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Lower shroud rigging breaking (1) knotatwork2 at 1:00pm 04.08.20 Smaller Boats 19/3315 On my 1987 Hunter 23 , my lower shroud cable has 1 broken strand, is there a way to repair this, or
Advice needed on installing thwatships braces (2) Dr. D at 12:33pm 04.08.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/589 I need to find a way to gain easy access to the space below the V-berth. I followed the recommendati
Buzzer alarm sounding Hydro Therapy at 11:37am 04.08.20 Engines and Propulsion 25/3731 So I was surprised today. I got a call from my storage facility. I was told that they moved the boat
Propane - Can I Keep It Simple Jtcf78911 at 11:28am 04.08.20 Ask All Sailors 54/9781 Hi everyone. Finally got up the gumption to pull ugly and dangerous alcohol fueled range top and
Hunter 18 Center Board and Flap Access CurtisC at 10:06am 04.08.20 Day Sailers 5/1496 I'm curious if any of you who own a H-18 have had to replace the centerboard flap? If so what did t
Tiller pilot drewlamparello at 8:43am 04.08.20 Catalina 275 1/982 I see that some of you folks have installed these. I'm about to install a St 2000. I plan on insta
Foam cover for intake silencer on M-25XPB WBP93 at 7:42am 04.08.20 Catalina 310 10/1456 I am trying to find the foam cover for the intake silencer on my Universal M-25XPB. The only thing I
Compost Head Joe Baldetti at 6:46am 04.08.20 Pearson 0/704 I removed all of my plumbing and installed a gray water sump for the shower/icebox and installed all
Pearson 303 Port holes/Port lights Joe Baldetti at 6:33am 04.08.20 Pearson 2/2056 I recently bought a 1984 Pearson 303 and the 4 forward port holes leak. The plastic ridge on the len
Catalina 30 mast step compression post collapsing (5) Garester at 2:57pm 04.07.20 Ask All Sailors 6/4358 I have a 1983 Catalina 30 and the roof/ceiling under the mast step is collapsing. I don't know what
Super PINK moon tonight!!! (1) JamesG161 at 1:13pm 04.07.20 Sails Call Lounge 2/483 'Super Pink Moon' rises tonight! Teach your kids about the biggest full moon of 2020
Keel bolts Hunter 29.5 Odyssey lll at 12:45pm 04.07.20 Mid-Size Boats 2/1295 would like to locate design files from Hunter on the size, number of keel bolts ' torque that they s
[ANSWERED] Pre-purchase Partial Survey Guidance, evidence of hard grounding? (3) khanman22 at 11:45am 04.07.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 17/1309 Hi there. I'm hoping someone can provide me additional guidance on a survey on a 2000 Hunter 340 I'
'92 335 roller furler maintenance _Milkjug_ at 11:30am 04.07.20 Mid-Size Boats 7/1456 The roller furler on my '92 Hunter 335 gets stuck when unfurling/furling the jib. I've replaced the
In hull transducer sigsgmret at 9:24am 04.07.20 Ask All Sailors 21/3978 I bought a Airmar depth sounder with an in hull transducer. The installation manual calls for addin
Catalina Outhaul Mod Don Guillette at 8:55am 04.07.20 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 21/7871 This subject has been discussed before but his weekend I received a call from a Texas sailor who was
Coaming Compartment Covers Zinger88 at 7:30am 04.07.20 Catalina 22 7/1795 Has anyone made or added covers to their cockpit coaming compartments? Now that the warm weather is
Soft teak: fill or wood hardener? Rob Heath at 6:45am 04.07.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/541 I have a small patch of teak (about 2 square centimetres) on the cockpit sole that has gone soft: yo
Question about painting Erbardy at 3:15am 04.07.20 Ask All Sailors 8/627 I am nearly finished prepping my catalina 22 for paint all Over the hill and the deck. I live in eas
Question on repairing sliding hatch Erbardy at 12:58am 04.07.20 Ask All Sailors 7/689

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Yanmar Engine mounts. (8) Ralph Johnstone at 5:38pm 12.19.24 This will be anticlimactic to say the least. No conspiracies to be found here. Trying to put this
Do you folks strap your boats to your trailers? Crazy Dave Condon at 5:25pm 12.19.24 @Chuck_FLA The venture 21 is either a swing keel or a dagger board. Please advise which one. I
Hunter 34 keel bolts Crazy Dave Condon at 4:40pm 12.19.24 Hunter did not extrude the keels. As a dealer, I never saw a keel made. However, call the forum st
Retired person with too much time on his hands? Leeward Rail at 3:48pm 12.19.24
Diesel injector testing jssailem at 3:42pm 12.19.24 Nice Find. Informative. Interesting hair styling. Was that a bent nail through the eyebrow? When
Retired person with too much time on his hands? Leeward Rail at 3:37pm 12.19.24 The only test I sort of plan to do is sometime when the pot is hot and some folks are sitting aroun
Diesel injector testing Tally Ho at 3:26pm 12.19.24 It is true, one can spray diesel fuel at a cardboard target and get an image. One can pull an injec
H290 Galley faucet cartridges Ralph Johnstone at 3:25pm 12.19.24 You will have to come up with the make and model of the faucet and then source on the web. The boat
Diesel injector testing Tally Ho at 3:19pm 12.19.24 Incredible. How do you pull these gems out of the internet ? But you're wasting my whole day away
Retired person with too much time on his hands? Tally Ho at 3:09pm 12.19.24
Any info on Revatek alternator regulators? tfox2069 at 2:28pm 12.19.24 This is the first I have heard of Revatek, however, it appears to be one of the new generation of e
Retired person with too much time on his hands? (1) walt at 2:18pm 12.19.24 I have not tried this with any "thermal mass" in the pot but I think it will also just delay how lon
Retired person with too much time on his hands? dlochner at 1:57pm 12.19.24 If the pot is filled with sand, it will take longer to heat, however, the sand will continue to radi
Vendee Globe 2024! PaulK at 1:33pm 12.19.24 It is truly amazing how close these boats and skippers are over such a long di Last night there we
Retired person with too much time on his hands? Tally Ho at 1:28pm 12.19.24
Do you folks strap your boats to your trailers? (4) WayneH at 12:44pm 12.19.24 I'm going to say YES, NO and NO. e down which you can barely see in this picture. Boat was so light
Any info on Revatek alternator regulators? dlochner at 12:28pm 12.19.24 Anyone have any experience with/knowledge of Revatek alternator regulators? Saw them at the Annapo
Retired person with too much time on his hands? walt at 11:49am 12.19.24 I have a hand held IR thermometer that only goes to 100C and it quickly pegs the limit so the pot ge
Water in Bilge! kappykaplan at 11:44am 12.19.24 it is keel stepped. I'm worried about it accumulating and freezing. What can you do about the mast?
Diesel injector testing jssailem at 11:43am 12.19.24 It is true, one can spray diesel fuel at a cardboard target and get an image. One can pull an inject

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