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bow weight Franklin at 12:12am 05.17.18 Ask All Sailors 21/4051 With a chat with a neighbor sailor, he mentioned something about a chat he had with a boat builder a
Navy stealth boats in Dana Point (5) Skipper at 7:39pm 05.16.18 Ask All Sailors 24/4563 Navy Special Boat Operations. Today in Dana Point. Although a different sailor aboard said not Nav
Almost time to pull her out (1) flynhi4u at 7:25pm 05.16.18 Smaller Boats 4/552 Finally getting caught up enough to start getting the boat ready to launch. One of the things I like
343 mainsheet system connecticut at 4:12pm 05.16.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 15/1928 Im a proud new B343 owner. Not so proud about having trouble rigging. The owners manual is not great
And what do you hear? Brian D at 3:09pm 05.16.18 Sails Call Lounge 34/2382 JvKKd32Yw2E
Mast leak h40.5 Solved! (6) Rich Stidger at 2:18pm 05.16.18 Big Boats 10/2550 Three years ago I pulled the mast in my h40.5, and ever since then I have had a water leak down thro
Dual Battery Setup Question Northstar1014 at 1:35pm 05.16.18 Ask All Sailors 12/1972 Hi all, I have a question about using a deep cycle and a starting battery as part of the same batte
Anyone on Lake Ouachita Texas Gun-Man at 1:20pm 05.16.18 Trailer Sailors 0/531 I posted on another spot but it was suggested that I check on this forum. Anyone on Lake Ouachita i
Dinghy Brackets (1) Randall Schmidt at 12:22pm 05.16.18 Ask All Sailors 3/631 A neighbor at my marina with a 27 foot cruising sloop mounted L brackets on his port side stanchions
Midnight Sun Blaise at 12:09pm 05.16.18 The Cherubini Hunters 4/666 We just finished our 7th race from St Pete, Fl to Isla Mujeres (just off of Cancun). We finished fir
Attaching boom vane to mast on Lancer 25 Deanner60 at 11:07am 05.16.18 Lancer 2/2075 I have a 1980 lancer 25 . The boom vane wase removed and stored in the boat. I am trying to reinsta
Lake Ouachita in Arkansas Texas Gun-Man at 11:04am 05.16.18 Destinations 5/2145
Replacing furler on a Legend 37.5 wouterdebie at 10:59am 05.16.18 Big Boats 3/682 Hi all, I recently bought a 1992 Legend 37.5 that has a rolling headsail furler with a continuous l
prepping to paint the pearson p26 - advice and insights welcome :) (1) tipsyravensailing at 10:20am 05.16.18 Ask All Sailors 3/728 Hey all. been a hot minute as i've been bringing other things around at the house. but i'm back on
Best fire prevention device for sailboat w/ diesel engine, etc. Pat at 9:03am 05.16.18 Ask An Oday Owner 27/2761 my original fire ext. needs to be replaced I think....I purchased it in the spring of 1986...it says
Secondary Fuel Filter Not Needed Jeff652 at 8:56am 05.16.18 Catalina 310 10/3545 I was perusing Catalina Direct web site and I was surprised to see that the secondary fuel filter (U
B331 starboard seat back Chesapeake 331 at 8:07am 05.16.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/11 Hello all! Still working on the clean up of our Beneteau 331 and I've just now realized that the sea
Standing Rigging Specs for Beneteau 440 Rosetta Stone10263 at 8:01am 05.16.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/937 I have to order replacement standing rigging in the wake of damage from the yard. They cross thread
AIS and Chart APPS for Great Lakes Apex at 6:16am 05.16.18 Ask All Sailors 15/2350 I am about to embark on a 200mile journey, transferring No Worries from Muskegon to Elk Rapids. I
Impeller change Bob S at 6:11am 05.16.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1451

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Interior light conversion to LEDs - Any issues StanleyJ at 5:48am 07.29.24 I probably used the same ones that Greg used on Tally Ho and have had zero issues. Just make sure t
Standing rigging repair OS2Dude at 5:48am 07.29.24 If one strand has let go, there could be more ready to go that you can't see yet. I'd replace them
Holding Tank Vent Question StanleyJ at 5:43am 07.29.24 Thanks Peggie and Greg! I was back at my boat yesterday and rechecked the vent hose. I did wash my
Yanmar electrical problem. dlochner at 5:29am 07.29.24 Do I have to increase the wire size? Yes. this is known issue with some Yanmar's. The voltage dro
Interior light conversion to LEDs - Any issues Dave at 5:22am 07.29.24 Gentlemen, let's dial down the tone of the conversation. We don't need to go there. Thank you.
Interior light conversion to LEDs - Any issues jviss at 5:14am 07.29.24 Got mine a few years back from sailorsams.com. Thank you!
Windlass woes as a result of anchoring woes jssailem at 5:12am 07.29.24 Looking forward to the next episode. Cruising the Salish Sea islands.
Windlass woes as a result of anchoring woes jssailem at 5:11am 07.29.24
Interior light conversion to LEDs - Any issues jviss at 5:02am 07.29.24 1. I didn't know Marinebeam was a connection to dual-color lights; 2. I never asked you to "do my ho
Hunter 27, 1984 Bow Cap jssailem at 4:59am 07.29.24 I have a decent chip on the bow cap Post a picture of your problem, please. There are a couple of
Forestay Broke Away Timm R Oday25 at 4:52am 07.29.24 An adhesive ? No. Depending on the exact location , what I would most likely do is: Make a larger th
Forestay Broke Away Sneezewort at 4:26am 07.29.24 Yeah I agree. The rivets all popped out so the holes are clear. Is there an adhesive I can use that
Forestay Broke Away Timm R Oday25 at 4:19am 07.29.24 As unfortunate as that is. Replacement would be your only safe option , I would drill out the rivets
Hunter 27, 1984 Bow Cap kappykaplan at 2:19am 07.29.24 I have a decent chip on the bow cap on my 1984 Please post a photo of the damage.
West Marine Inventory Foswick at 12:23am 07.29.24 Specialty retail stores are hurting, in general, with not too many exceptions. Around here, West Ma
Set your watch back 20 years Foswick at 11:56pm 07.28.24 I have a love/hate relationship with technology. I've made a pretty good living developing technolo
Interior light conversion to LEDs - Any issues Stu Jackson at 8:45pm 07.28.24 Can you please point me to those? Gee , have you missed things since you've been away? I gave you
Another Legend 40.5 holding tank replacement 3.26.24 keswift1 at 8:38pm 07.28.24
Set your watch back 20 years BarryL at 8:33pm 07.28.24
Another Legend 40.5 holding tank replacement 3.26.24 Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:21pm 07.28.24 Why are you replacing the tank, Rick? --Peggie

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