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zinc plated copper sleeve on a stainless steel wire rope in salt water -- should I risk it? Lord Gothington at 10:37am 02.05.20 Ask All Sailors 37/8728 I am replacing the pennant cable on my Tartan 27 centerboard. Tartan sent me a 1/8"-7x19 stainless
Panda Generator Starter Know Egrets at 9:00am 02.05.20 Ask All Sailors 10/1206 Hello. My Panda generator starter seems to have broken. It just makes high pitched whine and will no
Boat Registration Display (1) sail sfbay at 6:25am 02.05.20 Ask All Sailors 16/2717 Anyone displaying their boat registration on a placard attached to the bow rail vs. sticking on the
Waste Pump Out Sizing Problem. ontherocks83 at 5:36am 02.05.20 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 4/1840 I am in the process of replacing all of my black water hoses and macerator (yay for me). I removed t
Mold adjudication? Randall Schmidt at 5:38pm 02.04.20 Ask All Sailors 12/1656
Universal diesel thermostat housing petcock valve thread size Richard19068 at 5:22pm 02.04.20 Ask All Sailors 0/308 Does anybody happen to know the thread size for the petcock valve in the thermostat housing on the u
Hunter 356 in mast main overpowered Neil Spooner at 5:02pm 02.04.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1715 When sailing my 2003 H356 on a reach in any more than 15 kts I need to reef my in-mast main to preve
outboard motor shaft length tgrayson at 2:46pm 02.04.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/2509 have a 1974 macgregor venture 17 would a long or short shaft 5 hp outboard be best,it has an outboar
High Idle Cap is Loose on Yanmar 3YM30 scottthardin at 2:40pm 02.04.20 Engines and Propulsion 3/889 I recently noticed that my high idle cap isn't tight on my 11 year old engine with 1000 hours. I am
Hunter 30 deck paint / Rustloeum Topside Paint (3) portajon at 2:36pm 02.04.20 The Cherubini Hunters 16/5575 This is the third deck I have painted with this product, Rustoleum brand Topside paint available at
Loose foot main for 95 MacGregor 26C nickl1218 at 12:37pm 02.04.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/736 What recommendations for replacing my orignal main for a loose foot main?
No power AC cabin electric outlets Clydo at 12:34pm 02.04.20 Catalina 310 20/5312 Last week up at boat ( 100 miles away) in hurry to get back and beat traffic someone put small read
HDPE (RudderCraft) rudder without bottom paint Hayden Watson at 11:45am 02.04.20 Ask All Sailors 2/759 I am looking into replacing my fiberglass on foam rudder for an HDPE rudder made by RudderCraft. Th
Sabre 36 Survey & General Info? SailingWithSons at 10:24am 02.04.20 Sabre Sailboats 4/4128 Hello Everyone, I am hopefully soon to be the owner of a 1985 Sabre 36 center board. My primary que
O'Day 34 rudder replacement Dan3121 at 9:52am 02.04.20 Ask An Oday Owner 10/2276 I have the opportunity to buy a 1981 O'Day 34 that looks to be in good shape except for a cracked ru
Traveler theory (2) jimshipsky at 9:10am 02.04.20 Ask All Sailors 59/12043 My current understanding of traveler use is you can use it to ease the mainsail to leeward to reduce
Cabinet doors wont latch; leaky windows Jimski at 8:41am 02.04.20 Catalina 30 7/1201 I am not kind to my Catalina 30. Much of my sailing is racing in Galveston Bay. Trying to eke out
Hunter Passage 42 1995 Scallywagger at 7:46am 02.04.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1590 Hello everyone. I am thinking Terry might answer my question before others. I would like to replace
Best Bilge Pump? AlastairLC at 6:39am 02.04.20 Ask All Sailors 71/11585
Fluid Film RoyS at 5:48am 02.04.20 Ask All Sailors 13/2516 I recently decided to have my pickup truck treated with Fluid Film to arrest corrosion of the underc

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Farewell to Traditional Nautical Charts jssailem at 11:00am 12.11.24 D'Arcy. I have used the Opencpn charts to understand the waters off the BC Coast. However, there is
Farewell to Traditional Nautical Charts DArcy at 10:45am 12.11.24 They aren't very costly through o-charts on OpenCPN. It's a bit of a pain with the license and such
Farewell to Traditional Nautical Charts jssailem at 10:23am 12.11.24 This Luddite will miss them. :plus::(
AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? jssailem at 9:59am 12.11.24 Let's just say a Raymarine MFD is not on my Christmas list this year. Is that a way of saying? Yo
Acrylic to replace wood Ralph Johnstone at 9:51am 12.11.24 Either way diesel drip added to the stuffing box drip can make for a stinking aft cabin, I can th
AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? Hello Below at 9:50am 12.11.24
Loose wires in mast ok? BAD ORCA at 9:49am 12.11.24 My previous boat didn't have a conduit in the mast and the wire slap was very annoying at anchor. T
Acrylic to replace wood william24424 at 9:34am 12.11.24 Regarding boat smells....I've had drips before and depending on the source of the leak, I had to tig
Raw water strainer disaster waiting to happen (1) jssailem at 9:17am 12.11.24 If I wanted to be sure about the height of the water in the boat, I would use a water level. This i
Loose wires in mast ok? DArcy at 9:15am 12.11.24 My previous boat didn't have a conduit in the mast and the wire slap was very annoying at anchor. Th
Acrylic to replace wood william24424 at 9:06am 12.11.24 No structural requirements No water barrier, water goes from locker into bilge from holes under wate
Loose wires in mast ok? BAD ORCA at 8:48am 12.11.24 With my mast down, The rigger and I inserted a thin-wall PVC pipe to serve the wide conduit. We dr
Loose wires in mast ok? BAD ORCA at 8:44am 12.11.24 If there is a track inside the mast, it may fit a mainsail slug. If it does, then bundle the wires
Grey Enterprises opening ports for 1981 Hunter Cherubini 33 Phil Herring at 8:34am 12.11.24 Customers have purchased the 715 and 512 for the Hunter Cherubini 33.
Raw water strainer disaster waiting to happen Ward H at 8:33am 12.11.24 So most of your strainer is below the waterline while the ports are at the waterline? I'm trying to
Need some search tips for Hunter site Phil Herring at 8:30am 12.11.24 When searching the forums, use Advanced Search. The search bar at the top uses the built-in forum se
Loose wires in mast ok? jssailem at 8:30am 12.11.24 With my mast down, The rigger and I inserted a thin-wall PVC pipe to serve the wide conduit. We dri
Installing a MSD potty in our C22 morbidfollower at 8:26am 12.11.24 That's great man. Let me fly you out and have you do mine :D
Loose wires in mast ok? dlochner at 8:23am 12.11.24 If there is a track inside the mast, it may fit a mainsail slug. If it does, then bundle the wires t
Loose wires in mast ok? BAD ORCA at 8:17am 12.11.24 Over the last couple of decades I've found myself anchored near (not even next to) a few boats that

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