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Water heater blows feed line off. wyctoronto at 12:14pm 06.25.22 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/975 Boat is a Hunter 44. Help, I have tried Whale fitting onto the input nipple, and after it blew off I
Window saga continues (1) Juice6576 at 10:33am 06.25.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/839 Well, here we go again. Arrived at boat today. Opened blinds and found our cabin port split in two.
Main Halyard for Catalina 315 Bill Russell at 8:37am 06.25.22 Catalina 310 8/1350 I'm considering replacing the main halyard on my 2013 315. The current one seems to stretch unaccep
nmea / electronics upgrade advice! adamv at 8:17am 06.25.22 Ask All Sailors 4/742 Hi, bought a '84 sailboat recently. It has a mixture of electronic equipment from different eras (se
Cordless power tools: best for boat? patagoniadave at 7:36am 06.25.22 Ask All Sailors 28/3534 I am going to go buy a cordless hand drill later today or tomorrow. Brands often group them with oth
"Powersport" and Lawn and Garden Tractor Batteries as Starting Batteries jviss at 7:03am 06.25.22 Ask All Sailors 10/1054 Greetings, I brought up this topic a few years ago, and I'm considering it again, for my "new" boat
Seeking maintenance advice with a few issues on a Hunter 25-2 (4) Kaysirin at 1:23am 06.25.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/19 Greetings friends! :beer: I am seeking advice on a few issues with a 2007 Hunter 25 I recently purc
Seeking maintenance advice with a few issues on a Hunter 25-2 (4) Kaysirin at 1:15am 06.25.22 Ask All Sailors 5/838 Greetings friends! :beer: I am seeking advice on a few issues with a 2007 Hunter 25 I recently purc
Balmar SG2000 Failure to connect MikeHoncho at 8:18pm 06.24.22 Ask All Sailors 14/2483 Everything worked well for over a year then I updated the system per the instructions. Now I normall
H34 mid ship cleats location DeniseO30 at 4:48pm 06.24.22 Big Boats 27/3267 I had oh duh! Moment today I realized there is space behind the upper hull liner above the shelf so
Anyone have this drawer fridge? (1) jaysweet at 2:54pm 06.24.22 Ask All Sailors 30/3373 I'm toying with the idea of putting one of these drawer refrigerators underneath our stove, where th
Piling Extensions Simon Sexton at 11:38am 06.24.22 Ask All Sailors 6/1821 Howdy Folks, Good morning, and greetings from Galveston, TX! So, it seems I've moved my bo
37.5 Anchor locker Latch bar svblackcloud at 5:35am 06.24.22 Parts Search 6/809 I'm looking for at least a close up photo of the slide bar that locks the hatch closed. I have the b
Battery for Tank Watch SDcondogirl at 1:48pm 06.23.22 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 4/651
Alberg Daystar 22' rgranger at 11:12am 06.23.22 Trailer Sailors 7/1700 Has anyone here ever sailed one of these? https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/alberg-22 There is one
Need a boat for my sail! Baydog at 9:49am 06.23.22 Ask All Sailors 21/1565 Hey everyone, I found an old sail and mast in the garage that belonged to my father. I haven't saile
Thetford / Tecma Comfort Mate waste valve (joker) replacement Mad Sweeney at 7:37am 06.23.22 Ask All Sailors 5/1281
little egg inlet nj Dil at 6:50am 06.23.22 Destinations 7/2370 anyone have any experience with this inlet this year? is it navigatable on a nice day or avoid it al
Brass fittings and sea water..... NYSail at 11:06pm 06.22.22 Ask All Sailors 7/1427
Emerald Bay, Catalina Island Northwest Coast (3) Kings Gambit at 9:59pm 06.22.22 Destinations 9/1913 Been laying here at anchor since Sunday in 45-50 ft, at top-most anchor icon SE of Indian Rock. Firs

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Funds stripped for ICE Don S/V ILLusion at 12:57pm 02.15.25 There is more/less to the story missing here. The CG Auxiliary is not publically funded to my knowle
Oday 35 Main Halyard chaffing (2) eherlihy at 11:41am 02.15.25 Another Pic of an O'day 35 Mast Head with the cover removed; Red with white tracer halyard is the
That 42 year old Atomic 4 . . . Leeward Rail at 11:26am 02.15.25 As mentioned earlier, make sure the blower works well. Yup. its easy enough to buy a $100 alarm i
Funds stripped for ICE Rich Stidger at 11:12am 02.15.25 Yesterday USCG Auxiliary cancelled all travel and expense from Coast Guard to refill empty accounts
Hunter 27 Cockpit Instrument Access DHembree at 9:09am 02.15.25 blowboat2001, thanks for the reply. I was able to lay face-up in the looker and see the back of the
Gelcoat repairs or paint jssailem at 8:23am 02.15.25 Gelcoat is an optimal method. You can not have gelcoat and paint. It is one or the other. Gelcoat wi
Keeping warm for winter boat work jssailem at 8:13am 02.15.25 Why do they paint the boats white? Is it winter camouflage?
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? dLj at 8:11am 02.15.25 Interesting - good to know. But I'm still stuck with the question as to what brass alloy did they
Keeping warm for winter boat work (1) ShawnL at 8:08am 02.15.25 From someone who lives in the cold -- the oil filled heaters are nice, but you need to leave them on
Safety Tether jssailem at 8:07am 02.15.25 If the weather is on, going forward to fix an issue, often times the best is to crawl. Moving along
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? (10) jbmia at 7:30am 02.15.25 To the OP and others in a similar situation who may come along later, I'm not here to debate anyone
Safety Tether WayneH at 7:28am 02.15.25 My reaction to going forward on a smaller boat like my 27 footer or even your 22........ is to CRAW
Gelcoat repairs or paint shemandr at 7:06am 02.15.25 The only pic that I see something repairable is 1311. Even that is most likely not into laminate an
Safety Tether Joe at 6:50am 02.15.25 My reaction to going forward on a smaller boat like my 27 footer or even your 22........ is to CRAWL
Oday 35 Main Halyard chaffing dlochner at 5:13am 02.15.25 Does the sheave at the masthead rotate freely? Older boats often used aluminum sheaves on a SS bolt.
260 Hull Repairs dlochner at 5:08am 02.15.25 The cost of this repair is in the labor. Lots of sanding and grinding to do. Probably a few areas ne
Boat ID - Yacht Brokers Inc? Will Gilmore at 4:21am 02.15.25 The pictures don't give a lot away, the clipper bow makes me think of a Fiji Ketch. How long is she
Exhaust water flow Tally Ho at 6:39pm 02.14.25 My Hunter 280 also had the exhaust exit below the waterline. I could hear a difference in the tone
Exhaust water flow (1) Ralph Johnstone at 2:24pm 02.14.25 Was the 40 designed to have the engine exhaust below the WL.? No rhyme Nor reason. Some did, som
Boat ID - Yacht Brokers Inc? (1) dLj at 2:11pm 02.14.25 According to the Coast Guard identification it's a Puerto Rica importer: of the boat in the photos

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