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What did Beneteau bed thruhulls with? 2009 B 37 Vegas at 7:23am 01.15.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 11/1761 Am getting ready to switch the original in-line ball valves on my 2009 B37. Am switching to Groco IB
Boat available first cheap offer Pgisailor at 7:03am 01.15.19 Ask All Sailors 0/6 boat needs to be sold now. Make any low offer. But make it today. https://www.facebook.com/marketp
Erie Canal Longjohnskipper at 4:21am 01.15.19 Destinations 3/832 Has anyone cruised the Erie canal? I have a 50 CC Hunter. I'm concerned with the depth at two locks
Major Fiberglass Crack (4) swallowsandamazonsforever at 5:42pm 01.14.19 Ask All Sailors 6/879 Long story short, my O'Day Rhodes 19 got washed up on a beach, resting on her centerboard. The cente
winter weather jon hansen at 3:41pm 01.14.19 Sails Call Lounge 35/2137 it's pouring rain in LA today. when it rains in LA the storms come across the continent and pound th
Hatch gaskets KeelMePlz at 2:52pm 01.14.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/728
H170 and the dreaded rotten wood in the motor mount area, my findings to date. Shorefun at 2:32pm 01.14.19 Day Sailers 41/5346 As usual I am in uncharted areas. I am just reporting what is happening. What I am doing could fail.
What motor vessel is this? (1) Skipper at 1:12pm 01.14.19 Ask All Sailors 24/1614 I know. What part of "sailing forum" don't I understand? However, I snapped this pic in San Pedro of
H260 keel damage Ed14004 at 1:06pm 01.14.19 Smaller Boats 6/753 I put a nice ding in the leading edge / bottom of my keel. What material should I use to make the r
VIN location 23.5 Hunter Al-hunter at 11:19am 01.14.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/991 Thinking about buying a storm damaged 1994 Hunter 23.5, does anyone know where the second VIN is? th
Specialties pedestal on 1978 catalina 30 questions (1) mrreg at 11:02am 01.14.19 Catalina 30 7/1637 My 1978 C30 has a Specialties pedestal installed. In reviewing the old installation manual it noted
Dry boat! (1) kclancy at 9:57am 01.14.19 Catalina 22 26/2618 Hi All, After all the repairs to the hull, locking pin, and other sources of water intrusion, I fin
Running Rigging jamieFL at 9:32am 01.14.19 Ask All Sailors 7/1518 I need some new running rigging for my Watkins 25. When I removed the sails this weekend, I found th
About to buy a 26X, a few questions Even Kiehl at 9:30am 01.14.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 39/9548 Hi, The mechanics are doing compression check, service etc on a 35 HP Honda on a 26X. I have only s
Why is my 3GM30F Slowing Down? markwbird at 9:08am 01.14.19 Ask All Sailors 9/656 Recently I've noticed that I cannot get the rpms out of my 3GM30F engine that I usually get. Specif
Feedback on the C&C 29 Tim Foolery at 8:29am 01.14.19 C&C 5/5326 Calling all C'C 29 owners for opinions. My friend and I are looking at buying a C'C 29 with the in
Salon Refurbish David Digby at 8:16am 01.14.19 Ask An Oday Owner 6/884 The carpet-like material on my 23' O'Day on the interior side of the hull looks bad and needs to be
Edson steering nylon conduit end fittings (1) eianm at 9:31pm 01.13.19 Big Boats 7/742 During routine inspection I noticed that these nylon fittings are both cracked- one has half its bas
Absorption charging rate? Gene Neill at 7:22pm 01.13.19 Ask All Sailors 5/779 I'm in the process of programming my new Victron MPPT controller. The unit's settings call for an ab
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Stuffing box adjusting Mattcia123 at 5:54pm 07.31.24 Hi @Mattcia123 , I find this most interesting as you may be in possession of a true packing gland
Yanmar electrical problem. ggrizzard at 5:28pm 07.31.24 dlochner In the world of EE's and techno wizards, you are correct. In the real world of chandlery em
Cabin Material Question Bluebonnet87 at 5:20pm 07.31.24 Ok thanks, this is good to know
Cabin Material Question dlochner at 5:16pm 07.31.24 The hull liner is fiberglass, it is part of the structure of the boat and helps to stiffen the hull
Cabin Material Question Bluebonnet87 at 5:10pm 07.31.24 Ok thank you. I've hesitated pulling off any chips but I think I need to in order to see if fibergla
Hull Shield ggrizzard at 5:03pm 07.31.24 :cowbell::laugh:
Cabin Material Question isaksp00 at 5:02pm 07.31.24 My H23 has a floor that looks like that (different shape of course) and it's gel coated fiberglass.
1gm10 Electrical ggrizzard at 5:00pm 07.31.24 Don't shoot it... That could cause a fire! :yikes:
Cabin Material Question (1) Bluebonnet87 at 4:55pm 07.31.24 Could you take a look at this photo. Bilge liner I'm mentioning is like this. Doesn't seem like fibe
Cabin Material Question isaksp00 at 4:52pm 07.31.24 The floor liner or bilge bottom is most likely fiberglass with gel coat surface. You could fill with
Hull Shield Tally Ho at 4:18pm 07.31.24 Ultrasonic anti-fouling? Is that the same technology that drives away rats, mice, gophers, chipmun
Hull Shield Tally Ho at 4:16pm 07.31.24 Has anone ever used Hull Shield ? What is it?
Hose life? Tally Ho at 4:14pm 07.31.24 Greg, I think you might have pushed it a bit too far with those hoses! :yikes: Agreed! I was not
Hose life? BigEasy at 4:03pm 07.31.24 My drain hose for the galley sink exits below the waterline and has a thruhull valve. My boat is 36
Pressure in the outboard tank causing issues? Timm R Oday25 at 3:56pm 07.31.24 E10 is safe to use in 2 stroke motors . If used in a timely manner . The problem starts when the gas
Hull Shield Don S/V ILLusion at 3:56pm 07.31.24
Hunter 26 mast foot not flush to mast base spencersea at 3:49pm 07.31.24 I slackened my shrouds basically all the way off and removed my topping lift. The mast was 0 with no
Hose life? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 3:09pm 07.31.24 When making recommendations I tend to follow advice from established pros. Whether you follow thei
Hose life? Tally Ho at 3:02pm 07.31.24 My drain hose for the galley sink exits below the waterline and has a thruhull valve. My boat is 36
My B&G Zeus2 MFD thinks it's yesterday Scott T-Bird at 2:39pm 07.31.24 Check the universal time offset?

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