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Older solar intake vent. DStegs49 at 7:58am 08.12.25 Ask All Sailors 7/468 I don't even know who made or makes it (circa 1987). It is a single speed, single direction intake
Mariner 19 Vang vs Gnav Wood and Steel at 7:06am 08.12.25 Trailer Sailors 4/921 Hi all! I need to upgrade the vang on my Mariner 19, and I'm a little torn on which way to go. The M
Replacing injectors Scott T-Bird at 5:56am 08.12.25 Engines and Propulsion 14/1270 I have a Yanmar 3GM30F with completely unknown engine hours. The hour meter supposedly stopped work
B&G Auto pilot device not found SV Temenos at 4:07am 08.12.25 Ask All Sailors 8/653 Looking for some help with my B'G auto pilot. I tried to do a firmware update to my precision 9 com
AIS Questions boris2point0 at 4:40pm 08.11.25 Yamaha 5/693 Hey folks, I have discovered I have AIS unit, wondering if anything special needs to be done about
A new look at tides... rgranger at 12:58pm 08.11.25 Sails Call Lounge 2/541 I saw this Neil deGrasse Tyson video on tides... It does not change anything in a practicle way bu
HOOD FURLER CONTINUOUS LOOP MODEL 915 Rick.johnson at 11:39am 08.11.25 Ask All Sailors 3/348 Hi Guy I have a 40 ft hunter with a Hood Furler model 915 With a continuous loop 7/16" dia line
Mast base RolfSail at 11:02am 08.11.25 Smaller Boats 7/736 Heeeelp!! Was lowering my mast when the mast plate cracked and the mast came down. Need a new base.
Monday Moon Shots (2) jssailem at 8:44am 08.11.25 Sails Call Lounge 5/868 With all this talk of colonizing the Moon in the next 20 years, perhaps we should start to look at t
Electrical panel rebuild (4) fred1diver at 4:48pm 08.10.25 Ask All Sailors 15/810 Hello all Had a busy day on the boat today. mainly worked on making a new wall panel that includes
Lifting a Hunter 23.5 on straps HunterKid at 3:51pm 08.10.25 Smaller Boats 8/745 I am interested in lifting a Hunter 23.5 to replace the re-furnished centerboard. My question is, ho
Holding tank replacement fred1diver at 2:20pm 08.10.25 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/389 Hello everyone, we are thinking of replacing our vetus flexible holding tank to a rigid holding tank
Asymmetric for Hunter 28 twin keel petercra at 1:48pm 08.10.25 Destinations 1/887 Hi can anyone advise set up for a new asymmetric for a Hunter 28 and the sail size? My previous expe
Complete Novice Orientation Foswick at 11:31am 08.10.25 Ask All Sailors 23/1373 I have a few friends traveling up next month to crew for me. Amongst them, they have a combined expe
Free Sail Bag for 2009 Hunter 33 Headsail Robert Gall at 5:13am 08.10.25 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 0/1419 I discovered an old but unused sail bag for a headsail for a 2009 Hunter 33, which I sold a few year
Spars sandpiper10471 at 8:16pm 08.09.25 The Cherubini Hunters 3/402 What manufacturer built the masts and booms for the Hunter 30 (Cherubini)?
Some late winter (March) in Japan. garymalmgren at 5:06pm 08.09.25 Show Us Your Boat--Videos 3/1845 8SRoZWo37Vo
Invest 97L --> TS Erin --> Hurricane Erin (2) JamesG161 at 4:31pm 08.09.25 Weather and Forecasting 22/1827 This Tropical Wave just left Africa, in the right spot, to catch the Westerlies. August is the star
Replacing boom vang line (3) danoant at 1:36pm 08.09.25 Catalina 22 4/720 I ordered a replacement boom vang line from Catalina Direct. When I went to switch out, the current
Rub rail making noise mcconkd at 12:52pm 08.09.25 Big Boats 7/722 I have a 2011 Hunter 50 AC. Next to one of the cleats on the port side, it appears the rub rail may

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Can anyone ID this item on my 2000 Beneteau Oceanis 46.1? Tally Ho at 5:57am 12.24.25 Hmmmm.... it is only on the port side of the cockpit, and it doesn't seem to operate anything "as
Have you ever come across this AC appliance issue? dlochner at 5:57am 12.24.25 https://newboatbuilders.com/pages/electricity9.html About half way down the page under 'AC Applian
The Half-Witted Sailor dlochner at 4:08am 12.24.25 If one goes overboard with a tether they will drown. The point of jack lines and tethers is to keep
The Half-Witted Sailor higgs at 8:40pm 12.23.25 I've got over fifty years cruisng experience on Lakes Michigan and Ontario. Pulled into Fairhaven a
Interior leather replacement for 1997 Hunter P42 dlochner at 6:18pm 12.23.25 Try calling Customer Service here at SBO. They may know who made the original cushions. If they are
The Half-Witted Sailor dlochner at 6:15pm 12.23.25 More is learned from making mistakes then doing it right the first time. :biggrin: A few years ago
Self-tailing Winches Stu Jackson at 5:05pm 12.23.25 the ST winches are cool, for sure, I love 'em.. but don't expect your single handing world to drast
The Half-Witted Sailor dLj at 4:37pm 12.23.25 A friend of mine always said "Bad decisions make the best stories..." dj
The Half-Witted Sailor Tally Ho at 3:43pm 12.23.25
Interior leather replacement for 1997 Hunter P42 marcham at 3:31pm 12.23.25 There should be tags inside the covers if they are original, that would indicate the manufacturer an
Crack Epidemic at the Boatyard dLj at 2:44pm 12.23.25 Even basic welding is not something to be taken lightly. Too many would be metalworkers think that
Self-tailing Winches Joe at 2:33pm 12.23.25 My suggestion is to keep your eye on West Marine's yearly BOGO sale of Lewmar winches. That's half
Crack Epidemic at the Boatyard Muttondressedaslamb at 2:18pm 12.23.25 Back in the mid 70's I visited the Peoria (IL) Yacht Club in December. They are on the Illinois Ri
Crack Epidemic at the Boatyard Muttondressedaslamb at 2:15pm 12.23.25 Well, not exactly a no-no but it does have to be done right. There's a lot of research being done o
Crack Epidemic at the Boatyard (2) Muttondressedaslamb at 2:06pm 12.23.25 Your bilge will act like an ice cube tray. In 5o years of storing in cold weather I have never hea
Self-tailing Winches Tally Ho at 1:08pm 12.23.25
Can anyone ID this item on my 2000 Beneteau Oceanis 46.1? ChuckD13 at 12:55pm 12.23.25 Thanks for the suggestions.....I'll play detective and advise. Merry Christmas all!
Old roller furling on 40-year-old Mason 43. There is no documentation with the boat, and the bearings seam bad. Anyone know what brand it is? kosrae at 12:54pm 12.23.25 What does the upper swivel look like? I did not get a picture of it, but it looks similar to a Har
Can anyone ID this item on my 2000 Beneteau Oceanis 46.1? jssailem at 12:48pm 12.23.25 It looks like a Guard Top - single-function switch. Since it is located in proximity to the Winch, i
Can anyone ID this item on my 2000 Beneteau Oceanis 46.1? Davidasailor26 at 11:53am 12.23.25 There might be a circuit breaker for the winch that needs to be switched somewhere. I wonder if Bene

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