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Air is not welcome here! Project_Mayhem at 8:40am 09.27.23 Engines and Propulsion 7/843 Lately my outboard has been acting erratic. Usually it starts up as normal and then a minute later i
keel control (3) ELMAX at 8:41pm 09.26.23 Big Boats 5/534 220307220308220309
...and we whined about prices back in '75 (1) higgs at 8:09pm 09.26.23 Ask All Sailors 8/683 18 years ago I bought a Nassau 34. It came to me with a berthful of all kinds of stuff from flashli
Window replacement kit for the 28.5 hunter T-Time at 1:35pm 09.26.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/584 Hello, I have a 1986 Hunter 28.5 and side plexiglass windows have lost their framing. I wonder if th
Yanmar KM2A un-serviceable? Also need transmission basics too. bonkle at 12:21pm 09.26.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 25/2438 This is what mechanic #1 said. I'm trying to get ahold of mechanic #2. An un-serviceable transmissio
Rudder Craft Rudder sytem Rltgold at 10:02am 09.26.23 Catalina 22 5/729 Anyone else out there have a Rudder Craft system on their 22 ?
P28 Rudder Removal JILLYM at 9:03am 09.26.23 Ask All Sailors 5/301 Anybody know, IF i blocked up my Peason 28 in order to take off ' restore rudder bearings etc, HOW H
Raymarine RL70C..... (1) NYSail at 7:15am 09.26.23 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 9/1279
1979 Javelin 14 Transom Rot quirozson at 8:34pm 09.25.23 Day Sailers 0/580 Bought a '79 Javelin 14 for under 1k. I sail it less than 14 days a year as it's trailer stored at
Old Raymarine L750 (1) RitSim at 7:21pm 09.25.23 Ask All Sailors 1/227 Someone gave me an old unit. I want to see if it powers up. The rear plug shows a thicker pin at 2
My solution for winch override. Yours? (2) stickinthemud57 at 6:40pm 09.25.23 Ask All Sailors 39/2528 After wrestling with jib sheet fouling the winch (aka override), I have found a solution that works
Rudder Craft Rudders (1) Rltgold at 12:45pm 09.25.23 Trailer Sailors 5/1231 Hi There ! I have a 1989 Catalina 22 Wing Keel with a 5 year old Rudder Craft Rudder system. The RC
Catalina 34 MK II Compression Block Repair or Replace? (3) jbmia at 8:35am 09.25.23 Big Boats 5/1163 Hey Folks, It seems this topic's come up in the past, so I'm just looking for a little confirmation
Does anyone know what this boat is (1) trumannoawakowsi at 7:50am 09.25.23 Ask All Sailors 4/567 220250 i found this boat online for saleand it said it was an Albin 19 but when I looked it up noth
The Sewing Machine Thread jviss at 7:48am 09.25.23 Ask All Sailors 85/7249 For lack of a specific subforum, I'm starting this thread for the discussion of sewing machines in t
Dufour Atoll 43 video review PavelGolts at 12:14am 09.25.23 Show Us Your Boat--Videos 0/43 Hello everyone! Gladly posting video review of my Dufour Atoll 43. Here it is
Any C275 Owners moving up from a Capri 22? nephroid at 1:50pm 09.24.23 Catalina 275 15/1330 Hello C275 owners. I'm a long time lurker finally caught in trying to decide whether my next boat s
AIS-VHF Antenna Splitter Lee Hadjiosif at 8:16am 09.24.23 Ask All Sailors 64/3979 I have a VHF and and AIS with a active splitter but I'm not happy with the setup. The splitter is al
1990 MacGregor 26s steering mechanism Don Quinn at 8:40am 09.24.23 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/245 My steering mechanism is bent and needs to be repaired. Does anyone know how to remove it?
Rabbit starts PaulK at 8:04am 09.24.23 Racing 11/1174 Our club's racing season is winding down. The Race Committee has stopped manning the RC boat, so the

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Matching chain to Maxwell VW800 Hello Below at 2:17pm 10.03.24 I assume you had a look at this Catalina 36 forum site? Chain jumps off windlass - Catalina36.org
Oday 192 outboard bracket pgandw at 2:01pm 10.03.24 There was no "stock outboard bracket" on the Mariner, the Mariner was built to have the outboard cl
What's the story on the 280? (1) Brian M H23 at 1:57pm 10.03.24 Well - it was a good morning on the dock visiting boats. The 280 is probably a dud; there's a lo
HELP! with outhaul line replacement Rick D at 1:50pm 10.03.24 1994 Hunter 40.5. I started to replace the outhaul line on my 40.5, which is looking pretty ratty.
Scam Alert dLj at 1:40pm 10.03.24 Similar crap is happening over on Cruisers and Sailors... Disgusting... dj
HELP! with outhaul line replacement stickinthemud57 at 1:37pm 10.03.24 Trained rat? Sorry for being facetious. I really did give it some thought, but it looks like major
Matching chain to Maxwell VW800 xbrennan at 1:33pm 10.03.24 I did reach out to them and they told me they do not have any replacement chainwheels for my windlas
Matching chain to Maxwell VW800 dlochner at 1:31pm 10.03.24 Have you contacted Maxwell? For reference on my Sabre362 I have a Maxwell VW 1500 which may be a m
Monoceros back on the water! shemandr at 1:00pm 10.03.24 She looks good!
How to chart a course across Lake Ontario Foswick at 12:58pm 10.03.24 I can sail from my marina in the WA state for 2 days southwest and arrive in Canada. Or, I can sail
New Cat 22 owner (1) David W at 12:48pm 10.03.24 After scouring the local classifieds for boat stands everyday, four Brownell stands came up nearby f
Random Yanmar instrument warning light and buzzer Moondawg at 12:33pm 10.03.24 Thats why I had to find a fabricator that knows much more about metals than I, plus the extreme tem
hunter 280 main sail effort rhwins at 12:22pm 10.03.24 This thread is pretty old, now; have you discovered the problem yet? It may be the pre-bend of the
Taking the mast down DArcy at 10:04am 10.03.24 John, One other thing. If the mast is going to stay outside all winter, plan to get a 2 gallon pa
Aluminum mast/boom sections coat or leave unfinished? BAD ORCA at 9:22am 10.03.24 I'm not a fan of cadmium coatings for this kind of application. But to each their own... Since you
What's the story on the 280? Ralph Johnstone at 9:09am 10.03.24 Longtime poster on here with a very* long break that accompanied a ~ 8 year period of insanity tha*
CNG Refill or Exchange? (1) NCBrew at 8:59am 10.03.24 This is my gauges..
CNG Refill or Exchange? NCBrew at 8:55am 10.03.24 Hello All, I see an old forum from 2019 regarding CNG refill but wanted to get an updated thought.
How to chart a course across Lake Ontario BrianH at 8:51am 10.03.24 Easy. :) From Canada to the US sail south. From the US to Canada sail north. :beer: Except betwe
Taking the mast down dlochner at 8:47am 10.03.24 John, One other thing. If the mast is going to stay outside all winter, plan to get a 2 gallon pa

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