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Balmar alternator on Yanmar 3ym20 (2) SycloneDriver at 7:22pm 05.28.22 Ask All Sailors 6/1866 Today I stated the process of installing a Balmar 60 series 100 amp alternator onto my Yanmar 3ym20.
Packing gland nut getting hot. Mistyseas1991 at 5:23pm 05.28.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/3085 I notice the packing gland nut was getting hot to the touch so I replaced the teflon packing 3/16 it
Barient winch 21-33 Mistyseas1991 at 5:08pm 05.28.22 Parts Search 5/1356 The STRIPPER RING is not doing its job it goes under the line lifter allowing the jib sheet to do t
Planing in a O'Day Widgeon? (3) kgray9 at 2:38pm 05.28.22 Ask All Sailors 15/2773 Hello all! I bought a O'Day Widgeon this spring, and have used it roughly 7 times now on three diff
Bavaria saildrive Mattcia123 at 12:02pm 05.28.22 Ask All Sailors 15/2399
Foot Pump - $_8(&$ (1) sunlover at 11:15am 05.28.22 Ask All Sailors 4/653 Just replaced this foot pump and managed to pump about 2 gallons before it more or less stopped work
Coos Bay Oregon azsailing at 6:28am 05.28.22 Destinations 7/3240 I am thinking to trailer a mac 26 to Coos bay. Can anyone tell me how is the recreational sailing?
Hunter 34 Mast Mainsail Track Stop Size Ilanortho at 6:24am 05.28.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/749 Hi; Lost the track stop (actually boatyard did) I am away from the boat. Does anyone know the width
Isotemp hot water backing into system (1) NYSail at 2:55am 05.28.22 Ask All Sailors 4/819 Hello all, So just finished installing a new Isotemp water heater. Real nice unit and love the insta
Shroud i bolts source allen lofland at 5:27pm 05.27.22 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1339 I recently lost a u bolt at the deck holding a lower aft shroud on my oday 35. looking for a source
Universal 5411/Kubota Z500 fuel pump mikeracca at 4:26pm 05.27.22 Engines and Propulsion 2/1545 So I believe my issue in my little engine is starvation. I have no clue how old my fuel pump is, I d
fuel tank replacement chefmango at 10:55am 05.27.22 Ask All Sailors 4/907 I would like to replace the fuel tank on my Beneteau First 345 however I have run into a couple of i
Irwin 28 New-to-Me Maiden Voyage Plymouth Sailor at 10:22am 05.27.22 Irwin 2/1131
Two-Part Epoxy Plymouth Sailor at 10:00am 05.27.22 Ask All Sailors 7/1151 Dear Sailors, need your wisdom. I have successfully added a product by the name Penetrol to my one
Best Boat Transporter? AlastairLC at 9:39am 05.27.22 Ask All Sailors 3/454
Best Marina in San Diego? AlastairLC at 6:37am 05.27.22 Ask All Sailors 26/6960 Does anyone have a recommendation for marinas in San Diego? Thanks.
Catalina 350 Upgrade Electronics Pauljg at 5:38pm 05.26.22 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/2023 Hi I am a new owner of a 2003 Catalina 350. The boat currently has a Raymarine RC 435 Chartplotter
Hunter 23.5 1994 mooring with centerboard up? Frank Jung at 5:31pm 05.26.22 Smaller Boats 1/770 Hello We just bought a Hunter 23.5 from 1994, is in pretty good shape. We want to put it on a moorin
Removing the mast (1) Avi at 5:18pm 05.26.22 Ask All Sailors 7/1453 Hello everyone. I am planning to remove the mast on my S2 9.2 C , in order to repair a rotten suppor
Spring 2022 Finally Launched (1) DayDreamer41 at 3:18pm 05.26.22 Big Boats 3/498 After an absolutely dismal spring here in Southern Michigan our Sapphire was finally completed and l

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water pressure issue seadaddler at 4:40am 06.05.25 Screens clogged at where lines go into water heater and. That what did and the screens needed clean
First sail complete....sort of jssailem at 3:24am 06.05.25 When I had my M15 it took about 30 minutes to rig and splash it there was no one else at the launch
Hurricane Season 2025 BigEasy at 9:57pm 06.04.25 The number of storms that actually occur is irrelevant. If there is only one storm in any particula
Hurricane Season 2025 (3) jssailem at 8:46pm 06.04.25 2024 Hurricane Review If you remember in 2024, we identified the use of the ENSO currents in the Pa
Reefing point? (2) jssailem at 8:12pm 06.04.25 231964 If your sail design has these two reef cringle (note these will be reinforced to handle the s
Hurricane Season 2025 Rick Webb at 8:06pm 06.04.25 The number of storms that actually occur is irrelevant. If there is only one storm in any particular
Position Reporting (Without AIS) boulevardtalonman at 7:42pm 06.04.25 In HAM radio, we use something called "automatic position reporting system" or APRS. Your position
Reefing point? Foswick at 7:41pm 06.04.25 Generally, the aft-most grommet is the clew cringle and the fore-most is the tack cringle. These are
Backing plate material mermike at 7:10pm 06.04.25 Anything worth doing is worth overdoing. https://forums.sailboatowners.com/threads/installing-throu
My DIY windvane steering Foswick at 6:28pm 06.04.25 I've always coveted a good windvane steering system. This is a cool approach.
1984 Hunter 27 - Emergency Tiller System (1) Foswick at 6:21pm 06.04.25 Simple and elegant emergency solution! I would take this one step further and fashion about a 16-in
'Force 10' Oven valve replace Rich Stidger at 5:50pm 06.04.25 Do not disassemble or otherwise muck with the control other than to remove it. They require an unmo
Backing plate material thinwater at 5:45pm 06.04.25 G10 fiberglass plate is the gold standard for through hull backing plates. Costs about as much, too
1984 Hunter 27 - Emergency Tiller System kappykaplan at 4:59pm 06.04.25 I will probably use PVC for the tiller extension. My concern with this approach would be the stren
1984 Hunter 27 - Emergency Tiller System (1) heritage at 4:54pm 06.04.25 I finally got around to making an emergency steering tiller for my H27. I cut slots into 1 1/4" ga
Hurricane Season 2025 Don S/V ILLusion at 4:48pm 06.04.25 Yes! This is for 2024 Jim... Unless I missed it, didnt find anything related to verification of s
First sail complete....sort of boulevardtalonman at 3:55pm 06.04.25 Thanks for the kind words by the way
First sail complete....sort of boulevardtalonman at 3:55pm 06.04.25 Rigging took me about 2 hours the first sail of the season. With practice I got it down to 90 minut
Bow chocks or Fairleads on H36 for guiding lines while on a mooring buoy Stu Jackson at 3:48pm 06.04.25 Yes, picture would help immensely. I have two bow rollers, one for the anchor rode and the other I
Hand swaging lifelines. dlochner at 3:29pm 06.04.25 I've never understood the resistance to using hand swaged cables. I built all new standing rigging

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