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Main Sheet Swivel/Block/ cleat- 1981 Sirius 21 SailSK at 9:47am 01.17.23 Sirius 21/22 7/1587 After many years of service the springs on the mainsheet cleat expired. Can new springs for this Sch
Catalina 250 mast info and questions jhall82 at 8:44am 01.17.23 Smaller Boats 1/1444 Hello everybody. New Catalina owner here. I have 250wb with a damaged mast. A new mast is not an opt
Yamaha 30 / Scampi 30 IORHalfTunner at 7:06am 01.17.23 Yamaha 13/3211 Hello Cousins. I'm looking for some historical background on the Yamaha 30. I'm a very happy owner
Anyone selling Hunter 38? csairlie at 4:23am 01.17.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/844 Hi everyone! My partner and I are in Fort Lauderdale desperately looking to buy a boat and get saili
Hunter 326 - Yanmar Engine Vibration - New mounts and maybe more?? Breezy1 at 2:08pm 01.16.23 Engines and Propulsion 45/6666 Just purchased a 2003 Hunter 326 and I noticed at about 1800 RPM there is alot of banging and vibrat
Mantus 35lb too big for Hunter 34 in the Chesapeake? stevefisher99 at 9:01am 01.16.23 Big Boats 8/1010 I seem to be between the 25lb and 35lb. "Assuming" either fits on my bow roller (i'll change it if
I Know Age is just a number but at 75 am I just dreaming ? GrandPaw at 8:23am 01.16.23 Ask All Sailors 48/6727 First post , At 75- Health is good Wife 72 not so much , Physically cant assist, joins me too
Iron in saildrive oil Egovos at 7:33am 01.16.23 Ask All Sailors 19/2011 Buying a boat with a Yanmar engine, had saildrive oil analyzed, everything was fine except the Fe w
When the boat is your office (1) T-Schwan at 2:44pm 01.15.23 Ask All Sailors 41/3597 The pandemic taught many people that cruising without quitting work is a real possibility. How do yo
Hunter 376 1998. Leaking around salon lights (1) Greg Mott at 12:08pm 01.15.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/2139 Hello Hunter friends, I have had my 376 for 3 sessions now. I have made several improvements and we
Missing boom PRoberaon at 5:49am 01.15.23 Ask All Sailors 44/3190 Just got a starwind 19. Looking for a boom that will fit that mast. Any ideas?
H41DS what length exhaust? Nachismo at 6:09pm 01.14.23 Big Boats 4/1342
Topping lift sheave size on Hunter 36 AndyL at 4:38pm 01.14.23 Big Boats 6/1178 My 2004 Hunter 36 manual specifies a 5/16" topping lift line but I'd like to use a 3/8" line. Does
Rent or Charter Alden 44 in New England jknorton at 1:34pm 01.14.23 Alden General Chat 0/3404 Hello, New to this forum. I am looking to rent/charter an Alden 44 sometime this Spring or Summer (
Replaced Motor Mounts Sailgunner at 10:18am 01.14.23 Big Boats 18/3623 Replaced the motor mounts on my 23 yr old 410. Purchased Ellebogen mounts which were a direct replac
Copper Antifouling/ablative coatings - how to? RussellBeckner at 5:14pm 01.13.23 Ask All Sailors 12/1249 I am happy to be redirected to any thread already discussing this. Copper Antifouling/ablative coati
Hunter 2000 340 Window - Resealing of window Presbrou1 at 1:18pm 01.13.23 Ask All Sailors 3/879 Hi boat owners, I am trying to fix a window leak on the outside of my boat and see that the previou
Looking for km3a or km3a shaft kanzaki ksmax at 1:13pm 01.13.23 Engines and Propulsion 4/953 Hi! I am having trouble with my output shaft starting to wobble between shaft and coupling on my k
Dock and Go Override How-to brockfromwa at 12:00pm 01.13.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 21/6386 Another day, another problem. I experienced total failure of the ZF Dock and Go system on my 2014 Oc
Hyde Streamstay 2 deck coupling Kevin&Karen at 11:22am 01.13.23 Ask All Sailors 3/652 We de masted our 27 for a Hunter for transport and now are getting ready to put up the roller furl

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Hydro of CNG tank - HELP smokey73 at 5:51pm 03.17.25 Thanks, I will try giving them a call.
Source for bulk ring terminals? dlochner at 5:42pm 03.17.25
Hydro of CNG tank - HELP Will Gilmore at 5:42pm 03.17.25 Arrowhead Industrial Services, Inc. 3537 South NC 119 Graham, NC 27253 CA1998040008 IA01 Joe Cassid
Have others installed heat shield on Racor primary fuel filter? (1) jssailem at 5:25pm 03.17.25 I chose to use a Racor 500MA when I installed a replacement for the original Ford Diesel Motor filte
Source for bulk ring terminals? BAD ORCA at 4:47pm 03.17.25 What kind of crimper are you using? I forget the brand, decent crimper. I bought it from Mainesai
7 Years no haul out Bob1992 at 4:23pm 03.17.25 All great points and thank you for them. I grew up boating and spent a significant amount of time o
Why Don't You Use ActiveCaptain? Foswick at 4:21pm 03.17.25 I was going to revisit this later, when we had some more concrete decisions, since this conversation
Have others installed heat shield on Racor primary fuel filter? JoeWhite at 4:11pm 03.17.25 On my C36 with M35B engine, I use same filter set up. There is no heat shield. All works OK with pla
Have others installed heat shield on Racor primary fuel filter? Calif. Ted at 4:10pm 03.17.25 I replaced the filter assembly for one with a metal bowl a few years ago. The metal bowls ~ $100, wh
Source for bulk ring terminals? BAD ORCA at 3:31pm 03.17.25 ring terminals \| McMaster-Carr Well i'll be! Ha...i never thought of my go to hardware store. Th
Source for bulk ring terminals? BAD ORCA at 3:28pm 03.17.25 Newark electronics , Hamiltom Marine are two reputeable sources Thank you. I will check them out.
Source for bulk ring terminals? BAD ORCA at 3:27pm 03.17.25 I have been using a rachet crimp tool on all types of terminals. Just a part of the project rebuild
Source for bulk ring terminals? BAD ORCA at 3:21pm 03.17.25 Any decent hardware store soon became my favorite marine store! :) Get regular terminals and seal
Source for bulk ring terminals? BAD ORCA at 3:20pm 03.17.25 Is there a difference between crimping non-heat shrink and heat shrink terminals? I have both and
MRBF fuse on disconnect terminal colemj at 3:20pm 03.17.25 To my knowledge, only a Class-T fuse meets this requirement. There are other forms of fuses that
Source for bulk ring terminals? colemj at 3:07pm 03.17.25 Yes there is. The standard non heat shrink connectors leave a dimple in the crimp. If you look at t
Source for bulk ring terminals? (4) sailcapt340 at 3:00pm 03.17.25 Yes there is. The standard non heat shrink connectors leave a dimple in the crimp. If you look at t
Hydro of CNG tank - HELP Richard19068 at 2:40pm 03.17.25 ... but CNG tanks used in transportation can't be re-certified. dj Exactly. That's why I suggeste
MRBF fuse on disconnect terminal MFD at 2:20pm 03.17.25 One nice thing about LifePO4 batteries is the BMS. You can shutdown the charge and discharge circuit
Hydro of CNG tank - HELP dLj at 1:42pm 03.17.25 Places like that deal with CNG tanks used for transportation fuel. They are not likely going to hav

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