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Wednesday Photo day again (1) Charlie Jones s/v Tehani at 11:19am 02.20.19 Ask All Sailors 58/3537 Sunset at Sebastian Florida, with the West Coast trailer Sailors
Mikaela Shiffrin wins 2 Golds & Bronze at Worlds Scott T-Bird at 9:48am 02.20.19 Sails Call Lounge 14/1118 Most of you know my interest in ski racing. I think what is happening right now with Mikaela Shiffr
Almost lost the dinghy All U Get at 4:50am 02.20.19 Ask All Sailors 26/1580
moving halyards on1977 Oday mariner 2+2 peterbud at 8:01pm 02.19.19 Ask All Sailors 1/359 Has anyone moved their halyards back to the cockpit on a 1977 mariner. thanks peterbud
Barlow Winches dennisv at 5:45pm 02.19.19 Bigger Boats 10/7830 Barlow winches were standard equipment on ODay for quite some time. My primarily winches are Barlow
VHF Antenna - Deck or Mast Mount jamieFL at 4:55pm 02.19.19 Trailer Sailors 24/7405 I have a future project I'm trying to plan. My VHF is about 20 years old and not in the best conditi
Another fire and likely avoidable death 907Juice at 4:46pm 02.19.19 Sails Call Lounge 7/835
First 20 Tilting Tabernacle installation kit (1) TheBettyWhitecap at 1:20pm 02.19.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1654 Just curious if anyone has ever installed a tilting mast/tabernacle on a Beneteau First 20? I rece
hunter 40 wheel brake. sailerman3 at 12:50pm 02.19.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/640 I have a 1986 Hunter Legend 40 . It has a Y/S pedestal. I have try to figure out how this brake sys
Y33 chainplates? mermike at 11:54am 02.19.19 Yamaha 11/2298 I'm pulling the chainplates on my Y33 tall rig for inspection in a few weeks. Has anyone replaced th
Adding refrigeration RNC725 at 11:34am 02.19.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/492 The admiral has declared we shall have refrigeration. We sail a 2002 Hunter 3 to 6. We are planning
Update Roland5048 at 10:16am 02.19.19 Sails Call Lounge 20/2030 Remember the young couple that lost their boat on the first day of a voyage out of Tarpon Springs, F
Main sheet controls sailherr at 9:28am 02.19.19 Ask All Sailors 12/1192 Just bought a 1976 Oday, need to replace the dated main sheet blocks/cam cleat set up. I will be sa
Clevis Pin Assortment jkandris at 8:24am 02.19.19 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1189 Hey Yall, Has anyone found an assortment box of Clevis pins, cotter pins and rings that works well.
1984 H27 Boom Vang finefurn at 8:18am 02.19.19 The Cherubini Hunters 15/3259 How does the mast end of the Boom Vang attach at the base of the mast, and measuring from the goosen
Replacing the "masthead" on our C22 paddy4699 at 7:52am 02.19.19 Catalina 22 9/1250 Found a new masthead by contacting Catalina Yachts in Florida. When spring arrives here in northern
Dustless Blasting seadaddler at 4:21am 02.19.19 Ask All Sailors 8/984 Has anyone ever used Dustless Blasting on there sailboat and were you happy. I am thinking of switch
1981 H27 Salon Table mkrokidas at 4:15am 02.19.19 The Cherubini Hunters 9/1623 On my 4th year of refitting my Cherubini H27 and have never had a salon table. It was missing when I
"--external structure problem with internal ballast keel--bilge area." (8) "Selah" at 10:25pm 02.18.19 Ask All Sailors 13/1329 Hey all! Following dlochner's suggestion of possibly doing an endoscopy under the cabin sole, I deci
Where should the genneker Wichard folding pad eyes be (B461)? (1) sailingrock at 7:35pm 02.18.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1300 I have recently purchased a 1999 Benneteau 461 with a gennaker. According to Benneteau's documentati

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Hunter 23 broken z-spar tabernacle mast foot isaksp00 at 8:14am 06.16.24 I think the part that goes in the bottom of the mast extrusion is what's needed. Looks like the link
Replacing Raymarine Autopilot Control Head dkinzer at 8:09am 06.16.24 Have you seen this 2018 discussion on Raymarine forum. Thanks. I had not seen that and it is helpf
Replacing Raymarine Autopilot Control Head Captain Larry-DH at 7:59am 06.16.24
Replacing Raymarine Autopilot Control Head jssailem at 7:53am 06.16.24 Have you seen this 2018 discussion on Raymarine forum. https://forum.raymarine.com/showthread.php?ti
Engine Overheating (2) SV Watercolor at 6:54am 06.16.24 On the older Yanmars I find there are typically a combination of factors and not always a silver bul
Boom vang blocks (2) jssailem at 6:52am 06.16.24
tidy traveller options thinwater at 5:28am 06.16.24 All 4 of my multihulls have had continuous traveler lines, from beach cats to cruising cats. Very co
Three shrouds per side on 22-footer -- really? sailme88 at 4:44am 06.16.24 AND then....... there's the Marshall Cat boat and a few others without ANY shrouds....
Three shrouds per side on 22-footer -- really? Joe at 3:32am 06.16.24 Not unusual at all. Two lowers and an upper. The ubiquitous Catalina 22 is like that, I had one,
Engine Overheating jssailem at 10:50pm 06.15.24 In addition, due to your statement about "oily residue," perhaps it is a coolant that is the residue
Engine Overheating Ralph Johnstone at 8:24pm 06.15.24 The exhaust water output looked a little anemic Check the water temp. in the exhaust gas discharg
Engine Overheating Feo23 at 7:16pm 06.15.24 Yes, could have phrased that better, steam from the over heated coolant plus some smoke from overhe
Hunter 23 broken z-spar tabernacle mast foot rgranger at 5:52pm 06.15.24
Engine Overheating Davidasailor26 at 4:47pm 06.15.24
Large Frame alternator in M25XP mermike at 4:41pm 06.15.24 @Hayden Watson, thanks for the write-up. Looking good. I agree with not powder coating anything that
Hunter 23 broken z-spar tabernacle mast foot (1) twalker H260 at 4:36pm 06.15.24 Does it look like this? rig rite site it looks like it could be one of 3 mast feet - see if there i
Hunter 23 broken z-spar tabernacle mast foot kappykaplan at 4:07pm 06.15.24 Any photos of the carnage?
Engine Overheating Don S/V ILLusion at 3:09pm 06.15.24 Could be any number of reasons: clogged exhaust elbow faulty injectors faulty water pump/ bad impell
Bilge maintenance jibes138 at 2:55pm 06.15.24 GRP (glass reinforced plastic) is very strong in tension but not in compression. Thin washers under
Large Frame alternator in M25XP (2) Hayden Watson at 2:24pm 06.15.24 Hayden - how is the alternator project coming along? Did have Tuscon Alternator customize your alte

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