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Merit 22 cockpit drain. sloughsailer at 12:32pm 09.10.20 Trailer Sailors 8/1767 I just bought a Merit 22 and have been sorting it out and fixing problems. One problem is the cockpi
How to work my inverter/charger Jeanneau01 at 11:50am 09.10.20 Ask All Sailors 2/343 Hello all - great site and this is my first post. I have a Freedom Marine Series Combi Inverter/Cha
Installing new clutch on the deck of a Catalina 30 Tpoo at 11:34am 09.10.20 Ask All Sailors 15/2757 Hi all - new member here, having recently purchased a 1989 Catalina tall rig. Still learning the bo
What is the best swim ladder for a Hunter 170? H Adam1990 at 11:03am 09.10.20 Trailer Sailors 2/1018 Hi Folks Looking to put a swim ladder on my Hunter 170. Does any one have any suggestions?
Heat exchanger - 3GM30F (1) Scott T-Bird at 10:48am 09.10.20 Ask All Sailors 13/4087 I pulled the cover off my heat exchanger yesterday and this is what I found. I penetrated the holes
How much anchor chain should I have in Carribean? efimki at 7:45am 09.10.20 Ask All Sailors 8/1055 I've got 2005 Beneteau 373 with 45' of anchor chain and 150' of 3-strand rode. It works ok in New E
Persistent Coolant Leak Issue! (1) Nodak7 at 6:33am 09.10.20 Big Boats 15/4042 OK I am turning this one over the the brain trust to give me a clue as to what is happening. I keep
Pacific North West and Wind Problems (3) JamesG161 at 8:19pm 09.09.20 Weather and Forecasting 0/460 There are wild fires from Northern CA to Washington State that are being fanned by a major LOW press
Battery Planning Time Monterey385 at 8:01pm 09.09.20 Ask All Sailors 4/509 At the end of this month we mark 5 years of our original manufacturer installed battery bank (2 205A
Well I think they are cool JohnShannon at 6:38pm 09.09.20 Beneteau Sense Owners 3/10535 Well I think they are cool, anyone sailed on one?
Hawsepipe vent/cowl? Mr Fox at 5:06pm 09.09.20 Ask All Sailors 8/1765 I was wondering if while in my slip or on a mooring I could add some ventilation to my anchor locker
26S Who has a ballast inspection plate? Goatman at 5:02pm 09.09.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/666 Guys, I've had some work done on my ballast and plan on doing some more soon. I had seen a ballast i
Lakeshark Rockstar: (1) pclarksurf at 2:27pm 09.09.20 Catalina 22 1/533 Assuming that's you @LakeShark !? Looking good......
Need Propeller for Hunter 34 JFKeller at 1:35pm 09.09.20 Parts Search 3/973 Threw a blade over the weekend. Need a new propeller: 3 blade 15X11 or 15X12 1" bore or a folding
anchor light sailor420 at 1:28pm 09.09.20 Big Boats 6/1430 Well, I need to replace the Aqua Signal series 50 bulb on our 2000 H420. The bulb is not the questio
Adding a Gas Cylinder to my Rigid Vang Sable Sailor at 12:32pm 09.09.20 Big Boats 7/1541 I've a '86 Legend 45, that came equipped with a rigid vang. But it doesn't have a gas cylinder or sp
Cracked liner after keel strike (4) ranmanca20 at 11:23am 09.09.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 20/7097 In late July on a passage from Long Beach to Ventura, we struck an underwater object on our Beneteau
Unknown Sailboat Type (2) tosudbury at 11:22am 09.09.20 Ask All Sailors 23/1896 Help in identifying who the manufacturer the sailboat We were given a sailboat which had sat outsid
Thoughts on Seafarer 30? Scandium at 11:12am 09.09.20 Seafarer 3/13787 Found a nice looking S30 for sale in my area (chesapeake bay). A 1984, for $14k. Looks reasonably cl
Floating A Tax Deduction (1) Phil Herring at 4:10am 09.14.20 Ask All Sailors 5/2095 The author Herman Wouk once said, "Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written

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Antifreeze Claude L.-Auger at 12:38pm 12.07.24 Pressure caps can get bad and lose their sealing capacity ! But running the engine under load shoul
1984 Newport 30 Mark III mainsail question knotimpossible at 12:06pm 12.07.24 The Newport 30 is a Masthead rig. Which means the mainsail is smallish by comparison to a fraction
1984 Newport 30 Mark III mainsail question knotimpossible at 12:01pm 12.07.24 Booms are engineered to withstand the forces applied to it. Shifing from mid-boom to end boom sheet
1984 Newport 30 Mark III mainsail question knotimpossible at 12:00pm 12.07.24 Welcome! Do you have any pictures of the current setup? That might help inspire ways it could be im
AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? Captain Larry-DH at 11:39am 12.07.24 p.s. I'm not filtering on CPA - only alarming... I typically don't filter at all. I don't alarm on
Best way to get a clean cut on a wire reinforced hose? kappykaplan at 11:37am 12.07.24 Sanitation I use the flexible stuff , the name escapes me for now but the headmistress recommends i
Aluminum sewage tank on Legend 40.5, 1993 east coaster at 11:36am 12.07.24 The headmistress speaks exactly of my procedure and practice. No more stink that the admiral finally
AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? Captain Larry-DH at 11:36am 12.07.24 I wish all boaters would disable their AIS transponder when alongside. If you own a Raymarine MFD
Best way to get a clean cut on a wire reinforced hose? east coaster at 11:33am 12.07.24 Sanitation I use the flexible stuff , the name escapes me for now but the headmistress recommends i
Aluminum sewage tank on Legend 40.5, 1993 Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 11:28am 12.07.24 It's also possible that you tried using PureAyre without first cleaning the area very thoroughly wit
Antifreeze Weasel at 11:07am 12.07.24 I'm going to try and answer each question. I thought the pan might be full of antifreeze from a pr*
AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? dLj at 11:04am 12.07.24 I can only speak for Raymarine users with Lighthouse software pre-Feb 2024. Unfortunately for thos
AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? Hello Below at 10:45am 12.07.24 I can only speak for Raymarine users with Lighthouse software pre-Feb 2024. Unfortunately for those
Installing a MSD potty in our C22 (4) Gene Neill at 10:34am 12.07.24 228818 228819 228820 228821
What happen with Hunter drawings? Irek at 10:29am 12.07.24 Thx guys for suggestions. I have checked what is on the Hunter Owners downloads but this are mostly
Installing a MSD potty in our C22 Gene Neill at 10:23am 12.07.24 Since I NEVER procrastinate, the job is finished, only one year after starting this thread. Overall,
AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? dLj at 10:22am 12.07.24 I wish all boaters would disable their AIS transponder when alongside. If you own a Raymarine MFD
AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? Hello Below at 9:55am 12.07.24 I wish all boaters has AIS transceivers on all the time. I wish all boaters would disable their AI
Aluminum sewage tank on Legend 40.5, 1993 Tally Ho at 9:25am 12.07.24
Hunter Legend Mainsail Reefing DYFLWD at 9:07am 12.07.24 I have a 1993 Legend 35.5 and the previous owner pulled reefing lines straight through bypassing int

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