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Fuse on Tohatsu 8hp starter battery cable? caverun at 6:24am 07.20.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/3276 I've installed a Tohatsu 8hp electric start outboard on my H240 (same motor as the 9.8hp). My only b
electrolytic corrosion splax at 4:50am 07.20.20 Big Boats 7/1396 I hauled out to paint and have discovered extensive pitting on the iron keel. I had remarked to thos
Another battery charger question Doug Thrift at 3:59am 07.20.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1054 New to me H27 2008. Turned on the battery charger at AC panel today, first time, and the charger bu
Pearson 23C mast weight Ke4bml at 12:45am 07.20.20 Ask All Sailors 1/732 Anyone familiar with the cat rig 23' Pearson and the weight of the mast? I have to remove the mast,
New to me Edel 665 (2) stickers11 at 10:59pm 07.19.20 Ask All Sailors 10/1343 First post - hello everyone. Finally got myself my first boat. Was looking to go a bit bigger, but
Beneteau 331 batteries sf34dtw at 8:40pm 07.19.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/2242 Sorry if this has been asked 1000 times! Need new batteries. That are both 6 year old AGM now. Do I
Trailer tongue weight Revv up at 6:50pm 07.19.20 Trailer Sailors 31/4517
Engine vibration garyskip30 at 3:13pm 07.19.20 Catalina 30 4/931 I have a 1983 30 ft Catalina. I get a lot of engine vibration above 1400 rpm. The prop shaft is not
Sailing an AeroRig (1) Hayden Watson at 1:49pm 07.19.20 Ask All Sailors 32/11115 Over the years, I have seen several threads reporting the sighting of boats with a very strange unst
Alternator issue bodaflack at 12:35pm 07.19.20 Engines and Propulsion 14/1807 We are having a problem with belt tension and noticed our alternator seems loose. To our surprise t
272 owners: what weight and style of anchor do you have? LazurusLong at 6:09am 07.19.20 Bigger Boats 4/1541 Hey all! Our 1986 272's anchor is stored in the anchor locker. It looks like 5/16 galvanized chain.
Catalina 27 stern rail mod? CGwill at 4:39am 07.19.20 Mid-Size Boats 5/1867
Where is the Autopilot ? henris at 1:56am 07.19.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/855 On my Hunter 45DS, I would like to access the motor of my Raymarine autopilot. Where the access ? to
Where is the AutoPilot ? henris at 1:50am 07.19.20 Ask All Sailors 0/25 Cancelled
Solar.... getting volts but no amps???? NYSail at 12:13am 07.19.20 Ask All Sailors 39/7834 Hello all so playing with new boat stuff. I hooked up a 175 watt panel yesterday.Did a basic progra
What are these? (1) dhmetheny at 8:46pm 07.18.20 Ask All Sailors 12/832 182560Ok there are one of these plates on each side of the cockpit on my Olympic Dolphin 23. I am ne
Catalina 310 Chainplates removal? CowboyWay at 5:54pm 07.18.20 Catalina 310 7/1777 As a new c310 owner, I'm starting to rebed all 6 of the chainplates. Each of the three on each side
All New Bottom: Redoing my T-26 Monohull in the Driveway (6) withintheruins14 at 5:37pm 07.18.20 Ask All Sailors 17/3204 I am stripping my sailboat's bottom back down to the gelcoat. I'm new to sailing and have a few ques
Wanted: ODay 19 Daysailer Mast patriot007 at 3:12pm 07.18.20 Day Sailers 2/961 Restoring decent Daysailer. Mast is bent or deeply dented probably not Repairable. Need to replace i
Pearson 303 mast length? STXCUTTTER at 3:03pm 07.18.20 Pearson 4/1903 Good day all I'm hoping someone can answer this question for me.. I'm tasked with sleeving a 303 mas

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no eyelet on the tack of my main sail Richard19068 at 11:12am 01.29.25 I notice the sail has a logo "WHIRLWIND". Looking that up it seems they are a company in San Diego
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks FastOlson at 11:10am 01.29.25 Ancient history at this point, but I believe that ForeSpar bought up the RC Marine line in the very
Home Pumpout System Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 11:10am 01.29.25 Perhaps a bit of RTV or 3M 4000? In any other installation, I'd say "nope...never use sealant on sa
Home Pumpout System Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 10:41am 01.29.25 Fwiw, ABYC standards call for double clamping all sanitation system hose connections. Screws should
Hoses in the bilge of Cherubini 33 azambella at 10:03am 01.29.25 YES. Ice box drain & bile pump. The big pump exits the boat on the starboard side just below th
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks Maine Sail at 9:22am 01.29.25 The Marelon seacock has a flange against the hull which greatly increases the force required to bre
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks dLj at 9:22am 01.29.25 There's like a bunch through hulls on this boat so it's a project to replace them. Seems to me lik
Runaway diesel dlochner at 9:16am 01.29.25 Shouldn't that be "without" ? My 1993 Yanmar 3JH2E does not have a decompression lever.
Runaway diesel Ralph Johnstone at 9:11am 01.29.25 but I haven't seen an engine since the 90's with a decompression lever. Shouldn't that be "withou
Home Pumpout System dlochner at 9:09am 01.29.25 I forgot to mention that my vintage bilge hose liked to slide off of the pump inlet and outlet. May
Home Pumpout System Tedd at 7:47am 01.29.25 Hi @Project_Mayhem , Yes, the Guzzler pump I bought has completely smooth ports--no barbs or textur
Home Pumpout System Project_Mayhem at 6:43am 01.29.25 I forgot to mention that my vintage bilge hose liked to slide off of the pump inlet and outlet. Mayb
no eyelet on the tack of my main sail shemandr at 6:38am 01.29.25 It's odd. Not only is there no clew cringle, the sail isn't built to have one. Is it possible that
Look inside 1979, 25 Catalina (1) SailingLoto at 6:31am 01.29.25 I like the storage divider/cubby under the cockpit. Mine doesn't have that.
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks Project_Mayhem at 6:22am 01.29.25 Why not just replace any OEM "valve on a thruhull" with a stronger seacock valve? Forespar and (mor
Runaway diesel colemj at 3:55am 01.29.25 Never had it happen to me, but in a runaway diesel situation, couldn't you just flip the decompress
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks colemj at 3:31am 01.29.25 I should also note that 3 out of 4 of mine had leaks between the thru hull and seacock when sealed
2000 Oceanis 411 Rudder Issue KStolten at 9:48pm 01.28.25 Hi jssailem thanks for the advise! I will try that. digging will not work for me as the boat is on
Runaway diesel dLj at 9:18pm 01.28.25
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks (1) Hayden Watson at 6:54pm 01.28.25 One challenge that you will have is how to deal with the deep recess in the hull. Catalina used the

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