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Winterizing Small Outboard shank at 9:57am 09.10.24 Engines and Propulsion 3/539 I have an old 2HP 2 stroke outboard I use with my dinghy. I ran it until the gas tank ran dry and t
I joined the club. NEW BOAT! (10) Project_Mayhem at 9:07am 09.10.24 Ask A Catalina Owner 10/1061 After a two year search, I finally pulled the trigger on a 94 C30. The seller/PO has been incredibly
Prefer to trailer SteveHughessails at 7:26am 09.10.24 Trailer Sailors 22/2691
Nice restoration Not Too Shabby at 8:25pm 09.09.24 Catalina 22 3/1073 The other C22 owners and @CloudDiver (I see you've logged in recently) might like to see another C22
Any S2 8.5 owners? Whiskey Nancy at 7:16pm 09.09.24 S2 4/1167 We have been preparing our S2 8.5 for a long drive down to Texas. I was just wondering if anyone us
Back on the water again..... ...3TacksontheWater at 5:34pm 09.09.24 Catalina 22 8/1232 Well all, with rain showers and storms all around, on August 30th, Waffle House was finally launched
Catalina 275 no longer available with saildrive jb cruzan at 5:30pm 09.09.24 Catalina 275 1/1093 I read the new Catalina is no longer available with saildrive. Any thoughts as to why this change ?
1987 First 405 Keel Bolts Adam Marvin at 5:15pm 09.09.24 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/363 Has anyone replaced their keel bolts on a 405 with deep keel? I'm having issues sorting out the orig
What in tarnation is this? Hunter legend 43 (1) Rattlenebang at 4:49pm 09.09.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/989 I'm helping a friend with this boat he just bought and it seems to have a large non-opening hatch fo
Random Yanmar instrument warning light and buzzer (1) Moondawg at 2:52pm 09.09.24 The Cherubini Hunters 49/4332 What would cause the Water control panel light (and buzzer) to activate on my Yanmar control panel i
Shrink wrapping details? azambella at 7:03am 09.09.24 Ask All Sailors 11/990 Can anyone comment on the cost of shrink wrapping for the winter? DIY vs. Service??? Anyone near S
1998 Hunter 410 cabin tri-light fixture. jsmac at 5:25am 09.09.24 Big Boats 0/320 In my Hunter 410, there is a three light fixture above the center cabinet next to the mast base, wit
PTC SIX --> TS Francine --> Hurricane Francine (3) JamesG161 at 7:37pm 09.08.24 Weather and Forecasting 26/2477 227337 227338 Getting Fuel to make it to Named Storm Francine 227339 Dammit Jim...
1986 Hunter Legend 45 documents djmoreau at 4:38pm 09.08.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/379 Hey everyone, My wife and I just looked at a legend 45 and are most likely going to buy it. I am str
Universal M18 leaking oil / low oil pressure adamv at 3:38pm 09.08.24 Ask All Sailors 38/3069 Had the engine out to change the mounts- since putting it back, on a couple occasions now: at crui*
Propeller fell off - need size and vendor recommendations StretchCT at 11:05am 09.08.24 Ask A Beneteau Owner 39/4188 Hi all - new to the forum and new to Beneteaus as I purchased one this past June. For whatever rea
Hunter 41 fuel gauge doesn't calibrate (2) samjlord at 9:23am 09.08.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/422 I have a 2004 Hunter 41 with a "Hunter" branded gauge, which I think is an Ultra-8 manufactured by S
ID this boat please (4) SailingLoto at 5:06am 09.08.24 Ask All Sailors 2/757 This showed up recently. Any idea what it is beyond a sailboat? Looks fun.
Engine Alignment Afraal at 3:37pm 09.07.24 Catalina 310 16/1994 Hello forum, My engine could use some re-alignment and I was wondering if you could provide some gu
what are h26 stanchions made of, aluminum? can they rust? Davenport at 2:09pm 09.07.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/566 what are h26 stanchions made of, aluminum? can they rust? do stanchion caps made of plastic to f

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O'day 27 projects...help! Project_Mayhem at 5:45am 07.09.25 1. need to replace the starboard bowlight. I am hoping this is a singular bulb replacement since the
Round "sail slugs" VS flat "sail slides" Project_Mayhem at 5:17am 07.09.25 I use slugs and have not had any troubles. I do apply Sailkote in the slug track every so often. Ye
Whisker Pole Part Sought kloudie1 at 3:54am 07.09.25 The aluminum tubing can be sourced locally .. Forespar (or whatever brand) buys tubing and assembles
Found a 2003 C310 North Texas Sailor at 11:02pm 07.08.25 So after our adventure of looking at a C34 and deciding it was too dated we decided to move on and
Found a 2003 C310 North Texas Sailor at 10:00pm 07.08.25 Well finally made it out and saw the C310 and it had zero issues and was in very well loved and car
Anchor Swivel jssailem at 8:23pm 07.08.25 There are many thoughts about swivels. With the tides changing direction twice a day and to take o
How to re-attach small wires to ComNav autopilot compass cable plug toomanyirons at 7:52pm 07.08.25 Fixed: the 180 problem can be addressed in the dockside setup by adjusting the magnetic offset. The
Circumnavigating Vancouver Island jssailem at 7:09pm 07.08.25 Sounds normal for a BC Cruising adventure. I untied the lines. Had a slight misstep as I tried to l
Circumnavigating Vancouver Island (3) Michael Davis at 7:01pm 07.08.25 After a couple of days at Lagoon Cove we decided to head for Port McNeil as we are having some tempe
Survey before insurance will renew? Bgkahuna11325 at 6:41pm 07.08.25 Has this happened to anyone else? We've had BoatUS insurance for 20+ years. Never filed any claims.
Is my new keel winch broken Timm R Oday25 at 6:07pm 07.08.25 There is quite likely a lever we aren't being shown
Whisker Pole Part Sought Timm R Oday25 at 6:05pm 07.08.25 I'd buy a newer better one . The friendship is way more important than trying to save a few dollars
DC to DC charger size MFD at 6:03pm 07.08.25
Round "sail slugs" VS flat "sail slides" stickinthemud57 at 5:53pm 07.08.25 Very interested in hearing feedback on this. Regardless, a proper cleaning and lube of the slugs/sl
DC to DC charger size artboas at 5:39pm 07.08.25
Hunter 340 window 'frames' question please. (3) markymac1961 at 4:55pm 07.08.25 Small confession here in that I bought the boat brand new from Hunter in Florida. I didn't have to
Anchor Swivel thinwater at 4:08pm 07.08.25 I was referring more to the fact that, around here, you can spin around dozen of times in a single
Is my new keel winch broken pgandw at 3:50pm 07.08.25 When I've bought trailer winches, I look for the words "reversible" on the package. Not all have th
How long til your 3GM starts? Tally Ho at 3:47pm 07.08.25 I have never had to put the compression levers into decompression mode to start my 2GM20F. i paid a
Chartplotter navigation software for Raymarine Davidasailor26 at 3:10pm 07.08.25 I said scrw Garmin 6 years ago after they EOL'd my chartplotter a year after purchase. I use OpenC*

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