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CNG Tank Refills in the Annapolis area (1) PAC3142 at 7:25pm 08.17.20 Ask All Sailors 0/820 Getting CNG refills in the Annapolis area has been difficult. After Bert Jabin's Yard stopped offer
O'Day 40 Mast conundrum LouisMK at 5:53pm 08.17.20 Bigger Boats 7/1258 New boat, new issues. My mast has an all around (parking light) but no steaming or fore deck light a
M25XP Quieting duck21 at 5:22pm 08.17.20 Engines and Propulsion 2/1359 Hello all, I thought I'd share a project I recently completed on Bella Donna, our Catalina 30 mkII.
Refrigerator repair (6) tinabastien at 5:15pm 08.17.20 Ask All Sailors 2/506 I live on a 2000 Hunter 290. Advertise Here Thread Tools https://www.cruisersforum.com
Prep week and dress up day: (4) pclarksurf at 3:00pm 08.17.20 Catalina 22 6/763 Probably going to get more sailing in next week than I usually get in a season. Going to trek out t
H33 battery upgrade sailortex at 2:44pm 08.17.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/600
Self tacking jib set up H41 Tim Mills at 2:24pm 08.17.20 Ask All Sailors 9/884 I do a fair amount of solo sailing on my Hunter 41. Hunters generally already have a small fractiona
How do you store Ken Cross at 1:09pm 08.17.20 Ask All Sailors 29/2048 On my boat I have an oil extractor, hoses, funnel with hose, and I keep them in plastic bags in the
Doyle Stack Pack help (2) Tim Mills at 12:29pm 08.17.20 Big Boats 8/3481 So my new-to-me H41DS has a conventional sail with a Doyle Stack Pack with a zipper trolley. I inten
Passage 42, 1997: windlass not working Mag97 at 11:44am 08.17.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 29/9366 My Lewmar windlass stopped working. There is nothing obvious on the outside blocking movement. The
Mac 25 companionway threshold flexing Seadoc at 9:20am 08.17.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/1428 My 85 Mac 25 has been on stands and now is back on her trailer. Both off and on the trailer I discov
Checking more off the list (5) cb32863 at 7:19am 08.17.20 Ask All Sailors 12/1533 Got the shore power install done, and nothing smoked or popped. Might wire in the charger, might lea
Carburetor for 1999 Nissan 4HP TwistedVet at 6:32am 08.17.20 Engines and Propulsion 2/515 Anyone have a good source for a replacement carburetor for a 1999 Nissan 4hp? Thanks
Catalina 22 members/ participants Information Chris115 at 6:04am 08.17.20 Catalina 22 0/423 Would this be useful information to provide for Catalina 22 members/ participants? Catalina 310 Atl
ISO Jib for O'day 19 Beachdog2 at 6:02am 08.17.20 Day Sailers 6/946 MIne just disintegrated. Prefer one that can be furled with the wire through the sail. Thanks. Th
Drain for the Port locker? ShawnL at 5:12am 08.17.20 Catalina 22 3/513 As I was adding things to the port locker yesterday, I noticed a little bit of water at the very for
Install Lewmar V1 windlass on a 376 Velella at 10:26pm 08.16.20 Big Boats 2/832 Has anyone installed a Lewmar V1 on a 376? I am replacing a Simpson Lawrence Sprint 1000. The A1 is
1989 Hunter 30G Replacement Mast jeffmnelson at 8:32pm 08.16.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/815 My 30' hunter was just involved in an accident, breaking the mast. I now need to find a replacement
How to fix stripped threads in deck for genoa track? (1) CowboyWay at 7:12pm 08.16.20 Catalina 310 10/1790 On my C310, I noticed that one of the screws for the genoa track was sitting a little high and block
Smoke detectors and Carbon Monoxide detectors Captain W at 6:04pm 08.16.20 Ask All Sailors 12/5667 The boat I recently bought doesn't have either. My question is where is the best place to locate th

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Self-Bailer on Trinka 8' Dinghy shemandr at 6:31am 02.07.25 I had self bailers on my MFG Bandit 15 centerboard sailboat. They did not work very well. I should
Self-Bailer on Trinka 8' Dinghy PaulK at 6:28am 02.07.25 Imagine towing your dinghy with the bailers open to keep it nice and dry. As the day progresses the
Cabin leak duck21 at 6:21am 02.07.25 I had this same issue on my 376. We re-sealed the frame gaps on the aft cabin ports, that took care
Cabin leak ghsmindy at 6:15am 02.07.25 The chalk idea sounds good. She's on the hard now under cover, so I will post pics when the cover's
Self-Bailer on Trinka 8' Dinghy dlochner at 4:19am 02.07.25 I have towed my not-a-Trink dinghy thousands of miles and water in the dinghy from towing is trivial
Tracks location Seaway 25 miro at 2:03am 02.07.25 If there is a sticker on the sail somewhere saying who made it, then i can try. If there is nothing,
Ideas for Hunter 36 Cockpit Table MarcinS at 10:16pm 02.06.25 Here is a way to convert a table... https://hunter.sailboatowners.com/mods.php?task=article&mid=77&a
Mast Base Pitting & Structural? redtrianglecoast at 9:12pm 02.06.25 Excellent. I just reached out to Ballenger, via email and will call them and see what they say. Tha
Ideas for Hunter 36 Cockpit Table MarcinS at 8:49pm 02.06.25 We have the same table in our H38. After a few accidents I installed small plates under the table th
Self-Bailer on Trinka 8' Dinghy dLj at 8:31pm 02.06.25 I have a Trinka 8 but it doesn't have the self bailer. Honestly, I think it would only be useful if
Motorhome Mariners Urban Hermit at 7:52pm 02.06.25 You're full of good ones. If you think running your bilge blower while fueling is showing off.
Motorhome Mariners (1) Will Gilmore at 7:05pm 02.06.25 You might be a motorhome mariner if you wear a cowboy hat at the helm.
Raymarine Auto Pilot Rich Stidger at 6:43pm 02.06.25 Do you have the results of the resistance measurements on the original transducer and the replacemen
Cabin leak jssailem at 6:27pm 02.06.25 Dry it out. Sprinkle some chalk about the cabin hull sides. Then, as @Don S/V ILLusion shares, hose
Mast Base Pitting & Structural? jssailem at 6:21pm 02.06.25 Lucas, Berkeley Marine is an excellent location. I watched them revive an abandoned Cal40 into a wor
Raymarine Auto Pilot Thinksnow at 6:19pm 02.06.25 When your transducer is mounted as it originally was, are you sure that both the tiller arm and the
Raymarine Auto Pilot (1) Thinksnow at 6:06pm 02.06.25 Lots of questions- Precisely, how did the original transducer come loose? Did the round base becom
Cabin leak Don S/V ILLusion at 5:36pm 02.06.25 Time to break out the hose
Motorhome Mariners Urban Hermit at 5:36pm 02.06.25 You might be a motorhome mariner if you're the most important person in the marina office.
Tracks location Seaway 25 PaulK at 5:18pm 02.06.25 This would be a good topic to bring up with your sailmaker. You don't want to put holes in the boat

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