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Mast head fly mounting Ned Ludd at 8:12pm 03.14.17 Ask All Sailors 17/2619 I got tired of the Davis plastic masthead fly's and just got a SeaLux solid SS unit for only a few b
H376 Ladder Upgrade Install Question rfrye1 at 6:34pm 03.14.17 Big Boats 1/454 I am finally getting around to replacing the huge pain in the neck one-piece OEM boarding ladder wit
Catalina 380 Leaking Chain Plate (5) kimelmore at 5:49pm 03.14.17 Big Boats 3/1435 As promised some photos of my leaking chain plate. It was the forward lower port side chain plate. I
Coronado 25 Sambo420 at 5:35pm 03.14.17 Ask All Sailors 16/11834 Hello all! I am looking into my 3rd sailboat (first two being Cal 20 ' 29) in a Coronado 25. She is
Best approach to fixing this rudder? (2) Captn Scotty at 4:33pm 03.14.17 Ask All Sailors 16/1317 134258 134257 It would seem that the cold weather has frozen the water trapped in my rudder and caus
Tohatsu 9.8 outboard RWSlater at 3:52pm 03.14.17 Ask All Sailors 23/15004 Do any of you have this outboard? Looking for opinions on a near 10hp motor. I have the 10'2" infla
Universal M25 fuel bleed (1) LeslieTroyer at 3:25pm 03.14.17 Ask All Sailors 7/5044 I've upgraded my M25 to include the bleed valve that was on the later engines. I've read that some
Motor for O'Day 20 CHris F at 2:52pm 03.14.17 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1436 I purchased a 1976 O'Day 20 In Spetember 2016, which came with a 5hp Tohatsu 2 stroke. I later neede
OPTIMUM PROPELLER SIZE FOR 26M 70HP YAMAHA GILLES PARENTEAU at 2:18pm 03.14.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/753 HI ! MY MAX RPM IS 5200...SHOULD BE 6200 MY MAX SPEED BALLAST OUT IS 16 KNOTS...I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SA
bow to beach ladder? RussC at 1:00pm 03.14.17 Ask All Sailors 6/3248 Anyone here have one of these ladders. looks very interesting, but unsure how stable they would actu
Happy Pi Day! LakeShark at 12:32pm 03.14.17 Sails Call Lounge 25/2603 Just noticed the date today and found out its Pi Day! So with all the insanely smart engineers and
Surveyor says?... (2) IH82BL8 at 12:21pm 03.14.17 Mid-Size Boats 2/874 Actually it was five years ago when we bought the boat that the surveyor pointed out that anchor hat
Best Manual toilet....... NYSail at 10:00am 03.14.17 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 18/5125 Just got a new boat (to me) that has two electric toilets. While this is neat and everything, there
Changing Transducers lehighsail at 7:56am 03.14.17 Ask All Sailors 21/2446 I was reading the thread about painting the thru hull transducers and stopped at KappyKaplan's post.
Thru Hull Repair Paint billjoye at 7:53am 03.14.17 Ask All Sailors 5/464 I have a question which I've been unable to resolve. How to you properly finish a thru hull repair?
Macgregor 22 keel cable (2) pulsewave at 6:49am 03.14.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1728 Hi all, The keel cable on my Macgregor 22 looks like it's getting a little frayed (see pics). Any
Pulpit + Piling + Tornado = (1) PGIJon at 6:31am 03.14.17 Ask All Sailors 23/1615 Result of a tornado last night here in Punta Gorda. Not a lot of damage around us other then trees
Questions on buying a new used boat Bob S at 4:59am 03.14.17 Ask All Sailors 5/385 We've been looking to move up to a bigger boat and had some questions. Yachtworld has some interesti
Beneteau461 Polar Diagram gunsiray at 4:10am 03.14.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/455 Dear Friends, does anybody has the polar diagram of Beneteau 461 ( year 1997 ) ? Or else could you
Wiring Harness Upgrade (3) gypseywannabe at 10:19pm 03.13.17 Catalina 30 14/5540 Hi All, In the process of updating my wiring harness from the original, dangerous trailer plugs. Th

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3GM30F Service Issue skunther at 12:08am 05.30.24 The manual indicates continuous rating of 24 HP/3400 RPM, while the one-hour max output is 27 HP/360
Leaky windows danooxnard at 7:58pm 05.29.24 The butyl tape will not fill in a big hole if the frame is way just way too small. It does give a g
ABYC wire identification question? dlochner at 7:14pm 05.29.24 You're right, I don't :). So this would be for any vessels that carry paying passengers? I've no
ABYC wire identification question? sesmith at 7:11pm 05.29.24 Oh, you don't want to see what the CG requires for an inspected vessel. They want a list of all wi
Mistral 16 sailboat engine mount Ace214 at 7:05pm 05.29.24
ABYC wire identification question? dlochner at 6:57pm 05.29.24 One car company I had the pleasure of doing some electrical troubleshooting back ages ago used a nu
Leaky windows catsails8 at 6:52pm 05.29.24 I recently took all the windows out of my '85 Catalina 30 (don't ask). It was the last year of the
Bilge water question catsails8 at 6:48pm 05.29.24 I don't believe there's much difference between an '84 MK I (mine) and MK II (yours) concerning the
Bilge water question catsails8 at 6:44pm 05.29.24 Maybe the white one was cut at some point or partially removed if a manual bilge pump failed? The
ABYC wire identification question? sesmith at 6:42pm 05.29.24 I always made the label long enough to wrap around the wire and stick to itself like a flag with the
Damned generator Terry Cox at 6:17pm 05.29.24 Hi Clay. Sorry about your woes, but congrats on your new boat. Bet she's nice. Different model here,
Love Hate relationship BulldogTim62 at 5:40pm 05.29.24 I measured my 92 and came up with 78" width, inboard of the genoas and clear of the winches, do you
Volvo Penta MD7A / 110S Sail Drive Clunking Issue Tally Ho at 5:28pm 05.29.24 Probably full of mud :confused: Greg
Anyone have winch handle pockets on their 315? VFR750 at 5:19pm 05.29.24 I now have two on order. Thanks everyone.
Rigid boom vang on Catalina 310 MikeToronto at 5:09pm 05.29.24 What is the vang model? Catalinas typically come equipped with Garhauer vangs as far as I know. I
Rigid boom vang on Catalina 310 Scott T-Bird at 4:56pm 05.29.24
Damned generator (3) garymalmgren at 4:53pm 05.29.24 Here is your wiring diagram (From JamesG161) with the components to check indicated. Print this out.
hunter 33 2004 bar indicator (3) Hello Below at 4:42pm 05.29.24 @michel06440 I believe this what you want to install. yours. I could not find enough room for the
Rigid boom vang on Catalina 310 MikeToronto at 4:41pm 05.29.24 Also, for further clarification, I have in-mast furling main, naturally with a loose foot and only a
Rigid boom vang on Catalina 310 kappykaplan at 4:34pm 05.29.24 will try to take a photo of the vang, Yes, please! We should have asked you for photos sooner. :

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