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Custom font for boat lettering dhandzy at 4:45am 03.31.21 Ask All Sailors 23/4351 Hi -- I'd like to get a name decal for my boat using my own custom font. I have the .ttf file for th
H36 Propeller shaft size. sailboss at 3:55am 03.31.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1367
Raw water pump replacement questions LukeAvanti at 8:11pm 03.30.21 Catalina 30 7/1826 Hi all, another newbie here with a question or two. Recently bought a 1987 Catalina 30 Mk II. The ra
Lifeline netting (1) CaptainRan at 6:50pm 03.30.21 Smaller Boats 8/1478 I just got a new puppy. I named him Skipper so that anything that goes wrong on the boat will be his
Neptune 24 Mast (1) 5760sailor at 4:46pm 03.30.21 Parts Search 2/1830 Hi all, New here and just started sailing about 3 years ago. I have a 1978 Capital Yachts Neptune 24
Ray marine AP Drive unit, M 81135 Sailon1 at 2:58pm 03.30.21 Parts Search 1/447 I am looking for compatible Drive unit for my Simrad AP 24. For a Pearson 30, 8600 pound displacemen
Transducer thru hull on Hunter 25 2005+ location JeffC21331 at 1:46pm 03.30.21 Smaller Boats 10/1368 On a 2005+ Hunter 25, where is the location for the thru hull speed/depth transducer on your boat?
Replacing port side hull controls with "new" ones. (1) EbbTide27 at 9:17am 03.30.21 Mid-Size Boats 1/624 So I found a set of these on eBay and snagged them. The existing controls were underwater for a lon
Folding vs Fixed Prop STW? Kings Gambit at 8:59am 03.30.21 Ask All Sailors 68/8223 Still muddling over this question from a few weeks back. The question of what a folding prop does to
Draft stripes. Anyone use them? (1) Justin_NSA at 8:07am 03.30.21 Ask All Sailors 18/4856 I confess this is new to me. Anyone getting benefit from using them? A draft stripe is a horizontal
C-30 motoring speed "At Ease" at 8:06am 03.30.21 Catalina 30 12/2224 1 minute ago I purchased a C-30 late last season. 1989 hull #5355. My last trip I had no other opti
Shields Multiflex Tim Mills at 9:51pm 03.29.21 Big Boats 3/861 Just got back from dewinterizing the boat. I found that my 1-1/2 galley drain line was split open wh
2004 Hunter 33 with Yanmar 3YM30 won't start....occasionally niner_gang at 8:31pm 03.29.21 Ask All Sailors 16/3731 Recently went out, turned off shore power, switched to battery #1, just given the date, and nothing.
Hunter 26 - Routing wire from engine to battery - where to drill hole DeliriousSailor at 6:57pm 03.29.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/833 Looking for the best way to route the wire from our new motor with electric start to the battery whi
Kiwi Prop Fourt46 at 4:49pm 03.29.21 Engines and Propulsion 2/926 Considering installing a feathering propeller on my Ericson 27 with a Westerbeke M4-30 25 Hp, curren
Lost another KiwiProp blade last weekend Ken13559 at 4:45pm 03.29.21 Engines and Propulsion 0/608 I have been using KiwiProp for many years. Love it. Just about 3 years ago, after a haul-out job, mo
Jib furler on Hunter 356 (1) karellen at 1:03pm 03.29.21 Big Boats 2/625 Hi folks, I took my 356 to the yard last week to pull the stick and remove all the standing rigging
Columbia 28 Halvern at 10:32am 03.29.21 Columbia 0/778 Want to switch from Tiller to Wheel/Pedestal steering and I need to know the diameter of the Rudder
Columbia 28 Rudder Halvern at 10:29am 03.29.21 Columbia 1/1265 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 2/712 HELLO ALL! JUST PURCHASED A Robinson ' Caine 1999 LEOPARD 38 IT HAS ITS ORIGINAL COCKPIT CUSHIONS a

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Emergency Manual DanInCali at 10:41pm 03.29.25 I have two laminated cards attached to the binnacle: MOB instructions and Abandon Ship plan. Both ar
Table in cabin? (1) Will Gilmore at 10:38pm 03.29.25 230596 Just Google "O'DAY 22 interior" -Chill Will
Water Tank Drains When Heeling justsomeguy at 10:38pm 03.29.25 Option 2.
Water Tank Drains When Heeling (3) Ralph Johnstone at 9:09pm 03.29.25 Have you actually seen the faucet draining while the boat is heavily heeled over. This we must know
Water Tank Drains When Heeling Will Gilmore at 7:25pm 03.29.25 This is not my area of expertise, so I am only speculating. Your water tank will probably have thr
40 Autopilot Linear drive Mounting Location LouisMK at 6:59pm 03.29.25 June 20, Whitehall Creek, near Annapolis
Water Tank Drains When Heeling (1) dlochner at 5:35pm 03.29.25 I'm having a hard time imaging the heel angle that would be a safe and fast angle that would put the
Water Tank Drains When Heeling Tally Ho at 5:35pm 03.29.25
Water Tank Drains When Heeling dLj at 5:33pm 03.29.25 Personally I'd go with option 4. I don't think there is a simple option. dj
Sailing Season(spring) Tally Ho at 5:27pm 03.29.25 My marina will open on April 1, and I would normally launch Tally Ho the day the marina opened (assu
fresh water flush dlochner at 2:05pm 03.29.25 Our experience is not consistent some of the statements made here. When we were on the Great Lakes w
Is fairing compound reasonable for a hull crack jssailem at 1:24pm 03.29.25 Yes. But more slowly than zinc/copper brass or zinc/tin brass. It is also a less malleable metal for
40 Autopilot Linear drive Mounting Location DonEvans at 1:22pm 03.29.25 That is one seriously robust tiller arm Don! Smooth sailing, wish you could join us for the Rondezv
Is fairing compound reasonable for a hull crack colemj at 1:07pm 03.29.25 I looked up propeller struts and found that most are made of either manganese bronze or aluminum bro
fresh water flush colemj at 12:56pm 03.29.25 Yes, keeping an aerobic tank helps to eliminate odors. But few, and I mean few, boats can keep the
fresh water flush colemj at 12:42pm 03.29.25 You were doing pretty well till you said that. Fresh water DOES keep the toilet discharge line cle
fresh water flush (1) Ralph Johnstone at 11:41am 03.29.25 Without that ability you'd have reroute the intake line into a jug of clean fresh water every time
Is fairing compound reasonable for a hull crack jssailem at 11:41am 03.29.25 The strut is brass, Unless you sought out a brass strut and installed it, that would be highly unl
fresh water flush (1) Ralph Johnstone at 11:05am 03.29.25 You were doing pretty well till you said that. Thanks @Peggie Hall HeadMistress for interjecting
fresh water flush Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 10:55am 03.29.25 That's what makes teeing the toilet intake line into the sink drainline so handy on boats with below

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