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halyard questions Mike8193 at 1:48pm 01.28.26 Ask All Sailors 4/45 Pretty basic questions here. I am progressively doing more and more DIY on my boat. I am learning it
Salon table opinions sought Timm R Oday25 at 1:18pm 01.28.26 Ask All Sailors 3/36 Our salon table is no overdue for an upgrade . I'm confident in my skills as a woodworker . Where I
Hot water relief valve east coaster at 10:04am 01.28.26 Catalina 310 4/75 My pressure relief valve on my hot water tank is 150 psi. The domestic water pump is max 40 psi. I
Hunter 49/50 transformer Laid-back at 5:56am 01.28.26 Big Boats 1/57
Start battery setting DinghySailor at 6:49pm 01.27.26 Ask All Sailors 15/222 The starter for my Yanmar began intermittently working over the summer. The engine now starts only w
Replacing bilge hose on 387 svnalu387 at 2:28pm 01.27.26 Big Boats 1/88
Hunter 41AC Helm Seat Completed (3) dkinzer at 1:51pm 01.27.26 Big Boats 1/87 Ever since we got our boat we have had issues seeing out over the bow while seated in the cockpit. I
Hunter passage 42 inverter question sailor832 at 1:06pm 01.27.26 Big Boats 0/52 I recently acquired a 1996 hunter passage 42 and was looking at replacing the aftermarket inverter t
Has anyone raced their TM 30? GBeck at 12:39pm 01.27.26 Catalina 30 8/141 I've been thinking about racing my boat in the non-spin class on Wednesday nights on a lake in Georg
Planning your cruise jssailem at 9:46am 01.27.26 Pacific North West Cruisers 2/72 I was reminded of a site I found some years ago designed to help a PNW (or BC) cruiser plan their tr
DIY Sailing Instrument (2) brett_howard at 9:55pm 01.26.26 Ask All Sailors 17/407 A few years back I built a wind instrument and I've been using it for years now and really appreciat
Feeling Sluggish? (1) JamesG161 at 7:26am 01.26.26 Sails Call Lounge 14/376 Do the math... .
West Marine dropping Blue Seas for Egis dlochner at 6:37am 01.26.26 Musings With Maine Sail 6/270 This morning West Marine sent out an email announcing they are dropping Blue Seas and will be stocki
Ken 1974 MFG Whip 17 sail gt Ken at 8:26am 01.25.26 Ask All Sailors 3/220 1974 MFG Whip 17 looking for main sail dimensions
2020 Beneteau oceanis 51.1 condensation pump (1) joelsbuch at 6:12am 01.25.26 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/14 Does anyone know how to get a aspen pump mini orange fp 1057
I need an ASPEN PUMP mini orange FP 1057 (1) joelsbuch at 6:03am 01.25.26 Ask All Sailors 5/207 From a 2020 Beneteau Oceanis 51.1 Aspen Pump mini orange FP 1057serial number MOU9600644141
Helping New Boaters Foswick at 9:47am 01.24.26 Ask All Sailors 15/429 At a recent yacht club bridge meeting, we were discussing the need to recruit younger members. Someo
331 Black water tank. Dave Jackson at 9:07am 01.24.26 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/259 Looking to replace my black water holding tank on 2001 Beneteau 331. Any suggestions on where to get
Legend 37.5 Stackpack help peteepoo at 9:00am 01.24.26 Big Boats 8/342 Hey everybody, I have my main off the boat for yearly maintenance and would like to construc
Fox 19 carbon Mast Stepping Jim L C at 6:46pm 01.23.26 Seaward 2/149 I just bought a 1998 Fox 19. I am going to raise the mast soon.. The manual mentions inserting the

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Start battery setting DinghySailor at 4:24pm 01.28.26 yes
Hot water relief valve Ralph Johnstone at 4:15pm 01.28.26 I think this comment is backwards. Oh yes, very true, very true indeed but we try not to mention
halyard questions FastOlson at 4:15pm 01.28.26 I upgraded our OEM dacron halyards to New England T-900, over 20 years ago. They are still in "new"
I need an ASPEN PUMP mini orange FP 1057 Rjm st.petersburg at 4:00pm 01.28.26 I used this as a condensator for my AC units. No electric, no moving parts, works by a syphon. Conde
Salon table opinions sought (4) Ralph Johnstone at 3:48pm 01.28.26 Have you considered going with a more commonly used laminate like arborite, melamine or whatever it'
halyard questions Calif. Ted at 3:18pm 01.28.26 The XLS had a little more stretch than I liked for the main halyard so I use MLX3.
Salon table opinions sought PaulK at 3:14pm 01.28.26 We know a woodworker who does a lot with curly maple. That seems to have a good deal of grain. White
halyard questions PaulK at 3:09pm 01.28.26 Sewing the end of the old halyard neatly to the new one should avoid any problems with the sheave(s)
Start battery setting dLj at 3:04pm 01.28.26 Did you have the battery charger on that battery when taking resting voltage? Drop to under 5V when
Hot water relief valve sailboatracer at 2:44pm 01.28.26 When water heats up, the pressure increases, the pressure relief valve is there to dump the pressur
Start battery setting DinghySailor at 2:38pm 01.28.26 Following the method Barry mentions and armed with the tips here, I found the following on the start
halyard questions dLj at 2:04pm 01.28.26 I highly recommend using the SBO store. I used them for my halyards a couple years back and their pr
O'Day 40 Bilge Hose harrymcaff at 2:00pm 01.28.26 I haven't fully replaced mine, although I did replace a section of it where the hose attaches to the
Salon table opinions sought dLj at 1:55pm 01.28.26 My question to you is do you care if the wood used is "marine" grade? I guess that question is more
Has anyone raced their TM 30? shemandr at 1:15pm 01.28.26 PHRF committees are reluctant to award time to boats that are ill prepared. So if you're sailing a
Hot water relief valve Ralph Johnstone at 1:05pm 01.28.26 An additional item to Dave's dissertation above is to install an expansion tank. This will avoid ov
Two hours AC SteveHughessails at 12:39pm 01.28.26 Could you get away with a swamp cooler? You could do two with the same pump; heck you could build a
Start battery setting FastOlson at 12:26pm 01.28.26
Has anyone raced their TM 30? BarryL at 10:48am 01.28.26 Hello, If you've been racing for a long time then you (probably) don't need advice from this bunch
Has anyone raced their TM 30? dlochner at 10:27am 01.28.26 Thanks David. I just sent in my PHRF application. I will see how they view the data. My boat is bot

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