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Motor mount PDW at 3:52pm 12.27.20 Smaller Boats 10/1683 On Hunter 240 previous change used 2x4 fiberglassed to hold 15 hp motor. Fiberglass cracked and beg
Battery bank PDW at 3:47pm 12.27.20 Smaller Boats 7/1153 How / where do you mount a battery bank on a Hunter 240? Have 2 batteries for solar storage and 1
Yamaha 30 Blue Horizon at 3:47pm 12.27.20 Yamaha 6/1415
Water Tank for Vision 32 Ed D at 1:38pm 12.27.20 Mid-Size Boats 1/538 Has anyone out there replaced the water tank on Vision 32 if so can you tell me the supplier and tan
White Christmas in Florida (2) Gene Neill at 12:19pm 12.27.20 Catalina 22 6/832 White sandy beaches, that is! :biggrin: We finally broke our two-year bad luck streak, and got a 20
Bilge Pump and Float Switch in Frozen Water asalotto at 9:23am 12.27.20 Ask All Sailors 26/4222 Over the winter, if water accumulates in the bilge and then freezes around the bilge pump and/or flo
Military Sail Boat? (1) JamesG161 at 8:25am 12.27.20 Sails Call Lounge 24/2543 We saw this boat pulled up to the Restaurant Pier at our Marina.
Battery Switch Query ChrisHunter at 7:56am 12.27.20 Mid-Size Boats 8/1513 Several of the boaters on my dock were up a couple weeks back. A new boat owner moved to our dock a
Coax connections at the mast Gene Neill at 4:27am 12.27.20 Trailer Sailors 7/1416 What do my fellow trailer sailors use? We have PL-259 connectors joined by a double female. It seems
Alternator belt tension Clydo at 10:25pm 12.26.20 Catalina 310 11/3017 Is 1/2" acceptable amount ie., press down on belt at longest point and if depress 1/2" ok for tight
Winter Sailing Cowpokee at 6:29pm 12.26.20 Other Sailboats 7/2089 So I went down to the marina this afternoon to pressure wash off the boat since the forecast was for
Windows - really? PGUTIERREZ at 3:47pm 12.26.20 Ask All Sailors 20/4312
Nordex Nord 12 (1) sdillonjr at 2:13pm 12.26.20 Ask All Sailors 2/1109
Hunter 33 rudder split (4) Mike16211 at 10:59am 12.26.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/2612 I found a split in my rudder today while doing a winter bottom inspection. I need advise on repairin
New Self Tailing Winches LeeandRick at 9:31am 12.26.20 Ask All Sailors 22/3808 The arthritis is getting bad enough we've decided to put self tailing primary winches on the old (46
Drifter vs asymmetrical spinnaker (1) Voyager1 at 8:33am 12.26.20 Ask An Oday Owner 5/4006 Looking to add a light weight sail. Was thinking asymmetrical spinnaker (see previous post) but have
H26 Rudder CaptainRan at 8:17pm 12.25.20 Smaller Boats 8/971 Is the rudder on a 1998 H26 solid and can I drill into it? My boat is in a slip and I like to lift t
Partially malfunctioning fuel gauge panel \| help! (2) jdd01257 at 4:38pm 12.25.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/541
Cabin entrance cover leaks (1) sailnoproblem at 8:43am 12.25.20 Ask All Sailors 3/480 My cabin entrance cover leaks during heavy rain. It did once before but I traced it to the front of
Beneteau First 41s5 1991- Owner Manual HolaOla at 5:54am 12.25.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/863 I recently bought a beneteau First 41s5 1991 and I am looking for the owner manual, can you help me

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adding electrical stove ice breaker at 7:02am 03.12.25 Rick, Are you sure that stove is USA 240V vs europe 240v. I am not totally certain, but the usa use
Loose footed main with Stack Pack vs non-loose footed main PAC3142 at 6:59am 03.12.25 On the shuttle reefing systems I have seen, you can reef up to maybe 9% of the length of the boom.
Engine control cables bound in pedestal, H37.5 PAC3142 at 6:57am 03.12.25 FYI, Matt Duggan from Edson did reply and said he hadn't seen tubes like these before.
Trail-Rite Trailer weight LakeShark at 6:54am 03.12.25 @jvanhare Boat and trailer weight will be somewhere between 3 to 4000lbs on average. Their lighter
Toilet Issue Tally Ho at 6:28am 03.12.25 Most of the drains for sink, shower, etc are fed to the bilge. I have my boat inspected, cleaned,
Noob. Do you use the mainsail halyard as the main sheet? Joe at 6:25am 03.12.25 As a precaution to guessing, which will make it likely that you'll do something that might cause har
Anyone Getting Out Much, Yet? jssailem at 6:12am 03.12.25 Reluctantly no sailing, yet. I have been to the boat about every 2-3 weeks for a couple days to wor
Toilet Issue Kraffert at 6:08am 03.12.25 Most of the drains for sink, shower, etc are fed to the bilge. I have my boat inspected, cleaned,
Towing through OR around Atlanta? jackhart at 5:57am 03.12.25 Trust me, as a former truck driver, it's a crap shoot either way. Between 6:15am and 9:15 am and
Engine Overheating sailme88 at 5:49am 03.12.25 The easiest and quickest test for failure is to remove the thermostat and run the engine to the poin
Toilet Issue sailme88 at 5:25am 03.12.25 I have no idea how to close through hulls, nor where to find them. Before you do anything else FIN
Engine Overheating (1) Ralph Johnstone at 8:48pm 03.11.25 To them I would only add - did you check the amount of exhaust water coming out? I should write o
Anyone Getting Out Much, Yet? MFD at 8:02pm 03.11.25 Yeah, I think around this time of year and the months after Labor Day are some of the best for saili
Cunningham on a 310 any one? rpwillia at 7:59pm 03.11.25 I do not have a picture handy, but I took a block I had ran some sta-set through the top and put tha
Diesel Leak Injection Pump (1) rpwillia at 7:51pm 03.11.25 A friend had a Westerbeke 4-cylinger engine (really a Mitsubishi) where the injection pump fitting f
What is this adhesive/caulk/sealant? Blitz at 7:39pm 03.11.25 I would assume it is some sort of white pipe dope if not very sticky. If sticky, then could be hard
O'Day RENDEZVOUS!! LouisMK at 7:28pm 03.11.25 June 13 or 20, sorry.
Loose footed main with Stack Pack vs non-loose footed main LouisMK at 7:26pm 03.11.25 Loose footed mains work wonderfully, stack packs seem to work well for those who like them but IMO a
Naked Lifelines and Fuel Leak (1) jssailem at 7:15pm 03.11.25 I installed dyneema gates on Hadley in 2015. They are 1/4 inch diameter line with the ends long buri
Engine Overheating Davidasailor26 at 7:05pm 03.11.25

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