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Sail Trim Chart Question Don Guillette at 10:20am 04.11.22 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 14/3790 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 8/1608 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 4/825 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 2/1388 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 6/1356 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 17/1704 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 22/3537 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 3/1457 Hi Everyone, new the the sailing world. We just purchased a 2000 Beneteau Oceanis 361 And need to r
H410 Air Conditioning Seawater Lines sailing gal at 10:48am 04.10.22 Big Boats 17/3142 The seawater line for my aft air conditioner on my H410 always clogs up over time. It isn't scaled u
Mast step H310 wdonovan at 9:33am 04.10.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/776 My massive step plate needs to be removed and resealed. I have all the hardware off and I separated
Hull Rot (1) Scott300 at 8:48am 04.10.22 Ask All Sailors 16/3294 I'm about to look at a used Catalina from 1979. I see that it will definitely need some fixing up wh
Boating Flares Disposal - My new pet peeve Crusty Ol Salt at 8:12am 04.10.22 Ask All Sailors 33/4238 This has been building for some time, but has come to a head since purchasing Prometheus. It is almo
Surveyor recommendation - Hilton Head Gold70 at 7:12am 04.10.22 Ask All Sailors 2/534 Hi, Anyone have a recommendation for a good surveyor in the Hilton Head SC area? Also best Marina'
Plastic Crack Repair, lessons learned over time and busting myths.. (1) Shorefun at 6:49am 04.10.22 Day Sailers 3/1370 I am on my third year of doing crack repairs. My first order of note is to tell you drilling a hol
Volvo shaft seal NYSail at 6:06am 04.10.22 Ask All Sailors 3/617 Hello all, so on my beneteau I have a volvo shaft seal. I have to slide the shaft aft about 2 inche
O'day 23 need sliding companionway hatch wbliss at 8:57pm 04.09.22 Parts Search 9/1486 I need an O'day 23 replacement sliding companionway hatch cover. The previous owner lost it while d
H34 Seahood ScottFreeRick at 5:31pm 04.09.22 Big Boats 9/1508 Today I removed the seahood from my boat. We have leaks from the starboard side, over the galley an
Questions after removing bottom paint from keel on 44DS 2007 (4) ramoore at 3:21pm 04.09.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/1538 Hi, I just had the bottom of my (relatively new to me) 2007 44DS soda blasted for a full re-barrier
Manual bilge pump replacement bracket doesn't line up with bilge pump (1) REDPOPPY at 2:01pm 04.09.22 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 0/402 Yikes! I just bought a 1992 Catalina capri 16, with a cracked patay bracket and ripped rubber gasket
External parts of engine control (2) SeaDogRun at 10:24am 04.09.22 Mid-Size Boats 2/791 I have a 1987 Catalina 27. It has an inboard universal diesel. There are several outputs behind the

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C&C 29 MKII Shroud location on Chainplate (2) North East Boater at 4:07pm 07.25.25 Hi. On my boat the top shrouds are attached before the lower ones.
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. BigEasy at 3:32pm 07.25.25 I'm not sure what you guys are talking about, tapping threads or whatever... What we are talkin
Purchasing a B-373 (6) Dadawada at 3:01pm 07.25.25 I did end up purchasing the boat. We spent the past month cleaning it up and and getting systems ope
From a Catalina 22 to a 310 North Texas Sailor at 1:50pm 07.25.25 Congratulations on the C 310 acquisition; you'll love it. I made the trip to the C 310 from a C 22
Lazy Bag for H260 fred1diver at 1:45pm 07.25.25 Where are you in Canada, if near Ottawa, I do Make them
Companionway Doors Levin at 1:21pm 07.25.25 Lots of reasons some of which I mention above but firstly I suspect the ordering process would have
Picking up a mooring ball. DaveJ at 1:05pm 07.25.25 Thanks for all the input, I have a plan for next time. cheers
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. (1) testingthewaters91 at 12:58pm 07.25.25 I'm not sure what you guys are talking about, tapping threads or whatever... The bolts already go on
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat colemj at 12:48pm 07.25.25 I don't think anyone said that. That would be me. I said that, and I stand by it. I have a lot
Companionway Doors jssailem at 12:17pm 07.25.25 Levin. You state you should have chosen Zarcor doors. Not sure why that would have been a better cho
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat neuneu at 12:13pm 07.25.25 Strange... all the arm chair sailors that make a final determination and say it's only cosmetic, wi
Electrical charging problem jssailem at 12:07pm 07.25.25 True @Scott T-Bird . That is why I introduced the image and other data to identify something we coul
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. mermike at 11:32am 07.25.25
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. BigEasy at 11:19am 07.25.25 Got excited and just started fabrication! Some time ago I was researching using Groco adapto
Electrical charging problem Scott T-Bird at 11:13am 07.25.25 We don't know anything about his charger or his inverter or if it's a combo unit because he doesn't
Help identifying this grease BigEasy at 10:52am 07.25.25 Yanmar impeller replacement kits include a small tube of glycerin (same as KY jelly) to initially lu
Propane System Leak in 2005 Beneteau Oceanis 323 dlochner at 10:41am 07.25.25
Propane System Leak in 2005 Beneteau Oceanis 323 BigEasy at 10:36am 07.25.25 . Depending on how old your boat is, the new systems are vastly safer and prevent catastrophic leaks
Raise the boom dlochner at 10:36am 07.25.25 I have extra space at the top of the mast. Probably not. Between the sheave exit and the top of t
Help identifying this grease dlochner at 10:30am 07.25.25 Interesting. Thats probably about how old this jar is. This is not water soluble but does leave

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