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Hunter 31 Mainsail Wanted ScottySailor at 9:35am 12.15.19 Ask All Sailors 0/3
H34 windlass installation (1) Charlie98117 at 9:27am 12.15.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 25/5174
Electric toilets ... like them or not? Scott T-Bird at 7:23am 12.15.19 Ask All Sailors 41/6300
question re selling Canadian flagged boat ChesterLee at 6:55am 12.15.19 Ask All Sailors 8/2581 Has any one had experience selling/buying a Canadian flagged boat in the U.S.? The difference with
the nothing box.... rpludwig at 12:18am 12.15.19 Sails Call Lounge 4/750 just sharing a theraputic video I replay occasionally for a reboot with the Admiral when things get
Go Navy! Brian D at 3:50pm 12.14.19 Sails Call Lounge 3/610 Congrats to the US Naval Academy on the win over Army. 31-7. Bravo-Zulu
Seacock (2) Voyager1 at 2:35pm 12.14.19 Ask An Oday Owner 0/719 Does anyone with a Oday 302 have flanged sea cocks for engine water pump and head. I have 3/4 thru h
BALMAR ALTERNATOR/ASR-4 problem Gblanchard at 11:00am 12.14.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1073 I have a balmar 100 amp alternator with an ASR-4 regulator. The alternator, sometimes work, sometime
interesting, innovative video... rpludwig at 8:55am 12.14.19 Catalina 22 8/1200 RkVJBw7Vgyk certainly not recommending such an extreme project, but this video illustrates (to me a
Raymarine masthead -wind vane -cups seadaddler at 8:43am 12.14.19 Ask All Sailors 5/527 Lost the top pointer on my masthead wind vane transducer and was going to order a new one but was to
Coolant where it shouldn't be (3) ontherocks83 at 5:34am 12.14.19 Engines and Propulsion 7/1411 I posted this on CF last night but wanted to post it here also, as the knowledge base here may be a
Rudder position on mac26 sbcwolff at 8:44pm 12.13.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 17/2223 Sorry I don't have a picture (boat is under a tarp for winter) but our rudder has two bolt holes in
Converting from dual to single engine control Derek at 1:27pm 12.13.19 Ask A Catalina Owner 15/4549 Hi all Not sure if this has been covered or not. I have a Catalina 28MKII (which I love) but I do h
Aging plumbing needs attention (2) lunasea6 at 1:18pm 12.13.19 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 13/2855 I need to do some winter maintenance on my plumbing and replacing it all is low on the list...what d
Wheel or tiller? Which rolls best? (1) Phil Herring at 4:10am 12.23.19 Ask All Sailors 47/7565 Wheel or tiller? Which do you prefer to keep you on the straight and narrow? Wheels are convenient,
Doors on sailboats--Do we need them? Kings Gambit at 8:25am 12.13.19 Ask All Sailors 64/8555
Remove one thing & break another (3) ontherocks83 at 7:40pm 12.12.19 Engines and Propulsion 18/3094 172940 :banghead:While removing the exhaust manifold off of my Universal M25, I broke the pipe that
Not Happy with this Forum seadaddler at 6:33pm 12.12.19 Big Boats 9/1885 Is it me but I am not understanding what is happening here on this forum and maybe I am doing some t
New battery bank size, charging mods... AGM or Carbon Foam Good Vibes at 6:12pm 12.12.19 Catalina 310 53/9613 First off thank you all for the help making last season (our first with our 2001 310 #63) a huge suc
Speedseal joker460 at 4:55pm 12.12.19 Ask All Sailors 41/6887 It looks like SpeedSeal is up for sale according to website. Any takers. It would be nice if Yanmar

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Solar Voltage American_Mainsail at 12:10pm 08.09.24
New to me 216 - Cabin Seal - Deck Rot / Repair dmax at 12:08pm 08.09.24 You're going to want to get all of the water out of there before you start doing any kind of repair.
Concerned about keel bolt of Siren 17 Timm R Oday25 at 11:45am 08.09.24 Removing the pivot bolt , will require pulling the boat .. On every boat I've ever worked on , once
Small brass screw jssailem at 11:09am 08.09.24 I'll take a real close look at everything when I de-rig for winter. I might be worthwhile to take
Stepping a mast on a Hunter 33 Claude L.-Auger at 11:05am 08.09.24 Taking a mast down or up is relatively simple. Double spreaders and B & R rigging make it a little b
Small brass screw Johnb at 11:04am 08.09.24 If that brass screw is actually bronze then it could have come from the sail head reinforcing plate.
Alternator heat - how serious? jviss at 10:51am 08.09.24 That's not right or normal, in my opinion, Scott. What's causing the heat? It must be current flow
Small brass screw TackandJibe at 10:50am 08.09.24 Are you certain that it appeared on your deck during a sail? Could it have been there since you we
Concerned about keel bolt of Siren 17 PaulK at 10:50am 08.09.24 You are right about using the wrong terminology. The Siren 17 has a centerboard, so has no keel bol
Small brass screw Stu Jackson at 10:39am 08.09.24 You may be confused, because those pictures seem to show that screw on the floor of your house, not
Backstay Split Rigging? Claude L.-Auger at 10:37am 08.09.24 Not familiar with your boat but it does look like the cable on your picture 8840 is your backstay. O
Small brass screw Rich Stidger at 10:34am 08.09.24 Are you certain that it appeared on your deck during a sail? Could it have been there since you wer
Autopilot setup senang at 10:24am 08.09.24
Solar Voltage American_Mainsail at 10:22am 08.09.24 QUOTE Davidsailor26 The exception is when connecting several panels in parallel, where a short in o
Pneumatic Lift for Motor Cover (Hunter 376, maybe others) senang at 10:18am 08.09.24 I have a 2005 Hunter 38. It came equipped with 2 pneumatic lift struts of the stairs to keep the sta
Get my engine running. (3) Ralph Johnstone at 10:17am 08.09.24 Already SBO is giving me answers and things to work on tomorrow, thank you! We also like to sugge
Looking for Solar Panel Battery Charging Kits (1) twodzusfittings at 10:10am 08.09.24 I switch from OFF to #1, then I start the engine and keep it there whilst the engine is in use. Once
Small brass screw TackandJibe at 10:09am 08.09.24 Lol ?.... nothing on top of the mast. I truly am scratching my head as to where it came from. Apart
Looking for Solar Panel Battery Charging Kits Tally Ho at 9:59am 08.09.24 I created my own "a la carte" system which currently works for me. I have two 100W panels hooked up
Small brass screw Tally Ho at 9:54am 08.09.24 Did an airplane happen to fly overhead? :yikes: Seems like an odd material for mast-mounted stuff.

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