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Newbie Genoa Question (1) Capri at 8:39am 07.17.17 Ask An Oday Owner 1/420 138812 Hello, All. This may be specific to O'day owners, but not sure. I have 2 questions. Bought my
Connecting mast with CDI fuller to front of boat Patbrogan at 8:22am 07.17.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1093 Our 26M has been with mast down for months and when we went to step it, the built in forestay won't
Cleaning Seat Cushions dhjawor7 at 8:15am 07.17.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/355 I'm not sure how old or how clean the covers are on all of the seat/birthing cushions in my boat (I
Hunter 28.5 Rigging Specifications (1) fhp3 at 6:21am 07.17.17 Mid-Size Boats 2/2517 I dug this up on the internet and compared it to my original rigging. It comes very close. The line
Passage 42 Aft Transom Lockers 1mcarlson at 5:53am 07.17.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1566 Any Hunter 42 Passage owners experience water in the aft transom lockers? I had to motor over to a
Hunter 23.5 D/C switch panel needed Mike in Cape Cod at 9:00pm 07.16.17 Smaller Boats 2/395 Anyone know if the original D/C switch panel is available for sale anywhere ? I have 12 volt powe
A.C. Freezing up..Why? Pat at 7:26pm 07.16.17 Ask An Oday Owner 18/1729 The 12,000 btu Mermaid AC in our O'Day 272 freezes up and ceases to cool the boat....did it twice th
What is this thing on my Mac 26c? (1) Leatherneck at 6:15pm 07.16.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 16/2472 Can someone tell me what this thing is? Thanks
Early Hunter 25 mainsheet help pk66 at 6:05pm 07.16.17 The Cherubini Hunters 20/2725 Hi, I finally raised the mast on my 1974 Hunter 25. After attaching the boom to the goose neck I am
need a Great Lakes chart cartridge DStegs49 at 5:48pm 07.16.17 Ask All Sailors 0/251 Does anyone have or know where I can get a "western great lakes" cartridge that will fit my NorthSta
PH II rebuild Mark Maulden at 5:04pm 07.16.17 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 4/570 I rebuilt the whole pump assy and new joker valve. When I pump in the dry mode, water does not leav
Cold drinking water on-board (2) RussC at 4:23pm 07.16.17 Ask All Sailors 8/816 I usually post in the Mac section, but I think a lot of folks use the same blue jugs for drinking wa
Widgeon Rigging Question (4) John From Maine at 4:09pm 07.16.17 Day Sailers 11/7959 138790 138791 1972-73 Widgeon that I bought last year. First relates to the boom out-haul for the m
chi mac is on jon hansen at 2:59pm 07.16.17 Racing 20/2051 20 to 30 k wind on the nose right now, oh boy. al ' bob declerq in the lead for the mac cup again,
Pointing higher? LakeShark at 2:51pm 07.16.17 Racing 30/6683 So this weekend my children and I participated in our first ever race. I have a set of twins that a
parts for Marlow 23 winches Dan Donaldson at 11:46am 07.16.17 Catalina 30 15/1388 Is there any place out there that I can order parts to repair my Marlow 23 self tailing winch?
Replacing Companion Way Main Hatch (H31) (1) SeanP at 11:26am 07.16.17 Mid-Size Boats 11/3113 Apologies if this has been covered before. I did try the advanced search but did not manage to find
Can I hoist H23 by cleat bolted to top of Keel? leftcoastpj at 10:24am 07.16.17 Smaller Boats 19/1118 There is a cleat bolted to one of the keel bolts under the floor of my wing keel 86 Hunter 23. It is
Right size for a Asym Spinnaker for a 97 Oceanis 351? jpeac2 at 8:37am 07.16.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 21/3256 All - Owned the boat 10 years an finally getting very motivated to pickup a spinnaker of sorts.
Starter problems Yanmar 3GM30 Ilanortho at 5:41am 07.16.17 Ask All Sailors 15/3556 Hi; Am experiencing frequent intermittent starting problems when the engine is warmed up. Usually o

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Internet and telephone while off-shore in Canadian Pacific Northwest dLj at 6:04pm 02.23.24 The "cheap" antenna is used OUTSIDE 24/7, rain, shine or snow, on RVs, home and some boats, worldw
Yet another Yanmar overheating issue ggrizzard at 4:02pm 02.23.24 If you hire a mechanic to trouble shoot your engine he will ask these questions after you tell him
Resurfacing cockpit ranger rgranger at 3:58pm 02.23.24 @rgranger diid you do that on yours? Do you need to prepare before laying it? Is it custom cut or d
Internet and telephone while off-shore in Canadian Pacific Northwest Leeward Rail at 3:48pm 02.23.24
Yet another Yanmar overheating issue Scott T-Bird at 3:07pm 02.23.24 Hmmmm ...my instrument reads about 10F below the actual temp. Perhaps the issue is with the freshwa
Yet another Yanmar overheating issue geoffschultz at 2:58pm 02.23.24 This may be a dumb question, but if everything is functioning properly, are you sure that you are a
Yet another Yanmar overheating issue geoffschultz at 2:56pm 02.23.24 Im assuming you replaced the raw water hose and valve fro the thru-hull to the strainer? Check the
Keel Ringydingydo at 2:07pm 02.23.24 If you are paying the yard to do the work, I'd love to know what they estimate the cost to be? I am
Keel Ringydingydo at 2:00pm 02.23.24 I would look here: Index of /wp-content/export/Miscellaneous And you will find an excel spreadsheet
Internet and telephone while off-shore in Canadian Pacific Northwest twodzusfittings at 1:44pm 02.23.24 How did they manage 20 years ago? Flag signals. Oh sorry, that was 40 years ago!
Internet and telephone while off-shore in Canadian Pacific Northwest dLj at 1:24pm 02.23.24 starlink.com/boats $2500 for the equipment, $250 per month with only 50 Gb of data, which, accordin
Yet another Yanmar overheating issue Scott T-Bird at 1:11pm 02.23.24 This may be a dumb question, but if everything is functioning properly, are you sure that you are ac
Yet another Yanmar overheating issue Mark Maulden at 12:58pm 02.23.24 Im assuming you replaced the raw water hose and valve fro the thru-hull to the strainer? Check the s
Internet and telephone while off-shore in Canadian Pacific Northwest captain69 at 12:43pm 02.23.24 starlink.com/boats $2500 for the equipment, $250 per month with only 50 Gb of data, which, according
Boat registration Roland5048 at 12:10pm 02.23.24 Here's a link: https://www.flsenate.gov/laws/statutes/2011/328.72 Here's an excerpt: (2)?ANTIQUE VES
V berth leak from electric windlass JoeWhite at 11:28am 02.23.24 Yes. It can. Even on my c36
Water Leaks JamesG161 at 10:50am 02.23.24 I use in my salt water pool may be looking for a range of salt Use a test strip in fresh water the
Boat registration Roland5048 at 10:04am 02.23.24 I believe the age for antique registration in Fl is 30yrs., same as for vehicles. I registered my
Water Leaks Mike Oldak at 9:57am 02.23.24 I would try both, but likely it is from the tank or leaking rain water. Salt level strip, that I us
Kirie Elite 29 hutch5151 at 9:56am 02.23.24 Hey there. Wondering how your restoration project is going? Just got an old 84 kirie elite 29 mysel

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