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Broken Boat Hook (1) KZW at 10:02am 10.19.19 Catalina 310 12/2618 What does one do with a broken boat hook? (Crew fell on it at the dock). Fortunately, he wasn't hurt
AC Breaker Location wes0831 at 9:16am 10.19.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/970 I have a 2014 Beneteau Oceanis 48. The AC raw water pump is not running and the power feed to the p
376 leak Antoine88 at 9:09am 10.19.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/697 Hi water leak near the sliding glass panel. how to do ? Because the panel slides in the structure
Hunter 376 water tank Antoine88 at 9:04am 10.19.19 Big Boats 3/1248 Hi, where is the water tank stopcock in the 376 hunter??
Hunter Passage 420 question Jfg at 8:56am 10.19.19 Big Boats 4/1069 I have a Hunter passage 420 2004 .I have a question about the generator it stops after 30 to 40 minu
Puzzle it out, Time is of the Essence (1) Will Gilmore at 8:34am 10.19.19 Sails Call Lounge 11/921 171006 These little sailboats are very basic, no electronics, no time pieces, just hull, sail and ti
Gonna hang here Jackdaw at 8:09am 10.19.19 Racing 17/1248
Larger bimini RolfSail at 7:51am 10.19.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/470 I want to put a Bimini on my new 1999 H260. They offer two sizes, 4 and 6 feet of coverage. Two ques
Davits for Hunter 38 Summerof69 at 7:48am 10.19.19 Big Boats 13/2268 Hello all. I have just purchased (subject to a survey) a 2006 Hunter 38, and I am interested in ins
Mount on top of teak decking? SoSound at 9:54pm 10.18.19 Ask All Sailors 4/630 I have a transom step covered in teak deck trim. I may want to mount a couple of brackets for davit
Electric winch wired to 400 ah lithium bank (2) Tim francis at 6:03pm 10.18.19 Ask All Sailors 3/685 I just purchased, well the check is on the way from the lender, a Catalina 400 mkii. The owner added
2002 hunter 356 thru hull fittings peterwynndavies at 3:06pm 10.18.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 18/1527 Hi, Last job before leaving my boat for the winter was to close the seacocks. The one for the macer
Fun with VHF/UHF part 3 (4) Brian D at 3:02pm 10.18.19 SSB and Ham Operators 2/976 Well here we go again, not a sailing related posting, however, this concept can be used for Wifi whi
New Android Sailing App : SailFreeGPS (7) SailFreeGPS at 1:27pm 10.18.19 Ask All Sailors 0/4 Hello, Sailor for 30 years, last November, I was making my first transatlantic!! Fantastic and ho
Boat partnerships (1) Phil Herring at 11:56am 10.18.19 Ask All Sailors 17/3049 Boat partnerships are a popular way to lose friends and anger people... but the savings! Have you e
Boom rigging (9) John6275 at 11:56am 10.18.19 Trailer Sailors 87/8779 My wife and I are new to sailing. We are currently studying course material for a sail in learn in
Cam attached to block (1) jbrock at 11:02am 10.18.19 Ask All Sailors 5/540 Anyone know what the connector is called that connects the cam to a block as in the photo? I have a
Merit 22 owners (1) RussC at 8:54am 10.18.19 Ask All Sailors 75/7145 The only Merit 22 group I know of is located on Yahoo groups, which has announced it will be basicly
Lifting keel Oceanis 38 (2015) Jon123456 at 8:21am 10.18.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/511 About to buy one and want advice about the lifting keel. I don't necessarily need a lift keel becaus
sail dimensions Cat_hunter at 7:34am 10.18.19 Smaller Boats 30/3146 Hi, In the process of measuring for new sails, it seems the jib that came with boat is not original

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Backstay Adjuster for First 41S5 jssailem at 8:36am 10.06.23 Hello... Backstay adjusters are not usually original equipment on most large boats. That is not to
Racing Rule Question on capsizing Davidasailor26 at 7:58am 10.06.23 Rule 22 tells us a boat is capsized when the masthead is in the water. In theory, once you begin to
Racing Rule Question on capsizing DArcy at 7:51am 10.06.23 BTW, you can get the Racing Rules of Sailing here: https://www.sailing.org/tools/documents/WSRRS2021
Damage to Keel jssailem at 7:45am 10.06.23 :plus: with Fast Olsen Like a car door ding. You can talk to the marina, but it may be an empty sol
Racing Rule Question on capsizing DArcy at 7:43am 10.06.23 Rule 22 tells us a boat is capsized when the masthead is in the water. In theory, once you begin to
Racing Rule Question on capsizing jssailem at 7:37am 10.06.23 From a practical standpoint, the "in control" condition would be subjective and a decision by a comm
Damage to Keel FastOlson at 7:36am 10.06.23 The keel is lead. and the suggestion to reshape the ding should work fine. Finish with some epoxy fi
Water in the bilge (1) rgranger at 7:33am 10.06.23 Hunters have a headliner. So water can get in from above and then travel along the headliner and lea
Dometic Air Conditioner Not Staying On - then clicking (1) kloudie1 at 7:18am 10.06.23 Yup, that breaker is usually attached to the top of the compressor case .. These are set for some pr
Funny Friday!!! (1) leo310 at 7:16am 10.06.23 220447
Racing Rule Question on capsizing LakeShark at 7:15am 10.06.23 @DArcy , @jssailem , @Davidasailor26 Thank you for the input. I did not know about Rule 22 and that
Damage to Keel ggrizzard at 7:04am 10.06.23 I'm not sure the keel is lead. Many Mfg's changed to steel around the early 80's.
Water in the bilge ggrizzard at 7:00am 10.06.23 Well, we are trying to help find the source of the leak. If you can isolate where the water initial
Priming fuel bulb inside engine compartment jssailem at 6:58am 10.06.23 Could you also identify it as a "Fuel Line Bleed Screw"?
what is the standing headroom? JBP-PA at 6:54am 10.06.23 Isn't 23 > 22?;) New math! Jeeze!
Water in the bilge JBP-PA at 6:52am 10.06.23 Our you could try something like this water indicator paper. https://www.amazon.com/Qualitative-Fin
Water in the bilge JBP-PA at 6:48am 10.06.23 Driving rain in a big storm can get into places that otherwise don't leak. It can get blown in under
Damage to Keel justsomeguy at 6:36am 10.06.23 Any advice on how to handle this situation is appreciated! Take a 3 pound sledge and bang it back
Water in the bilge (1) Kjstanc at 5:53am 10.06.23 Anchor locker hose Cockpit drain Shroud chain plates Fore and aft chainplates Forward hatch Rub. Ra
Water in the bilge Kjstanc at 5:34am 10.06.23 Three bilge compartments, no waiting? Hmmm. If you add water to one of them, see if the water mig

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