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Beneteau 461: Lewmar 48 electric conversion kit Happy Go Lucky at 11:15am 03.15.21 Ask All Sailors 2/519 Does the Beneteau 461 (2 cabin version) have an access compartment under the starboard secondary/man
Whale Grey IC Pump / Hunter 45 CC (1) Jeff Jellick at 7:48am 03.15.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/419 Has anyone installed the Whale Grey IC pump. The one I want to install is a Model WM8284, (Picture I
Cherubini Raider 33 (Not a Hunter) rudder shoe Wulf711 at 7:21am 03.15.21 Ask All Sailors 16/1830 Hey folks. After I pulled my boat this year I noticed that I lost the shoe/plate which secures the l
Vhf splitter for ais transceiver gettinthere at 5:34am 03.15.21 Musings With Maine Sail 25/7559 Looking to add an ais transceiver. Using the existing vhf antenna makes sense. The transceiver split
symmetrical versus asymmetrical Spinnaker MikeyJ at 7:58pm 03.14.21 Ask All Sailors 8/3259 How much more stress does a asymmetrical put on the rigging. My H23.5 manual, w/fractional rig (no b
Smartwatch while sailing? (1) Jackdaw at 6:40pm 03.14.21 Ask All Sailors 8/3783 Does anyone wear a smartwatch while sailing; for a sailing/racing purpose? If so share. What? How? W
Worrying about swing keel cable hose (1) RogerCA at 6:35pm 03.14.21 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/542 Hello everyone, Just picked up a 1978 Venture of Newport 23, and I couldn't be happier with it. I
New job - new ride (2) Jackdaw at 6:21pm 03.14.21 Ask All Sailors 31/4196 OK, call it an 'additional' ride. With the primary Vakaros target market being sporty boats, it see
Hunter 34 1983 certificate of origine Capt.Yap at 4:57pm 03.14.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/1203 Hi fellow Hunter owners, I recently bought a Hunter 34, 1983. The sailboat is currently in a marina
O'Day 40- instrument Mounting in Bulkhead- LouisMK at 2:44pm 03.14.21 Bigger Boats 5/1116 Has anyone mounted an instrument here? Seems like there is an inner liner ' a space between the oute
O'Day 40- instrument Mounting in Bulkhead (2) LouisMK at 2:37pm 03.14.21 Bigger Boats 0/417 https://forums.sailboatowners.com/attachments/38223be0-f6c8-48de-bad2-e862d97e6a05-jpeg.191516/?hash
Coax Cable Feed-Thru fhujber at 12:35pm 03.14.21 Bigger Boats 12/1805 I am replacing the VHF antenna and cable on my '272LE. I intend to run the coax continuously from th
Adding Webasto ST2000 to Hunter 376 (1) duck21 at 9:35am 03.14.21 Ask All Sailors 7/1266 Hi all! I'm thinking about adding a Webasto ST2000 diesel heater to our new (to us) Hunter 376. The
In Boom Outhaul drewlamparello at 9:06am 03.14.21 Catalina 275 12/6345 Does anyone have a diagram of this rig in the boom. Jibed the boat yesterday and the line parted.
Bilge Plumbing on First 41s5 ???? georgetheleo at 6:43am 03.14.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/490 My 1990 First 41s5 has a miserable bilge plumbing set up! It has ball valves at every thru hull i
Traditional format. Joe at 5:43am 03.14.21 Ask All Sailors 2/761 I like the old page layout. How do I get that back... it changed today when I logged in. Thanks fo
H310 - Where does anchor locker drain? wdonovan at 5:37am 03.14.21 Mid-Size Boats 6/1169 My boat is tarped from the stern to just behind the anchor locker in dry dock. Still getting a bunch
Getting a messenger through mast wdonovan at 5:33am 03.14.21 Ask All Sailors 6/1582 Yeah... so I need to get a messenger in the emast of my hunter 310. Mast is currently down but not w
What is best way to rig this rigid boom vang? (1) kjdoyle1 at 5:00am 03.14.21 Ask All Sailors 8/1531 So we bought a '94 Hunter 29.5 and pretty much all the running rigging needed replacements. However,
I made some custom rugs! (1) VisionPNW at 12:27am 03.14.21 Ask All Sailors 16/1600 191489As liveaboards, we really wanted some rugs for our boat/home. After looking into what was comm

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Lost Water ballast valve in Hunter 23.5 help me please LloydB at 8:42am 09.08.24 227321
Lost Water ballast valve in Hunter 23.5 help me please dLj at 8:32am 09.08.24 yes you're right @dLj , but I'm not sure where it broke, if at the point where the plate was attach
Lost Water ballast valve in Hunter 23.5 help me please andrewH235 at 8:18am 09.08.24 yes you're right @dLj , but I'm not sure where it broke, if at the point where the plate was attache
Lost Water ballast valve in Hunter 23.5 help me please dLj at 6:49am 09.08.24 good morning sailors and many thanks @dLj for your suggestions, they are a great idea. @Crazy Dave
ID this boat please dlochner at 5:22am 09.08.24 Islander 28 https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/islander-28
Hunter 27 (1984) - Furler Clearance Issues dlochner at 5:20am 09.08.24 Let's take a simple improvement first. The line for the furler looks too big. Most furlers use 5/16"
Hunter 27 (1984) - Furler Clearance Issues Marmalade at 4:56am 09.08.24 I'd start with a quick check of mast rake, particularly if your rig is dropped every season. Quick
Engine Alignment Afraal at 4:31am 09.08.24 Thank you @valcour and @Ralph Johnstone. Greta information and pics!
Lost Water ballast valve in Hunter 23.5 help me please andrewH235 at 12:17am 09.08.24 good morning sailors and many thanks @dLj for your suggestions, they are a great idea. @Crazy Dave
Engine Alignment (1) Ralph Johnstone at 8:42pm 09.07.24 This is what I use. Once you read and thoroughly understand this, you will see that the first part
Hunter 27 (1984) - Furler Clearance Issues jssailem at 7:36pm 09.07.24 Is the sail contacting the bar on the pulpit? It should not. The sail should be above the black rou
Hunter 27 (1984) - Furler Clearance Issues Sailor Sue at 7:00pm 09.07.24 Do you see any additional options? Yup. Move the forestay to one of the two holes behind the tack
Hunter 50 AC deck light mcconkd at 6:52pm 09.07.24 Yes, replace the bulb with the LED from the store. It worked for us. Is it a direct replacement th
Transom thick enough to leave outboard on during 800 mile trip, C25 Ripples III at 6:20pm 09.07.24 THanks everyone that replied. I have been taking the motor off for the last 6 trips but getting old
Hunter 50 AC deck light Georgedoyle at 6:19pm 09.07.24 Yes, replace the bulb with the LED from the store. It worked for us.
New Cat 22 owner ...3TacksontheWater at 5:45pm 09.07.24 David W, congratulations on your new boat. George
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? smokey73 at 5:40pm 09.07.24 I use a Code Zero on a continuous liner furler attached to the bale on the Anchor Roller. It works
Engine Alignment (2) valcour at 5:02pm 09.07.24 you can hoist the engine using a 4 x 4 on the cabin top or boom to replace the engine mounts and/or
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? valcour at 4:38pm 09.07.24 In light air (under 10kt) I launch and fly a symmetrical spinnaker by myself when the admiral is bel
Is AI a tool that can aide boaters? Davidasailor26 at 4:24pm 09.07.24 I got the Substack app and got access to the article. Seeing the picture of the low freeboard is com

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