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Fascinating interview with Beneteau's top product manager Jackdaw at 7:03am 09.19.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1071 A fascinating two-part interview with G3, Beni's top product man. In it he mentions some very intere
26S Mast lighting upgrades Russ Ward at 7:01am 09.19.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1063 All, I have pulled the boat out and started the bottom cleaning and plan to upgrade the lights on t
Wind Limits with an Asymmetrical Spinnaker DayDreamer41 at 6:49am 09.19.17 Ask All Sailors 28/6305 My wife and I are about to set out on a 100 mile journey with predicted winds to be S to SSW up to 1
1984 Mac 25 construction Mohawk River Man at 5:50am 09.19.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1798 I am finishing my first cruising season with my beloved Mac 25, 'Holly'. We have quite a bit of wate
Pole Dancing Kermit at 5:05am 09.19.17 Trailer Sailors 28/2493 There are very few things in my sailing life that I feel are truly share-worthy. But finally here's
How do you replace turning blocks at the mast base (1) smokey73 at 8:15pm 09.18.17 Ask All Sailors 26/7195 I need to replace at least one (and probably more) of the turning blocks at the mast base on my Hunt
Microwave Slow Dancin at 4:57pm 09.18.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1653 Need to replace microwave. Can't find how to remove microwave from 2006 Hunter 38. Does anyone know
A 2nd Joker Valve? Paul Streicher at 4:51pm 09.18.17 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 9/1331
Main sail batterns for a 68 O'day Tempest Mark Parkinson at 4:06pm 09.18.17 Ask An Oday Owner 0/709 Just bought a 68 O'day Tempest still cleaning and checking her over before I start in on the obviou
broken exhaust elbow Stephane Aloise at 3:32pm 09.18.17 Engines and Propulsion 16/2173 Hello, This week end my exhaust elbow broke will I'm using my engine.20170918_174140 by Stephane Alo
RESTORATION of '86 C22 "MOON DANCE" (3) SVMOONDANCE at 1:39pm 09.18.17 Catalina 22 58/8106 Today I removed all the stanchions and chain plates so I could begin cutting the deck. The only prob
Hunter 25.5 1984 Stem Fitting Removal/Repair (1) GBorsuk at 1:35pm 09.18.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/946 Hello all, we had some damage to our 1984 25.5 during hurricane Irma. We lost the mast after the lo
Where are the electrical connections (furling mast) Maurice Doran at 1:15pm 09.18.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/676 I was looking at the wires that run out of the base of the mast on my H33. I removed the steel cove
Is this a legit e-mail from this site??? Sumner at 10:52am 09.18.17 Ask All Sailors 8/1429 Has anyone else gotten an e-mail that appears to be from here with this heading... SailboatOwners.c
Hunter 216 keel shackle pulled out during Irma storm surge Bob16409 at 9:16am 09.18.17 Smaller Boats 6/654 Googled up a good post from PN (professional nomad) in Ontario or replacing the 216 shackle connecti
Sealing Teak Toe Rail Capri at 9:05am 09.18.17 Ask All Sailors 7/3152 Hi. I've got a 1981 O'day 22 with teak toe rails and I have several points where it screws down that
Hurricane damage to boat and Insurance Brian D at 8:25am 09.18.17 Sails Call Lounge 20/2158 Now I am asking this question out of pure ignorance. Say you have a boat that is damaged during a
Dang hot water heater Mirwin at 6:52am 09.18.17 Catalina 310 18/2246 So...here we sit at blue water bay marina. We have had the mechanics look at what we need before go
What knot to tie.... NYSail at 6:46am 09.18.17 Ask All Sailors 18/1889 so I am attaching storm pendants to mooring for possible jose' fun. Have eye splices for my boat cle
Oday 240, Do you tow a dinghy? ipfilterman at 6:41am 09.18.17 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1305 My previous boat had a rail mount for a 2 1/2 hp motor. I would keep the motor on the rail and the

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Salvaging Sunken Boat dlochner at 6:52pm 06.17.24 Nvm Searched it up but cannot remove it too? The HIN is located in 2 places, one visible and publ
Hunter 306 window replacement Tim22 at 6:42pm 06.17.24
Salvaging Sunken Boat Miles22 at 6:41pm 06.17.24
Salvaging Sunken Boat Miles22 at 6:30pm 06.17.24
New owner Hunter 240 WB owners (2) SteveHughessails at 6:24pm 06.17.24 I was able to cut all of the soft damage out and I started feathering the outside.
Salvaging Sunken Boat dlochner at 6:23pm 06.17.24
Salvaging Sunken Boat dlochner at 6:22pm 06.17.24 Ah i see yeah with the money to have it done professionally i might as well buy a new one:/ Shame i
Salvaging Sunken Boat Miles22 at 6:21pm 06.17.24 You say it was "anchored not far offshore". Aside from the possibility that it was stolen, be aware
Salvaging Sunken Boat Miles22 at 6:20pm 06.17.24 Sorry for your loss. FWC is taking a hard stand on sunken and derelict boats. @ggrizzard is right a
Reconditioning circuit breakers dlochner at 6:18pm 06.17.24 Dan, I have performed autopsies on failed circuit breakers and am pretty sure there is no reliable
New owner Hunter 240 WB owners (3) SteveHughessails at 6:15pm 06.17.24 I think I have good news; I opened up the sealed forward hatch. The impact was right underneath the
What's this? Johnb at 6:03pm 06.17.24 Nothing like it in my boat.
Reconditioning circuit breakers DanMaine at 4:58pm 06.17.24 Look'n like I'll be biting the bullet... Thanks all. Dan
Windlass Operation from the Cockpit Tally Ho at 4:38pm 06.17.24
Hunter 34 Hull and deck construction Tally Ho at 4:25pm 06.17.24
Loose footed main with Mid-boom sheeting (1) Tally Ho at 4:19pm 06.17.24
Salvaging Sunken Boat dlochner at 3:39pm 06.17.24 Sorry for your loss. FWC is taking a hard stand on sunken and derelict boats. @ggrizzard is right ab
Salvaging Sunken Boat ggrizzard at 3:33pm 06.17.24 You say it was "anchored not far offshore". Aside from the possibility that it was stolen, be aware
Reconditioning circuit breakers (3) Johnb at 3:32pm 06.17.24 Dan, I have performed autopsies on failed circuit breakers and am pretty sure there is no reliable
So It Begins: Deck Recoring Project SailingCal21 at 3:25pm 06.17.24 Looks good! How did you restore the deck nonskid? Using Softsand by sprinkling over a wet layer

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