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Weeping Holes at Mast Step (2) lacoursmarc at 10:19am 05.02.24 Ask All Sailors 3/482 After doing a lot of research on weeping holes for deck stepped masts, I went and took another look
want to raise main from cockpit fred1diver at 9:54am 05.02.24 Ask All Sailors 10/904
Remove hot water tank 1988 Hunter 28.5 inkunzi at 5:10am 05.02.24 Ask All Sailors 2/308 I discovered that the hot water tank on my newly acquired 1988 Hunter 28.5 was abandoned by the prev
Material around the shaft (1) elvio at 12:52am 05.02.24 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/598 Hi folks. I finished painting with priming and anti-fouling. I noticed the area around the shaft en
Lost swing keel for Oday 22. Please help with fabrication measurements abrown at 3:47pm 05.01.24 Ask All Sailors 4/320 Hi, I Iost the swing keel for my Oday 22. Please help with fabrication measurements.
Eight Bells for Don Street dlochner at 2:10pm 05.01.24 Sails Call Lounge 3/972 Don Street has passed away. If you don't know Don he was a life long sailor who wrote extensively ab
Garmin Navigation/plotter addition to helm FOLLOWING SEAS at 12:59pm 05.01.24 Mid-Size Boats 0/265 Hello, I am looking for some advice from HUNTER 310 owners. I have a 1999 that I want to add a chart
Starting the Yanmar on a H280 Occasional Heeler at 8:34am 05.01.24 Mid-Size Boats 9/734 First season with my 1999 H280. Previous owner started it once last fall and now up to me ( might ha
Weight of an O' Day 27 Bluenose at 7:39am 05.01.24 Bigger Boats 1/390 Hi there, I am seeing conflicting numbers for the weight of this boat that I am looking at. Does any
Looking for ideas on galley remodel fred1diver at 6:25am 05.01.24 Ask All Sailors 60/3457
Removing Stains and smudges John_F at 4:35am 05.01.24 Ask All Sailors 12/908 Our boat has tea-colored water stains along the hull and black smudges from sneakers, etc. Any sugge
New Design Fresh Water Tank Source ...3TacksontheWater at 1:47pm 04.30.24 Catalina 22 5/1052 Can someone steer me in the direction of a source and model number of the correct forward fresh wate
Nice Article About Cape Caution Terry Cox at 11:55am 04.30.24 Pacific North West Cruisers 0/603 Very nice and informative article about transiting Cape Caution in the 48 Degrees North magazine Apr
Sailing Sidekicks (1) T-Schwan at 10:37am 04.30.24 Ask All Sailors 7/943
Cell phone signal booster experiences or recommendations please. BAD ORCA at 9:04am 04.30.24 Ask All Sailors 15/2900 When im at the boat im using my cell phone hotspot to stream movies and internet. On a good day i c
Looking for Fantasia 35 on East Coast US SailingAlchemy at 7:42am 04.30.24 Fantasia 35 3/2310 Hey folks, my wife and I are looking to move aboard in the next year and I'm very keen on the Fantas
Need help repairing/replacing hinged mast assembly - Wind Jammer 17 boat (1) DKurtz-NC at 7:18am 04.30.24 Ask All Sailors 6/381 I am looking to replace the aluminum part (top) of my mast hinged plate. What is the part that atta
Need help identifying this boat please (2) skallagrime at 5:44am 04.30.24 Trailer Sailors 8/1161 Sorry if this isnt the right spot for this Decoding the hull number I found: kms003391175 Boat hul
Masthead sheaves (1) Deleted member 117556 at 5:44am 04.30.24 Catalina 310 9/1715 My masthead sheaves appear to be frozen as it is extremely difficult to use the spare halyard to hoi
Advice - Westerbeke 30b Spun Bearing (2) jsut210 at 5:44pm 04.29.24 Engines and Propulsion 5/837 Sadly this weekend my engine, a Westerbeke 30b, developed a rod knock as I was returning to my slip

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Tight furler dmax at 3:18pm 05.06.25 These are the last known people to have parts for the Hood SeaFurl - they were winding that business
Electric fuel pump to replace lift pump Yanmar 3GM30F skunther at 3:15pm 05.06.25 What is the best way to connect the pump to the secondary filter? Do I need to use metal braid reinf
Nifty Boat Handling ShawnL at 3:11pm 05.06.25 We sailed on the Californian in San Diego last spring (see below). It's a reproduction, but we were
Tight furler (2) skunther at 3:01pm 05.06.25 Your drum is very full. This is why I asked what model you have and what size genoa you are using.
Tight furler DanMaine at 2:04pm 05.06.25 I had a furler on my h37c. It was plastic on plastic for the bearings. I replaced it with a furler t
Tight furler Project_Mayhem at 1:57pm 05.06.25 Your drum is very full. This is why I asked what model you have and what size genoa you are using. B
Battery recommendation - anchor windless mermike at 1:45pm 05.06.25
Asymmetrical Spinnaker Tack Point PaulK at 1:44pm 05.06.25 As @Davidasailor26 suggests, tacking an asym to the bow pulpit is not a good idea. It is not design
Tight furler BrianQ at 1:41pm 05.06.25 The nylon screw is 1/4 x 20, IIRC the length is 3/8". If you can't find one 3/8" a longer one can be
Westerbeke Coolant problems (2) jssailem at 1:35pm 05.06.25 Nuanced words. Here is the engine. t pressure cap provides a reservoir for the engine coolant. It is
owners manual kappykaplan at 1:29pm 05.06.25 I knew it was something like that but was too lazy to look for it. Thanks. No worries. De nada. :
Electric fuel pump to replace lift pump Yanmar 3GM30F Foswick at 1:21pm 05.06.25 Cold Start Procedure... FIRE IN THE HOLE! I keep a Hibachi in the engine compartment just for this
Westerbeke Coolant problems Foswick at 1:12pm 05.06.25 The original engine design provides an on-engine coolant reservoir. It did not include an expansion
Third Cherubini (1) sandpiper10471 at 1:10pm 05.06.25 Thanks, BMAway. The step for the 81 is different from yours but your
Tight furler (1) jssailem at 1:09pm 05.06.25 You might try a screw extractor. r and pull the screw out. Or you may need to drill the hole, reta
Battery recommendation - anchor windless Foswick at 1:04pm 05.06.25
Tight furler jssailem at 1:03pm 05.06.25 Have you seen this site? https://sail-delmarva.blogspot.com/2009/09/hood-seafurl-800-bearing-repla
Tight furler (2) skunther at 11:57am 05.06.25
Mast Raising Jig Hunter 23 (and maybe others) Timm R Oday25 at 11:38am 05.06.25 We have a very similar setup . We run the line from the blocks back to the winch on the mast . We no
owners manual (1) Ralph Johnstone at 11:18am 05.06.25 231390 I knew it was something like that but was too lazy to look for it. Thanks.

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