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Paint for 20' racing catamaran sharkcatamaranguy at 4:28pm 09.25.24 Ask All Sailors 3/413 Hello everyone, I race a 20'x10' shark catamaran. Hulls are fiberglass and the boat is trailered in
1987 Hunter 31 boom insert replacement parts (2) BMercer at 12:47pm 09.25.24 Ask All Sailors 5/642 Hi all, in taking off my boom I lost a piece that the pin goes through and that holds the circular p
Dyneema chafe protection FlimFlamII at 7:01am 09.25.24 Ask All Sailors 7/805 Any ideas on what to use for chafe protection on 6mm seems?
What is this paint? (1) duncan14 at 6:19am 09.25.24 Ask All Sailors 10/872 Hello All, new boat owner here with noob questions! I just got an old Pearson, it needs some cleanin
Would you put your money where your mouth is? (1) Muttondressedaslamb at 6:07am 09.25.24 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/1078 While randomly searching boating sites, this dental office came up. Wondering if they are sailors.
Treatment for portlight gaskets skunther at 4:57pm 09.24.24 Ask All Sailors 4/660 Does anyone use any product to keep their portlight gaskets fresh and functional? I know for car do
Standup blocks (2) FlimFlamII at 2:23pm 09.24.24 Ask All Sailors 10/1026 Any reason that I should not replace the blocks that are attached to the toe rail with stand up bloc
injector hole size needed Owen at 2:08pm 09.24.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/349 I need the diameter of the hole where the injector goes on a Yanmar SB8 to check the compression.
Protection for Tailing Well Edges Lpaynefl at 2:02pm 09.24.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/924 Has anyone found a good solution for some sort of Edge Guard to see the Tailing Well edges from gett
Purchase questions 38 ldd at 12:49pm 09.24.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 22/1683 I am interested in a 38. It has some issues that I am sure have been addressed?. 1. The headliner lo
Whos Mast Rick.johnson at 6:15am 09.24.24 Ask All Sailors 12/911 Hi Guys I have a 1987 Hunter legend 40 ft I am looking for information about the mast are there
holding tank pump out blowing macerator gaskets? Ed whatnot at 4:27pm 09.23.24 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/1337 I rebuilt my jabsco macerator last year and replaced the corroded brass bolts with ss bolts. also re
PTC 9 ---> Hurricane Helene (2) JamesG161 at 9:07am 09.23.24 Weather and Forecasting 35/2657 This will be a major Hurricane soon. 227669 It will Intensify fast to Hurricane Helene DAMMIT
Replace universal 25xpb exhaust riser eberns at 9:00am 09.23.24 Engines and Propulsion 4/745 20 year old Catalina 28 with original exhaust riser. No apparent problem but should it be replaced j
Extra line from boom...what is it? BAD ORCA at 8:46am 09.23.24 Ask All Sailors 19/1481 Took my mainsail off this weekend to do some maintenance on the boom outhaul track, replace cotter p
Looking for Procedure to change Engine Coolant on Yanmar 4JH4E andyschoenb@gmail.com at 4:30am 09.23.24 Ask All Sailors 1/426 I am looking for a procedure for the 4JH4E, the maintenance manual only discusses the adding of cool
Thru hull repair (2) blondebeard30 at 1:59am 09.23.24 Ask All Sailors 2/629 Hello all, looking for advice on repairing and replacing a thru hull. Just bought my first boat 19
Why is my stern quacking? (1) Project_Mayhem at 1:26pm 09.22.24 Ask All Sailors 10/966 Sorry, no pics of girls on sugar scoops in this post! I would always chuckle at the pretty boats wit
Galley and propane help in an old catalina lizardwizard at 10:57am 09.22.24 Catalina 30 11/1618 Hey there everyone! I recently purchased a 1988 Catalina 30 mkII as a bit of a restoration project/l
info on catalina 22 fishingaz at 2:57am 09.22.24 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1034 hi just like to introduce myself on this great site. from Queensland Australia and after a very long

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Unreliable shore power SycloneDriver at 5:24pm 07.10.25 In my experience, 95 pct of shore power faults are related to issues inside the boat... Think about
Emergency Tiller Configuration: Hunter 376 smokey73 at 2:57pm 07.10.25 Interesting, I can't say as I have ever seen the Rudder Position Sensor positioned there? In my Hu
Is my new keel winch broken Benny17441 at 2:45pm 07.10.25 Called their support, on hold for 45 min, no answer. Got replacement unit from Amazon, same thing,
Emergency Tiller Configuration: Hunter 376 duck21 at 2:33pm 07.10.25 Nope, definitely not in that configuration. Some additional Googling (Google Lens is getting pret
Unreliable shore power marcham at 2:21pm 07.10.25 In my experience, 95 pct of shore power faults are related to issues inside the boat... Think about
Emergency Tiller Configuration: Hunter 376 Don S/V ILLusion at 2:11pm 07.10.25
Is my new keel winch broken newsailor72 at 2:00pm 07.10.25 Called their support, on hold for 45 min, no answer. Got replacement unit from Amazon, same thing,
Chartplotter navigation software for Raymarine smokey73 at 1:02pm 07.10.25 You lose a product and expect them to replace it at a discount? Try that with any other product an
Beneteau 323 Battery Question BigEasy at 12:03pm 07.10.25 On my 2006 Ben, I have one AGM deep cycle starter battery (gp 31) & three (gp31) deep cycle batterie
Beneteau 323 Battery Question Tally Ho at 10:56am 07.10.25 For a long time, I used 2 deep cycle marine batteries to run my house system and for starting the en
Black bilge water Tally Ho at 10:40am 07.10.25 I would be checking your black water tank (assuming you have one, and the rank stuff could be sewage
Black bilge water (1) Rich Stidger at 10:28am 07.10.25 I had that issue of black bilge water a couple years ago. I never found the cause. But I cleared i
Black bilge water (1) Nan at 10:06am 07.10.25
Beneteau 323 Battery Question Davidasailor26 at 9:53am 07.10.25 For small diesels a deep cycle battery is fine for starting the engine, and having two of the same m
Black bilge water Don S/V ILLusion at 9:35am 07.10.25 Holding tank? Hoses to/from holding tank? All hose fittings?
Broken Flange at Exhaust Mixing Elbow - Yanmar 2GMF pham at 8:51am 07.10.25 A welder might be able to braze a nut on the back of the flange where it broke. Might even be possi
Broken Flange at Exhaust Mixing Elbow - Yanmar 2GMF duality at 7:05am 07.10.25 heres an old post of mine, reach out to them! Got to give a shout out to HDI Marine, especially Hai
Troubleshooting mainsail trim kappykaplan at 6:51am 07.10.25 We have a week-long sail camping trip planned for next week I'm looking forward to experimenting
Seaward Fox 19 manual online? Tranquil Soul at 6:24am 07.10.25 Does anyone know if there is a link anywhere to a Seaward Fox 19 manual anywhere on the net? I neve
Troubleshooting mainsail trim piratesnail at 6:18am 07.10.25 Just an update here: I did get out last weekend, and in the process added a fairly sizable tear to

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