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hidden windlass iwillmott at 11:24am 01.04.12 Big Boats 18/3154 My windlass has failed-it died a slow death. Now the question is:how do I get at it to check connect
6 Year WalMart Battery Observations (7) Maine Sail at 11:08am 01.04.12 Musings With Maine Sail 35/19262 UPDATED 11/13/12: Changed the title from 5 Year to Year and added to the thread. Behind the scene*
stability of 23 2caccia3 at 11:00am 01.04.12 Smaller Boats 34/5707 I recently got a 1986 23 foot hunter with a wing keel. The boat is very soft, requiring reefing ove
window replacement and sealing anthony at 10:32am 01.04.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1389 Now that Nanna is all tucked in for the winter, I am planning all the spring general maintenence. Lo
Selden forestay fitting recall (1) Phil Herring at 5:54am 01.04.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 21/6368 This is currently known to effect the Hunter 49 and 426. See pdf attached.
Trailer refit ballance question impulse II at 4:55am 01.04.12 Day Sailers 3/1938 Thanks all for the forum, this is an invaluable resource. With that being said and all the assis fro
1992 Catalina 36 vs. 1994 Catalina 320 chuckbuck at 3:58am 01.04.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 9/7078 Hi Folks, Happy New Year! I hope you all had a great Holiday. I'm looking at two Catalina's - both
H31 Keel Shifted (3) sail902 at 11:42pm 01.03.12 Mid-Size Boats 18/3168 H31 Keel shifted? Anyone ever had this problem and what's the fix? Or leave it alone? Boat was pulle
Nigel Calder's Cruising Handbook Kings Gambit at 10:35pm 01.03.12 Ask All Sailors 5/2290 Has anyone here read all or much of Calder's Cruising Handbook (2001)? I have not read widely cruis
Servicing Spinlock XA clutches? (1) egodsey at 9:09pm 01.03.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/4492 Does anyone know how to disassemble the double-wide Spinlock xa clutches used for the halyards on th
Selden Mast issues recall of forestay fittings jimnlin at 8:37pm 01.03.12 Ask All Sailors 4/3491 Contact Selden for replacement before your boat is sailed again. We provided our mast serial number
Winter electrical plans, looking for feedback luken7 at 7:29pm 01.03.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1792 We have a Beneteau 361 with a Yanmar 3GM30, 27hp engine with the stock Hitachi 60amp alternator. For
adding a second house battery therobesons at 5:43pm 01.03.12 Big Boats 7/4841 My boat has 1-4d house battery. There is a second one just sitting there and I would like to hook i
Flexable holding tank Jackdaw at 5:26pm 01.03.12 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 4/2150 Peggie, My new-to-me Beneteau First 260 comes factory equipped with a flexible (bladder) 10G hold
Where to get the small insturment lights therobesons at 5:18pm 01.03.12 Big Boats 4/1009 I have 4 gauges on my ships panels, ac amps and volts and the dc amps and volts. 2 of the bulbs are
General Rigging Question CPseudonym at 2:58pm 01.03.12 Ask All Sailors 9/2014 As a newby to sailing sifting through the information on this forum I've seen posters relate owner
Squirrels swimming? Trinkka at 2:35pm 01.03.12 Day Sailers 10/3512 Has anyone ever seen a squirrel swimming in the river or any body of water? A friend of mine who is
Tuning Jib Furling John1534 at 1:00pm 01.03.12 Ask All Sailors 6/1973 I am having a problems get the front edge of my 1995 Hood jib furling sail to line up right. The fro
Moving Boat with Sheared Shaft Strut tomgrigsby at 12:36pm 01.03.12 Ask All Sailors 18/3773 My 1979 H30 has a sheared shaft strut (sound of weeping here). It sheared off clean at the hull. T
Seepage from Waste Line Vented Loop... JoyRide28 at 11:56am 01.03.12 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/2662 Hi Peggy, et., al., Happy New Year. I have what I hope is a fairly simple question. I have noticed t

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Which Sealant to Use for Bedding Stanchion Scott B at 8:57am 08.10.22 The reason that everyone, including me, uses butyl tape (BedIt being a particularly good brand, but
Hunter 376 water inlet regulator sail sfbay at 8:55am 08.10.22 senang............good point. Just buy an inlet water regulator that has a built in check valve (the
How do I add a new turning block at base of mast? flightlead404 at 8:55am 08.10.22 ok I found some instructions buried on Selden site. Looks like I'm correct that torx screw and shaf
How do I add a new turning block at base of mast? Crazy Dave Condon at 8:53am 08.10.22 Selden is located in North Charleston, SC. Give them a call
Ultimate Solar/Davit System with 1340 watts, storage, floating dock, built in shower. Artey1 at 8:52am 08.10.22 Wow nice work!
How do I add a new turning block at base of mast? JoeWhite at 8:51am 08.10.22 Try to remove the one that is already installed without removing the pin. If you were not able to th
Fuel gauge sender kappykaplan at 8:50am 08.10.22 Fuel volume gauges are notoriously inaccurate :plus: Mark 1 Mod 0 eyeball is the best fuel gauge.
Fuel gauge sender jssailem at 8:49am 08.10.22 Dave. Fuel volume guages are notoriously inaccurate. For all the time I have been using a boat, the
2022 Harvest Moon Regatta - Crew Available Artey1 at 8:48am 08.10.22 Thanks Cap'n Jerry! I've been looking on the HMR website but it is a bit hard to find the forum. I t
Hunter 376 water inlet regulator senang at 8:46am 08.10.22 Do install a one way valve where the wall water enters the boat. When you are on a mooring you do n
Which Sealant to Use for Bedding Stanchion Parsons at 8:42am 08.10.22 The reason that everyone, including me, uses butyl tape (Bed-It being a particularly good brand, but
Fuel gauge sender sail sfbay at 8:37am 08.10.22 Welcome to the forum!! Is the sender ohm range paired with your gauge? If it is check the voltage
How do I add a new turning block at base of mast? kappykaplan at 8:26am 08.10.22 @flightlead404 , do you have any photos of this?
3/8" for everything? Including dock lines? Jacktar at 8:23am 08.10.22 3/8 nylon will work fine and fit on your boat cleats better, but be aware of how the dock cleats are
Which Sealant to Use for Bedding Stanchion dmax at 8:08am 08.10.22 Bed-it, you won't regret-it.
Does anyone know the RAL number for the white gelcoat, 2005 Hunter Legend 27 built in the UK sail sfbay at 7:47am 08.10.22 Suggest contacting Spectrum Welcome to Spectrum Color - The Worlds Leader in Specialty Gel Coat Prod
Yanmar 3GM excessive smoke on cold start Martin-Galini at 7:42am 08.10.22 My 2GM20F has started this year to smoke unburnt fuel during cold start. It did not do this last yea
Hot water tank use when at anchor Baby Sea Wolf at 7:40am 08.10.22 In our temperate climate, our hot water lasts 3 days with one of us taking a "navy" shower and me r
Universal M-12 running hot odaydokay at 7:39am 08.10.22 Interesting! When you overheated, did you find you cooked off or lost a bit of coolant?
Another quite AC question - Geothermal? (aquathermal) Tedd at 7:34am 08.10.22 Refrigeration isn't a specialty of mine but I'm doubtful about a truly passive system working very w

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