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Faulty electric panel (2) yorammelnik at 11:53am 05.10.17 Ask All Sailors 4/534 Hi, 2/3 of the switches on my electrical panel stopped working. Attached are pics of the forward and
Electrical fault (2) yorammelnik at 11:25am 05.10.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/763 Hi, 2/3 of the switches on my electrical panel stopped working. Attached are pics of the forward and
Need a 272 O'Day Trailer Alex D at 10:27am 05.10.17 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1066 Hi, I'm looking for an ODay 272 Trailer. Thank you for the help! 561-829-4144 Alex
2GM20F Cooling Fresh Water Pump Replacement thetone at 9:46am 05.10.17 Ask All Sailors 5/1031 My 1989 2GM20F cooling fresh water pump started making noise so I've decided to replace it. I am hea
Progressive Ins Sign and Glide Towing SailMaster at 8:29am 05.10.17 Ask All Sailors 8/2534 Good morning all, I would like to know if anyone has experience with the towing dispatch services p
Adhesive for flotation to fiberglass? Migs at 6:54am 05.10.17 Ask An Oday Owner 14/2645 Howdy All, Am a new owner of a 1982 Oday 19. It is in need of some TLC and am looking to see what
Installing ELCI Panel - Current Coil Question Scott T-Bird at 6:44am 05.10.17 Ask All Sailors 13/1022 What is the purpose of twisting the hot and neutral wires as they pass thru the coil? It's odd that
Boom Vang pk104 at 5:23am 05.10.17 Catalina 310 5/1390 I have a 2001 310 with in mast furling and an adjustable boom vang. When I was putting the main on t
no telltales on furling main danstanford at 4:55am 05.10.17 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 12/2017 New to me Beneteau 323 is my first boat with a furling main and there are no telltales present. All
Lake Ontario Water Level (2) DaveJ at 4:23am 05.10.17 Catalina 310 2/664 136329 136331 I usually have my boat in the H2O by now, but this year there is no hurry....my dock
Hunter 216 mast crutch support plastic cracking (1) Jules Abramson at 8:57pm 05.09.17 Smaller Boats 2/564 I ordered a sheet of aluminum to drill holes in/or use adhesived a better solution? See picture. Tha
Hull / Keel joint (2) finefurn at 6:21pm 05.09.17 Mid-Size Boats 4/4607 I have a 1984 Hunter 27. In preparing to paint the bottom I noticed this crack starting at the lea
Cradles gpd955 at 4:30pm 05.09.17 Ask All Sailors 3/612 Anyone aware of any US companies, other than JOWI, that make cradles? We recently relocated the boa
What to do with these extra sails? (8) wsmac at 4:02pm 05.09.17 Ask All Sailors 21/1167 I finally unbagged the 3 extra sails that came with my boat. There's one (the Johnson Sails) that ne
North Atlantic Inflatables Bob J. at 2:43pm 05.09.17 Ask All Sailors 6/918 I know there are a bunch of different manufacturers out there but was wondering if anyone has any ex
Transom Ladder Required? Capri at 12:23pm 05.09.17 Ask All Sailors 21/2738 Hi, Everyone. I bought a 1981 O'day 22 a year ago and it didn't come with a permanently affixed tran
Stuffing Box Again lehighsail at 11:11am 05.09.17 Ask All Sailors 6/561 I was just at the boatyard getting ready to launch after changing out the packing in the stuffing bo
Hunter 26 or 260 viewing jbreland at 10:18am 05.09.17 Smaller Boats 6/635 Wanting another boat and leaning heavily on the H26 or 260. Owned several, my favorite being a hunt
235 mast head light wiring (2) mmhamer at 10:17am 05.09.17 Smaller Boats 5/855 I forgot to unscrew the connector at the deck for the Masthead Light when I dropped the mast on my 2
Oceanis 281 rigging specs clauden at 9:49am 05.09.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1309 Hi all, I am looking for the rigging specs for my Beneteau Oceanis 281 1998. I read the explanation

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I just bought an American Fiberglass Daysailer 16...gonna have questions for y'all! Coloradonosea at 8:52am 05.30.24 Well, I don't think it qualifies as "The Lord's Work", but I think you are amassing lots of sailing
Spring refit done, time to go sailing ?? morbidfollower at 8:25am 05.30.24 Ocean South had these premade grey ones that worked for me. 71" long, 15" wide, 2 1/2 thick. When I
Spring refit done, time to go sailing ?? giono2 at 8:17am 05.30.24 @morbidfollower what size cushions did you go with for the cockpit?
3GM30F Service Issue dLj at 8:01am 05.30.24 What RPM are you typically running your engine at? How often and how close do you get to these upper
Are your PFD's ready? Mark Maulden at 7:50am 05.30.24
Nanni to Kubota Filter cross references. Mark Maulden at 7:45am 05.30.24 A quick google search shows it is a Kubota D722. Any Kubota dealer should have it and I would expect
Damned generator Clay Smith at 7:20am 05.30.24 That is your Answer. You sent me a Private Message at 5:30 am this morning on this subject. Call m
Nanni to Kubota Filter cross references. dlochner at 7:12am 05.30.24 Try the cross refenence pages for Wix Filters. https://www.wixfilters.com/en-us.html
Are your PFD's ready? (1) sailcapt340 at 6:58am 05.30.24 Paul, when you have the chance post a photo of your ladder you use. I for one am interested in seei
Leaky windows Project_Mayhem at 6:45am 05.30.24 The technique for repair depends on how this area of the boat was built. Can you post a pic of insid
3GM30F Service Issue Scott T-Bird at 6:31am 05.30.24 The manual indicates continuous rating of 24 HP/3400 RPM, while the one-hour max output is 27 HP/36
Leaky windows JBP-PA at 6:16am 05.30.24 I found that the cutout on my boat was pretty shoddy too. I guess if it's covered with trim they do
Leaky windows Project_Mayhem at 5:53am 05.30.24 I assume you've tried different ports in different holes? Perhaps there's some difference between th
Love Hate relationship Joe at 5:39am 05.30.24 I'm wondering if it might fold better by reversing the frame. i.e. back to front. The long section
Companionway leaks? Project_Mayhem at 5:32am 05.30.24 Out of frustration I collapsed on the seats, looked up and noticed that there was signs of leaking a
Are your PFD's ready? PaulK at 5:24am 05.30.24 Haven't checked the date in over five years on the inflatable PFD that I inherited. It lives next to
Rigid boom vang on Catalina 310 Joe at 5:16am 05.30.24 The sail is original, but has been rarely used. Regardless of the leech stretch, I believe lengthen
Are your PFD's ready? sailcapt340 at 5:00am 05.30.24
Wing Keel on a 1988 Hunter 335 Jkutyna at 4:53am 05.30.24 Yours is in better shape than mine. I have yet to have the keel addressed on my 33.5 I bought last
Replacing exhaust hose Jkutyna at 4:45am 05.30.24 Well done. I am looking at about the same job that I want to accomplish on my 33.5. I just am ver

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