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Leak in water tank: what are my options? Dave96734 at 10:57am 02.27.23 Catalina 30 11/3008 When I attempted to fill the V-berth water tank in my 1984 C30, I discovered a leak. It's from a sma
What is this? (1) D. Inscho at 10:52am 02.27.23 Ask All Sailors 11/1118 Hi everyone. I'm nearly a year into an 1982 Newport 33. Still new to cruiser/liveaboard sized boatin
Replacement AC brand advise BroncoJohn at 6:42am 02.27.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/1251 I have had serval problems with my original 21 year old 16000 BTU Dometic air conditioner freezing u
Engine oil drain hose adapter (2) jonelli at 11:03pm 02.26.23 Catalina 30 20/3162 213360213361I have one of those oil drain hose attachments under the oil pan at the drain plug. Last
Passage 42 salon/kitchen hatch gaskets replacement (2) juznip at 9:56pm 02.26.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1013 Trying to source replacement gasket for the 2 small hatches in the salon/kitchen. Anyone have a sour
bottom paint Erbardy at 6:26pm 02.26.23 Ask All Sailors 23/4485 Going to apply VC17 bottom paint to our new to us catalina 30. How much do you guys use. The prior
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Proper way to attach spare tire as working tongue wheel rum_nab at 2:59pm 02.26.23 Trailer Sailors 14/2703 Hi all. I'm brand new here, so please excuse me if this has been posted elsewhere. I just joined a c
Boat Speed and Pointing Dave Powell at 2:16pm 02.26.23 Catalina 309 Group Forum 13/2922 Not much activity recently, but I thought I'd post a question. I sail a 2012 C-309 wing keel, in-mas
Modifications to an Albin Viggen (2) TonyJo&JillBob at 7:33am 02.26.23 Ask All Sailors 2/1478 Hi, we have an Albin Viggen 23 and I've removed some of the cupboard in the entrance to the bow slee
Petrel mast diameter please. PeterW at 7:26am 02.26.23 Ask All Sailors 3/735 That's the 12' Petrel Thanks
Dieless Crimpers? Davidasailor26 at 4:58am 02.26.23 Musings With Maine Sail 8/2564 Wondering if anyone has experience using dieless crimpers for heavy gauge (2/0) battery cable, and h
Eliminate topping lift buddybear at 2:03pm 02.25.23 Catalina 310 11/1986 I recently bought a new mainsail which is not setup for the dutchman system as the original sail. I
Wind generators, yay or nay? fred1diver at 12:42pm 02.25.23 Ask All Sailors 32/3373 Hello everyone, another couple of questions for the hive mind. was looking at getting solar panels f
1984 Hunter 31 - Cast Iron Keel Rust (10) anelso29 at 10:13am 02.25.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 28/3832 Hello everyone, I have posted on these forum a couple of times. I am a very new sailboat owner and
B&G Autopilot install - glass, Al, or SS mounting brackets or naked? (1) Apex at 7:12am 02.25.23 Ask All Sailors 1/431 I need to mount the autopilot ram. It looks like a transverse bulkhead is my best bet (C'C 30MKii)
Epoxy Additives pcharn01 at 7:08am 02.25.23 Ask All Sailors 7/1057 Anyone have experience with West Systems 423 Graphite Powder and use on sliding hatches as a wear su
Amenagement de la cabine avant en soute pour vie a bord michel06440 at 7:12pm 02.24.23 Mid-Size Boats 1/753
Raymarine C90W seadaddler at 5:37pm 02.24.23 Ask All Sailors 5/715 Thinking of replacing my bad C80 with used C90W and wondering what you think.
Rudder Tube Hunter 36 (2) skipperclaud at 3:54pm 02.24.23 Ask All Sailors 9/1288 Hello guys, I am restoring a 2008 Hunter 36. I have realized that the Hunter 36 has lots of 'constru

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Hunter 29.5 2GM engine vibration (1) BigEasy at 9:30am 05.16.25 Ralph, I can't explain the discrepancy between the Yanmar & Ellebogen mount recommendations (fo
Replacing Whale foot pump in awkward location knotimpossible at 9:28am 05.16.25 Have you tried accessing by removing the stairs? I assume it's removable for engine access I have
Just Do It BAD ORCA at 9:06am 05.16.25 Nice job, looks great. I wish it were this easy for all of us. I have several decades of many laye
Lake Michigan (and Huron) Delivery Cruise jssailem at 9:05am 05.16.25 John I like your current thinking. Once you have had a few days/nights with your boat on the short h
Has anyone installed and configured a Victon energy multiplus inverter charger ? BAD ORCA at 9:02am 05.16.25 Guessing the amount of labor time for an install is a bit of a crap shoot. You need to know the ski
Lake Michigan (and Huron) Delivery Cruise john6206 at 8:55am 05.16.25 @Stu Jackson No auto pilot. it seems in better condition than other boats we looked at, but the
Has anyone installed and configured a Victon energy multiplus inverter charger ? jssailem at 8:19am 05.16.25 Guessing the amount of labor time for an install is a bit of a crap shoot. You need to know the skil
Has anyone installed and configured a Victon energy multiplus inverter charger ? Johann at 8:13am 05.16.25
Has anyone installed and configured a Victon energy multiplus inverter charger ? BAD ORCA at 7:58am 05.16.25 My Multiplus has no bluetooth connectivity so the MK3 dongle is necessary to connect it to a compute
Lake Michigan (and Huron) Delivery Cruise Stu Jackson at 7:38am 05.16.25 Being on a moving boat all day is tiring especially if you are hand steering. john, nice boat. Do
Has anyone installed and configured a Victon energy multiplus inverter charger ? Stu Jackson at 7:33am 05.16.25 If you don't get an answer here, I recommend going to wwwcruisersforum.com and doing a search there.
Adding a Bimini kappykaplan at 7:12am 05.16.25 Very nice. :beer:
My first boat and I'm a bit puzzled patrickfarley at 6:54am 05.16.25 Just replaced the bow eye on my Mac 25. There are dozens of small pieces of Styrofoam in that space
Hunter 45cc AC Issue Don S/V ILLusion at 6:26am 05.16.25
Adding a Bimini (3) william24424 at 6:03am 05.16.25 Update, work is complete, Kinder Industries out of Newport/Portsmouth RI has completed job. Here are
Yanmar 3GM30F pre heating system twodzusfittings at 5:15am 05.16.25 cY1YndLmbXQ
My first boat and I'm a bit puzzled dlochner at 5:11am 05.16.25 It may be dual purpose, an attempt to make the boat unsinkable and to support the v-berth. That larg
Lake Michigan (and Huron) Delivery Cruise john6206 at 5:09am 05.16.25 Manitowoc to sturgeon Bay; Sturgeon Bay to Frankfort is the smaller crossing at something like 45 mi
Lake Michigan (and Huron) Delivery Cruise john6206 at 5:08am 05.16.25 @Apex the alternative version of this route includes going north in Wisconsin, taking the channel a
Lake Michigan (and Huron) Delivery Cruise dlochner at 5:06am 05.16.25 50 mile days are very long and tiring. When planning a route I estimate boat speed at 5 kts. Often w

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