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Need opinions on outboards for my dinghy... JavaMan at 11:31am 01.18.26 Ask All Sailors 9/123 Yes, I know opinions are like ... well, you know... everyone has one. But(t).... I'm hoping someone
Experience with Bare boat Charter Italy PNWE36 at 9:13am 01.18.26 Ask All Sailors 2/88 Hello, Looking to do a bareboat charter on the Amalfi coast Italy Sept. 2025. Has anyone had experi
Interior Lights Replacements Recommendations tomgrigsby at 8:45am 01.18.26 The Cherubini Hunters 0/48 I'd like to replace the original interior light fixtures. Some have bad switches etc. Any recommen
Avoiding Carbon on Engine - MD2B Volvo diesel zinahewitt at 9:29am 01.16.26 Engines and Propulsion 7/214 Hi All, Hope your Jan is going well. I have an MD2B VOLVO penta. The engine is from the 70s. I was
Looking for Hatch Rails - 1984 ODay 222 JimGate at 6:57pm 01.15.26 Day Sailers 5/181 Looking for advice on how to best replace the hatch rails on my 1984 ODay 222. Are there any availab
Looking for 100 / 20 solar charge controller with its own display (I dont use bluetooth or phones) Carl Wonderful at 5:19pm 01.15.26 Ask All Sailors 2/152 Anyone recommend a 100 / 20 MPPT controller with a display so I don't have to use my wife's phone to
Hatch Rails Replacement ODay 222 JimGate at 3:03pm 01.15.26 Parts Search 0/98 Looking for advice on how to best replace the hatch rails on my 1984 ODay 222. Are there any availab
Hunter 34 - Exhaust elbow siphon break (1) paultech at 8:00am 01.15.26 Big Boats 18/448 Hello, My 1986 Hunter 34 Yanmar 3GM30F has a siphon break between the exhaust elbow (that's being r
Bilge pump hose location seahunter at 11:38am 01.14.26 Big Boats 3/212 Bildge pump hose location
Jules Verne Trophy PaulK at 11:09am 01.14.26 Racing 4/235 Just to make people aware of a pair of trimarans that are trying to beat the ''round the world recor
2008 Fuel reading not displayed on LED Knotilus at 9:39am 01.14.26 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/212 I have a 2008 Beneteau Oceania 46 that has the standard panel by the nav desk. The Batteries and Le
Swim ladder warpage - Catalina 310 PEMS at 7:20am 01.14.26 Catalina 310 8/341 My swim ladder has twisted to an extent that makes closing both retaining latches difficult. When i
Any Ranger 20"s on the East Coast? Mara Scott at 9:05pm 01.13.26 Ranger Boats (WA) 0/149 Hi, I am in NJ and think a ranger 20 would be a good boat for me and my family, but I have never see
Sealing a rubber washer for centerboard bolt barney17 at 7:30pm 01.13.26 Ask All Sailors 14/304 I just replaced the pivot bolt for my centerboard (I have a 17' sailing dinghy), and I put new neopr
Cape Dory Typhoon cabin roof/mast base question (3) Bob Kessler at 6:43pm 01.13.26 Trailer Sailors 3/258 I looked at a Cape Dory Typhoon last weekend. The owner had fabricated a hinged mast base that see
Night sky forecast tool (1) jssailem at 2:02pm 01.13.26 Weather and Forecasting 1/167 If you enjoy watching the night sky and hope one day to see the northern lights, I have just discove
Two hours AC patrickfarley at 10:17am 01.13.26 Ask A Macgregor Owner 21/557 I plan to put a 5000 btu AC in the V berth with a vent system to the forward hatch. The AC will dra
Soft deck spots patrickfarley at 8:06am 01.13.26 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/71 The deck in front of the mast gives a little. Never used to give a little. The small piece of deck
MD2B Alternator V Belt Tension (2) zinahewitt at 3:51pm 01.12.26 Engines and Propulsion 6/278 Hi All, I have an Alternator connected to the Engine Flywheel using a V belt. The Manual says. 23
Plugged raw water intake Stephentrapani at 12:42pm 01.12.26 Ask All Sailors 17/480 Hello. Any brilliant tips on unclogging the strainer fitting on my raw water intake, while in the wa

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Mercury 9.9 steering lock Timm R Oday25 at 6:24pm 01.18.26 These are the two versions of the tiller lock . The one one the left is for the remote version . I r
Mercury 9.9 steering lock (2) Timm R Oday25 at 6:22pm 01.18.26 236302
Need opinions on outboards for my dinghy... Captain Larry-DH at 5:53pm 01.18.26 @JavaMan I think you'll get better quality advice if you ask about a specific engine you're consider
Need opinions on outboards for my dinghy... Stu Jackson at 5:20pm 01.18.26 I used to have an old Johnson Seahorse 2hp with no gears. Direct drive, prop always spinning. It
1978 H30 Shaft Removal/Rudder heritage at 5:06pm 01.18.26 Propeller Depot stocks a good selection of prop struts. Buck Algonquin Struts.
Need opinions on outboards for my dinghy... jssailem at 4:30pm 01.18.26 I had a Mariner 2cycle 3 hp outboard on a 15 ft trailer sailboat. It worked great. You throttle down
Mercury 9.9 steering lock SailingLoto at 3:41pm 01.18.26 All I read was Mercury in your original post and responses A couple years newer would have been to
Mercury 9.9 steering lock SailingLoto at 3:39pm 01.18.26 I am not able to link the website I found the answer on the Crowley Marine tech website . Depending
Need opinions on outboards for my dinghy... colemj at 2:00pm 01.18.26 I used to have an old Johnson Seahorse 2hp with no gears. Direct drive, prop always spinning. It w
Need opinions on outboards for my dinghy... Davidasailor26 at 12:55pm 01.18.26 We used a 3.5hp Johnson with just forward and neutral for many years. I never minded it at all. Just
Need opinions on outboards for my dinghy... Rich Stidger at 12:19pm 01.18.26 I have used a Nissan 3.5hp with F-N shift since 2006 with no real problem. If you shift into neutral
Need opinions on outboards for my dinghy... Timm R Oday25 at 12:10pm 01.18.26 There a a number of You Tubers that have bought these . There are a similar of common themes . Scarc
Need opinions on outboards for my dinghy... dlochner at 11:52am 01.18.26 Bewary of very low priced OBs, many of them don't exist but the "dealer" will take your money and di
Need opinions on outboards for my dinghy... Project_Mayhem at 11:38am 01.18.26 You're likely going to have to look away while flipping it around to reverse. I also imagine that un
Advice On Selling My Sailboat Kings Gambit at 10:46am 01.18.26 Have you ever heard of enclothed cognition? I have not. Please explain. And no, one is not giving
Experience with Bare boat Charter Italy PNWE36 at 10:29am 01.18.26 Thanks for this. Yes I have ICC and have chartered in Croatia who have similar requirements to Ital
Advice On Selling My Sailboat capta at 10:01am 01.18.26 To keep, rig the boat for ease of single handing. Install AP, perhaps self-tailing winches, windlas
Jules Verne Trophy PaulK at 9:54am 01.18.26 Doldrums coming up tonight for Sodebo. Routers expect them to get through fairly quickly, with the n
Advice On Selling My Sailboat capta at 9:47am 01.18.26 I bought Skipping Stone (Pearson 530) on the hard. I could check anything I wanted on the hard, and
Funny Friday!!! (1) dlochner at 9:44am 01.18.26 236295 Flo's Diner, 2026. Canastota, NY. https://flos-diner-canastota.res-menu.net

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