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Best dog/pet life jacket - pets on board. twalker H260 at 7:20am 04.25.17 Ask All Sailors 11/951 At the risk of starting an anchor thread variation - I'm looking for recommendations as to what peop
Photo Fun (4) rgranger at 7:05am 04.25.17 Ask All Sailors 40/3115 So my friends and family know I'm addicted to sailing.... and as a result, they forward any and all
423 interior courtesy light...... NYSail at 6:49am 04.25.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/1784 At floor level next to galley and chart table, I have small yellow lights. Cant figure where the sw
Where to store a battery bank? patrickkidd at 6:18am 04.25.17 Catalina 30 5/1663 Hi there! I am going to put a battery bank in on my Catalina 30, mostly to keep my 2.5A norcold fri
Battery relocation question Macboy at 9:39pm 04.24.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 14/1779 I'm looking at the WM wire size / ampacity charts in contemplating a battery move OUT of the lazaret
What are tthhese things? (3) sailscallny at 8:42pm 04.24.17 Ask All Sailors 4/815 I have a Hunter Cherubini 36' I have these things by the engine key and lights On the starboard side
Request a favor...Beneteau 393 owners mdmoreau at 7:05pm 04.24.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/2385 I recently had a strange incident on my boat. I was cleaning the bilge under my engine battery and d
Installation question regarding Gray portlights. Robert1224 at 7:03pm 04.24.17 The Cherubini Hunters 5/714 Ahoy, I am replacing nine port lights on my 1979 Hunter 30 with new Gray units. My question is: Giv
Oday 23 rope sheaves (1) AWalker at 6:04pm 04.24.17 Ask An Oday Owner 1/591 I had a spare cable sheave for the top of my mast, so I ground out some tooling for my lathe and tur
Frozen Stuffing Box kenvail at 5:48pm 04.24.17 Ask All Sailors 16/2995 The stuffing box on my 2006 Hunter 38 is leaking pretty badly early in this season. I've tried to lo
Attachment of Mainsheet Elissatoo at 5:46pm 04.24.17 Mid-Size Boats 5/975 I just bought a Catalina 270 and am rigging it by the seat of my pants as it was taken down by someo
One-Way Drain on Dinghy kenvail at 5:32pm 04.24.17 Ask All Sailors 2/424 I have a 1987 Achilles dink. The circular flap that is in the drain, which allows water out but not
Hole in the Hull, Help pflng at 5:11pm 04.24.17 Ask All Sailors 8/1423 Somehow I have managed to put a fist size crack/hole in the bottom of my new to me O'day Widgeon, wi
Thermostat problem? Clydo at 4:42pm 04.24.17 Catalina 310 9/1271 Anyone have this problem? After replacing small formed hose on front of engine in fresh water cooli
Oceanis 281 - knot meter/depth sounder? HighFidelity at 3:59pm 04.24.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/723 Hi, New to the forums. Bought my first sailboat in November and getting ready to launch in two weeks
P42 passage- boom preventer? Puesta del sol at 3:57pm 04.24.17 Big Boats 9/934 Looking for a safe option for adding a boom preventer. Don't really want to hook to the rail. Othe
C38 Strut snapped in half! C38newbie at 3:22pm 04.24.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 13/1444 Last time we sailed it was uneventful. Very light wind and motored back to the slip in calm water an
FURLER HALYARD SWIVEL FROZEN jerry10848 at 2:48pm 04.24.17 Ask All Sailors 4/2399 Several years ago I replaced the bearings in the drum of my Hood Seafurl 810LD. Now the halyard swi
Trailerable Sailboats Under 5,000lbs rustyw007 at 2:43pm 04.24.17 Trailer Sailors 97/36519 Hi, I'm trying to compile a list of all trailerable sailboats that meet the following requirements.
Mast Step Parts Roy 845 at 1:56pm 04.24.17 Ask An Oday Owner 3/589 Hi All, Iv'e been repairing a 1977 O'Day 22 and I'm wondering if anyone has a picture of what t

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O'Day 28 Steering Davidasailor26 at 4:03pm 07.04.24
O'Day 28 Steering (3) Mockingbird01 at 3:59pm 07.04.24 Attached are pics of the idler plate and the rotted plywood
O'Day 28 Steering FastOlson at 3:49pm 07.04.24 Happy Fourth! Thanks to Dave for (again) passing along some good advice. :cool: Before starting, I
O'Day 28 Steering dlochner at 2:48pm 07.04.24 Dang POs! The old plywood has to be removed and ground down to fiberglass and sanded with 80 grit.
Hunter 23 Rudder and Francespar Mast isaksp00 at 2:46pm 07.04.24 Jib sheets could be secured by cleats if you have them in that area on the coaming.
Genoa / Jib are both sitting on the lifelines/bow rail when deployed. Don Guillette at 2:27pm 07.04.24 As a point of info to help you through the learning process and with your future sail purchases. I'm
Hunter 23 Rudder and Francespar Mast Crazy Dave Condon at 2:19pm 07.04.24 I am a former Hunter dealer who sold the Hunter 23 wing keel. Picture of the mast and rudder uphau
Hunter 260 Edison Steering Pulley (Cable Jump) Crazy Dave Condon at 2:11pm 07.04.24 @philiefay when replacing steering cable which requires running through the pedestal down through t
Bilge Keel on a hunter 22 Crazy Dave Condon at 1:37pm 07.04.24 You all guessed wrong. The twin keel Hunter is a British built boat built by a different company c
Hunter 23 Rudder and Francespar Mast Newhouse1969 at 8:44am 07.04.24
Non working microwave john2 at 7:43am 07.04.24 gas is from Dometic, oven is : Inventum
Freedom 10 buzzing (1) jssailem at 7:32am 07.04.24 Battery voltage is 13.3 as I am plugged in and charger is working That is nice, but it does not te
Non working microwave jssailem at 7:17am 07.04.24 That looks really nice @john2 . What brands are those units?
Curiosity might be making me overthink jssailem at 7:14am 07.04.24 It all looks to be progressing in a positive direction, Fred. Keep at it. :beer::biggrin:
Seeking Sailboat Recommendations for Lakeside Launch jssailem at 7:11am 07.04.24 Another idea for you, which @shemandr's post triggered in my mind, is a Scout designed by Duckworks
Boom Vang obstructs Main Sheet (2) Tally Ho at 7:10am 07.04.24
Happy 248th Birthday, USA! kloudie1 at 6:50am 07.04.24 Indeed! .. :beer:
Hunter 23 Rudder and Francespar Mast isaksp00 at 6:23am 07.04.24 Stock rudder has no mechanism to hold rudder up. You'd have to rig some kind of sling. The rudder do
Happy 248th Birthday, USA! jssailem at 6:16am 07.04.24 Thank you Kappy. Happy Independence Day to you as well.:beer:
Non working microwave (1) john2 at 12:36am 07.04.24 our old gas stove was toast, we went this way. microwave- combi oven. and a new gas cooking unit.

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