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423 saloon dinette conversion to bed Riverdaze at 2:36pm 11.15.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1088 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 0/496 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 9/1429 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 0/512 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 1/956
H26 Trailer Keel Tray dleddy at 9:31am 11.15.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1236
Maintenance of interior teak on a Hunter 320 Stephen Dale at 7:38am 11.15.22 Mid-Size Boats 14/3527 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 15/2575 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 2/1253
"Temporary" way to start the engine with two dead batteries? Steve L22188 at 7:50pm 11.14.22 Ask All Sailors 15/1949 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 3/1545 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 4/1112 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 57/6293 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 15/2887 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 8/1291
Another Lithium conversion ... Hunter 49 Schematic tkwhalen at 7:14am 11.13.22 Big Boats 29/5451 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 7/2755 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 2/1308 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 33/5352 Hey all, I'm trying to figure out the coolant on our new to us Westerbeke 42. I want to do a coolant

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Panda Generator not powering air conditioning brussellbalance at 5:45pm 07.30.25 Hunter has a unique system of relays that disconnect the AC circuits from shore power and connect th
Need Help: Prop Shaft Jam Nut Won't Budge Don S/V ILLusion at 5:44pm 07.30.25
Panda Generator not powering air conditioning Don S/V ILLusion at 5:41pm 07.30.25
Removing Raymarine ST4000+ from Edson Destroyer Wheel -- Need Guidance Don S/V ILLusion at 5:35pm 07.30.25
Need Help: Prop Shaft Jam Nut Won't Budge heritage at 5:04pm 07.30.25 I would first remove all of the old bottom paint from the crevices around the nuts and then try squi
Tsunami Watch kappykaplan at 4:50pm 07.30.25 Kappy, I think that was the earthquake not the Tsunami. The change is logarithmic. John, that's wh
Tsunami Watch jssailem at 4:23pm 07.30.25 Kappy, I think that was the earthquake not the Tsunami. The change is logarithmic. An earthquake o
Tsunami Watch kappykaplan at 3:53pm 07.30.25 Th earthquake was revised upward to 8.8 from 8.1!
Marina Maneuvers Foswick at 3:34pm 07.30.25 My bow blows off easily too, so when I leave the dock in a cross wind, that will blow my bow on to
Marina Maneuvers Tally Ho at 3:08pm 07.30.25 That probably would have worked and been just fine. It was definitely considered. There just wasn't
Water Tank Tally Ho at 2:59pm 07.30.25
Tsunami Watch Hello Below at 2:21pm 07.30.25
Tsunami Watch (1) jssailem at 1:05pm 07.30.25 Glad you were safe, Gary. We were warned in Everett. The pilings on my floating dock allow for a 1
Water Tank Ralph Johnstone at 1:04pm 07.30.25 Care to tell us exactly what evidence leads you to believe your vent line is clear ?
Marina Maneuvers jssailem at 12:58pm 07.30.25 I can understand the wind catching the bow in the above situation. If I were to attempt such a depar
Hunter 22 (80s) questions jssailem at 12:48pm 07.30.25 The main appears to be old, but I'm told in good shape, with at least one reef. From reading about
Water maker in the Salish? (1) jssailem at 12:31pm 07.30.25 Being on Portlandor the many island, flow, you are surrounded by ship traffic, be it the ferries
West Neverland Yacht Club Foswick at 11:59am 07.30.25 I don't know. The by-laws were misplaced ages ago.
Water maker in the Salish? Foswick at 11:53am 07.30.25 Well, I think there are two good follow-up questions: Around here, why would you need a watermaker?
Mud dauber wasp idea Justin_NSA at 11:50am 07.30.25 Don't forget the holding tank vent....it, along with a gas grill venturi, is a favorite mud dauber

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