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Would someone please help me with this item? (1) Cowpokee at 4:29pm 07.03.17 Ask All Sailors 6/402 I found this in a box of spare parts that came with a boat that I recently purchased. I have no ide
You may say I am crazy (1) Jerry Taylor at 3:14pm 07.03.17 Ask An Oday Owner 36/2260 138220 138220 Bought a pretty old O'Day sailboat... mostly dirty.. hoping I can post a picture I kno
Sailboat manufacturers, please visit the Roadtrek site Bryan9 at 3:03pm 07.03.17 Ask All Sailors 9/746 Troll bait, it seems. Deleted.
Anybody know where to find the hull ID on a 2005 41 AC? Boyd at 2:55pm 07.03.17 Big Boats 2/470 Boat is remote and I need a pic of the hull id. Marina staff is having trouble finding it? Suggesti
Water ballast leak nopressure at 1:16pm 07.03.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 28/2446 I Bought A 2005 hunter 260 with the water ballast system. My seasoning for this boat was the ability
Crib Board/Companionway door 351 Oceanis David21341 at 12:56pm 07.03.17 Parts Search 4/466 I discovered that the plexiglass crib board on my 1994 Beneteau 351 Oceanis is warped and no longer
Beneteau 351 Oceanis Winches for single handed sailing David21341 at 12:51pm 07.03.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/689 I found a forum from a couple of years ago where 351/352 owners described plans for mounting winches
Crib Board/Companionway door 351 Oceanis David21341 at 12:49pm 07.03.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/316 This morning my crib board (Beneteau said that they were not familiar with this term) was warped. I
I need a hatch latching block from 1990's Hunters (1) Rich Stidger at 11:55am 07.03.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/311 I muscled my hatch handle a bit too enthusiastically, and I broke the block that the handle dogs und
Forestay and roller furler question on O'Day 23 Chart Guthrie at 10:21am 07.03.17 Ask An Oday Owner 4/758 The forestay on my O'Day 23 has released at the bow and slipped up the roller furler tube about 19".
Re-building mast dLj at 9:53am 07.03.17 Ask All Sailors 42/2578 I bought a fixer-upper and am about to put in new halyards, mast wiring and all that. The mast curre
It has been too Long... (2) jssailem at 8:24am 07.03.17 Sails Call Lounge 2/436 It has been too long since I have seen that green friend posting his image. So I start another in th
I guess it was my fault!? (1) rgranger at 8:13am 07.03.17 Ask All Sailors 57/4373 I should have known not to go on the water on the Sunday before the July 4th weekend and on a day wh
Johnson lever in place of the turnbuckle on the fore stay on H25 Rock Solid Ron at 6:34am 07.03.17 Smaller Boats 2/399 Thoughts on using a Johnson lever in place of the turnbuckle on the fore stay on a 2007 H25. I have
Static Noise on Handheld RoyS at 5:43am 07.03.17 Ask All Sailors 13/1133 Technical question here: Whenever I visit an unfamiliar marina mooring field, I call the marina on t
34 v-berth improvement (1) Sefuller at 5:01am 07.03.17 Bigger Boats 4/705 This was not my idea, and perhaps it was standard on later boats but after struggling for a half hou
Anchor chain All U Get at 4:51am 07.03.17 Ask All Sailors 36/2997 Hi all, Just looking at my anchor chain that is in need of replacing. The chain has an 8 marked on
393 Cyclades cutlass bearing size Araluen at 7:24pm 07.02.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1674 Hi all In order to save time and money when the boat is hauled out, I'd like to get a new cutlass be
A PFD reminder chp at 4:28pm 07.02.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1217 A sad Canada Day sailing day today. After a very windy a rough water sailing day today, my wife and
Being towed experience chrisings at 4:22pm 07.02.17 Ask All Sailors 19/1229 So, it finally happened. I had to bite the bullet and call Sea Tow. I think I could fixed my issue (

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Advice before I buy C30 G4rs at 9:18am 06.09.23 Update:Yesterday I bought the Catalina 30 in question. Turns out she is a 1981, Hull number 2537. L
Making curtains dLj at 9:13am 06.09.23 I just finished putting up curtains in my boat. They are made so that they can be retracted from the
Selden Rodkicker seems to have a lot of play at the mounting bracket - is this normal? AndyL at 9:05am 06.09.23 Agreed, not fatal but it is annoying to hear it banging up and down in light winds. I guess I was
3D printing fun jviss at 9:04am 06.09.23 So let me understand, did you, or did you not, get a 3D printer for your son? It reminds me of whe
Flimsy deck on bow and tabernacle. Backplate Mike25 at 8:39am 06.09.23 Wow that's solid. If you have a 25 and the keel winch is just inside the companion way how do you mo
Making curtains rgranger at 8:21am 06.09.23 Now let's hope that Fish and Wildlife agent doesn't catch me stealing some from the beach..... ;) T
Newbie rgranger at 8:18am 06.09.23 and when you pull out of your slip forgetting to unplug the shore power there are more than enough
Making curtains (1) Ward H at 8:12am 06.09.23 My boat had some Recmar curtain tracks in place when I got it. I purchased what I needed from Defe
Need some help to get my 87 finished enough to get my mast up - All Hands On Deck! ...3TacksontheWater at 8:09am 06.09.23 Hi, that's odd, I have a 1987 and it doesn't look like that. here is a pic. Part of my problem is
Making curtains (2) sailcapt340 at 7:16am 06.09.23 Our 340 has curtains as well. They do provide privacy and a sense of warmth up on the cooler days.
3D printing fun dLj at 7:01am 06.09.23 Replicator As replicator of old parts no longer available, I have always felt could be a decent bu
3D printing fun LloydB at 6:52am 06.09.23 Replicator
SS Rod popping sound jviss at 6:47am 06.09.23 Like Terry, when hard on the wind the lee stays release their tension. (Like a bass string not a hi
Hunter 49/50AC wiring for lithium conversion Nate at 6:38am 06.09.23 I'm contemplating switching from the Magnum to the Multiplus 12/3000 as well and I'm currently evalu
Non Skid; Black Spots jviss at 6:02am 06.09.23 Bar Keepers Friend was needed Bar Keepers Friend is quite acidic. FSR would probably work, too, m
Hatch For Daysailer2 Fozzybond at 5:46am 06.09.23 Hi Sunbird, Thanks so much for the response! That first picture is exactly what I was thinking.
Flimsy deck on bow and tabernacle. Backplate (3) THECUSCUS at 5:17am 06.09.23 There is plywood core basically everywhere there is the non-skid surface (usually the baby blue area
1989-94 Hunter 27-2 schematics or manual Crazy Dave Condon at 5:04am 06.09.23 @dlochner the info for both hunter 27 and hunter 27-2 relate to the hunter 27-2 1989-1994. I got
Making curtains thinwater at 4:39am 06.09.23 Or he may have thrown out the curtains because the make the inside of the boat feel smaller. I think
Help Identifying model apell at 3:42am 06.09.23 The transom cut-out was original, from the factory. Forward ports (windows) also original (at least

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