.22.25 Beautiful work Scott. Congrats. Karma has been a labor of love. May she grant you fair winds and exc
Electronics dLj at 8:54pm 09.22.25 Look at airplanes. Why are even the most basic general aviation coming from the factory with a glas
Invest 92L jssailem at 8:49pm 09.22.25
Electronics dLj at 8:44pm 09.22.25 Then they weren't experts! The plotters didn't power ON? didn't have GPS position? Didn't display n
So It Begins: Deck Recoring Project (1) SailingCal21 at 7:58pm 09.22.25 WOW!! Karma was a b!tch! She looks GREAT now! Questions; how were the genoa tracks sealed original
Race intruder Project_Mayhem at 7:46pm 09.22.25 There seems to be a mindset among some racers that simply throwing out some racing buoys somehow ch
Electronics marcham at 7:32pm 09.22.25 ... It had 3 chart plotters all part of the same network - none worked. We actually went back to po
Expert classic boat Surveyor in the Great Lakes area? dLj at 7:18pm 09.22.25 Hi everyone. We have made an offer on a 1988 Bristol 56.6 that is located in Sarnia, ON, CA and i
Expert classic boat Surveyor in the Great Lakes area? marcham at 7:05pm 09.22.25 Congrats! What is unique about this boat? It's a fiberglass hull with a teak deck? What specialty/e
Electronics dLj at 7:01pm 09.22.25 Using a modern architecture (is N2K really modern???) significantly reduces points of failure and c
Electronics marcham at 6:31pm 09.22.25 Using a modern architecture (is N2K really modern???) significantly reduces points of failure and co
Expert classic boat Surveyor in the Great Lakes area? dLj at 6:30pm 09.22.25 I don't know if this person is close enough to you but they are in Canada and quite good. Wallace G
Race intruder marcham at 6:22pm 09.22.25 What do the collision regulations state? Are you in a closed off / restricted body of water? Since
Electronics dLj at 6:20pm 09.22.25
Looking for feedback on Raritan's Knock Out Odors (KO2) kit (1) JimHansen77 at 6:08pm 09.22.25 I ended up installing the KO2. I like it a great deal and recommend it. I had one issue with the
Looking for feedback on Raritan's Knock Out Odors (KO2) kit JimHansen77 at 6:07pm 09.22.25 Good morning - I like the idea behind the Raritan KO2 kit: with every flush a little bit of C.P. is
Does spray expanding foam absorb odors? (1) JimHansen77 at 6:01pm 09.22.25 Hello Everyone New owner of a 2002 Hunter 356. A previous owner sprayed expanding foam into the s

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