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Skipper and Admiral.... thoughts jssailem at 10:47am 10.23.18 Sails Call Lounge 9/719 WORDS A husband read an article to his wife about how many words women use a day. 30,000 to a man's
Suggestions on pump for head Franklin at 9:16am 10.23.18 Ask All Sailors 2/397 My new boat comes with a suction type head and uses fresh water to flush. I do not want to flush wi
Rub rail O'day 192/222? Brian S at 7:16am 10.23.18 Day Sailers 2/892 Has anyone replaced damaged sections of 192 white plastic rub rail? D'R Marine has said they sell it
Re-engine a Beneteau 473 Shakaree at 7:06am 10.23.18 Engines and Propulsion 6/2144 my wife and I are planning on purchasing a Beneteau 473. One of the boats we are looking at has a We
Boom or Fitting DockH at 6:23am 10.23.18 Parts Search 0/476 seeking inner boom fiitting (mast end) for Abbott22 or comparable 8' boom with bolt rope channel.
diemetions of catalina 250 wing keel on trailer fishingaz at 8:11pm 10.22.18 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/992 Hi i would like to find the total dimentions for a 250 wing keel on trailer for roro freight quote i
O'Day 322 gooseneck question (2) Mickstr at 7:33pm 10.22.18 Bigger Boats 8/2035 Was looking at my gooseneck the other day (Z-Spar, O'Day 322) and was wondering if I had a problem.
New LED Masthead Light Bay Tripper at 7:22pm 10.22.18 Smaller Boats 4/1165 Hello All, This is officially my first post to this forum. I always search the archives for a
Tough weather day in western Mexico JimInPB at 6:27pm 10.22.18 Ask All Sailors 5/440 It looks like Mazatlan is about to get a pretty solid hit. https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_ep4.s
Need to re-seat the big front window on a Hunter 29.5 (1) Willie G at 5:54pm 10.22.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 47/5244 157703 I Need to re-seat the big front window on a Hunter 29.5. Just finished doing the front hatch
Pearson 31-2 Owners? Tyler Rippel at 4:52pm 10.22.18 Pearson 7/3578 It seems like almost every other boat has a fairly active community but I haven't seen an active for
Broken engine mount stud (1) Hydro Therapy at 2:42pm 10.22.18 Engines and Propulsion 38/4780 Well I noticed this today and assigned it to the top of the winter list. Not sure when it broke but
There's coffee in that nebula (1) Brian D at 1:03pm 10.22.18 Sails Call Lounge 8/854 Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti Wears 'Star Trek' Uniform in Space https://img.purch.com/w/660/aHR0
Prop is turning in neutral Valerio at 12:22pm 10.22.18 Big Boats 22/5121 I have to calibrate something in my gear box ? my h41 with a yanmar 56 hp and prop with shaft is tur
Coyote: The Mike Plant Story dlochner at 10:32am 10.22.18 Sails Call Lounge 1/853 As the end of sailing season approaches for many of us, we will find ourselves looking for vicarious
Hunter 170 mast coating? Shorefun at 7:41am 10.22.18 Day Sailers 4/574 I have not ventured far into my mast at this point. I was looking at it a bit and noticed that it
center of gravity for a cat 25 kenpa at 7:22am 10.22.18 Parts Search 1/551 moving a newly purchased cat 25 from a single axle to a two axle trailer . Where is the center of gr
Auto Pilot 2001 340 Sand-Ra-Jean at 6:35am 10.22.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/716 I have a 2001 340. The auto pilot is a bit long in the tooth. It functions well in very minor wind c
Boom angle for in mast furling Sailorpat at 6:01am 10.22.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/712 Our 2004 Hunter 41 came equipped with a solid Vang that is as compressed as far as possible so that
O'day 25 - Gonna Buy One jamieFL at 5:01am 10.22.18 Ask An Oday Owner 23/4143 Hello everyone. I'm new here, and new to sailing. I've got 20 years of boating experience, but haven

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Is it sensible to climb a mast on a Capri 22? shemandr at 5:54pm 05.28.24 ...If you live long enough, you learn. But you have to keep living... to continue to learn.
3GM30F Service Issue dLj at 5:08pm 05.28.24 Thanks for that. I am able to start the engine with ether. Would simply occasionally running the en
Racor 220p vent nut broke?? smokey73 at 5:00pm 05.28.24 You might try an easyout. It is at least worth a try.
Is it sensible to climb a mast on a Capri 22? SimonHGR at 4:42pm 05.28.24 Interesting, it's clear that the comments about maintenance and inspection are well founded. For my
Rigid boom vang on Catalina 310 MikeToronto at 4:13pm 05.28.24 The sail is original, but has been rarely used. Regardless of the leech stretch, I believe lengtheni
Rigid boom vang on Catalina 310 PaulK at 4:12pm 05.28.24 You leave the mast in and don't adjust the forestay? The sail may have stretched, as Kappy suggests
Racor 220p vent nut broke?? Salty79 at 4:00pm 05.28.24 Or should I just replace the whole unit for a Snapp? Engine is a Yanmar 3JH series...
Is it sensible to climb a mast on a Capri 22? rgranger at 3:48pm 05.28.24
ABYC wire identification question? (1) rgranger at 3:44pm 05.28.24 A different idea could be a handheld inkjet printer. I have never tried one, and it would not work
Chain plates Hunter 49 Screen Saver at 3:34pm 05.28.24 Thanks John. The boat is 2008 and it has sailed many more miles than others (130,000nm). it would ve
Help with seized fresh water pump Afraal at 3:23pm 05.28.24 If you replace the alternator, use its ground lug and with #8 black wire conne t to the shunt Hi
Rigid boom vang on Catalina 310 kappykaplan at 3:22pm 05.28.24 How old is the sail? If the leach has stretched, it's easy to see how you gained (or lost) the 1/2 i
Help with seized fresh water pump capta at 2:59pm 05.28.24 There are a couple of very large, well stocked pump companies online that often have either new, reb
ABYC wire identification question? dlochner at 2:55pm 05.28.24 Yeah i regret now not being more patient before i started this project. That would have been ideal
Help with seized fresh water pump JoeWhite at 1:49pm 05.28.24 If you replace the alternator, use its ground lug and with #8 black wire conne t to the shunt
Fabric search shemandr at 1:32pm 05.28.24 You can't go wrong with Blue & Gold on a boat! "Anchors away my boys..."
3GM30F Service Issue skunther at 1:30pm 05.28.24 Compression specs for that engine can be derived from Yanmar's published data on the engines specs.
Love Hate relationship BulldogTim62 at 1:16pm 05.28.24 Looks awesome and would love to do the same, are the bimini bases on the Genoa tracks? Care to share
Fabric search BulldogTim62 at 1:14pm 05.28.24 I was wrong on the spots being gold, I think they were originally white and have yellowed with age.
Wing Keel on a 1988 Hunter 335 shemandr at 1:06pm 05.28.24 With an iron keel rust is the concern. Whenever there is a fresh paint job you should ask -Why? I

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