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Sliding Table Up and Down in Saloon duck21 at 2:24pm 06.26.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/600 A question for folks who regularly use their main saloon table as a berth... Our table slides up an
1975 Cat 22 Chainplate Location C_Level at 1:04pm 06.26.22 Catalina 22 12/1638 Hello All, So I am in the second year of a restore on 1975 and I am preparing to paint the deck.
Not sailing but I thought interesting with Independence Day approaching Mikem at 12:48pm 06.26.22 Ask All Sailors 11/1033 Conversations with a 101 year old Army Air Corps Pilot shot down in China in WW2. Joe is a smallish
Self Tacking Jib Tim Mills at 12:13pm 06.26.22 Big Boats 8/2118 So I do a fair amount of solo sailing or sailing with passengers who would rather not work the sheet
Navionics missing Active Captain info sesmith at 12:04pm 06.26.22 Ask All Sailors 3/1173 The latest update to Navionics (mobile) seems to be lacking Active Captain notes. You can still fin
Oday 19 centerboard help itscalvin at 11:26am 06.26.22 Ask An Oday Owner 9/2420 Hey all, I have an Oday 19 that didn't come with a centerboard. Owner claimed it did, but I never f
USCG Documentation Renewal Trap (1) Rich Stidger at 8:54am 06.26.22 Ask All Sailors 10/998 I know that there are a number of CG renewal services out there, but I received a very official look
Catalina 22' MK II Bilge Delamination Stringer leak (2) lostsailor at 8:51am 06.26.22 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1418 I had some delamination in my bilge (at the lowest point next to bulk head) so chipped away the bad
Water pump on a 2002 Beneteau 331 arthur.goldberg at 7:32am 06.26.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 13/2195 Hello Beneteau Owner I recently bought a 2002 Beneteau 331. Her fresh water pump is a SHURflo 3901-
Looking at a 1987 MacGregor 26D Kenflyet at 7:01am 06.26.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/2565 Hello all.....I have been studying and researching the Macgregor 26 sailboats primarily because I bo
Hunter 376 Anchor Rode to Locker Routing duck21 at 6:38am 06.26.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/823 Hi, This is a question for folks (probably 376 owners) who have modified the anchor rode drop from
Good places in BC to buy Catalina Mast? henry.edward.ca at 6:29am 06.26.22 Parts Search 5/1521 Around the BC area looking for a Catalina mast. henry.edward@hotmail.ca
Hypalon vs pvc gettinthere at 3:53am 06.26.22 Ask All Sailors 5/1268 I need a new rib. Everything I read says pvc is bad BECAUSE of UV degradation. So why not install a
Invest 94L --> PTC Two --> TS Bonnie-? (2) JamesG161 at 3:17am 06.26.22 Weather and Forecasting 8/1697 This tropical LOW Pressure began in Mid Atlantic. models or TABx were graded best prediction in 20
Rudder kicks up while sailing (Catalina 250) (2) sebastko at 1:33am 06.26.22 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/620 EDIT: apologies, I just installed the rudder locking handle incorrectly... feel free to disregard th
Hunter 26.5 owners Soonersailor at 11:09pm 06.25.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/367 How is your main marked? Is it H265 or is it H26? My boat is the 26.5. The sail is marked H26. My sa
Hunter 26.5 owners. Soonersailor at 11:02pm 06.25.22 Ask All Sailors 2/455 My boat is a Hunter 26.5. My main appears to be 12 to 18" short of the top of the mast. The sail is
Help needed with Magnum inverter problem robertcropdust at 7:50pm 06.25.22 Ask All Sailors 3/410 We just purchased a used boat with a magnum ms2000 inverter/charger. When the boat was removed from
Onan 5 KW salt water exhaust manifold needed WileyDave at 1:32pm 06.25.22 Parts Search 0/435 Hi, I need a Onan 5 KW salt water exhaust manifold....not the mixing elbow. Mine is rusting through
Island Packet 32 waste Hose (1) Jim 5757 at 12:19pm 06.25.22 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/625 206657We're planning to replace the head hoses ' holding tank on our IP32."Ellis Island" this fall.

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Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? (2) Ralph Johnstone at 10:33am 02.16.25 The amount of misinformation that exists is amazing... How very, very, true. And it seems to be
260 Hull Repairs Crazy Dave Condon at 10:05am 02.16.25 No mention of the water tank lid seal is intact nor the swing keel centerboard and centerboard housi
Dink to the Deck? Perils of Reboarding (1) Kings Gambit at 9:12am 02.16.25 Just found this Yaemarine product at a company, Desertcart, in Oman. Appears a viable option; $190.
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? colemj at 8:42am 02.16.25 I'm ranting at the typical response of the marine world that never wants to actually look at why th
Best adhesive for joining two pieces of marine grade plywood together to make a rudder PaulK at 8:35am 02.16.25 You are planning to wrap the finished rudder in fiberglass, yes? Screws will be redundant extra weig
Dink to the Deck? Perils of Reboarding (1) Kings Gambit at 7:35am 02.16.25 Might it help and be worth it to invest in a folding wheel? Or set it up for quick disconnect and r
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? dLj at 7:19am 02.16.25 Beneteau states it is a duplex brass. DZR is one type of duplex brass, and I think most assume the
Illinois Sailing catsails8 at 7:17am 02.16.25 I was hoping to head to the yard on Sunday but the temps are going to plummet! I miss the heated in
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? jbmia at 6:59am 02.16.25 Curious why the backing plate with the collar? Is the hull too thin there for the minimum thicknes
Electrolysis in Small Block Yanmar Engines Will Gilmore at 5:41am 02.16.25 Sailboat Owners' Guide to Corrosion Here's a link to a thread about corrosion, particularly galvanic
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? colemj at 4:33am 02.16.25 TruDesign with collar and 1/2" G10 back plates (see pics) Curious why the backing plate with th
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? colemj at 4:29am 02.16.25 But I'm still stuck with the question as to what brass alloy did they use back then? Was it DZR? Or
Gelcoat repairs or paint colemj at 4:17am 02.16.25 Whichever you choose, the prep is going to be the same - all of that checking and peeling gelcoat wi
Diversion of CG funds PaulK at 5:52pm 02.15.25 Wait until they halt payments on the electric bills and all the lighthouses go out !
Boat ID - Yacht Brokers Inc? dLj at 5:04pm 02.15.25 An importer would explain a lot! It's odd that the dates the company was in business doesn't match
Boat ID - Yacht Brokers Inc? Project_Mayhem at 4:35pm 02.15.25 Are you talking about the compression block that is in the bilge or the wood in the deck under the
Tank monitor panel fix and backlight Believe H46 at 4:28pm 02.15.25 Also, the worn out dimple arrow buttons can just be stickered over as shown. Got those on amazon.
Tank monitor panel fix and backlight Believe H46 at 4:26pm 02.15.25 This was on a hunter 46le
Electrolysis in Small Block Yanmar Engines Clutch Cargo at 2:46pm 02.15.25 Thanks for posting this. What you have experienced is (IMHO) galvanic corrosion in which two dissim
Re-routing Mainsheet H27 (3) jssailem at 2:35pm 02.15.25 Hi. Is this what your rig looks like? reach the mainsheet for solo sailing? Th hunter manual shows

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