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Water tank sources? bugbitten at 2:39pm 05.01.17 S2 27/4111 I was sure my water tank gauge had gone on the fritz, as it dropped from nearly full to empty just a
C-38 Engine Access C38newbie at 1:54pm 05.01.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/816 Has anyone come up with a better way to access anything not in front of the engine? I was replacing
Wait for it... Brian D at 1:31pm 05.01.17 Sails Call Lounge 13/1321 ROFLMAO at 1:39. CEQuDyuQFKE
Batteries and Chargers Again (3) bawlmer at 1:17pm 05.01.17 Ask All Sailors 11/740 When I bought my boat in 2013 it came with 2 AGM batteries and a 2 stage charger that looks like ori
Whisker pole transport rsotomayor at 12:27pm 05.01.17 Ask All Sailors 22/1520 I am in search of a whisker pole for my Benetau 321.Have not found a used one, (yet). West Marine ha
Interference between anchor shank and genoa tack swivel JimOpp at 11:31am 05.01.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/477 The genoa tack swivel on my 1994 Oceanis 351 interferes with the anchor shank when the anchor is in
Thoughts on Manual BilgePump Placement / Discharge Placement ? pclarksurf at 10:33am 05.01.17 Catalina 22 9/661 @CaptDon01 : one of your pictures on an unrelated topic started me thinking. I have been looking a
Battery Bank Question eweb101 at 9:57am 05.01.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 19/3840 Hi all, I have a "new to me" Beneteau 352 (same as 343) and the battery banks aren't acting like I e
Shroud Tension, Cockpit Drain, Windows Capri at 9:37am 05.01.17 Ask An Oday Owner 5/802 Hello, Everyone. I have a an '81 O'day 22 and have a few of questions. 1. I would like some advice
inside tv antenna knotatwork2 at 9:36am 05.01.17 Ask All Sailors 12/1229 I am trying to find an inside the cabin 12volt dc plug hdtv amplified antenna without running a coax
3M Restorer and Wax OMG!!! (1) HukilauMike at 9:32am 05.01.17 Ask All Sailors 4/1084 135938 For the past two or three years, I've prepped my hull pre-launch by stripping the old wax off
2gm20f thetone at 8:51am 05.01.17 Engines and Propulsion 5/862 I have a noise coming from the fresh water circulator pump. Has anyone had this happen? I wonder how
What's wrong with this caption??? (1) Jackdaw at 8:51am 05.01.17 Ask All Sailors 71/4069 From the latest GOB cover and description. What's wrong?? t, Massachusetts, in Lyrical, his 1975 Ta
Columbia 38 C/B Owners or former owners? CloudDiver at 8:28am 05.01.17 Ask All Sailors 1/291 Looking for any Columbia 38 Center-board owners or former owners; anyone with good general experienc
Upgrading cabinet lockers? patrickkidd at 8:00am 05.01.17 Catalina 30 1/796 hi! My clothes drawers always end up on the floor and closet doors flap open when close-hauled on s
Anyone have info on MarinAire ? watercolours at 7:52am 05.01.17 Ask All Sailors 18/7330 Hello. Does anyone have any info on MarinAire? MarinAire seem to be quality units, but I can't fin
Below waterline fairing compound Zephyr-Jeffer at 7:50am 05.01.17 Ask All Sailors 14/3012 I'm asking for advice / opinions to help me with a small repair. My Hunter 25.5 has cast-iron keel a
Lifeline Clasp on Hunter 356 SwanAround at 7:43am 05.01.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/449 The spring pull that releases the clasp on the lifeline seems to have fallen out over the winter (go
Sold my boat.... Warren Milberg at 7:41am 05.01.17 Ask All Sailors 30/1886 So....I've sold my boat. Boo hoo. I'm looking to find other mid-Chesapeake Bay sailboat owners in
Port light screens (1) womble at 7:06am 05.01.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/534 I have a 1993 C30. The opening port light lenses measure 12 x 5 inches. Does anyone know of a source

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stripping cetol from teak odaydokay at 12:44pm 06.06.24 Thanks jssailem. I saw this response on the thread you referenced: Re: Removing Sikkens Cetol or H
Hap[py 15th Birthday to my LiFePo4 Battery SPLETS at 12:23pm 06.06.24 Rod thank you so much for all your help!! You are such an incredible resource as most of us are do
Moving the traveller questions FastOlson at 11:08am 06.06.24 Note also that moving a mainsheet connection forward on the boom may likely required changing to a m
Moving the traveller questions fred1diver at 10:26am 06.06.24 The deck is very strong and I would add backing plates. I looked into getting a Bimini but the driv
3GM30F Service Issue dLj at 10:04am 06.06.24 I would think you should have been able to get higher RPM's towards the end if indeed your rings wer
Color-matching gelcoat docofthebay at 9:50am 06.06.24
Color-matching gelcoat docofthebay at 9:48am 06.06.24
Moving the traveller questions Don S/V ILLusion at 9:46am 06.06.24 Among the considerations here is the structure where you intend to move and support it as the load o
Whale Gulper 220 for shower drain with atomatic sensor switch skunther at 9:20am 06.06.24
Mid-ship cleat location for O'Day 34/35 Stu Jackson at 9:14am 06.06.24 My main application is for a fore and aft spring line whilst in a slip with a secondary use for con
Curiosity might be making me overthink dmax at 9:04am 06.06.24 As has been said, a difficult project. Though not as convenient, a much simpler way would be to add
3GM30F Service Issue skunther at 9:02am 06.06.24 Have you run it for a number of hours with no change? dj I ran it for ~4 hours at WOT (3250rpm),
1987 Hunter 23 Rebuild (1) Skycap92 at 8:47am 06.06.24 Thanks for the advice on the glue residue. It's coming off easier than I expected. Next major questi
Curiosity might be making me overthink Project_Mayhem at 8:43am 06.06.24 I think the most complex part of this project would be the water drainage channels in/around the lid
Backing screw hole for filling with epoxy Project_Mayhem at 8:41am 06.06.24 Tape works very well to hold in epoxy. It also minimizes sanding. With a bit of practice you wont ne
Color-matching gelcoat Project_Mayhem at 8:37am 06.06.24 I use a RAL color swatch to find the closest match and then have a local gelcoat supplier mix it for
Small Outboard Motor Stands FDL S2 at 8:16am 06.06.24 Built mine to fit in a space in the garage. As stated above, used scrap lumber, works great. Min
Curiosity might be making me overthink dLj at 7:36am 06.06.24 I think I'd be more inclined to develop systems to allow better access to that area from the inside.
Whale Gulper 220 for shower drain with atomatic sensor switch dlochner at 7:36am 06.06.24
Overtrimmed jib prevent pointing? danstanford at 7:34am 06.06.24 For those of you finding this in a search some day, here is our official answer posed in the origina

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