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Nautique all-electric ski boat a game changer - Plugboats Bob J. at 11:47am 02.14.20 Ask All Sailors 9/2618 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 16/25673 Can I power this machine with two 12V boat batteries? Will this duracell 3000w inverter handle the s
Installing halyard organizer plate Lovetosail21 at 6:37am 02.14.20 Ask An Oday Owner 7/3348 I am installing a halyard organizer plate on my ODay 23. There are four bolts, all appear through t
Dodger Oday 28 rogjack2 at 8:02pm 02.13.20 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1283 Can anyone show a photo of a dodger on an 81 Oday 28 keel centerboard with main sheet traveler mount
Marines! (1) Brian D at 6:41pm 02.13.20 Sails Call Lounge 3/667 174985
Fuel Prep vs Biobor JF OCSailor at 4:52pm 02.13.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1915 I had my fuel tank cleaned and the diesel polished today. Am I glad I got that done. I figured it
Rudder Spacer for 29.5 Sovereign7.0 at 1:22pm 02.13.20 Mid-Size Boats 1/845 Hi, I'm trying to find out where I might find a replacement part for the plastic (?) ring that acts
Bow Roller for S2 9.2C BarbW at 12:57pm 02.13.20 S2 3/1097 I just purchased a 1979 S2 9.2C. I'd like to add at least a bow roller (possibly a windlass) for eas
Legend 40.5 - Cracking/Jerking noise (1) fero at 10:00am 02.13.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1252 Hello again, When rolling, at anchor or while sailing off-wind, there is an annoying cracking / jerk
Electric re-sale value? Hogdriver at 9:10am 02.13.20 Ask All Sailors 79/10873 Thinking of converting Catalina 310 to electric power. Anyone have thoughts on how that would affect
Jib Furling Parts (2) Golfpro at 8:12am 02.13.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/2264 Greetings fellow sailers. Just retired and purchased an '87 Hunter H-31. Great boat. Getting ready f
Switch to PSS shaft seal or repack the stuffing box on my H33? Maurice Doran at 7:48am 02.13.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/2250 I'm thinking of installing a PSS shaft seal on my 2005 H33 and I would like other owner's thoughts o
US Sailing Vid cb32863 at 7:02am 02.13.20 Ask All Sailors 29/2871 Nice video, 5 minutes, from US Sailing. Sure, its a little geared towards racing but, getting the ki
Adhesive for new Mast Step AndreInPortland at 10:01pm 02.12.20 Catalina 22 6/3017 Hi all, For my 1984 original design C22, I purchased the improved mast step and halyard plate from
Sailboat Owner's Guide to Corrosion - Basic Theories (Collier 1-4) (1) Will Gilmore at 7:53pm 02.12.20 Sailboat Owner's Guide to Corrosion 72/18533 Welcome to our SBO Book club study of Everett Collier's book, 'The Boatowner's Guide to Corrosion".
Mast height on a Skipper 20 Treyolsen at 7:34pm 02.12.20 Trailer Sailors 7/3084 Can anyone tell me how tall the mast is on a Skipper 20 "Please"?
Help with my refrigerator latch screws (1) Holly Foster at 5:56pm 02.12.20 Mid-Size Boats 5/1526 Hi- My husband and I are new owners of a 2007 Catalina 310, hull #339...the last one off the product

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no eyelet on the tack of my main sail Von Clipper at 12:07pm 01.28.25 Sooo ya think I should have a shop sew in a cringle with reinforcement?
Engine anode missing on a Volvo Penta 2002? jssailem at 11:05am 01.28.25 Hi John. I could have said: "No, the surveyor is correct." But that would have generated another
Home Pumpout System Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 10:20am 01.28.25 I missed that your pump is MANUAL, not electric. --Peggie
Hoses in the bilge of Cherubini 33 Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 10:17am 01.28.25 Peggie, thank you for your detailed reply.Water tank is at the bow under the birth and I believe it
I'll never see this again capta at 9:36am 01.28.25 The longtails. They look very well balanced, but I haven't tried them. I would call them an outbo
Engine anode missing on a Volvo Penta 2002? JRacer at 9:06am 01.28.25 My First 310, also a 92 with a VP 2002 engine does not have one. I also looked to inspect/replace an
Hoses in the bilge of Cherubini 33 HermanHunter at 8:41am 01.28.25 Thank you All for your help! Great forum here.
Hoses in the bilge of Cherubini 33 HermanHunter at 8:40am 01.28.25 I had the same style and what appears to be the same size hose connected to a manual bilge pump In
Lithium Battery upgrade installation james2034 at 8:38am 01.28.25
Lithium Battery upgrade installation (1) james2034 at 8:36am 01.28.25 On our Hunter Legend 35. 5, separating the start bank was easy. Just take the battery cable that'
Hoses in the bilge of Cherubini 33 HermanHunter at 8:34am 01.28.25
2000 Oceanis 411 Rudder Issue KStolten at 8:32am 01.28.25 Hi there I am about to throw my self into the project of replacing the rudder bearing soon and was
Lithium Battery upgrade installation james2034 at 8:31am 01.28.25
Engine anode missing on a Volvo Penta 2002? john6206 at 8:28am 01.28.25 Hey - I see this thread is a couple years old - but I'm going to tag a question on. I'm looking a
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks dLj at 8:12am 01.28.25 Why not just replace any OEM "valve on a thruhull" with a stronger seacock valve. Forespar and (mor
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks FastOlson at 7:53am 01.28.25 Why not just replace any OEM "valve on a thruhull" with a stronger seacock valve? Forespar and (more
Home Pumpout System Tedd at 7:39am 01.28.25 Hi Peggie, I did briefly consider using a macerator pump but it has some drawbacks. A macerator pu
Deck Leaking? dmax at 7:18am 01.28.25 One more thing to add: you can try to locate the source of the leak from the interior by taping pape
Hoses in the bilge of Cherubini 33 Project_Mayhem at 7:16am 01.28.25 I had the same style and what appears to be the same size hose connected to a manual bilge pump
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks Project_Mayhem at 7:12am 01.28.25 I have some Marelon mushroom type thru hulls in white for over 40 years. Marelon will say it on

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