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Windlass on a Yamaha 30? Blue Horizon at 10:29pm 10.21.25 Yamaha 2/240 I'm keeping fit pulling up my anchor by hand, but I'm beginning to think a windlass is something to
keel box repaint unclejack3 at 1:08pm 10.21.25 Catalina 22 2/347 Hi. Any tricks on how to clean and repaint the inside of the keel box. I am currently using a wide
Catalina 22 swing keel Petes Cat at 11:33am 10.21.25 Smaller Boats 5/498 I have recently acquired a 95 Cat 22 swing keel version. I have it docked at my house on a lake and
Last hurrah for 2025 but what a great season it's been!! RussC at 9:35am 10.21.25 Show Us Your Boat--Videos 2/428 https://youtube.com/shorts/NkBpXBz7vM4?feature=share
What Whisker Pole are you using on a 315 or 310? VFR750 at 11:27am 10.20.25 Catalina 310 4/607 What size and brand of whisker pole are you using on a 315, or 310? Looking for your experience an
Soft Cabin Top H30refit at 11:21am 10.20.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/464 Hello, I recently purchased a 1978 hunter 30'. I have a moisture reader and pretty much the entire c
Engine shut off on Yanmar 3QM30F (1) eelwik at 9:58am 10.20.25 Engines and Propulsion 6/512 Hello! I'm reinstalling cables on my Yanmar and currently troubleshooting my engine shutoff lever.
Replacing single rusty keelboat (1) dirigible at 8:28am 10.20.25 Ask A Beneteau Owner 23/1518 Hi, all. I'm the new owner of a 1991 Oceanis 370. One of the keelboats--an easily accessible one, wi
Axle fell out (1) Dr. D at 7:48am 10.20.25 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/592 My anchor locker has two hinges. The axle in one of them (lower one in picture) fell out. Anyone kno
Parts found under Yanmar 3YM30 (1) Hunter 36 Dave at 6:47am 10.20.25 Engines and Propulsion 9/766 I have been having some exhaust leakage problems (possible cracked exhaust elbow) after an engine ba
Genset capacitor NYSail at 1:15pm 10.19.25 Ask All Sailors 4/264
Catalina ceases production. dlochner at 11:18am 10.19.25 Sails Call Lounge 0/366 https://open.substack.com/pub/loosecannon/p/hmmm-catalina-shuts-down-factory?r=ca4tx'utm_campaign=po
Hunter Owners Store Response tfatland at 11:05am 10.19.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/462 Good morning. I am wondering if anyone else has had problems with the Hunter owners store respondin
Best way to fill small wood rudder crack? (2) JBP-PA at 9:21am 10.19.25 Damage Repair 7/820 I'm starting on a project to restore a Trinka 10 I bought. The rudder blade had a small Crack that g
Considering buying a Beneteau Oceanis 37 (or 373) shday8 at 9:20am 10.19.25 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/328 Hello, I'm planning to visit a few 3 cabin versions and was wondering if there are any potential pr
FRESH WATER FLUSH (1) Doug on Long Island Sound at 9:03am 10.19.25 Catalina 275 0/198 Here's an easy mod to eliminate salt water in the holding tank. It only takes one 'T', one straight
TRAVELER UPGRADE (2) Doug on Long Island Sound at 8:44am 10.19.25 Catalina 275 4/281 I wanted to eliminate the friction that was being caused by the part of the cam cleat that captures
Beneteau Oceanis 46 2007 - lines Kawanager at 2:39am 10.19.25 Ask A Beneteau Owner 10/611 Hello, could anyone help me with the lines. My boat has a Selden 304S Furler and in mast main shee
Hull preparation (4) unclejack3 at 10:21pm 10.18.25 Ask All Sailors 19/1049 Hi. Need to repaint hull so am sanding it down with 40 grit,,quite hard to get paint off, is the bla
Sleeping offshore capta at 6:27pm 10.18.25 Ask All Sailors 23/1845 It is very difficult to say this nicely to cruisers and other distance sailors. Why in the fracking

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Cleaning a Diesel Tank Foswick at 2:57pm 12.02.25 Thanks Deke. I am just waiting on a couple of small parts to put together my fuel polisher. It's lai
Need Help, Epoxy recommendations - Keel and Tabbing repair Davidasailor26 at 2:45pm 12.02.25 A trick I saw on the Off Center Harbor site for doing fillets was to make a "Tool" to form the curv
Whisker pole questions (3) Gene Neill at 2:41pm 12.02.25 @jssailem that checks out. The ends are not riveted on, they are swaged. Replacing them will requir
12 Vdc Distribution and Branch Circuit Schematic Review dlochner at 2:39pm 12.02.25 But the moment a given circuit has more than one device, you have to fuse the wire at the panel, no
TV Options gfrazzle at 2:34pm 12.02.25 Sounds like Roku is the way to go. Thanks guys!
12 Vdc Distribution and Branch Circuit Schematic Review pgandw at 2:26pm 12.02.25 IF your circuit goes to a SINGLE device (load), you could get away with using a smaller fuse at the
Replacing 1991 Hunter Passage 42 line brakes Paul Cossman at 2:14pm 12.02.25 Thanks all for your time and responses. Yesterday I started to dig into the job and decided to shel
Shifter sticking when shifting in and out of forward (1) Woodworks1 at 2:14pm 12.02.25 I found this information useful also. The control cable or rod should be arranged at right angles to
12 Vdc Distribution and Branch Circuit Schematic Review jssailem at 1:57pm 12.02.25 Welcome to the forum. Nice schematic and fuse plan. Yes as @kappykaplan indicated, the fuse is for
12 Vdc Distribution and Branch Circuit Schematic Review dlochner at 1:29pm 12.02.25 The Tanzer 22 is a great little boat. I owned 2245 for a long time and sailed it on Lake Ontario. Th
12 Vdc Distribution and Branch Circuit Schematic Review kappykaplan at 1:28pm 12.02.25 I believe the fuse size is a function of the conductor size, ie the fuse is intended to protect the
Need Help, Epoxy recommendations - Keel and Tabbing repair shemandr at 12:58pm 12.02.25 A trick I saw on the Off Center Harbor site for doing fillets was to make a "Tool" to form the curve
O'Day 19 Centerboard Project_Mayhem at 12:16pm 12.02.25 A $1000 may sound like a lot, until you start to price out the parts needed, the time to build, the
TV Options Rich Stidger at 11:33am 12.02.25 Thanks to all who posted. My marina doesn't have WIFI (coming they say :laugh:) and my TV is dumb s
TV Options Davidasailor26 at 11:29am 12.02.25 Any of the Roku units ($40-100) will turn your TV smart for any streaming. Sorry I cannot suggest
TV Options Steve_Catalina at 11:19am 12.02.25 Any of the Roku units ($40-100) will turn your TV smart for any streaming. Sorry I cannot suggest a
O'Day 19 Centerboard dlochner at 10:48am 12.02.25 Based on what Project_Mayhem mentioned above, I may just take the plunge on a new centerboard and g
Need Help, Epoxy recommendations - Keel and Tabbing repair jssailem at 10:44am 12.02.25 I can check the storage to see if I have a second tee shirt. :biggrin:
TV Options gfrazzle at 10:04am 12.02.25 Thanks to all who posted. My marina doesn't have WIFI (coming they say :laugh:) and my TV is dumb so
Need Help, Epoxy recommendations - Keel and Tabbing repair Project_Mayhem at 10:01am 12.02.25 At least I'm not the only one who made this mistake! Mine was too wide by a hair. Eventually the iss

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