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Marinco locking ring broke odaydokay at 8:33am 06.18.18 Ask All Sailors 26/3762 No sailing weekend is complete without breaking something, right? This time it was the black plasti
H34 Anchor Locker Door (1) mnmpizza at 8:16am 06.18.18 Big Boats 19/3245 I've searched and don't see any write-ups on this: My anchor locker door is very spongy. I removed t
Hunter 26 Rams Head (1) jbreland at 7:47am 06.18.18 Smaller Boats 8/1101 MY hunter 26 is missing the rams head (for reefing) on the gooseneck. It is a Z spar mast and boom.
Volvo builds a self-docking yacht... nat55 at 7:16am 06.18.18 Ask All Sailors 15/1163 What could go wrong? Certainly couldn't be any worse than some of those megayacht parking fail vide
Fresh water pump issue 1951seayalater at 6:50am 06.18.18 Big Boats 18/1674 1998 hunter 42, fresh water pump came on by itself, all faucets were off, water tank full, and no wa
How Do You Know Your AIS Transceiver Is Working? jviss at 6:37am 06.18.18 Ask All Sailors 19/1573 I have a Vesper XB8000 class b transponder. The weekend before last I know it was working, as a nei
Hull cleaning AwwShucks at 6:27am 06.18.18 Catalina 310 14/1953 So I was trying to dock alongside a pier at a local marina where I am getting some work done and the
Halyard Measurements Plymouth Sailor at 5:51am 06.18.18 The Cherubini Hunters 8/909 Does anyone know what the width of a halyard is for a Cherubini Hunter 25 1976? Your wisdom appre
NC coast marine surveyor needed oakbuilder at 5:22am 06.18.18 Ask All Sailors 2/297 I am a newbie and have a boat in mind in NC. This is a pre-purchase survey and so I need a very good
Spinnaker size Catalina 350 Cmp1110 at 4:06am 06.18.18 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/632 Do any 350 owners out there have the specs for an asymmetric spinnaker? I am trying to shop a used o
Water Witch bilge sensor SettleMeDown at 9:01pm 06.17.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1443 The Rule float switch to be replaced has two gray wires. The Water Witch has three wires (red, white
Catalina 387 heater hose leak TomGo at 6:58pm 06.17.18 Big Boats 7/1784 New 387 owner. Loosing engine antifreeze into the bilge. Isolated the leak to a plastic T fitting
Nicro Powervent 3000 Troubleshooting jviss at 6:14pm 06.17.18 Ask All Sailors 8/2745 Greetings, I have two Nicro Powervent 3000 solar powered vents. They do not work. I bought replac
Weekend of learning! (1) Jackdaw at 5:46pm 06.17.18 Racing 0/450 This weekend WYC had World-class coach Andrew Kerr in for a series of classroom and OTW training ses
Dripless shaft procedure uralite at 5:15pm 06.17.18 Engines and Propulsion 7/1409
Mainsheet system and reeving (6) kbgunn at 4:35pm 06.17.18 Catalina 30 17/8697 My 1986 Catalina 30 TR/SK has mid boom sheeting and a Garhauer traveler. The main sheet setup from t
No Shore Power NovaGina at 3:39pm 06.17.18 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/702 11984 C30. I accidentally left lights and instruments on (yeah, I know) for a week. My batteries wer
Stanchion access for H39 tfailor at 3:26pm 06.17.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/469 The bolts on the forward starboard stanchioned snapped in a Nor'Easter this winter and I can't find
Extra hands (2) JerryA at 3:09pm 06.17.18 Ask All Sailors 12/935 I needed some extra hands to remove my jib track hardware so I could rebed. I fashioned this tool to
Mosquitos on board john6206 at 1:27pm 06.17.18 Smaller Boats 13/3088 Hi All, Only day sailed so far, first overnight cruise coming up. The drop board and compaionway ha

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Hunter Rub Rail at the sugar scoop (swim deck) Crusty Ol Salt at 2:25pm 08.04.24 No not for me. I am a day sailor and there is a good chance I am under loaded. This was posted on a
O'Day 28 Ritchie Compass (1) Tally Ho at 2:19pm 08.04.24
Thoughts about the Commoderizer? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 2:10pm 08.04.24 There's actually a much easier way that doesn't require installing anything but a tee in the sink dr
Hunter Rub Rail at the sugar scoop (swim deck) Ralph Johnstone at 2:09pm 08.04.24 Is this true? For you and me it's true. Any reason for your concern ? If you look on the interi
Yanmar 2gm engine died jviss at 2:06pm 08.04.24 How many hours on the engine? Have you checked the oil level yet?
O'Day 28 Ritchie Compass Ralph Johnstone at 2:04pm 08.04.24 Ritchie makes a ton of different types. Ritchie also provides dimensioned drawings of their compa
Catalina 25 - Barrier Coat and Bottom Paint Recommendations jviss at 2:04pm 08.04.24 One shouldn't get so worked up about blisters. For a boat that's spent a lot of its time on a trail
Hunter 28.5 2GM20 exhaust soot in bilge Ralph Johnstone at 2:01pm 08.04.24 I'm sorry but your post appears to be one contradiction after another. Could you please answer the
Yanmar 2gm engine died dlochner at 1:58pm 08.04.24 Same as above.. the switch turns the light on at 1-4 psi, .. They do go bad occasionally.. Addition
Taking/storing a 32 sailboat off a trailer, properly? (Im in over my head) dLj at 1:46pm 08.04.24 Bits, Sorry for your loss. I am new (today) to this forum and will take ownership of a broken down
O'day 22 kappykaplan at 1:42pm 08.04.24 Kudos to Kappy for his 5 minute response time! :thumbup::)
O'day 22 shemandr at 1:39pm 08.04.24 That one looks broken. Replace it with a metal one and with a cap. For example:: https://www.wholes
Catalina 25 - Barrier Coat and Bottom Paint Recommendations dLj at 1:36pm 08.04.24 If this be the case, how do you know when it is time to replace the barrier ? I was 23 years young
Taking/storing a 32 sailboat off a trailer, properly? (Im in over my head) Marty P. at 1:33pm 08.04.24 Bits, Sorry for your loss. I am new (today) to this forum and will take ownership of a broken down 1
Yanmar 2gm engine died smokey73 at 1:27pm 08.04.24 It is the "throttled back to idle" and it died that has me a little concerned along with the other a
Bolt-rope main won't go to top of the mast LakeShark at 1:24pm 08.04.24 I always recommend waters sails. Joe waters is the best sailmaker for a Catalina 22 by far. Great sa
Pressure in the outboard tank causing issues? JoeWhite at 1:23pm 08.04.24 Shawn, to be sure, pull the spark plugs, clean them and install them. They may have collected carbon
Yanmar 2gm engine died (1) Tally Ho at 1:18pm 08.04.24
Hard to raise mainsail Tally Ho at 1:10pm 08.04.24 I assume you used two people at the winch; one to operate the drill and the other to tail? Yup, th
Yanmar 2gm engine died jviss at 1:06pm 08.04.24 Took my Hunter 285 out for the first time last night. Ran fine for several miles. I pushed the thr

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