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Water ballast leak nopressure at 1:16pm 07.03.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 28/2658 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 4/578 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 2/777 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 0/357 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 3/334 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 4/862 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 42/2942 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 2/468 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 57/4890 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 2/441 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 13/1503 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 4/844 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 36/4203 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 4/1994 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 10/1627 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 19/1605 So, it finally happened. I had to bite the bullet and call Sea Tow. I think I could fixed my issue (
What is the 1989 Beneteau Oceanis 350 OEM prop size? James Nguyen at 4:10pm 07.02.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1227 Hi, I just got a 1989 Beneteau Oceanis 350. It is still on the hard for fixing up. The old propell
Fuel uptake problem Jwhy at 2:37pm 07.02.17 Catalina 30 13/1650 After cruising against the wind and long shore off the California coast for several hours, my M25 d
Outboard Oil Extraction (2) Brian D at 2:16pm 07.02.17 Engines and Propulsion 7/793 Time to change the oil in my Suzuki DF2.5 Outboard. I have been meaning to do it since I cleaned out
Door Pulls? GorillaToast at 1:38pm 07.02.17 Ask All Sailors 5/646 Does anyone know what the wooden rings lining the holes in cabinet doors on the Bayfield 36 are call

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Western L.I. Sound marina dlochner at 7:51am 02.20.24 We spent a few nights at Barrons awhile back and didn't go to any of the restaurants. The island is
Hunter 38 Interior wood stain match (10) KelToy at 7:38am 02.20.24 Hello All! I was so happy to find this thread, as I am about to do an aft cabin renovation on our 20
Hunter 240 Broken Mast Struts (2) patbratton at 7:32am 02.20.24 Aristotle Metal Works called yesterday afternoon and said that my struts were ready. I paid them $
Solent or Slutter added to a new fractional Selden in-mast furler rig (1) runninglts at 7:31am 02.20.24 Many thanks to all for the input. I am posting these questions so that I can ask the right question
Western L.I. Sound marina JCH4 at 7:20am 02.20.24 Yes, definitely heard about the bridge traffic, but have been told it's mostly people touristing. T
Fuel locker and propane Timm R Oday25 at 7:18am 02.20.24 Good morning . It appears that your current setup will work quite well.I've also faced the thought o
Western L.I. Sound marina shemandr at 6:54am 02.20.24
Portlight hatches for 1981 ODay 34 dlochner at 6:20am 02.20.24 If the current ports are not opening ports, consider replacing them with opening ports. More ventila
Western L.I. Sound marina JCH4 at 5:21am 02.20.24 In my experience I would avoid City Island. Why?
WINDLASS dlochner at 4:50am 02.20.24 Im contemplating a 33lb Nordstar galvanized Bruce with chain and rope, waters will be the Bahamas.
Hunter 23.5 wisker pole Crazy Dave Condon at 4:44am 02.20.24
Bang! Bang! What would you have done? (1) Will Gilmore at 4:39am 02.20.24 That guy must have been wronged by that bouy. Maybe it slept with his wife, or she slept with David
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE WITH A DOMETIC Dual Zone Portable Refrigerator and Freezer, Powered by AC/DC or Solar east coaster at 2:53am 02.20.24 Thank you for the info.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE WITH A DOMETIC Dual Zone Portable Refrigerator and Freezer, Powered by AC/DC or Solar Leeward Rail at 11:56pm 02.19.24 The more common design type I mentioned. FWIW, The Engel units use a Japanese Sawafuji swing motor,
YANMAR replacement The_Sailing_Pelican at 10:16pm 02.19.24 If money is tight you could throw an outboard or trolling motor on the back as a temporary solutio
WINDLASS The_Sailing_Pelican at 9:53pm 02.19.24 So you have a 30ft 10K Displacement hull mast head sloop... What waters do you want to sail/anchor
YANMAR replacement dlochner at 7:04pm 02.19.24 BTW, There are probably plenty of owners of raw water cooled Yanmar En gines that haven't had a pr
2004 Catalina 320 Davidasailor26 at 6:49pm 02.19.24
YANMAR replacement Blitz at 6:41pm 02.19.24 BTW, There are probably plenty of owners of raw water cooled Yanmar En gines that haven't had a pro
2004 Catalina 320 (1) Calif. Ted at 6:38pm 02.19.24 If the white breaker on left of panel labeled charger/inverter is on, and it's plugged into shorepow

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