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OLYC Online Yacht Club members roll call... Leeward Rail at 3:35am 10.27.25 Sails Call Lounge 4/450 How many of you were members of the "Online Yacht Club" ? Hint.. it wasn't on the typical website o
Yanmar 2YM15 anode replacement Doug on Long Island Sound at 6:23pm 10.26.25 Catalina 275 10/787 I don't have the maintenace history on the 275 (hull #18) I recently purchased, so I changed the imp
Older Z SPARS UK Genoa Furler parts (2) therealbrianf at 6:07pm 10.26.25 Ask All Sailors 2/204 Hi, Need some advice please. The Foil End Cap (21 in the diagram) has come loose on the water and
Possibly wrong boat, but dreaming. sv_regulus at 2:51pm 10.26.25 Ask All Sailors 65/3118 I'm sure this is going to unleash a flurry of comments about me being foolish, but nonetheless, I ne
Cupboard door latches sandpiper10471 at 2:19pm 10.26.25 The Cherubini Hunters 0/152 Latches is an incorrect word here. Most of the opening cupboard doors on my H30 are held closed by p
Spin-Tech Furler cokomo at 1:14pm 10.26.25 Ask All Sailors 14/565 I purchased a Hunter Legend 35 that had a Spin-Tech Triumph 2000 roller furler already installed. We
Rudder packing gland (1) bob45 at 2:06pm 10.25.25 Ask All Sailors 9/700
Advice on selling our 1994 Hunter Passage 42 Wanderwind at 11:10am 10.25.25 Big Boats 9/839 Hello Hunter Owners! First of all, this is NOT a for sale ad! We are looking for advice... Please
12V Plug at helm Scott Duncan at 2:04pm 10.24.25 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/590
More Woes for Catalina and Tartan Yachts dlochner at 9:15am 10.24.25 Sails Call Lounge 20/1623 It's not looking good for Catalina and Tartan. https://open.substack.com/pub/loosecannon/p/catalina
Shaefer 1-inch traveler car HELP! (1) sidw at 9:04am 10.24.25 Parts Search 2/281 If you have or had any boat from 1985-89 and replaced your Shaefer traveler (or even if you replaced
new head brad minda at 7:47pm 10.23.25 Catalina 30 7/543 just received a new marine head but ordered the marine size rather than the home size. Anyone use t
Statue of limitations on DPO ? (3) Timm R Oday25 at 4:00pm 10.23.25 Ask All Sailors 14/1157 We've owned our 25 Oday 20 years by now . Perhaps a bit petty of me , I've driven myself close to t
Testers Needed: Boat Management Platform (7) paultech at 2:33pm 10.23.25 Ask All Sailors 9/656 TL;DR: I've built a free web app to help organize all the chaos of boat ownership - projects, mainte
basic battery connections question George Braun at 2:05pm 10.23.25 Ask All Sailors 11/709 2008 Hunter 36 here. Not interested in the expense and work of converting to lithium batteries. Cu
Need to fix or rewire bow light on a 1986 RKenSailor at 12:16pm 10.23.25 Catalina 22 1/336 So far all my lights are working except for the bow light. I have 3 wires that go to the bow; white
S2 8.5 or 8.6 information sproption at 5:25am 10.23.25 Ask All Sailors 1/210 Good morning to all Are there any owners groups or forums for S2 sailboats? I am looking into purc
Jammed pole topping lift (1) skunther at 2:19pm 10.22.25 Ask All Sailors 8/492 I was hoisting my Dinghy on the fore deck using the pole topping lift as my attachment point, and th
Mast Down Inspection (2) john6206 at 6:29am 10.22.25 Ask All Sailors 16/746 In the records of my new-to-me 30 year old Catalina 320, there was no mention of standing rigging ev
Windlass on a Yamaha 30? Blue Horizon at 10:29pm 10.21.25 Yamaha 2/244 I'm keeping fit pulling up my anchor by hand, but I'm beginning to think a windlass is something to

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check your exhaust john2 at 4:10am 12.08.25 around 1700 hours, i fabricated it from 316 stainless
A little bit of sewing help needed Project_Mayhem at 3:48am 12.08.25 RE:Keep in mind that I have a not so heavy duty, 'heavy duty' singer. It struggled with the thicker
check your exhaust Project_Mayhem at 3:38am 12.08.25 Ouch! How many hours are on your engine? Did you buy or fabricate the new piece?
WP10 Simrad autopilot parts Project_Mayhem at 3:36am 12.08.25 Gluing it back together is likely to create a weak point. My printer has a max printing areas of 10x
UN-glorious end? Project_Mayhem at 3:32am 12.08.25 100k/300k isn't unusual to meet business requirements, especially when it comes to auto. I haven't h
UN-glorious end? sailme88 at 3:26am 12.08.25 Guess I'm missing something.. Who or what has set the $300K? GEICO issued a quote that should satis
UN-glorious end? danstanford at 2:05am 12.08.25 Pretty sure most insurance companies can up the insurance levels as required for your situation. The
UN-glorious end? kappykaplan at 2:00am 12.08.25 No specific recommendation on your liability coverage. Check with Markel America to see if they can
WP10 Simrad autopilot parts Richard19068 at 9:45pm 12.07.25 40" in diameter?! Circumference. Sorry for not being clear. I assume one would print a length of
A little bit of sewing help needed Foswick at 9:36pm 12.07.25 If you really just want to stitch the braided cord to the fabric, here's a method that works pretty
A little bit of sewing help needed (1) garymalmgren at 9:15pm 12.07.25 RE:Keep in mind that I have a not so heavy duty, 'heavy duty' singer. It struggled with the thicker
Adding an alarm to Oil sender marcham at 8:52pm 12.07.25 Oil pressure monitoring is not as straight forward as an oil pressure alarm switch or a coolant temp
Adding an alarm to Oil sender Project_Mayhem at 8:35pm 12.07.25 You would add a T to the hose or fitting and an oil pressure switch for the electrical connection
AI and the SBO Forums dlochner at 6:57pm 12.07.25 The NY Times ran an article on AI and writing today. Thought some might find it interesting and info
A little bit of sewing help needed Project_Mayhem at 6:35pm 12.07.25 Keep in mind that I have a not so heavy duty, 'heavy duty' singer. It struggled with the thicker par
Need Help, Epoxy recommendations - Keel and Tabbing repair Project_Mayhem at 6:33pm 12.07.25 I'd use bottom paint, assuming the other layers of paint will act as a barrier between the two. Bott
Need Help, Epoxy recommendations - Keel and Tabbing repair dlochner at 6:33pm 12.07.25 Do I just try to lightly sand into a couple inches of the OLD parts of the keel and sort of feather
A little bit of sewing help needed PaulK at 6:24pm 12.07.25 It might be stronger to use webbing instead of a string. The flat material would spread the load be
Need Help, Epoxy recommendations - Keel and Tabbing repair Carl Wonderful at 6:12pm 12.07.25 I got all the supplies coming tomorrow and I feel pretty confident now thanks to all your guys'z hel
old man sailor jmczzz at 6:04pm 12.07.25 thank you both for your comments. T H I think you may be right that "bag" on the fore-deck is about

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