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Main Salon Upgrades & repairs Advice (4) SloopDogg at 9:05am 12.04.17 Ask All Sailors 67/5005 Hello all, I have a 1985 Tartan 40 and I'm on my 3rd off season. Each year she gets a big project.
Its that time of year. Pictures of your Boat decorated for the Holidays (8) pateco at 8:24am 12.04.17 Ask All Sailors 35/2018 Well, the holidays are close. This weekend we decorated the Stargazer for the two Holiday boat parad
OH, SH... (1) Simon Sexton at 7:53am 12.04.17 Ask All Sailors 7/691 So I guess this is how sailors learn to cuss the hard way... https://wordlesstech.com/wp-content/up
Fixed my Yanmar 3gm30 with Harley Davidson parts (2) bamabaxter at 6:36am 12.04.17 Big Boats 5/1636 144230 144231 Just thought I would share. I sent injectors to be refurbed. When I got them back, i
O'Day 28 backstay RADIOFLYER at 6:10am 12.04.17 Ask An Oday Owner 4/923
Garmin Blue Chart All U Get at 4:59am 12.04.17 Ask All Sailors 0/228 Hi all, Just chatting to a fellow cruiser and he mentioned having some difficulty with the new vers
The Circle jssailem at 10:06pm 12.03.17 Sails Call Lounge 34/1627 I do not know about you but I enjoy the time on my boat getting away from the connections of the dai
Transom repair (1) kbgunn at 9:57pm 12.03.17 Catalina 30 44/3978 Hi All! I'm looking for some advice from the wisdom of the crowd. I was looking at this boat as a pr
My new 22 trailer! (1) jackhartjr at 8:03pm 12.03.17 Ask An Oday Owner 4/622 Hi folks, I just bought this trailer for my Oday 22 shoal draft. I am told that's exactly what was o
Need a surveyor for a stinkpotter SFS at 6:46pm 12.03.17 Ask All Sailors 0/310 A friend needs a surveyor for a 4o' Tolleycraft motoryacht in Quantico, VA. Can anyone here recommen
How to replace main and jib halyard Snow Fairy at 2:05pm 12.03.17 Ask An Oday Owner 11/1627 Should I buy replacement main and jib halyards with the fittings attached? How do I rethread the ha
Ed Schenck passed? tomgrigsby at 1:41pm 12.03.17 The Cherubini Hunters 12/1445 Was this our Ed? http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/cantonrep/obituary.aspx?pid=187230840
One for the experts GBGraham at 11:14am 12.03.17 Smaller Boats 16/1020 Having Google'd this thread with no easy conclution and me just a newbe looking for interesting info
Using a Drifter (1) JRT at 8:41am 12.03.17 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 36/8076 Jackdaw was helpful on identifying a sail my old O'day 25 came with as a drifter. The PO thought it
winter cover Lisa at 8:27am 12.03.17 Catalina 310 20/2375 Our boat came with a winter cover and was kinda excited about that. Put it on this morning and I can
Barnegat Bay improvements Scott T-Bird at 7:28am 12.03.17 Ask All Sailors 8/718 Yesterday, I saw a dredging operation going on right outside our marina. Our marina owner was happy
Repair needed around center board on 15FT Oday Dan15O at 5:16am 12.03.17 Ask An Oday Owner 3/511 Hi, I'm new to this forum and to sailing. I'm looking forward to learning about sailing and working
Swing keel Chad st julien at 8:17pm 12.02.17 Ask An Oday Owner 6/815 I have a question about the oday 25 swing keel, when the center board is in the up position how much
Spinnaker Tack (1) Cowpokee at 7:48pm 12.02.17 Ask All Sailors 31/6177 I got out in the mild conditions yesterday on my new to me boat and tried singlehandling the asymmet
Bilge hose outlet (1) Lance Dias at 5:23pm 12.02.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 20/4652 I bought my Hunter 356 new in 2003. Only recently did I figured out where the water in the bilge was

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Is this prop cavitation damage? thinwater at 11:39am 06.29.23 I replaced the prop and just sent it to a metallurgist for examination out of curiosity. His only c
Is this prop cavitation damage? JamesG161 at 11:36am 06.29.23 If that propeller had its Pitch adjusted, when new... That area could be caused by that heating pro
Shooting some video in the harbor dmax at 11:31am 06.29.23 Does that mean that shooting at 60fps as opposed to 30fps (iPhone 14 default) won't improve the pan
Rub Rail Adventure Brinky63 at 11:31am 06.29.23 Seal the companionway with a sheet of plastic. Make a hole in the plastic to insert a leaf blower.
Volvo MD22L-B fuel dripping from air intake (1) JamesG161 at 11:28am 06.29.23 This morning I found the tissues on #1-3 to be damp I keep this on my boat for quick fixes.
Is this prop cavitation damage? capta at 11:19am 06.29.23 I agree that this is a casting problem, not damage from use. I should imagine a good prop shop could
336 thru hulls JoeWhite at 10:51am 06.29.23 Commonly just in front of the keel. They may be hidden below floor boards that need to be removed. T
Is this prop cavitation damage? Ralph Johnstone at 10:43am 06.29.23
Which Bomar Gaskets ? Ralph Johnstone at 10:27am 06.29.23 Hi @spadaforaj , have you had any luck in locating the part number stamped on the lens ? How about
Which Bomar Gaskets ? Ralph Johnstone at 10:24am 06.29.23 They don't make the original gasket. If the gasket has changed over the years and yet they still
Its funny Friday! Kermit at 10:16am 06.29.23 Who could have known that such a simple image had so much potential for humor. Yet it short-circui
Its funny Friday! rgranger at 10:07am 06.29.23 Who could have known that such a simple image had so much potential for humor.
Which Bomar Gaskets ? Baja bash at 9:56am 06.29.23 Bomar still makes the same hatch. They don't make the original gasket.
P42 Strut replacement Puesta del sol at 9:45am 06.29.23 I had to rebed my strut on a C30 (leaking) . I found that the base of the strut on the exterior wa
Is this prop cavitation damage? Don S/V ILLusion at 9:43am 06.29.23 It's in the wrong place for cavitation but it does look serious. If it's a hollow in the casting,
P42 Strut replacement (5) RitSim at 9:42am 06.29.23 I had to rebed my strut on a C30 (leaking) . I found that the base of the strut on the exterior was
Shooting some video in the harbor TomY at 9:41am 06.29.23 You don't mention what editing software you are using, but there is probably a "crossfade audio at
Shooting some video in the harbor TomY at 9:37am 06.29.23 That's caused by the video encoder, likely H.264. It has been set with a maximum bit-rate (the numb
Tides Marine Sail Track lifetime (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:12am 06.29.23 I wonder if a UV protectant ( like Armor All ) applied a few times a year would extend the life.
Volvo MD22L-B fuel dripping from air intake Rich Stidger at 9:06am 06.29.23 Latest update: Last night I checked the return lines from the injectors based upon info I found on t

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