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New O'Day 25 Owner ray dann at 8:25pm 07.29.21 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1417 So I just purchased an 83 O'Day 25 in Ft. Worth, TX. Never had a sailboat before, but looking forwa
Between chart plotters (1) jaysweet at 5:24pm 07.29.21 Ask All Sailors 24/3801 At the moment, I have a dead Raymarine C80 (2004 vintage) in a Navpod at the helm. I just bought an
45cc forward air conditioner replacement (2) Greg Kyle at 2:28pm 07.29.21 Big Boats 0/620 Hoping for helpful tips here. The compressor went in the original Marvair A/C for the forward part o
Replacing bulbs in cabin lights (1) Juice6576 at 1:07pm 07.29.21 Big Boats 3/869 196610 How do you take this light apart to replace the bulb? Need to replace bulb in the light on t
1987 Cat 22 SK Halyard Replacement Line John Marrone at 11:25am 07.29.21 Catalina 22 5/1187 Looking for best Spec. for Main Sail Halyard. Looked at Sail Rite, Catalina Direct and Defender Mar
Helm Seating - What do you do? (H38) flightlead404 at 10:21am 07.29.21 Big Boats 31/6251 In my boat (H38) the helm seating position is awful. If I am seated behind the wheel I can't see a
Hunter 45DS Hidden Bilge seanmadian at 9:02am 07.29.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1186 Hello sailors -- My partner and I purchased an '09 Hunter 45DS Oct 2020. In exploring and cleaning h
H23.5 sliding hatch joetr1955 at 7:57am 07.29.21 Smaller Boats 14/2525 Anyone know if anybody parting out H23.5 . I need a sliding hatch for my companion way .
Beginner Questions Wolfpack Six at 6:58am 07.29.21 Trailer Sailors 25/3693 Hello folks, I'm basically a beginner to sailing "real" boats. I've got no formal sailing experien
Rig Shimmy Artey1 at 6:49am 07.29.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/1961 Firstly - I'm in Oklahoma and there are no riggers near me. I have a 1984 Hunter 34 with a B'R rig,
AutoPilot on Hunter 280 Panera at 5:42pm 07.28.21 Mid-Size Boats 7/1482 Hi, Has any installed an AutoPilot on a Hunter 280. Looking for your experience and tips on install
Olympic Swimmers Don Guillette at 3:59pm 07.28.21 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 14/2342 I normally don't post a topic unless I'm at least 95% sure of what I'm talking about - I've learned
Proposed changes to Broadcast Notice to Mariners Davidasailor26 at 1:38pm 07.28.21 Ask All Sailors 9/1581
what's a bottom paint cost in yr marina ? MitchM at 12:55pm 07.28.21 Ask All Sailors 14/1784 i'm doing a survey.: all comments welcome. i will have to hire someone for this job of botto
Advice on install Raymarine Wind Indicator on Hunter 326 VernonJ at 12:21pm 07.28.21 Mid-Size Boats 8/856 I have a 2003 Hunter 326 and I intend to install a Raymarine ST60 wind indicator. Does anyone have e
Upgrading Windlass wire - double up on the wire (1) Roy1919 at 8:56am 07.28.21 Ask All Sailors 23/3478 We recently redid the wiring on our Dickerson 37 sailboat and ran 2awg from the batteries to the win
C&C resources Apex at 6:59am 07.28.21 C&C 9/4390 I am looking for information and current resources for C'C yachts. a quicke googly search turned up
Hunter 386 cabin lighting replacement Gary Ryan at 6:08am 07.28.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1135 Hey Guys, looking at swapping out our cabin lights with led. Question 1, how do I get access to bul
Force 10 Oven Troubleshooting help wsconner at 4:03am 07.28.21 Ask All Sailors 3/3785 Searched a variety of forums looking for leads on the issues with my Force 10 model 63351 oven so fi
Paint for storage lockers drmpmeyer at 9:05pm 07.27.21 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1043 Advice on paint to use on cockpit storage lockers

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Adhesive for rope clutch? BarryL at 10:45am 04.22.25 Hello, My guess is that the sticky material is sealant to prevent water from getting into the deck.
Lithium battery question (1) Bob S at 10:42am 04.22.25 Balmar has a LiFePO4 Service Bulletin for programming a lithium profile for older MC-614 in case any
Beneteau 473 with Profurl Bob S at 10:34am 04.22.25 I believe the 473 uses 7/16. There is an excel sheet on the 393 yahoo group listing running rigging
M25 or M26S? SteveHughessails at 7:25am 04.22.25
Rudder stuffing box (1) JoeWhite at 7:01am 04.22.25 Weather it is in the water or not you can replace it's packing the same way as the traditional stuff
Information on the South Atlantic crossing in 1982/83 Joe at 6:49am 04.22.25 Some other good resources are any articles and books written by Lin and Larry Pardey. They are lege
DC to DC charger size ice breaker at 6:05am 04.22.25 Thanks you everyone that responded! You pretty much confirmed what I was thinking. I do have a gen
Continuing my Oday 192 survey... bear with me! Will Gilmore at 5:34am 04.22.25
2005 Hunter 38 red boot stripe LLeDrew at 4:46am 04.22.25 Thanks for the coast to coast response. I'm assuming the roll and tip application method should als
Adhesive for rope clutch? twodzusfittings at 4:42am 04.22.25 Good wheel the hardware is held in place by a fastener Translation please?
2001 Hunter 340 main bilge and leak questions BW1973 at 4:31am 04.22.25 All good thoughts! Thanks for the responses! The fridge drains into the bilge, but it's been off si
Continuing my Oday 192 survey... bear with me! Timm R Oday25 at 4:20am 04.22.25 I'm pretty sure it was here on this forum ,under boat info . The drawing was done by hand and not ve
DC to DC charger size MFD at 9:49pm 04.21.25 @ice breaker said they have the original 80-amp alternator that came with their Yanmar. One reason p
2005 Hunter 38 red boot stripe marcham at 9:19pm 04.21.25 It was paint on our 380. We just redid ours as well... used TopLac Plus .... were in a rush so we sa
DC to DC charger size marcham at 9:14pm 04.21.25 I have a question for all of you that have switched to lithium house banks but kept the AGM start b
M25 or M26S? RussC at 9:00pm 04.21.25 I've never been a big fan of water ballast (26S) but both are good boats. I've had my M25 for 8 year
(another) Fuel/Water Separator Thread - Help me choose! (1) max_sailing at 7:50pm 04.21.25
Adhesive for rope clutch? jssailem at 7:39pm 04.21.25 If it was grey and stick Butyl tape is a possibility. It is a good water resistant caulk material to
Topside Canvas H49 T J Furstenau at 7:08pm 04.21.25 We had new canvas done over the winter for our H49. Included dodger (with Makrolon windows), bimini
Magnum Charger/Inverter Communication Problems (2) MFD at 6:40pm 04.21.25 I also have a MS2812 and the ME-RC remote. Since you reset everything and replaced the cable, replac

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