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Weeping keel (10) Benjammin at 7:57pm 05.24.23 Bigger Boats 9/2194
Crew Finder websites Coboaters at 6:22pm 05.24.23 Ask All Sailors 0/4 hello Sailors, New blog: Crew finder website comparison to find out which on is the best. Tell me wh
Yanmar 3GM30F not starting after fuel filter change skunther at 2:43pm 05.24.23 Ask All Sailors 7/2620 The engine was due for a secondary fuel filter change (the primary Racor has 300 hours on it, specs
Change in Annapolis area dealership Dr. D at 2:29pm 05.24.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/436 Annapolis Yacht Sales is no longer the Annapolis area Beneteau dealership. Beneteau awarded the lice
Refrigerator/Freezer Controllers from a Hunter 42 1993 BabuBoat at 12:13pm 05.24.23 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 1/1016 I gave up at being Mr. Fix It for the existing Adley/Barbour freezer/refrigerator units (one compres
FF4 CDI Furler PacificMist at 11:09am 05.24.23 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1192 I went to purchase a FF2 CDI Furler for the Mac 26x. CDI luffs are no longer in production and I
Hunter 146 Drain Tube and Thru Hull Fiitings (3) CapeCodBubs at 10:07am 05.24.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/582 Hi All, The 146 I just purchased had the rear drain hose and both fittings removed. She gave me one
Seacock Mystery (2) silasl at 4:50am 05.24.23 Ask All Sailors 30/2149 I was looking at the seacocks on my "new to me" older sailboat, which is in the water. In the pictur
Depth transducer Ken13559 at 7:30pm 05.23.23 Ask All Sailors 2/438 If i were to replace my Raymarine Depth Transducer but don't want to rethread the cable through all
Water temperature sensor (1) DanBurke at 6:15pm 05.23.23 Ask All Sailors 5/765 I recently purchased a 1987 Mirage 32 with a Yanmar 2GM diesel. We started getting an alarm and our
Finding the right LED replacement bulbs. Wm. Gill at 11:16am 05.23.23 Ask All Sailors 10/1783 While looking to replace my spreader light with an LED bulb I ran into several problems. The existin
Circuit panel wiring question. (1) Wm. Gill at 11:05am 05.23.23 Ask All Sailors 26/2556 Working on rewiring the mast and came up with a couple things. I will post (a rant?) in a separate p
Hunter 90 Winyah Bay at 11:00am 05.23.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/446 Anyone know the luff and foot measurements for the Hunter 90? the info for the dinghy is quite bare
Hunter replacement rudder assembly (6) rebelh2o at 10:17am 05.23.23 Big Boats 3/939 I have a 2001 Hunter 340 with a replacement rudder that had some play in the bottom "bushing". When
Tabernacle design CaptainStan at 8:22am 05.23.23 Smaller Boats 8/2318 I am thinking on building a tabernacle to make it easier to raise the mast and like the idea of the
SSB Newbie Question rmcgonegal at 7:54am 05.23.23 SSB and Ham Operators 1/893 Hi - on the boat I recently bought there is a Target HF3/W-HF3/P existing receiver. The backstay has
Plans for hurricane season 2023? LydieBP at 6:57am 05.23.23 Ask All Sailors 32/3048 Hi all, About 7 months ago a major hurricane doddled towards Florida . It barrelled through Ft Myers
Cockpit drain not draining jodyjuli at 4:33am 05.23.23 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/2619 I just bought a 26S and my cockpit drain isn't draining. I tried the following things. Forcing wat
1980 Hunter 30: How is the folding table supposed to work? FigBug at 6:50pm 05.22.23 Mid-Size Boats 13/1486 There must be something to support the table when it folds out? What does it look like and is it pos
broken Luff Extrusion on Cat 22 MartyR at 6:22pm 05.22.23 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/553 The luff extrusion on my CDI furler cracked. I called CDI and other dealers and CDI has discontinued

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Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. testingthewaters91 at 9:13am 07.17.25
Ceiling Replacement and Pleasant Surprises Foswick at 9:06am 07.17.25 Since the panels are so easy to remove and reinstall, we pulled that first row off yesterday, laid d
Survey before insurance will renew? Foswick at 8:56am 07.17.25 I think Progressive likely isn't going to have a realization, later, that they have taken on too muc
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. BigEasy at 8:44am 07.17.25
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. testingthewaters91 at 8:27am 07.17.25 I see. How about the 'shoot through hull' transducer? I already broke the previous transducer housi
Yanmar 2GM20F - Upgrade Raw Water Intake Seacock from �" to �"? testingthewaters91 at 8:25am 07.17.25 I upgraded from 1/2" to 3/4" thru hull for my engine water intake for a different reason. Hose bar
Circumnavigating Vancouver Island Michael Davis at 8:21am 07.17.25
What is your favorite anchor alarm app Captain Larry-DH at 8:20am 07.17.25 Thank you for the responses. I was looking for a backup to my anchor alarm on my B&G MFD not a pri
Circumnavigating Vancouver Island Hello Below at 8:10am 07.17.25
Merit 22 owners Hedgeman at 7:45am 07.17.25 Russ- Thanks for the letter! My Merit has sail #4, hull 221. I believe it was the first of two boats
Routing jib sheets aft Joe at 7:45am 07.17.25 Shouldn't the line should be perpendicular to the luff line through the clew? This would make the
Yanmar 2GM20F - Upgrade Raw Water Intake Seacock from �" to �"? Ward H at 7:38am 07.17.25 I upgraded from 1/2" to 3/4" thru hull for my engine water intake for a different reason. Hose barb
Sea Flo Dry Bilge System - Impressions Arrgh at 7:35am 07.17.25 I use a battery operated shop vac when I get some water in my bilge, which isn't often. ter in the
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. LLoyd B at 7:32am 07.17.25 Through hull fish Finder for depth with verifier accuracy gauge called keel for those locations less
Cabin top hand rail Arrgh at 7:15am 07.17.25 Finally did my hand rails. Turns out, we were all wrong. The hand rails were mounted with really l
Merit 22 owners (1) RussC at 7:14am 07.17.25 @Hedgeman is your boat sail # 475 per chance? I found a copy of this letter in a stack of paperwor
Yanmar 2GM20F - Upgrade Raw Water Intake Seacock from �" to �"? Allan12210 at 7:00am 07.17.25 Here is a link to a write-up I did a few years ago upsizing my raw water through hull to 3/4". I als
Ceiling Replacement and Pleasant Surprises (1) rgranger at 6:49am 07.17.25 I fully recognize that what I am about to suggest falls squarly in the relm of "arm-chair DIY". An
Survey before insurance will renew? bobmorning at 6:32am 07.17.25 Hello, I would like to share my GEICO/BoatUS renewal story. We got the non-renewal notice in Marc
Ceiling Replacement and Pleasant Surprises rgranger at 6:32am 07.17.25 ... maybe bad cheese? :oops::yikes:

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