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boom height (Capri 18) john6206 at 7:26am 10.01.17 Smaller Boats 7/4849 Hi All - When I raise my sail all the way and the luff is taut, the gooseneck fitting falls in the
Irwin 38 Citation Mast Waandderer at 8:02pm 09.30.17 Irwin 1/1032 Hello All, I have had some bad luck. I lost my mast and some standing rigging in hurricane Harvey.
Cockpit cushions - cleaning the interior foam Reverie2016 at 7:56pm 09.30.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/822 Hunter 36-2008 - our cockpit cushions are in great shape but look terrible as the interior foam is a
Yanmar 2GM20F, Leaking Antifreeze, Heat Exchanger SirMichael at 7:32pm 09.30.17 Engines and Propulsion 10/7457 A couple weeks ago, I had the temp alarm go off on my 88 Hunter 28.5 with a 2GM20F. Found the anti
Thieves wrecked my front hatch - Mac 26S sKuijt at 6:21pm 09.30.17 Ask All Sailors 8/996 Im no good with fibreglass and my front hatch was broken into and is now trash (91 26S). Where can I
Hunter 25.5 forstay chain plate attachment? Crazy Dave Condon at 6:06pm 09.30.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/412 If anyone ever replaced or took off the forestay chainplate, I need a good description how this is a
Electrical Panel Issues MitchK at 4:49pm 09.30.17 Newport 9/2813 Continuing with the ongoing sage of our new N28-2, another issues has come to light. Fortunately, I
How best to use old style mainsheet traveller? Ginger Baker at 3:37pm 09.30.17 Ask All Sailors 12/5283 I have a 1984 O'Day 26 with the original T-track/pin stop traveller. The car has a spring loaded pi
New Catalina 25 owner, looking for sails Liz Ingalls at 3:26pm 09.30.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1217 Hello! I hope all is well. My name is Liz and I am 22. I just got my hands on a 1992 Catalina 25.
Genset operation NYSail at 2:16pm 09.30.17 Ask All Sailors 12/1205 so I finally got around this weekend to trying to start my Onan 5.5kw genset.all systems go, cranks
Hunter 33 mast height dougmroberts at 12:58pm 09.30.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/713 I would like to shorten my mast on my Hunter 33. The mast has the furling mainsail system. Has anyon
Dripless Shaft Seal leaks jonelli at 11:32am 09.30.17 Catalina 30 57/14411 This came installed from the previous owner before I purchased the boat a few years ago. I underst
Keel Winche ChuckTurner at 10:10am 09.30.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/465 Has anyone ever installed a DC electric winch to raise and lower the keel on a C25?
Preferred plumbing for engine / water heater anitfreeze loop Hayden Watson at 9:42am 09.30.17 Ask All Sailors 5/609 How is your water heater connected to the engine? As far as I know there are two main ways to plumb
VHF radio use from shore is now legal but limited Ken Cross at 8:32am 09.30.17 Ask All Sailors 3/661 I keep reading that we can't use our VHF radios from shore, but now we can. It's limited to docks an
Yanmar B-1 Engine Display Panel UPDATE (4) dsaniti at 7:59am 09.30.17 Mid-Size Boats 7/2527 141365 141366 141367 141368 Wanted to post these pictured of the panel that I made to update the Hun
Fresh Water Tank Vent Location? jviss at 6:59am 09.30.17 Tartan 29/15200 The fresh water stopped, even though the gauge read nearly full; so I thought my gauge was not worki
South Florida Sailors - Pompano area agprice22 at 5:00am 09.30.17 Ask All Sailors 0/252
O'Day 23-1 Tacking And Handling sreidvt at 8:56pm 09.29.17 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1899 I am (hopefully) close to done restoring a 1974 23-1 that should splash next summer. I bought it in
Photo contest winners revealed... we were shocked! (4) Phil Herring at 8:41pm 09.29.17 Ask All Sailors 6/2028 Okay, okay, the only thing shocking about these photos is how good they are! And how hard it was to

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Set your watch back 20 years (1) dlochner at 12:43pm 07.28.24 The first cruise I took on my brand spanking new Tanzer 22 was across Lake Ontario, about 50nm. We w
Yanmar 3gm30f - heavy vibration/shaking in neutral kloudie1 at 12:33pm 07.28.24 Try engaging one decompression lever at a time.. only one then back on then the next one etc. you ma
Set your watch back 20 years ShawnL at 12:14pm 07.28.24 We have a depth sounder (there are some shallow reefs where we day sail and I draft 6'). That's abo
Set your watch back 20 years (1) jssailem at 12:03pm 07.28.24 SAILING can be enjoyed as a sensory experience. The challenge for many sailors is that they have n
Outboard motor parts. Project_Mayhem at 11:41am 07.28.24 Are you looking for new or used? I know this part is a bit pricey. Honestly, You'd be better served
Set your watch back 20 years kappykaplan at 11:19am 07.28.24 While I may have some of the new tech on my boat (chartplotters, AIS), I still practice and enjoy th
Yanmar 3gm30f - heavy vibration/shaking in neutral Ralph Johnstone at 11:11am 07.28.24 Going to hop in with goggles to take a look Just make sure you're not wearing a tie. Usually the
Yanmar 3gm30f - heavy vibration/shaking in neutral dmax at 11:11am 07.28.24 Could be the damper plate in the transmission, try to determine if it is coming from the bellhousing
Anchor deployment wyctoronto at 10:58am 07.28.24 Thanks Stu but the problem is with deploying the anchor. It goes out but the shank will catch the fu
Set your watch back 20 years Ralph Johnstone at 10:49am 07.28.24 But I'll keep GPS as an improvement for trips, But when they started linking the GPS to the autop
Sun Gypsy ( wondering 2024) kappykaplan at 10:42am 07.28.24
Set your watch back 20 years thinwater at 10:36am 07.28.24 Now that you mention it, that pretty well describes most of the people I see in our marina who are
Set your watch back 20 years Ralph Johnstone at 10:32am 07.28.24 He will, of course, tell his insurance company that it was an autopilot failure. I don't know if
Set your watch back 20 years thinwater at 10:30am 07.28.24
Interior light conversion to LEDs - Any issues SailingCal21 at 10:16am 07.28.24 If you can, I suggest that you also look into changing the fixtures as well. The LED replacement bu
Sun Gypsy ( wondering 2024) Stu Jackson at 10:09am 07.28.24 Welcome home! :):):)
Set your watch back 20 years Stu Jackson at 10:06am 07.28.24 I wonder if that was his problem. Couldn't be, naw...I'm sure the Second Narrows Bridge piling jus
Interior light conversion to LEDs - Any issues Stu Jackson at 10:03am 07.28.24 www.marinebeam.com should tell you all you need to know, a great resource.
Set your watch back 20 years Ralph Johnstone at 10:03am 07.28.24 "I am a sailor, not a gadget geek," I replied. Now that you mention it, that pretty well describe
Bolt-rope main won't go to top of the mast ShawnL at 10:00am 07.28.24 The main halyard goes all the way to the top, and the vang and main sheet are loose. I'll see if I

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