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Heater shanker at 7:40pm 05.29.22 Mid-Size Boats 3/1085
H34 Jib Halyard cleat Mike Oldak at 4:36pm 05.29.22 Big Boats 12/1621 i recently replaced our original jib roller reefer with a new Harken roller reefing system. the main
Shower pump wont operate lauris67 at 4:03pm 05.29.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/1182 hi all, newbie hear, have an oceanis 50, 2010, the shower in the master cabin wont pump out,
Stern tube plugging ricksoth at 10:01am 05.29.22 Ask All Sailors 3/800 Hey Outboard powered sailors... Now that my dead diesel is out of my Cal 27 and the Honda outboard
Mast step help (1) kbapark at 7:00am 05.29.22 Trailer Sailors 6/1119
Stuck Centerboard on a Widgeon kgray9 at 4:08am 05.29.22 Ask All Sailors 10/1550 Hello all! I bought a widgeon this spring, and have used it several times. The centerboard gets ja
A different 37.5 windlass install Mika1 at 7:39pm 05.28.22 Big Boats 5/734 A write-up of how I mounted the windlass on my 37.5 has been humbly submitted to the owner mods for
Balmar alternator on Yanmar 3ym20 (2) SycloneDriver at 7:22pm 05.28.22 Ask All Sailors 6/1609 Today I stated the process of installing a Balmar 60 series 100 amp alternator onto my Yanmar 3ym20.
Packing gland nut getting hot. Mistyseas1991 at 5:23pm 05.28.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/2620 I notice the packing gland nut was getting hot to the touch so I replaced the teflon packing 3/16 it
Barient winch 21-33 Mistyseas1991 at 5:08pm 05.28.22 Parts Search 5/1110 The STRIPPER RING is not doing its job it goes under the line lifter allowing the jib sheet to do t
Planing in a O'Day Widgeon? (3) kgray9 at 2:38pm 05.28.22 Ask All Sailors 15/2088 Hello all! I bought a O'Day Widgeon this spring, and have used it roughly 7 times now on three diff
Bavaria saildrive Mattcia123 at 12:02pm 05.28.22 Ask All Sailors 15/1806
Foot Pump - $_8(&$ (1) sunlover at 11:15am 05.28.22 Ask All Sailors 4/562 Just replaced this foot pump and managed to pump about 2 gallons before it more or less stopped work
Coos Bay Oregon azsailing at 6:28am 05.28.22 Destinations 7/2508 I am thinking to trailer a mac 26 to Coos bay. Can anyone tell me how is the recreational sailing?
Hunter 34 Mast Mainsail Track Stop Size Ilanortho at 6:24am 05.28.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/630 Hi; Lost the track stop (actually boatyard did) I am away from the boat. Does anyone know the width
Isotemp hot water backing into system (1) NYSail at 2:55am 05.28.22 Ask All Sailors 4/686 Hello all, So just finished installing a new Isotemp water heater. Real nice unit and love the insta
Shroud i bolts source allen lofland at 5:27pm 05.27.22 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1240 I recently lost a u bolt at the deck holding a lower aft shroud on my oday 35. looking for a source
Universal 5411/Kubota Z500 fuel pump mikeracca at 4:26pm 05.27.22 Engines and Propulsion 2/1193 So I believe my issue in my little engine is starvation. I have no clue how old my fuel pump is, I d
fuel tank replacement chefmango at 10:55am 05.27.22 Ask All Sailors 4/767 I would like to replace the fuel tank on my Beneteau First 345 however I have run into a couple of i
Irwin 28 New-to-Me Maiden Voyage Plymouth Sailor at 10:22am 05.27.22 Irwin 2/970

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Catalina 27 Forward fiberglass hatch seals. KCofKC at 8:48pm 12.02.24 Something perhaps worth considering is putting a spacer under the hinge and the deck, maybe a small
Dogs Onboard Forum? john6206 at 7:24pm 12.02.24 @quadrille38 thanks!
Wet upper deck on Catalina 22 Sport? Davidasailor26 at 6:45pm 12.02.24 You almost certainly do have some amount of rotten wood core there. You could start by tapping the a
Buying 423? ldd at 5:51pm 12.02.24 Thanks Greg, great information. I had to pass on this boat. Had no AC. I live in Florida. I was told
Just picked up a super nice 2003 Precision 165 but I have a lot of questions I haven't found answers to online. shemandr at 5:36pm 12.02.24
Hunter 34 - how big are these issues? jssailem at 5:33pm 12.02.24 When selecting my boat, it helped to define what I wanted to do with the boat. Where and how I wante
P42 engine sump Terry Cox at 5:32pm 12.02.24 That area under the stuffing box on our 1991 boat must have limber holes, since our box drips end up
Hunter 34 - how big are these issues? Marauder at 5:28pm 12.02.24 Thank Claude, yeah agree the chainplate rod is most dangerous issue. One of those issues that seems
Dogs Onboard Forum? quadrille38 at 5:25pm 12.02.24
Just picked up a super nice 2003 Precision 165 but I have a lot of questions I haven't found answers to online. (10) Boanerges at 5:03pm 12.02.24 Thanks for the comments and useful information. I spent a day cleaning and doing a closer inspection
Mast base plate replacement Hunter Legend 35.5 -recap kappykaplan at 4:56pm 12.02.24 What is that small line that is tied off used for? My guess would be something like a downhaul or
Mast base plate replacement Hunter Legend 35.5 -recap DYFLWD at 4:50pm 12.02.24 What is that small line that is tied off used for? I have one on my boat and have no idea what it is
Battery reconditioning? TimFromLI at 4:41pm 12.02.24 Submerged or not they are 4 year old neglected west marine batteries. They are good for a core excha
Hunter Legend 35.5 shower drain DYFLWD at 4:38pm 12.02.24 crickets
Dogs Onboard Forum? john6206 at 4:24pm 12.02.24
CNG Tank DYFLWD at 4:21pm 12.02.24 I purchased a CNG refill auto adapter on ebay and fill it at out local CNG station. Theres a video o
Dominic escapes the social calendar garymalmgren at 4:11pm 12.02.24 Hi DJ There is a part two of arriving, looking around and repairing and a part three of the sail bac
Changing from a 9.9 to 18 HP motor captcoho at 3:48pm 12.02.24 Hi everyone, The 9.9 hp that came with the Hunter 26.5 doesn't work, and we can't seem to find a u
Just picked up a super nice 2003 Precision 165 but I have a lot of questions I haven't found answers to online. David in Sandusky at 3:05pm 12.02.24 Description of the Precision 165 on their website says it has a "hinged mast step." The web site is
Hunter 356: leak from drinking water system Tally Ho at 2:18pm 12.02.24 P.s. -- would you explain what you mean by an inside connector? I would assume a coupling (male-ma

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