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Dodger mold stain Clydo at 8:36am 04.09.24 Catalina 310 3/465 Anyone have suggestion for good mold stain remover? Whole lotta products on the market. Guy that u
Farmer's Almanac report - Mid West and South Singing times 2. (1) jssailem at 7:38am 04.09.24 Weather and Forecasting 0/137
CS22 in the Thousand Islands DMD at 6:47am 04.09.24 Ask All Sailors 8/245 Have been looking at a number of CS22s that are for sale. I live on the St Lawrence. Havn't sailed f
Catalina 34 Interior Guystapo at 6:04am 04.09.24 Ask All Sailors 6/379 My interior looks good but needs a good wipe down ..what is a good product for this? Furniture polis
Pic of Hunter 23 Masthead for fitting main topping lift tim_brisbane at 8:19pm 04.08.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/315 Hi all! Looking at fitting a topping lift to my hunter 23. It lives at a marina a long way from my h
Easiest way to obtain fuel sample from bottom of tank on a Catalina 310? Monheganlover at 4:18pm 04.08.24 Catalina 310 10/652 As part of spring commissioning, I want to extract 1 cup of diesel from the bottom of my tank to che
Hunter 216 to buy? AlwaysSailing at 1:59pm 04.08.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/356 Hi all, I joined this forum as I am considering picking up a Hunter 216. They come and go for sale
Lofrans Tigres Horizontal Windlass dLj at 9:40am 04.08.24 Ask All Sailors 9/471 I'm going to have to rebuild my windlass, the Lofrans Tigres. It apparently has a "safety feature" w
Has anyone used the self adhesive shims to cure stanchion wobble? AndyL at 7:46am 04.08.24 Big Boats 12/729 Hi, This question is re: 2004 Hunter 36 The Hunter store sells small strips of self adhesive SS to
Bilge water smells like gas (1) Bluebonnet87 at 4:09am 04.08.24 Smaller Boats 6/470 Hi all, I'm in process of siphoning out some water in the bilge of this 26.5 i just pruchased. Im j
Refrigerator thermostat wiring (2) danm1 at 5:46pm 04.07.24 Big Boats 7/699 I have the top loading Adler Barbour freezer and adjacent fridge on my Hunter 356. The freezer therm
Monoceros thru-hulls monocerosin at 4:59pm 04.07.24 The Cherubini Hunters 11/508 Hello again 37c group! Got some thru-hull questions in video form qaYsRSZ3CSQ
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: Ted10028 at 3:22pm 04.07.24 Ask All Sailors 85/2902 Had a minor disaster the other day; now thinking this is best approach. Please let me know what you
Disassemble Older Morse Shifter (1) Jackfmcc at 1:27pm 04.07.24 Ask All Sailors 5/305 Anyone know how to disassemble this old Morse shifter? I need to relocate it to a different spot in
ghost striping / lettering residue domer94 at 10:34am 04.07.24 Ask All Sailors 7/244 i removed old decals / name etc with combo of eraser wheel and heat gun. seems there is still some
Programing mppt controller NYSail at 5:08am 04.07.24 Ask All Sailors 2/161 Basic electrical question. So just bought a Victron MPPT 100/50 smartsolar controller to replace my
Do I need a grounding plate? JohnBisMe at 11:57pm 04.06.24 Ask All Sailors 4/424 I am a relatively new sailor (A few years with Hobie Cats), and have stepped up to a Mirage 5.5, a s
Favorite roller for hard ablative? Drinky Crow at 7:33pm 04.06.24 Ask All Sailors 5/212 Lots of btchin' about volatile nature of the new CSC formulations tearing apart rollers anyone got*
Mast for plastic Walker Bay 10 (4) FTPartridge at 6:56pm 04.06.24 Parts Search 4/597 As part of liquidating my late parents' estate, I sold the Walker Bay 10 (plastic model) on craigsli
Yanmar 3JH2-TBE with apparently a 4JH heat exchanger core. (3) geoffschultz at 1:47pm 04.06.24 Ask All Sailors 1/180 This is related to Yet another Yanmar overheating issue, but is slightly different. I'm at anchor i

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Wiring for a 3 wire bilge with built in float, from a 4 wire bilge pump with separate float switch Caboteur at 1:04pm 07.09.24
What are these tracks used for? jssailem at 12:55pm 07.09.24 term block for a sailboat pulley :clap: I think it is just word conservation in action. :laugh:
Best non toxic anti-fouling for PNW? jssailem at 12:52pm 07.09.24 when it come to anti fouling paint, "non-toxic" means "non-effective". And that is ok if you are h
Installing a EV-100 Cable question jssailem at 12:49pm 07.09.24 Like the Rain in Spain. By Jove you got it. :biggrin:
FEEDBACK - Thoughts on refinishing sole on 1997 Beneteau jpeac2 at 11:48am 07.09.24 Thanks for the responses! Actually almost all of the boards come out fairly easily. There may be 1
FEEDBACK - Thoughts on refinishing sole on 1997 Beneteau FastOlson at 11:39am 07.09.24 Have I talked you into removing the sole yet? Been there, done that. Please do let him talk you in
Stuck seacock question FastOlson at 11:36am 07.09.24 Unfortunately, we do not know the age of the seacock as it is a new to us boat. Unless there is so
lost password Don Crowther at 11:23am 07.09.24 Thanks forgot password is good on web but not on app
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Impellers - aftermarket or OEM? jviss at 10:53am 07.09.24 Reading the Westbeke engine manual, in the winterizing section, they say to remove the impeller for
Blown exhaust not enough I guess odaydokay at 10:39am 07.09.24 That's sort of what I thought but there it is going up river running 15 degrees hotter, right at nor
CITRISTRIP to strip varnish? (1) Jim Legere at 10:38am 07.09.24 It does work well. You have keep the heat moving , just ahead of the putty knife. Flats are easy; on
Impellers - aftermarket or OEM? odaydokay at 10:36am 07.09.24 Now you got me wondering too, so I went to the Oberdorfer fact sheet I had from when I bought it to
Impellers - aftermarket or OEM? jviss at 10:21am 07.09.24 When you pull the cover off just to inspect, does this not tear/beat up the flimsy paper gasket or
Impellers - aftermarket or OEM? odaydokay at 10:18am 07.09.24 I used to change impellers every year. I stopped doing that several years ago, as I noted that the
lost password jviss at 9:53am 07.09.24 https://forums.sailboatowners.com/lost-password
electric windlass jviss at 9:16am 07.09.24 Very, very few pros with a dedicated battery up close to the windlass. Oh, really? I'd like to he
electric windlass Ralph Johnstone at 9:03am 07.09.24 As with most boat decisions, the dedicated windlass battery has pros and cons. Very, very few pro
electric windlass jviss at 8:50am 07.09.24 The system is wired with a relay, so that the windlass will not operate unless the engine is runnin
electric windlass (1) SoSound at 7:56am 07.09.24 Our 2014 Beneteau 34 has a factory installed windlass which has a vertical gypsy, and is wired to us

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