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Catalina 315 Fuel Gauge Skipper John at 6:05pm 04.22.22 Catalina 310 6/1365 Greetings, sailors! On our six-week old 315, the fuel gauge is not well calibrated and I wonder if
Hunter 280 steering wheel mainsheet Crusty Ol Salt at 5:22pm 04.22.22 Mid-Size Boats 1/601 Looking for a little information tonight. Specifically the length and size of the steering wheel m
Docking with a loop Tally Ho at 4:58pm 04.22.22 Ask All Sailors 23/4232 There was a recent thread talking about docking methods, and I commented on my loop method of dockin
Replacement LED lights mikeracca at 3:58pm 04.22.22 Ask All Sailors 4/656
Have You Ever Wondered What Your Rudder Looked Like On Your 40.5 (9) MetricMountie at 2:51pm 04.22.22 Big Boats 4/846 Last season (2021) just prior to the boat going in the water the yard found some play in my lower ru
Catalina 22 Portable 120V AC John Marrone at 1:31pm 04.22.22 Catalina 22 3/623 Starting to get hot here in Florida. Plan to dock locally (Caladesi Island Marina) and looking for s
Needing a new motor for my Catalina 22 Jay Farbman at 1:20pm 04.22.22 Catalina 22 8/1723 I have had a 2 stroke... and old 4 stroke and currently a Lehr Propane. (Can't find anyone who work
Wooden interior steps (2) jrisenmay at 11:32am 04.22.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/913 I am looking to upgrade my regular fiberglass interior steps to the wooden ones that were on some mo
Elusive Leak in the Anchor Lockers of 1995 and Later Hunters Ralph Johnstone at 11:07am 04.22.22 Ask All Sailors 29/3085 For 24 years I have searched for a small leak which originates in the anchor locker of my 1998 H-310
Victron Super Cycle AGMs - anyone own them and/or can comment? tfox2069 at 10:38am 04.22.22 Ask All Sailors 4/748 Considering replacing my current failing batteries with these. Specifically the 125ah model. Found
Stansions for 1987 Hunter 28.5 wgshaw at 7:55am 04.22.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/473 Does anyone know where I can buy a new, or used, stansion for a 1987 Hunter 28.5? Billy in Nova Sco
Legend 41 Forward Heads Hatch KeokiV at 6:11am 04.22.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/639 Hi Team, I am looking to replace the forward heads hatch. Does anyone know what the cutout size of
Update on Defender dlochner at 5:02am 04.22.22 Sails Call Lounge 5/789 Saw this article about the sale of Defender in February. https://www.soundingsonline.com/news/clic
replace starter/glowplug key switch (1) eberns at 9:16pm 04.21.22 Mid-Size Boats 3/930 need to replace starter/glowplug key switch switch on 2003 Catalina MkII28. The switch is part of a
Diesel tank cleaning advise needed (1) mikeracca at 8:21pm 04.21.22 Ask All Sailors 23/3924 Hey guys! Ok got my tank drained and as I expected the 15 year old fuel was growing a science proje
Raymarine Wheel drive autopilot on Hunter boat- to upgrade? (5) capt.amory at 4:07pm 04.21.22 Ask All Sailors 69/6971 Ah Raymarine Wheel Autopilot, where do I even begin....crying:huh: I need the advice of other sailo
Swim platform for my 26S (2) stickinthemud57 at 2:18pm 04.21.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1214 I took advantage of a day off to do a shakedown installation of the swim platform I made for my 26S
Navigation Mnemonics jmce1587 at 2:15pm 04.21.22 Ask All Sailors 1/675 Courtesy of BOAT/US https://www.boatus.com/expert-advice/expert-advice-archive/2022/april/navigatio
Folding 3 blade prop DanMaine at 10:26am 04.21.22 Ask All Sailors 9/965 I'm considering getting a folding 3 blade prop for my boat, a Hunter C37 with a 30 hp motor, 1" shaf
Yanmar 2GM20F rear main seal Ken13559 at 7:32am 04.21.22 Engines and Propulsion 5/2088 I'm planning for changing of a leaking Rear Main Oil Seal p/n: 124085-02220 for my 2GM20F. Has anyon

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1993 Catalina 30 water heater replacements? jssailem at 7:25am 11.24.24 there are some creative LP on demand hot water heaters for RV's, why not boats? I take a SWAG at t
1993 Catalina 30 water heater replacements? TimFromLI at 7:02am 11.24.24 This thread has drifted way from the OP's original post. All great ideas but if anyone knows of a sa
Winterizing the Air Conditioner - 2005 Beneteau 323 (1) Davidasailor26 at 5:53am 11.24.24 I use an aquarium pump to push AF through while the AC pump itself pulls. hat gets pulled through.
O'day 240 cracks in cockpit seats, general pre-buy shemandr at 5:10am 11.24.24 One difference between sailboats and power boats is the rigging. There can be a fair amount of expe
Winterizing the Air Conditioner - 2005 Beneteau 323 NYSail at 5:00am 11.24.24 I blow my air conditioner lines out using a compressor. I do it from the outside and watch as the wa
Loos gage for multiple wire sizes NYSail at 4:55am 11.24.24 The gauges are sized such that every boat requires at least two models to tension the rig.:mad: Fo
O'day 240 cracks in cockpit seats, general pre-buy dlochner at 3:07am 11.24.24 Cracks like the ones in the photo are pretty common in older boats. There are a few reasons, most of
Loos gage for multiple wire sizes Justin_NSA at 9:24pm 11.23.24 I have 2 gauges, no big deal. Same here. Won't break the bank!
Heavy weather sailing CapitalistSailor at 8:44pm 11.23.24 I have been practicing heaving to on my Beneteau 311 on and off over the last few years. In higher w
1993 Catalina 30 water heater replacements? dLj at 7:54pm 11.23.24 OK, so sometimes I can be a little dense... You have both run heating throughout your boats by pipin
companion way overhead hatch Hayden Watson at 7:26pm 11.23.24
Winterizing the Air Conditioner - 2005 Beneteau 323 Don S/V ILLusion at 7:20pm 11.23.24 https://www.westmarine.com/west-advisor/Winterizing-Marine-Air-Conditioning.html the only comment I
1993 Catalina 30 water heater replacements? (7) Hayden Watson at 6:42pm 11.23.24 I built a hydronic system into my 1988 C30 Mk2 back in 2017 and it has performed fantastically. Min
Merit 22 owners (1) Hedgeman at 6:37pm 11.23.24 I put a screw out deck plate in that position, forward of the keel, in my Merit 22 for inspection. T
Oceanis 473, 2005 standing rigging NYSail at 4:40pm 11.23.24 my owners manual for my 423 has all the specs for the rigging.... Blue 3 ring binder. there is a 473
Best way to get a clean cut on a wire reinforced hose? danooxnard at 3:34pm 11.23.24 the ones I have are like these made by Tyler https://e-rigging.com/products/wire-rope-cable-hand-cut
O'day 240 cracks in cockpit seats, general pre-buy Don S/V ILLusion at 3:15pm 11.23.24
Extra hose clamps - good idea dlochner at 2:02pm 11.23.24 I hear that a lot. In fact, with a little Google foo I can nearly always find a copy of what I want
1993 Catalina 30 water heater replacements? (2) dlochner at 1:57pm 11.23.24 @dlochner Looking over your schematic, I have a several questions. Are you heating your boat by tr
companion way overhead hatch dLj at 1:09pm 11.23.24

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