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Goosneck to Boom (3) Redwood707 at 7:00pm 03.31.23 Trailer Sailors 11/1207 Hello, I am attempting to equip a Windrose 18 with the basic necessities to hit the water and make a
Thread maintenance on my sailboat (3) zinahewitt at 5:36pm 03.31.23 Ask All Sailors 20/1680 Hi All, Hope you are doing well. My sailboat a 1975 Dufour 34 is steered using the ship's wheel, I
Hoisting and Flying Gennaker: Advice Needed ckreitlein at 1:33pm 03.31.23 Ask All Sailors 16/1641 Yesterday, I hoisted (with difficulty) my new gennaker on my Beneteau 331, PELIKAN. I need some adv
Hurricane season 2022 Analysis (4) JamesG161 at 1:29pm 03.31.23 Weather and Forecasting 10/1186
Running halyards internal: PVC or PEX brockangelo at 12:55pm 03.31.23 Catalina 22 2/675 I've been planning a project of moving my halyards internal since I'm about to add a VHF antenna, so
REPAIR THE RUDDER---BENETEAU 361 CLIPPER (2) EXADAS MUSIC at 12:02pm 03.31.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/745 I want to repair the rudder because it shakes---How can i have acces to tudder because the acces spa
SPRING RECOMMISSIONING Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 9:00am 03.31.23 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 0/1947 More boats have to be towed in, or find themselves back in the yard, and more equipment failures hap
Survey Question Greg_D at 8:43am 03.31.23 Catalina 30 16/1291 Hello all, long time lurker here, first time poster. I am looking at a 1984 Catalina 30 tall rig and
New C&C 33 Mk1 owner who will base in Portland Oregon Traveler7 at 7:42am 03.31.23 C&C 9/836 Hi all C'C owners! I am now the proud owner of a 1975 C'C 33 Mk1 "Yellowtail". I will be moving her
Yanmar 3YM30 mystery: I can turn the engine over by hand danielhwolf at 7:08pm 03.30.23 Engines and Propulsion 9/1083 Hi, everyone, longtime lurker here. I came into possession (cheap!) of a Yanmar 3YM30x1 engine in
Fuel gauge Beneteau 323 2007 (2) nitrogenase at 6:20pm 03.30.23 Ask All Sailors 4/631 Hello all, can't see the fuel level anymore. See attached for the back and front of the gauge. The b
Bilge Pump breaker George Braun at 9:38am 03.30.23 Big Boats 18/1325 2008 Hunter 36 that we bought the end of last summer - on board last weekend to finally begin spring
Legend 40.5 - Refrigerator and Freezer manuals fero at 9:00am 03.30.23 Big Boats 13/1149 Hello again, I wonder if any owners of sister ships have the subject original manuals. I have a 3 in
How tight is too tight on a holding tanking fitting install? vmaks at 4:20am 03.30.23 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/1256 I had to replace me holding tank due to a decent size crack at the bottom. The tank was on an '86 Pe
Bottom paint. What have I gotten myself into? Justin_NSA at 3:49am 03.30.23 Ask All Sailors 37/2567 I'll get to my question, but first; My bottom paint is thick and flaking in spots so I decided this
HELP FIX (REPAIR) RUDER-BENETEAU 361 CLIPPER EXADAS MUSIC at 2:20am 03.30.23 Ask All Sailors 3/364 We want to fix repair the rudder to my BENETEAU 361 CLIPPER because it has some space--How can we ha
Damper plate? Hayden Watson at 10:36pm 03.29.23 Engines and Propulsion 15/1283 My boat is making a new sound at low idle when in gear and I am wondering if it might be from the da
Replacement WAECO CB-40 swiniarski at 8:54pm 03.29.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1040 Can't find a suitable replacement to purchase for my original WAECO CB-40 Refrigerator. Isotherm Bi-
Swim platform Ideas Rusty Keel at 6:27pm 03.29.23 Catalina 22 1/672 When I got my boat it came with a dilapidated plastic side mount boarding ladder. I have been refur
I'm a newbie fresh and green! Clay Smith at 5:49pm 03.29.23 Pearson 36/2521 Hello all, I'm so excited to start this new adventure. After learning so much about sailing over th

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Fabric search BulldogTim62 at 1:14pm 05.28.24 I was wrong on the spots being gold, I think they were originally white and have yellowed with age.
Wing Keel on a 1988 Hunter 335 shemandr at 1:06pm 05.28.24 With an iron keel rust is the concern. Whenever there is a fresh paint job you should ask -Why? I
Mistral 16 sailboat engine mount jibes138 at 12:44pm 05.28.24 Why not use an electric motor, they are lightweight and most of the weight will be the battery. The
ABYC wire identification question? (1) DArcy at 11:57am 05.28.24 A different idea could be a handheld inkjet printer. I have never tried one, and it would not work w
Love Hate relationship kappykaplan at 11:35am 05.28.24 3 hours later in the sun-- gosh this is pretty good, better get the rear brackets and do this right
3GM30F Service Issue dmax at 11:32am 05.28.24 Sure, it may be something else that is causing the hard starting, but those compression numbers are
3GM30F Service Issue dLj at 11:27am 05.28.24 Compression specs for that engine can be derived from Yanmar's published data on the engines specs.
new engine? Rebuild? Make do? dmax at 11:24am 05.28.24 You could pull it and treat and re-paint most of it - the oil pan metal is pretty thick and the rest
3GM30F Service Issue skunther at 10:14am 05.28.24 Thanks. I have on YBW received replies that indicate compression is a nebulous thing, and this is wh
Deck leaks on Marlow Hunter 37/40 Don S/V ILLusion at 10:09am 05.28.24
Help me Install Dripless Shaft Seal (PYI Model) (4) anelso29 at 9:49am 05.28.24 Hey everyone! I have a few updates. I didn't take enough pictures, but I do have a few to show the p
Deck leaks on Marlow Hunter 37/40 matts997 at 9:34am 05.28.24
Cutting mast down due to electrolysis... rgranger at 9:00am 05.28.24
What stops the sliding hatch from opening too far / how to remove? Leeward Rail at 8:54am 05.28.24 Greenish foam is factory filler. There are more than a few threads here about how to fix the hatch.
3GM30F Service Issue dmax at 8:49am 05.28.24 Low compression is a root cause of hard starting - hard starting is a symptom of low compression.
ABYC wire identification question? BAD ORCA at 8:46am 05.28.24 I got my labeling insight from Rod (@Maine Sail ). I struggled with the hand written names, number
ABYC wire identification question? BAD ORCA at 8:44am 05.28.24 You could try making labels and then flagging them, i.e., instead of running lengthwise along the w
The falling c - Clip odaydokay at 8:43am 05.28.24 I have a hard time trusting a repair, if I haven't figured out the how and why of the failure, befo
The falling c - Clip odaydokay at 8:41am 05.28.24
Help with seized fresh water pump (4) Afraal at 8:40am 05.28.24 I'm attaching a few pics of the pump. I can't see well inside, but most likely the bearings failed.

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