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Crack in mast of Beneteau First 40.7 Ian Lewis at 7:18pm 05.27.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1432 In have noticed small cracks (2 to 3 cm) on both the port and starboard side in the manufacturer's
O'day 22 Battens Capri at 6:47pm 05.27.16 Ask An Oday Owner 3/840 Any oday 22 owners that could measure their Battens' width? I have a 30" and two 24" battens.
Balboa 20 restore- swing keel issue Bal20Greg at 6:16pm 05.27.16 Balboa 3/2802 Hi, I recently acquired a mid 80's Balboa 20' that had been stored away. I have encountered the swin
Z spar topping lift RonniePH26 at 5:22pm 05.27.16 Smaller Boats 2/580 Can anyone send a pic or tell me how the topping lift line attaches to the masthead on the z spar ,s
H26 sole refinishing CHSN WND at 4:03pm 05.27.16 Smaller Boats 15/1647 Happy Friday! I'm at the boat, crummy weather, so I've decided to tackle one of my 4 remaining proje
ST 4000 display not working kimelmore at 3:28pm 05.27.16 Ask All Sailors 6/1928 I have an older AutoHelm ST 4000 and the display LCD isn't working. I am unable to find a manual tha
ignition alarm gettinthere at 2:15pm 05.27.16 Ask All Sailors 21/1070 My 1985 endeavour has a toggle switch at the helm and a momentary button to start. The oil/temp alar
Hood Roller 810 Furling replacement? rickmds at 1:39pm 05.27.16 Catalina 30 17/5979 Hi I just launched my 1989 Catalina 30 that I purchase last fall with the sea trial scheduled next
Dedicated shore power for onboard air conditioner ???? woodster at 1:37pm 05.27.16 Ask All Sailors 39/6656 ok it's getting hot down here and i have onboard ac .....now it is wired in the the maine panel...vi
Kenwood TS50S failure... again Brian D at 1:11pm 05.27.16 SSB and Ham Operators 11/3412 I think I have had enough of this radio. The dang think started acting up again. Same as maybe a yea
Weathering Texas Storms (1) Texas Gun-Man at 1:10pm 05.27.16 Catalina 22 29/2320 Last night we had some strong storms in North Texas. On my ranch I lost one tree and had damage to a
Buff&Shine results...& questions.... rgranger at 10:47am 05.27.16 Smaller Boats 6/612 Hey all So I spent the past day and a half buffing and waxing my new-2-me Hunter. The port side o
Watertight air ventilators (2) jssailem at 9:12am 05.27.16 Ask All Sailors 11/1476 Anyone have any experience with a "Air-Only ventilator"? I am looking for a way to get air into my W
What should I look for when buying an Oday Javelin. Juansinu at 7:32am 05.27.16 Ask An Oday Owner 0/550 Hello all, I'm new to sailing, just finished ASA101 and ASA102. An 83 Oday Javelin has come up for s
41 DS. Leaky windows sailor5017 at 7:29am 05.27.16 Big Boats 8/1698 Looking for advise on repairing leaky Windows on 2006 41DS. Large main cabin Windows with polished
Racing in 2 knots of breeze. (1) Jackdaw at 6:41am 05.27.16 Racing 9/1196 Summer means light airs on Lake Minnetonka. It's early in the season, but last night we started a ra
Pearson 10M - Junk Rig Conversion Scott Dufour at 6:00am 05.27.16 Pearson 10/2276 Hi, I'm in the initial stages of converting my 1979 Pearson 10M to a junk rig with an unstayed mast
Catalina 309, 2009. Steaming navigation light on mast, replacement bulb PeterJay309 at 8:22pm 05.26.16 Catalina 309 Group Forum 3/1587 Does anyone know the replacement bulb size or part number for the steaming navigation light on forwa
Memorial Weekend Cruise Terry Cox at 7:22pm 05.26.16 Pacific North West Cruisers 11/1406 Belle-Vie has invited the admiral aboard for a Memorial Day weekend holiday cruise. These invitation
Zodiac Inflatable Water Discharge Orifice Question. PGUTIERREZ at 7:18pm 05.26.16 Ask All Sailors 4/725 I pulled my Zodiac inflatable out after 6-7 months storage. When I pulled transom plug out, both th

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The Show Must Go On shemandr at 12:01pm 01.29.24 Used to go to the St. Pete Boat Show yearly. Stopped going several years ago. Admission price r
The Show Must Go On Roland5048 at 11:24am 01.29.24 Used to go to the St. Pete Boat Show yearly. Stopped going several years ago. Admission price ros
Android phone app connection issue smokey73 at 11:17am 01.29.24 No issues here either. Have you recently hooked up via a vpn?
What the heck is this? Capt Robbie at 11:02am 01.29.24
Android phone app connection issue kappykaplan at 11:00am 01.29.24 No issues with my Android, mobile data or wifi.
Remote oil filter for M25XP (1) Stu Jackson at 10:59am 01.29.24 I am not sure if the access to the engine is better on the C34 than it is on the C30. I cannot rea
So, you're thinking of going Electric... ggrizzard at 10:43am 01.29.24 Will, the difference is that with electric, you will use up your limited power reserves much quicke
2GM20F engine issue Ralph Johnstone at 10:29am 01.29.24 You've determined the problems, you're in the final lap, slide into home base and you're finished.
The Show Must Go On Timm R Oday25 at 10:21am 01.29.24 We used to go to Strictly Sail when it was on Navy Pier as well. For all the presviously mentioned r
What the heck is this? 2discover at 10:13am 01.29.24 I have seen red spots on epoxy as a result from an exess of hardener in the mixture, reacting wirh h
Mainsail william24424 at 9:50am 01.29.24 I'm sure both are reputable sailmakers, years ago I went with North Sails. They came out to measure
Keel bolts Best of Times at 9:28am 01.29.24
Adding an electric fuel lift pump on older Hunter's with Yanmar diesels, Globe Pilot at 9:15am 01.29.24 Where did you find the specs for what pressures to change filters at?
looking for new bathroom tap handles for a hunter 420 passage DRhoads at 8:48am 01.29.24 You can also replace them with just about any type bought from a hardware supply store (Lows/Home).
Adding an electric fuel lift pump on older Hunter's with Yanmar diesels, (6) Scott NIelsen at 8:43am 01.29.24 I had a similar issue with fuel starvation on a previous boat I owned. After doing all the filter ch
Remote oil filter for M25XP Hello Below at 8:33am 01.29.24 did search the site for remote filter and found sever people who had not found a solution but no on
The Show Must Go On CUPRA at 8:32am 01.29.24 Just returned from the Toronto show and once again I said I'm not going next year!....very few manuf
When to tack Dogswater at 8:26am 01.29.24 Ha! Stuart Walker is not for those with a short attention span or only a passing interest in racing.
Noisy boats shemandr at 7:49am 01.29.24 Must have been snapping shrimp! That is the sound! But I wonder why when I cleaned the hull of th
Remote oil filter for M25XP FastOlson at 7:39am 01.29.24 About 10 or 15 years ago a friend installed a remote oil filter on his M25 Universal. He said he use

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