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Bottom paint RWSlater at 3:15pm 03.12.17 Ask All Sailors 27/3073
Beneteau Oceanis 400CC Davits/Arch Stauff at 2:25pm 03.12.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1250 I would like to install either davits or an arch on my 2000 Beneteau Ocenais 400CC. While I origina
Replacing sheets on 2009 Beneteau 43 DPW at 1:07pm 03.12.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1383 Greetings: i would like to replace the main and genoa sheets on my Beneteau 43 and wondering if ther
What gauges are useful? Scott T-Bird at 12:52pm 03.12.17 Ask All Sailors 49/5482 I'm mounting new DC and AC panels. What are the most useful gauges? I have Xantrex LinkPro for DC m
O'day 34 fixed windows. (1) Sefuller at 10:04am 03.12.17 Bigger Boats 22/4124 Recently I discovered one of my side windows had cracked in winter storage. As far as I know it is
Oday 19 Victor Frank at 9:00am 03.12.17 Other Sailboats 5/2967 New to the group, hoping to get some help in finding my first Oday 19. I've taken the ASA 101,103 '1
Giselle of Iken Challenger 1962 gets makeover (2) Hamish Stoddart at 7:06am 03.12.17 Alden General Chat 7/2477 Giselle just spent a couple of months in Berthon, Lymington getting a well needed full paint job on
Anchor question........ Manson vs Rocna NYSail at 5:30am 03.12.17 Ask All Sailors 16/7746 hello all...... read a ton on anchors and actually owned a Manson supreme 35lb for my Pearson that w
Factory V-Berth not level in 1984 C30? patrickkidd at 9:31pm 03.11.17 Catalina 30 4/2842 Hi there! Is it just me or is the bow end of the v-berth higher than the aft end? It seems like the
Single Hand Rig 222 My Buddy at 5:57pm 03.11.17 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1713 My 222 is stock and I would like to upgrade it and rig it right for single hand sailing for my Dad.
3 Bridge Fiasco Slider at 4:25pm 03.11.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1034 In late January Elan a Beneteau 37 sailed in the SF race. Check out SAIL mag. page 10 and 11 this m
Help me pick a flashlight? Gene Neill at 9:01am 03.11.17 Ask All Sailors 73/10623 Specifically, a flashlight for spotting markers, crab buoys, pirates ships, and such. I like the ide
What is this device? (1) jimshipsky at 8:58am 03.11.17 Ask All Sailors 12/2551 134077 I've been enjoying the YouTube videos: Sailing Uma. These young sailors re-habbed a Pearson 3
Battery Fuses (2) Weasel at 8:38am 03.11.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1124 S 134074 134075 134074
Another rigging question... C22BC at 6:38am 03.11.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 18/4384 I've have been working on tuning my rigging on my newly purchased C25 and can't seem to get any rake
Registration Number Recommendations for Dinghy (1) BlowMeAway at 5:43am 03.11.17 Ask All Sailors 14/10153 134063 Good morning all, we recently received our Lehr 5HP propane outboard and need to get the ding
Removing Old Deck Block Advice Bad Obsession at 5:37am 03.11.17 Ask All Sailors 3/541 One of the deck blocks at the base of my mast has bit the big one and I will probably need to replac
9.8 up outboard for Mac 19? PleasantDane at 2:30am 03.11.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/842 I have sailed my Mac 19 with a 40 hp outboard since I bought her in 1993. The motor is now well past
Auto reverse monitor ronald.hudson1 at 11:33pm 03.10.17 Ask All Sailors 10/731 I was thinking of buying an auto reverse monitor to look under my foresail while sailing to windwar
Deck recore material: Balsa. divinycell, plywood, or something else? lost soul at 7:30pm 03.10.17 Ask All Sailors 2/1338 I just removed my the foredeck top skin as it was delaminated and bouncy and soggy. I am trying to

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Downsizing to a 260 Crazy Dave Condon at 5:45am 06.25.24 Both the Hunter 260 and Catalina 250.had mast raise systems that were standard Although I was a
Yanmar 20gm starting issue 3GGG at 5:39am 06.25.24 I went down last night and the engine cranked on second push. I let it run for 2 hrs and it ran fine
Furler woes Tally Ho at 5:24am 06.25.24 How old and crusty is your furling line? When I replaced my line, I was amazed at how much easier t
Yanmar 20gm starting issue Tally Ho at 5:21am 06.25.24
Catalina 320 (1994) Mystery Water in bilge compartments busted buttons at 4:35am 06.25.24 You'll have to describe in more detail the circumstances under which you find water. After rain ev
Furler woes Davidasailor26 at 4:33am 06.25.24
Furler woes kappykaplan at 4:10am 06.25.24 Could be you have too much tension on the jib halyard. Do you have any photos you can share?
Yanmar 20gm starting issue jssailem at 3:57am 06.25.24 The diesel engines on our boats really demand little to work. Air, clean fuel, and compression. Y
Deb-it Tape Vs Silicone for Teak Seat Replacement Leeward Rail at 10:03pm 06.24.24 Typical Silicone really shouldn't be used on a boat. I have spent way too much time on my current b
Could use some help! higgs at 9:18pm 06.24.24 Pulling the mast on that boat should be easy with a mast crane. It would be a good opportunity to i
No more vroom vroom? higgs at 9:11pm 06.24.24 You don't say how little your engine is or its brand. If you have been using ethanol gas (premium n
Yanmar 20gm starting issue higgs at 9:04pm 06.24.24 Where are you setting your throttle?
Catalina 320 (1994) Mystery Water in bilge compartments higgs at 9:01pm 06.24.24 Rain?
Catalina 320 (1994) Mystery Water in bilge compartments rgranger at 7:24pm 06.24.24
Flickering House Lights dlochner at 6:53pm 06.24.24 YES - Corrosion was on light in the head---- It seems that it fried the wires between the head and
Flickering House Lights Davidasailor26 at 6:30pm 06.24.24 YES - Corrosion was on light in the head---- It seems that it fried the wires between the head and
Okd J24 traveler repair (1) JRacer at 6:20pm 06.24.24 That's a Harken windward sheeting car. Contact Harken. Here is a pic. Not sure if they can provide p
Catalina 320 (1994) Mystery Water in bilge compartments JoeWhite at 6:09pm 06.24.24 On my c36, I found leaky windlass shaft seals were the source of the water reaching the bilge locati
Removing ceiling light Rich Stidger at 5:15pm 06.24.24 IIRC, you give a CCW twist to remove.
Flickering House Lights BAD ORCA at 5:14pm 06.24.24 Yeah thats really messed up when they do crap like that. I have found a few Friday at 5:00 construc

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