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BURPING THE DRIPLESS thetone at 2:40pm 06.28.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1368 Just baught a 1990 Beneteau 35s5. It has a Volvo dripless seal on the shaft. Does this need to be bu
Point Sails tom etzel at 1:48pm 06.28.19 Ask All Sailors 1/517 Does anyone have any experience with them? Thanks
BOB...boat overboard prevention BobbyFunn at 11:15am 06.28.19 Day Sailers 16/2044 What is the thin line called that is tied to the boat and then to the ring on a removable pin. As
2 knots gusting to 3 (1) Jackdaw at 9:25am 06.28.19 Racing 2/712 Last evening WAS supposed to be the final race in the WYC G-series. Sitting in 2nd place, were were
Club/Marina Boat Cranes (1) BrianRobin at 8:27am 06.28.19 Ask All Sailors 3/553 I'm looking for pictures/info of your club or marina boat cranes. Our club is looking to update our
advice: suggestions for attaching furler to bow eye. Chief RA at 7:25am 06.28.19 Ask All Sailors 23/2796 By loosening aft and all 4 side stays still can't get enough slack to pin jib furler turret. Have h
MAKING PROGRESS twodzusfittings at 7:03am 06.28.19 Bigger Boats 2/761 Slowly but surely I'm making progress on turning this #313 1983 O'Day 30 CB into a very comfortable
changing rudder lines on a Hunter 240 KMZ at 5:51pm 06.27.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1107 Rudder line 2 "snapped" the other day when I was raising the rudder on my Hunter 240. It snapped at
Propeller zinc selection FredW at 5:18pm 06.27.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/1548 short of pulling the zinc, any way to determine what size fits a 2013 Oceania 34?
Question for rardiH36 regarding inside Jib tracks Alctel at 3:45pm 06.27.19 The Cherubini Hunters 3/804 So I remember reading a while ago that rardi was installing inside jib tracks to help point better b
Tuning behind the mast furler joe28532 at 3:07pm 06.27.19 Ask All Sailors 11/3768 Helping a friend replace the standing rigging on his boat. I have replaced rigging and tuned my own
Sea water faucet in the kitchen Valerio at 2:20pm 06.27.19 Big Boats 18/3663 I have a seacock dedicated only to feed the desalinator machine. This is located almost below the ga
Epoxy-ing over keel cable eyelet. Bad idea ? langfordja at 2:03pm 06.27.19 Catalina 22 8/1210
Just starting out....am I thinking right? armondo at 1:53pm 06.27.19 Trailer Sailors 60/12783 Hey folks! I am pretty new to sailing and trying to figure out what I want to do. Hope that is ok
Anyone know what these are? (1) wing15601 at 1:16pm 06.27.19 Ask All Sailors 7/1527
Fuel polishing dehler25 at 12:13pm 06.27.19 Engines and Propulsion 12/1686 I am putting a permanently mounted fuel polisher together with a Racor 500 FG as the filtering eleme
Shaft Seal Bellows Hose Clamps (1) Bill19233 at 9:05am 06.27.19 Engines and Propulsion 3/630 Found some water under the shaft seal on the boat last night, sponged it up and it kept filling back
The two boat system john6206 at 5:42am 06.27.19 Smaller Boats 12/2245
Rudder Change hunter 23.5 ? jbreland at 4:58am 06.27.19 Smaller Boats 13/1825 Did hunter change the design of the rudder or did someone other than ida sailors make a different ru
Insurance Survey RoyS at 4:53am 06.27.19 Ask All Sailors 26/2294 Four years ago I had an insurance survey done on my 1980 boat. This resulted in my obtaining a compe

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AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? NYSail at 4:18am 12.06.24 I have a Garmin 800 that has a splitter for the antenna. Works perfectly. Consider the upgrade so pe
Ridgid sprayhood/dodger for Legend 40.5 (1) Terry Cox at 4:09am 12.06.24 sprayhood Do you mean dodger? Unfamiliar with your term. Is your current dodger soft (fabric) or h
Is the forward pad eye strong enough for storm jib? 1990 Beneteau 50/M500 Kings Gambit at 3:25am 12.06.24 I have the same, identical, pad-eye on my foredeck aft of the anchor locker. I asked this same quest
Non working microwave john2 at 2:52am 12.06.24 gas is from Dometic, oven is : Inventum an update, The oven was a completely useless thing:bangh
Is the forward pad eye strong enough for storm jib? 1990 Beneteau 50/M500 Davidasailor26 at 2:03am 12.06.24 That looks like the same pad eye as on my '93 Beneteau - it's a Wichard. I think they are only mea
Replacement sink (1) john2 at 1:12am 12.06.24 I could not find the smaller dishes, so this was the biggest sink that fitted.
Aluminum sewage tank on Legend 40.5, 1993 Irek at 8:56pm 12.05.24 Hi There is much more of a void space under fuel than sewage tk. But when I worked on the fuel tank
Is the forward pad eye strong enough for storm jib? 1990 Beneteau 50/M500 jssailem at 8:49pm 12.05.24 there is a deck plate just aft of the anchor locker with a pad eye that looks like it is meant to s
Toilet Intake Hose ....modification (1) TimFromLI at 7:44pm 12.05.24 This works for me
Is the forward pad eye strong enough for storm jib? 1990 Beneteau 50/M500 TimFromLI at 7:18pm 12.05.24 That looks like the same pad eye as on my '93 Beneteau - it's a Wichard. I think they are only mean
Aluminum sewage tank on Legend 40.5, 1993 Ralph Johnstone at 6:52pm 12.05.24 After looking around I found a SS screw which was most likely for long time under the tank. OUCH
AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? AndyBC at 6:41pm 12.05.24 I have an Emtrak AIS transceiver, which has a built-in splitter. So I use 1 cable and 1 antenna tha
Sarasota Bay Returning patrickfarley at 6:16pm 12.05.24 Headed back to Sarasota. Launching on December 21. Hopefully anchoring in my usual spot. Hopefull
Just picked up a super nice 2003 Precision 165 but I have a lot of questions I haven't found answers to online. RitSim at 5:45pm 12.05.24 Welding 6063 does drop the metal strength. I acknowledge that this is compareativly a low stress a
Is the forward pad eye strong enough for storm jib? 1990 Beneteau 50/M500 (1) Ralph Johnstone at 5:43pm 12.05.24 We want to confirm this pad eye could hold a stay with a storm jib in 50+ kts. I think I could co
Hunter 49 Swim Platform artboas at 5:34pm 12.05.24 After imagining for years how much better our Hunter 49 would be with a proper swim platform, we fi
Chesapeake Bay Area. Possibilities kappykaplan at 4:45pm 12.05.24 Cove Point Wx Buoy recorded a gust of 46kts at 1154 and one of 39kts at 1206. Gooses Reef had a gus
Chesapeake Bay Area. Possibilities kappykaplan at 4:41pm 12.05.24 40-46 knot gusts are significant Yes, and there were gusts around 50kts near mid-day.
Just picked up a super nice 2003 Precision 165 but I have a lot of questions I haven't found answers to online. jssailem at 4:37pm 12.05.24 Be sure to leave some weep holes. Water will get in the mast. It needs a way to get out, or when you
Chesapeake Bay Area. Possibilities jssailem at 4:33pm 12.05.24 40-46 knot gusts are significant

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