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Need help with the type sanitation. Tim66 at 9:22am 08.01.18 Ask An Oday Owner 10/1126
Potable Water Tank Install Help (1) Capri at 9:15am 08.01.18 Ask An Oday Owner 0/377 Hello everyone. I hope your summer is going well. I own a 1981 O'day 22 and the existing water tank
1984 H22 Inside Seam Leak? (1) MiamiH22 at 6:44am 08.01.18 Smaller Boats 0/394 I've noticed after it rains I get water dripping from the inside of the seem indicated in the photo.
1994 Hunter 19 Topping Huntwr mrcampbell at 6:06am 08.01.18 Smaller Boats 1/537 How would you recommend attaching the topping lift to the boom of a Hunter 19. Thanks. If you ha
Rebedding stanchions on a Capri 26 marcberoz at 5:04am 08.01.18 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/430 I have a leak at a stanchion base. It is the stanchion that also houses the water tank vent. Apparen
Lubricant for wind masthead unit Hayden Watson at 2:21am 08.01.18 Ask All Sailors 5/391 My masthead wind instrument is starting to need more wind to get it going. Is there a recommended l
Kenyon Gas Stove GBGraham at 1:24am 08.01.18 Smaller Boats 1/336 I was wondering if anyone has had problems with their Kenyon stove. This is the first time I have us
Need help, 87 H23 with Francespar mast (4) BradH23 at 6:20pm 07.31.18 Smaller Boats 69/8222 So I recently bought an 87 H23. I've owned 3 other sailboats and I have never encountered the follow
Catalina 310 Water Heater DaveJ at 6:13pm 07.31.18 Catalina 310 14/3806 Well, we're leaving in a couple of days for a 2 week cruise, and, now my pressure pump cycles and th
Edson steering components (4) kbgunn at 5:34pm 07.31.18 Catalina 30 8/3841 I had a failure of steering recently while motoring back to the slip. 1986 Catalina 30 TR. Edson wh
Pickwick Lake Mast Up Storage IronZebra at 4:23pm 07.31.18 Destinations 0/491 Hello, We have a place near Pickwick Lake in Counce, TN . Was thinking of getting a small trailer
Looking to replace cockpit instrument panel on 1979 Newport 30 mkll (2) coreth at 3:09pm 07.31.18 Ask All Sailors 6/946 Greetings Sailors, I am looking to replace the broken instrument/engine panel in the cockpit of my
Hunter 26 2wd or 4wd jbreland at 2:34pm 07.31.18 Smaller Boats 10/697 Hey guys what are you using to launch and retrieve your hunter 26 or 260's ? 2 wheel drive or 4 whe
Axiom 7 Screen Mystery (1) CrazyOldMan at 1:46pm 07.31.18 Ask All Sailors 4/418 Forgive the noob question, but I have just purchased an Axiom 7 MFD and I am trying to set up the sc
Best LIS Ports Monterey385 at 1:38pm 07.31.18 Ask All Sailors 7/523 Will be travelling back from Block Island to Atlantic Highlands NJ from Sunday 8/12 to Friday 8/17.
Climb my Mast in Annapolis? 4arch at 12:30pm 07.31.18 Ask All Sailors 3/420 I'm looking for someone in the Annapolis area who can help me complete a mast coax replacement and a
Magic Erasers for cleaning dull gel coat Coppertone at 9:46am 07.31.18 Catalina 22 3/4193 I don't recall seeing anyone refer to these, but I am finding that plain heavy duty magic erasers ar
"All Is Lost". Should I give it another chance? Justin_NSA at 9:38am 07.31.18 Sails Call Lounge 43/3569 I started watching the movie last night on Amazon prime. I only got a few minutes into it and said t
Sailboat surveyor Miami BobHorn at 9:02am 07.31.18 Ask All Sailors 0/276 Looking for a sailboat surveyor in the Miami area. Thanks, Bob
Dimension of fiberglass v berth hatch jerryf609 at 8:33am 07.31.18 Catalina 30 0/520 Hi sailors. I'm a 2 hour drive from my boat. Can someone pleas give me the dimensions of the forwar

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The most explosive week in boating! rgranger at 6:44am 07.07.24
Silent Air Conditioning jviss at 6:21am 07.07.24 Inverters are not efficient at converting DC to AC I beg to differ. One can achieve upwards of 95
Alternator not charging. Is it safe to use the engine for daysailing jviss at 6:07am 07.07.24 Well, it could be that the Voltmeter is faulty. I would certainly investigate, though, as you're on
Silent Air Conditioning thinwater at 6:00am 07.07.24 Inverters are not efficient at converting DC to AC, so you are wise to contemplate an additional ho
Beginning a restoration on a 1987 Hunter 23 isaksp00 at 5:55am 07.07.24 Looks decent. Look carefully at the bulkheads that the sidestay chainplates attach to. Particularly
Interior stain color for 1994 Hunter 40.5 smokey73 at 5:43am 07.07.24 Thanks @Rich Stidger and @JamesG161 I used the Dalys Profin for the Cabin Sole and it came out gr
Silent Air Conditioning kappykaplan at 5:41am 07.07.24 Currently 400 Amp Hours but I would likely set the A/C up on a dedicated and separate house bank I
Silent Air Conditioning Monterey385 at 5:17am 07.07.24 Does the air conditioner run on AC or DC? There are devices which dampen the start up surge that wo
Silent Air Conditioning Monterey385 at 5:16am 07.07.24 How big is your house bank? Currently 400 Amp Hours but I would likely set the A/C up on a dedicat
What are these tracks used for? (1) sailcapt340 at 5:09am 07.07.24
What are these tracks used for? thinwater at 4:49am 07.07.24 Tracks for a smaller jib that you don't have. If the sheet leads through the a block on the rail-mou
What are these tracks used for? sailme88 at 4:37am 07.07.24 Might be tracks for a self tending jib..
What are these tracks used for? (1) Will Gilmore at 4:18am 07.07.24 They appear, from the tight photo angle, to be in a very bad location for a headsail sheet. Where wo
Trident propane sensor fail CYQK at 3:32am 07.07.24 dlochner thks for the reply you do have skills will phone trident on monday
Looking at an s2 7.9 kappykaplan at 3:21am 07.07.24 Such is boat life . . . At least her parts are going somewhere useful. :beer:
Water Tank Replacement or Removal Jim Legere at 3:20am 07.07.24 Water Tank Fix
Looking at an s2 7.9 (1) SailingLoto at 3:15am 07.07.24 Well, years later now and it has been given to me. Unfortunately, she's well beyond saving. The h
What are these tracks used for? dlochner at 2:47am 07.07.24 Jib tracks for a very small headsail, such as a 90% jib or a storm jib. They would be rarely used.
What are these tracks used for? duck21 at 8:04pm 07.06.24 On my boat there is a little "car' with a block that slides along the track in order to tune the ang
What are these tracks used for? DArcy at 8:04pm 07.06.24 Those tracks could be for staysail or jib sheets. It looks like you sheet your genoa to the toe rail

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