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Another chainplate question (6) timpete at 9:57am 12.17.24 Ask An Oday Owner 15/2277 Hi all, looking for feedback on my chainplates. Bought my '86 Oday 222 a couple years ago. Have seen
Panting Rod, how tight? BAD ORCA at 8:46am 12.17.24 Ask All Sailors 8/359 Getting ready to re-install my panting rod sometime this week. . I know it should be tightened whil
Docking single handed without a cleat - only ring on dock (1) zinahewitt at 2:24pm 12.16.24 Ask All Sailors 9/536 Hi All, I have a Dufour 34, 1975. So far in life all the Marinas I have been had cleats, so I would
Christmas At Sea by Robert Louis Stevenson Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 2:03pm 12.16.24 Sails Call Lounge 4/280 Christmas At Sea Robert Louis Stevenson The sheets were frozen hard, and they cut the naked hand; T
Barton Marine removable traveler bob45 at 1:30pm 12.16.24 Ask All Sailors 25/777 Hi All, I'm planning on relocating my mid boom, cabin top, traveler to in front of my wheel. Does a
NMEA 0183 to Bluetooth converter? (1) bvdb at 12:38pm 12.16.24 Ask All Sailors 0/158 Would anyone find such a device useful/desirable? If so, how much do you think it would be worth?
Rufus and the Christmas Weather Forecast jssailem at 11:06am 12.16.24 Weather and Forecasting 9/311 In this look at the coming Pacific Northwest weather, the previous hopes and fears of Dry weather da
What will the Christmas holiday weather bring to the waters of the Chesapeake jssailem at 10:50am 12.16.24 Weather and Forecasting 3/155 This is a time of seasonal weather change. One must be flexible. Temperatures will rise this Tuesday
Thanks for the book Peggie Hall (1) zinahewitt at 10:31am 12.16.24 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/287 Hi Peggie Hall, Thanks for the book, after reading it I was able to replace my old bladder with a n
Diesel injector testing Project_Mayhem at 7:25am 12.16.24 Engines and Propulsion 25/1000 I'm a new diesel engine owner. I've heard and seen many people with bad injectors and plan on buying
Tracks location Seaway 25 (3) miro at 10:05pm 12.15.24 Trailer Sailors 3/361 Hi everyone, I just bought a Seaway 25. The previous owner was mounting the Jib and Genoa with diffe
Propane locker replacement Richardwm at 11:57am 12.15.24 Bigger Boats 17/1950 Has anyone replace the liner of the propane locker on the 1984 34' sloop?? If so where did you find
For the Monday Mail - Sharing Holiday Traditions (1) Tiffany at 10:16am 12.15.24 Ask All Sailors 0/263
Do you folks strap your boats to your trailers? Chuck_FLA at 4:17am 12.15.24 Ask All Sailors 30/1295 I feel like this may be a stupid question that will get me burned! But, my Venture 21 came on a trai
Upgrading to the Raymarine linear drive (2) Mike Oldak at 8:19am 12.14.24 Big Boats 18/764 We upgraded our boat to the Axiom system and later found out that our old autopilot with a wheel dri
Ice Box Conversion katestevens at 3:46am 12.14.24 Ask All Sailors 4/351 Hi all, We have a Crealock 40 with an approximately 11cf icebox that we want to convert to a fridge.
Is there a sequence for tightening keel bolts? BAD ORCA at 8:28pm 12.13.24 Ask All Sailors 3/283 I'm about to put my new keel bolt nuts back on. Re-bedded, new backing plates etc.... Is there a p
HELP: Tabernackle question for a Javelin 14 (5) SirNewblet at 4:10pm 12.13.24 Trailer Sailors 4/342 Ahoy mateys!! I recently purchased a 1970s Javelin 14 so that when summer comes around I can get on
Upgrading Thru-Hulls & Valves on a (Beneteau) Production Boat? (4) jbmia at 1:48pm 12.13.24 Ask All Sailors 1/247 I have a 2005 Beneteau 323 with original thru-hulls and valves over here and I've read all the detai
Water system keep or remove (1) yelkenli at 11:22am 12.13.24 Ask All Sailors 3/258 I sail on a lake and do not see the need for the water system on my boat. I am thinking of removing

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Kato Lift for Catailna 385 Stu Jackson at 12:01pm 01.27.25 Kato is one choice. You have a nice Catalina, all your hardware is Garhauer. They make a great eng
how many more years can I get out of her? shemandr at 11:52am 01.27.25 A lot of sailers and boaters get negative 2 fortitude as they age. Smaller, more simple and less in
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks Project_Mayhem at 10:21am 01.27.25 With a quarter century of experience with Sabre, let me disabuse you of that notion. Make no mistak
how many more years can I get out of her? jackhart at 10:09am 01.27.25 You will get 5-foot-itis before the boat fails :cool: Greg I thought it was called '2 foot itus?
Through-Hull Fittings nramsey at 9:47am 01.27.25 Just get Trudesign composite thru hulls and be done with it. I replaced bronze and marlon thru hul
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks dlochner at 9:05am 01.27.25 I swear my next boat will be something that was built right from the start such as a Sabre With a
What is this on my boom? PaulK at 8:46am 01.27.25 Thanks @Joe[/USE The TL control line reaches it with enough for one bend, and no way to secure. It
Looking for Used Sailboat Parts stores in Seattle or nearby gouldx at 8:37am 01.27.25 Bit of a drive in either direction from Seattle, but Sexton's Chandlery in Portland and Sailboat Wre
Home Pumpout System Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:35am 01.27.25 Might have been simpler to use a macerator pump..... --Peggie
Looking for Used Sailboat Parts stores in Seattle or nearby jssailem at 8:28am 01.27.25 There was a salvage yard up in Marysville. Not sure they are still operating. I know the guy who scr
how many more years can I get out of her? mistermike55 at 8:15am 01.27.25 Since I'm late to the party I'll simply ask... what did you decide? It looks like you have some wo
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks jssailem at 7:32am 01.27.25 I swear my next boat will be something that was built right from the start I admire your belief th
What is this on my boom? OS2Dude at 7:00am 01.27.25 On my 1985 Catalina 30, the topping lift is wire to within a few feet of the boom then becomes a sma
Com-Pac 16 general questions Urban Hermit at 6:57am 01.27.25 Good thought. It came with a spare. I've taken a close look. I won't need to change the bunks, ju
Com-Pac 16 general questions (1) Will Gilmore at 6:38am 01.27.25 You could add a spare tire forward of the bow to improve tongue weight.
Transmission output rust dlochner at 6:37am 01.27.25 I only used it on the outside of the coupler. I think it best to to have direct metal to metal conta
Runaway diesel garymalmgren at 6:32am 01.27.25 The original video is a gasoline engine being pushed over specified operating limits. It is on a dyn
Transmission output rust Project_Mayhem at 6:13am 01.27.25 For outboard props and shafts the general consensus is to grease them up. Strange that it's not for
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks Project_Mayhem at 6:11am 01.27.25 The Marelon seacock has a flange against the hull which greatly increases the force required to bre
Runaway diesel Urban Hermit at 5:33am 01.27.25 That, methinks, was a lot more than an engine pushing a rod through the block or blowing off a head.

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