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Hunter Interior Molding (2) mnmpizza at 7:30am 08.11.20 Ask All Sailors 1/419
Do more zincs last longer? ontherocks83 at 6:38am 08.11.20 Engines and Propulsion 22/3041 My boat has been in the water for about two months now. I checked the heat exchanger zinc yesterday
Coast guard boarding. Hardtail70 at 5:23am 08.11.20 Ask All Sailors 36/3604 How often do you get boarded and how "snoopy" do they get? Not too crazy about the idea of strangers
Dufour 35 Classic 1998 crbboca at 9:39pm 08.10.20 Dufour 3/2071 My upper spreaders were lost while my boat was being transported.It is a two spreader mast.I am unab
Dufour 1998 35 Classic Help crbboca at 9:24pm 08.10.20 Ask All Sailors 2/386 .....The upper spreaders were lost during the transportation of my boat. It is a two spreader mast.
Beneteau certification or CE of the Boat merlera at 9:19pm 08.10.20 Ask All Sailors 3/426 please anyone knows where or how i can get the CE of my boat ocean clipper 361 of 1999 or a nenete
Dufour 35 Classic Help crbboca at 9:11pm 08.10.20 Ask All Sailors 1/8 I need the Upper spreader length on a two spreader mast 1998 35 classic. Mine were lost during tra
Honey, where are the shrunken kids? (2) SoSound at 7:30pm 08.10.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 17/1533 Has anyone installed a tilt davit system (or snap davit) on the swim step of a recent vintage (small
Sad day, and no way to fix Daveinet at 6:59pm 08.10.20 Ask All Sailors 59/4534 As a matter of a couple of hours ago I lost my sailboat. We got a very abrupt tornado warning. I pre
im trying to locate the pin that holds the keel on a 1969 mcgrager 21 ft i need to re due the keel any help would be great thanks howard2383 at 4:45pm 08.10.20 Ask All Sailors 7/427 i have a 1969 macgrager 21ft sailboat,Im need to remove the keel but cant find pi locating to remove
Fuel Starvation and The Obscure Ball Check Valve (1) Stu Jackson at 4:05pm 08.10.20 Ask All Sailors 34/13644 On September 20, 2019, I was motoring back from a few enjoyable nights at my favorite local anchorag
I am looking for a mainsail for an 77 oday 22 sandmfhb at 4:03pm 08.10.20 Ask An Oday Owner 6/533 Hello, My Wife and I just bought an 77 oday 22 and we are looking for a mainsail for it. That was th
H-34 Manual Fuel Check YVRguy at 2:34pm 08.10.20 Big Boats 15/1825 We have a Hunter 34 with no fuel gauge. (The PO had installed a Snake River system but it has never
Johnson raw water pump: leaking seal (2) jaysweet at 2:13pm 08.10.20 Engines and Propulsion 8/7335 So this is more of an informational / sparking conversation posting, as I don't really think I have
CDI (Cruising Designs Inc) Reefer I continuous line furler (1) oldlaxer1 at 2:11pm 08.10.20 Ask All Sailors 1/533 I have an old CDI continuous line furler on our new to us boat. I hate it. Partly because the PO d
Spinnaker Halyard exit (1) dmax at 1:57pm 08.10.20 Bigger Boats 2/1265 I'm replacing my halyards and masthead sheaves, adding a spinnaker halyard as my boat did not have o
Fresh water pressure problem on my 2014 385 johnperri55 at 1:55pm 08.10.20 Big Boats 4/1328 My new baby arrived about 6 weeks ago. Having fun learning the boat and some good sailing. on fresh
Boat with CDI needed for photoshoot in Los Angeles area DrJudyB at 1:39pm 08.10.20 Ask All Sailors 0/313 Hi all, I'm looking for a boat with a new-ish CDI furler so a photographer can take a couple of pi
Install Life raft bracket/cradle on bow of Hunter 41DS. Jonkistemaker at 12:55pm 08.10.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 21/2212 Hey everyone, I just purchased a Hunter 41DS and was wondering if anyone has installed a life raft
Propane tank questions Dr. D at 11:08am 08.10.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 21/4438 My Oceanis 35.1 has the small 5 lb propane tank in a very tight locker. Since it is so small and I'm

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Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard BigEasy at 3:01pm 09.24.24 I think its time for me to throw in the towel. I bought the boat for $20,000, have spent nearly $10
Standup blocks dlochner at 2:49pm 09.24.24 If you use stand up block with a base you will have to drill holes in the deck, which can lead to we
Purchase questions 38 (3) ldd at 2:47pm 09.24.24 The boat is a 2005. below are a couple pictures of interior. Shows well. thanks
holding tank pump out blowing macerator gaskets? Rich Stidger at 2:44pm 09.24.24 My pump-out port is tee'd with the macerator , and I have never had this problem. And I have rebuil
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard Richard19068 at 2:37pm 09.24.24 Wow. What a tragic outcome. So frustrating. Assuming this is the boat in the attached listing at Wes
Purchase questions 38 Tally Ho at 2:36pm 09.24.24 I am interested in a 38. It has some issues that I am sure have been addressed?. 1. The headliner l
Protection for Tailing Well Edges Tally Ho at 2:35pm 09.24.24
injector hole size needed Ralph Johnstone at 2:31pm 09.24.24 I need the diameter of the hole where the injector goes Those of us with bad memories would pull
Purchase questions 38 Ralph Johnstone at 2:22pm 09.24.24 2. their is a leak at one of the Bose speakers. I assume it's from a window? What is the proper fix
Protection for Tailing Well Edges Ralph Johnstone at 2:09pm 09.24.24 some sort of Edge Guard to see the Tailing Well edges from getting beat up? Just had to ask ....
holding tank pump out blowing macerator gaskets? Ed whatnot at 1:57pm 09.24.24 Nothing is creating pressure, it's all suction. The pumpout is pulling in air via the vent. There's
Purchase questions 38 ldd at 1:49pm 09.24.24 thanks Shemandr, it was pee. Notified selling broker. We did not want to be accused. the rest of t
Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine BigEasy at 1:39pm 09.24.24 I feel for those folks from Cape San Blas , Apalachicola, Carrabelle, and on down to around Hudson
Purchase questions 38 shemandr at 1:33pm 09.24.24 5). It's likely that someone didn't "Forget" to flush the toilet. They didn't want to pay for a pum
Extra line from boom...what is it? dlochner at 12:29pm 09.24.24 I just need to learn a bit more about how the different blocks work. For this application you'll
Starter motor burned up? KCofKC at 12:14pm 09.24.24 You can also go to the technical section in Catalina Direct and they have technical articles on it a
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard dmax at 12:12pm 09.24.24 Can you part it out yourself before giving it to the scrapyard? You should at least get some money f
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard David W at 12:10pm 09.24.24 What a shame. When I had my Crown 34, the surveyor said there were blisters and then my insurance co
holding tank pump out blowing macerator gaskets? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 12:07pm 09.24.24 I'm just a little surprised that the vent wouldn't compensate for this and prevent pressure from goi
Lubricating outhaul car/track stickinthemud57 at 11:59am 09.24.24 Sailkote and McLube are both excellent products. Sailkote for the slug tracks and McLube for travele

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