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Best Place to post " boat for sale" odaydokay at 6:35am 06.25.24 Ask All Sailors 8/1053 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 14/916 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 2/463 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 7/570 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 4/350 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 25/1522 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 16/1142 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 14/1516 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 16/1293 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 2/311
How to replace anchor roller on bow sprit? (2) brockfromwa at 3:26pm 06.23.24 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/660 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 6/597
Newbies beware LloydB at 12:36pm 06.23.24 Sails Call Lounge 0/761 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 7/2002 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 12/1293 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 10/1717 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 13/1522 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 23/2338 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 0/319 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 24/1804 I have owned a 2003 Catalina 310, equipped with the OEM Universal M25XPB diesel engine which is a co

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Should there be water in here? odaydokay at 11:58am 05.13.25 I had to replace both of my cockpit drain hoses. They were kind of a strange ribbed plastic like mat
Roller Furling Upgrade - ODAY 272 odaydokay at 11:54am 05.13.25 I replaced the CDI on my boat in 1995 and the Schaeffer Seafurl I replaced it with has been going s
Quick electrical question, inv. to shore colemj at 10:49am 05.13.25 It does, but no automatic transfer switch. This will require Fred to install switches and develop
Quick electrical question, inv. to shore Captain Larry-DH at 10:34am 05.13.25 PLEASE delete this recommendation. It is highly unsafe! Using a cable with dual male connectors ex
Looking for ideas Ralph Johnstone at 10:23am 05.13.25 I was quoted $360 USD. WTF. That's cheaper than my 5 lb. CO2 extinguisher. I always carry the
Prop Walk DArcy at 10:10am 05.13.25 My current boat is much heavier than, and not as maneuverable as my old boat. When I first got this
Hunter 29.5 2GM engine vibration Ralph Johnstone at 10:08am 05.13.25 The mounts were 18 years old. Mine are original 1998 mounts that feel as smooth as glass under po
CNG dLj at 10:01am 05.13.25 Hi, I just got my CNG stove working. I went to Trillium in Florida and you can fill the tank there
Looking for ideas Leeward Rail at 9:39am 05.13.25 I am seriously considering purchasing a small Amerex Halotron extinguisher specifically for use if
Hunter 29.5 2GM engine vibration BigEasy at 9:35am 05.13.25 any chance you noticed the direction of vibration before you changed the mounts. No, unfortuna
1999 Hunter 310 cradle dimensions sbkidd001 at 9:23am 05.13.25 @Crazy Dave Condon thanks very much for the suggestion. As it turns out, I was able to take measurem
Quick electrical question, inv. to shore dLj at 9:08am 05.13.25 It does, but no automatic transfer switch. This will require Fred to install switches and develop
Hunter 29.5 2GM engine vibration Ralph Johnstone at 8:52am 05.13.25 but the vibration in gear, engine movement seems a bit excessive. Can you get another shot of the
Hunter 29.5 2GM engine vibration Ralph Johnstone at 8:51am 05.13.25 Excessive vibration in neutral idle, but not as bad as seen in your video. I don't want to get ri
Quick electrical question, inv. to shore Stu Jackson at 8:49am 05.13.25 looks like it does have a hardwired option. It does, but no automatic transfer switch. This will
Merit 22 owners Los at 8:27am 05.13.25 Hi Digger1. If the loop falls down, do you somehow put it back up when lowering the mast? or do you
CNG Moon Dytuck at 8:26am 05.13.25 Hi, I just got my CNG stove working. I went to Trillium in Florida and you can fill the tank there.
Prop Walk dlochner at 8:14am 05.13.25 A while back I started watching TimBatSea YouTube channel. Tim is a tug boat captain who videos show
Quick electrical question, inv. to shore Johann at 8:09am 05.13.25 PLEASE delete this recommendation. It is highly unsafe! Using a cable with dual male connectors ex
Prop Walk D Swanson at 8:03am 05.13.25 For a decent explanation and demonstration of how to use prop walk, Leo's most recent video is timel

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