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A hammer is a good tool (1) LeslieTroyer at 2:26pm 08.09.18 Musings With Maine Sail 8/784
Trailer sailing from Fort Myers, Florida sailing5559 at 1:20pm 08.09.18 Trailer Sailors 1/645 we are taking our Precision 23 to Fort Myers, Florida with us in January 2019. Looking for sugge
Help us before my husband throws our Mercury outboard in the water! SVMusic at 1:00pm 08.09.18 Ask All Sailors 75/7512 We have a 2003 Mercury 15hp outboard motor on our dinghy (which we purchased with our Beneteau sailb
Protest flag setup. glaufman at 11:35am 08.09.18 Racing 7/1510 Hi all- I need to buy a protest flag for racing my O'Day 23... I often race with only 1 crew besides
Headliner Replacement on Mis-size Hunters sjbaltes at 11:31am 08.09.18 Mid-Size Boats 3/1883 I have a new (to me) 2002 Hunter 306, and I'm interested in repairing the headliner. It is a soft v
Wiring VHF radio to external speaker so that it can be disconnected Sailorgal49 at 10:13am 08.09.18 Ask All Sailors 4/556 We want to wire our external speaker to the VHF radio with a way to disconnect it if we want to just
Anyone know of a used 28ft mast for a macgregor 26 reicon99 at 10:12am 08.09.18 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1028 I missed clearing a bridge by 3 inches where the St Croix and Mississippi rivers meet near the Twin
Sailing to the Mooring Plymouth Sailor at 9:57am 08.09.18 Ask All Sailors 17/770 Can anyone provide me wisdom on sailing to a mooring w/o a motor on a 25' boat or larger in a crowde
It's official. Puget Sound boaters are full of it Justin_NSA at 9:56am 08.09.18 Sails Call Lounge 68/3138 Just read in BoatUS that Puget Sound is officially a NDZ. Here's a local article on it https://ecolo
How to rig a 1972 Oday 23 Bustem55 at 9:09am 08.09.18 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1308 HELP!!! I recently purchased a 1972 Oday 23 and I have never rigged a sailboat before and there is v
New Kells 23 owner to perform restoration (8) FireDiven at 8:17am 08.09.18 Ask All Sailors 23/5072 Hello everyone. My dad gave me a Kells 23 that has been fully gutted on the inside. It appears Kel
Main vs Mizzen jib (2) Franklin at 8:04am 08.09.18 Ask All Sailors 23/4017 When I first saw this Tayana (Blue boat) I thought it was an after market rig change but then I saw
Identity Fraud Alert Diane & Marshall at 3:23am 08.09.18 Ask All Sailors 44/2938 Just received an alert that my identify information may have been caught in a data breach from hunte
O'day 20 Rub Rail SUMB44 at 2:49am 08.09.18 Ask An Oday Owner 1/453 So the rub tail on my O'day 20 needs replacing, both the anchoring strip and the black rubber bit.
Beneteau First 42 cored hull? CrazyLegs at 9:43pm 08.08.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 11/2617 Well, just had an insurance survey done and the surveyor is insisting that my 1984 Beneteau First 42
Yanmar 2GM20F rpms go down and no power Brinky63 at 6:16pm 08.08.18 Ask All Sailors 30/2402 My yanmar 2Gm20f starts fine but when I give it more gas it goes to under 2000 rpm then starts headi
New Dinette Table (4) w4swk at 5:37pm 08.08.18 Catalina 22 18/1030 My old dinette table has just about lived all the life it has in it. We are hoping to stay out on th
Forward Scanning Sonar Clydo at 5:09pm 08.08.18 Catalina 310 4/643 Friend is taking his boat from Washington D.C area down to Florida and recently installed forward s
H260 speed capability Jeff Gray at 2:42pm 08.08.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/512 Fellow 260 owners... just looking to get some comparative datapoint. In a steady 8-10 knots of wind
New Stern Table (4) w4swk at 2:37pm 08.08.18 Catalina 22 18/1116 Hi Folks I know others have created all sorts of DIY accessories for their boat, but I wanted to pos

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Ignition Issue, Need Help/Advice High Current at 8:40am 08.05.23 Yikes! Glad you and your boat are OK. The ignition switch issue sounds like a loose jam nut. Unles
Old DataMarine instrument ...does it speak NMEA0183? kappykaplan at 8:11am 08.05.23 @Tally Ho , you're welcome!
Old DataMarine instrument ...does it speak NMEA0183? jviss at 8:03am 08.05.23 Tallyho has a Corinthian Series DMI. Maybe because it is a Corinthian Performance Series? I don't
To Rebuild or Replace, that is the question- Yanmar SB8 in 1979 Hunter 27 kloudie1 at 7:52am 08.05.23 1000 mile. No data diagnosis :yikes:.... Overheated scoured piston and rings and possibly cylinder w
New holding tank Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:37am 08.05.23 Andrew, you've over-complicated something that's really very simple! And you're using a lot more o
170 Motor Mount Fasteners isaksp00 at 7:19am 08.05.23 Can the plastic block be reversed, and does the other side have the same recess?
Winchbit driver Tally Ho at 7:15am 08.05.23 Greg, When the main reaches full height does the drill try to twist out of your hand or does it jus
Winchbit driver Ward H at 7:08am 08.05.23 Greg, When the main reaches full height does the drill try to twist out of your hand or does it just
Old DataMarine instrument ...does it speak NMEA0183? (2) Tally Ho at 7:04am 08.05.23 Tallyho has a Corinthian Series DMI. Maybe because it is a Corinthian Performance Series? Mine doe
Old DataMarine instrument ...does it speak NMEA0183? Ward H at 6:52am 08.05.23 Ah, the DMI Corinthian Series had NMEA183 I/O. Tallyho has a Corinthian Series DMI. Maybe because
Winchbit driver Tally Ho at 6:46am 08.05.23 Thanks for the reply. It is reversible and variable speed but does not have a two-speed gearbox wh
Volvo Shaft Coupling Removal Tally Ho at 6:32am 08.05.23 The shaft seal looks more like a PSS with the SS rotor. A Volvo seal is a rubber lip seal. L99fV8e
Catalina 30 push-button start mystery barnstormer at 6:24am 08.05.23 I have had no start issues on and off for 3 years on my 1987 TRBS M25. I read on this forum by main
Looking at a c22 need advise newcat22 at 5:48am 08.05.23
Looking at a c22 need advise JBP-PA at 5:33am 08.05.23 Note that you can lift the boat off the trailer using some strong beams and jacks (see multiple you
Volvo Shaft Coupling Removal BigEasy at 5:18am 08.05.23 Tone, Agree with @NYSail, that seal is not a Volvo seal. Will take some effort to remove the
Volvo Shaft Coupling Removal dlochner at 5:14am 08.05.23 There's lots of work that needs to be done in that area. The coupling will probably have to be cut
WIFI dlochner at 4:58am 08.05.23 When we were in the Bahamas we found very few, if any free wifi hotspots. We also found that for the
New holding tank Andrew of Oracle at 4:57am 08.05.23 I have added a couple of valves under the sink of my Bavaria 37 so that I can have the option to use
WIFI jssailem at 4:47am 08.05.23 I have found Steve at Seabits to be knowledgeable about this subject. https://seabits.com @Davidasa

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