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Boat Insurance Orbweaver at 7:14pm 02.23.21 Ask All Sailors 6/1079 The other thread warning about boat insurance has me thinking. I've never had boat insurance and rea
What's one thing on your boat that drives you crazy! Capt Robbie at 6:33pm 02.23.21 Ask All Sailors 48/4885 I have a Hunter 34 and the one thing that drives me crazy on my boat is the size of opening in the s
i got carried away... (5) SailingLoto at 3:59pm 02.23.21 Trailer Sailors 32/3733 Here is the inside of my south coast 22... I had already cut out the plywood galley on the starboar
Beware of BoatUS Insurance Corey16781 at 12:14pm 02.23.21 Ask All Sailors 24/4958 Unfortunately our O'Day 25 broke loose from it's Mooring and sank. It was a Total Loss. I have bee
No Traveler? ontherocks83 at 11:46am 02.23.21 Ask All Sailors 36/7352 Been looking at Boat porn lately and I've noticed that some newer boats do not have a traveler and i
Hunter 376 Fender Sizing and Positioning duck21 at 11:01am 02.23.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/1845 Hello! We just purchased a 1996 Hunter 376. We're really excited! Since it's winter, now begins ou
Looking for O'Day 25 Trailer or similar Tandem Axle (1) withintheruins14 at 10:49am 02.23.21 Trailer Sailors 12/1495 Looking for an O'Day 25 trailer in Wisconsin area - the boats a swing keel so these are usually a ta
Stem/Keel Repair (3) withintheruins14 at 10:36am 02.23.21 Ask All Sailors 21/4055 How might you go about fixing this? I'm taking this boat into the shop and need to coordinate the st
Onan 8K Gen losing coolant (5) HandsOnTech at 10:21am 02.23.21 Engines and Propulsion 24/4702
76 years ago today, on an island (2) Brian D at 7:42am 02.23.21 Sails Call Lounge 8/1049 Six Marines raised a second flag on Japanese homeland territory for the first time during World War
Hunter 460/466 Rudder Identification Scallywagger at 6:33am 02.23.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/718 Hello everyone. I'm hoping to replace my rudder on my newly aquired 2001 Hunter 460. Clipper Marine
Larger wheel? JAE at 9:42pm 02.22.21 Catalina 310 12/2148 Hi all has anybody changed the 310 wheel with a lager one? I get that it impedes cockpit movements h
Repair and replacement of cockpit drains on a Hunter 34 swshogren at 1:45pm 02.22.21 Big Boats 19/4102 Discovered this weekend that one of my cockpit drains froze and split last weekend during the big sn
Yanmar 2QM20H engine mounts jsgrover at 1:04pm 02.22.21 Engines and Propulsion 2/921 I am having difficulty identifying the proper part number for the 2QM20. Existing mounts are shot, a
Headstay too short? Drinky Crow at 12:40pm 02.22.21 Ask All Sailors 10/1451 I just had all new wire installed. Headstay, shrouds, mids, lowers and backstay w/legs. Old furler o
Wiring size calculator Tim22 at 12:08pm 02.22.21 Musings With Maine Sail 3/2433 I downloaded both the ABYC and Blue Sea wire size calculator and noticed that there is a discrepancy
Catalina keel and structural impact of sitting on the bottom smontgom at 11:37am 02.22.21 Ask All Sailors 20/3598 I am looking at a Catalina 36 as a step up from our Hunter 31. While it draws 4'5" our mean low low
H36 Reefing Advice drm1 at 10:15am 02.22.21 Big Boats 10/884 Hi. Would love to get thoughts from others on reefing. I have the roller furling main and standard
Plastic packing box johnstreatfeild at 8:56am 02.22.21 Mid-Size Boats 23/4050 The packing box on my 1999 Hunter 335 is made out of some sort of plastic material. There is no loc
Catalina 22 being parted out? Bowleys Quarters Catalina at 7:36am 02.22.21 Parts Search 20/3320 Working on a Catalina 22 Restore. Need a bunch of parts. Anyone know of a Cat 22 being parted out?

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1982 H33 - boom vang rigging questions (1) kloudie1 at 4:31pm 03.23.25 On the '85 H-34, the vang lower multi-block is shackled to a fixture on the mast base.. From there ,
Yanmar 2GM fuel system calibration JoeWhite at 4:28pm 03.23.25 As Alen pointed out, I vote for blocked primary filter. If it has viewable tray look to see if there
Engine Overheating (1) kloudie1 at 4:23pm 03.23.25 On my old 34, it looks like this: Plastic thingie on the top of the "U" is a check valve to stop any
Play in Volvo Penta Folding Prop jbmia at 4:23pm 03.23.25
Trailer Boston Whaler 22' Revenge 900 miles? Project_Mayhem at 4:00pm 03.23.25 This boat looks really well cared for. People love their Whalers!
Trailer Boston Whaler 22' Revenge 900 miles? shemandr at 3:57pm 03.23.25 Ha! Yeah that's a problem. But the Indian River Lagoon is really too shallow for sailing anything
Trailer Boston Whaler 22' Revenge 900 miles? Project_Mayhem at 3:47pm 03.23.25 I think you're on the right track. Perhaps you could ask the broker to elaborate on the work that's
Yanmar 2GM fuel system calibration Alan Gomes at 3:25pm 03.23.25 Don't mess with those two adjustments that are wired shut as you can royally screw up your engine if
Engine Overheating Davidasailor26 at 3:01pm 03.23.25 I think Ralph got it. Sounds exactly like an anti-siphon vacuum break. Its use might be optional dep
Play in Volvo Penta Folding Prop (2) Ralph Johnstone at 2:24pm 03.23.25 anything else?
Bowsprit Protection from Chain dlochner at 2:02pm 03.23.25 But, my hope/assumption is that there is some other circuit protection (breaker) for that circuit.
Yanmar 2GM fuel system calibration Tally Ho at 1:41pm 03.23.25 Our newly-acquired H33 has the subject engine. It starts and idles fine, but with the throttle lev
Bowsprit Protection from Chain Foswick at 1:12pm 03.23.25 The loads from the windlass and in particular the inrush loads will exceed the panel's capacity. If
Main Rigging Upgrades Foswick at 1:02pm 03.23.25 Thank you @garymalmgren for all the great input!
1982 H33 - boom vang rigging questions efair at 1:00pm 03.23.25 efair, you may be able to find what you seek on this site - see below links: https://hunter.sailbo
Main Rigging Upgrades Foswick at 12:55pm 03.23.25 I would make start by replacing the sheave in the clew car. Is there actually a sheave in there? T
Main Rigging Upgrades Foswick at 12:51pm 03.23.25 Have you ever done a complete rigging inspection done (aloft)? Might be a good idea to have an exp
Main Rigging Upgrades Foswick at 12:34pm 03.23.25 Topping lift e boom acting as a topping lift (Yellow arrow) and a standard topping lift fitted to t
Main Rigging Upgrades FastOlson at 11:05am 03.23.25 Once you have figured out the existing scheme.... I would advocate replacing the old top. lift with
Engine Overheating (2) Ralph Johnstone at 11:03am 03.23.25 I seem to have an added modification to the connection between the HE and the mixing elbow. There i

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