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Marine Toilet lance at 10:33pm 09.14.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/952 I currently have the original Wilcox Crittenden manual head on my Hunter 356 and decided to service
27ft sailboat run over by 382 ft San Juan ferry John Nantz at 8:41pm 09.14.13 Ask All Sailors 5/4138 On Friday afternoon (Friday, Sept 13th) the Washington state ferry "Hyak" ran over a 27ft sailboat i
Furled headsail size Tobydaisy at 8:12pm 09.14.13 Catalina 22 11/1482 I am going to buy a CDI roller furling head sail rig, to put on my new to me '74 C22. I will be on L
Sail For O-Day 12 aggpsdave at 8:03pm 09.14.13 Parts Search 5/5221 Hello Where new to the Forum,but really need help locating a Sail new or used for a O-Day 12.
Boat painting wolfy189 at 7:29pm 09.14.13 Ask All Sailors 2/1495 My 1972 Ericson 29 is looking very shabby : ( It may never have been painted. There is some fiberg
Is Hull Damage Repairable? MaryEllaRose at 7:26pm 09.14.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1964 I recently obtained (bought on impulse) an older (1975) Catalina 22 at a price I couldn't refuse. T
Solar power roypaul2 at 7:21pm 09.14.13 Big Boats 2/1302 I just bought a 2002 36' Catalina and am wondering what size solar panel is needed to keep the batte
Wifi router Mark Maulden at 6:05pm 09.14.13 Ask All Sailors 23/4431 Looking to improve my wifi experiences on the boat. Looking for a wireless 12V power-over-Ethernet
Catalina C-15 Boom Length bavanyo at 5:45pm 09.14.13 Ask All Sailors 8/3345 Hello to anyone who can help... Does anyone know the boom lenght of the Catalina Yachts Coronado 15
Autopilot broken alicemarkle at 4:43pm 09.14.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1196 Our 2006 Oceanuis 343 the Raymarine autopilot is not working how do we mount new rudder indicator s
Hunter 38 Inverter test MattRob at 4:23pm 09.14.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/4561 I have repaired my Bose 321 Home Theater System 3 times. I am wondering if I have an inverter probl
waste hose dilemma splax at 4:12pm 09.14.13 Big Boats 6/1839 I have a dilemma.:confused: Please advise a good method for resolution. The manual waste discharge h
Surveyor and diesel mechanic in Alameda, CA jmomcal at 2:49pm 09.14.13 Ask All Sailors 9/6789 Can anyone recommend a good surveyor and diesel mechanic in the Alameda/Oakland area? We also need
Re-attaching my keel Triple Point at 2:20pm 09.14.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1216 As part of a restoration project I recently removed the swing keel from my 1972, 22' Macgregor. Aft
Compass bubble help (1) doctorbill at 1:52pm 09.14.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/860 Anyone can give me advice on how to fix this?
cockpit arch hunter32 at 12:23pm 09.14.13 Mid-Size Boats 0/1301 I'm looking for a cockpit arch for a 32' 2000 hunter. can anyone help me with this. I know some peop
'83 primary fuel filter cjfj at 12:06pm 09.14.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/1689 Any one know what filters were used for the primary in a '83 34' with a 3GMf? I've been having prob
Ball mount Picflight at 11:47am 09.14.13 Trailer Sailors 25/9312 My first time looking into purchasing a ball mount for the hitch on my vehicle. My hitch is rated f
core material (1) bletso at 10:56am 09.14.13 Ask All Sailors 10/1808 Is this a normal method of coring. I have seen this on the vertical cabin wall and on the aft cabin
RG213 or LMR400UF? SVTatia at 8:01am 09.14.13 Musings With Maine Sail 8/10190 Db Loss notwithstanding (LMR wins here), what would be a preference between these two types of coax

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Life's Most Infuriating Moments (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:48am 05.06.23 If you buy a new one, $100, the clips are included. Those are truly words to warm the cockles of
Yanmar 3JH2E Commissioning run and lost all oil in an hour Ralph Johnstone at 9:32am 05.06.23 There were NO LEAKS observed! Absolutely baffling. Just can't see how it corrected itself and we
Yanmar 3JH2E Commissioning run and lost all oil in an hour JoeWhite at 9:08am 05.06.23 Oil can also come out of the dip stick if not inserted back in.
ProMariner Protech-4 Series On board Battery Charger sailcapt340 at 9:06am 05.06.23
rop-In LiFePO4 Batteries - Be an Educated Consumer Hayden Watson at 8:43am 05.06.23 The other big challenge to going with LFP is preventing the alternator from cooking itself in its ow
Bottom Chip Repair Jacktar at 8:36am 05.06.23 True sail it til it breaks, repair and sail it again.
Hunter 41AC/41DS spinnaker tack location Sailor Arny at 8:30am 05.06.23 I am going to go without the furler this season, just pull it down into a deck bag, tired of all the
rop-In LiFePO4 Batteries - Be an Educated Consumer mermike at 8:28am 05.06.23 The secret to no boom is some FLA that is connected into the charging circuit to give the current s
ProMariner Protech-4 Series On board Battery Charger Stu Jackson at 8:07am 05.06.23 sc, glad to be able to try to help. You didn't say your charger was a "Flyback" model but I figured
Yanmar 3JH2E Commissioning run and lost all oil in an hour Rick Webb at 8:06am 05.06.23 Another potential source is the oil filter seal. I once had an oil filter seal stick to the engine
2005 Hunter 25 w/ roller furler - mast stepping challenges (4) Cap'nCook at 7:57am 05.06.23 215392 With some assistance we can get the gap to close a bit more, but still short of being able t
Yanmar 3JH2E Commissioning run and lost all oil in an hour Rick486 at 7:20am 05.06.23 Great replies from the community. It is so appreciated, especially from those of us in the north,
Life's Most Infuriating Moments JamesG161 at 7:04am 05.06.23 If you buy a new one, $100, the clips are included. But I bought this, to strap down my Genset Muff
2005 Hunter 25 w/ roller furler - mast stepping challenges Cap'nCook at 7:02am 05.06.23 Thanks Dave. I'm about to go out and raise once more so I can get pictures of the process and then w
Blisters - To Repair or not to repair..... Sailfanatic at 6:56am 05.06.23 I have been finding quotes like this in other sailing forums. I guess I disagree about blisters. T
Yanmar 3JH2E Commissioning run and lost all oil in an hour Rafael8008 at 6:56am 05.06.23 Great replies from the community. It is so appreciated, especially from those of us in the north, t
My 1980 Hunter 22, A Restoration Crazy Dave Condon at 6:55am 05.06.23
2005 Hunter 25 w/ roller furler - mast stepping challenges Crazy Dave Condon at 6:49am 05.06.23 @Cap'nCook First a few pictures please. Then send me a private message with phone number to call.
Reconnecting water heater and bleeding the system? Hello Below at 6:38am 05.06.23 Connect the coolant hoses to the water heater, then while both hoses are disconnected from the engi
ProMariner Protech-4 Series On board Battery Charger sailcapt340 at 6:37am 05.06.23

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