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New Catalina 22 Mainsail epsails at 10:33am 07.24.18 Catalina 22 5/648 no message
Rocna on CQR anchor roller Hayden Watson at 10:05am 07.24.18 Ask All Sailors 4/1566 I currently have a 35 pound Genuine CQR anchor mounted on a bow roller made for it with the captive
Mack Pack or Other Brand? shavdog at 9:59am 07.24.18 Big Boats 10/4115 We have a 1994 35.5 hunter legend with new sails and it has created a problem for us to the point w
Clean and waxed time (1) All U Get at 9:55am 07.24.18 Ask All Sailors 10/699
creating lift X 3 jon hansen at 8:36am 07.24.18 Sails Call Lounge 2/377 _iJpzsbsD2M
Reduce Drip From Drive Shaft Seal (1) FlimFlamII at 7:09am 07.24.18 Ask All Sailors 7/753 Until I can pull the boat, any ideas how to reduce the amount of water leaking from the seal? This s
Pocket cruiser recommendations for family of 3 (1) Joe the Sailor at 6:29am 07.24.18 Trailer Sailors 100/17590 Hi all. I've found this forum really helpful when researching boats, so I decided to register and ma
Hunter 426 Electrical - and Alternator hatchmick at 4:25am 07.24.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/817 Does anyone have a electrical diagram/schematic of a 2004 Hunter 426 sailboat showing the alternator
Roller Furling Line Excess on O'day 25 supercub at 2:59am 07.24.18 Bigger Boats 10/2145 My 25 has a 9.9 on a transom bracket. My furling line is long enough to get sucked into the prop whe
Fickle Columbia-- finally pclarksurf at 12:00am 07.24.18 Catalina 22 11/865 9SQpzGbYj80 Jealous of everyone getting their early starts this year-- finally got a schedule windo
Tapered vs. Non-tapered Battens (1) Sailavie1 at 8:54pm 07.23.18 Smaller Boats 3/2190 Wondering if there are any performance benefits with tapered vs. non-tapered battens on a full batte
Proper Through Hull for Sink and Cockpit Drain rustyw007 at 8:22pm 07.23.18 Catalina 22 1/1020 I have an 80s era Catalina 22, and I'm not at all impressed with the thru hull fitting for the sink
Boat electricians in central Florida? Gene Neill at 8:15pm 07.23.18 Ask All Sailors 3/425 Need to do a complete rewire on the Albin Vega. I'm considering doing it myself, but I'd like to buy
Seaward Products Mark Maulden at 7:56pm 07.23.18 Ask All Sailors 2/503 I need some info and/ or parts for my princess stove. Seems Seaward is no longer around? Someone e
Beneteau 361 refrigeration problems361, John Dibb at 6:46pm 07.23.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 21/6458 After several weeks of the refrigerator system tripping the breaker occasionally we arrived on the b
Benetea Oceanis 400 - problem furling Main Sail Go For It at 6:02pm 07.23.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 15/3103 I have always have difficulty getting my main sail furled all the way into my mast. It unfurls fine
Size of the slug on my out haul main. Tommy 12 at 5:33pm 07.23.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/820 I'm purchasing new sails for my 1979 hunter 27. I have all my measurements for the sails, slider, et
Why confuse the issue... rgranger at 2:37pm 07.23.18 Ask All Sailors 19/1132 ... with so many pesky details? This has to be the worst Craigslist ad I've seen in years. https:/
If it walks like a duck rgranger at 1:55pm 07.23.18 Ask All Sailors 16/1016 Just saw this video of the CG raising of the duck boat that went down in Missouri. Sad and unnecess
Unfreeze Simpson-Lawrence power windlass installed on Hunter 38 carriemeaway at 1:54pm 07.23.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1172 Hello All Sailors, Looking for advice how to free electric Simpson Lawrence (SL) windlass to operate

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Universal 5411 stalled won't restart jibes138 at 7:13pm 07.04.24 Try NAPA for a cross reference fuel filter. Take the hose off the electric pump and pump some fuel i
Sun Gypsy ( wondering 2024) Michael Davis at 7:12pm 07.04.24 Princess Cove a nice place to hang out. Dislike stern ties, especially in a southerly. I prefer to
Sun Gypsy ( wondering 2024) Michael Davis at 7:09pm 07.04.24
Sun Gypsy ( wondering 2024) (2) Michael Davis at 7:03pm 07.04.24 The Gemlin in our electrical system seemed to disappear. I hate problems that fix themselves because
Sun Gypsy ( wondering 2024) (2) Michael Davis at 6:52pm 07.04.24 225796 Very busy Princess Cove. The green light on our Link 2000 was showing my batteries were on fl
Bilge Keel on a hunter 22 (1) PaulK at 6:43pm 07.04.24 You all guessed wrong. The twin keel Hunter is a British built boat built by a different company
Universal 5411 stalled won't restart Michael Davis at 6:40pm 07.04.24 After checking all the filters in the fuel system crack the fittings at the injectors , then pump fu
No more vroom vroom? Crazy Dave Condon at 6:36pm 07.04.24 Thank you for sharing
No more vroom vroom? Project_Mayhem at 5:59pm 07.04.24 What model and manufacturer OMC Saildrive. Essentially a 25hp power head tuned down to a high torq
O'Day 28 Steering Davidasailor26 at 5:35pm 07.04.24
Universal 5411 stalled won't restart jssailem at 4:59pm 07.04.24 The motor lost power on a short run out of port, stalled, and would not restart. That sure sounds
Line diameter jssailem at 4:50pm 07.04.24 It is not about the line you have on the boat, It is about the size of your sheaves on the mast to h
Genoa / Jib are both sitting on the lifelines/bow rail when deployed. Don Guillette at 4:18pm 07.04.24 My wife was looking over my shoulder when i wrote the above response and she asked me "why doesn't h
O'Day 28 Steering Mockingbird01 at 4:14pm 07.04.24 I thought about Coosa but would plywood (properly prepped as Dave suggested above) be better because
Universal 5411 stalled won't restart Davidasailor26 at 4:10pm 07.04.24
O'Day 28 Steering Davidasailor26 at 4:03pm 07.04.24
O'Day 28 Steering (3) Mockingbird01 at 3:59pm 07.04.24 Attached are pics of the idler plate and the rotted plywood
O'Day 28 Steering FastOlson at 3:49pm 07.04.24 Happy Fourth! Thanks to Dave for (again) passing along some good advice. :cool: Before starting, I
O'Day 28 Steering dlochner at 2:48pm 07.04.24 Dang POs! The old plywood has to be removed and ground down to fiberglass and sanded with 80 grit.
Hunter 23 Rudder and Francespar Mast isaksp00 at 2:46pm 07.04.24 Jib sheets could be secured by cleats if you have them in that area on the coaming.

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