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Looking for furling boom car stop or a McGyver solution Beneteau 393 Scott Walker at 9:53pm 12.26.18 Parts Search 2/612 have a broken forward car stop on my 393. Have not had any luck finding a replacement car stop HELP
You have to be careful out there... Brian D at 9:47pm 12.26.18 Sails Call Lounge 1/508 Everyone was reported safe and picked up by other boaters! xSb3M6lJ0Us
BENETEAU ANTARES 12 Montana12m at 5:40pm 12.26.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 10/2226 I HAVE JUST PURCHASED A 2007 BENETEAU 12 ANTARES AND HAVE EXPERIENCED A BAD ODOUR INSIDE THE BOAT WH
A Lurker no more... VanIslandGuy at 4:52pm 12.26.18 Ask All Sailors 36/2103 I joined this forum after reading it only for several months. Since I read only up to that point I
Santa came! Ken Cross at 4:44pm 12.26.18 Ask All Sailors 27/1476 We'll the Admiral must have been in a great mood because under the tree was a new 9 inch Garmin plot
Paint for vinyl Dorade cowls-? DianaOfBurlington at 4:43pm 12.26.18 Ask All Sailors 9/4294 Does anyone have a good recommendation for painting the vinyl cowl vents? I have several of the oth
Gooseneck Repair (2) bwwooster at 2:41pm 12.26.18 Catalina 30 4/1579 Greetings! We've just got a '91 MkII after sailing an '81 Mk1 for 14 years and there's a bit of a pr
When to rebuild rudder assembly? H 23.5 CrispyCringle at 1:32pm 12.26.18 Smaller Boats 22/2389 Edit: I changed the title from "When to rebuild rudder hinge" because this project evolved into redo
Oday Mariner 2+2 Too Big to Tow? Woreign at 12:37pm 12.26.18 Day Sailers 6/2025 I currently have a DS II that I tow with my Kia Forte. At around 600 pounds, the Kia tows it with n
Line trouble caused by bird nests jcb2 at 7:17am 12.26.18 Bigger Boats 11/1827 Ever since I bought our ODay 31 five years ago, The halyards, outhaul and reef lines have been diffi
Wire crimping question Sefuller at 4:45pm 12.25.18 Ask All Sailors 7/948 I have read Maine Sail's articles on wire termination and several on SBO as well, but have a questio
Blue Solar controllers ... and dongles? Gene Neill at 2:51pm 12.25.18 Ask All Sailors 8/933 Maybe the dumbest question ever, but I thought the MPPT 75/15 I recently bought would need a dongle
Video game sailboats (4) BobbyFunn at 2:48pm 12.25.18 Sails Call Lounge 25/2139 Here's to game developers that know the game should have sailboats, but are not given time to do it
And I thought it was just ospreys that were out to get me. (1) Kermit at 2:09pm 12.25.18 Sails Call Lounge 31/2175
Need new fixed windows Cal 2-25 Sandcastle at 2:09pm 12.25.18 Cal 5/2030 Does anyone know of a company who makes replacement windows and frames for the cal 2-25? These are
Towing Mac26x California to Texas Tom McCormack at 11:47am 12.25.18 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/1741 I'm buying a Macgregor 26x and want to do alot of cross country travelling with it. I'd appreciate
Help Needed in Michigan City, IN Today Project_Mayhem at 11:27am 12.25.18 Ask All Sailors 0/343 Please delete this post
John61CT's multi-use portable charging rig John61CT at 10:12am 12.25.18 Ask All Sailors 10/1403 AC to DC system, aka charger, rectifier or PSU: used interchangeably for purposes of this thread. K
Traveller car broken E.Elder at 8:22am 12.25.18 Smaller Boats 5/643 Traveller car broken need to replace - size of traveller?
Christmas is Here Will Gilmore at 8:04am 12.25.18 Sails Call Lounge 1/548 ysIzPF3BfpQ -Will (Dragonfly)

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Standup blocks dlochner at 2:49pm 09.24.24 If you use stand up block with a base you will have to drill holes in the deck, which can lead to we
Purchase questions 38 (3) ldd at 2:47pm 09.24.24 The boat is a 2005. below are a couple pictures of interior. Shows well. thanks
holding tank pump out blowing macerator gaskets? Rich Stidger at 2:44pm 09.24.24 My pump-out port is tee'd with the macerator , and I have never had this problem. And I have rebuil
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard Richard19068 at 2:37pm 09.24.24 Wow. What a tragic outcome. So frustrating. Assuming this is the boat in the attached listing at Wes
Purchase questions 38 Tally Ho at 2:36pm 09.24.24 I am interested in a 38. It has some issues that I am sure have been addressed?. 1. The headliner l
Protection for Tailing Well Edges Tally Ho at 2:35pm 09.24.24
injector hole size needed Ralph Johnstone at 2:31pm 09.24.24 I need the diameter of the hole where the injector goes Those of us with bad memories would pull
Purchase questions 38 Ralph Johnstone at 2:22pm 09.24.24 2. their is a leak at one of the Bose speakers. I assume it's from a window? What is the proper fix
Protection for Tailing Well Edges Ralph Johnstone at 2:09pm 09.24.24 some sort of Edge Guard to see the Tailing Well edges from getting beat up? Just had to ask ....
holding tank pump out blowing macerator gaskets? Ed whatnot at 1:57pm 09.24.24 Nothing is creating pressure, it's all suction. The pumpout is pulling in air via the vent. There's
Purchase questions 38 ldd at 1:49pm 09.24.24 thanks Shemandr, it was pee. Notified selling broker. We did not want to be accused. the rest of t
Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine BigEasy at 1:39pm 09.24.24 I feel for those folks from Cape San Blas , Apalachicola, Carrabelle, and on down to around Hudson
Purchase questions 38 shemandr at 1:33pm 09.24.24 5). It's likely that someone didn't "Forget" to flush the toilet. They didn't want to pay for a pum
Extra line from boom...what is it? dlochner at 12:29pm 09.24.24 I just need to learn a bit more about how the different blocks work. For this application you'll
Starter motor burned up? KCofKC at 12:14pm 09.24.24 You can also go to the technical section in Catalina Direct and they have technical articles on it a
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard dmax at 12:12pm 09.24.24 Can you part it out yourself before giving it to the scrapyard? You should at least get some money f
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard David W at 12:10pm 09.24.24 What a shame. When I had my Crown 34, the surveyor said there were blisters and then my insurance co
holding tank pump out blowing macerator gaskets? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 12:07pm 09.24.24 I'm just a little surprised that the vent wouldn't compensate for this and prevent pressure from goi
Lubricating outhaul car/track stickinthemud57 at 11:59am 09.24.24 Sailkote and McLube are both excellent products. Sailkote for the slug tracks and McLube for travele
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard aftica_1 at 10:54am 09.24.24 Thank you to everyone for your help. I think its time for me to throw in the towel. I bought the

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