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Transmission Issue - stranded in Racine WI Pat T at 7:09am 07.04.17 Ask All Sailors 20/1677 On a short trip backed out of dock on way home and then no forward gear. I thought my Kiwi prop fell
She was promoted... (2) Tally Ho at 8:58pm 07.03.17 Ask All Sailors 24/2145 My wife does not really share my passion for sailing, but she will go out on a nice day (light winds
H34, it seems I have to remove 2 cars to reef, help (2) CoastLife at 6:54pm 07.03.17 Big Boats 23/3791 Hi guys. We have our hunter 34 mostly setup, It's new to us and we're just figuring things out.
The 4th of July sailing adventures with HoJoWa, Linda and Izzy. Izzy at 6:45pm 07.03.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/903 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 4/769 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 4/1119 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 6/497 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 36/3178 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 9/894 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 2/651 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 28/2953 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 4/636 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 2/870 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 0/413 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 3/378 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 4/957 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 42/3519 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 2/534 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 57/5480 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 2/476 Thoughts on using a Johnson lever in place of the turnbuckle on the fore stay on a 2007 H25. I have

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Rudder size on Hunter 33.5 Sutric at 8:56am 07.19.24 Foss Foam was the original suppliers of rudders for Hunter. They still have the tooling and will mak
What wood to use for motor mount? FeelinMorgan22 at 8:55am 07.19.24 Plastic boards wasn't something I even considered. What do you guys think about this product? Seems
Any Dufour 36P owners out there? danstanford at 8:54am 07.19.24 Dufour has PHRF handicap of 76 which is pretty sporty for sure and fast than I expected. and in the
Fridge Drain Pump DaveJ at 8:13am 07.19.24 Thanks for the quick accurate answer!! Cheers
Fridge Drain Pump JoeWhite at 8:11am 07.19.24 Visit https://marineengineparts.com/jabsco-36200-0000-in-line-strainer 36403 O-ring is the part num
What wood to use for motor mount? Project_Mayhem at 8:00am 07.19.24 G10 will cost a fortune. Plywood is glued together with well, glue and you'd have to find a UV resis
Trick for removing broken halyard from inside mast dLj at 8:00am 07.19.24 Brilliant! dj
Trick for removing broken halyard from inside mast JBP-PA at 7:59am 07.19.24 Brilliant!
Oday 222 roller furler jib/genoa sizing question Project_Mayhem at 7:52am 07.19.24 I can understand this thinking. In my youth, racing in San Diego Bay and out of Mission Bay, workin
GOB Gone? Leeward Rail at 7:51am 07.19.24 To which I might add, quality content is not cheap. Good content and affordability are often at odd
Is a little water in the bilge okay? Team118 at 6:24am 07.19.24 I have a Ryobi shop vac I leave on the boat. I bring down a battery once in a while and pull the few
What wood to use for motor mount? LloydB at 6:16am 07.19.24 I used a recycled plastic 2x4 from a local lumberyard. I recall at the time being somewhat surprised
Barnegat Bay NJ ~ Exploring tips Ward H at 5:23am 07.19.24 I can tell you know the area very well @Ward H lol! That's exactly what happened and at around 6pm
Rubber hose for prop shaft packing gland leaking, misaligned prop shaft? Dave at 3:52am 07.19.24 @Davidasailor26's post seems a little out of place, let me add some context. Early this morning, @Y
Rubber hose for prop shaft packing gland leaking, misaligned prop shaft? Davidasailor26 at 3:15am 07.19.24 Congratulations on a resourceful, albeit short term, fix. That was a clever way of addressing the im
Overtrimmed jib prevent pointing? danstanford at 3:11am 07.19.24 Interesting. Thanks for following up. Do you find you have more weather helm with the proper forest
I just don't get this Timm R Oday25 at 2:50am 07.19.24 Thank you for supplying a more complere understanding to wht most certainly was a cause.
Rubber hose for prop shaft packing gland leaking, misaligned prop shaft? YankeeGirl at 11:58pm 07.18.24 Hey sorry for the late response I've been too busy out sailing. Thanks for the input. I did not end
Looking for block shackles BAD ORCA at 10:26pm 07.18.24 Check garhauer.com they made / make majority of Catalina hardware. Good luck I was just going to r
What wood to use for motor mount? SFS at 10:12pm 07.18.24 Excellent points, and I completely forgot G10. OP, you might want to spec out the cost of laying tha

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