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Best Place to post " boat for sale" odaydokay at 6:35am 06.25.24 Ask All Sailors 8/292 My wife and I (78 and 75 y.o. respectively) are talking about finally giving up our boat. Maybe end
Furler woes bob45 at 4:04am 06.25.24 Ask All Sailors 14/343 Hi! I am looking for advice on some furler issues. I haven an old harken mk1 furler that has started
Okd J24 traveler repair (2) G0ri11@ at 3:49pm 06.24.24 Ask All Sailors 2/141 After being docked over a particularly windy period, the shackle on my traveler seems to have popped
Bed-it Tape Vs Silicone for Teak Seat Replacement Skipper J at 2:43pm 06.24.24 Ask All Sailors 7/301 Hi, I would appreciate comments regarding the suitability of using Bed-it Tape instead of silicone
Removing ceiling light pcjrusso at 11:24am 06.24.24 Ask All Sailors 4/163 Can anyone help me to remove this type of ceiling light
Yanmar 20gm starting issue 3GGG at 10:58am 06.24.24 Ask All Sailors 25/646 Yanmar20gm sat for a few years 2-3 wo being started. Got it started using starter fluid and it ran f
Catalina 320 (1994) Mystery Water in bilge compartments busted buttons at 10:50am 06.24.24 Ask All Sailors 12/284 I have clean clear water that accumulates in the bilge compartment at base of mast and the one adjac
Tartan Fantail questions Aksaildog at 8:10am 06.24.24 Tartan 14/337 Hello fellow sailor, I live in Montana and sail on a lake and most likely my sailing will be day and
No more vroom vroom? Project_Mayhem at 7:58am 06.24.24 Ask All Sailors 16/504 I've been chasing my tail on this issue since I launched. My little two stroke inboard engine doesn'
Aft Pulpit Replacement for '85 H31 mavexe at 6:43am 06.24.24 Mid-Size Boats 2/104
How to replace anchor roller on bow sprit? (2) brockfromwa at 3:26pm 06.23.24 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/144 On my '14 Beneteau Oceanis 55, the lower anchor roller needs replacing but I don't know how to prope
Looking for used bow pulpit for a 1983 CAL 35 MKII CAL35_RockHallMD at 3:01pm 06.23.24 Parts Search 6/158
Newbies beware LloydB at 12:36pm 06.23.24 Sails Call Lounge 0/193 There are fat fingered pirates who speak on only sentences ending in arr that try to use aeye. I can
Alternator Bracket for Universal M25XPB Final Setup (2) Afraal at 12:19pm 06.23.24 Catalina 310 1/230 Hi everyone, I wanted to share a couple of pictures of the finished result of replacing the OEM alt
Noise between Mast and Boom KGarvey at 12:08pm 06.23.24 Ask A Beneteau Owner 12/318 I'm experining a loud sqeaking noise that seems to coming from the area where the mast and boom conn
Hunter 260 Edson Steering Pulley (Cable Jump) philiefay at 9:31pm 06.22.24 Trailer Sailors 10/420 I have the Edson steering pedestal and wondering if anyone has had this same problem. I was sailing
Looking for source for used roller furling and jib. Rich Karem at 5:15pm 06.22.24 Catalina 22 13/482 My saliing guru insists that I need to convert my C22 to a roller furled jib. Am looking for source
Mobile navigation app NYSail at 11:55am 06.22.24 Ask All Sailors 23/908 So I know there is much discussion in the files but like with all tech navigation apps keep changing
Invest 93L (1) JamesG161 at 10:07am 06.22.24 Weather and Forecasting 0/122 More needed Rain for Texas and Mexico. This storm is Following Tropical Storm Alberto into the Eas
Alternator not charging. Is it safe to use the engine for daysailing Muttondressedaslamb at 7:01am 06.22.24 Engines and Propulsion 24/875 I have owned a 2003 Catalina 310, equipped with the OEM Universal M25XPB diesel engine which is a co

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Considering Teak Cockpit Makeover SoSound at 10:09am 07.16.24 There is a mystery that I'm keen to solve, though. If you look at the picture of the cockpit - on
I just don't get this DArcy at 10:03am 07.16.24 There is a video that mentions the boat is 18ft and that there was a variety of weather over the per
55 years ago Apollo 11 was Launched heading to the Moon ! (1) JamesG161 at 9:56am 07.16.24 226112 I love this picture. JIm...
55 years ago Apollo 11 was Launched heading to the Moon ! JamesG161 at 9:53am 07.16.24 think Armstrong set foot on the moon on July 21, right? July 20th, 1969 hxPbnFc7iU8:11 Heros al
Mystery Diesel Fuel Odor Ralph Johnstone at 9:51am 07.16.24 Over a couple weeks it evaporated while creating a stink. Every once in a lifetime, you get lucky
What a day! PaulK at 9:49am 07.16.24 We went whale watching twice out of Kennebunkport, ME and didn't see any. They gave us another set
I just don't get this dLj at 9:46am 07.16.24 Truly a tragedy. Very very sad. At 3 and 5 the children were likely not in diapers. I did take my d
Fuel Capacity of 2003 Beneteau 473 jssailem at 9:33am 07.16.24 Was I ripped off by a poorly calibrated fuel pump I would hope not. Surely it is possible. Perha
Mystery Diesel Fuel Odor (1) jssailem at 9:26am 07.16.24 the fuel smell is almost entirely gone. Good for you. Diesel smells have a long half life. Getti
Hunter 376 Water Leaking Through Salon Lights -- Solved? duck21 at 9:22am 07.16.24 The PO for our boat replaced the wood table with a table made of Corian, probably for that exact rea
55 years ago Apollo 11 was Launched heading to the Moon ! jviss at 9:14am 07.16.24 Wow. I think Armstrong set foot on the moon on July 21, right?
Mystery Diesel Fuel Odor jviss at 9:09am 07.16.24 Big thank you to everyone who commented and helped out!! Thank you for following up!
What a day! jssailem at 8:53am 07.16.24 Ward. They stopped tagging Orcas in 2016 for those in the Puget Sound. Now, as I understand, the col
Mystery Diesel Fuel Odor weisbrof at 8:50am 07.16.24
Rudder Compatibility morbidfollower at 8:02am 07.16.24 The pintle size changed sometime in 88. My 88 still had the 3/8" like all the models before it, so a
I just don't get this dmax at 8:02am 07.16.24 My kids were on my boat as infants - one daughter took her first steps across the salon floor. We ha
A technique for replacing lines thru line organizers and sheaves (1) thinwater at 7:42am 07.16.24 2nd that. Just had to be gentle pulling it over the top of the mast. Consider reeving eyes. Dead
1984 Hunter 27 - Emergency Tiller System Hunter Enthusiast at 7:41am 07.16.24 For more information on how to make one, read this link. No emergency tiller... but then again...
1984 Hunter 27 - Emergency Tiller System Hunter Enthusiast at 7:36am 07.16.24 Yup.. a piece of pipe or thick wall tubing that fits into the stock about 3-4 inches past the cross
I just don't get this Timm R Oday25 at 7:36am 07.16.24 I also was in boats as soon as I could walk . Often times many miles from help. I never wore a lifej

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