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5-year-old Neil Pryde mainsail and furling jib used on 1990 O'Day Daysailor 3 AGMTurning40 at 11:49am 10.20.24 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 3/674 Both sails fit 1990 O'Day Daysailor 3. Mfg. by Neil Pryde Sails in Connecticut in March of 1990. Li
Toilet Intake Hose ....modification (2) sailcapt340 at 9:19am 10.20.24 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 21/2846 Today I just could not get the seawater water intake hose off the thru hull, to winterize the toilet
NMEA Cable Install on Hunter 30-2 Kurt K at 9:10am 10.20.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/500 Hello, new to the forum and looking to run a NMEA cable from the electrical control panel to the hel
Winterising colin59 at 6:58am 10.20.24 Ask All Sailors 40/13557 any tips for a newby with H290 on lake Ontario.....yanmar 2gmf (euro) jabsco man toilet , seaward wa
Seaward 26 T-Bar lehighsail at 6:49am 10.20.24 Seaward 5/1005 I went out last week on a Seaward 26RK, not my boat so I'm not really sure what it's called but when
Macgregor 1995 26C keel stuck up Nick1218 at 3:37pm 10.19.24 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1126 The swing keel did not lower. It is stuck in up position. Have pulled boat from lake and it is on
Vendee Globe shemandr at 1:22pm 10.19.24 Ask All Sailors 18/2370 I just received an alert that the village is open and the start will be on November 10th. Until th
Steering 34 O Day Bill Grigelevich at 12:50pm 10.19.24 Ask An Oday Owner 0/6
34 O Day rudder won't turn all the way to starboard Bill Grigelevich at 11:54am 10.19.24 Ask All Sailors 3/440
Stuffing box dry running, drips when engine is off? omac at 5:21am 10.19.24 Engines and Propulsion 4/808 Hey Stuffing box experts, My 84 CS 36T Stuffing box has a peculiar issue. There is a slow/steady dr
Catalina C445 Roger Hinsch at 8:34pm 10.18.24 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/738 Hi everyone. I have a C445 2012 model recently bilge blower motor has failed and I cant easily find
2008 Hunter 45 CC Furling Mast Height from waterline jim01749 at 8:37am 10.18.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/580 All, Heading down to Charleston from CT and was going to take ICW part of the way. Anyone have lin
Strap marks on hull while trailering? rcoleman67 at 7:25am 10.18.24 Trailer Sailors 6/1227 I've got a 1988 Catalina 25 that I trailer. I live about four hours from the Gulf of Mexico and trav
Salon table storage bench IDMorrison at 6:35am 10.18.24 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/593
Fridge Unit Replacement Help on Beneteau 40 (oceanis or not). How did you get it out? paulheth at 12:19am 10.18.24 Ask A Beneteau Owner 22/3478 The refrigeration unit on my recently purchased Beneteau 40 - 3 cabin isn't functioning. The prior
Catalina 385 weight? Alora44 at 12:48pm 10.17.24 Big Boats 13/1719 I just hauled my Catalina 385 (hull 44) and the crane load cell indicated approximately 19,500 pound
1996 Hunter 26 v-berth and aft berth cushion redo SV_DonPapa at 9:08am 10.17.24 Smaller Boats 7/11087 Does anybody have sewing patterns to reupholster the cushions in both berths and modernize the looks
New to me H26 - Doesn't seem right... (1) dinosound at 8:19am 10.17.24 Smaller Boats 5/677 Hi all, I recently picked up this 95 H26 and I'm familiarizing myself with all it's inherited quirk
Oceanis 370 Information Patronus322 at 8:05am 10.17.24 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/509 I have been attempting to research the history of this design in order to determine issues. I am co
DIESEL TANK GAUGE NOT WORKING - HOW MUCH DIESEL DO I HAVE? Moondawg at 7:14am 10.17.24 The Cherubini Hunters 13/1849 Stupid question, but I don't trust the fuel gauge on my 30' Cherubini as it has always registered 10

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Deck core repair around mast base. Oday 23-2 cfiles0920 at 8:29am 10.12.25 I'm not sure I am following the wiring problem. Why not just run new wires and forget the old wiri
Deck core repair around mast base. Oday 23-2 shemandr at 7:52am 10.12.25 I'm not sure I am following the wiring problem. Why not just run new wires and forget the old wirin
Annapolis Sailboat Show Sunday?? dlochner at 7:38am 10.12.25 Overnight the forecast changed. No rain, cloudy with 20kt winds.
Annapolis Sailboat Show Sunday?? shemandr at 7:31am 10.12.25 If the organizers could un-wrap the boats, where would they go?
Deck core repair around mast base. Oday 23-2 (4) cfiles0920 at 7:19am 10.12.25 UPDATE: Been quite busy lately, but I managed to make some progress on the O'day. After verifying th
Replacing ALL of the plumbing dlochner at 6:47am 10.12.25 One more thought. The quick connect "toolless" connectors are really expensive. We went with plastic
Replacing ALL of the plumbing dlochner at 6:43am 10.12.25
Outboard transom board dimensions Crazy Dave Condon at 6:19am 10.12.25 The outboard motor bracket is bolted into the transom which has metal implanted in the fiberglass.
Hunter 18 swim ladder install Swabby Third Class at 6:05am 10.12.25
Replacing ALL of the plumbing Terry Cox at 6:03am 10.12.25 Hi John. Hunter used 1/2 inch Zurn (Quest) Pex Quicktite brand polybutylene grey plastic hose for th
Replacing ALL of the plumbing john6206 at 5:52am 10.12.25
Hunter 18 swim ladder install Crazy Dave Condon at 5:28am 10.12.25 @Swabby Third Class the 170 was a plastic boat which was an excellent design but was disappointed
Merit 22 owners dlochner at 4:45am 10.12.25 If the shrouds are really slack they need to be tightened. If there is not enough room on the turnbu
Delrod suffing box dlochner at 4:24am 10.12.25 The Irwin 23 has a swing keel aka a centerboard. The cable is used to raise and lower the CB. You wi
Replacing ALL of the plumbing dlochner at 3:48am 10.12.25 Wrap a few spots of your new Hot Water Lines with the the red tape. In my case, after the job is do
Swing keel delrin rod stuffing box dlochner at 3:39am 10.12.25 Since the Irwin 23 is an outboard powered boat, you don't have a shaft log. I'm not specifically f
Replacing ALL of the plumbing Apex at 3:23am 10.12.25 add in drainage points for winterization: bypass loop for hotwater tank and drain for tank, cold wa
Replacing ALL of the plumbing sailcapt340 at 2:23am 10.12.25 I replaced all our fresh water, Hunter original piping lines a few years back with 15mm. Using all
Irwin 1970 23ft termitec4 at 9:27pm 10.11.25 Thank you!
Irwin 1970 23ft Project_Mayhem at 9:03pm 10.11.25 Yep. I just did some more research. It appears that Irwin used a stuffing box and delrin rod to rais

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