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Quick release shroud? clnhse at 8:25pm 03.21.20 Smaller Boats 7/2992 I came across quick release shroud shackles for a Catalina 22. I thought it would save about 15 minu
Drywall Sander - Bottom Sanding? Puesta del sol at 7:45pm 03.21.20 Big Boats 8/3434 Any reason not to use a drywall sander? Recommended by another boater - thinking of getting it a tr
Sailboat Owner's Guide to Corrosion - Protection (Collier 13 - 15) Will Gilmore at 5:51pm 03.21.20 Sailboat Owner's Guide to Corrosion 25/5309 Welcome to Section 5, the Sailboat Owner's Guide to Corrosion - Protection (Collier 13- 15 ' 18), of
Hunter 40.5 Dining Table Modification (2) timvg at 5:09pm 03.21.20 Big Boats 5/1033 There's been a number of threads on the overly large Hunter 40.5 table. After talking about this for
Banjo bolts Ken13559 at 4:10pm 03.21.20 Engines and Propulsion 6/8918 I snap off the banjo bolt from my Yanmar 2GM30F when tightening. I tried not to buy the replacement
MDR Macgregor 25 sailors seeking on the water and hands on experience advice T/Y Goodman at 3:56pm 03.21.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1174 My Brother and i have been in the process of restoring a venture 25 and are looking to store the boa
Feed water pump capta at 2:47pm 03.21.20 Ask All Sailors 12/1185 We've been using a 12 volt Water Puppy (6.3 gpm) as a boost pump for our watermaker, but they do not
Stern Tube Vent Fitting Failure (2) PDReynolds at 2:23pm 03.21.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 14/4196 Hi All, I think this might be a fairly common problem. Today the bronze threaded hose barb venting m
Corona Virus: A Time to Reflect - Worst Vehicle You've Ever Owned (1) BlowMeAway at 1:32pm 03.21.20 Sails Call Lounge 59/5037 Last night I got together with a few local friends. Only six, not more than the ten allowed by Fed g
Looking exhaust manifold DNRJR at 11:44am 03.21.20 Ask All Sailors 12/2208 I have a 37 Hunter with a Yanmar 3QM30 engine. I need to find a new exhaust manifold. This part is n
Ceramic coatings anyone? Mr Fox at 11:26am 03.21.20 Ask All Sailors 34/2931
What is this on my Keel? (5) captcoho at 11:24am 03.21.20 Ask A Catalina Owner 11/1838 Had this spider cracking on my keel (about the middle on port side) for a couple of three, four seas
Defeating a Catalina 34 design flaw (5) sailme88 at 11:13am 03.21.20 Ask All Sailors 4/748
Wire Furler on a MacGregor 26s Y-Knot at 11:02am 03.21.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/682 I'm considering a wire furler. That will let me use all my current sails and remove the sail when I'
Jib Halyard/Sheet Replacement EnamrdSalr21 at 10:39am 03.21.20 Ask All Sailors 32/5048 Hey everyone! My jib halyard is currently wire to rope and the wire has somehow twisted up like a sl
Head smells- where is my in-line dispenser? Mike Oldak at 10:09am 03.21.20 Ask All Sailors 3/754 Years ago I used to buy a little bottle of blue liquid that would enter the bowl with each pump. I'
Main Sheet Rigging (2) SVCeviche at 9:29am 03.21.20 Mid-Size Boats 14/7176 Hello all! New owners of a 1985 Catalina 27 here. I wanted to share a photo of our main sheet riggin
Hunter Legend 37.5 Head set up destiny12 at 5:21am 03.21.20 Ask All Sailors 2/521 Hi all, i just did a refit of the boat in Phuket and am trying to figure out how the discharge syste
Metal Blue Water gas can; no air vent Captain Billy at 8:23pm 03.20.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/927 I purchased a metal can from Blue Water, which fits under the seat of my 26M. There is no gas vent,
Older model st60 Bill M at 6:09pm 03.20.20 Ask All Sailors 6/520 I am cleaning lubricating the speed meter for the transducer, Raymarine ST60. I need one magnet loca

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Any info on Revatek alternator regulators? mermike at 4:42am 12.20.24 Mark - while the Arco Zeus can use a user-defined output curve based on RPM, I'm unaware of any dyna
Any info on Revatek alternator regulators? colemj at 4:23am 12.20.24 Older regulators, like the Balmar ARS-5, 614, and 618 used charging voltage to control the field cu
How to repair mild gel coat cracking on 1984 hunter 27 Indysailor at 2:55am 12.20.24
Hunter 34 keel bolts BAD ORCA at 7:37pm 12.19.24
Water in Bilge! Don S/V ILLusion at 7:21pm 12.19.24 it is keel stepped. I'm worried about it accumulating and freezing. What can you do about the mas
How to repair mild gel coat cracking on 1984 hunter 27 jssailem at 7:09pm 12.19.24
Water in Bilge! Johnb at 6:48pm 12.19.24 I went on a mission to seal All the penetrations at the bow All the chain plates The hatches The sc
Hunter 34 keel bolts Colibri at 6:17pm 12.19.24
How to repair mild gel coat cracking on 1984 hunter 27 Ralph Johnstone at 5:53pm 12.19.24 read my comments here regarding waxed gel coat. https://forums.sailboatowners.com/threads/gelcoat-o
Do you folks strap your boats to your trailers? Chuck_FLA at 5:39pm 12.19.24 @Chuck_FLA The venture 21 is either a swing keel or a dagger board. Please advise which one. I
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

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