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Rain water leaking in V berth akabud at 6:59pm 01.09.23 Catalina 30 7/1751 Water collects ahead of the little door under the entrance of V berth when it rains. There is no pat
help on hunter 34 keel pan (7) iceblue77 at 5:16pm 01.09.23 Big Boats 10/1423 Hi Everyone, I recently checked a Hunter 34 from 1984 and got a surprise when checkin the bilge, i f
Beneteau house-starter battery switches Syversens at 5:04pm 01.09.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1984 Hey all, Our new to us Beneteau has lithium house bank and a lead acid starter battery. There is a
C310 Spreader boots, cleaning and masthead maintenance? (5) CowboyWay at 4:00pm 01.09.23 Catalina 310 11/1930 I have my mast down this winter for general maintenance and have the spreaders at home to clean up.
Busted Mast sbrogden at 3:26pm 01.09.23 Trailer Sailors 38/3727 When I bought my boat a few weeks back, it was a cold and windy day. The mast had a slight bend in i
New Daggerboard (1) sbrogden at 12:01pm 01.09.23 Trailer Sailors 2/825 I drove to Bobby's Boatworks near La Grange, Texas to pick up my new daggerboard. Made of Mahogany.
Ugly wallpaper Project_Mayhem at 11:07am 01.09.23 Ask All Sailors 15/1245 Ugly wallpaper is what the awful burlap sack looking material on the inside of my cabin has been nic
Solenoid Switch on the Battery Switch Panel, What Activates It? (1) dkinzer at 10:39am 01.09.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1625 I've been trying to understand how the battery switch panel works in my 2007 H41AC - I believe that
Reefing Sail Trim Don Guillette at 8:57am 01.09.23 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 29/7562 A San Fran sailor of a Bene 38, who has been sailing those water for 60 years, contacted me yesterda
Dometic Refrigerator Update (5) patbratton at 7:41am 01.09.23 Smaller Boats 6/1829 The new refrigerator is almost perfect. It was a little too tall to keep under the cockpit on my H24
H240 bulkhead thickness chriscampbell at 7:31am 01.09.23 Smaller Boats 12/1491 I'm building a wooden organizer to add some storage for sunglasses, sunscreen, reading material, etc
Swing Keel Fittings (2) pcharn01 at 6:58am 01.09.23 Catalina 22 13/1758 Anyone run into swing keel fittings not seating completely? Boat had fitting installed upside down
Dealing with water spots on cove stripe stickinthemud57 at 5:49pm 01.08.23 Ask All Sailors 2/408 My black cove stripe really shows water spots, and cleaning them off is part of my winter maintenanc
Changing to electric throttle control for 2001 Yanmar Mclovin at 3:03pm 01.08.23 Ask All Sailors 3/1186 Hi, I have a 2001 Yanmar 4JH3-TE and looking at possibly add an electronic throttle control in place
2008 H41DS w/ mixed Raymarine and Garmin Nachismo at 10:39am 01.08.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 18/2399 Anybody have advice on where to go from here? I'm in year-3 living aboard Floaty here in Tacoma. F
Treadmaster TreadCote Reconditioner - Gray FlimFlamII at 9:26am 01.08.23 Ask All Sailors 1/634 Has anyone had any experience with this product?
Contessa 32 Owners ... Prairie Virgin Sailor at 6:36am 01.08.23 Ask All Sailors 26/4183 I have narrowed my list of "what will be my next boat" down to (most likely) a Contessa 32. Are the
Replacing shift & throttle cables on 2003 Hunter 386 Capt JimF at 8:22am 01.07.23 Ask All Sailors 3/545 Hi SailboatOwners, hope your day is going well. Anyone experienced replacing the shift ' throttle c
AutoHelm ST30 Replacement frimi_captain at 8:19am 01.07.23 Ask All Sailors 11/2517 I have an Autohelm ST30 with direct connections to the depth and speed sensors. I would like to repl
Barlow Self Tailing Arms (1) Zom-B-Land at 6:39am 01.07.23 Ask All Sailors 13/1997 Hi All I am looking for the arms for my Barlow self tailing winches size 27 Can anybody help please?

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I'll never see this again Crazy Dave Condon at 2:23pm 01.25.25 3/8 mile driveway uphill With steep incline with a 2-6 inch sheet of ice in the Virginia mountains.
recommendations for a line cutter (on prop shaft) for a 2004 Hunter 41 Rich Stidger at 1:48pm 01.25.25 I have a simple serated disk that works very well. Mine is a one piece, but split ones are made so y
Tuning guide ldd at 1:26pm 01.25.25 I did try Seldom. They offered a general tuning guide. They suggested I contact the builder. On Bene
Removing boat name under paint (!) Rick Webb at 1:13pm 01.25.25 Another option Leave what is there, there. Go to a vinyl sign place and have a new name and hailing
I'll never see this again dLj at 12:51pm 01.25.25
Home Pumpout System Tedd at 12:10pm 01.25.25 Thanks, @dlochner . I should also point out that it has to be a "duckbill" valve, not the standard c
Traditional Stuffing or Dripless? BigEasy at 12:08pm 01.25.25 My coupling was solid (not split). No corrosion on the nuts/bolts nor coupling. I used a Buck Algo
Home Pumpout System dlochner at 12:02pm 01.25.25 The Duckbill serves as check valve. If you don't have on on the in and out sides of the pump and ori
I'll never see this again dlochner at 11:59am 01.25.25
Tuning guide BigEasy at 11:59am 01.25.25 Where can I find a tuning guide for my new to me Oceans 30. Also try the website for the man
I'll never see this again Michael Davis at 11:52am 01.25.25
I'll never see this again Justin_NSA at 9:05am 01.25.25 Probably the most excitement Guam had seen in decades. Or was it a staging point? I don't know wh
Through-Hull Fittings jssailem at 9:01am 01.25.25 You recommend not trying to fix the exisiting fittings and move forward with replacements to the 93
Transmission output rust Clutch Cargo at 8:45am 01.25.25 Without any images, it is impossible to determine what type of rust you are observing, and even then
Through-Hull Fittings dlochner at 8:37am 01.25.25 No marelon hits on a search at discount marine!? this is what I see on West Marine. Nothing indic
Through-Hull Fittings Randall Schmidt at 8:32am 01.25.25 No marelon hits on a search at discount marine!? this is what I see on West Marine. Nothing indica
I'll never see this again dLj at 8:32am 01.25.25 Seeing the World, as best as my wife and I can. I've been to a lot of it, from swimming with whale
Through-Hull Fittings Randall Schmidt at 8:23am 01.25.25 Which Marelon valves do you have? If Forespar brand, then only the 93-series are good. Their othe
Through-Hull Fittings dlochner at 8:19am 01.25.25 I haven't used the discharge for the head. So is the acid based cleaner still worth a shot? The se
Through-Hull Fittings Randall Schmidt at 8:14am 01.25.25 If you have been using the overboard discharge for the head, the problem may well be calcium build

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