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Identification labels clutches /line stoppers C310 Clydo at 3:15pm 05.05.25 Catalina 310 5/1424 ID labels on my clutches are fading away. Anyone know where to get replacements Catalina factory?
City and Month of Manufacture GordonL at 3:12pm 05.05.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/560
Rig tension 1993 Hunter Legend 35.5 skunther at 12:44pm 05.05.25 Ask All Sailors 1/226 Does anyone know where I can find the rigging specs for this boat? I wanna be sure my stay tensions
Westerbeke Coolant problems Bluescruiser at 12:14pm 05.05.25 Engines and Propulsion 3/1061 I have a Westerbeke 55 that has me really stumped. The most glaring symptom is what seems to be the
New owner of a Chrysler 22 sandpiper (6) boulevardtalonman at 10:18am 05.05.25 Trailer Sailors 15/1618 Hello everyone, second post. About a month ago, I picked up a 1977 Chrysler c22 sandpiper. The PO
BATTERY? Guystapo at 8:03am 05.05.25 Ask All Sailors 34/2473 OK Gang ..I know this topic has been covered 1000 times but I am changing out batteries soon in my C
Nifty Boat Handling garymalmgren at 1:18am 05.05.25 Ask All Sailors 15/1347 That helm looks really heavy, but Leo pulls off some nifty boat handling. m-u4bZ9JELU
Tight furler skunther at 4:36pm 05.04.25 Ask All Sailors 70/4689
Access to the underside deck from the salon? brianregnier at 2:46pm 05.04.25 Mid-Size Boats 1/502 I am a Hunter 33 2004 owner in Redondo Beach CA. I am trying to access the underside of the deck at
Bench testing alternator Project_Mayhem at 10:42am 05.04.25 Musings With Maine Sail 3/967 I just cleaned and replaced a few parts in an alternator that fried when the PO reversed battery cab
Water Tank cleaning access port - 1993 H33.5 gotons at 8:20am 05.04.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/506 Did this model come with an access location for cleaning the tank? If not, any advice before I put
Hunter 280 Mast Water Drain Waterdog1 at 8:19am 05.04.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/492 I have a 1997 Hunter 280 and I'm noticing that when it rains, water comes internally down the mast o
Is this crackling sound normal newsailor72 at 9:47pm 05.03.25 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/713 Went to check out a 85 Mac 22, when I was moving around inside the cabin, there's this loud cracklin
First post. New C22 owner (5) boulevardtalonman at 7:33pm 05.03.25 Chrysler 5/5846 I just picked up a 1977 C22 and am looking forward to learning how to sail. I have a lot of questio
Luff Extrusion length for hunter 23.5 Dzzz at 7:09pm 05.03.25 Trailer Sailors 5/653 Looking at a CDI FF2 for Hunter 23.5. How long is just the actual Luff Extrusion piece? Thanks!
Battery recommendation - anchor windless NotCook at 12:14pm 05.03.25 Ask All Sailors 24/2364 I need to replace my 2 12V batteries, to make 24V, and wanted to see what the current thinking is ab
Sleeping, quarter berth or settee? BAD ORCA at 9:15am 05.03.25 Ask All Sailors 13/1281 If you have a quarter berth and two long couch/settee's with lee cloths, which do you prefer to slee
Folding prop sizing for y3ym30ae sd25 on Oceanis 35.1 SheetHappens at 5:16am 05.03.25 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/917 Pondering doing a prop upgrade from factory fixed to folding. Beneteau seems to have undersized the
Rudder bearing (or packing gland?) bolt tightness (1) max_sailing at 10:19pm 05.02.25 Catalina 310 5/1563 Hi Folks, I recently noticed that these bolts, which I assume are holding a race on the rudder bear
H49 New Sails Boiler at 7:36pm 05.02.25 Big Boats 14/1568 My boat, a Hunter 49, is in need of new sails. The boat is a tall rig version, with a furling mast

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Spin-Tech Furler (4) cokomo at 8:31am 11.01.25 We recently purchased a Gulf 32 which has a Spin-Tec Triumph 2000 on the headsail. After some resea
Thank You! (Some thoughts on my 'rookie season') john6206 at 8:21am 11.01.25
Holding tank vent fitting keithonElan at 8:14am 11.01.25 Yes, that sounds like a good approach. The brass elbow is inside the white cylinder that should give
Possibly wrong boat, but dreaming. sv_regulus at 8:12am 11.01.25 6 months? I thought you said 2 years in your opening post. What is your rush? I'm not sure, but
Need help identifying a part from my vent hose Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:11am 11.01.25 Most marine pipe fittings will be straight thread, not NPT which is tapered. These should not be mi
Teak oil or varnish for dinghy floor boards? JBP-PA at 8:09am 11.01.25 Satin doesn't stand up as well over time to external UV. That's probably why Trinka oiled them orig
Teak oil or varnish for dinghy floor boards? JBP-PA at 8:07am 11.01.25 I've found tung oil thinned about 25% with mineral spirits last longer. Teak oil strikes me as a ma
Teak oil or varnish for dinghy floor boards? thinwater at 7:56am 11.01.25 I've found tung oil thinned about 25% with mineral spirits last longer. Teak oil strikes me as a mar
Teak oil or varnish for dinghy floor boards? dLj at 7:19am 11.01.25 Satin doesn't stand up as well over time to external UV. That's probably why Trinka oiled them origi
Possibly wrong boat, but dreaming. Scott T-Bird at 7:18am 11.01.25 Thank you for the encouragement! I plan to literally sail the crap out of it after the refit. Right
Broken Mast block alternativez (2) JBP-PA at 7:09am 11.01.25 For a deck mount, you can use a stand up block or a deck turning block. A stand up block accommoda
Through - hulll penetrations on H34 kloudie1 at 7:08am 11.01.25 My '85 model has the same stuff there. It was (is?) really common to have used marine plywood as the
Raw water intake pump questions Dr. D at 7:03am 11.01.25 OK, now I understand your comment.
Broken Mast block alternativez thinwater at 7:00am 11.01.25 First, the failure mode. The top left screw (can't see type) pulled out of the mast, followed by the
Thank You! (Some thoughts on my 'rookie season') Indysailor at 6:32am 11.01.25 It was fun to follow your journey this year, congratulations!
1984 Newport Mk3 30-foot spreader boot (end cap) size? kappykaplan at 5:31am 11.01.25 Self amalgamating splicing tape works better than both of those but it only comes in black. No. Lo
Possibly wrong boat, but dreaming. dLj at 4:54am 11.01.25 Would that make my boat a class C or class B vessel by modern standards? This makes a lot of sense
Thank You! (Some thoughts on my 'rookie season') dlochner at 4:50am 11.01.25
Hows this boom/mast look.. on my "new" (1971) Catalina 22 ShawnL at 4:34am 11.01.25 @dlochner about covered it. But... I have been told that the early c22 mainsail didn't use slugs.
Raw water intake pump questions BigEasy at 10:46pm 10.31.25 The motor is a Yanmar 3YM30AE and the pump is by Johnson F4B-903. I found a video of rebuilding thi

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