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SV Smitty SV At Last at 1:40pm 04.17.21 Catalina 310 2/779 Passed astern Smitty at about 1625 today. Unfortunately had some place to be. Maybe but you a beer o
Replacing old thru-hull transducers, hole size difference. Jerdavis77 at 12:55pm 04.17.21 Ask All Sailors 4/2910 My 27' 1978 Hunter came equipped with SR Mariner instruments. The transducers for the knot and depth
Leaking from recently installed PYI PSS Shaft Seal (1) LVGS at 9:37am 04.17.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2333 Several days ago, we had a PYI - PSS shaft seal installed on our 2006 H33. 24 hours after cleaning/
Hunter 23.5 sheave under mast plate for CB line. timothy_c at 9:35am 04.17.21 Smaller Boats 10/795 some time back there was a thread here about replacing (or attempting to replace) the sheaves under
Downgrade from Furler (3) SkipJack at 8:17pm 04.16.21 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1328 My 26X has a furler with genoa ' cover. For trailering, I would like to downgrade to bare forestay.
Worried about my holding tank coming loose (1) MikeTheHunter at 2:52pm 04.16.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/1179 I am a new liveaboard owner of a 2000 Hunter 340. The holding tank and the diesel tank are secured b
Hunter 260 Solar Battery Charging on Mooring John Marrone at 12:18pm 04.16.21 Smaller Boats 10/1270 Have seen several images of smaller than usual rigid solar panels attached to Mast Crutch. In additi
PROP upgrade size Coyote at 11:59am 04.16.21 Mid-Size Boats 4/905 Sooooo, as an additional add on to my last post - Peter, at Marlowe - Hunter gave me the original 2
Removing Liquid Electrical Tape Parsons at 10:47am 04.16.21 Ask All Sailors 3/2143 What do you use to remove the dried-on mess of liquid electrical tape? I applied this stuff myself
Do all Hunter 34s have a false bilge? Hans Baart at 10:16am 04.16.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1593 I drilled into the bottom of the bilge with a very small drill and it felt like is was in to solid
Fuel Filter Question (1) RichardT at 9:54am 04.16.21 Catalina 30 9/1625 I am trying to find a replacement part for a fuel filter element installed as my primary fuel filter
Pulling mast C&C 29 Mk II to torque keel bolt Sky sailor at 8:38am 04.16.21 C&C 1/834 Hello, New to this forum. I have owned my 1984 C'C29 for 7 years; have never checked keel bolt und
NEED Prop Size Coyote at 7:42am 04.16.21 Mid-Size Boats 6/857 I am in the process of buying a 1990 Hunter 30-2, with a Yanmar 2GM-20F old prop is in horrible shap
B311 Swing Keel Issue (6) Eleven at 5:07am 04.16.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/499 Well, few days ago I realized I could rotate the swing keel mechanism of my B311 with my fingers. It
Fluke 360 / testing for AC leakage. BAD ORCA at 9:43pm 04.15.21 Musings With Maine Sail 10/1659 my shaft zinc has replacement has gone from every 6 months to about every three months recently. It
This is crazy rgranger at 8:39pm 04.15.21 Ask All Sailors 11/1654 Have you seen this? https://www.yachtingworld.com/yachts-and-gear/fastest-sailboat-the-two-teams-ho
Humorous statement on Wishful thinking for Sailboat pricing (1) Grey wolf at 8:34pm 04.15.21 Ask All Sailors 6/881 Just had to send this funny Craigslist Boat wanted add, it certainly puts sailboat costs into perspe
Installing Spinlock Rope Clutches smo10018 at 4:27pm 04.15.21 Ask All Sailors 13/4824 Just bought a triple clutch unit of the Spinlock XAS rope clutches. Was at first surprised to see 6
Beneteau 311 Twin Rudder TIe-Rod ends question, (Tie bar), why plastic? CaymanMom at 4:12pm 04.15.21 Ask All Sailors 3/426 Hello , Question to this group please...re: twin rudder 311 tie bar (tie rod) ends are currently pla
6-pack Charter Looking for More Capacity (Catalina 30) - USCG Inspected Vessel Requirements Sail Savannah at 3:17pm 04.15.21 Ask All Sailors 5/1012 I run a 6-pack sailing charter on a Catalina 30. For a 6-pack, the CG doesn't require any inspection

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WATCHING PAINT DRY! (1) twodzusfittings at 7:56pm 02.07.24 Thanks everyone for the compliments. Still not finished, so let's hold the applause. (Ha Ha) @Richa
Dangerous URLs? Dave at 6:59pm 02.07.24 It's been fixed. An oversight on some of the backend upgrades. Thread closed.
2009 Bavaria Vision 40 fuel gauge not working dlochner at 6:47pm 02.07.24 The gauge is probably OK. The senders, especially the senders that have a floating arm are known to
Dangerous URLs? Dave at 6:32pm 02.07.24 What @Davidasailor26 said. There have been some upgrades going on in the background that probably c
Simpson Lawrence Windlass Help marcham at 5:24pm 02.07.24 Thanks for coming back and closing the loop. Happy anchoring! :)
Dangerous URLs? Davidasailor26 at 4:49pm 02.07.24
Dangerous URLs? kappykaplan at 4:49pm 02.07.24 Chrome is telling me that the SBO certificate is invalid. "This server could not prove that it is f
Dangerous URLs? Hello Below at 4:45pm 02.07.24 +1
2009 Bavaria Vision 40 - Sail drive seal replacement dlochner at 2:43pm 02.07.24 Good choice. If the seal fails, the boat sinks.
2009 Bavaria Vision 40 - Sail drive seal replacement elink at 2:39pm 02.07.24 Well in the end, I wound up having the seal replaced. Requires removal of the engine. No small task.
Simpson Lawrence Windlass Help Mike H. at 1:48pm 02.07.24 I ran the engine, found the windlass breaker and switched it on and turned the regular circuit break
NMEA 2000-Help/Guidance where to start. (1) BarryL at 12:32pm 02.07.24 Hello, My plotter is a B&G Zeus 3S. It supports forward scan, but those transducers are big $. Inst
Where to find hull number H49 rgranger at 12:26pm 02.07.24 Does the H49 2009 has the hull # written or engraved in the hull? All commercial boats made after
WATCHING PAINT DRY! Richard19068 at 12:26pm 02.07.24 That looks great. Did you sand off the old nonskid or just fill it in? What color Brite side are you
Black Butyl tape? rgranger at 12:24pm 02.07.24 I purchased a dark grey roll from @mainsail years ago. That would probably look better than white.
Hunter misleading weights rgranger at 12:18pm 02.07.24 It all adds up .... waste water weighs the same. :plus: Maybe even a little more...:poop::biggrin
NMEA 2000-Help/Guidance where to start. Scott T-Bird at 12:09pm 02.07.24 Hey, SOME transducers can operate at various frequencies. I have two transducers on my boat. One i
#31 C310 for sale, Santa Cruz, CA Dave at 11:43am 02.07.24 Yes, we will delete the thread and look askance at you. The member really don't want the forums clut
#31 C310 for sale, Santa Cruz, CA Calif. Ted at 11:18am 02.07.24 Sailboat owners in general, you can post an ad in the classifieds for a small fee I believe. I did w
NMEA 2000-Help/Guidance where to start. BarryL at 11:04am 02.07.24 Hey, SOME transducers can operate at various frequencies. I have two transducers on my boat. One is

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