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Gear Ratio of my Beneteau Oceanis 48 \| Built 2027 (1) RiazDan at 3:27am 03.28.24 Ask All Sailors 4/582 Hello, I would like to change my saildrive propeller due to some damages on the old one. I came acr
NMEA Drinky Crow at 8:12pm 03.27.24 Ask All Sailors 16/934 Basic, basic question. Do I have to run an individual drop cable to every single device on the netwo
Removing the dodger Jfrost59 at 7:28pm 03.27.24 Pearson 2/652 How should I remove the dodger from my P31-2?
Hunter 380 Refrigeration tb_gb at 4:51pm 03.27.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/530 Can I please have a suggestion as to the best refrigeration to add to my 1999 Hunter 380? I would l
Replacing Injector Return Hoses (3) dkinzer at 1:50pm 03.27.24 Ask All Sailors 5/453 When we bought our 2007 Hunter 41AC (with a Yanmar 4JH4E) about 2-1/2 years ago, the surveyor's repo
Fixing keel to stub Connection - Smile jerryf609 at 11:42am 03.27.24 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/769 Hi Folks. I have a 1985 Catalina 30 Tall Rig used in fresh water only.My (adult) nephew is consideri
1978 Com-Pac 16: soft between the bunks? Ranzo at 11:41am 03.27.24 Com-Pac 4/1327 Hello, friends! I have been wanting a Com-Pac 16 for a long time and had one finally come up recentl
Stem Fitting (4) Deleted member 117556 at 10:44am 03.27.24 Catalina 310 6/1079 Has anyone had to replace their stem fitting on their 310? I became aware that this is a potential
How do you get your Batteries into the boat. (1) jssailem at 10:07am 03.27.24 Ask All Sailors 15/980 The other day, my friend with the slip next to me came wandering down the dock with 2 new batteries
TELL ME ABOUT SURVEYORS jssailem at 9:29am 03.27.24 Ask All Sailors 4/592 Frequently, multiple times a year, there are questions about surveyors and boat surveys. New promi
Switched back to hank on sails morbidfollower at 7:52am 03.27.24 Catalina 22 1/793 Ive been running a 130 on a cdi Furler since I got my boat. Aside from the 130 being a little oversi
Another Legend 40.5 holding tank replacement 3.26.24 (1) SV Maverick at 12:06pm 03.26.24 Big Boats 28/3851 I have been putting this project off for three years now. The only original problem was the failure
Companion way H26 Marc the army sailor at 11:28am 03.26.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/438 Has anyone successfully replaced the washboards with barn doors? Pictures?
Best place for a fire port? danb2k at 8:45am 03.26.24 Big Boats 4/644 Hi All, I want to install a fire port on the wooden engine cover in my 2003 Catalina 36. I'm lookin
Fridge: 12V or DC xavpil at 7:43am 03.26.24 Ask All Sailors 26/1971 Hi all. My new fridge can be powered with AC or DC I am off the grid I need to save any power I ca
Baltimore's key bridge down , hit by ship in early morning . . . MitchM at 5:59am 03.26.24 Ask All Sailors 30/2161 1:30 am. early am Baltimore MD news: huge Sri Lankan flagged cargo vessel, rented by
Balmar sg200 problem mobilesport at 6:14pm 03.25.24 Ask All Sailors 13/1149 Note , I couldn't find a electronics section to post this in. Anyways I bought a Balmer sg200 state
Tiller pilot ? Raymarine BTC1984 at 5:50pm 03.25.24 Mid-Size Boats 14/2088
What did I do wrong? - Navigating around another vessel (1) colb218 at 4:29pm 03.25.24 Ask All Sailors 23/1864 My marina has a fairly lengthy entrance/exit that requires going first between an island and the sho
Welding Flaw? (2) LakeShark at 3:57pm 03.25.24 Ask All Sailors 13/913 What would cause this white ring around the welds on a motor mount? It's all stainless and arrived

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Non binary boaters Muttondressedaslamb at 7:17am 05.03.25 No beating around the bush there ....................... Oops, that didn't quite come out right,
Non binary boaters Leeward Rail at 7:15am 05.03.25 On a serious note... Our marina has had inboard outboard signs on its washrooms since it was built.
PNW Pirates Bash 2025 - Poulsbo, WA Terry Cox at 7:13am 05.03.25 Iffy this far out, but a definite maybe. Been to Poulsbo a number of times. Nice place with a bakery
One-way or check valves in bilge pump line Project_Mayhem at 7:12am 05.03.25 Not sure if this has been mentioned but what about a loop and a check valve? Check valves would achi
Non binary boaters Leeward Rail at 7:05am 05.03.25 Would the equivalent would be a saildrive? Considering their reputation for failure, being the equ
Traveler car/track as tether? Project_Mayhem at 7:03am 05.03.25 This is no longer an issue unless one is using archaic tethers or worse, a piece of rope. Modern te
boat weather... finally Project_Mayhem at 6:48am 05.03.25 The gazebo is for working and storing the boat right?
Non binary boaters Project_Mayhem at 6:46am 05.03.25 A very short shaft indeed. Would the equivalent would be a saildrive?
C&C 32 Project_Mayhem at 6:40am 05.03.25 re-bedded EVERYTHING This is huge. I did this to a 25' boat. Took me all winter working 20-30 hour
Replacing hot water heater Rick Webb at 6:15am 05.03.25 Clamps like these lessen a lot of the mess of a job like that Amazon.com: Hose Pinch Off Pliers - D
Folding prop sizing for y3ym30ae sd25 on Oceanis 35.1 Davidasailor26 at 6:03am 05.03.25 Reach out to Flex-o-fold with your engine and transmission specs. The transmission gear ratio should
Replacing hot water heater Scott T-Bird at 5:34am 05.03.25 If you haven't changed your coolant in a few years, you may as well drain and replace all the coolan
Fitting PYI Flexible Coupling (1) Tally Ho at 5:23am 05.03.25 I replaced my original stuffing box with a Volvo dripless seal. I did it because I wanted a dry bil
Non binary boaters Joe at 5:04am 05.03.25 Hybrid?
Ridder bearing bolt tightness kloudie1 at 4:08am 05.03.25 Looks like a packing gland. I am not familiar with that boat but It looks like the top part pushes i
Fitting PYI Flexible Coupling dlochner at 4:04am 05.03.25 The split coupling from PYI is heavy duty and a bit longer than split couplers from Buck-Algonquin a
Starter switch sporadically engages starter dlochner at 3:39am 05.03.25 Just replace all the wire to the solenoid. If one is bad, there is a high probability the one is bad
Replacing hot water heater lacoursmarc at 3:38am 05.03.25 This sounds like a great idea. I was wondering about using gravity to my advantage. Thanks!
boat weather... finally morbidfollower at 9:40pm 05.02.25 Ya man. I've been thinking of what sort of adventures to plan for this year. Definitely gonna get ou
Catalina 22 Carpet morbidfollower at 9:38pm 05.02.25 I bought some of this off of amazon a couple years back. Worked great. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0

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