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Pre-purchase Survey Cost Jimbeaux at 6:11pm 09.23.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 16/2682 What should I reasonably be looking at for the fee here? Is it typically charged by the foot? Boat
ALWAYS HAVE TOW INSURANCE (1) twodzusfittings at 4:40pm 09.23.19 Bigger Boats 21/1812 I used to think, I would never need to be towed. My last boat had a brand new outboard. This, new to
Sail boat ID shemandr at 4:01pm 09.23.19 Ask All Sailors 3/400 Today there were protests, I guess all over, regarding climate change. This isn't a political threa
Hunter 420 Passage Raw Water intake Stephen M at 2:56pm 09.23.19 Big Boats 4/778 I upgraded the raw water strainer to a 1" perko strainer as I didn't like the screw off bowl Sherwoo
New Hunter 25 Owner 4sandybutts at 2:18pm 09.23.19 Smaller Boats 3/493 Hi All, This is Steve and I just acquired a 1978 Hunter 25 Cherubini. I would like to ask the group
Water Draining Somewhere Destination Unknown... Tradewinds at 11:28am 09.23.19 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 9/830 First few days I owned the boat water was going from sink to bilge no problem. Now water is draini
Kent Island dingy dock Jim Sullivan at 10:28am 09.23.19 Destinations 5/1140 Anyone know if there are any dingy docks in Kent Narrows? I have called various restaurants and cant
SubTropical Storm Lorenzo Wets UK JamesG161 at 9:57am 09.23.19 Weather and Forecasting 9/1525 The newest West African Spin off begins as Autumn arrives. This storm should track into the Centra
Polishing my mast Saltysteve at 9:56am 09.23.19 Ask All Sailors 4/674 I am refinishing below decks and my mast looks pretty grimy. I would like to polish it but it is an
Atlantic Towers Dinghy Davits (2) sail sfbay at 9:53am 09.23.19 Ask All Sailors 20/5477 Considering dinghy davits for my Hunter 46. I am familiar with traditional davits by Garhauer, Kato
Grenada's Sculpture Park WHITE CALM at 9:06am 09.23.19 Ask All Sailors 6/873 A number of years ago we visited the underwater sculpture park off Moliniere Point. It was hard to f
Stowaways! aka rodents! Justin_NSA at 8:23am 09.23.19 Ask All Sailors 15/1136 Saturday night the little '^%$@@ kept me up all night! I woke up to a gnawing sound under my port se
1998 Hunter 410 Windlass Seized (5) jsmac at 8:20am 09.23.19 Big Boats 9/2622 Hello Folks, As said above, my 1998 Hunter 410 has a Lewmar model RMI or RM1 50F (hard to read) el
30 MKII, Starboard sette console. (2) Hogheaven at 7:11am 09.23.19 Catalina 30 1/728 Me being dumpster diver, saw truck seat someone tossef on side of road. Stopped, pulled off console
Lowering + positioning of the mast with crutch - Beneteau First 285 Laurens BF 285 at 5:02am 09.23.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1214 Hi guys, We became the proud owners of a Beneteau First 285 this summer and had great fun with it a
Of Crimps and Fires: A Cautionary Tale dlochner at 4:43am 09.23.19 Musings With Maine Sail 9/1973 Ryan and Sophie a is a YouTube channel I've been following. This week they published an article that
Top of the mast. (1) wing15601 at 8:00pm 09.22.19 Ask An Oday Owner 14/2000
Pacific High vs Hurricane (1) JamesG161 at 7:50pm 09.22.19 Sails Call Lounge 3/479 The Hurricane boys win!!!!:eek::eek: Saints beat the Seahawks 33 to 27 And trust me, the last
VHF Antenna (2) jbrock at 6:33pm 09.22.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1402 How do I attach a VHF antenna to my M25 masthead? How do I get the wire into the cabin to the radio?
Catalina 320 vs. 320 MK II matts997 at 5:44pm 09.22.19 Mid-Size Boats 9/5861 I am actively looking for our next sailboat (moving up from a hunter 280) and have been targeting Ca

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Fuel Tank Algae dlochner at 8:10am 06.05.24 Take the tank out and clean it out. I used a hose to get the gunk out. I then coated the entire ins
Fuel Tank Algae wpatch at 8:01am 06.05.24 Hello, I also have a 2004 Hunter 36. We fouled our filters our first day coming to home dock. I can
PROOF that Hunter designs were way ahead of their time.... SkookumZac at 7:54am 06.05.24
Yanmar YSM12 fuel injection pump mjberns at 7:51am 06.05.24 What EXACTLY is happening that fuel is getting to the fuel injection pump, which we can see is being
Masthead Anchor Light JBP-PA at 7:46am 06.05.24 It could be corrosion at the masthead, but check all accessible connections first, especially if yo
my remote fill is in the lazzertte under the seat in the cockpit. Prozac at 7:45am 06.05.24 Welcome to the forum! I'm assuming from your description that you have a Yanmar 2GM20F which uses
my remote fill is in the lazzertte under the seat in the cockpit. (2) jdrutten at 7:24am 06.05.24 Welcome to the forum! I'm assuming from your description that you have a Yanmar 2GM20F which uses
Gelcoat repair Advice - 1974 Cape Dory Typhoon dlochner at 7:07am 06.05.24 Not spider cracks, the gelcoat damage is dock rash from the hull rubbing up against a rough surface.
Gelcoat repair Advice - 1974 Cape Dory Typhoon jssailem at 6:41am 06.05.24 Spider cracks. It happens. A guy with the knowledge and experience (25 years) on this subject is And
Fuel Tank Algae dlochner at 6:31am 06.05.24 Algae happens when you get water into the fuel system. Some bad information just refuses to die.
Small Outboard Motor Stands jibes138 at 6:19am 06.05.24
Masthead Anchor Light Kings Gambit at 6:18am 06.05.24
Fuel Tank Algae ice breaker at 5:43am 06.05.24 One thing to check are the fuel vents. On our boat, there was No top loop on the vent fitting so, r
Gelcoat repair Advice - 1974 Cape Dory Typhoon dlochner at 5:12am 06.05.24 If you haven't yet found Boatworks Today on YouTube, you should. Andy has several excellent videos o
Help with seized fresh water pump (2) Afraal at 4:23am 06.05.24 Thanks everyone for your help. I completed the work on my engine yesterday. Before and after picture
Ice box to fridge conversion condensation dlochner at 3:53am 06.05.24 As thick as you can to include the lid This. Condensation outside the box is not caused by air
rigging tension Will Gilmore at 3:28am 06.05.24 I haven't downloaded these manuals, so I don't know if the tuning information you're looking for is
NEED a Beneteau 423 Propeller for D55 Volvo NYSail at 3:11am 06.05.24
rigging tension justsomeguy at 2:28am 06.05.24 cant find any reference info.. The info you seek is inherent to the wire itself. Once you've got t
How do you remove head faucet on Catalina 320? marcham at 10:47pm 06.04.24 Take the faucet apart from the top, just like a household faucet.

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