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Free 150% Genoa in Oak Harbor, WA. Hayden Watson at 12:35pm 05.11.19 Catalina 30 1/642 Surplus 150% roller furling genoa with foam luff for tall rig / bow sprit. Moving and need to get it
Venture 17 or 22 MaxWell905 at 12:09pm 05.11.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1134
Throttle / Shifter for 1982 Catalina 27 Phil Decker at 11:55am 05.11.19 Mid-Size Boats 2/1052 The wood backing on my throttle / shifter for my 1982 Catalina 27 is disintegrating and the throttle
Kubota 722 pressure sending unit (2) uralite at 9:14am 05.11.19 Catalina 30 11/4189 Hey guys, In the process of replacing my glow plugs, I ordered a new pressure sending unit out of
What to do with the old rigging? Roadking Larry at 8:32am 05.11.19 Ask All Sailors 18/1745 I've got a big ole box of shiny new standing rigging for my ketch. I've also got a big ole box of cr
Sealing through hull fittings Freedom77 at 7:06am 05.11.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/4032 Well it's my turn to ask questions. Freedom is 42 years old. Everything, including me,:yikes: dries
CRANK CASE BREATHER HOSE RE CIRCULATION (1) twodzusfittings at 5:27am 05.11.19 Bigger Boats 5/1059 I'm in need of recirculating the crank case breather hose. The original air filter housing does not
Grease for rudder post daviddp at 4:25am 05.11.19 Ask All Sailors 3/802 Found a grease fitting ? (Zerk) on the new to us O'Day 34 on the fiberglass rudder post Should I use
Flooring in Huntersflooring had help from this seadaddler at 4:18pm 05.10.19 Ask All Sailors 3/902 Does anyone know who is the Company who supplying the Laminate flooring in Hunters for maybe the la
Block in Lazarette (2) Mlachman at 11:32am 05.10.19 Ask All Sailors 24/2013 So I am a bit new to this boat and have been doing a full bow to stern overhaul, I came across a woo
Interior Dome Light Covers mhinnc at 10:59am 05.10.19 C&C 1/1098 Anyone know where I might find replacement plastic dome interior light covers. My boat is a 1980 C'
Q's on Fastening Starboard(tm) Handrails to Cabin Top ObiQuiet at 10:56am 05.10.19 Smaller Boats 11/2988 Hi, I have the starboard plastic handrails from CD, and plan to bed them with Bed-It-Butyl tape. I
Hand Holding Boat Hook as Whisker Pole Legal? glaufman at 9:02am 05.10.19 Racing 21/3002 Hi All- Our first race of the season is tomorrow, looks like it'll be a miserable drifter... a rules
Hunter 376 standing rigging pcmartin1200 at 8:51am 05.10.19 Big Boats 5/1100 I'm needing to replace the standing rigging on the 376 I just bought. My hold up is the stemball bac
Dissolved Air Filter ToddS at 8:42am 05.10.19 Engines and Propulsion 29/3571 I have a 2004 Beneteau 373 with a Yanmar 3ym30 engine. I bought it last year from the original owner
Ready. Set. Whoa! (1) Phil Herring at 8:42am 05.10.19 Ask All Sailors 54/3293 Memorial Day weekend looms... will your boat be in the water and/or ready to roll for summer? Did y
1980 Hunter 33 starboard lazarette opening dimensions sbarefoo at 8:12am 05.10.19 Mid-Size Boats 1/557 One of the problems about being 1000 miles away from your boat is you can't scoot over to the marina
Sailing a kayak? Ken Cross at 7:36am 05.10.19 Ask All Sailors 60/6718 I'm in the process of building a kayak and got to thinking: If you were to put a sail on a kayak, ho
Screw/bolt size question Chris & Lenore at 4:07am 05.10.19 Ask All Sailors 8/870 I plan to use bolts to mount my 18 inch Raymarine radar to the mast. The Scanstrut mount came with
How long to kick off? Project_Mayhem at 9:19pm 05.09.19 Ask All Sailors 19/2279 I've been working on a lot of fiberglass right now and it's taking forever for the fiberglass to kic

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Trident 101 rubber smell BAD ORCA at 11:32am 12.20.23 Because rubber and plastics dry out, becoming hard, brittle and prone to cracking, 10 years is the
Selden in-mast furling questions Ralph Johnstone at 11:30am 12.20.23 I'm hoping our initial issue was just due to the stiffness of the brand new sail. Buried somewher
Fore Stay Bow Connection KCofKC at 11:26am 12.20.23 Tailboom, oddly enough I am in your area and sail a Catalina 28. Like most have said most often it
OGO Desiccant Install and Experience zinahewitt at 11:17am 12.20.23 Any smelly updates ? or is it scentless sailing ? Happy Holidays.
New to me boat with rotting bulkhead Timm R Oday25 at 10:43am 12.20.23 Ritdog , the bulkheads were not tabbed to the hull from the factory . There are a lot of conflicting
Selden in-mast furling questions LloydB at 10:09am 12.20.23 I am curious about what kind of instructions were sent with the new sail. I ask because these days w
Selden in-mast furling questions George Braun at 9:40am 12.20.23 The age and condition of the sail is of primary importance. We bought a lightly used 2008 Hunter 36
Fire Port (1) gwoolverton at 9:30am 12.20.23 Here's a photo of the 310's engine cover / companionway. Maybe the triangle area on the aft end wo
Selden in-mast furling questions Sailor Sue at 9:09am 12.20.23 Progress report: Thanks to the Selden manual we determined the sail was rolled the wrong way. (And
Beneteau Oceanis 34.1 Review (1) william24424 at 8:45am 12.20.23 I started as a review of the Bene 34.1, because charter companies have them available to try...am al
Datamarine wind instrument question dlochner at 8:04am 12.20.23 No drop in replacement. Datamarine has been out of business a long time. However, several of their t
Beneteau Oceanis 34.1 Review shemandr at 7:35am 12.20.23 Not sure I agree about a plumb bow. I will agree it adds waterline and hence speed - at least while
Beneteau Oceanis 34.1 Review (5) william24424 at 7:09am 12.20.23 Thanks for finding a PHRF rating, surprised the Old Cal 33 holds up. Racing and performance is impor
Selden in-mast furling questions (1) kbgunn at 6:42am 12.20.23
Beneteau Oceanis 34.1 Review PJL at 6:24am 12.20.23 Saw comments about handholds inside. My Hunter passage 42 did not have them either; now it does...
Re-rigging without mast removal. Jim_H42 at 4:50am 12.20.23 I have a 1992 Hunter Passage 42 which has a B&R rig with a backstay and masthead jib. I had to remo
Compression post repair tampahokie at 4:47am 12.20.23 Irwin made my '84CC38' with an inner pan that rests inside the hull. The inner pan has the molded s
Hatch leak repair dlochner at 4:46am 12.20.23
ISO Port Light gaskets for 1988 Irwin CC tampahokie at 4:31am 12.20.23 Awhile back, I replaced all the opening portlites with New Found Metals products. They're really ni
Hatch leak repair Tally Ho at 4:10am 12.20.23 That's pretty typical. The blue stuff is probably Interlux Watertite fairing compound. It serves 2

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