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Need Advice O'day 26 mlindberg1 at 7:34am 04.29.15 Ask An Oday Owner 1/673 I just purchased my first sailboat. I am a long time motor boater. I am making a list of things I ne
Enclosure curtains Syversens at 7:32am 04.29.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/1111 Hey all, so I'm trying to do a project we've been thinking about for a while: curtains for our full
Squall line hits - proper technique Jackdaw at 7:17am 04.29.15 Ask All Sailors 16/3578 There has been a lot of talk about the boat-handling on that Youtube video of the Catalina 34ish tha
Mast Step Plate (1) Cowpokee at 6:12am 04.29.15 Ask All Sailors 4/781 I have purchased a deck organizer to install on a MacGregor 26S the next time I have the mast down.
free sail boat mark rocco at 6:48pm 04.28.15 Ask All Sailors 15/2215 So i have a offer to get a free sail boat S2 24 ft need's work electrical bottom needs to be sanded
boom rigging (1) hotrodderjim at 5:45pm 04.28.15 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1014 Can anyone jot down a few drawings of how my boom is suppose to be rigged to hold my sail back ' to
vibration and loud knocking at stern jotruk at 5:02pm 04.28.15 Mid-Size Boats 16/2218 I have a hunter 27 with a collapsing prop and lately I have been having a lot of vibration and a lo
Need help stepping mast on Cat 250 Mako60 at 3:40pm 04.28.15 Smaller Boats 6/1616 Hi Everyone, I have recently moved up from a 22' swing keel to a Catalina 250 Wing Keel. I would
Furling Line - your favorite Gunni at 3:22pm 04.28.15 Ask All Sailors 5/1014 I'm getting ready to replace my headsail furling line. Big boat, lots of blocks and deck organizers
Compass for ST4000+ autopilot Retiring type at 2:50pm 04.28.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1518 Does anyone know where I locate the onboard compass for my Raymarine ST4000+ autopilot on my 2006 Be
West 610 Epoxy or 3M 5200 Ward H at 1:06pm 04.28.15 Ask All Sailors 2/1279 I am putting a SS bushing into the bottom of the fiberglass CB pendant tube on my O'Day. Here is t
(Canadian) PVC Zodiac repair question Scotchyscotch at 12:58pm 04.28.15 Ask All Sailors 5/7178 I have a PVC zodiac that needs quite a few small holes repaired. The local boat shop sells a small
Shake and Break, part 6 Skip Gundlach at 12:32pm 04.28.15 Ask All Sailors 0/521 Shake and Break, part 6 - Wednesday, April 15, 2015 We left you as we'd just checked in to the Ba
Removal of Beneteau insignia empty nest at 12:11pm 04.28.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/908 How can I remove the metal seahorse on the transom as it interferes with the placement of boat name
That Nasty Winter....... (1) Maine Sail at 12:06pm 04.28.15 Ask All Sailors 10/1061 Just stacked my bench for the next few days trying to play catch up from a horrible winter... It rea
Mast bolt hole (1) 7653 at 11:45am 04.28.15 Catalina 22 17/3534 Hi all, I just purchased a 1977? Catalina 22 with swing keel. I replaced the mast step (which was be
Anchor shank stabilizer Clydo at 11:04am 04.28.15 Catalina 310 10/1839 Have anchor chain pulled fairly tight against anchor windlass drum but after bouncing around one fi
Removing shower covers clarsen at 10:40am 04.28.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/872 The shower covers on the transom have broken off. To replace them, I need to remove the fitting, wh
New owner of a 1989 Hunter 26.5 with parts questions. jeepjake at 10:32am 04.28.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1701 First sailboat and the boat I just bought has been sitting mast down for a while so i'm sure some of
FYI - replacing alternator light with an LED... holdech at 9:57am 04.28.15 Engines and Propulsion 0/954 I used sealed LED indicators on my new engine panel for alternator, oil and temp warning. When I fi

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help on hunter 34 keel pan (2) kloudie1 at 5:55am 01.10.23 Yep, looks like someone went kinda out of the lines with a cutter.. The false bilge has been removed
help on hunter 34 keel pan RoyS at 5:50am 01.10.23 What diochner said.
Reefing Sail Trim Hayden Watson at 5:45am 01.10.23 With my C30 tall rig, in wind lf 18 knots, I sail at the same speed through water with or without th
Reefing Sail Trim Hayden Watson at 5:31am 01.10.23 In the past I had slab reefed with the typical drop haulard, tighten fore and aft reef lines and ret
Hunter 23 gets a little water around the keel bolts. Crazy Dave Condon at 5:28am 01.10.23 Besides the shroud cover plates, another area to look at is the cockpit drain accessible by removing
Reefing Sail Trim Hayden Watson at 5:19am 01.10.23 trimming the main is exactly the same whether it is reefed or not. As mentioned before on the fores
Beneteau house-starter battery switches SycloneDriver at 5:02am 01.10.23 It seems that the house bank is also the starting bank under normal circumstances. That should be f
help on hunter 34 keel pan (1) dlochner at 4:55am 01.10.23 Somebody went at it with a cut off wheel and an angle grinder. The why really isn't important, the w
AutoHelm ST30 Replacement jssailem at 4:24am 01.10.23 https://manualib.top/manual/138220/Raymarine-St60-Tridata.html?page=37#manual This might help.
Contessa 32 Owners ... Joe at 4:05am 01.10.23 Way back whehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tania_Aebin, Tania Aebi sailed a Contessa 26 around the w
AutoHelm ST30 Replacement (1) frimi_captain at 4:00am 01.10.23 Looking on the Raytheon website it appears the instrument with similar capability is the I50 Tridata
Need a new boom for Hunter 336 Joe at 2:39am 01.10.23 I suggest checking out a high quality rigging company like www.rigrite.com. I've linked a "spars" s
help on hunter 34 keel pan MFD at 12:06am 01.10.23 Also - looking at your original pics. I would be concerned about long term separation of the hull m
help on hunter 34 keel pan MFD at 11:22pm 01.09.23 I do not know, and hopefully some other H34 owners will be able chime in, but my hunch is that this
Solenoid Switch on the Battery Switch Panel, What Activates It? MFD at 9:39pm 01.09.23 Hi All, not the exact same use case to test but I happened to have the start battery out in preparat
Rain water leaking in V berth jonelli at 7:43pm 01.09.23
2008 H41DS w/ mixed Raymarine and Garmin MFD at 7:37pm 01.09.23 Quick follow up - got bored and this thread got me motivated to start prepping for digging into prep
Reefing Sail Trim David in Sandusky at 7:31pm 01.09.23 A reefed main should be flat. Our reefing system drops an eye in the luff over a hook on the boom en
What is a good Trailer Sailboat? (1) Sailavie1 at 7:05pm 01.09.23 212108
What is a good Trailer Sailboat? (1) Sailavie1 at 7:03pm 01.09.23 If you are willing to look outside the North American box, then the Tes 24 has very impressive specs

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