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Windlass for Hunter 340. mromanow at 5:48pm 11.15.21 Ask All Sailors 1/630 Has anyone tried to install a windlass on a Hunter 340? if so how do you get the anchor rode into t
Can't get yanmar 3GMF above 2200 rpm under load question Capt Robbie at 2:58pm 11.15.21 Big Boats 56/8111 have been looking into this issue for two seasons and still have not been able to resolved it. A lit
oil pressure sensor quandry patfarrell1949 at 2:52pm 11.15.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/2399 My 50CC has a Yanmar 4JH4-HTE with Teleflex i5501 engine monitoring. After erratic oil pressure read
Yanmar 3GMF still can't get above 2200 Rpm question ? Capt Robbie at 2:13pm 11.15.21 Engines and Propulsion 15/2007 l have been looking into this issue for two seasons and still have not been able to resolved it. A l
PacificNW Weather Wet with intermittent Rain followed by damp drizzle (1) jssailem at 11:39am 11.15.21 Weather and Forecasting 12/1338
Swinomish Channel Closure (3) jssailem at 11:05am 11.15.21 Pacific North West Cruisers 4/1810 This just learned. https://waggonerguide.com/swinomish-channel-temporary-restriction The swinging br
Masthead main halyard sheave? PlaneTom at 10:34am 11.15.21 Catalina 310 14/3549 Catalina 310, hull #73, built Dec 2000. I'd like to replace the sheave at the masthead, the main hal
Maryland Macgregor 26 trial? Steuart Pittman at 10:01am 11.15.21 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1580 I've been yearning for a Macgregor 26 but have never actually sailed one. Anyone here on the western
Worth the Cutter Rig? SailorElliot at 7:56am 11.15.21 Ask All Sailors 30/4045 Hello, I was wondering if it is worth paying a grand or so to install an inner forestay and system
prop shaft flange bolt size Shaw_2112 at 4:54pm 11.14.21 Mid-Size Boats 7/1366 Does anyone know what the correct size socket/wrench for the prop shaft flange for my 86 28.5 is? 5/
Any P39-1 owners out there? Abaco Joe at 4:51pm 11.14.21 Pearson 1/797 Hi All, Sorry for the repeat, apparently I didn't refresh. Joe
pss dry shaft and vent line on H 41? Valerio at 2:08pm 11.14.21 Big Boats 18/1753 just installed a pss dry shaft and the vent line is just looking tru the floor, what did you do with
Missing macerator pump?? sailingdeac at 1:42pm 11.14.21 Catalina 309 Group Forum 9/2115 Just bought a 2006 Catalina 309. Electrical panel indicates a macerator pump with wiring at the pa
Water in Engine Pan? AwwShucks at 11:17am 11.14.21 Catalina 310 30/4543 I just took the boat to a local marina to fuel up and noticed two things - some white smoke from exh
Any P-39-1 Owners out there? Abaco Joe at 11:11am 11.14.21 Pearson 3/1252 Hi All, I'm writing a review on a 1975 P39 for Good Old Boat magazine and am looking for owners inpu
WAAS or wasn't All U Get at 10:19am 11.14.21 Ask All Sailors 5/838 Hi all, I have ignored the clock on my Furuno chart plotter for several years and have a renewed in
interested in buying a 310 paulducham at 9:39am 11.14.21 Catalina 310 11/2324 The 310 is on my short list of candidates for our next/last sailboat. Please let me know if you're o
Beneteau 331- Replace head normant at 9:22am 11.14.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 13/1870 Would like to replace the Jabsco manual head in our 331-2003. Considering a Vacuum head. Any sugges
Top Speed of the Flicka 20 (w/ Motor) SailorElliot at 8:32am 11.14.21 Ask All Sailors 21/3482 Hello! I was wondering what the top speed of the Flicka 20 via motor in the ocean (1-3 foot waves).
yanmar water pump leaking after replacement (1) dave_and_dd at 8:02am 11.14.21 Engines and Propulsion 7/1664 Hey guys - well, I had a leak from the fresh-water pump seal and had started a thread about possibly

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Making new floorboards for a Beneteau (6) Nonixskis at 8:21am 03.18.25 +1 Looks great! How much time to apply plasteak & approximate cost? I bought 15 feet of PlasTea
Source for bulk ring terminals? BAD ORCA at 8:01am 03.18.25 Really? I love Mcmaster and buy a lot from them, but those terminals are 6x the price of the Ancor
Source for bulk ring terminals? BAD ORCA at 7:56am 03.18.25 Back to the original question about sourcing terminals. Waytek Wire is a good source for bulk purc
Outhaul modifications fred1diver at 7:27am 03.18.25
Have others installed heat shield on Racor primary fuel filter? Ted at 7:25am 03.18.25 This comment doesn't directly address your question. Do you have room to relocate your existing filt
Outhaul modifications dlochner at 7:07am 03.18.25 Out hauls are typically inside the boom on larger boats because it is necessary to use a block and t
Why Don't You Use ActiveCaptain? dLj at 6:53am 03.18.25 I agree with your sentiment, and only reluctantly installed it. The reality is that while you may
Making new floorboards for a Beneteau dLj at 6:44am 03.18.25 Looks great! How much time to apply plasteak & approximate cost? +1
Making new floorboards for a Beneteau BigEasy at 6:33am 03.18.25 UPDATE: Project successful. Went with the Plasteak Teak and Holly (matte finish) and it looks gre
Why Don't You Use ActiveCaptain? colemj at 6:10am 03.18.25 I, personally, will never install WhatsApp or any Meta product. It is the burden of knowledge of ho
Source for bulk ring terminals? colemj at 5:41am 03.18.25 Well i'll be! Ha...i never thought of my go to hardware store. Thanks for reminder. Their prices
Making new floorboards for a Beneteau (3) Nonixskis at 5:22am 03.18.25 So what you're saying is that finished product using the existing floor boards as the sub floor wou
Any reason not to go with 6mm for clew reef line yelkenli at 7:46pm 03.17.25 It will be by hand. I will go with the larger and in polyester double braid. Thanks for all of the f
Any reason not to go with 6mm for clew reef line Tally Ho at 7:40pm 03.17.25 Do you have the reef line run to a winch? Or are you pulling it by hand? pulling by hand may be ea
Have others installed heat shield on Racor primary fuel filter? Don S/V ILLusion at 7:10pm 03.17.25 On my C36 with M35B engine, I use same filter set up. There is no heat shield. All works OK with pl
Why Don't You Use ActiveCaptain? dlochner at 5:58pm 03.17.25 I was going to revisit this later, when we had some more concrete decisions, since this conversatio
Source for bulk ring terminals? dlochner at 5:54pm 03.17.25 Back to the original question about sourcing terminals. Waytek Wire is a good source for bulk purch
Why Don't You Use ActiveCaptain? Davidasailor26 at 5:53pm 03.17.25 Ways I, personally, would use this app: "Hey, I am at my boat and need to turn her around in her s
Source for bulk ring terminals? dlochner at 5:52pm 03.17.25 Yes, depending on which die is used. The smooth heatshrink die does not crimp as securely as the d
Hydro of CNG tank - HELP smokey73 at 5:51pm 03.17.25 Thanks, I will try giving them a call.

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