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Finding a trailer in California Davey J at 10:34am 08.18.23 Trailer Sailors 6/899 I currently have an Olson 25 in the SF Bay area, and want to get a trailer for it. I've seen a coupl
DIY Furler Fly4rfun at 6:45pm 08.17.23 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1150 on the mod page is a DIY furler done by CA guy, photos only, does anyone have info on how to constru
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. mikeracca at 4:22pm 08.17.23 Big Boats 68/9288 Hey there everyone. Well I did it again. I bought an abandoned Catalina that needs lots of love. Thi
H38: What is this Xantrax device under my main DC panel (1) flightlead404 at 11:46am 08.17.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 42/3977 I'm in the process of expanding my 6 month old 400AHr LiFePO4 house bank to 600AHr by adding an addi
Whisker Pole Install Inactive Member 157604 at 9:30am 08.17.23 Big Boats 5/927 Does anyone have any experience installing a whisker pole / track on a furling system mast? Worried
Invest 99L (1) JamesG161 at 7:40am 08.17.23 Weather and Forecasting 2/499 The African Monsoon Season is underway.
Expectations from solar Adamsson at 6:34am 08.17.23 Ask All Sailors 24/1488 We've had solar panels on our boat since we purchased it, but I'm only now looking at them more clos
Vesper XB8000- No GPS Signal MikeHoncho at 7:31pm 08.16.23 Ask All Sailors 12/1441 System is less than a year old and has worked flawlessly until this trip. Used precisely a month ago
Bimini for Newport 28mk II drharney at 5:23pm 08.16.23 Newport 2/1382 Man, its difficult to find a bimini and get the placement right on this boat. The backstays, or the
Dry bilge in H49/50 Nate at 2:38pm 08.16.23 Big Boats 12/1413
Capri 22 How does it race with a bit larger boats? Spar Trek at 2:32pm 08.16.23 Racing 11/2180
Venting a Dryer on a Catamaran geoffschultz at 12:29pm 08.16.23 Ask All Sailors 2/246 I'm in the process of designing a 55' catamaran. My wife would love a washer and a dryer, and I'm t
New vang to Beneteau Oceanis 50 (2009) (1) elvio at 11:42am 08.16.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/1487 218866 My Sparcraft Vang (?37560020505?) is broken. I think it's time for a new one. Can someone re
Difficulty raising the main gfcng at 11:26am 08.16.23 Catalina 30 15/1909 Hello, I recently purchased an 89 standard rig Cat 30. The main is led aft to a cabin top winch. I'v
Threading needle between Barnes and Clark islands NE of Orcas, WA. DinghySailor at 10:55am 08.16.23 Show Us Your Boat--Videos 4/1313 218859218859
Broken Rudder (2) jdearl at 10:54am 08.16.23 Day Sailers 14/2158 I have a Hunter 170, believe it is a 1999 or 2000. Out sailing the other day and the rudder blade br
Galley foot pump leaking DinghySailor at 10:42am 08.16.23 Ask All Sailors 6/1332 A plumbing question. Our freshwater galley foot pump (Whale Gusher Galley III) has over the past yea
Tide Clock (1) jviss at 10:06am 08.16.23 Ask All Sailors 44/2705 I always wanted one of these. Now that I love so close to the shore, and to my boat, I considered i
TS Hilary --> Hurricane Hilary [E Pacific] (1) JamesG161 at 8:36am 08.16.23 Weather and Forecasting 14/1737 This Hurricane Season 2023 has been very active so far. Note the name Hilary or #8 on that Area Nam
Cutter 37 Refit PhilaSailor at 7:25am 08.16.23 The Cherubini Hunters 18/1400 Hello, I've just completed a refit of an '83 Cutter 37. There was endless research and trials to f

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interior boom assemblies? shemandr at 2:09pm 02.17.25 I think having a functional outhaul is a great upgrade. As we know it controls the depth of the who
Self-Bailer on Trinka 8' Dinghy Skipper J at 1:00pm 02.17.25 Hi All, I appreciate the feedback. It sounds like I'd be better off leaving it as it is, with the dr
Steps to open and check copper tubes on heat exchanger for Universal M25-XPB engine? BigEasy at 12:43pm 02.17.25 I used a brass gun cleaning brush and rod (22 caliber diameter) to thoroughly clean the tubes. The
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? dlochner at 12:40pm 02.17.25 I used a hole saw of the correct diameter, but without the pilot bit. It was hard to get the hole s
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? Tally Ho at 12:16pm 02.17.25
interior boom assemblies? Tally Ho at 12:03pm 02.17.25
Older CDI furler (1) Tally Ho at 11:59am 02.17.25
Hunter 170 crack down to keel Ralph Johnstone at 11:54am 02.17.25 Please keep us informed.
Re-routing Mainsheet H27 David in Sandusky at 11:50am 02.17.25 I would suggest end of boom sheeting if this is at all ,possible. Our '77 h27 is sheeted from the en
Re-routing Mainsheet H27 jssailem at 11:38am 02.17.25 I grew up sailing dinghies and small boats. I understand your experience of having the main sheet in
Hunter 33 water leak at compression post (2) KyleH at 11:15am 02.17.25 Thanks for the reply's. I did investigate the wire box, and it didn't appear to be the source, I'll
Hunter 170 crack down to keel DFD at 10:59am 02.17.25 You definitely have high stresses occurring under the cracks. This will require building up the hu
Older CDI furler Timm R Oday25 at 10:54am 02.17.25 Hopefully this will help . The shackle you show might as well be used securing the foot of the sail
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? Ralph Johnstone at 10:50am 02.17.25 I could provide links to the owner's groups, forums where this has been discussed, etc, but this is
Hunter 40.5 Stbd water tank leak Rich Stidger at 9:51am 02.17.25 Try resealing the screws first before escalating the job. Access to the portside tank is hard becaus
Steps to open and check copper tubes on heat exchanger for Universal M25-XPB engine? JoeWhite at 9:19am 02.17.25 On my M35B Universal, the antifreeze drain is a plug on the engine block on the port side. Look on y
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? jbmia at 9:17am 02.17.25 Hmmm. My last bullet point was this: "- None of this is helping the OP decide whether he can enlar
Hunter 40.5 Stbd water tank leak danielsan at 8:44am 02.17.25 Maybe you don't need to remove the lid. I had leaks on my port tank and I simply removed all of th
Re-routing Mainsheet H27 (1) DHembree at 8:35am 02.17.25 There is no traveler car, but a bridle that straddles the companionway with the cleat shown. Now, I
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? dLj at 8:22am 02.17.25 - Another guy is reasonable and wants to understand the root problem, but seems to be holding me p

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