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Racor 110A ivieto at 9:48am 11.15.22 Engines and Propulsion 1/910
H26 Trailer Keel Tray dleddy at 9:31am 11.15.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1187
Maintenance of interior teak on a Hunter 320 Stephen Dale at 7:38am 11.15.22 Mid-Size Boats 14/3425 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 15/2450 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 2/1195
"Temporary" way to start the engine with two dead batteries? Steve L22188 at 7:50pm 11.14.22 Ask All Sailors 15/1868 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 3/1518 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 4/1071 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 57/6025 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 15/2791 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 8/1256
Another Lithium conversion ... Hunter 49 Schematic tkwhalen at 7:14am 11.13.22 Big Boats 29/5338 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 7/2642 The latest addition to my boat was this 560 Ah LiFePo4 (Lithium Iron Phosphate ) battery build. It c
C310 Vertical Windlass Refit (6) AllenC57 at 2:26am 11.13.22 Catalina 310 2/1258 The windlass that came with the 310 was nearly useless to me (only slightly better than not having o
Westerbeke 42b coolant questions Syversens at 8:40pm 11.12.22 Engines and Propulsion 33/5205 Hey all, I'm trying to figure out the coolant on our new to us Westerbeke 42. I want to do a coolant
C22 Pop Top Assist pcharn01 at 2:42pm 11.12.22 Catalina 22 16/2116 Does anyone have part numbers for the gas struts?
Old Barient winches binding Frankoxc17 at 2:28pm 11.12.22 Ask All Sailors 7/2693 Hi folks, I recently purchased two used two-speed self-tailing barient 19 winches. When I snug down
Catalina 320 diesel? Ben Ingebretson at 11:35am 11.12.22 Engines and Propulsion 11/1619 My 320 is hull #307 and I cannot determine if it is the Westebeke 30B (3cyl) or 29B (4cyl). Anyone
Selden self tacking jib system MaryEllaRose at 8:31am 11.12.22 Ask All Sailors 12/3294 Has anyone had experience with the Selden system 20 self tacking jib system? Old age and a torn rota
O'Day Javelin Larger Jib Sail? kgray9 at 6:29am 11.12.22 Trailer Sailors 6/2209 Hello everyone! I have an O'Day Javelin 14 (SailboatData.com - JAVELIN 14 (FOX) Sailboat) that

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Circumnavigating Vancouver Island dLj at 4:46pm 06.26.25 Where I used to keep my boat I always cleaned and painted my bottom this way. But we had 9 meter tid
Circumnavigating Vancouver Island BigEasy at 4:39pm 06.26.25 No @BigEasy it would not be an everyday option in your waters. Your still left with careening on a
BATTERY? Tally Ho at 4:14pm 06.26.25 It is ABYC compliant to connect the charger directly to the starter battery (with over current prot
BATTERY? Johann at 4:11pm 06.26.25 What I found is that the 2 channels on the charger are wired to the #1 and #2 post on the battery s
Crazy Dave not taking phone calls ATM jssailem at 4:00pm 06.26.25
Circumnavigating Vancouver Island jssailem at 3:52pm 06.26.25 No @BigEasy it would not be an everyday option in your waters. Your still left with careening on a s
41DS Leaking Windows gfrazzle at 3:52pm 06.26.25 Got some butyl tape so will tackle the leaks next trip to the boat. Will report on difficulty/ succe
Circumnavigating Vancouver Island Michael Davis at 3:03pm 06.26.25
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. dLj at 2:58pm 06.26.25
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. TrapperJohn at 2:58pm 06.26.25 Just a note - every single hose clamp shown in the pictures above are NOT the correct hose clamps t
BATTERY? Tally Ho at 2:46pm 06.26.25 I crawled around tracing wires today to try and get a handle on how the batteries, starter, charger
Crazy Dave not taking phone calls ATM Crazy Dave Condon at 2:45pm 06.26.25 Ok , I am back but my wife was very happy as I took my family on an Alaskan cruise to include my dau
Is this gelcoat or paint Davidasailor26 at 2:36pm 06.26.25 NVM, I just remembered I did some experiments last week on a different spot. The white spot (same
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. testingthewaters91 at 2:34pm 06.26.25
Circumnavigating Vancouver Island BigEasy at 2:32pm 06.26.25 Many boat owners have never experienced a tidal grid. It is a throwback to when sailboats were care
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. testingthewaters91 at 2:30pm 06.26.25 Go for it, after replacing four you will be an expert! Yeah, replacing four would definitely make
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. BigEasy at 2:21pm 06.26.25
2001 Hunter 240 small amount of water in bilge - possible sources? And, help with ballast rod and plug. Thank you! Crazy Dave Condon at 2:15pm 06.26.25 I am a former Hunter dealer who was involved with the design of your boat, introduced it and sold ne
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. testingthewaters91 at 2:14pm 06.26.25 IT IS YOUR CHOICE. I sense that the flange seacock is not clearly understood. My belief is that the
Circumnavigating Vancouver Island Michael Davis at 2:00pm 06.26.25

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