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tiller Drbmack at 9:30am 08.25.16 Parts Search 2/655 My tiller snapped on Oday Daysailer 3. Where do I find a replacement? I capsized and was rescued by
Invest 99L Forecast JamesG161 at 7:16am 08.25.16 Sails Call Lounge 4/1425 Invest 99 L is still not even organized. It will track over the Bahamas and into South Florida at p
Helm Blower Switch lehighsail at 6:44am 08.25.16 Ask All Sailors 21/4212 I am thinking of installing a switch at the helm for the engine compartment blower just to make it m
Upwind troubles sailnewbie at 5:21am 08.25.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 57/5223 Still having trouble getting upwind, is it possible that my rigging adjustment is wrong or does that
VERY close reaching gettinthere at 10:48pm 08.24.16 Ask All Sailors 24/3689 Sailing my 1985 Endeavour 42 (33 ft LWL) across Penobscot Bay today, very close reaching. The number
Grass fouls Propshaft toliver at 9:33pm 08.24.16 Ask All Sailors 36/2871 OK just back from new experience...Lost all headway 100 yds after leaving the slip tonight, quick an
Racing a MacGregor or Venture 21 MacGyver at 7:41pm 08.24.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/4476 Greetings from Galveston Bay area Texas. I'm in my 5th year of racing a Venture 21 in the local We
Why no jeanneau?? NYSail at 7:13pm 08.24.16 Other Sailboats 1/1081 Jeanneau very nice boats.... Why no forum? Anything I should know??? Looking at at 42 ds
Diesel runaway RAD88 at 6:36pm 08.24.16 Engines and Propulsion 1/866 Is it possible for a clogged fuel filter to cause the engine to runaway? I have a 1977 Yanmar YSB-12
Starter Switch problem? (1) armandolio at 6:33pm 08.24.16 Catalina 30 29/3840 Starting my 1989 C30 can be inconsistent. Sometimes I warm the glow plug for 45 seconds and it star
A Bad Taste Bob S at 6:25pm 08.24.16 Ask All Sailors 13/1535 I'm not one to vent and I generally wouldn't say a bad thing about anybody but I am a little ticked
Battery Bank Wiring Question catawbahunter at 6:03pm 08.24.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2125 My Hunter 36 has 2 4D house batteries and a separate starting battery. The engine alternator rechar
Three fresh water system issues. (1) Zeus2012 at 5:39pm 08.24.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 17/2270 127293 1. We are currently living aboard, for the past year, using fresh water from our tanks, which
Isomat mainsail gate (1) Sefuller at 5:02pm 08.24.16 Ask All Sailors 9/3750 127290 My O'day 34 came with a cotter pin on a string riveted to the mast which is inserted into the
4 hours after buying a boat and already questions... Kommy000 at 4:51pm 08.24.16 The Cherubini Hunters 25/2665 Well, after lurking on these forums for a while I finally took a plunge and bought a 1981 Hunter 27.
1996 hunter 29.5 autohelm wind (2) middle river at 3:37pm 08.24.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/468 Hi, my autohelm wind stopped giving direction and speed. It still has power to unit. A rigger went u
AIS/PLB HMT2 at 2:45pm 08.24.16 Ask All Sailors 7/903 I am preparing my list of safety equipment and maintenance items for a 150 mile off shore race in th
Sticky Tachy dehler25 at 2:17pm 08.24.16 Big Boats 6/656 The original Yanmar tach is behaving badly! It seems that the needle movement has become stubborn at
Catalina 30 cockpit hose replacement Cabin by the Sea at 2:09pm 08.24.16 Ask All Sailors 3/1503 Both of my cockpit drain hoses were leaking. I found the marine exhaust hose that Catalina used on
Companionway boards Doug J at 12:47pm 08.24.16 Smaller Boats 20/9399 If anyone has replaced their OEM companionway boards with something new and nice looking I would lov

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Bent wing keels (1) JamesG161 at 9:31am 04.05.24 I recently looked at a Hunter Passage 42. The Boat Yard repaired my Bent Wing on my Lead/Antimony
Solar / lithium question BAD ORCA at 9:28am 04.05.24 hi all I have 2x 200Ah Dakota litium batteries. The solar panel leave me at the beginning of the ev
RECOMMISSIONING THE FRESH WATER SYSTEM (1) JamesG161 at 9:13am 04.05.24 If you have space to install one of these parts from Groco... atory sink and Engine.
lovely boat ---about to be crushed in FL, due to incompetence. . Kings Gambit at 9:07am 04.05.24 We have our boat in Long Beach Municipal Marina, a City-owned & operated marina. The marina conducts
Genoa sheets LakeShark at 9:02am 04.05.24 They said it will interfere with trimming for racing. We are a racing club. Bingo that's the key
Raytheon Wind Instrument not reading Deleted member 117556 at 8:45am 04.05.24 As others have said, call Raymarine @ (603) 881-5200. I just went through this and ended up having
Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger john6206 at 8:44am 04.05.24
28.5 Split Backstay rigging Shaw_2112 at 8:41am 04.05.24 223994 Many racers choose to change out the fixed back stay for an adjustable stay. CS Johnson make
Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger john6206 at 8:40am 04.05.24 Thanks @MitchM - I built the passagemaker dinghy, the bigger sibling of your Eastport. Effortless
Cleaning foam cushions? dLj at 8:36am 04.05.24 My dearly beloved washed the covers for our v-birth and cabin...the seals to the windows had been l
Genoa sheets mashmaster at 8:30am 04.05.24 They are wrong. You don't need to do any such thing. They said it will interfere with trimming for
Genoa sheets Gene Neill at 8:16am 04.05.24 First think the older guys at my club said when they saw my cat 22 was "you need to remove the life
lovely boat ---about to be crushed in FL, due to incompetence. . Kings Gambit at 8:13am 04.05.24 Florida is looking for revenue - they are not going to destroy something that they could get more fr
Ruined mast or not a big deal? dLj at 8:12am 04.05.24 Just a note: The OP @cstan posted this same question over in Cruisers an Sailors but included two ad
Ruined mast or not a big deal? PaulK at 8:10am 04.05.24 I'll agree that the 2nd picture looks a little like a dent at the spreader, but It also appears tha
lovely boat ---about to be crushed in FL, due to incompetence. . PaulK at 8:02am 04.05.24 If the owner died and the state had to get a lawyer to execute the will (or the estate went into pro
lovely boat ---about to be crushed in FL, due to incompetence. . Kings Gambit at 7:48am 04.05.24 Florida has some very strict laws about derelict and abandoned boats. I'm not surprised that the FW
Cleaning foam cushions? dmax at 7:07am 04.05.24 I removed my covers and put them in the washing machine - came out like new.
RECOMMISSIONING THE FRESH WATER SYSTEM Tally Ho at 6:16am 04.05.24 I have a small 12v diaphragm pump that I attach to the drain and pump it as dry as I can. The pump
Bent wing keels jssailem at 6:08am 04.05.24 Your post reminds me that the wing tips on the Southwest plane had bent wing tips. I was told they d

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