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CL1 4 RBand at 2:41am 08.11.23 Ask All Sailors 3/474 Hello, New to this site. Looking for owners manual/instructions/diagrams on how to rig my new (old)
Prop size for O 322? Tally Ho at 7:37pm 08.10.23 Bigger Boats 14/2007
Stern perch seats for 2008 Hunter 45 DS Roger Holloway at 6:27pm 08.10.23 Ask All Sailors 2/375 I'm looking to replace a damaged Stern perch seat for a 2008 Hunter 45 DS. Anyone have any ideas fo
Mariner Roller-Stay Parts? WindDaddy at 5:52pm 08.10.23 Ask All Sailors 3/428 I am the 3rd owner of an Ericson 27 with a Mariner (who went out of business) Roller-Stay Furling Sy
What should I be worried about? Smooshed keel while tied up... Walsh0575 at 1:30pm 08.10.23 Ask All Sailors 10/930 Hi all - I dug around a bit looking for other conversations about keel damage from rocks and couldn'
Thoughts on chart tables? CliffA at 1:28pm 08.10.23 Ask All Sailors 37/3377 With the prevalence of electronic navigation devices these days, are there many sailors out there th
Anyone sailing a Flying Scot for Coastal Exploration? (1) SmallCraftLifeNews at 10:19am 08.10.23 Trailer Sailors 0/10 Anyone sailing a modified for cruising - Flying Scot sailboat? (19') Best Regards, Jude SCL 887 Ch
MID Season Hurricane 2023 Forecast Update. jssailem at 10:17am 08.10.23 Weather and Forecasting 13/1651 Good Morning. While James is working on the write up of the 10 August 2023 NOAA Hurricane Forecast
C&C 30mkii true love at 7:07am 08.10.23 C&C 2/676 I just bought a C'C30 mkii and I need to purchase jack stands in preparation for winter storage. Wh
ForeDeck Windows step on capacity, No Step On? (1) Qomomoko at 7:04am 08.10.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 18/1522 Hello I went to look at a HL37 1987 yesterday. As usual, the add looks better than the boat in pe
need to know ohm of water level for 1997 hunter 310 CharlieAnn at 6:58pm 08.09.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 25/1745 sensor
Lake of the Woods Spadman007 at 3:31pm 08.09.23 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/874 First time going to Lake of the Woods. Renting a slip at Northern Harbour. Any advice on sailing i
1973 C&C30 mk1 rudder post cap rjmbc71 at 2:42pm 08.09.23 C&C 0/440 I am looking for a picture of the top of the rudder post (where the tiller is connected) in the cock
Halkey-Roberts V85000 Automatic Cap (2) jviss at 1:46pm 08.09.23 Parts Search 1/1103 I know this is a long shot. A long time ago I opted for manual-only inflation on one of my SOSpende
Need an old Navionics CF card danm1 at 1:01pm 08.09.23 Parts Search 7/1569 I am trying to update the operating system on an e80 chartplotter so that it will read new charts. N
Rowing a 22 Rltgold at 11:12am 08.09.23 Catalina 22 6/1210 Rowing a Catalina 22 Does anyone have experience with adding a set of oars to a 22 ? What lenth ? Wh
Rear seal size/specs for kanzaki k3mp CamaroMan at 8:27am 08.09.23 Engines and Propulsion 3/512 Hi there.. Can anyone supply the size/specs rear seal for the kanzaki transmission? Thanks
Top Down Furler Meriachee at 7:55am 08.09.23 Show Us Your Boat--Videos 23/4174 Top down kite on our 270. The top down furler and bowsprit were all crafted in house, and the kite
Water in Engine Oil of Raw Water Cooled Universal Atomic Diesel 5411 (1) Media again at 7:19am 08.09.23 Engines and Propulsion 10/1878 Purchased Northern 29 (built 1981) equiped with Universal Atomic Diesel Model 5411, cools with raw f
Rub Rail Help dennisv at 5:58am 08.09.23 Bigger Boats 8/1139 Took my very nice ODay 28 to a marine for some work that had all steel docks. Single handed the tri

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Sacraficial Anodes Davidasailor26 at 12:22pm 02.16.25 Completely legit and commonly used on any inboard powered boat. The sacrificial anode, often zinc bu
Sacraficial Anodes AnyS100 at 12:21pm 02.16.25 I recently saw a video clip showing the installation and use of sacrificial anodes on a propeller s
Watertight through-deck connection Urban Hermit at 11:53am 02.16.25 Just back from a few days out of town; what I ordered actually came, and I'm happy with it. Chrome
Best adhesive for joining two pieces of marine grade plywood together to make a rudder jssailem at 11:45am 02.16.25
Dink to the Deck? Perils of Reboarding jssailem at 10:44am 02.16.25 I like that. If it could be redesigned to be removed or fold up, I could get very interested.
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? dLj at 10:38am 02.16.25 You appear to be loaded for bear... I'm not interested in an argument. I'm more interested in learni
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? (2) Ralph Johnstone at 10:33am 02.16.25 The amount of misinformation that exists is amazing... How very, very, true. And it seems to be
260 Hull Repairs Crazy Dave Condon at 10:05am 02.16.25 No mention of the water tank lid seal is intact nor the swing keel centerboard and centerboard housi
Dink to the Deck? Perils of Reboarding (1) Kings Gambit at 9:12am 02.16.25 Just found this Yaemarine product at a company, Desertcart, in Oman. Appears a viable option; $190.
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? colemj at 8:42am 02.16.25 I'm ranting at the typical response of the marine world that never wants to actually look at why th
Best adhesive for joining two pieces of marine grade plywood together to make a rudder PaulK at 8:35am 02.16.25 You are planning to wrap the finished rudder in fiberglass, yes? Screws will be redundant extra weig
Dink to the Deck? Perils of Reboarding (1) Kings Gambit at 7:35am 02.16.25 Might it help and be worth it to invest in a folding wheel? Or set it up for quick disconnect and r
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? dLj at 7:19am 02.16.25 Beneteau states it is a duplex brass. DZR is one type of duplex brass, and I think most assume the
Illinois Sailing catsails8 at 7:17am 02.16.25 I was hoping to head to the yard on Sunday but the temps are going to plummet! I miss the heated in
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? jbmia at 6:59am 02.16.25 Curious why the backing plate with the collar? Is the hull too thin there for the minimum thicknes
Electrolysis in Small Block Yanmar Engines Will Gilmore at 5:41am 02.16.25 Sailboat Owners' Guide to Corrosion Here's a link to a thread about corrosion, particularly galvanic
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? colemj at 4:33am 02.16.25 TruDesign with collar and 1/2" G10 back plates (see pics) Curious why the backing plate with th
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? colemj at 4:29am 02.16.25 But I'm still stuck with the question as to what brass alloy did they use back then? Was it DZR? Or
Gelcoat repairs or paint colemj at 4:17am 02.16.25 Whichever you choose, the prep is going to be the same - all of that checking and peeling gelcoat wi
Diversion of CG funds PaulK at 5:52pm 02.15.25 Wait until they halt payments on the electric bills and all the lighthouses go out !

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