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cracks inside on the window frame on 23.5 Susanne Johnson-Berns at 12:50pm 03.16.22 Ask All Sailors 1/343 I have noticed that water may be leaking from the outside maybe on the mast foot or above the window
Sailboat Cradle oceanicjanet at 10:52am 03.16.22 Ask All Sailors 7/2832 Any suggestions as to where to advertise a Sailboat Cradle for a 38' boat.
Depth finder in bilge (1) RKMCCORKLE at 8:25am 03.16.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1185 Have a little bit of water coming out around the area, I've hand turned this as tight as possible bu
Forever to Charge - What's This? jviss at 7:43am 03.16.22 Musings With Maine Sail 33/5387 My house batts, lead-acid, 2x115AH, have been abused and probably trashed. I have them home, and tr
Beneteau bottom paint color 361 mshimota at 7:24am 03.16.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/1749 I'm trying to find the greenish/blue paint color to match my 361 sailboat bottom. The two beneteau
Oxalic Acid Hull Cleaning John Marrone at 7:11am 03.16.22 Catalina 22 8/4682 When we got our 1987 Catalina 22 there was a lot of hull surface oxidation. Used the typical McGuire
Hunter 36 2007 Spin George Braun at 5:19am 03.16.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/634 looking hard at a 2007 36 this weekend. Selden furling mast. Does anyone know if this mast has or
Swim Platform Lockers Bill19233 at 5:16am 03.16.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/949 I have a 2000 Hunter 340, I need to replace the rubber latches on the swim platform lockers. I have
302 keel construction cah at 9:31pm 03.15.22 Ask An Oday Owner 1/565 how is the 302 keel made. Is it cast iron? Lead? what is best way to protect it?
Tenara sewing threads Ken13559 at 5:00pm 03.15.22 Ask All Sailors 22/3923 Has anyone tried Sailrite's Tenara threads for Bimini and sailcovers repair? Is this thread difficul
Handrails for 25.5 (1) RKMCCORKLE at 4:07pm 03.15.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/687 I'm trying to get handrails for a Hunter 25.5. whitecap has the 4 loop 43inch but they don't match u
Transducer through hull size Suntala66 at 2:53pm 03.15.22 Ask All Sailors 5/2639 I recently bought a 1991 Hunter 37.5 Legend and I need to replace the depth finder transducer. I am
H34 1984 prop strut replacement Mike Oldak at 12:42pm 03.15.22 Big Boats 11/1723 apparently one of the causes of my engine vibration was a loose strut. any suggestions? where are
Isomat reefing line length Dan Kelly at 12:20pm 03.15.22 Big Boats 9/1607 Hunter passage 42 Does anyone know the length of line required to replace both the 1st and second r
42 Passage aft shower drain (3) wade the giant at 11:41am 03.15.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/719 Our aft shower drain was never connected properly to the drain hose. So I disconnected the drain( it
Rudder Post & Bearing Issues 1984 Hunter 34 bman at 11:31am 03.15.22 Big Boats 12/1659 Hello All- After being told that there was lateral movement with the rudder on my H34 and that the B
Beware the Ides of March jssailem at 11:11am 03.15.22 Sails Call Lounge 3/497 https://duckduckgo.com/i/fee8a7da.jpg Ides of March The Ides of March is the 74th day in the Roman c
Icemaker under Nav station - Hunter 36 2006 George Braun at 11:11am 03.15.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/650 anyone know if this was a factory option? Size? Brand of icemaker? anyone replace with second frid
New sails kendyoozed at 10:48am 03.15.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 16/3156 I need new sails. My sails are probably original. I need some guidance on what to purchase. I like
Pull start problem on Evinrude 8hp 19196 Light air at 9:22am 03.15.22 Engines and Propulsion 2/715 Yesterday I went out to my boat to check on any damage that may have happened due to high winds and

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Runaway diesel Alan Gomes at 7:30am 01.26.25 There is a situation where the engine can runaway at full bore and cause catastrophic damage. That
Fuel filter size Alan Gomes at 7:25am 01.26.25 On my 2002 310, I have a 10 micron racor primary, then a 2 micron secondary then finally on the ele
Fuel filter size (1) jssailem at 6:29am 01.26.25 Let's discuss this Service bulletin from FEB 2003. It specifies a new fuel pump inlet filter PN# 048
Traditional Stuffing or Dripless? Blitz at 6:01am 01.26.25 Gore GFO. He also mentions a couple of others in the article Gore GFO, Duramax Ultra-x and GTU sti
Runaway diesel colemj at 5:20am 01.26.25 There is a situation where the engine can runaway at full bore and cause catastrophic damage. That
Through-Hull Fittings colemj at 5:03am 01.26.25 No marelon hits on a search at discount marine!? this is what I see on West Marine. Nothing indic
Runaway diesel jackhart at 5:03am 01.26.25 Unless your engine has a turbocharger, you shouldn't have to worry about it. The turbocharger is b
Fuel filter size east coaster at 4:28am 01.26.25 On my 2002 310, I have a 10 micron racor primary, then a 2 micron secondary then finally on the elec
Traveler Will Gilmore at 4:26am 01.26.25 You don't need a Genoa. -Will
Traditional Stuffing or Dripless? Project_Mayhem at 4:12am 01.26.25
Transmission output rust Project_Mayhem at 4:10am 01.26.25 Its surface rust. Ive read a few articles that stated that if theres surface rust on the coupler the
Com-Pac 16 general questions Urban Hermit at 4:05am 01.26.25 While towing my just-purchased 16 home from Sarasota to Pensacola I didn't experience any trailer in
Battery "box" (2) Urban Hermit at 3:57am 01.26.25 Hmm. Rethinking things getting loose during heeling. Maybe I better rig straps to go under the coc
Traveler Urban Hermit at 3:53am 01.26.25 Many thanks for the responses. I just bought the boat and haven't stepped the mast yet. The setup
Hunter 38 Engine Cover/Stairs Latch Repair MarcinS at 12:00am 01.26.25 Fix it, order a nice cover made of polished A4 with a hole cut out and it will last forever. This lo
I'll never see this again dLj at 8:19pm 01.25.25 229505 -Will @Will Gilmore Was that a man overboard situation? Paris is beautiful. What a great t
Fuel filter size Stu Jackson at 8:16pm 01.25.25 Fuel Filtration 101 (with both primary Racor and secondary engine filter identification) Fuel Filt
What is this on my boom? yelkenli at 7:29pm 01.25.25 A track for the reefing clew. Not common, but one of my boats had that. Thanks @thinwater Does a
Runaway diesel Captain Larry-DH at 7:20pm 01.25.25 Ok thanks gentlemen. Reassuring to know. Startling video.
Fuel filter size Alan Gomes at 6:44pm 01.25.25 Don't use a 2-micron filter anywhere in the system. It is too hard on the fuel pump. MaineSail had s

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