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Yamaha 36 broken mast. Inox at 11:36pm 12.18.23 Yamaha 3/1111 Hello! Our loved mast broke due to a fail in a chain plate from the top shroud. It can not be repair
Re-rigging without mast removal. Screen Saver at 4:13pm 12.18.23 Big Boats 16/2780 Rigging replacement, Hunter 49 B'R Fractional, no backstay: Some, perhaps most of you are driven to
Fire Port gwoolverton at 12:31pm 12.18.23 Catalina 310 7/1457 Can anyone advise on the best place to install a fire port on the Catalina 310? For example, one li
Beneteau Oceanis 34.1 Review (1) william24424 at 10:22am 12.18.23 Ask All Sailors 15/3825 Wife would like a new cruising boat for New England coastal sailing (Cape Cod-Newport-New York-Possi
Weather patterns for the PacificNW jssailem at 9:30am 12.18.23 Weather and Forecasting 8/1407 This is the start of Christmas Week. Kids off school. Holiday gift buying. So what will be the weath
How dispose of sailboat? QCI at 6:39am 12.18.23 Ask All Sailors 22/3152 I have a sailboat at a marina that I may need to get rid of it. Is there a service that will take it
Hatch leak repair Tom TH at 4:01am 12.18.23 Ask An Oday Owner 13/3171 The forward Hatch on our O'day 222 leaks during rain events. Is there a way to remove only the cover
S2 7.3 Documented Vessel? mtb369 at 10:29pm 12.17.23 S2 9/1652 Is it possible for an S2 7.3 to become a documented vessel, or is it just too small? I'm curious if
Fore Stay Bow Connection (1) tailboom at 7:11pm 12.17.23 Catalina 22 7/1171 Curious what others use to secure the fore stay to the bow (sorry about my terminology). PO used a b
Prop rotation question (1) Scott T-Bird at 6:15pm 12.17.23 Ask All Sailors 50/6534 I didn't realize that I was going to have to know this before taking my PYI Max Prop off for re-cond
Leaking Heat Exchanger Gasket - Maybe? (2) colb218 at 4:31pm 12.17.23 Engines and Propulsion 7/1782 Hello All- I have a Yanmar 3HM35F and today I planned to change the fresh water. I pulled out about
Repair/replace original WAECO fridge on 2005 Hunter 33'. 4Winds at 1:29pm 12.17.23 Parts Search 0/732 Got an extra unit? Looking to repair or replace 65L/2.7cu ft WAECO RPD 0065U 65L DC12/24V, 70W fridg
Battery charging Mike H. at 12:23pm 12.17.23 Big Boats 13/1892 We have a 2004 Hunter Passage 420 with a yanmar 4jh diesel. She has two batteries. Bought it last sp
Seaward Fox 19 bilge information Scubagirl62 at 9:45am 12.17.23 Trailer Sailors 6/1656 This is going to sound stupid, but does anyone know if there is a manual bilge on a Seaward Fox 19?
Solar Geomagnetic storm is coming jssailem at 8:13pm 12.16.23 Weather and Forecasting 4/719 NOAA is reporting a G1-2 solar storm will be hitting the earth, creating an opportunity to see the N
topping off engine coolant in a 3YM30AE matts997 at 7:04pm 12.16.23 Ask All Sailors 5/679 Just bought a new (to me) 2018 Marlow 31 with a Yanmar 3YM30AE ' SD25. After a 22 hr boat trip fro
Achilles LEX-96 Wood Floor Orientation? (3) Rich Stidger at 2:54pm 12.16.23 Ask All Sailors 3/928 I have the Achilles LEX-96 dinghy and I am making a new set of wooden floors. This dinghy originall
Grounding electrical system ian260 at 12:54pm 12.16.23 Ask All Sailors 7/1728 I am currently overhauling my 1972 Albin 82MS. I'm at the wiring stage now and have a question about
Painted Prop Shaft and Anodes in Fresh Water (2) Belzoni at 9:24am 12.16.23 Ask All Sailors 14/1901 Hi. I'm preparing to move a newly acquired boat from salt water to fresh. PO was in the process of p
Ceiling light issue on Beneteau 323 (2) dhenry99 at 2:26pm 12.15.23 Ask All Sailors 3/755

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Better Lifeline Gate Design? (1) Project_Mayhem at 8:17am 08.07.25 I've always envisioned something like this so you only have to move one object instead of two lines.
Mast crack hunter 23 Project_Mayhem at 8:11am 08.07.25 I'm no fabricator or rigger but I believe a skilled fabricator could fix this and overbuild it a bit
Mast crack hunter 23 CrispyCringle at 8:06am 08.07.25 Thats a tough one. It looks to me like the piece broke out from a stress fracture. Id be willing to
Re Route mainsail halyard to cockpit (4) Project_Mayhem at 8:06am 08.07.25 I did this on my O'Day 25. I used a mast step halyard plate with block attached, a block tied to the
Boom tents to keep deck clean Project_Mayhem at 7:59am 08.07.25 Does anyone know if it will deter birds? It will take a few extra minutes but overall it will save
Terminal connectors Timm R Oday25 at 7:56am 08.07.25 I'm under the impression the connector is aluminum
Better Lifeline Gate Design? Foswick at 7:45am 08.07.25 Attach the top to the pelican clip. On the bottom, the rod goes into a fixed clip base. That's a c
supporting boat to pull trailer out from under it to repair a crack LLoyd B at 7:20am 08.07.25 There are many sailors on this forum with your same problem and situation who have found solutions f
Boom tents to keep deck clean Tally Ho at 7:12am 08.07.25 And how long does it take to remove it? Or set it up? Would it deter you from sailing? Greg
Boom tents to keep deck clean dmax at 7:11am 08.07.25 A boom tent will certainly help keep the decks clean but then you have to clean the boom tent so not
Better Lifeline Gate Design? thinwater at 6:51am 08.07.25 Two cables. Obviously. That's the way all four gates on my PDQ are set up.
Terminal connectors dlochner at 6:49am 08.07.25 Clearly the tin plating is eroding. The exposed metal does not look like copper. Cut the fitting so
Better Lifeline Gate Design? Joe at 6:49am 08.07.25 I'm not understanding why you don't simply install an identical gate for the lower wire. That's the
Terminal connectors Sailor Sue at 6:45am 08.07.25
Better Lifeline Gate Design? (1) jssailem at 6:03am 08.07.25 What about clipping a piece of netting? hions with releases on one or both (if you wanted to remove
Terminal connectors jssailem at 6:01am 08.07.25 You might want to experiment with some marine labeled connectors. I think pretty much all of them co
Fuel Transfer Switch - replace ? ice breaker at 5:41am 08.07.25 That is not stock. The fuel transfer is on the 12 v breaker panel. Take a look at the manual for d
Generator Overhaul Georgedoyle at 10:21pm 08.06.25 Okay, we fired up the generator, and it works great. No white smoke/steam. Lots of water coming out
Dodgy propellor or something else? Richard19068 at 8:48pm 08.06.25 Did you straighten the prop after the pictures were taken? Did you have the problem before the prop
Dodgy propellor or something else? higgs at 8:41pm 08.06.25 I would guess the once bent prop is the culprit.

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