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1980 Pearson 30 Don Greenglass at 4:26am 10.19.13 Pearson 0/1472 A
Universal 5411 water pump leak dickauge at 3:17am 10.19.13 Engines and Propulsion 1/1677 My water pump has a leak where the 2 bolts hold the pump in to the engine. The cost of the new pump
Universal 5411 water pump leak dickauge at 3:13am 10.19.13 Catalina 30 2/1527 I have a water leak after the impeller and it is where the 2 bolts hold the pump into the engine. C
S2 11.O A Harken Main traveller rail joul at 12:36am 10.19.13 S2 2/1361 Does anyone could give me the diameter of the harken rail for the mainsheet traveller on the S2 11.O
How many stands for my 25 oday? thanratty at 6:40pm 10.18.13 Day Sailers 3/1333 Getting ready to pull my 25 Oday out for the winter and want to know do I need 4 or 6 stands. It ha
When to replace standing rigging Found at Sea at 4:49pm 10.18.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1611 My 1985 Hunter 34 has a slight rust staining around the terminals of the standing rigging. Other th
Fall sailing Tim R. at 4:42pm 10.18.13 Ask All Sailors 21/3078 Sitting at Jewell Island waiting for the eclipse. Great wind all the way here. We just had beers a
What is this part? (1) Knot Flying at 3:56pm 10.18.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1059 When I recently bought a 1994 H26, I found this part in the lower step with the water ballast valve.
Cruising sail replacement Lsloomie at 3:10pm 10.18.13 Ask All Sailors 8/1822 Just blew put my old roller furling jib/genoa on my o'day 37, and am looking for a good but econo
Signet SL80 BoonMcGee at 2:56pm 10.18.13 Parts Search 0/1813 I need a head unit (cockpit LCD unit to read knots and depth) for a Signet SL 80. Mine can't be repa
TORQEEDO electric motor seadaddler at 2:29pm 10.18.13 Ask All Sailors 15/5991 I would like to here the bad or good of anyone who has purchased one of these electric outboards for
Help Identify what this valve (1) n4hhm at 1:35pm 10.18.13 The Cherubini Hunters 6/1415 Anyone know what this valve might be for. It is located just above to the left of the stuffing box a
what free weather service(s) do you use rufus1138 at 12:54pm 10.18.13 Ask All Sailors 13/1905 well, the title has it all, i use noaa with a huge grain of salt, accuweather also with a slightly s
Hunter H34' breaker panel replacement lights (9) Blackacre at 12:14pm 10.18.13 Big Boats 6/2325 I seen several post where people were looking for replacement lights for their power distribution pa
Outboard two cycle mixture. korchinskyp at 9:38am 10.18.13 Ask All Sailors 20/5648 After mixing up two gallons of gasoline and oil using the 50:1 mixture recommended by Johnson, I had
kittiwake owners trainmanjess at 7:21am 10.18.13 Ask All Sailors 4/2885 hello all I am looking for other kittiwake owners on here... I am a new owner of a kittiwake sailb
Looking for reviews on O'Day 28s... Steps at 7:18am 10.18.13 Bigger Boats 7/2366 I have been looking all over the web for some formal 3rd party reviews of the 28 O'Day, and so far j
saying goodbye trainmanjess at 6:57am 10.18.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1187 hello all I am sad to say I am leaving the MacGregor part of the sailboat owners forum... I will s
rear cutlass bearing with fitting dccooper at 6:53am 10.18.13 Ask All Sailors 5/1201 I am a novice, building a George Bueghler design on a budget. I am ready to align the 1 1/4" prop s
Deer Island Anchorage at Biloxi? JonnyQuest at 6:41am 10.18.13 Ask All Sailors 20/4486 Hey local MS sailors. Looking closer along the shoreline, to sort of gunk hole. Not a lot of option

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How to Reduce Mobile Data Usage Leeward Rail at 6:17am 05.15.23 They slowed the phones to prevent older batteries from suffering a voltage drop that would cause th
What amperage "Entertainment" breaker? P12nash at 6:11am 05.15.23 I need to replace the Entertainment breaker on my DC panel, and neglected to write down what ampera
Using and STORING a Bluetti AC200Max for AC power on a 310 JRT at 6:08am 05.15.23 I'd mount it on the aft bulkhead behind the head, just use stainless through bolts with nice large f
How to Reduce Mobile Data Usage Leeward Rail at 6:04am 05.15.23 PiHole on a boat is not impossible. You would just need a cell hotspot to connect to the cell netwo
Tachometer Trouble On Shore Power? dLj at 5:39am 05.15.23 I've been wishing to have the $'s to buy a fluke 120B handheld oscilloscope... Talk about perfect fo
Stanchion bases Seahawk345 at 5:35am 05.15.23 Thanks for the clarification. I'll definitely go to the link for Hunter Owners. Much appreciated....
Engine compartment ventilation BabuBoat at 5:01am 05.15.23 Excellent. My Hunter has a (loud) blower fan and a rather large opening just forward of the engine
Crack in mast post base fiberglass RoyS at 4:46am 05.15.23 I have a 1980 H33 and that post base is an aluminum casting enveloped in fiberglass. On mine the bas
Engine compartment ventilation Terry Cox at 4:44am 05.15.23 Our boat came equipped with an engine room fan.
Acrylic portlight question SailingLoto at 4:37am 05.15.23 I used vhb and dow795 on my Laguna. Was able to find cast acrylic on ebay
Weird ancient gadget, need wiser eyes to identity JamesG161 at 4:33am 05.15.23 Just makes you wonder WHY some people do the things they do. Not easy to rest you hand on an up ri
How many have serviced your Winches jviss at 4:12am 05.15.23 It depends a lot on conditions and usage. My boat is stored inside in the winter, but we had some s
Beneteau 35s5 Rudder Bearing dLj at 4:09am 05.15.23 Time for a good set of drill bits, and some time and patience, but I'd try grinding the pin flush a
How many have serviced your Winches Davidasailor26 at 3:30am 05.15.23 I do clean mine every year or two. The owners manual for the winches say to do it every year. That m
How to Reduce Mobile Data Usage Davidasailor26 at 3:24am 05.15.23 In a blatant incident, they were caught intentionally slowing down older iPhones to encourage peopl
Latest Thinking on Holding Tank Additives dlochner at 3:19am 05.15.23 We've been using Camco TST Max (amazon link) with good results. The latest products like TST and Nof
Recommissioning a 27 year old Tartan 3800 Rick486 at 2:39am 05.15.23 This is the sixth recommissioning of this boat for me. I can't believe it's that many years, and t
Tachometer Trouble On Shore Power? High Current at 2:29am 05.15.23 I am already jealous of @Davidasailor26 for posting a photo of his scope. On my wish list. While
Latest Thinking on Holding Tank Additives Hayden Watson at 12:44am 05.15.23 About 10 years ago I switched from Odorlos to Zaal Noflex Digester. I have been happy with the chan
Non working microwave Clydo at 10:00pm 05.14.23 I googled "microwave showing 8888" and got "About 3,490,000 results (0.49 seconds)". Depending on

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