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catalina 250: replacing antifouling coat and boat stand rig francois.lavoie at 8:10pm 05.13.19 Smaller Boats 0/667 I have a catalina 250 with ballast and swing keel. I intend to sand the old antifouling coat only an
Deck Painting jamieFL at 6:55pm 05.13.19 Ask All Sailors 20/2208 My project keeps drifting. Everything I do sparks more work. I'm working on a 1988 Watkins 25. At
Inflatable dinghy recommendations iamwhatiam at 4:05pm 05.13.19 Catalina 22 34/6804 I apologize if this has been asked already...tried the search engine but didn't see anything recent.
Oops we did it again (2) The Rabbit at 2:37pm 05.13.19 Smaller Boats 3/675 Good times in Miami
Splicing Tiny Dyneema (5) AaronD at 12:32pm 05.13.19 Ask All Sailors 4/4653 I've been using single-braid dyneema (Amsteel, Endura 12, etc.) for a variety of applications. It's
Solids in the water tank (1) Oceanis 440 NY at 12:30pm 05.13.19 Ask All Sailors 12/1407 Hi All, Cleaned out the water tanks (to the best of my ability) and found these pieces of ??? In th
Hurrisheet? WayneH at 10:35am 05.13.19 Weather and Forecasting 2/740 I ran across an interesting website while doing "research". flhurricane.com with a tag line of "Hu
The 170 and an Asym Spinnaker..... Shorefun at 10:18am 05.13.19 Day Sailers 4/652 My boat came with the asym spinnaker which I doubt has ever been used. The hull did not get all the
Easier to replace a Jabsco head than to fix it? limbodog at 7:21am 05.13.19 Big Boats 21/4653 I've got two heads. One goes to a cracked holding tank. We won't talk about that. The other goes t
Leaking Water Tank On Port Tack-O'Day 34' Windchime2 at 4:22am 05.13.19 Ask An Oday Owner 5/879 On out last 2 outings one of the bilge pumps kept cycling on, but strangely only when we were on a p
Prop Stuck on Shaft Steverhnm at 11:49pm 05.12.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/1924 After great pains and exhausting all manner of contraptions I finally cut the nuts off my prop shaft
Perkins 4-108 Injector Pump Troubleshooting MrMoses at 10:58pm 05.12.19 Engines and Propulsion 4/5218 Perkins 4-108, Delphi Injector Pump... Over the last month, it took more and more cranks for the e
50 foot Challenger Ketch CPT Ron at 9:15pm 05.12.19 Big Boats 0/1029 Yearning to learn more info on the Challenger Yacht Corporation. I understand the President passed
Main Sail What type? (2) pumpkinpie at 7:41pm 05.12.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/746 I took a couple pictures of the main sail on the boat that I'm in the process of purchasing I don't
Catamaran Q :) sbcwolff at 6:50pm 05.12.19 Ask All Sailors 11/1992 We are used to monohauls, and have recently picked up a Star Cat 5.6 from someone who wanted to give
Midship Cleat Placement VT Fitz at 6:02pm 05.12.19 Mid-Size Boats 1/832 I've posted a question about midship cleat placement on my '07 Hunter 27 on Ask All Sailors, but I w
Midship Cleat Placement (2) VT Fitz at 5:58pm 05.12.19 Ask All Sailors 15/4019
95 Evinrude 9.9 battery cable hookup kenr74 at 4:51pm 05.12.19 Engines and Propulsion 10/1486 Anybody happen to have one of these outboards? My boat came with the motor detached. I know it has
Rudder bearings Cal 27 astevens at 4:17pm 05.12.19 Parts Search 0/400 any source for rudder bearing for a cal 27? Thanks
Anode size Bluenose at 3:19pm 05.12.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/727 Hello all, I am having a problem getting a 25mm anode. can I use a 1" one instead? The difference do

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Invest 95L (3) JamesG161 at 4:40am 07.02.24 Although Hurricane BerylNDBC - Station 42059 Recent Data Current data 225755 225756 It a CAT 5 s
Stripped screws in plastic NYSail at 4:25am 07.02.24 What about wrapping screws in teflon tape?
Seeking Sailboat Recommendations for Lakeside Launch Indysailor at 4:06am 07.02.24 Look at Sol. It's basically a sunfish with a full cockpit. https://sailsportmarine.com/products/sol-
Stripped screws in plastic NYSail at 3:40am 07.02.24 Try closing the holes up with a plastic welder, or even the heated head of a large common nail. A f
Stripped screws in plastic thinwater at 3:25am 07.02.24 Try closing the holes up with a plastic welder, or even the heated head of a large common nail. A fe
Stripped screws in plastic kappykaplan at 3:11am 07.02.24
Stripped screws in plastic NYSail at 3:09am 07.02.24
Search function on iPhone ? Davidasailor26 at 2:35am 07.02.24 The app was made by some third party and is not really supported. Stick with the web version. It doe
Stripped screws in plastic kappykaplan at 2:16am 07.02.24 Add a tooth pick to each screw hole then tighten down? Not sure how the toothpicks will react to d
Alternator wiring question? BAD ORCA at 11:13pm 07.01.24 Im still confused about what the purple alternator excite wire does on our engines, still researchin
Search function on iPhone ? BTC1984 at 9:04pm 07.01.24
Yanmar YSM12 fuel injection pump Ralph Johnstone at 8:58pm 07.01.24 The one thing that doesn't sound as if it was done when the pump was attached is to back off the fu
Invest 95L (1) JamesG161 at 8:41pm 07.01.24 Since much of the "no Hype" information about Tropical Atlantic is provided by Levi Cowan of Tropic
2004 Hunter 36 Refrigerator...repair or replace? justsomeguy at 8:35pm 07.01.24 Where did you source the can of R134a and hose? R134 at the auto parts store, the hose you'd have
Alternator wiring question? BAD ORCA at 8:07pm 07.01.24 Understood. Have you read the Cruisers Forum Lithium threads? jedi is a trusted contributor. htt
Alternator wiring question? Stu Jackson at 7:51pm 07.01.24 Understood. Have you read the Cruisers Forum Lithium threads? jedi is a trusted contributor. htt
Seeking Sailboat Recommendations for Lakeside Launch FDL S2 at 7:50pm 07.01.24 Sunfish or AMF Puffer are the first two that came to mind. Puffer is very stable and only a little h
2004 Hunter 36 Refrigerator...repair or replace? Straycat22296 at 7:47pm 07.01.24 About five year ago my 1999 cooling went out and of course the unit had no way to recharge. I do not
Engine & Genset Pan are they connected ? artboas at 7:40pm 07.01.24 The engine sump pan is not connected to the bilge. This is done on purpose. In case you have an oil
Yanmar YSM12 fuel injection pump mjberns at 7:29pm 07.01.24

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