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Merry Christmas (1) Charlie Jones s/v Tehani at 9:21am 12.23.18 Ask All Sailors 33/1915 fro m my house to yours
Beneteau 40 Stern Tube Set Screw (1) NHB40 at 6:12am 12.23.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/491 Hi, I noticed some corrosion and a hairline crack around the set screw on my stern tube (see pic).
Some technical details of epoxy use. Shorefun at 4:32am 12.23.18 Day Sailers 15/1385 It is cold here in NJ and I would like to do some epoxy. So poking around about epoxy I ran across a
Parting out H170 in AZ Mik at 12:38pm 12.22.18 Day Sailers 258/26846 What other boats share the mast and boom sections? Looking for a boat that needs a mast but nothi
Royal Caribbean cruise ship rescues two men Brian D at 12:01pm 12.22.18 Sails Call Lounge 2/502 "A Royal Caribbean ship forced to change its itinerary due to storms found and rescued two sailors F
cleaning ropes sheets halards b crites at 8:26am 12.22.18 Ask All Sailors 10/5018 Any good ideas for cleaning mildew from ropes sheets an halards? What do you use?
Once I again, I remind you at your own peril artboas at 8:36pm 12.21.18 Big Boats 4/922 So, to the small number of folks out there who who have washer / dryers aboard . There is a sub pan
322 anchor locker hatch Mitimat at 8:34pm 12.21.18 Bigger Boats 3/691
Hunter 22 (1984) Cockpit drain leak Maxx Mayhem at 4:49pm 12.21.18 Smaller Boats 21/2812 Hello everybody, I recently got a free Hunter 22 and have it blocked up in my back yard for a total
Passage 42 front plexiglass screen- replacement? eianm at 3:54pm 12.21.18 Big Boats 2/505 Has anyone had one of these large one piece panels made- it is curved in two directions so needs to
Tahatsu 4/5/6 HP with no steering friction (6) P100D at 3:04pm 12.21.18 Smaller Boats 1/399 I know that allot of people have problems with the steering on these engines losing their steering f
Christmas At Sea Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 1:10pm 12.21.18 Sails Call Lounge 7/684 Christmas At Sea The sheets were frozen hard, and they cut the naked hand; The decks were like a sli
Add starting relay Ken13559 at 1:08pm 12.21.18 Engines and Propulsion 47/21337 I would like to fit an additional starting relay as I'm tired of the "hit or miss" starting issue wi
disposing or 2 cycle gas? rpludwig at 12:59pm 12.21.18 Catalina 22 16/1964 Nearing season's end, time to get rid of older (4-6 months old) 2 cycle gas mix from outboard tanks,
Calling all Canadians... What say you? Brian D at 11:54am 12.21.18 Sails Call Lounge 8/906 7MxASIUtQUU
Return to sender... (1) Brian D at 9:28am 12.21.18 Sails Call Lounge 2/483 https://scontent.fsan1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/48397727_2069162726475229_5730416628420575232_n.jpg?
Radio Frequency Gains and Losses Brian D at 9:06am 12.21.18 SSB and Ham Operators 1/911 Recently there was a discussion about changing one's coax cable going to a VHF antenna on the mast.
Hunter 356 Zinc Bonding JohnSn at 8:57am 12.21.18 Mid-Size Boats 28/3703 Hi Folks, I've been impressed with my 356 and the engineering involved. But, I do have one problem.
Happy Winter Solstice! Justin_NSA at 7:34am 12.21.18 Sails Call Lounge 7/643 Woohoo! Days will start getting longer now!
NP Tuning Guides: B45 and the B46.1 ICW Rig (2) bob_pattison at 7:13am 12.21.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/624 All, Attached are our tuning guides for these two models. We will get them on our website shortly. B

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Color-matching gelcoat Project_Mayhem at 8:37am 06.06.24 I use a RAL color swatch to find the closest match and then have a local gelcoat supplier mix it for
Small Outboard Motor Stands FDL S2 at 8:16am 06.06.24 Built mine to fit in a space in the garage. As stated above, used scrap lumber, works great. Min
Curiosity might be making me overthink dLj at 7:36am 06.06.24 I think I'd be more inclined to develop systems to allow better access to that area from the inside.
Whale Gulper 220 for shower drain with atomatic sensor switch dlochner at 7:36am 06.06.24
Overtrimmed jib prevent pointing? danstanford at 7:34am 06.06.24 For those of you finding this in a search some day, here is our official answer posed in the origina
Whale Gulper 220 for shower drain with atomatic sensor switch Johann at 7:25am 06.06.24 Picking this back up. I picked up the Whale IC with manifold. While the manual states to use smooth
Curiosity might be making me overthink dlochner at 7:23am 06.06.24 Interesting idea, a lot of work, and some essential small details to consider. The first issue is
Backing screw hole for filling with epoxy dLj at 7:22am 06.06.24
Portlight Polish dLj at 7:20am 06.06.24 So use some headlight lens restorer followed up with clear spray acrylic UV coating? All of these
33.5 winged bulb keel, what's the airfoil? (2) JamesG161 at 7:20am 06.06.24 These pictures may help since I had do same repairs to my H430. ... PS: The Fluid Flow Profile is
Mid-ship cleat location for O'Day 34/35 (1) Arrgh at 7:12am 06.06.24 Here is where mine is on my O'Day 34
33.5 winged bulb keel, what's the airfoil? dlochner at 7:06am 06.06.24 How would you do that anyway? If you knew the airfoil was NACA 2412 for example. You could get the
Mid-ship cleat location for O'Day 34/35 jssailem at 7:06am 06.06.24 Scott. There are several theories on the location. My choice is to get the spot near the pivot poi
Dish storage (1) fred1diver at 7:05am 06.06.24 225296Already on it! Made one of these last week, added side walls and a bungee going from one side
Small Outboard Motor Stands stickinthemud57 at 7:01am 06.06.24 Nice work!
Color-matching gelcoat jssailem at 6:49am 06.06.24 :plus: regarding Andy at Boatworks Today. After 25 years he has learned a thing or two about fibergl
Mid-ship cleat location for O'Day 34/35 SailingCal21 at 6:48am 06.06.24 Thanks for the images and info. Since I'm re-coring my deck (So It Begins: Deck Recoring Project) ,
33.5 winged bulb keel, what's the airfoil? Crazy Dave Condon at 6:48am 06.06.24 @Divingnflying Post a couple of pictures of the damaged keel and ask how to repair the damage. T
3GM30F Service Issue dLj at 6:46am 06.06.24 Have you run it for a number of hours with no change? dj
33.5 winged bulb keel, what's the airfoil? Divingnflying at 6:42am 06.06.24 seriously doubt it makes much difference tbh. These things aren't America's Cup billion dollar rac

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