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Replacement compass for 1998 Hunter 28 UAT98 at 12:33pm 05.09.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/668 Hey Sailors! Has anyone found an easy drop in replacement for the Ritchie Powerdamp compass on the
Mistake made when installing lines aft (fortunately it was an easy fix) (2) brockangelo at 11:58am 05.09.22 Catalina 22 12/1058 Finally had a sunny weekend and had the chance to get the deck organizers and cam cleats installed i
Davits fnijs at 11:09am 05.09.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/2025 Have any of you installed a dinghy davits system on a Beneteau 321?
Shroud and stay tension - H240 chriscampbell at 10:46am 05.09.22 Smaller Boats 5/744 I know this has been discussed many times, and I did search and read first. Wasn't finding exactly w
Beneteau 331 rear swim platform teak insert CABixler at 9:45am 05.09.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/1415 Greetings been a while. Great group. My swim platform teak inset in my 2002 B331 has been loose for
Looking for spreader for O'Day 15' (older version) (1) vrcornish at 7:56am 05.09.22 Ask An Oday Owner 6/762 I just bought an old O'Day 15 but could only find one spreader. Anybody know where I can find one? C
Irwin 28 Fuel Tank Location Plymouth Sailor at 7:47am 05.09.22 Ask All Sailors 4/501 Just bought a 28 1972, the fuel tank was remove and placed in cockpit previous to my ownership. Does
First there was Marinco then SmartPlug and now VoltSafe??? I'm not totally convinced Hello Below at 7:35pm 05.08.22 Ask All Sailors 20/1950 I was watching a Webcast put on by a local cruising guide, Waggoner, and they made mention of a new
Has anyone purchased from Boatersland.com? skunther at 6:01pm 05.08.22 Ask All Sailors 11/3626 I'm considering updating my outdated, unsupported and (partially) broken X5 Raymarine autopilot setu
Catalina 27.5 tom steele at 4:13pm 05.08.22 Ask All Sailors 2/368 Moving up from Rhodes 22, I want to daysail on Lake Michigan. I want to trailer my boat home off se
Pressure Cap for H33.5 with a Yanmar 3GM30 diesel (2) Fred at 11:02am 05.08.22 Mid-Size Boats 8/1134 The coolant pressure cap gasket is broken on my H33.5. I noticed that the Yanmar replacement is fair
Loose shrouds? El Pinguino at 9:39am 05.08.22 Ask An Oday Owner 17/2828 What should be the tension of the shrouds? Mine are quite loose and the mast is banging when the boa
There is water under the bed... El Pinguino at 9:38am 05.08.22 Ask An Oday Owner 2/790 Water is coming out in the well at the base of the compression post. The level is stable just moving
Deck Fill Cap - lanyards/chains (1) sunlover at 8:54am 05.08.22 Ask All Sailors 43/3695 The previous owner snapped every one of the chains that keeps the filler caps from disappearing. E
Hunter 376 inverter charger jcrews63 at 8:15am 05.08.22 Big Boats 3/1184 Hi Folks. Hoping some one could guide me a bit. My boats a 97 hunter 376 and I've replaced the house
how to take down mast for trailering gypsywind1980 at 4:24am 05.08.22 Ask All Sailors 7/1717 i have a hunter 27 1980 wanting to take down mast for traveling how do i take it down does this mast
Sea Strainer Location CaptainRan at 11:56pm 05.07.22 Engines and Propulsion 4/744 My Endeavor 37 with a perkins 4108 has a sea strainer located low, near the aft of the engine, diffi
Frustrating latches on C315 (1) stephen_i_w at 7:38pm 05.07.22 Catalina 310 2/1065 These latches on various storage areas of my C315 are difficult to latch, I have to push the button
Rescue off New Jersey coast on Friday evening Scott T-Bird at 2:51pm 05.07.22 Ask All Sailors 10/1169 https://www.app.com/story/news/local/emergencies/2022/05/07/coast-guard-rescues-2-overturned-sailboa
Beneteau 343 Wire Rigging Specs? kellyr073 at 12:40pm 05.07.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/2177 Hi, new to the forum. Just purchased a 2005 343, and the mast was stepped recently. Would like the

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Looking to replicate this transmission cable bracket. (1) garymalmgren at 5:47pm 02.05.25 Hi CSTim A nice little project. You don't need that steel fitting if you make the whole thing up fro
Alignment after engine mount replacement jssailem at 5:43pm 02.05.25 I suspect it is the PSS spring forcing the shaft towards the transmission coupling. If you can relea
Alignment after engine mount replacement dLj at 5:34pm 02.05.25 I am replacing my Yanmar 4JH2E motor mounts and have a question. I have taken all the bolts/nuts o
Mast Base Pitting & Structural? redtrianglecoast at 4:58pm 02.05.25 Hello, I suspect my instincts are correct that this is a serious issue. I have a Pearson 303, and m
Through-Hull Fittings JoeWhite at 4:15pm 02.05.25 If that was my boat I would put it on the hard as soon as possible and remove it and replace it. Thi
Easy solution for Catalina 310 companionway crib boards max_sailing at 2:57pm 02.05.25 Even better in some ways because the hatch boards have four or five teak sections that potentially
Through-Hull Fittings Don S/V ILLusion at 2:55pm 02.05.25 Whoever installed that valve must own a caulking business. There should be none visible if done prop
Raymarine Auto Pilot Rich Stidger at 2:46pm 02.05.25 @Thinksnow , Exactly how is the rudder transducer being damaged? Is is physically broken or electri
GPS Antenna Quandary (2) nhodgson at 2:33pm 02.05.25 ....I'd probably need to disconnect the RS120 too wouldn't I? Unless it takes whatever gps data it
GPS Antenna Quandary (1) nhodgson at 2:30pm 02.05.25 From the original question see below in red_ish. I think I may have to replace the RS120 GPS anten
Raymarine Auto Pilot Thinksnow at 1:21pm 02.05.25 Regardless, the rudder should have hard stops, and the transducer should not be damaged when the ru
Through-Hull Fittings (1) Ran-Dee9229 at 11:23am 02.05.25 Here is a photo of the valve that I cannot close.
Through-Hull Fittings (2) Ran-Dee9229 at 11:17am 02.05.25 My head discharge valve opens and closes fine. My sea water intake for the head works as well. Here
Runaway diesel twodzusfittings at 11:02am 02.05.25 Is this thread still attracting traffic......... https://images.app.goo.gl/CARe7zE2EBUN9WTF8
Easy solution for Catalina 310 companionway crib boards DArcy at 9:34am 02.05.25 My previous boat had acrylic (Plexiglass) hatch boards. I liked the look, they were smoked grey so h
1987 Hunter Legend 37 Marmalade at 9:03am 02.05.25 Disclaimer - I haven't gone down to the boat to measure... but based on some scaling that I have rea
Runaway diesel Leeward Rail at 8:34am 02.05.25 That video is more like a 300 or 400 horsepower engine and intentionally held to high rev's Try 2,
Runaway diesel dLj at 8:04am 02.05.25 You may be confusing scalar and vector quantities. RPM is scalar - it has no direction. When it i
Easy solution for Catalina 310 companionway crib boards (1) BC Bernie at 7:29am 02.05.25 Entertaining idea. That is enough to hold back the ocean waves from getting to your inner sanctum?
Motorhome Mariners jssailem at 7:22am 02.05.25 no place where ignorance and stupidity are as starkly and immediately evident as on the water. How

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