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Jib sheeting angles on a Beneteau 311 CapitalistSailor at 7:43pm 09.11.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 13/5870 I have a Beneteau 311, Footloose, and I have been working on getting better tacking angles when goin
Breaker for electric head. Zeus2012 at 6:04pm 09.11.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/591 Found it.
Visiting my new boat this weekend! Justin_NSA at 6:02pm 09.11.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/888 Going to be spending the weekend sailing and checking out my soon to be new boat this weekend. It's
What is a blower jveatch at 5:10pm 09.11.15 Big Boats 13/3667 I know this is a really dumb question, but what is a blower? On our 2005 Hunter 41DS's 12 VDC circu
Can you do this? Kermit at 5:08pm 09.11.15 Ask All Sailors 11/1504 https://vimeo.com/133833096
Bimini Leopotter at 3:25pm 09.11.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1586 Does anyone know if the small metal brackets on the outside of the cockpit on my Mac 26D are for a b
Seatalk NG Power pins on i50 display? chrisyse at 7:03am 09.11.15 Ask All Sailors 5/1775 Hi, Which are the 12V power and return pins on the Seatalk-ng 6 pin connectors on the display? Sa
1989 jeanneau 42 voyage 12.5 Casagf66 at 5:54am 09.11.15 Ask All Sailors 0/1873 Hello gang, I'm intrested in putting an offer on what seems to be a nice1989 jeanneau 42 voyage
How do I remove swage fittings for replacement? Anonymous member 131 at 5:44am 09.11.15 Ask All Sailors 56/14257 Ok, new to this game and no search results on this but I know it has to have been discussed a millio
Slots for clutches MORNING LIGHT at 4:27am 09.11.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 17/2602 Hi Want to install 1 or 2 clutches on my Catalina 28 MK 11 1996 to bring some lines back to cockpit.
Value of stove burnswelds at 1:49am 09.11.15 Catalina 30 5/1500 Good morning , What's a good price for a working clean factory stove for a 1980 catalina 30? Kind r
rigging for 1981 magregor 22 lost jigger o salt at 11:24pm 09.10.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/3036 just got a 1981 macgregor 22 ft sailboat .does anyone know where I can get a rigging diagram or eve
anyone have experience with the sunbird 16? Zu13 at 9:21pm 09.10.15 AMF 0/3391 I am looking at buying my first sail boat and this seems to be a great option with my limited budget
extension ladder for 37 Hunter e Bryan Rucinski at 8:29pm 09.10.15 The Cherubini Hunters 7/1470 just purchased a 1984 Hunter 37 cutter rig. I hope I can get some wisdom from other owners for sever
Whale Gusher in bilge--anybody? (1) Windtherapy at 5:52pm 09.10.15 Ask An Oday Owner 4/725 So has anybody installed a Whale Gusher Supersub in their bilge on their O'Day? I am just curious w
Hunter 23 Carling Toggle Switches dhaberman at 3:37pm 09.10.15 Smaller Boats 19/2012 Can anyone recommend where I can get replacement carling toggle switches for my Hunter 23 distributi
We did it JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 2:54pm 09.10.15 Catalina 310 17/2295 Yesterday at 3am we became full time cruisers on our C310. We cut the lines and headed south. We a
Anyone have experience with a sunbird 16? Zu13 at 2:32pm 09.10.15 Trailer Sailors 13/17058 I am looking at buying my first sail boat and this seems to be a great option with my limited budget
Question about replacing bent turnbuckle jaws davidmhull at 2:17pm 09.10.15 Ask All Sailors 6/1377 Good morning . I have a question about shroud turnbuckles. On the port side I have two turnbuckle j
Beaching a 23.5 SFKjeld at 1:46pm 09.10.15 Smaller Boats 12/2213 Planning a sail to Clipper Cove at Treasure Island this weekend with a bunch of West Wight Potters.

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Simpson Lawrence Windlass Help DRhoads at 6:29am 01.02.24 Check your starter battery. If low all you will get is clicking. Start the engine, take it up to a
How dispose of sailboat? QCI at 6:06am 01.02.24 I was going to pay to have the boat disposed of but someone wanted to have the boat. I ended up gift
Propeller shaft seal does not seem right. dlochner at 6:02am 01.02.24 The extra clamp on the shaft is a safety feature. If for some reason the SS rotor should come loose,
Propeller shaft seal does not seem right. Ward H at 5:57am 01.02.24 I agree that the clamp is being used as a marker to indicate if the collar is slipping forward and l
Propeller shaft seal does not seem right. Captain Larry-DH at 5:54am 01.02.24 It looks over compressed. Where is the vent line? When was it last serviced? (Every 6 years ish pa
Propeller shaft seal does not seem right. marcham at 5:06am 01.02.24 It looks over compressed. Where is the vent line? When was it last serviced? (Every 6 years ish par
What's the purpose for these slots? Jkutyna at 4:50am 01.02.24 What's odd is I have the same panel on my 1993 33.5 and it does INDEED drain out the back as there i
Propeller shaft seal does not seem right. arf145 at 9:02pm 01.01.24 I think some owners put a clamp behind the stainless steel piece to ensure that it doesn't back off,
Need a new swing keel pgandw at 6:13pm 01.01.24 It's worth joining the Mariner Class Association. Over 250 owners of the 4000+ Mariners produced ar
Simpson Lawrence Windlass Help Rich Stidger at 6:12pm 01.01.24 With the main DC panel windlass breaker ON, the windlass controller box would "click" when pressing
Simpson Lawrence Windlass Help marcham at 5:30pm 01.01.24 With the main DC panel windlass breaker ON, the windlass controller box would "click" when pressing
Simpson Lawrence Windlass Help Rich Stidger at 2:12pm 01.01.24 It's not the breaker or the switch, because there would be no clicking if either were faulty. In add
Need a new swing keel MBBoater at 12:58pm 01.01.24
Simpson Lawrence Windlass Help ice breaker at 12:29pm 01.01.24 Could be a bad solenoid/batery contactor too.
Simpson Lawrence Windlass Help Sailgunner at 12:28pm 01.01.24 One of the best upgrades I did recently was replaced my Simson Lawrence with a new Lewmar. What a di
Installing engine shutoff solenoid/switch Scott T-Bird at 12:08pm 01.01.24 I did that conversion on my 3GM30F and it works fine. I attached a Trombetta P-610-B5V12 directly
Need a new swing keel shemandr at 11:56am 01.01.24 For the one time I sailed an O'Day Mariner I thing it had a metal CB. What is the material of MBBoa
Simpson Lawrence Windlass Help shemandr at 11:49am 01.01.24 On my H356 the breaker was beneath the nav table on the bulkhead. If I remember the battery switch
Need a new swing keel Captain Ron 18 at 11:12am 01.01.24 Happy New Year! My dad had an O'Day Mariner when I was growing up and we sailed the heck out of her
60 best Boats 30' and under lacoursmarc at 11:08am 01.01.24 I'm putting together a list of boats including their basic specs in order to narrow down my search.

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