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Do refrigerators explode? Because I think mine may have done. limbodog at 7:38am 01.03.19 Ask All Sailors 27/1416 Hiya, Hopefully I'm in an appropriate sub-forum for this question. Apologies if not. Anyway, my 1
When it rains, water enters the cabin through the pipe and damage my wood table. Hunter 260 Pichin at 5:42am 01.03.19 Smaller Boats 12/824 Hi, Happy new year.!! I have a 2005 Hunter 260, every time it rains, water enters through the pipe
Not a racer, but... Will Gilmore at 4:56am 01.03.19 Racing 5/599 I don't race, not really interested in direct evidence that I suck as a sailor. I sail to explore a
Manual Bilge Pump Needed jamieFL at 6:06pm 01.02.19 Ask All Sailors 15/2126 I would like to install a manual "hand" Bilge Pump on my 25 ft Watkins. It is equipped only with a "
What does this symbol mean? (1) Knot Stressin' at 2:39pm 01.02.19 Ask All Sailors 42/2512 This symbol is on one of my Genoas, and I have no idea what it means.
Oceanis 400 Exhaust Hose Replacement 4arch at 1:27pm 01.02.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/622 The exhaust hose on my 1993 Oceanis 400 2-cabin is due for replacement but I can't figure out how to
One oar in the water (1) NotCook at 1:24pm 01.02.19 Ask All Sailors 21/2746 While rowing ashore this morning, between showers and while the wind was still piping up, about half
Cold Snapped (1) Phil Herring at 12:14pm 01.02.19 Ask All Sailors 57/3563 Winter weather can be tough on boats, but has it been tough on yours? Frozen plumbing, wind-blown ri
Best Chartering (1) Phil Herring at 12:13pm 01.02.19 Ask All Sailors 19/1145 For those of us up north, the best winter sailing is elsewhere in a boat that belongs to someone els
Quick question about zinc anodes Project_Mayhem at 10:55am 01.02.19 Ask All Sailors 9/1203 The PO of my boat painted over the zinc anodes on the saildrive. The anodes appear to be otherwise p
ID Newport Model Jazzydaze at 9:09am 01.02.19 Newport 40/3248 Hi all, I'm about to purchase a Newport 30. Sitting home I'm realizing I dont know the year or mode
Happy Birthday Kloudie1 JamesG161 at 4:49am 01.02.19 Sails Call Lounge 9/515 SjZ8Paa_zQA Wishing the best to a great SBO contributor and friend. Jim... PS: Happy Birthday 2019
Raymarine ST60 Won't Calibrate spadaforaj at 4:00am 01.02.19 Ask All Sailors 7/2257 Tried the user calibration several times per the manual. It won;t "beep", so I'm suspecting it didn
Remote Controls for Tohatsu 9.8 MaryEllaRose at 8:53pm 01.01.19 Engines and Propulsion 15/6868 One of my (many) winter time projects will be to add remote controls to my Tohatsu 9.8 outboard on a
Just for fun, new year gag Ken Cross at 8:35pm 01.01.19 Ask All Sailors 4/368 Today we had a family gathering where small token gifts are given. I have a nice who loves dill pick
'74 C22 - Finally Got A Look at my Keel Lifting Connection (6) loveoregon at 3:29pm 01.01.19 Catalina 22 3/577 Hello All, I am new to sailing and bought a 1974 Catalina 22 last summer that seems to be in pr
Coolmatic RSD 1115U/F Refrigerator (not working) Lee Coller at 3:22pm 01.01.19 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 0/663 This is out of my Hunter 44DS. No idea if there is any value to it at all, I presume it could be fi
AquaDrive limits stuffing box space (1) Joe Perez at 2:29pm 01.01.19 Ask All Sailors 10/562 Hoping for some ideas. I have an AquaDrive that limits the space for repacking my stuffing box. I re
Is the 26x seaworthy enough to make Bahamas crossing? Trialsbikeadam at 11:16am 01.01.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 42/9870
New Main and Sail Repair Simon Sexton at 9:38am 01.01.19 Racing 21/1390 Hey Everyone, Good evening! Yesterday, my brother, best friend, girlfriend and I all went

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Invest 90L (1) JamesG161 at 7:04am 08.22.23 You might note I am using this Site for my Graphical view. nowCOAST The reason is for Mariners.
Need Routing help for navigation to Soo Michigan dLj at 7:01am 08.22.23 I haven't seen anyone answer here. I'm not the best person to answer as I've not made that leg of th
'07 Hunter 27 In-Mast Furler Failure VT Fitz at 6:56am 08.22.23 @shemandr, when the fail happened, we were just around the corner from your home port. In fact, we t
Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 (1) JamesG161 at 6:50am 08.22.23 At least the News Cycle is positive on this storm.
'07 Hunter 27 In-Mast Furler Failure VT Fitz at 6:45am 08.22.23 Since the swivel or part of it and the halyard are jammed inside the mast column I'm not seeing how
Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 JamesG161 at 6:41am 08.22.23 I know that the confidence is a bit shaky :plus::plus: Jim...
Advice for a Solo Sailor? jviss at 6:35am 08.22.23 Talk about thread drift! Yikes! Ha, ha. It's fine, it's an interesting discussion.
Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 kloudie1 at 6:35am 08.22.23 John, Looking at Windy.com, and going forward to mid to end of next week, I see their model (ECMWF)
Sahara Dust (1) JamesG161 at 6:27am 08.22.23 This mornings forecast had note worthy view of Tropical Storms versus the Sahara Dust. nergy. Jim.
new companionway doors (3) u0958901 at 6:25am 08.22.23 Built these out of Starboard. Not Zacor quality but good enough for me.
'07 Hunter 27 In-Mast Furler Failure VT Fitz at 6:18am 08.22.23
Priming fuel bulb inside engine compartment skunther at 6:14am 08.22.23 @Benny17441 my engine seems relatively smooth but is shaking too much to bleed the screws when runni
Hunter 386 Exhaust/Water hose JamesG161 at 6:06am 08.22.23 Hope it's not under the bed. Typically the hose has a high loop before the exhaust outlet. The Be
Prop size for O 322? Tally Ho at 5:22am 08.22.23 Good luck! I went the other way on my 322. Boat came with a feathering prop, which was OK, but a bi
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? Tally Ho at 5:15am 08.22.23
Advice for a Solo Sailor? smokey73 at 4:39am 08.22.23 @Hayden Watson We certainly don't have to contend with those kinds of currents :yikes: but our cha
'07 Hunter 27 In-Mast Furler Failure shemandr at 3:51am 08.22.23 As to the rigger's advice about masthead access, I agree. In fact if I were to go up a mast, it wou
7.3 Gooseneck assembly replacement mischief_nyc at 3:38am 08.22.23 You could try Rig-Rite and see if they can help. They will need to know the maker of the spar. ht
'07 Hunter 27 In-Mast Furler Failure Davidasailor26 at 12:55am 08.22.23
Our Cherubini Chainplates Are 40+ Years Old -- Any Failures? mermike at 12:51am 08.22.23 here are some of the shots of the pitting. Scary? Dunno. Waaay scary. Get rid of them. All of th

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