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Headmate Pump Assembly FlyorSail at 1:15pm 06.25.20 Parts Search 1/536 Ahoy Fellow Sailors, I'm looking for a Pump Assembly for a Head-mate Wilcox Crittenden Marine Head f
How Do I turn off my Catalina 310 cockpit lights? Garymadhatter at 1:01pm 06.25.20 Catalina 310 36/5542 Hi all, My 2002 Catalina 310 has 2 cockpit lights (LED I think) located near the floor on the stern
C and C MKV mast lights not working ssdd101 at 11:52am 06.25.20 C&C 1/774 Everything on my C and C 27 MKV works except the mast lights. I see where the wires go from the mas
BOATUS Urges Action on GPS SawyerCurt at 11:44am 06.25.20 Catalina 310 5/1558 Not sure how many folks are BoatUS members, but they are saying an April 22 decision by the Federal
Partial upgrade of antique navigation electronics Noodat Lady at 10:15am 06.25.20 Ask All Sailors 12/1727 I am generally happy with the 20 year old electronics on my 2000 Seaward 25. The Raymarine Autohelm
Yanmar SD60 Sail Drive Oil Change Jim Beck at 8:00am 06.25.20 Ask All Sailors 2/6002 In extracting the old oil from my sail drive (using hand pump method from engine room), I am only ab
The LAST 37? #417 (1) Bolander at 6:38am 06.25.20 The Cherubini Hunters 10/1819
Cunningham Rigging? O'Day 28 dfp51 at 6:34am 06.25.20 Bigger Boats 4/1298 So, we are just about ready to go sailing. We replaced a fair amount of hardware and rigging on our
Wilcox Crittenden parts interchangebility Anchor clanker at 6:05am 06.25.20 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/3238 My W-C Skipper is showing its age. Though many parts can still be found- gaskets, shafts, keys- the
ENGINE OIL SHELF LIFE Ron20324 at 9:12pm 06.24.20 Engines and Propulsion 5/4377 I have three containers of the same motor oil, but different weights. They are dated 2018, 2016, 201
Winterizing batteries. Yeah, getting WAY ahead of myself here... SoSound at 8:54pm 06.24.20 Ask All Sailors 22/2269 But, I'm working and reading and thinking about batteries and electrical projects right now, and if
Hunter 19 (91-94) Floating Centerboard Steve-in-VA at 7:51pm 06.24.20 Smaller Boats 5/769 I purchased a 1993 Hunter 19 last August and in two times out could not get the centerboard to lower
Bow Pulpit and stern rail for a Hunter 28.5 Dan Hunter 28.5 at 7:27pm 06.24.20 Parts Search 5/1533 I am looking for a bow pulpit and stern rail for a 1987 Hunter 28.5 sailboat. Any information will b
Looking for help with installing a Raymarine EV-200 on a 2006 Hunter 33 gmiller131 at 6:21pm 06.24.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1112 I am trying to install a Raymarine EV-200 on my 2006 Hunter 33. I initially purchased a EV-100 to m
18.5 outboard shaft length TomTira at 6:11pm 06.24.20 Smaller Boats 3/668 I just got a Hunter 18.5 and need to pickup an outboard motor. Do you know what shaft length I need?
DPDT wiring question (2) Team118 at 5:12pm 06.24.20 Catalina 30 9/2329 Hello everyone. I did some major rehaul on my 77' Catalina 30. One of the things I had to do was tr
Mounting a Magma in the curved taffrail Quasimotor at 4:52pm 06.24.20 Mid-Size Boats 6/931 I recently got a swell deal on a rectangular Magma Catalina grill, but it only has one, 1" pipe clam
1990 35s5 Engine Model (2) thetone at 3:59pm 06.24.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/2176 Does anyone know which model 28 hp Volvo Penta diesel engine is in this boat? I'm looking for oil an
New to the MacGregor 25 lifestyle Lost Hannah at 3:16pm 06.24.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1582 I'm happy to say I'm a new convert to the boat life! I'm taking some sailing lessons but I can't wai
Schaefer 2100 furling line BC Bernie at 2:01pm 06.24.20 Catalina 310 11/2174 For our boat, does anyone know what is the line length and diameter for the furling line for the Sch

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Source for bulk ring terminals? BAD ORCA at 8:01am 03.18.25 Really? I love Mcmaster and buy a lot from them, but those terminals are 6x the price of the Ancor
Source for bulk ring terminals? BAD ORCA at 7:56am 03.18.25 Back to the original question about sourcing terminals. Waytek Wire is a good source for bulk purc
Outhaul modifications fred1diver at 7:27am 03.18.25
Have others installed heat shield on Racor primary fuel filter? Ted at 7:25am 03.18.25 This comment doesn't directly address your question. Do you have room to relocate your existing filt
Outhaul modifications dlochner at 7:07am 03.18.25 Out hauls are typically inside the boom on larger boats because it is necessary to use a block and t
Why Don't You Use ActiveCaptain? dLj at 6:53am 03.18.25 I agree with your sentiment, and only reluctantly installed it. The reality is that while you may
Making new floorboards for a Beneteau dLj at 6:44am 03.18.25 Looks great! How much time to apply plasteak & approximate cost? +1
Making new floorboards for a Beneteau BigEasy at 6:33am 03.18.25 UPDATE: Project successful. Went with the Plasteak Teak and Holly (matte finish) and it looks gre
Why Don't You Use ActiveCaptain? colemj at 6:10am 03.18.25 I, personally, will never install WhatsApp or any Meta product. It is the burden of knowledge of ho
Source for bulk ring terminals? colemj at 5:41am 03.18.25 Well i'll be! Ha...i never thought of my go to hardware store. Thanks for reminder. Their prices
Making new floorboards for a Beneteau (3) Nonixskis at 5:22am 03.18.25 So what you're saying is that finished product using the existing floor boards as the sub floor wou
Any reason not to go with 6mm for clew reef line yelkenli at 7:46pm 03.17.25 It will be by hand. I will go with the larger and in polyester double braid. Thanks for all of the f
Any reason not to go with 6mm for clew reef line Tally Ho at 7:40pm 03.17.25 Do you have the reef line run to a winch? Or are you pulling it by hand? pulling by hand may be ea
Have others installed heat shield on Racor primary fuel filter? Don S/V ILLusion at 7:10pm 03.17.25 On my C36 with M35B engine, I use same filter set up. There is no heat shield. All works OK with pl
Why Don't You Use ActiveCaptain? dlochner at 5:58pm 03.17.25 I was going to revisit this later, when we had some more concrete decisions, since this conversatio
Source for bulk ring terminals? dlochner at 5:54pm 03.17.25 Back to the original question about sourcing terminals. Waytek Wire is a good source for bulk purch
Why Don't You Use ActiveCaptain? Davidasailor26 at 5:53pm 03.17.25 Ways I, personally, would use this app: "Hey, I am at my boat and need to turn her around in her s
Source for bulk ring terminals? dlochner at 5:52pm 03.17.25 Yes, depending on which die is used. The smooth heatshrink die does not crimp as securely as the d
Hydro of CNG tank - HELP smokey73 at 5:51pm 03.17.25 Thanks, I will try giving them a call.
Source for bulk ring terminals? dlochner at 5:42pm 03.17.25

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