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The 4th of July sailing adventures with HoJoWa, Linda and Izzy. Izzy at 6:45pm 07.03.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/891 We decided to take HoJoWa, our 1991 26S sailboat, out for my last holiday before the end of the year
Terminal type or better option? (1) Tdaddy2000 at 6:38pm 07.03.17 Catalina 310 4/731 Recently did some troubleshooting leading me to a broken terminal at what I believe is the coolant t
Head medicine cabinet slider? (1) Tdaddy2000 at 6:32pm 07.03.17 Catalina 310 4/1077 Hello All, Does anyone have a part number for the glass sliders for the cabinet in the 310 head? No
Would someone please help me with this item? (1) Cowpokee at 4:29pm 07.03.17 Ask All Sailors 6/493 I found this in a box of spare parts that came with a boat that I recently purchased. I have no ide
You may say I am crazy (1) Jerry Taylor at 3:14pm 07.03.17 Ask An Oday Owner 36/3150 138220 138220 Bought a pretty old O'Day sailboat... mostly dirty.. hoping I can post a picture I kno
Sailboat manufacturers, please visit the Roadtrek site Bryan9 at 3:03pm 07.03.17 Ask All Sailors 9/880 Troll bait, it seems. Deleted.
Anybody know where to find the hull ID on a 2005 41 AC? Boyd at 2:55pm 07.03.17 Big Boats 2/624 Boat is remote and I need a pic of the hull id. Marina staff is having trouble finding it? Suggesti
Water ballast leak nopressure at 1:16pm 07.03.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 28/2929 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 4/622 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 2/859 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 0/403 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 3/374 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 4/917 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 42/3466 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 2/525 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 57/5329 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 2/466 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 13/1741 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 4/939 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 36/4978 Hi all, Just looking at my anchor chain that is in need of replacing. The chain has an 8 marked on

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Hatch Replacement - 2004 Hunter 31 - lots of questions and help needed Boiler at 6:53am 07.02.24 How did it turn out?
Engine & Genset Pan are they connected ? Boiler at 6:43am 07.02.24 I would place a diaper (oil absorbent mat) under the main to catch anything coming off the engine.
Boom Vang obstructs Main Sheet Davidasailor26 at 6:40am 07.02.24
Search function on iPhone ? BTC1984 at 6:19am 07.02.24
Seeking Sailboat Recommendations for Lakeside Launch Project_Mayhem at 6:13am 07.02.24 I'd go for a 420 over most of these boats as you're not going to get bored with it as easily. Much f
No more vroom vroom? Project_Mayhem at 6:07am 07.02.24 Engine is still in pieces but I did manage to find a used carb. Next up will be to put the motor bac
Stripped screws in plastic NYSail at 5:38am 07.02.24 If the sender is round (most are) can't you just rotate it and drill new holes? Easy. That actu
3gm30f injection pump rack control stuck Fedor Aredakov at 5:18am 07.02.24 Eventually I managed to remove it. It was 128170-51101 PLUNGER W/BARREL broken. Have no idea how it
Stress cracks in Stainless Steel Arch on my Hunter 306 JamesG161 at 4:59am 07.02.24 That is a stress crack , rare to happen unless Oxygen is starved from the Stainless Steel. That is
Stripped screws in plastic JamesG161 at 4:57am 07.02.24 Fill with epoxy and retap it. Jim...
Stress cracks in Stainless Steel Arch on my Hunter 306 Brinky63 at 4:51am 07.02.24 Thanks for the feedback. Already in talks with welder(s) on island. The arch was never covered with
Stress cracks in Stainless Steel Arch on my Hunter 306 JamesG161 at 4:48am 07.02.24 the arch is so tremendously oversized that I can't see normal tension from the boom causing it. W
Invest 95L (3) JamesG161 at 4:40am 07.02.24 Although Hurricane BerylNDBC - Station 42059 Recent Data Current data 225755 225756 It a CAT 5 s
Stripped screws in plastic NYSail at 4:25am 07.02.24 What about wrapping screws in teflon tape?
Seeking Sailboat Recommendations for Lakeside Launch Indysailor at 4:06am 07.02.24 Look at Sol. It's basically a sunfish with a full cockpit. https://sailsportmarine.com/products/sol-
Stripped screws in plastic NYSail at 3:40am 07.02.24 Try closing the holes up with a plastic welder, or even the heated head of a large common nail. A f
Stripped screws in plastic thinwater at 3:25am 07.02.24 Try closing the holes up with a plastic welder, or even the heated head of a large common nail. A fe
Stripped screws in plastic kappykaplan at 3:11am 07.02.24
Stripped screws in plastic NYSail at 3:09am 07.02.24
Search function on iPhone ? Davidasailor26 at 2:35am 07.02.24 The app was made by some third party and is not really supported. Stick with the web version. It doe

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