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Specs or source for Catalina 30 cabin top wood trim (eyebrows)? Swordfish72 at 5:18am 06.08.22 Catalina 30 6/1942 My Catalina 30 is missing the wood trim pieces for the cabin top (some folks call eyebrows). The scr
Buff buff buff (1) SailingLoto at 4:52am 06.08.22 Ask All Sailors 11/961 Once you start, you can't stop... Pretty happy with my test spot. 12.5% done!
Wire Size rlongfield at 9:14pm 06.07.22 Catalina 22 61/6673 What gauge of wire should I be looking at? And what is the preferred connection method? My wiring ex
Removing jib car track on Catalina 22 Proj1423 at 7:43pm 06.07.22 Trailer Sailors 6/1484 New sailor. Been getting water in the bilge when it rains and tracked it to three constant tracks o
Question about boat speed under power (Tartan 31 zmarks at 7:34pm 06.07.22 Ask All Sailors 23/3075 I am a new owner of a 1989 Tartan 31 Sirena in Jersey City, NJ. I am seeing a maximum speed of 4.1 k
Water leak from my keel joint Lusitano at 7:09pm 06.07.22 Ask All Sailors 4/614 Hi, has anyone dealt with this keel leak problem on a 1984 hunter 34? I really want to take the kee
Yanmar 2qm20 wet exhaust pipe (1) Kingjus at 6:05pm 06.07.22 Engines and Propulsion 7/1521 Has anyone engineered or found a cheep replacement for the hose that comes off the mixing elbow part
Cracking around inside fixed portlight (1) Walsh0575 at 6:02pm 06.07.22 Ask All Sailors 4/641 I recently acquired my first boat (Express 35 Goman/Killing 1987) and have been spending lots of tim
Replacement Bulb for Steaming Light (1) dkinzer at 5:10pm 06.07.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1508 I need to find a replacement bulb for the steaming light of our 41DS. The bulb (image attached) has
2" ( 51mm ) Odor Resistant Sanitation Hose, 2" Y connector (1) Jeff-Masala at 1:48pm 06.07.22 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/464 I have a European built boat that uses 51mm size (per the manufactuer's documentation, and it is vis
Lewmar Friction hinge replacement pfaffk at 12:42pm 06.07.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/444 Hi, I have a Hunter 290 with what I believe are Lewmar low profile hatches and portlights and I need
1990 Volvo Penta Raw water pump (2) thetone at 11:43am 06.07.22 Engines and Propulsion 2/1019 Hello, I have a 1990 Volvo Penta Diesel Model 2003. This engine was put together in France by Benet
SBO is moving to the lower right-hand corner (1) Phil Herring at 10:20am 06.07.22 Ask All Sailors 16/2758 After 25 years in Seattle, SailboatOwners.com is pulling up stakes and moving to... wait for it... F
Propane monitor/Sensor Going into fault mode Hans Baart at 9:37am 06.07.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1006 I have a Trident model #1300-7761 propane sensor and Control module. It is going into fault mode aft
Plastimo 16274 air pump for engine room - how is it controlled? rgroothuis at 8:13am 06.07.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 10/1805 Hi Beneteau Owners, In my Beneteau Oceanis 37 sailing boot from 2009 there is a 12 volt air pump i
Spar Height Sailing Know Return at 5:32am 06.07.22 Ask All Sailors 4/562 Previous owner was tall, and raised our boom a foot. The boat is Bristol 41.1 center cockpit. The bo
2005 Macgregor for sale in WI Rbmolatore at 8:38pm 06.06.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/746 I saw this boat for sale. Registered to this site so I could try to get more information. If you do
Friction on CDI Furler DanMaine at 6:52pm 06.06.22 The Cherubini Hunters 7/1218 I have what I think is an original CDI furler on my Hunter 37, Cheribini. It is hard to turn. I've
Catalina 25 electric lsavocchi at 5:30pm 06.06.22 Ask All Sailors 6/1063
Do I have a teak interior or cherry? (2) Unwinder at 3:41pm 06.06.22 Ask All Sailors 10/2208 I am having trouble finding any wood to match my current cabin interior. When I've bought "teak" se

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Check valve??? Captain Larry-DH at 5:33pm 06.07.25
Check valve??? Tally Ho at 5:20pm 06.07.25
Hunter 30 tanks heritage at 4:49pm 06.07.25 I think the design of the tanks are sound. They save space in the boat, versus a tank that is desig
Hunter 260 Mast Stepping System brittani.zammit at 3:50pm 06.07.25 We recently purchased a Hunter 260 and the jin pool is bending when we attempt raise the mast. We've
Mac 22 rigging questions SteveHughessails at 3:21pm 06.07.25 Nice, exciting. Our Mac25 is the same as yours, only one bolt used. Our shrouds are on the outside o
Continuing my Oday 192 survey... bear with me! shemandr at 1:55pm 06.07.25 I've looked at SBD.com at the 192 and it strikes me that the wiring should be pretty simple. I don'
Continuing my Oday 192 survey... bear with me! Clutch Cargo at 1:05pm 06.07.25 I will add to the previous posts by also stating that wire does corrode over time, and likewise the
Check valve??? Ralph Johnstone at 10:03am 06.07.25 especially below the waterline. Once again proving that great minds think alike. That is what I
Sailing characteristics of the Beneteau 320 1.4m fin keel? jssailem at 8:51am 06.07.25 AI report which is consistent with the typical French designed boats of the 30-36ft design. The 198
Water tank sensor malfunction - loose wire ? spadaforaj at 8:13am 06.07.25 Hi all - and thanks. Don;t want to replcate everything and found the part - these are the metal foi
Check valve??? Terry Cox at 7:19am 06.07.25 . I use it on my boat Your boat, your choice. On our boat we use this type of hose for maximum dep
B&G Vulcan 7 power cable "pin-out" s/v-Windsong at 7:10am 06.07.25 I found the information late last night on another installation manual. Thanks to all who commented
Seacock on holding tank vent hose? JBP-PA at 7:01am 06.07.25 Here is what Practical Sailor had to say. I don't know what they mean by "add security". I couldn't
Seacock on holding tank vent hose? LLoyd B at 6:55am 06.07.25 just off hand i wouldn't expect to see that on a boat unless it was a submarine;)
Mast leak. I am looking for a diagram of how mast to compression post is designed on Hunter Passage 42cc1997 Rich Stidger at 6:43am 06.07.25 Had a similar problem when we purchased our boat in 2002. PO did a crappy repair job so fixed it on
1999 Hunter 310 bilge water Tally Ho at 6:02am 06.07.25
Hunter 30 tanks sandpiper10471 at 5:12am 06.07.25 I assume your Hunter 30 is a Cherubinni version. I own one and to my knowledge, there were no facto
Check valve??? (1) Captain Larry-DH at 3:45am 06.07.25 Transparent hose, even with fiber reinforcement, is not recommended for below waterline use and eng
Solar cable gland on curved coaming? dLj at 9:51pm 06.06.25 IMG_0303.jpeg shows the underside of the backstay attachment? No backing plate or chain plate? Ther
Solar cable gland on curved coaming? Foswick at 9:16pm 06.06.25 IMG_0303.jpeg shows the underside of the backstay attachment? No backing plate or chain plate? There

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