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Cabin Trunk Re-core lyricpekka at 8:28pm 02.05.17 Ask An Oday Owner 8/857 Hi, all, this spring I need to re-core a portion of the cabin trunk on my 1980 Oday 28. Can someone
C50 chainplates - Anyone tackled these? (1) SVBOB at 8:14pm 02.05.17 Big Boats 10/2142 Hi all. Mine is a 1992 Catalina Morgan 50. Two of the six chainplates are in need of replacement. B
Help Identifying Yacht Cordage by Flecking Pattern? (1) Kings Gambit at 7:31pm 02.05.17 Ask All Sailors 5/1120 Can anyone here tell me the manufacturer of this cordage? It's 3/8" or 10 mm polyester yacht braid
New paint for Catalina 22 Asills17 at 7:21pm 02.05.17 Trailer Sailors 8/4633 Hi all, I'm looking into buying a used Catalina 22, I live in So Cal, and I am curious as to how mu
Single hand Setup Bryan L Collins at 6:50pm 02.05.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 28/6376 Ok so been working on my 26s and having a ball doing it. Now I have a question about setting up the
Current charts peterbud at 6:41pm 02.05.17 Ask All Sailors 13/673 Does anyone know of app that you can pull up the currents in a given area or aplace i can get curren
"Judge Smails" Regatta Bill19233 at 3:23pm 02.05.17 Racing 0/747 The last GBCA Icicle Race of the year is always their annual "Judge Smails" Regatta, where some crew
Electric splitter? NYSail at 3:04pm 02.05.17 Ask All Sailors 7/423 ok so my ignorance here..... new boat has a/c thus having two ac inlets into boat. P/o had two cords
Prop shaft vibration, cutless bearing costs?? (3) wilf at 11:10am 02.05.17 Ask All Sailors 65/12494 Wondered if anyone can help me out with this, long post i suppose but im looking at buying an 87 od
USB Port Joe Madden at 10:34am 02.05.17 Catalina 30 9/2095 What would be the best way to get a USB port at the helm so I can plug in my phone which I use for N
Stripping wood..... NYSail at 6:00am 02.05.17 Ask All Sailors 19/4082 Besides the good old sander, what chemical product works for stripping varnish off teak? Thanks!
Universal diesel won't stay at WOT (1) Skipper at 10:02pm 02.04.17 Ask All Sailors 11/3722 Universal M18. Engine off, move throttle lever to full, stays put no problem. Engine running under
Sail alteration Jacomo Sailor at 7:40pm 02.04.17 Catalina 22 9/1223 I'm planning to add a roller furling system to my C22 soon. It's not really in my budget to get bot
Deck Hatch lens restoration cheap Capt Robbie at 5:42pm 02.04.17 Big Boats 1/1271 Restored the lenses on all the top side bomar hatches for about $15 bucks. I got the idia when I did
guppy 13 "D" new deck layout (1) sailorforever at 3:27pm 02.04.17 Guppy 0/1576 hello, finished installing turning blocks and clam cleats on the guppy's deck look good work good.
Standard Horizon GX6500 availability JohnShannon at 2:55pm 02.04.17 Ask All Sailors 6/2847 This thing looks like the bomb. Anyone know when were it will be available. Looks like you can ge
H-36 went on road trip seadaddler at 1:28pm 02.04.17 Ask All Sailors 6/698 Hi all just thought i would show you how we do things here in SW Fl. It was time for a new bottom jo
New cushions for 1999 B 411 Tim Downing at 1:14pm 02.04.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/595 Hello! Can anyone recommend an upholsterer who can make new cushions for a 1999 B 411 in the NYC or
Catalina 22 Midwinters Regatta, February 25-26, Merritt Island, Florida EditorC22NSA at 1:09pm 02.04.17 Catalina 22 0/428 The 2017 Catalina 22 racing season is here, and the Catalina 22 Midwinters will help kick-it-off. T
Anyone know a source for 1999 B 411 Main Electrical Panel? (1) Tim Downing at 11:11am 02.04.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1325 132414 I'm looking for a used or new main electrical panel for a 1999 Beneteau 411. Does anyone know

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Winch placement jssailem at 8:45am 05.12.24 Locating additional winches is often a good step in making the boat easier to manage. You might al
Universal M 3 20 (1) jssailem at 7:47am 05.12.24 Agree... Fuel would be the suspect high on my list to chase down. You say the boat was built in 19
Happy Mothers Day... jssailem at 7:23am 05.12.24 I'll be pouring wine at the Winery for 1000 of my friends sharing brunch with their Mothers. :biggri
Starting the Yanmar on a H280 Tally Ho at 6:02am 05.12.24 A million thanks to all! Got 'er started nice and easy and managed to avoid the many pitfalls ment
Refrigerator/Solar kappykaplan at 4:38am 05.12.24 Type of house batteries and capacity. Age of house batteries Type of refrigerator (if we know the m
Refrigerator/Solar Captain Larry-DH at 4:30am 05.12.24 I also have a basic converter which attaches to a battery and then has a standard three prong plug
Refrigerator/Solar east coaster at 4:11am 05.12.24 I have an Adler Barbour 50 and it runs great especially since I changed its controller to the 500 se
Starting the Yanmar on a H280 Occasional Heeler at 10:54pm 05.11.24 A million thanks to all! Got 'er started nice and easy and managed to avoid the many pitfalls menti
Birth orientation in Hunter 40.5 MFD at 10:17pm 05.11.24 I have a 41DS, with an athwartship berth aft. I think there are actually some benefits. Offshore, an
Universal M 3 20 Stu Jackson at 8:30pm 05.11.24 In ADDITION to this fine advice, there is this: Fuel Starvation and The Obscure Check Ball Valve F
Birth orientation in Hunter 40.5 shemandr at 7:09pm 05.11.24 We like that!
To cut or not to cut pushpit PaulK at 6:59pm 05.11.24 We have a short section of lifeline across the top opening there, secured with a pelican hook, inst
Stove Cover PaulK at 6:43pm 05.11.24 The cover on my boat is OEM. It fits over top of the stove and pot holders and has two latches to k
Replacing a mast step on a Princess 18 dlochner at 6:41pm 05.11.24 If they smeared epoxy into the slots on the screw heads, they probably smeared it all over the thre
Flickering House Lights dlochner at 6:30pm 05.11.24 A common practice, which does not imply a good practice, by boat builders is to stick more than one
Birth orientation in Hunter 40.5 Rich Stidger at 6:00pm 05.11.24
Universal M 3 20 Davidasailor26 at 5:58pm 05.11.24 In the adage that diesel engines need fuel, air, and compression your symptoms seem to make it unlik
Universal M 3 20 JoeWhite at 5:43pm 05.11.24 Sounds like fuel starvation. Replace both fuel filters. Then clear the fuel hose from tank to prima
Replacing a mast step on a Princess 18 Brian and Anne on Princess 18 at 5:14pm 05.11.24 Many thanks for your excellent advice and for opening my eyes to the concept of the tabernacle.
Flickering House Lights PeteT at 4:38pm 05.11.24 I wondered about that, but I don't know how to test that. Really strange. I wonder if they are in se

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