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Holding tank vent fitting (1) keithonElan at 11:35am 10.30.25 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/50 I have a corroded fitting on my holding tank vent that I need to identify and replace. Any suggestio
Raw water intake pump questions Dr. D at 8:44am 10.30.25 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/75 My raw water intake pump began leaking from the backside last week and I had it replaced. The tech w
H260 and tide goes far out grounding it, mud squirts up bottom hole into ballast tank? Davenport at 7:11am 10.30.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/58 Here in Houston when North wind blows the water drops at my marina to 1 foot from 5 foot normal, gro
Lightning strike garymalmgren at 10:51pm 10.29.25 Ask All Sailors 10/150 It's getting pretty hard to tell these days. Is this AI or the real thing? Gary https://www.facebook
Lifeline Stanchion Orientation Questions (Catalina 22) Carl Wonderful at 10:03pm 10.29.25 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/80 On my C22 the (middle) lifeline stanchions are angled inward toward the center of the boat. This ma
Hows this boom/mast look.. on my "new" (1971) Catalina 22 (5) Carl Wonderful at 7:22pm 10.29.25 Catalina 22 8/113 Just bought this boat. The original owner passed years ago so the family had no information for me
Broken Mast block alternative (1) carlyzahrt at 3:58pm 10.29.25 Ask All Sailors 8/138 Previous owner of my boat seems to have attached two wooden blocks to lead the halyard from the mast
1984 Newport Mk3 30-foot spreader boot (end cap) size? knotimpossible at 8:31am 10.29.25 Newport 1/57 Does anyone know what size spreader end cap (boot) to order for a 1984 Newport Mk3 30-foot, before I
Fuel range for C30 with M25-XP Project_Mayhem at 6:56am 10.29.25 Catalina 30 7/130 We're about to make the trip back to the yard. It's roughly a 38 mile trip. We're expecting 2' seas
Morgan 382 nharalambides at 11:40am 10.28.25 Parts Search 1/63 I am looking for an Owner's Manual for a Morgan 382
LifePo4 in winter Bob S at 11:28am 10.28.25 Ask All Sailors 6/156 Getting ready for winter in New England. I will be removing my 2 batteries to bring inside. I came a
Hunter 212 Mast Step Replacement (1) JT_Fulkerson at 8:57am 10.28.25 Smaller Boats 1/53 I recently purcahsed a Hunter 212 sailboat and upon purchasing it I knew there was a large crack in
Cracked gel coat below the waterline (2) Don Crowther at 8:56am 10.28.25 Mid-Size Boats 7/137 Good Morning I have a 1993 Hunter 33.5 This fall when loading it onto the trailer one of the pads f
Rudder fiberglass repair (4) bob45 at 4:10am 10.28.25 Ask All Sailors 1/80 Hi! I dropped my rudder because it looked like the top, flat edge had delaminated. But upon further
gelcoat unclejack3 at 1:51am 10.28.25 Ask All Sailors 11/275 Sorry to sound stupid but if i mix epoxy resin with hardener is that not called Gelcoat? Because the
Need help identifying a part from my vent hose (3) zinahewitt at 9:27pm 10.27.25 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/200 Hi All, I am looking for a thru-hull 1 inch diameter 1/2 inch pipe 2 inch length NPT I can't handl
H26 Mast not sitting flush (2) dinosound at 6:31pm 10.27.25 Smaller Boats 4/119 I noticed my mast was nit sitting flush on my new to me H26. After the Season was over, I took a ver
Rigging Quote jaysweet at 2:27pm 10.27.25 Ask All Sailors 10/326
Where can I buy a bumper section for a Hunter 23.5 ? (1) FWBpilot at 10:59am 10.27.25 Smaller Boats 7/179 Last night a storm did some damage to the Hunter 23.5. It was tied to a dock with 4 large inflatabl
OLYC Online Yacht Club members roll call... Leeward Rail at 3:35am 10.27.25 Sails Call Lounge 4/204 How many of you were members of the "Online Yacht Club" ? Hint.. it wasn't on the typical website o

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Broken Mast block alternativez garymalmgren at 4:19pm 10.30.25
Lightning strike BigEasy at 3:47pm 10.30.25
Raw water intake pump questions BigEasy at 3:30pm 10.30.25 Replaced mine on a Yanmar 3ym30 Johnson raw water pump (not engine coolant pump)at approximately 300
Possibly wrong boat, but dreaming. capta at 3:14pm 10.30.25 If you are seriously considering an Atlantic crossing in a 26' boat, there are a few facts of life y
Broken Mast block alternativez capta at 2:44pm 10.30.25 I am guessing the wood was only there to space the block a bit off of the mast's surface. Otherwi
Lifeline Stanchion Orientation Questions (Catalina 22) Carl Wonderful at 1:52pm 10.30.25 If you bend it, you will weaken it. Not what you want with a life line. It may be possible to take
Lifeline Stanchion Orientation Questions (Catalina 22) dlochner at 1:40pm 10.30.25 I believe after some research that these early C22 stanchions were bent in at this hard angle.. se
Merit 22 owners (2) RussC at 1:36pm 10.30.25 Glissade came with a very adequate Raymarine depth finder but my search for a decent gps speedometer
Lifeline Stanchion Orientation Questions (Catalina 22) Carl Wonderful at 1:33pm 10.30.25 I believe after some research that these early C22 stanchions were bent in at this hard angle.. see
Hows this boom/mast look.. on my "new" (1971) Catalina 22 dlochner at 1:33pm 10.30.25 Here is a photo after I just got the sails up. The main actually went higher and got tight after I
Holding tank vent fitting keithonElan at 1:28pm 10.30.25
Older Z SPARS UK Genoa Furler parts therealbrianf at 1:27pm 10.30.25 Thank you for the advice. Will advise on the outcome. Regards, Brian
Hows this boom/mast look.. on my "new" (1971) Catalina 22 (1) Carl Wonderful at 1:26pm 10.30.25 Here is a photo after I just got the sails up. The main actually went higher and got tight after I
Hows this boom/mast look.. on my "new" (1971) Catalina 22 Carl Wonderful at 1:23pm 10.30.25 The "wonky" opening allows the sail slugs to enter the mast track. It should be lower. That i
Holding tank vent fitting (1) keithonElan at 1:22pm 10.30.25 I have a corroded fitting on my holding tank vent that I need to identify and replace. Any suggesti
Funny Friday!!! RussC at 1:03pm 10.30.25 x6bFTVi0hHs
Funny Friday!!! (1) DaveJ at 12:45pm 10.30.25 235246
Funny Friday!!! DArcy at 12:29pm 10.30.25 How many flies does it take to screw in a lightbulb? 2, but how did they get in there?
Holding tank vent fitting rgranger at 12:23pm 10.30.25 Any suggestions please? Uhm... a better photo ;)
Broken Mast block alternativez rgranger at 11:47am 10.30.25 ... and did it bother you every time you looked at it? Now that is probably the question behind th

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