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Wheel Lock Question - Beneteau 311 with Wheel Steering (2) CapitalistSailor at 4:20pm 03.18.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/3018 Hello Forum, I have a Beneteau 311 built in 2000. It has wheel steering with a Whitlock wheel lock.
Pinhole of light through hull. Best way to fix? kjdoyle1 at 11:38am 03.18.22 Ask All Sailors 25/3783 Hey all, while the boat is on the hard this winter we noticed a pinhole of light we can see through
Yanmar Engine Oil Change Lee Hadjiosif at 9:18am 03.18.22 Ask All Sailors 19/5378 I replaced the oil and filter 12 months ago with 15W40 Diesel Oil. I only put 25 hrs on the engine s
O'day 19 Weekender Companionway Door Dimensions? RedIvy at 9:04am 03.18.22 Day Sailers 11/3259 Hello, I sailed a little in high school and college, and am excited to have my first boat, a 1982 O
Hunter 49/50 running power cables for port cabin top winch SEMPERAVANTI41 at 7:09am 03.18.22 Big Boats 2/731 I am in the process of installing a Lewmar electric winch on the port cabin top (across from the sta
Replacing cabin sole in 1979 Hunter 30 Robert1224 at 4:06am 03.18.22 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1031 Hello fellow Hunter Sailors, It's finally time to replace the cabin sole on my Hunter 30. Looking f
Old style square circuit breakers (3) Glenn2002 at 8:03pm 03.17.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1022 I just lost my 30A dual pole old style single toggle circuit breaker. Wont stay on under any load. 1
Friction hinges on '92 Beneteau hatch and ports RPethoud at 2:41pm 03.17.22 Ask All Sailors 5/572 Has anyone tried to fix the hinges on older Beneteau's where the friction hinge no longer has any fr
Bilge Erik J at 2:35pm 03.17.22 Mid-Size Boats 2/1254 Putting in a 12v bilge in my 250 wb. Any advice would be appreciated.
Floorplan overhaul thoughts? (1) xavierspl at 1:55pm 03.17.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 28/2904 Hi All, Spring is coming and we'll be starting our 2nd season of a massive re-fit/restore of our 85
Have you made cockpit cushions? john6206 at 1:30pm 03.17.22 Smaller Boats 11/2635 I think I might be over thinking this . . .but such is my nature. I'm committed to making cockpit c
37C Rudder assembly components D_Bosh at 1:23pm 03.17.22 The Cherubini Hunters 6/1709 Hi there, I was just wondering if anyone knows where replacements bearing sets, glass tube and sea
Inflation out of control ! What are some products that my fellow boaters are using that are not necessary marine grade products to save some $ Capt Robbie at 9:24am 03.17.22 Ask All Sailors 9/1165 with inflation skyrocketing, thought it might be interesting to see if anyone here has found any go
Trying to track down info on lines (1) brockangelo at 9:19am 03.17.22 Catalina 22 11/1039 I am doing an inventory of all the lines I inherited and would like to identify the vendor where the
Fuel Tank Sludge Hunter 356 peterwynndavies at 2:45am 03.17.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 18/2334 On my 2002 Hunter 356 by removing the sender there is about a 2 inch hole through which I can just s
can't pump out waste tank sabbatical88 at 2:09am 03.17.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 50/8197 Aloha, I have a sealand fresh water vacuflush toilets and 20 gallon holding tanks in my fairly new-t
Hunter 306 salt water in the bilge but only when sailing Arbee at 8:55pm 03.16.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1775 Hi, I intend to take a scientific process of elimination to this problem but thought I'd ask here
San Diego Hunter 26 trailer needed Astrozombie at 5:50pm 03.16.22 Smaller Boats 1/689 Anyone in the San Diego area willing to let me borrow a Hunter 26 trailer for a couple weeks, I have
New Dodger George Braun at 4:28pm 03.16.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/4215 strongly considering buying a 2006 Hunter 36 - one thing missing on the boat is a dodger. Anyone ha
Boat Bike "tech support" (1) John Nantz at 4:13pm 03.16.22 Sails Call Lounge 23/2448 My Boat Bike has served well for small trips on shore but it has some issues that come up from time

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Anyone familiar with the Edel 540s ? C22BC at 6:26am 05.24.25 Yeah i noticed that before I bought it . According to someone on the facebook forum , there were som
Anyone familiar with the Edel 540s ? sailme88 at 6:20am 05.24.25 Just looked up this boat on SPECs... Beamy little boat.. However, according to SPECs, they were last
Replacing V-berth platform Tally Ho at 5:53am 05.24.25 I would use your cutouts and glue/screw some backing strips under the deck to keep the lids from fal
Converting from ev100 wheel pilot to hydraulic? Tally Ho at 5:48am 05.24.25 Would you consider a linear drive instead of the hydraulic unit? That would provide a below-deck s
Sunken Treasure Grumps at 5:31am 05.24.25 I think it was Willie Nelson who said: "The next time I think I want to get Married, I'll just find
Catalina 23 Swing Keel P0intnHold at 5:00am 05.24.25 I believe all of the glass in that area is solid -- I've filled old holes in mine (compass, depth a
Compass Glare Hood colemj at 4:57am 05.24.25 I've had compasses with both red and white lights, but not green. The light level when on was so lo
Catalina 23 Swing Keel P0intnHold at 4:51am 05.24.25 It looks to me that the most likely cause of the damage is because the heavy swing kill was allowed
Rubber Bottom Flap Buckets colemj at 4:43am 05.24.25 Assumed "Rubber Bottom Flap Buckets" was a bluegrass band. If it isn't, it should be!
Sail is close to furler Max Luff colemj at 4:40am 05.24.25 I can't believe a sailmaker proposed cutting a sail for this purpose. Are you sure they know what t
Recognize this gearbox for Legend 37 1988? (1) Clutch Cargo at 4:29am 05.24.25 Karl Hurth GmbH of Munich Germany developed the original small sailboat gear back in the late 1970s
Lake Michigan (and Huron) Delivery Cruise cymeyer at 4:25am 05.24.25
Russian Sailing Terms twodzusfittings at 4:07am 05.24.25 There an App for that!
Catalina 310 Polars rpwillia at 3:46am 05.24.25 I asked the AI at work :clap: for a 310 polar and it gave me on. It seems reasonable and I matched i
Blower hose and other one that I need help identifying. Davidasailor26 at 2:04am 05.24.25 Diesel, which does have me wondering why there is a "blower" but on some of the other pages here fo
Russian Sailing Terms Foswick at 10:38pm 05.23.25 In case anyone stumbles across this thread and cares, in the video, he uses: Ready about!: ???????
Russian Sailing Terms Foswick at 10:01pm 05.23.25 These are brilliant, Duncan! Thank you. This is a wealth of terminology. He gets into commands at ar
Upgrading AWG wire from battery necessary? RedGreen2025 at 9:05pm 05.23.25 Yes, my mistake. You are correct. 3 % not 3 volt.
Atomic 4 Rebuild (Inprogress) fox9988 at 9:04pm 05.23.25 Understood. Worst case, run it. It'll go for years.
(another) Fuel/Water Separator Thread - Help me choose! (1) Tomusa at 8:09pm 05.23.25 Hi, after my fuel tank became contaminated with bio crap and clogged my fuel pickup (required a tow

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