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Considering a Purchase, Opinions/Things to Consider? (6) WanderingOnTheWay at 9:34am 08.24.20 Pearson 12/3518 Hi all, My wife and I are continuing our search for our first sailboat, and are lining up a second
New Clutches on H34 Mike Oldak at 7:57am 08.24.20 Big Boats 3/819 I'm interested in updating the line clutches on my H34 due to difficulties in opening and closing.
Windless anchor for Hunter 31 W. Schiavone at 7:05am 08.24.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/811 Has anyone ever installed a windless anchor on a 85 Hunter 31. Getting to old to hoist this. If so w
Beneteau 321 In Mast Furling surfstud31 at 6:38am 08.24.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 16/4341 Hi everyone! I just bought a 1995 Beneteau Oceanis 321 with the furling in mast mainsail option. Can
Autohelm motor/gearbox issues (3) Bogart at 9:57pm 08.23.20 Big Boats 0/572 Hi all. Bogart is a 2007 Hunter 45CC. We have Whitlock steering system with a Raymarine ST7002 autoh
Mast climber Choices Avi at 8:15pm 08.23.20 S2 19/5756
How to replace microwave RNC725 at 7:39pm 08.23.20 Mid-Size Boats 4/2071 Are microwaves on our 326 died today. What's the best way to remove it from the cabinet. I just can'
Tiller Pilot: Raytheon ST2000 - Repair or replacement unit Apex at 6:55pm 08.23.20 Parts Search 6/3005 I am looking for repair shop for Raytheon ST2000. The unit lost thrust, I assume something is slipp
Refrigerators used by Hunter tkwhalen at 6:40pm 08.23.20 Big Boats 10/3339 General Hunter Refrigeration Question Have a small and large front opening refrigerator on my 2007
Keel Winch operation in Sirius 21 LouiseS at 6:33pm 08.23.20 Ask All Sailors 8/812 We recently purchased a Sirius 21 and are trying our best to get her cleaned up and ready for sailin
Tank Sizes Hunter 49 tkwhalen at 6:30pm 08.23.20 Big Boats 15/2378 All the specs I see list capacities in total. The boat holds 200 gallons of water in three tanks and
new dodger loose and floppy ice breaker at 6:27pm 08.23.20 Big Boats 18/2527 I hired a reputable firm to make me a new dodger/bimini set for out 2004 AC 41. This was not a disc
Prop shaft seal "alignment", can it be corrected? SoSound at 6:23pm 08.23.20 Ask All Sailors 4/457 I've been chasing the source of water entering my bilge for a while now. I think I may have found i
Reefing the Main! O'day 22 (4) Capri at 6:19pm 08.23.20 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1535 Hi, everyone. Please see photos. I'm trying to sort out the reefing system in my 1981 Oday 22. The f
Water pressure/volume problem Sefuller at 5:33pm 08.23.20 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 13/1285 Our new-to-us Oday 39 suffers from very poor water flow both in the galley and the head. Initially
Simple head plumbing (1) thelilnauti at 3:16pm 08.23.20 Ask All Sailors 15/2280 Hello everyone, With my boat finally on the hard and having its bottom done along with all new thru
Standing Rigging JdubO'Day19 at 2:40pm 08.23.20 Day Sailers 3/969 Warning newb question ahead... So I am very new to sailing and apologize for not being able to figur
Windlass on a Catalina 350 pmhutter at 1:33pm 08.23.20 Big Boats 2/1373 After having trouble securing my anchor using the windlass on a Catalina 350, the motor stopped work
Alden Challenger Sighting: COMPASS ROSE Stormalong at 1:21pm 08.23.20 Alden General Chat 10/9203 Hi Gang, I came across a new-to-me Alden Challenger by the name of COMPASS ROSE located in Stoningt
New Sails Gary Ryan at 11:58am 08.23.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 21/2634 We're looking at replacing our Hunter 386 sails. They're original, 2002. We've been told that our

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Outfitting a little bare boat pgandw at 10:58am 02.09.25 Depends on where you are and the amount of commercial water traffic in the area. Infrastructure var
Dink to the Deck? Perils of Reboarding Kings Gambit at 10:32am 02.09.25 It looks like your boat has a swim step - I always board from the stern: I cleat the dinghy's paint
Opinions on "best" outboard motor azambella at 10:11am 02.09.25 Big brands and fuel injected. after that.. I would go with popular. By that I mean, parts and servi
Motorhome Mariners Hayden Watson at 10:01am 02.09.25 This is mostly aimed at those nasty stinkpotters -- but exception granted. We all figure that if y
Non self tailing winches dmax at 9:46am 02.09.25 In a blow, you can't use two hands to grind the winch unless you have two people with non-self-taile
Dink to the Deck? Perils of Reboarding dLj at 9:41am 02.09.25 I board from both stern and side. When the water is flat, I come up the stern since I have a boardin
Dink to the Deck? Perils of Reboarding dmax at 9:37am 02.09.25 It looks like your boat has a swim step - I always board from the stern: I cleat the dinghy's painte
Dink to the Deck? Perils of Reboarding Kings Gambit at 9:29am 02.09.25 We always reboard over the stern. We have a boarding ladder there and the tumble home gives a bette
Dink to the Deck? Perils of Reboarding Michael Davis at 9:17am 02.09.25 We always reboard over the stern. We have a boarding ladder there and the tumble home gives a better
Yanmar 3gmf zinc PNWE36 at 9:04am 02.09.25 Agree with Kloudie and Tally Ho. The 3GM30F on my previous sailboat did not have a zinc. The manual
Non self tailing winches jssailem at 9:02am 02.09.25 the technique one hand on the tail and the other on the winch handle Yes. If it slips, add anothe
Outfitting a little bare boat jssailem at 8:53am 02.09.25 AIS/DSC Personal Locator Beacon rather than a satellite PLB. A satellite PLB will not be visible to
Non self tailing winches Davidasailor26 at 8:49am 02.09.25
Non self tailing winches shemandr at 8:48am 02.09.25 I had a Ranger 29 without self tailers. A dodger, cockpit shower, depth finder, mast painting, a ne
Opinions on "best" outboard motor thinwater at 8:48am 02.09.25 I like Yamaha but there isn't much difference between them, Suzuki, Tohatsu and Honda in that size
Non self tailing winches john6206 at 8:47am 02.09.25
Battery "box" (2) jssailem at 8:46am 02.09.25 That sounds great. m $20 for a 4AHr FLA to about $50 for a 15Ahr battery that will need to be repla
Opinions on "best" outboard motor PNWE36 at 8:45am 02.09.25 Tohatsu, as mentioned by DArcy is a good brand to checkout. They actually make the lower HP Mercury
Non self tailing winches Davidasailor26 at 8:37am 02.09.25
Cunningham on a 310 any one? jssailem at 8:30am 02.09.25 I see that @SJN is using a double block. That seems a bit overpowered. On my 35-foot boat, I do the

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