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30T/30-2 floor liner drilling..? (2) soopad00pa at 10:19am 08.11.24 Mid-Size Boats 3/876 I'd like to run some transducer wire thru the liner/bilge. I'd need to drill a couple of holes tho (
Boom Kicker on Capri 18 john6206 at 9:03am 08.11.24 Smaller Boats 4/1218 I'm sitting in the boat trying to decipher the installation instructions for the boom kicker, and I
Scheiber display fault Freddie mu at 7:28am 08.11.24 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/943 I have an Oceania 45 2018 model the control panel works however on the display if you press the sele
Rudder bracket RolfSail at 8:34pm 08.10.24 Smaller Boats 5/892 Are we able to buy a new rudder bracket for a 260. The welds on mine broke. I do have a welder who w
98L Invest --> Tropical Storm Ernesto (1) jssailem at 5:39pm 08.10.24 Weather and Forecasting 13/2012 98L Invest is still mid Atlantic about 1200nm East of St Lucia. Not well organized. Winds flowing So
Side Curtains sailmandan at 3:37pm 08.10.24 Yamaha 0/483 Was wondering if anybody wanted the original side curtains off my Yami 33. They cover the quarter b
Anchor windlass rode bunching, 376 superiorsailor at 11:09am 08.10.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1332
PROP BLADE PREP (1) twodzusfittings at 8:20am 08.10.24 Ask All Sailors 19/2008 I have recently acquired a used three bladed prop that will fit my boat. It will be a while until th
Resolution of "strange alarms" and short problem on engine David in Sandusky at 6:43pm 08.09.24 Mid-Size Boats 0/396 The rest of the story: I thought we knew enough about our problem to spend a couple of nights cruisi
Anchor light beneteau oceanis 37 macdoug at 4:34pm 08.09.24 Ask A Beneteau Owner 10/1899 The anchor light on my 2012 oceanis 37 has failed. Ideally I would like to change the whole light fi
Considering Sheboygan or Manitowoc WI seasonal slips Bob Kessler at 12:25pm 08.09.24 Ask All Sailors 1/584 Looking for opinions on the sailing around Sheboygan and Manitowoc, Wisconsin. I have a Siren 17 I k
Considering Sheboygan or Manitowoc WI Bob Kessler at 12:22pm 08.09.24 Smaller Boats 0/25 Looking for opinions on the sailing around Sheboyan and Manitowoc, Wisconsin . I have a Siren 17 I
New to me 216 - Cabin Seal - Deck Rot / Repair Adam.Butler636 at 12:03pm 08.09.24 Smaller Boats 11/1277 Hello all! Just picked up a 04, 216 and am excited to sail. Unfortunately, the previous owner lie
Reading the SI's PaulK at 9:23am 08.09.24 Racing 3/1538 Race Committees are required to follow the Sailing Instructions issued for the races they run, so it
Small brass screw (2) TackandJibe at 8:55am 08.09.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/1589 Had a small 1/2" brass, flat head screw fall onto the deck yesterday during a sail. Can't find locat
Concerned about keel bolt of Siren 17 shaant01 at 10:32pm 08.08.24 Trailer Sailors 3/1636 Hello, I am a rather new sailor so I forgive me if I am not familiar with some of the terminology.
Backstay Split Rigging? (1) lrogers57 at 4:02pm 08.08.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/1800 Hello everyone and i thank you upfront for your patience. I am a 1st and new owner to a hunter 23 an
Dipstick danm1 at 1:56pm 08.08.24 Big Boats 3/935 Okay, first world problem for Hunter 356 owners. The cabin steps tilt forward for decent engine acce
Get my engine running. monocerosin at 1:55pm 08.08.24 The Cherubini Hunters 20/2446 Yanmar 2qm20 attempt See video^^^^ it's short. ok gang! We are working hard on our Unicorn Hunter
Plumbing adaptor Whale to Scandvik Scott T-Bird at 11:51am 08.08.24 Ask All Sailors 6/1233 I'm having a difficult time with this one ... I bought a Scandvik cockpit shower to replace the orig

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Cracked gel coat below the waterline marcham at 8:02pm 11.11.25 In my experience, when there is displacement of the gel coat (ie, you can feel the crack when draggi
FYI for anyone with mast support struts and cold winters marcham at 7:44pm 11.11.25 Same goes for the mast! There is a drain hole at the bottom, overtime crud builds up and can cause t
Decorating a boat for Christmas Project_Mayhem at 7:21pm 11.11.25 Search craigslist for some used ones to stretch your budget a bit further. I would also consider som
Anyone know what this is? De-lamination and unusual "red" material (under cabin) inside "bilge" area dlochner at 6:12pm 11.11.25 didn't realize there was "tabbing"..I get it now, makes sense. Also got some good books that tell m
Anyone know what this is? De-lamination and unusual "red" material (under cabin) inside "bilge" area shemandr at 5:59pm 11.11.25 Bulkheads stiffen the structure of the hull. Forgive me if I am repeating what you already know. B
Anyone know what this is? De-lamination and unusual "red" material (under cabin) inside "bilge" area Carl Wonderful at 4:57pm 11.11.25 What you are thinking is delamination is the tabbing separating and cracking. This is not as seriou
Decorating a boat for Christmas marcham at 4:48pm 11.11.25 We do this at our docks .... Like others have said, use a halyard. I zip tie the lights to a rope,
Alternative to Split Rings jssailem at 3:59pm 11.11.25 At one time, I used snap shackles. That was until I saw a guy on the foredeck take one to the side o
RudderCraft.com kick up rudder - anyone have one I can ask Qs about and maybe get pics? Paceship.org at 1:44pm 11.11.25 Mine were 1/2" and they failed spectacularly. Did you report to RC? It would be a bummer if they
RudderCraft.com kick up rudder - anyone have one I can ask Qs about and maybe get pics? Gene Neill at 1:41pm 11.11.25 I won't speak for RC on the 3/8 pintle issue (the explanation they gave me seemed reasonable) and s
How to rebed the bow pulpit on a 1987 Project_Mayhem at 1:40pm 11.11.25 Embedded plates are known to seize due to corrosion. I guess that's why Catalina switched to lag bol
RudderCraft.com kick up rudder - anyone have one I can ask Qs about and maybe get pics? (1) Paceship.org at 1:39pm 11.11.25 AaronD said: to me it looks like your design provides more secure cheek-plate attachment - a good th
Alternative to Split Rings capta at 1:01pm 11.11.25
Ruddercraft Lower Pintle Failure Paceship.org at 12:03pm 11.11.25 maybe helpful - my other (not Cat 22 specific) thread on this has gotten some additional info on the
RudderCraft.com kick up rudder - anyone have one I can ask Qs about and maybe get pics? (1) Paceship.org at 12:01pm 11.11.25 to me it looks like your design provides more secure cheek-plate attachment - a good thing, but the
How to rebed the bow pulpit on a 1987 Gene Neill at 11:53am 11.11.25 Yes, they have to be original. There's no way they could have been put there after the hull and deck
RudderCraft.com kick up rudder - anyone have one I can ask Qs about and maybe get pics? AaronD at 11:49am 11.11.25 @Paceship.org : I might be misunderstanding...but to me it looks like your design provides more secu
1984 Spindrift 15 foor (2) PConti2025 at 11:21am 11.11.25 Oh I just dropped the boat off at boat your for storage and maintenance. Here are two pictures that
Raise the mast single handed How? PConti2025 at 11:20am 11.11.25 1984 Spindrift Rascal 14.5.
Yamaha 30 - have you done a Beta engine re-power install in the vberth? Blue Horizon at 9:32am 11.11.25

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