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Miss sailing fred1diver at 5:00pm 11.15.22 Ask All Sailors 33/3200
Video of the Iron Duck story (land sailing speed record) walt at 4:03pm 11.15.22 Sails Call Lounge 1/863 The Iron Duck held the land sailing speed record for over 10 years. Great video, I think it was jus
423 saloon dinette conversion to bed Riverdaze at 2:36pm 11.15.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/959 I just took ownership of a 2007 two cabin 423. There is no filler cushion on board but I do see the
Hunter 49 Spreader Height tkwhalen at 1:50pm 11.15.22 Big Boats 0/447 Hoping to get an answer with driving 2.5 hours to the boat. Does anybody know how far off the deck t
Racing Boat ID (5) Project_Mayhem at 11:32am 11.15.22 Ask All Sailors 9/1077 I spotted this at the yard. Sharp looking boat. Anyone know what kind it is? The one next to it is m
Boat Launch and Trailer Parking (1) hattha at 11:17am 11.15.22 Trailer Sailors 2/21 I have a 3BR / 2BA unit available for rent that is on the gulf side in Perdido Key. We have a privat
Shirt Exchange (4) Marmalade at 11:11am 11.15.22 Ask All Sailors 0/460 Have some leftover crew shirts from this year, and was wondering anyone would be interested in a shi
Racor 110A ivieto at 9:48am 11.15.22 Engines and Propulsion 1/851
H26 Trailer Keel Tray dleddy at 9:31am 11.15.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1084
Maintenance of interior teak on a Hunter 320 Stephen Dale at 7:38am 11.15.22 Mid-Size Boats 14/3065 Does anyone have any sage advice on how to maintain the teak interior on a Hunter 320 (or similar ve
Challenge with replacing Sanitation Hose (2) artboas at 11:29pm 11.14.22 Big Boats 15/2121 So,, as noted on another post, I decided to strip out all my really smelly Sani hose. I ran into a c
O'Day 30 Barnacle Phil at 8:55pm 11.14.22 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1061
"Temporary" way to start the engine with two dead batteries? Steve L22188 at 7:50pm 11.14.22 Ask All Sailors 15/1533 Went to the boat to winterize it this afternoon. After just two days shy of 9 years my two 12-volt
C315 engine model and transmission gear reduction data question VFR750 at 3:12pm 11.14.22 Catalina 310 3/1395 For the recently delivered C315 owners can you confirm the yanmar engine model number (21hp) and th
Selden / Furlex 100s - "Outer Hub" (Part B14) rhiggins at 11:13am 11.14.22 Parts Search 4/984 Fortunately this plastic part failed at the dock. I found one website (Mauripro Sailing) that appea
Engineless.... The_Sailing_Pelican at 9:52pm 11.13.22 Ask All Sailors 57/5106 Ok... This is going to be VERY controversial a theme here with gazillions of why I should and anothe
Mystic to Quincy Russell26 at 4:18pm 11.13.22 Destinations 15/2311 Planning a maiden voyage from Mystic to Quincy Ma. Any suggestions on course. Have 4 days to do this
Garhauer sale Cederholm at 1:32pm 11.13.22 Ask All Sailors 8/1092
Another Lithium conversion ... Hunter 49 Schematic tkwhalen at 7:14am 11.13.22 Big Boats 29/4842 Similar to Maverick I plan on making the change to lithium lifepo4 this winter. To help with my plan
560Ah LiFePo4 Battery (2) AllenC57 at 3:17am 11.13.22 Catalina 310 7/2330 The latest addition to my boat was this 560 Ah LiFePo4 (Lithium Iron Phosphate ) battery build. It c

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Engine Overheating (1) Ralph Johnstone at 8:48pm 03.11.25 To them I would only add - did you check the amount of exhaust water coming out? I should write o
Anyone Getting Out Much, Yet? MFD at 8:02pm 03.11.25 Yeah, I think around this time of year and the months after Labor Day are some of the best for saili
Cunningham on a 310 any one? rpwillia at 7:59pm 03.11.25 I do not have a picture handy, but I took a block I had ran some sta-set through the top and put tha
Diesel Leak Injection Pump (1) rpwillia at 7:51pm 03.11.25 A friend had a Westerbeke 4-cylinger engine (really a Mitsubishi) where the injection pump fitting f
What is this adhesive/caulk/sealant? Blitz at 7:39pm 03.11.25 I would assume it is some sort of white pipe dope if not very sticky. If sticky, then could be hard
O'Day RENDEZVOUS!! LouisMK at 7:28pm 03.11.25 June 13 or 20, sorry.
Loose footed main with Stack Pack vs non-loose footed main LouisMK at 7:26pm 03.11.25 Loose footed mains work wonderfully, stack packs seem to work well for those who like them but IMO a
Naked Lifelines and Fuel Leak (1) jssailem at 7:15pm 03.11.25 I installed dyneema gates on Hadley in 2015. They are 1/4 inch diameter line with the ends long buri
Engine Overheating Davidasailor26 at 7:05pm 03.11.25
VHF antenna mast mounting jssailem at 6:04pm 03.11.25 Many use the antenna as a sacrificial feeler to let them know when the bridge is too low. One TWANG!
Hunter 34 primary winches Capt Robbie at 5:57pm 03.11.25 kloudie is correct about the embedded aluminum plate. If you move the new ones to far forward then
Engine Overheating (1) Ralph Johnstone at 5:33pm 03.11.25 Do HE need to be replaced? If it's clean as you have described, it's the same as a new HE. No mo
Considering buying a Bayfield 29C dLj at 4:29pm 03.11.25 I can't tell much from the photo. Can you take a better close up that shows the depth of that indica
Source for replacement sheaves dLj at 4:23pm 03.11.25 Not considering how easy/hard it would be to physically perform the replacement, it is entirely pos
Loose footed main with Stack Pack vs non-loose footed main Hayden Watson at 3:39pm 03.11.25 Good point. Smokey73, the OP, has the same year Hunter as me, so I assumed the reefing system is l
VHF antenna mast mounting Urban Hermit at 3:08pm 03.11.25 Go back to Don's question. If you are re-stepping your mast often I wouldn't want a mast head anten
Engine Overheating Feo23 at 3:05pm 03.11.25 Hi all, There was a lot of good advice on this thread and thanks to all who contributed. I ended
Considering buying a Bayfield 29C Urban Hermit at 2:55pm 03.11.25 BUY THE BAYFIELD You'll love it! We had one, though not a C. It's a true blue-water cruiser desig
Considering buying a Bayfield 29C dmax at 2:42pm 03.11.25 Your mast may not be 1/4" thick, so probably not that deep.
Bottom paint question dlochner at 2:42pm 03.11.25 This has been pretty well answered. I just want to add that having a contrasting paint below the wa

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