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Where is Kermit? Brian D at 6:34am 02.16.20 Sails Call Lounge 24/2873 Last I saw of him was in November, around Thanksgiving. Anyone know where he is?
Filling thetone at 1:35am 02.16.20 Ask All Sailors 11/1278 Ran aground and took a chunk out of my rudder. The bottom of my keel is stoved up. I'm wondering wha
Anchor well question?? eianm at 10:11pm 02.15.20 Big Boats 6/1228 I finally got to pulling out all anchor chain and rope rode to inspect and clean this past weekend.
THOUGHTS (1) twodzusfittings at 9:29pm 02.15.20 Bigger Boats 8/1340 I would like to install the compass and the brains of my new Raymarine Auto Pilot inside the Lazaret
My Beneteau 44.7 Sank in Mexico garygreen68 at 8:51pm 02.15.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/4464 Recently, my Beneteau First 44.7 sank 80 miles offshore in the Sea of Cortez between La Paz and Maza
1996 37.5 hunter salon table barbie at 3:18pm 02.15.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/936 We purchased our boat, but the rope is missing from lowering the table. We are able to push it down
PNW Cruise 2017 Terry Cox at 11:53am 02.15.20 Pacific North West Cruisers 0/10 Finally able to post our 2017 cruising video here: KUryNchQfT8
PNW Summer Cruise 2017 Terry Cox at 9:53am 02.15.20 Pacific North West Cruisers 12/2089 DVD finally available for public viewing here: KUryNchQfT8
PNW Cruise 2017 Terry Cox at 9:48am 02.15.20 Pacific North West Cruisers 0/1 Finally, finally, finally, YouTube lifted their restriction on the 2017 summer cruise video here: KU
Internal halyards ? little breeze at 7:34am 02.15.20 Catalina 22 26/6194 Hey guys , My C22 still have the wire to rope halyards. I would like to convert over to rope halyard
Strange Winter? (1) JamesG161 at 6:32am 02.15.20 Weather and Forecasting 26/4285
Could Winter be over? DayDreamer41 at 5:17am 02.15.20 Ask All Sailors 89/9437 This looks promising for us in the Great Lakes region https://www.mlive.com/weather/2020/02/intense
Flushing of Raw Water Cooled Engine Circuit (1) Blitz at 2:05pm 02.14.20 Engines and Propulsion 5/1016
Storage under H23 gas tank decktosser at 1:26pm 02.14.20 Smaller Boats 7/1088 All Hunter 23 owners will know that there is considerable storage space under the cockpit sole. A p
Water ballast valve on H26 Big Rog at 1:12pm 02.14.20 Smaller Boats 10/1550
Nautique all-electric ski boat a game changer - Plugboats Bob J. at 11:47am 02.14.20 Ask All Sailors 9/2616 I know this is a sailing site but thought in light of the recent discussions about electric boats th
Known object (1) Stratus3 at 10:20am 02.14.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1208 174996174996came with the boat bottom drawer
Low Power/RPM Universal M25XP jonelli at 10:13am 02.14.20 Engines and Propulsion 41/5160 I've been trying to figure out why my motor is having a hard time recently getting up to 2000RPM whe
Hunter 34 rudder bearing project Colibri at 9:37am 02.14.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/2441
Powering Nespresso Pixie (1) william24424 at 8:58am 02.14.20 Ask All Sailors 16/25640 Can I power this machine with two 12V boat batteries? Will this duracell 3000w inverter handle the s

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Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks Project_Mayhem at 4:53am 01.28.25 Are you sure the thruhulls are just simple plastic? Usually marelon valves are mated to marelon th
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks colemj at 4:27am 01.28.25 I'm ok with the marelon valves but it's the plastic through hulls that make me uncomfortable. Are
Lithium Battery upgrade installation Rich 35.5 at 4:15am 01.28.25 On our Hunter Legend 35.5, separating the start bank was easy. Just take the battery cable that's
no eyelet on the tack of my main sail (2) Von Clipper at 3:28am 01.28.25 and these229543
no eyelet on the tack of my main sail (1) Von Clipper at 3:18am 01.28.25 here's the sail
Lithium Battery upgrade installation Davidasailor26 at 2:25am 01.28.25
What is this on my boom? Joe at 2:09am 01.28.25 Thanks @Joe . The TL control line reaches it with enough for one bend, and no way to secure.
no eyelet on the tack of my main sail Joe at 1:59am 01.28.25 Yes, as Greg suggested, post a picture far enough away so one pic will show what's there. But also
Hoses in the bilge of Cherubini 33 Dalliance at 10:42pm 01.27.25
Lithium Battery upgrade installation jssailem at 9:50pm 01.27.25
no eyelet on the tack of my main sail Tally Ho at 7:37pm 01.27.25 You could rig up a rope / line from the lowest cringle to the boom ( do you have a hook or something
Hoses in the bilge of Cherubini 33 HermanHunter at 7:03pm 01.27.25 Peggie, thank you for your detailed reply. Water tank is at the bow under the birth and I believe i
Lithium Battery upgrade installation (1) dlochner at 7:01pm 01.27.25 There are a number of issues here. First, get rid of the combiner. You are correct the alternator is
no eyelet on the tack of my main sail Von Clipper at 6:59pm 01.27.25 no it's a used sail. The PO has died so no help there.
no eyelet on the tack of my main sail Tally Ho at 6:55pm 01.27.25 Is it a new sail? Seems odd that there is no tack cringle. Greg
Hoses in the bilge of Cherubini 33 Tally Ho at 6:53pm 01.27.25 it looks like you need to run new hose for your new bilge pump. Those hoses are shot and apparently
Hoses in the bilge of Cherubini 33 HermanHunter at 6:45pm 01.27.25 I can't pour water or honk a horn from the outside because one hole doesn't have anything connected
Hoses in the bilge of Cherubini 33 Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:44pm 01.27.25 Those are thin corrugated hoses which haven't been recommended for use on boats in more than 30 year
Lithium Battery upgrade installation Davidasailor26 at 6:41pm 01.27.25
Hoses in the bilge of Cherubini 33 dlochner at 6:40pm 01.27.25 Those hoses look like bilge pump hoses or old sanitation hoses. Run water through the hose from outs

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