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Problems with fresh water manual supply Jammins2 at 8:41am 10.22.20 Ask An Oday Owner 8/666 Hi, we bought an O'Day 272 about 2 months ago and the boat is great. We realized that the fresh wate
2014 Hunter 22 Drain (1) The Commodore at 8:22am 10.22.20 Trailer Sailors 4/780 howdy folks! Just bought a 2014 Hunter 22 yesterday- as is customary, Hunter documentation is a lit
Lifting Yanmar 2GM20F tdrewes at 8:13am 10.22.20 Ask All Sailors 7/1667 I need to lift my Yanmar 2GM20f out of me Beneteau. There are two engine lifting eyes on the motor
Ice Makers.... NYSail at 7:55am 10.22.20 Ask All Sailors 10/2839 Hello all, Was wondering what small ice makers people have experience with on their boat. While we
Toerail damage B323 finding a replacement (2) S/Y Obelix at 12:12am 10.22.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/2341 Hello fellow Colleagues, we sustained some toerail damage. the intend is to get it repaired/replaced
98 hunter H26 - Add chair? CaptainRan at 7:24pm 10.21.20 Smaller Boats 10/916 I just purchased this boat. It has a wheel and the traveler is mounted above the companionway hatch.
Deck organizer on hunter 340 HD74 at 4:45pm 10.21.20 Ask All Sailors 7/883 The boat is a 1999 hunter 340. I would like to run more lines back to my cockpit however I only have
Hunter 23.5 - No mast, no ballast, no centerboard, no problem? Electricboater45 at 3:40pm 10.21.20 Smaller Boats 16/1101 My goal is a displacement speed solar powered electric boat. The combination of displacement hull s
1981 22'Cape Dory Ric Hall at 1:09pm 10.21.20 Ask All Sailors 6/2086 I have a Honda 5hp four stoke motor how well will this move my sail boat brand new to sailing
VHF Coax F260SS at 1:00pm 10.21.20 Catalina 275 6/1226 I should be taking delivery of my new to me 275 in the next couple of weeks. I have read that there
Alternator.... turning internal to externally regulated NYSail at 8:48am 10.21.20 Ask All Sailors 9/4581 Hello all, So a couple of years ago I upgraded to a Balmar 150amp with mc 614 regulator. The alt I r
H 34 anchor locker hose jk kudera at 8:32am 10.21.20 Big Boats 14/2035 Has anyone replaced that hose, and what has to be removed to gain access?
Fell in love with the MacGregor 26M, but... SailFan1 at 8:06am 10.21.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 62/26863 Hello there! I am new to this forum and new to sailing too! My husband and I have a (new to us) 1971
Beneteau 435 Switch Panel Captjoe92 at 7:55am 10.21.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/470 Does anyone experience circuits switching on ' off when starting engine? Any ideas why this is happe
F435 Stanchion Gate (1) Captjoe92 at 7:51am 10.21.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/657 Does anyone know where I can obtain a replacement Stanchion Gate for a 1988 Beneteau 435 ?
Cal-21 Jib Furler PeteTheri at 7:45am 10.21.20 Ask All Sailors 10/1396
Aft Bedding for a Beneteau 321 surfstud31 at 6:49am 10.21.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/1574 I have a 1995 Beneteau Oceanis 321 with a fairly big aft berth. All the pre-made aft berth bedding I
2006 H25 Airmar Speed Transducer/Thru-ull Leak ..... (3) waveform at 3:06am 10.21.20 Smaller Boats 1/427 Have a small leak coming from top cap of the Airmar transducer (see photo). Pulled it out, replaced
23.5 Halyard Cleats Bobbi Ullinger at 7:27pm 10.20.20 Smaller Boats 5/897
Beautiful boat website Captain W at 6:28pm 10.20.20 Ask All Sailors 7/1092

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Thanks for the book Peggie Hall SV Temenos at 6:55am 12.17.24 I will second that. I have read it multiple times and refer to it often.
Tracks location Seaway 25 Joe at 6:51am 12.17.24 Adding to Ted's comments, it is important to understand that the purpose of the lead block is to ma
Rufus and the Christmas Weather Forecast Hello Below at 6:19am 12.17.24
Upgrading to the Raymarine linear drive (10) Mike Oldak at 5:56am 12.17.24 FINISHED! Here are the pictures from my ~$200 install kit to mount the linear drive to my H34 rudde
Taking the mast down dlochner at 5:48am 12.17.24 OK, our mast is down, the wiring for the antenna and the lights had disconnects at the mast base, t
Barton Marine removable traveler dlochner at 5:40am 12.17.24 To make sure I am reading this right, moving the attachment back reduces pressure on boom? It cha
Upgrading to the Raymarine linear drive Mike Oldak at 5:40am 12.17.24 I have the rotary drive on my 1994 40.5 Installation was easy and did not cost an arm and a leg.
Diesel injector testing Tally Ho at 5:38am 12.17.24 Excellent point Greg! I'll pick up one Chinese injector just in case That will give you some peace
Taking the mast down PlaneTom at 5:37am 12.17.24 OK, our mast is down, the wiring for the antenna and the lights had disconnects at the mast base, th
Barton Marine removable traveler Tally Ho at 5:30am 12.17.24 It takes less force to move the boom with end boom sheeting because you have more leverage. But i
Barton Marine removable traveler bob45 at 4:57am 12.17.24 People often use Dyneema loops or webbing to attach mainsheet blocks to their booms. Light, simple
Yanmar Engine mounts. dlochner at 4:54am 12.17.24 Yup, no doubt about it. Ellebogen's drawing is the clearest documentation I've seen on the subject
Barton Marine removable traveler PaulK at 4:47am 12.17.24 People often use Dyneema loops or webbing to attach mainsheet blocks to their booms. Light, simple &
Propane locker replacement dlochner at 4:47am 12.17.24 Yes, I am aware of those things. thank you for the heads up. My propane liner is just a bit brittle
Propane locker replacement sailme88 at 3:49am 12.17.24 Yes, I am aware of those things. thank you for the heads up. My propane liner is just a bit brittle
Christmas At Sea by Robert Louis Stevenson Will Gilmore at 1:39am 12.17.24 Merry Christmas. -Will
Raw water strainer disaster waiting to happen Hayden Watson at 9:41pm 12.16.24 I will skip the elbow for this application. It would made for a cleaner looking install but there's
What grade VHF Antenna Coaxial Cable was used in 2000 Hunter 340 BAD ORCA at 8:45pm 12.16.24
Do you folks strap your boats to your trailers? (1) LuckyDuck at 8:29pm 12.16.24 We bought our C25 150 miles away and had it trailered to home through the mountains. It was secured
Do you folks strap your boats to your trailers? RockynHilda at 7:06pm 12.16.24 You Betcha, I do

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