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Faulty VDO Hour Meter Yanmar Engine (1) Quade at 9:24am 12.16.16 Engines and Propulsion 0/1412 Attention: Do not use any metal instrument. The hour meter works properly since this action. Obviou
Crazy dream? (3) Jackdaw at 7:12am 12.16.16 Ask All Sailors 48/4228 OK its winter and I'm looking for a new big boat to replace my First 36.7 ride. I want something sma
Rockport Harbor, Maine. (1) TomY at 4:36am 12.16.16 Destinations 9/1680 Fireworks exploding in bone chilling air over lobster boats this past weekend. These boats are still
Oceanis 45 Inner Forestay Chainplate Kit SteveInMD at 1:24am 12.16.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1196 I understand Beneteau makes a inner forestay chainplate kit for Oceanis 45. Does anyone know what t
The Rudder on my hunter 356 has play jjoptics at 8:33pm 12.15.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/913 when I took the boat out of the water this fall I noticed at the hull where the rudder shaft comes t
Haul out bottom paint Kommy000 at 7:42pm 12.15.16 The Cherubini Hunters 8/1248 Thinking of having my 27 Hunter hauled out and bottom painted and cutlass bearing changed too. Never
Fuel tank tedmrt at 6:35pm 12.15.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/343 I just purchased a 1992 Legend 43 and I'm not seeing how to gain access to the fuel tank!? I would l
Freezing cold but I did it anyway (1) rgranger at 12:55pm 12.15.16 Ask All Sailors 25/1983 Went to the lake to pull my OB for the winter and just had to
Which exhaust manifold M25xp (1) JosefR at 10:57am 12.15.16 Catalina 30 15/4255 Someone working on my boat sent me this pic of the elbow coming off my manifold, so I'm assuming the
winterizing ryansk at 8:30am 12.15.16 Ask All Sailors 6/568 Hi, I have a 1993 H27 with the inboard Yanmar diesel. the boat is kept in a slip year round in Tulsa
question about boat insurance liability newsailor72 at 8:05am 12.15.16 Ask All Sailors 22/6325 Interested in doing a partnership with somebody once I got my boat. We'd split the monthly expenses
Im boat shopping Dbnichols at 7:12am 12.15.16 Mid-Size Boats 17/3054 Ill start by saying that I am new to sailing. I have spent my life in/on/around the water but in p
Lazy jack line vibrating on mast Allan Frey at 8:34pm 12.14.16 Ask All Sailors 11/1328 The lazy jack lines lead to the upper part of the mast and a block on each side turns the port and s
"Cabin bags" forbin at 1:59pm 12.14.16 Ask All Sailors 6/2743 Hey, I want to add some "storage" to the vberth and aft cabin for people to put stuff while on board
Motor Mounts c130king at 8:48am 12.14.16 Catalina 310 12/3062 Hey Everybody, Anyone have a source for motor mounts other than Catalina Direct? Mine are looking
Mac classic trailer axle (3) walt at 8:44am 12.14.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 27/7525 I finally started to do some projects on my trailer. The main thing I wanted to for sure do was to p
Photos of Autohelm ram/linear drive on Oceanis 37 Rob Heath at 4:52am 12.14.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 10/3581 Hi I am about to fit a Raymarine Type1 linear drive to my Oceanis 37. Has anyone got a photographs
Where to purchase Garmin GPS Richie50 at 6:07pm 12.13.16 Catalina 22 4/1161 In my research for a GPS I came across a website, factory outlet store . Com. Two of the 4 models I
OC 45 Chart Light Change Out SteveInMD at 5:13pm 12.13.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/510 How do I remove the original chart light at the chart table. It's not obvious to me how it comes of
Portable emergency jump-starter battery for Yanmar 3JH3E? Kings Gambit at 4:20pm 12.13.16 Ask All Sailors 19/3078 So--any opinions or recommendations out there for a portable, compact, jump-starter battery that wil

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Does anyone recognise this windlass? dLj at 1:49am 12.01.23 So I continue not to have any clue which type of windlass I have. But I have stopped worrying abou
Does anyone recognise this windlass? jssailem at 1:30am 12.01.23 Thanks for the follow up. Glad you weee able to get it working.
Does anyone recognise this windlass? SV Andorinha at 11:59pm 11.30.23 So here an update: I have essentially given up on trying to identify the windlass. I have had some o
New MaxProp came today! Ralph Johnstone at 9:18pm 11.30.23 An award winning video as always !
New MaxProp came today! jssailem at 9:05pm 11.30.23 It is fun getting bling for the boat and dressing her out.
Yanmar Throttle Not Holding colb218 at 8:31pm 11.30.23 Good Question... honestly I have not felt the need to run the engine at the higher RPM. With the th
Hunter 285 aft berth redesign. rgranger at 7:40pm 11.30.23 I really like what you did with the plastic sheeting. Can you post the product that you used? I trie
Priming AC/heat pump. (1) Davidasailor26 at 7:01pm 11.30.23
Hunter 285 aft berth redesign. LaDonaMina at 6:35pm 11.30.23
Hunter 285 aft berth redesign. ggrizzard at 6:19pm 11.30.23 The attachments are blocked?
Trolling Motor as Auxiliary lacoursmarc at 5:53pm 11.30.23 Thanks for all the insights. My two small lithium batteries, wired in parallel cost me about $130 CD
Hank on storm sail used over a furled jib stickinthemud57 at 5:43pm 11.30.23 BTW, That Gale Sail thing in the ad looks way too big for a storm jib. Agreed.
Re-anodising boom and holes PK123 at 5:16pm 11.30.23 UPDATE: The anodizing guys have said that brazing rods will be fine but will most likely come out a
Electric Motors dlochner at 5:01pm 11.30.23 That used to be a sailing vlog, didn't it? Yes, and it still is sort of, it is more of a lifestyl
Hank on storm sail used over a furled jib Joe at 4:35pm 11.30.23 BTW, That Gale Sail thing in the ad looks way too big for a storm jib. I've never liked the idea o
Dodger Needed Joe at 4:13pm 11.30.23 I had my custom dodger built in 2018 by Custom Marine Canvas by Tom........... all the bells and whi
Replacing compass in Hunter 45CC kappykaplan at 3:51pm 11.30.23 Rick, the OP can't see through the plexiglass any more - here's that post: https://forums.sailboatow
Catalina 320 electrical issue Ted10028 at 3:39pm 11.30.23 thanks guys. I guess cabin lights, 400 watt heater, heat pump, refrigerator, possible water heater
Electric Motors Joe at 3:35pm 11.30.23 That used to be a sailing vlog, didn't it?
Hull ID Location Hunter 38 2007 dlochner at 3:02pm 11.30.23 Because the Hunter 38 has a sugar scoop transom, it may be around the corner on the side of the hull

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