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Wow! First image from the James Webb Space Telescope (1) Brian D at 6:49pm 12.26.21 Sails Call Lounge 7/2146 201241
Hunter 28.5 Questions.... chipmonger at 6:29pm 12.26.21 Mid-Size Boats 4/735 Hello all, Recently purchased a '87 Hunter 28.5 and catching up on deferred maintenance. Had a few
New year nautical resolutions or projects Phil Herring at 4:15pm 12.26.21 Ask All Sailors 28/4475 Crazed windows making you crazy? Dreaming of an updated galley or elevating your electronics? Share
Hunter window reseal massnspace at 9:45am 12.26.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/3730 Need to reseal at least one of the windows on a Hunter 19-2. These are the typical Hunter frameless
M25-XP Oberdorfer Raw Water Pump is dripping oil at the base Jops at 2:25pm 12.25.21 Big Boats 10/3494 M25-XP Oberdorfer Raw Water Pump is dripping oil at the base. Can I just order a new mounting gaske
Sydney Hobart Race TimFromLI at 2:24pm 12.25.21 Ask All Sailors 16/1942 Does anyone know of a way to watch the race start?
Unknown Part and function (2) Jimc91 at 1:20pm 12.25.21 Ask All Sailors 26/3698 Merry. Christmas to all. I recently acquired a Hake Slipper 17. Well preserved and rigged as fract
A new 466 Blacksheep at 11:31am 12.25.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/2500 Merry Christmas everyone. I have just had the opportunity to acquire a lightly used 466. I have neve
Hose in stern of boat - Can anyone identify? (2) Monheganlover at 9:48am 12.25.21 Catalina 310 11/1793 Happy Holidays. I could have posted this at the end of the recent thread on bilge blower hoses. Howe
Hunter 40.5 Water heater to hydronic diesel baycloud at 9:16am 12.25.21 Big Boats 6/1593 Hey all, I'm away from the boat again so I had a question on trying to use the hydronic system to he
Where are the seasonal marine sales?? CYQK at 8:00am 12.25.21 Ask All Sailors 1/543 Have you been seeing any good sales out there used to receive all kinds of sales emails,not many thi
NORAD Tracking Santa jssailem at 6:47pm 12.24.21 Weather and Forecasting 2/796 For your young Sailors. Santa has been seen south of the border on the NORAD radar. https://www.nor
Merry Christmas to our fighters in all branches of military! BlowMeAway at 6:29pm 12.24.21 Ask All Sailors 3/434 https://www.google.com/search?q=josh+groban+ill+be+home+for+christmas'ie=UTF-8'oe=UTF-8'hl=en-us'cli
Unknown Electric Panel Brand (2) arg116 at 6:11pm 12.24.21 Ask All Sailors 12/1327
Universal 25MXP low rpm issue FLAPILOT at 1:30pm 12.24.21 Catalina 30 13/3477 So I just purchased a Catalina 30 with a Universal 25MXP. Right off the bat I messed up. My first d
H280 To Winch or Not To Winches (2) Crusty Ol Salt at 12:50pm 12.24.21 Mid-Size Boats 22/4209 So last night I was down on the boat tinkering, cleaning and, who I am kidding, I was basically doin
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year (1) Claude L.-Auger at 12:39pm 12.24.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1061 To all of you old and new participants on this forum. Very best of the Season. May 2022 see us out o
Self tailing winches grangehill at 11:02am 12.24.21 Smaller Boats 31/4494 Has anyone added self tailing winches to their H 260 and if so is it worth it ? Also has anyone adde
Merry Christmas Alansails at 10:43am 12.24.21 Catalina 310 2/593 Eileen and I wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas and A Great New Year, Hoping for Fair Winds and Fo
Doing bottom work on a trailer grangehill at 10:31am 12.24.21 Smaller Boats 11/1570 Hello all , we just purchased a 1999 H 260 , the previous owner has taken excellent care and attenti

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C25 question Stu Jackson at 2:28pm 01.12.25 but was it available in the swing keel? The two different keels had the same "balance" properties,
how to lock my rudder while under way Gene Neill at 2:16pm 01.12.25 good news is the rudder floats (learned the hard way). Not if it's a Ruddercraft!! ;)
Solar Panel Placement. jpiombo67 at 1:09pm 01.12.25 On my Catalina 22 I've had both a 50W and a 100W (not at the same time) on an angle between the for
Need help with how to remove headliner of 2020 Beneteau Oceanis to rebed rail on deck RitSim at 12:36pm 01.12.25 Mine also. I focused on answering the question and missed solving the issue. I have replugged nume
Freeze protection for small keel boat Universal M18 jibes138 at 10:38am 01.12.25 If you have an electric fresh water pump the diaphragm can be damaged by freezing water in the line.
Generic rubber wedges for mast support? BAD ORCA at 10:27am 01.12.25 No experience with a keel stepped mast but I would think a wrap around would work better than a few
Generic rubber wedges for mast support? LloydB at 10:15am 01.12.25 No experience with a keel stepped mast but I would think a wrap around would work better than a few
Slow and sloppy fueling on 2004 Hunter 41 Ralph Johnstone at 10:07am 01.12.25 but the big problem is both are slow to fill, One other possible "maybe" is that somehow you've w
Raw water strainer disaster waiting to happen jibes138 at 10:01am 01.12.25 Both tape and goop seal the threads from leaking. Threads are designed to not have interference betw
Solar Panel Placement. ShawnL at 9:27am 01.12.25 On my Catalina 22 I've had both a 50W and a 100W (not at the same time) on an angle between the forw
Need help with how to remove headliner of 2020 Beneteau Oceanis to rebed rail on deck BigEasy at 9:16am 01.12.25 My hand rails are attached to the deck with self tapping wood screws. No access is required from in
Taking the mast down PlaneTom at 9:04am 01.12.25 Jan 12 update to the Dec 31 update; still waiting on the mast restep. The original error in swaging
Solar Panel Placement. JBP-PA at 6:38am 01.12.25 You don't need to mount them. Just get some small ones and keep them wired up ( or have them on dis
CNG gas tank requirements smokey73 at 6:08am 01.12.25 @thinwater Thanks for the specs. That explained why the place where I drop my tank off for recertif
CNG gas tank requirements thinwater at 5:51am 01.12.25 Thanks for everyone's inputs which is mostly consistent with what I understood. Does anyone know t
CNG gas tank requirements Alan Backus at 5:44am 01.12.25 Thanks for everyone's inputs which is mostly consistent with what I understood. Does anyone know th
CNG gas tank requirements thinwater at 5:29am 01.12.25 Passing a hydro test is not the sole requirement. Excessive corrosion (over 0.011-inch metal loss) c
Oldest Boat to Buy twodzusfittings at 3:19am 01.12.25 I worked it out. My boat and all the repairs, replacements, insurances and upgrades along with the l
Cracks in 32 Vision mast step SeaDogGo at 8:39pm 01.11.25 Yes, he said the part is no longer available, so I would like to try to locate a salvaged one to ref
CNG gas tank requirements Richard19068 at 6:30pm 01.11.25 I think your surveyor is confusing CNG with propane. There should be a date of manufacture on the CN

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