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Surveyors - Cape Cod Scott T-Bird at 11:06am 05.18.20 Ask All Sailors 4/1665 If anybody has a recommendation for a surveyor on Cape Cod or nearby, please send a pm to me. I'd l
Catalina 36 - Replacing Head Faucet SeaMonkey25 at 10:41am 05.18.20 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/1001 I have a 2004 Catalina 36 MkII and need to replace the faucet in the head. The faucet is almost imp
Transom shower spray handle Banooma at 10:04am 05.18.20 Mid-Size Boats 5/1239 The transom shower sprayer has not seen a great deal of use over the years, but the old plastic part
Sailing into a marina BenIodine53 at 9:36am 05.18.20 Ask All Sailors 47/7573 Sorry for the long-ish post. Please bear with me. The inevitable occurred; I had engine trouble. Ba
Trouble with jib roller furling on Hunter 170 (2-part question) stickinthemud57 at 9:03am 05.18.20 Day Sailers 21/5210 Part One: I am having trouble furling the jib on my Hunter 170 using roller furling and am looking
leaking stern pulpit flange odaydokay at 9:01am 05.18.20 Bigger Boats 7/1351 O'Day 28 flange leak into the starboard quarter berth area. Occasional drip for years now too much
Deck paint for Hunter 170 stickinthemud57 at 8:41am 05.18.20 Day Sailers 5/1602 A search revealed a good deal of info and advice regarding bottom paint for the Hunter 170, but I di
Raw water filter Jrtauber at 8:36am 05.18.20 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 4/784 I he a Perko raw water filter that needs a new cover bolt. Has anyone replaced one. How do you remov
O'Day trailer on Photo of the Week Sailor Kev at 7:55am 05.18.20 Trailer Sailors 3/793 Just wondering where you got that trailer. The one behind Cooper. Thanks
1987 Beneteau First 235 bvassallo at 7:51am 05.18.20 Ask All Sailors 5/598 Can anyone tell me the functions of the unlabeled red and green switches on the electrical panel? I
Virtual Store dlochner at 7:50am 05.18.20 Sails Call Lounge 6/1291 If you have ever wondered what the Defender Warehouse store looks like, they just launched a virtual
mast wiring and windex questions (4) ontherocks83 at 7:01am 05.18.20 Ask All Sailors 3/759 I have a couple questions about my mast wiring / connectors. First is, does anyone know where to fi
Upgrading stock 60A alternator to Balmar 60 series 100A on Yanmar 3YM30 ToddS at 6:32am 05.18.20 Ask All Sailors 10/6305 Last summer my big question was "Do I need a new alternator"... and to make a long story short, the
Navionics CF cards Tim Mills at 3:54am 05.18.20 Big Boats 18/7624 Captains: I am moving a 2006 H41 with a Raymarine C80 chartplotter from RI to Hampton, VA. I noticed
P42 fixed port light replacement / reseal eianm at 11:15pm 05.17.20 Big Boats 5/1063 I finally got around to removing my starboard side fixed port panel to re seal to overcome a small b
Waterproof connector for outboard alternator wires. (3) R20Sailor at 6:20pm 05.17.20 Ask All Sailors 2/886 Hello, I can do a lot of things with boats, but I am seriously weak at electronics. Thankfully my bo
How many H23's were built? kgibson4 at 5:53pm 05.17.20 Smaller Boats 16/1774 Does anyone know how many H23's were built/delivered? SailboatData.com doesn't have that figure. M
Yanmar 2GM20F: please criticize my plan! jaysweet at 5:41pm 05.17.20 Engines and Propulsion 13/2107 Despite doing 10 or 20 boat projects over the past 5 weeks, I'm running short of time to do everythi
Fresh Water Washdown Serenade at 5:25pm 05.17.20 Catalina 22 2/1846 Hello everyone. I am new to the forum, but have had my Catalina 22 for 29 years! (1981- hull 10028
YEAH !!!! sailme88 at 4:48pm 05.17.20 Ask All Sailors 2/555 Screw COVID....... My bride and I along with another couple made our first sail of the season in the

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Launching/Recovering Sailboat billjoye at 7:08am 03.24.25 I was referring to the built-in extension on the trailer. My extension is less than 4 feet, giving a
Incompatibility With Windows 11 Boat Laptop & AIS / GPS MFD at 7:04am 03.24.25 Yes, there is a thread over at Cruisers Forum dedicated to just OpenCPN.
Is fairing compound reasonable for a hull crack (1) 4lane at 6:27am 03.24.25 As must suggested, the old fairing compound just shrunk which developed the crack. I chipped it all
Steer Stop Kraffert at 6:13am 03.24.25 I'm going to have to do something. Thanks for the input
Steer Stop fred1diver at 6:10am 03.24.25
Engine Overheating Feo23 at 6:05am 03.24.25 Huh ? What ? Howzat ? I can only offer a completely uninformed and baseless conjecture that the
Fiberglass battens for sailpack? fred1diver at 5:34am 03.24.25
Steer Stop Kraffert at 5:31am 03.24.25 The issue with removing it is she's in the water, some have said that the radial holds the rudder, o
Steer Stop colemj at 5:17am 03.24.25 Flip the radial around and use the other half with the stop. Or take it to a machine shop, who wi
1982 H33 - boom vang rigging questions Joe at 4:41am 03.24.25 Do you have any idea who manufactured your vang. Not Hunter... but the company that made the Vang.
John Lund, September 13, 1942 - March 16, 2025 Joe at 4:24am 03.24.25 What a lucky man you are to share your passion with such like minded friends. God Bless all y'all.
7 Years no haul out twodzusfittings at 4:24am 03.24.25 About "No such thing as a free boat". s. I pride myself with having done just that. It's not always
Spreader blocks location sailme88 at 3:20am 03.24.25 You have coated cables as lazy jacks? That doesn't seem right. Make them out of 4mm dyneema - che
'Biggest outboard ever' swinging off a H340 Pushpit? dlochner at 3:17am 03.24.25 We have carried our 5hp Honda, the same weight as a 6hp Yamaha, on our pushpit for years and thousan
7 Years no haul out marcham at 10:49pm 03.23.25 The flip side is someone getting into boating with a free boat, planning $3000-$5000 for a refit and
7 Years no haul out Foswick at 10:32pm 03.23.25 I had written out a long post about this, but decided to cut it short. These posts come up all the
Engine Overheating BigEasy at 9:53pm 03.23.25
Trailer Boston Whaler 22' Revenge 900 miles? Tedd at 9:32pm 03.23.25 It looks like the trailer has surge brakes. You'll want to at least change the fluid in those, and b
7 Years no haul out marcham at 9:08pm 03.23.25 1) Why is he giving it away and not selling it (even at a family discount price??) 2) Get a survey.
'Biggest outboard ever' swinging off a H340 Pushpit? marcham at 8:56pm 03.23.25 It's near a double post support.... go for it. If it can hold a 200 lb person falling over, it'll h

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