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Fresh water filling floods bilge? OraclePythia at 10:59pm 12.08.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1711 Hey, new owner of a 1995 Beneteau Farr 50 here. When filling my four fresh water tanks, the top tray
Genoa sail needed davidaH at 8:35pm 12.08.19 Ask All Sailors 10/861 Does anyone have a 150% furling Genoa for sale in NZ? Mine shredded itself in the high winds a few
Keel Damage 1986 Hunter 40 Legend (1) OZWILD at 8:05pm 12.08.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/869 He All, I have sustained some keel damage. I am not confident I know when it happened, but I suspect
Any other C22 MkII owners out there? Zinger88 at 7:51pm 12.08.19 Catalina 22 2/571 As a new owner of a 2002 Catalina 22 MkII (#15493) and new member to the forum, I thought I'd toss o
Yanmar 3YM30 with KM2P-1 tranny vibration Ebenezer at 6:08pm 12.08.19 Ask All Sailors 1/462 Vibration, enough to cause mechanical seal to leak (in forward not in reverse). I know the transmiss
grampian 26 info, looking to buy fred1diver at 3:31pm 12.08.19 Grampian 7/1275 looking at buying a grampian 26, can anyone tell me if the galley is easily removable to refinish it
1985 H31 Keel-Hull "Flanges" (3) Capt-Jack at 3:20pm 12.08.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1197 A recent inspection of my H31 bottom revealed what look like flanges that appear at the keel-hull jo
Hypalon eroded am I screwed? (1) scuba201 at 3:11pm 12.08.19 Ask All Sailors 13/2738 So I thought I was getting a good on craigs list on this ab inflatable, seller said it had a leak bu
another buy or charter question Richard19068 at 1:51pm 12.08.19 Ask All Sailors 8/609 Greetings: My wife and I are thinking about sailing for two months or so in the PNW, mostly in water
Ever wonder what could be swimming beneath your keel? TomY at 12:35pm 12.08.19 Ask All Sailors 17/1550 https://neal.fun/deep-sea
Attention San Diego Area Boaters >>> New Regulations (1) Rick D at 12:33pm 12.08.19 Ask All Sailors 24/1502 For those of you in San Diego, see this notice of meeting and PowerPoint regarding a proposal to res
2020 policy survey results (3) Phil Herring at 10:43am 12.08.19 Ask All Sailors 12/1052 Thank you all for participating in the survey! I would normally run it longer but the results we cle
USVI - Charter Suggestions Nodak7 at 8:35am 12.08.19 Big Boats 2/562 Scheduled a CYOA Charter out of St Johns USVI for March. Looking for some suggestions or advice on w
Florida Folk's Registration Question scuba201 at 7:34pm 12.07.19 Ask All Sailors 16/1328 Purchased a boat in Florida, I am in Texas, did the title change, registration, etc. through the mai
Raymarine ST40 Depth Ken13559 at 6:09pm 12.07.19 Ask All Sailors 7/2650 Hi, if my Raymarine ST40 Depth transducer is faulty, can I cut old wire and splice new on to it? It'
Dinghy Chaps (8) MikeHoncho at 3:17pm 12.07.19 Ask All Sailors 11/1748 Started out with building a cover for my aging dinghy and ended up making chaps. All materials are r
FCC: I Must Be Really Slow... Rick D at 2:27pm 12.07.19 Ask All Sailors 11/698 I just spent an hour and forty five minutes on the FCC site(s) just renewing my ships radio license
Extra Bilge Compartment Purpose? (1) AlastairLC at 12:40pm 12.07.19 Ask An Oday Owner 14/7001 Does anyone know the purpose of the extra bilge compartment just aft of the main bilge? p with a pip
Engine Raw Water Lines rpwillia at 6:59am 12.07.19 Catalina 310 3/668 Does anyone know how much raw water hose I need and the best type? This is to go from Thru hull to s
Dashing through the snow,... (2) TomY at 4:47am 12.07.19 Alden General Chat 13/7379 172809 ...In a one horse open sleigh,... 172810 Winter waits for no man, or cover.

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Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? Ward H at 5:05am 10.13.23 Hey gang- As you all have been so very generous with your knowledge...might any fellow Hunter 36 o
1993 Hunter 42 Passage CC: Leaking near a few of the keel bolts. Ulcer time. BabuBoat at 4:26am 10.13.23 Terry, thank you. Perhaps in some versions of the Passage 42 they used a 1/2" bolt. Maybe later th
Need help to identify spare part - Transom Helm Seat support (1) Davidasailor26 at 3:37am 10.13.23
Water tank leak (1) Ralph Johnstone at 10:51pm 10.12.23 there is something (product unknown) which is used where the inlet and breather hoses are attached
Columbia keel question Mikem at 10:46pm 10.12.23 Would anyone happen to know what Columbia used for their keel material; lead or cast iron? Specif
Water tank leak Bogart at 10:06pm 10.12.23 Hi All Many thanks for your advice. I was wondering about using a sealant and note that there is so
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? (1) Kupe at 9:35pm 10.12.23 Looking at the photo there is a maybe 12 ga wire running from the negative to the positive on the b
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? (1) Kupe at 9:31pm 10.12.23 Our windlass cables are 2/0... But what's that small black wire connecting pos on one battery to ne
Yanmar 2GM20F Expansion Tank Drip Tally Ho at 7:31pm 10.12.23 Another possible solution would be to mount the expansion tank to the bulkhead in the engine compar
1975 oday 22 Anomymous 163294 at 7:18pm 10.12.23 does anyone have the measurements for the locker bulkheads on there oday 22? any pictures? i would g
Tiller cover for clutch tailboom at 7:17pm 10.12.23
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? chuckwayne at 7:03pm 10.12.23 Thanks Terry. Yes on the electric windlass. I'll try to trace that, however that wire doesn't l
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? chuckwayne at 7:00pm 10.12.23 Hey gang- As you all have been so very generous with your knowledge...might any fellow Hunter 36 o
Universal M25 Diesel has "fuel system air leak" Davidasailor26 at 6:48pm 10.12.23
I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try (1) Allan12210 at 5:57pm 10.12.23 For those so inclined, OCPN runs on a Raspberry Pi 3. It's not quite as portable as a tablet or phon
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? dlochner at 5:45pm 10.12.23 Looking at the photo there is a maybe 12 ga wire running from the negative to the positive on the ba
Just how big is British Columbia? Tedd at 5:43pm 10.12.23 I like the NZ comparison. Used to work with a couple of Kiwis and they agreed with my description of
Just how big is British Columbia? Tedd at 5:41pm 10.12.23 Does this look like "little Snow at Sea Level"... To a Canadian? Yes.
I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try Tedd at 5:39pm 10.12.23 I've used it for a few trips now and I'm please with it. I won't be buying a commercial chart plotte
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? Kupe at 5:34pm 10.12.23 Hi Kupe, do you have an electric windlass? That wire seems awfully large for a data monitor. Our el

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