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Catalina 22 Swing Keel (1) Scott300 at 7:45am 04.12.22 Catalina 22 8/1848 I have recently purchased this Catalina 22. The swing keel is very rusty. I plan on replacing the sw
How fix rudder play from oblong hole in rudder tube? (2) kjdoyle1 at 4:53am 04.12.22 Ask All Sailors 29/2377 Last year was our first with our 1994 Hunter 29.5. We noticed that when steering in one direction th
Seams A Problem? Kings Gambit at 11:53pm 04.11.22 Ask All Sailors 9/1680
1993 40.5 Standing / Running Rigging Replacement PRO tips? svAtargatis at 7:30pm 04.11.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1351 Hi All, I have been the owner of my '93 Legend 40.5 for about a year. In 2 days I'm doing my first
1988 Beneteau 285 First Pedestal Control head (1) fuzzy at 4:32pm 04.11.22 Ask All Sailors 0/229 Ahoy: I am having trouble replacing a Pedestal Control head for my 1988 Beneteau 285 First. The one
C 310 wheel Bob James at 2:22pm 04.11.22 Catalina 310 1/1023 What are the specs for the 30 inch Destroyer wheel on the 310? Hub size, tapered or straight?
Identify brand of DIN rail terminal blocks (1) SimonNZ at 1:56pm 04.11.22 Ask All Sailors 9/1417 Hi there Can anyone ID the type of DIN rail terminals on our 1994 Beneteau Oceanis 400? I need to
Water intrusion at rudder stock. (1) bdincer at 1:54pm 04.11.22 Mid-Size Boats 5/1024 From interior there is a round plate that is soft and wet. Material unknown. Anyone knows what this
240 fender location when docking chriscampbell at 1:44pm 04.11.22 Smaller Boats 3/907 Obviously a noob question, but where do you all with 240s like to tie on your fenders for docking? T
1975 Cal 2-29 Spreader Information - Help Needed SailingTheSound at 12:20pm 04.11.22 Ask All Sailors 8/1488 Howdy, I recently purchased a 1975 Cal 2-29 that needs a little love. I am taking her in to get new
Raritan rebuild? (1) DeniseO30 at 12:09pm 04.11.22 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/857 I think, I don't know if this is a Raritan I didn't see a model hasn't backed up. I did the salad o
New Owner of 1983 Irwin 34 Citation patagoniadave at 11:22am 04.11.22 Irwin 17/3008 Hi, thanks for the add. My name is David, I am 45 years old, and live in San Carlos Mexico. I am 1.5
Sail Trim Chart Question Don Guillette at 10:20am 04.11.22 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 14/3343 I recently spoke with a New Orleans sailor. My first thought when he mentioned New Orleans was my wi
78 H30 Water Tank Replacement MikeHoncho at 10:11am 04.11.22 The Cherubini Hunters 8/1400 Well, it looks like the 3M 5200 patch work on my aluminum 40 gallon freshwater tank has either faile
Vinyl stripes DauphinIsland at 7:36am 04.11.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/768 What shade of blue vinyl will match the original hull stripes on a 1986 Hunter 34?
Jammed In-Mast Furling Dr. D at 6:21am 04.11.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1243 I've heard it said that if a boat has in-mast furling (IMF), then she will either have had the IMF j
Obendorfer sea water pump - 1989 Catalina 30 with M25 XP diesel pullark at 4:52am 04.11.22 Catalina 30 6/1143 Hello, I have noticed some water loss from the weep hole so time to rebuild my Obendorfer pump. I be
Coupling removal.... (1) NYSail at 3:54am 04.11.22 Ask All Sailors 17/1545 Hello, So have to replace my cutlass bearing which included sliding shaft down a bit to retrieve bro
Binoculars fred1diver at 5:31pm 04.10.22 Ask All Sailors 22/2840 Hey everyone, getting ready for summer, how important are binoculars, my local chandlery wants 370$
Beneteau Spreader Root - Replacements (1) sailingsoarin at 3:36pm 04.10.22 Ask All Sailors 3/1258 Hi Everyone, new the the sailing world. We just purchased a 2000 Beneteau Oceanis 361 And need to r

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Hatch boards vents dLj at 9:23am 04.08.25 My point concerning being on a mooring was that ,there is not a constant supply of 120 volt to keep
Kiwi Folding Prop- Already corroding after 6 months of use! What shall I do? dLj at 9:22am 04.08.25 You can verify the SST material with a small magnet. 316 SST is not magnetic. 304 SST will be sli
Hatch boards vents Timm R Oday25 at 9:18am 04.08.25 My point concerning being on a mooring was that ,there is not a constant supply of 120 volt to keep
Kiwi Folding Prop- Already corroding after 6 months of use! What shall I do? PNWE36 at 9:15am 04.08.25 You can verify the SST material with a small magnet. 316 SST is not magnetic. 304 SST will be slig
Sailing Tender (1) Will Gilmore at 9:13am 04.08.25 Maybe something like this for a tender that can do double duty when not being sailed. space. Mustaf
Sails, materials, designs - so many questions dLj at 9:11am 04.08.25 Is this your design: BELLIURE 41 (IBOLD) - sailboatdata ?? That's correct. dj p.s. don't look a
solar charging system during haulout dLj at 9:10am 04.08.25 Depends on the batteries and loads. It is fine to leave a panel on to float the batteries if they a
Does an '"e" in a Hunter model name indicate a primary electric engine? (1) Bin Voyage at 9:10am 04.08.25 Makes perfect sense now!
Sails, materials, designs - so many questions FastOlson at 9:06am 04.08.25 Is this your design: BELLIURE 41 (IBOLD) - sailboatdata ??
Sailing Tender dLj at 9:05am 04.08.25 Haha, no photoshop. I will be anchored here for a couple months and will keep an eye out for them a
solar charging system during haulout dlochner at 9:03am 04.08.25 Depends on the batteries and loads. It is fine to leave a panel on to float the batteries if they ar
B&R rig tuning take 1 SteveHughessails at 9:03am 04.08.25
solar charging system during haulout kappykaplan at 9:01am 04.08.25 3. Leave one panel and controller on to maintain charge on batteries This gets my vote, as it's no
Does an '"e" in a Hunter model name indicate a primary electric engine? Hello Below at 8:52am 04.08.25 I get it, e stands for fold down transom. How could we over look such an obvious connection.:facep
Selden in mast question (2) PNWE36 at 8:47am 04.08.25 Hello, not sure if this is helpful as my boat is much smaller. Here are pictures from my Hunter e36
Sailing Tender MFD at 8:36am 04.08.25 C,mon, guys -- it's photoshopped. Look closely -- there's no mast on the dinghy. (Also for what it
Does an '"e" in a Hunter model name indicate a primary electric engine? dlochner at 8:27am 04.08.25 Hello, I own a 2011 e36. This "e" is for the "fold-down transom" swim platform. They also made a
Does an '"e" in a Hunter model name indicate a primary electric engine? Bin Voyage at 8:25am 04.08.25 Hello, I own a 2011 e36. This "e" is for the "fold-down transom" swim platform. They also made a
Does an '"e" in a Hunter model name indicate a primary electric engine? PNWE36 at 8:03am 04.08.25 Hello, I own a 2011 e36. This "e" is for the "fold-down transom" swim platform. They also made a h
1984 30-2 questions Naitaka2 at 8:01am 04.08.25 Thanks! I will have a look at that. This boat hasn't been in the water for 10 yrs, but has been well

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