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Sailboat Cradle oceanicjanet at 10:52am 03.16.22 Ask All Sailors 7/2079 Any suggestions as to where to advertise a Sailboat Cradle for a 38' boat.
Depth finder in bilge (1) RKMCCORKLE at 8:25am 03.16.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/860 Have a little bit of water coming out around the area, I've hand turned this as tight as possible bu
Forever to Charge - What's This? jviss at 7:43am 03.16.22 Musings With Maine Sail 33/3879 My house batts, lead-acid, 2x115AH, have been abused and probably trashed. I have them home, and tr
Beneteau bottom paint color 361 mshimota at 7:24am 03.16.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/1171 I'm trying to find the greenish/blue paint color to match my 361 sailboat bottom. The two beneteau
Oxalic Acid Hull Cleaning John Marrone at 7:11am 03.16.22 Catalina 22 8/3208 When we got our 1987 Catalina 22 there was a lot of hull surface oxidation. Used the typical McGuire
Hunter 36 2007 Spin George Braun at 5:19am 03.16.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/480 looking hard at a 2007 36 this weekend. Selden furling mast. Does anyone know if this mast has or
Swim Platform Lockers Bill19233 at 5:16am 03.16.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/604 I have a 2000 Hunter 340, I need to replace the rubber latches on the swim platform lockers. I have
302 keel construction cah at 9:31pm 03.15.22 Ask An Oday Owner 1/421 how is the 302 keel made. Is it cast iron? Lead? what is best way to protect it?
Tenara sewing threads Ken13559 at 5:00pm 03.15.22 Ask All Sailors 22/2756 Has anyone tried Sailrite's Tenara threads for Bimini and sailcovers repair? Is this thread difficul
Handrails for 25.5 (1) RKMCCORKLE at 4:07pm 03.15.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/487 I'm trying to get handrails for a Hunter 25.5. whitecap has the 4 loop 43inch but they don't match u
Transducer through hull size Suntala66 at 2:53pm 03.15.22 Ask All Sailors 5/1729 I recently bought a 1991 Hunter 37.5 Legend and I need to replace the depth finder transducer. I am
H34 1984 prop strut replacement Mike Oldak at 12:42pm 03.15.22 Big Boats 11/1204 apparently one of the causes of my engine vibration was a loose strut. any suggestions? where are
Isomat reefing line length Dan Kelly at 12:20pm 03.15.22 Big Boats 9/1108 Hunter passage 42 Does anyone know the length of line required to replace both the 1st and second r
42 Passage aft shower drain (3) wade the giant at 11:41am 03.15.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/406 Our aft shower drain was never connected properly to the drain hose. So I disconnected the drain( it
Rudder Post & Bearing Issues 1984 Hunter 34 bman at 11:31am 03.15.22 Big Boats 12/1060 Hello All- After being told that there was lateral movement with the rudder on my H34 and that the B
Beware the Ides of March jssailem at 11:11am 03.15.22 Sails Call Lounge 3/338 https://duckduckgo.com/i/fee8a7da.jpg Ides of March The Ides of March is the 74th day in the Roman c
Icemaker under Nav station - Hunter 36 2006 George Braun at 11:11am 03.15.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/525 anyone know if this was a factory option? Size? Brand of icemaker? anyone replace with second frid
New sails kendyoozed at 10:48am 03.15.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 16/2163 I need new sails. My sails are probably original. I need some guidance on what to purchase. I like
Pull start problem on Evinrude 8hp 19196 Light air at 9:22am 03.15.22 Engines and Propulsion 2/557 Yesterday I went out to my boat to check on any damage that may have happened due to high winds and
Sausage Makers? jviss at 6:31pm 03.14.22 Sails Call Lounge 10/599 Anyone make their own sausage? I've gotten into brewing beer and smoking meats, and now I'm thinkin

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MORC Will Gilmore at 12:19pm 04.06.24 MORC Racing Note that the Web site is copyrighted from 2010. As the VP for Communications of the Ma
Diesel Generator Slow Starting on First Attempt Rich Stidger at 11:58am 04.06.24 If it's easy to access and disconnect the glow plug wire, do so and then measure the resistance of e
Topping lift justsomeguy at 11:34am 04.06.24 But what is the tension I should have? Hoist the mainsail and soften the topping lift to a few inc
Diesel Generator Slow Starting on First Attempt Georgedoyle at 11:17am 04.06.24 I can see the voltage drop when the glow plugs go through their cycle so I know they are drawing cur
1981 Catalina 30 Rudder Questions (2) Trixster at 11:14am 04.06.24 Hello Sailors, My 1986 Catalina 30 rudder has a slight water leak. Any suggestions. Thank you Tr
RECOMMISSIONING THE FRESH WATER SYSTEM dlochner at 10:38am 04.06.24 Water should drain out of the HW tank pretty quickly if the faucets are left open, at least until th
Topping lift pgandw at 10:37am 04.06.24 Maybe pertinent to the OP's situation, maybe not. On my Mariner 19, the boat came with a fixed leng
Gennaker Halyard Lead for Oceanis 37. Fractional or Masthead? JP Pacific at 10:34am 04.06.24
RECOMMISSIONING THE FRESH WATER SYSTEM Tally Ho at 10:28am 04.06.24 Water heater will drain quickly if you hold open the pressure/temperature relief valve lever while
Simple electronic install - first time advice needed dlochner at 10:16am 04.06.24 Just don't ask which anchor is best...:biggrin: Oh, come on, that's too easy. Its the one hanging
Rode for Desolation Sound marcham at 10:02am 04.06.24 I lock it with a hitch and usually cleat it as well. Have a great trip!
4-tire boat trailer . . do best tire go on front or rear? LloydB at 9:57am 04.06.24 The last time I decided to buy new tires for my trailer I found by going to a nearby RV and camper s
Topping lift dLj at 9:50am 04.06.24 I have a boom roller furler, not in mast. I leave my topping lift adjusted so when reefing, the boom
Rode for Desolation Sound skunther at 9:32am 04.06.24 Was there just last week .... can totally relate. We got blown sideways as we were stern tied (easi
3GM30F Service Issue Calif. Ted at 9:27am 04.06.24
Rode for Desolation Sound skunther at 9:02am 04.06.24 Should be fine. There are spots we anchor in 60 ft but it's sloped bottom with a stern tie, so the
3GM30F Service Issue skunther at 9:01am 04.06.24 You say rough starting in cold weather, Do you have glow plugs? When you look at the exhaust is the
RECOMMISSIONING THE FRESH WATER SYSTEM Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:44am 04.06.24 Peggy, I have a 50 gallon aluminum fresh water tank and a 25 gallon flexible water tank that I adde
Rebuild of high pressure fuel pump for Yanmar 3GM30F Mark Maulden at 8:33am 04.06.24
Does anybody know what size wire or threaded rod life lines are on Catalina 320, 2004 Calif. Ted at 8:31am 04.06.24 I replaced the gates this winter and have stayed with coated.

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