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Roller furling halyard (1) webeegone at 4:16pm 12.01.22 Trailer Sailors 3/1095 I am a new owner. I have never used a roller furling. I (w help) raised the mast and was hopin
My worse boat nightmare... What is yours? jssailem at 2:48pm 12.01.22 Ask All Sailors 45/4224 FIRE! Yes it is not running out of fresh water, nor ripping a sail, not even cruising into a gale..
Hunter 49 Ceiling lighting T J Furstenau at 12:44pm 12.01.22 Big Boats 5/973 Quick question for any of you H49 owners who are fortunate enough to be on, or close to your boats.
Another Rave Review For Coppercoat (1) fstbttms at 10:02am 12.01.22 Ask All Sailors 11/1762 As I have said many times, I wouldn't wish this stuff on an enemy :laugh: https://www.yachtingmonth
Stock Color for 85' 22 BubbaV at 9:22am 12.01.22 Catalina 22 11/1510 Looking at some repair kits available online for minor chips in the topside fiberglass. Some have pr
Binoculars Hayden Watson at 8:40am 12.01.22 Ask All Sailors 11/981 I inherited the binoculars I keep on my boat from my great uncle Hayden. I was seven years old at
gages yanmar Rick.johnson at 7:53am 12.01.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/617 Hi Guys I have a 87 40 ft Hunter with a 3jh40 yanmar engine that seems to running just great th
hunter yanmar Rick.johnson at 6:38am 12.01.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/1608 Hi Guys i am new to this an purchased a 1987 hunter 40 ft legend How can i find out what size yan
Allan Villiers garymalmgren at 12:56am 12.01.22 Ask All Sailors 4/1034 I read "The Grain Race" 50 years ago. Found this stunning film. Thank you youtube. https://en.wikipe
Using and STORING a Bluetti AC200Max for AC power on a 310 Good Vibes at 1:29pm 11.30.22 Catalina 310 6/2193 Good day. I have recently purchased a Bluetti AC200Max Solar Generator for home back up, primarily
0day 25,130 genoa hgeismar at 12:30pm 11.30.22 Ask All Sailors 2/408 I am looking for a used 130 genoa for my 25' oday. It's for a roller furling. My technology skills a
Help me understand my DC charging/depletion flightlead404 at 10:11am 11.30.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 22/2204
Seized Halyard Deck Sheave Bolt (1) QCI at 7:09am 11.30.22 Ask All Sailors 31/2929 Hello, I need to put new sheaves on the deck of my boat. One of the bolts unscrews but the other doe
Don't try this in your Sailboat jssailem at 6:15am 11.30.22 Sails Call Lounge 1/1238 Brazilian Surfer claims record for surfing the largest wave. https://youtube.com/shorts/FI5jDFG91oI?
2000 Hunter 380 AC electrical problem don&sam at 6:12am 11.30.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/925 When plugged in to a 30-amp receptacle at our home dock, with a split pigtail for the A and B buses
Get to know your iron keel... (6) HeelBoy at 5:40am 11.30.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1512 This parallels something I just posted in the general section, but I wanted to put something here wi
Iron Swing Keel Maintenance: A cautionary tale (5) HeelBoy at 5:28am 11.30.22 Trailer Sailors 15/4341 Cliff notes, you -must- take it out and blast it at some point. You may be shocked at how little iro
C30 Rudder Weight womble at 12:45pm 11.29.22 Ask All Sailors 1/396 Does anybody know of the weight of a Catalina 30 rudder that is not waterlogged?. In my humble opini
C30 Rudder Weight womble at 12:40pm 11.29.22 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/32 Does anybody know of the weight of a Catalina 30 rudder that is not waterlogged?. In my humble opini
Cooler for Boat patbratton at 12:37pm 11.29.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1399 My $200 Chinese made refrigerator died after three months. There was nothing obviously wrong, compre

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Tight furler BrianQ at 1:41pm 05.06.25 The nylon screw is 1/4 x 20, IIRC the length is 3/8". If you can't find one 3/8" a longer one can be
Westerbeke Coolant problems (2) jssailem at 1:35pm 05.06.25 Nuanced words. Here is the engine. t pressure cap provides a reservoir for the engine coolant. It is
owners manual kappykaplan at 1:29pm 05.06.25 I knew it was something like that but was too lazy to look for it. Thanks. No worries. De nada. :
Electric fuel pump to replace lift pump Yanmar 3GM30F Foswick at 1:21pm 05.06.25 Cold Start Procedure... FIRE IN THE HOLE! I keep a Hibachi in the engine compartment just for this
Westerbeke Coolant problems Foswick at 1:12pm 05.06.25 The original engine design provides an on-engine coolant reservoir. It did not include an expansion
Third Cherubini (1) sandpiper10471 at 1:10pm 05.06.25 Thanks, BMAway. The step for the 81 is different from yours but your
Tight furler (1) jssailem at 1:09pm 05.06.25 You might try a screw extractor. r and pull the screw out. Or you may need to drill the hole, reta
Battery recommendation - anchor windless Foswick at 1:04pm 05.06.25
Tight furler jssailem at 1:03pm 05.06.25 Have you seen this site? https://sail-delmarva.blogspot.com/2009/09/hood-seafurl-800-bearing-repla
Tight furler (2) skunther at 11:57am 05.06.25
Mast Raising Jig Hunter 23 (and maybe others) Timm R Oday25 at 11:38am 05.06.25 We have a very similar setup . We run the line from the blocks back to the winch on the mast . We no
owners manual (1) Ralph Johnstone at 11:18am 05.06.25 231390 I knew it was something like that but was too lazy to look for it. Thanks.
Third Cherubini shemandr at 11:12am 05.06.25 ... Things are looking up... :clap:
B&G WS320 Not Displaying wind data dlochner at 10:52am 05.06.25 Try a hard reset on the system, sometimes called a factory reset or something like that. Another p
Tight furler skunther at 10:44am 05.06.25 I found the original documentation. It looks like I have the Hood Seafurl 700/800/900 SL from Januar
Non binary boaters Leeward Rail at 10:34am 05.06.25 bathrooms are designed for either Penis, or No Penis. I have always thought that having specific b
Beneteau 311 Cabin Lights JRacer at 10:31am 05.06.25 I replaced all of my Aqua Signal fixtures with Marinebeam LED's. See here: LED Boat Lights for Your
Non binary boaters Leeward Rail at 10:28am 05.06.25 A Chevy Cruze is a fast car. It's gets nowhere fast Kinda ok if you get the non turbo models with
Non binary boaters Leeward Rail at 10:27am 05.06.25 switching to Colt 45 or Old English Lord no. I would just start brewing my own.
Yanmar 2GM20f may have cranked too long skunther at 9:57am 05.06.25 Even cranking 30 seconds is way too long for the good of the starter ! You might fry it !!! And t

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