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Columbia 28 Rudder Halvern at 10:29am 03.29.21 Columbia 1/1066 I want change from Tiller to Wheel/Pedestal steering and I need to know the Diameter of the Rudder
LEOPARD 38 1999 ralph1152 at 9:59am 03.29.21 Ask All Sailors 2/570 HELLO ALL! JUST PURCHASED A Robinson ' Caine 1999 LEOPARD 38 IT HAS ITS ORIGINAL COCKPIT CUSHIONS a
Water Distribution on Catalina 320 Scott T-Bird at 8:34am 03.29.21 Mid-Size Boats 29/4704 I am disappointed with water pressure in the water system. It seems very weak. I'm convinced that
Standard-sized toilet / Catalina 320 Scott T-Bird at 8:25am 03.29.21 Mid-Size Boats 24/3418 I measured the head compartment thoroughly and finally decided I could buy a standard-sized electric
Catalina MKI 42 1989 listing to starboard? John189 at 6:31am 03.29.21 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1328 I purchased a 1989 Catalina 42 MK I, with a shoal draft keel last year, after filling the fuel tank
New chart plotter wrong size for hole macdoug at 12:58am 03.29.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1924 I want to upgrade my chart plotter for the original Simrad NSS8 to a B'G Zeus 3s. Unfortunately the
Cockpit drain jksirius at 8:11pm 03.28.21 Sirius 21/22 5/2193 Just an FYI for other owners: On my Sirius, the hose from the cockpit drain runs through the starbo
Keel cable replacement jksirius at 8:04pm 03.28.21 Sirius 21/22 0/832 Hi everyone. I'm looking to replace my keel cable for the first time. Question 1) the cable still l
Deck fitting (water fill) replacement cap? (1) Orbweaver at 7:53pm 03.28.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/569 Hi all, I finally am getting some time to work on Serenade, going through all the systems looking fo
Shroud tension. Harvey Chichester at 6:08pm 03.28.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/645 For the Hunter 18 what shroud tension is recommended for top and side shrouds?
AC / Heat repair assistance Le Bon Temp 1 at 1:04pm 03.28.21 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/433 Hello, my ac/heater unit in my 350 started making noise only when the heater is put on and not the a
Covid 19 travel sailingsoon at 12:31pm 03.28.21 Ask All Sailors 2/755 Ok... So if you're in the Dominican Republic or are taking steps to travel there by sail let's say,
Hunter 456 and replacement compass (1) FBD at 11:15am 03.28.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/690 Hi My newly acquired Hunter needs a lot of work but she has good bones. The boat has the original
Anchor Deck pipe set-up (2) mtarcher1 at 11:06am 03.28.21 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/570 My Catalina 22 (1980 Jaguar) has an anchor locker with a deck pipe set-up as shown in the 2 pics. I
Cabinets/ Storage kensh1 at 10:54am 03.28.21 Ask An Oday Owner 3/732
Bottom Paint on a Cradle (1) SirMichael at 10:52am 03.28.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/777
Catalina 385 / Golf Cart Batteries? Monterey385 at 9:41am 03.28.21 Big Boats 8/2169 Its time to upgrade my 4D batteries on my 2016 Catalina 385. I had really wanted to convert the 2 4
MAC26M. THE GOOD/BAD/ UGLY smjtvl at 9:21am 03.28.21 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1335 The good The bad The ugly What should we know about a 2008? Value - ? Offered at 23.5k, too hig
Tips on replacing rub rail - O'day 23 dexterbuell at 9:15am 03.28.21 Ask An Oday Owner 9/2154 I plan to replace the chipped and incomplete PVC rub rail on my 23-2 this Spring. Any tips on how to
Moisture damage (7) rukidn at 6:54am 03.28.21 Catalina 310 6/1600 Last summer we discovered the cabin top panel covering the companionway slide was wet. We found a c

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Any S2 8.5 owners? Project_Mayhem at 6:24am 09.11.24 Use the wider 2 or 3" truck straps. They stretch less and on my 19' boat the bigger straps made it t
Battery Location 2000 Hunter 290 Steve L22188 at 6:14am 09.11.24 I have been following this with interest. But apparently following the big cable also caused the or
What in tarnation is this? Hunter legend 43 Project_Mayhem at 6:07am 09.11.24 Install a slightly larger than the hole flexible solar panel to seal it off?
1/2/Both/Off Switch >>> Alternator Diodes marcham at 6:05am 09.11.24 I started my 3jh3e with a 10Ah motorcycle battery..... your lithium booster pack shouldn't have any
Hunter 260 Mast Base loose?!? Help! isaksp00 at 5:53am 09.11.24 You could get a pop rivet tool and some aluminum rivets and replace the loose ones. I had the mast o
Reefer/freezer installation Tally Ho at 5:53am 09.11.24
Universal M18 leaking oil / low oil pressure smokey73 at 5:48am 09.11.24 First question to clarity. Do you have both a pressure gauge of some sort (reading actual sensed pr
Universal M18 leaking oil / low oil pressure adamv at 5:25am 09.11.24 Thanks @Ralph Johnstone ! Yes the m18 technical manual and parts list just shows an oil switch screw
Potential Tropical Cyclone SIX kappykaplan at 4:36am 09.11.24 Latest projection (9/11 AM) is 4 to 6' in Lake Pontchartrain, same for MS Coast Good luck! :beer:
Potential Tropical Cyclone SIX BigEasy at 4:33am 09.11.24 Are you expecting much in the way of storm surge based on its point of landfall? Latest proje
looking for Lat/Long plotting software Davidasailor26 at 3:31am 09.11.24 Giving David's post about ChatGPT a second look, it might be that he is saying that ChatGPT would b
315 Question: What light wind Sail are you using to handle beam to broad reach? Furling Genneker, Doyle UPS, Code 0, whisker pole on the Genoa? john2 at 11:59pm 09.10.24 I liked the colors of the sail and the sock was included (second hands sail). A furler ads an onothe
Universal M18 leaking oil / low oil pressure Ralph Johnstone at 11:19pm 09.10.24 One more suggestion is to clean up the wires on the pressure switch. They look to be in bad shape a
Universal M18 leaking oil / low oil pressure (2) Ralph Johnstone at 11:14pm 09.10.24 Awright, jets on cool. Do you have a Universal M18 maintenance manual from this site yet ? I'm t
Tank Sensors artboas at 10:13pm 09.10.24 This was the solution I posted about a year ago. It works perfectly
Universal M18 leaking oil / low oil pressure adamv at 10:12pm 09.10.24 Why are you so obsessed with this bloody oil leak ? It isn't worth mentioning. It has nothing to
Universal M18 leaking oil / low oil pressure Ralph Johnstone at 9:36pm 09.10.24 i spotted some oil on top of the transmission - it looks like its dripping from above Why are you
looking for Lat/Long plotting software Foswick at 9:08pm 09.10.24 I will say that using GPT is not a good fit for this sort of problem. I work intensively with machi
Potential Tropical Cyclone SIX smokey73 at 8:43pm 09.10.24 Hope it doesn't shift your way DAMMIT Jim. Are you expecting much in the way of storm surge based o
Pumpout Carts Suck Foswick at 8:39pm 09.10.24 This is s__t hose, and what you see is the correct product for the use at a practical value. Howeve

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