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Binoculars Hayden Watson at 8:40am 12.01.22 Ask All Sailors 11/1146 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 3/686 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 12/1856 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 4/1136 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 6/2491 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 2/440 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 22/2559
Seized Halyard Deck Sheave Bolt (1) QCI at 7:09am 11.30.22 Ask All Sailors 31/3205 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 1/1294 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 7/1067 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 1/1718 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 15/4809 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 1/471 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 8/1537 My $200 Chinese made refrigerator died after three months. There was nothing obviously wrong, compre
Raymarine GPS Week Rollover Issues dkinzer at 12:29pm 11.29.22 Ask All Sailors 3/1556 In an earlier post I mentioned that a Raymarine tech person said that the RayStar 125 GPS unit on my
Boat is Hibernating (4) SawyerCurt at 4:37am 11.29.22 Catalina 310 11/2361 One of the disadvantages of the New England climate is the 6-month sailing season. Over Thanksgivin
Replacing cockpit throttle on Elite 29 (aka Feeling 850) (4) Elite29Owner at 11:08pm 11.28.22 Mid-Size Boats 4/1260 Greetings, Need to replace a broken throttle on a 1984 Elite 29 (aka Feeling 850). Current one is a
DC distribution panel in Hunters George Braun at 6:28pm 11.28.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1358 I don't particularly like the push-to-reset breakers Hunter uses for a bunch of DC equipment in thei
Replacing Battery in RayStar 125 GPS Unit (1) dkinzer at 4:49pm 11.28.22 Ask All Sailors 5/2332 The last few times that we took our boat out we got a message on our MFD indicating that the GPS fix

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Why hasn't anyone made a robot to clean our boat bottoms? sailme88 at 3:22am 08.25.25 Anyone who has cleaned a bottom in the water learns pretty fast that they need to use suction cups
Surveyor in Connecticut? High Current at 7:56pm 08.24.25 I had a great experience with Dexter Holaday. He was thorough and knowledgeable, with boatyard expe
Hunter 376 mast sail track Tally Ho at 7:52pm 08.24.25 Smokey, thanks for the response. I had done enough Google searching to identify Tides Marine as a p
Help with Diesel Tank Cap dimension Tally Ho at 7:38pm 08.24.25 The day I took delivery of my first boat (Hunter 280), my boys were helping me fuel it up at the mar
Help with Diesel Tank Cap dimension DaveJ at 7:34pm 08.24.25
Hunter 376 mast sail track smokey73 at 6:31pm 08.24.25 I'm not sure the 376, or many boats of that vintage in any manufacturer came with a Tides Marine or
Help with Diesel Tank Cap dimension Stu Jackson at 6:15pm 08.24.25 Until the misses sees the waste cap on the seat :oops: So put on your Big Boy pants and put it in
Why hasn't anyone made a robot to clean our boat bottoms? Michael Davis at 5:51pm 08.24.25
Hunter 376 mast sail track jcrewser at 5:48pm 08.24.25 Smokey, thanks for the response. I had done enough Google searching to identify Tides Marine as a po
Hunter 376 mast sail track smokey73 at 5:41pm 08.24.25 Is this a Tides Marine track? At the bottom of the tack where the sail slugs do into the track ther
Circumnavigating Vancouver Island (2) Michael Davis at 5:40pm 08.24.25 The circle is complete. Home again at Lyall Harbour, Saturna Island.
Why hasn't anyone made a robot to clean our boat bottoms? Foswick at 5:10pm 08.24.25 I note that all boat yards have stringent regs about collecting any bottom paint sanding dust and p
Keel/Hull Crack on Splash JoeWhite at 4:50pm 08.24.25 I am always present during haulout and return to water. I placed lables "LIFT" to make sure they pla
Why hasn't anyone made a robot to clean our boat bottoms? DakineRobotics at 4:19pm 08.24.25 Gentlemen, To start, thank you all for the feedback and thoughtful responses! This community seems
Propane regulations BigEasy at 4:11pm 08.24.25 Appears that the aft end of the locker is open, so I guess that could meet the vented / overboard dr
Monark M1 14 Buoyancy (1) sokotd12 at 4:06pm 08.24.25 233996
Propane regulations kappykaplan at 3:58pm 08.24.25 Probably not the safest configuration; however, main criteria is that there are no flame or spark e
Propane regulations BigEasy at 3:57pm 08.24.25 Is it really a good idea to store gasoline and propane next to each other? Probably not the
In search of a rudder transom mount for a Point Jude 16 cybrdweeb at 3:49pm 08.24.25 Aha! That's all we need. The line simply locks the rudder down using the cord and a clamceat.
Yanmar 3GM30F: Wiring Harness & Aftermarket Panel (1) Ralph Johnstone at 3:32pm 08.24.25 Putting a 3GM30F in an O'day 28 is just like the proverbial 10 pounds of excrement in a 5 pound bag

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