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Beneteau 461: Lewmar 48 electric conversion kit Happy Go Lucky at 11:15am 03.15.21 Ask All Sailors 2/694 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 2/512 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 16/2519 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 25/10484 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 8/4624 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 8/4749 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 1/676 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 31/5645 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 12/1480 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 5/1441 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 0/512 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 12/2937 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 7/1661 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 12/8023 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 2/605 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 2/838 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 6/1416 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 6/2056 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 8/1864 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 16/2158 191489As liveaboards, we really wanted some rugs for our boat/home. After looking into what was comm

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Sail is close to furler Max Luff (1) Drinky Crow at 7:54pm 05.24.25 So better image. Spar was made by Cinkel (RIP). Danny at Klacko opined it was not original to the bo
Sail is close to furler Max Luff colemj at 7:31pm 05.24.25 Not double ended, my bad, but like below.....so the end of that rod would have some kind of fitting
Water heater button turns off shore power? Ed Childress at 7:09pm 05.24.25 I think you may have something there, Don and Joe. I have suspected one of my two house batteries i
Sail is close to furler Max Luff (1) Drinky Crow at 6:28pm 05.24.25 The picture Is of sail prior to the tether being installed. As I said there was no real tension on
Water heater button turns off shore power? JoeWhite at 6:07pm 05.24.25 Disconnect battery charger then turn on the water heater. The charger plus water heater may be too m
Has anyone installed and configured a Victon energy multiplus inverter charger ? Johann at 5:33pm 05.24.25 Sounds like the programming will be the issue - can't you program with a PC and Victron Energy ASS0
Adding a boom vang SteveHughessails at 5:20pm 05.24.25 Thanks guys I found 2 boom bails, one that fits the mast bolt at the base. When measuring the boom,
Replacing V-berth platform jaysweet at 4:43pm 05.24.25 For waterproofing, you want unthickened epoxy. As thin as possible, so warm up the rain and wood t
Replacing V-berth platform jaysweet at 4:37pm 05.24.25 Here is a picture of the cleats that have the lids flush with the surface.. I noted that the cleats
Water heater button turns off shore power? Don S/V ILLusion at 3:57pm 05.24.25 Don asked "what suts off" and I tried to reply, but this is my first post so I'm not sure I replied
Water heater button turns off shore power? Ed Childress at 3:38pm 05.24.25 Don asked "what suts off" and I tried to reply, but this is my first post so I'm not sure I replied
Water heater button turns off shore power? Ed Childress at 3:35pm 05.24.25 I would love to see a circuit diagram for the AC circuit on my Catalina so I can see whether it is a
Replacing the thru-hull and seacock for the marine toilet - Beneteau Oceanis 40 2008 Ralph Johnstone at 3:33pm 05.24.25 Groco now manufactures fittings that all have BSPP threads on the thru hull, valve, & tail piece. N
Replacing the thru-hull and seacock for the marine toilet - Beneteau Oceanis 40 2008 BigEasy at 3:23pm 05.24.25 Done for now, we will know if it was successful once the boat goes in the water ... Looks gr
Has anyone installed and configured a Victon energy multiplus inverter charger ? spadaforaj at 3:16pm 05.24.25 Thanks for all the information - the installation should not be difficult (if the wires are long eno
Clutch cone slipping Radams89 at 2:44pm 05.24.25 Any free play between the shift arm and the shift shaft? Could the shift arm have slipped a smidge
Clutch cone slipping (1) Radams89 at 2:41pm 05.24.25 I'm not sure that is a common transmission on boats, so you might not get much specific expertise
Clutch cone slipping kloudie1 at 2:27pm 05.24.25 Any free play between the shift arm and the shift shaft? Could the shift arm have slipped a smidge o
Adding a boom vang ShawnL at 2:03pm 05.24.25 Garhauer also makes a really nice bolt-on mast plate. I have 2 of them on my Catalina 22 and love t
Sail is close to furler Max Luff colemj at 1:56pm 05.24.25 After furling halyard is wrapped maybe a quarter turn and this with minimal tension on halyard. I'm

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