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Standing water in cabin raycraft99 at 7:36am 06.03.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1107 Hi! Just bought my 1985 Mac last year. For the first time i had some standing water in the cabin,
Companionway light - 2009 B37 (1) Vegas at 5:04am 06.03.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/1202 A light is just to the port side of the companionway...see picture. I haven't figured out how to
help me please caper27 at 8:47pm 06.02.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 14/1091 I just bought a sailboat for my 65 the birthday . I want to try something new . However , I have a b
Anyone else ever tried sailaway78 at 7:48pm 06.02.15 Ask All Sailors 34/2991 Anyone else ever tried flying a small quadcopter drone from a sailboat. I gave it a try on my recen
Short cruise sailaway78 at 6:36pm 06.02.15 Ask All Sailors 7/1003 Just back from a two week plus cruise over to the Tampa area from New Orleans on a friends H36. W
Catalina 27 Hull/Deck joint leak Kopite at 6:21pm 06.02.15 Mid-Size Boats 8/4245 Hi, My 1984 boat has a leak at the joint, near midship on the starboard side. Water show
Beneteau powerboats - Gran Turismo david hines at 6:16pm 06.02.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1105 Hello all - has anyone experienced problems with Beneteaus new power boats? We are finding major pro
Disappearing engine coolant CrazyLegs at 5:39pm 06.02.15 Ask All Sailors 3/2023 On our odyssey to get our boat back home to BC. Having run the Yanmar 4JH4E for @ 90 hrs thus far an
Zarcor doors installed on 83 oday 28 (3) Euphoria2011 at 5:32pm 06.02.15 Bigger Boats 3/1308 Installed these on my boat this past weekend, looks pretty good.
Propane Pigtail -- Loose the wrench roriol at 5:10pm 06.02.15 Big Boats 0/833 Hi, After spending an hour searching the boat for the propane wrench for the old POL style propan
Deck to cuddy cabin repair help rsafr at 3:44pm 06.02.15 S2 2/1067 I own an S2 5.5 Grand Slam and during my Spring cleaning, I noticed a gap opening up between the sid
Original price glmdoc62 at 2:45pm 06.02.15 Smaller Boats 2/752 Does anyone recall the original price of a Hunter 26?
Keel Separation smarsh at 2:41pm 06.02.15 Cal 4/2728 Last year I purchased a Cal 22. I had it in the water on Lake Ontario for a little over a month. I s
Mounting a Loudhailer / Foghorn FlorDLuna at 2:27pm 06.02.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1372 Have any of you installed a loudhailer / foghorn speaker anywhere up the mast? I just installed a ne
engine trouble motor mount fiasco splax at 1:46pm 06.02.15 Big Boats 2/741 Hello, I am currently on the Dismal Swamp Canal my situation is dismal. I stopped to examine t
Rigging on older widgeons mont12widgeon at 1:40pm 06.02.15 Day Sailers 1/752 Does anyone have a drawing or manual of the rigging main and jib sheets on a widgeon. Not sure wh
Water tank manifold valves - 2009 B37 (1) Vegas at 1:37pm 06.02.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/3429 One of the problems of buying a used boat is you often don't have a dealer to help you learn all the
New H260 Keel line, cant seem to raise keel all the way LarryH at 1:21pm 06.02.15 Smaller Boats 4/819 I had my H260 bottom painted, keel dropped, bracket inspected etc, keel line replaced, but they can
Bilge pump wiring MERITAGE at 12:59pm 06.02.15 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1003 I just recently acquired a 1982 O'Day 34. I discovered that my bilge pump is wired in such a way tha
Line into a HOLDING TANK? hodge3000 at 12:17pm 06.02.15 Ask All Sailors 11/1256 I'm building my own holding tank out of fiberglass to fit a spot on my boat. Fairly complex shape so

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Starting battery dlochner at 9:45am 07.10.23 Just came back from getting the battery checked, they say it is still in excellent condition, but i
Origo 2500E Alcohol Stove DCourteau at 9:28am 07.10.23 Anything I can spray? I don't think I have the ability to take it apart.
Starting battery fred1diver at 9:22am 07.10.23 Just came back from getting the battery checked, they say it is still in excellent condition, but it
Against the wind - in the docks sbrogden at 9:18am 07.10.23 Do you have oar locks? No oar locks on the boat.
Against the wind - in the docks rgranger at 9:15am 07.10.23 Do you have oar locks?
Origo 2500E Alcohol Stove rgranger at 9:14am 07.10.23 If you can take it apart, I'd rub it down with some barkeeper's friend and a scotch guard pad...to g
Swing Keel/Bolts in keel locker rgranger at 9:12am 07.10.23 I did a google for the manual. A few different sites seemed to have it but I did not download it.
DIY tiller tamer fails ('68 Javelin) (1) jssailem at 9:11am 07.10.23 I used the Tiller Clutch. le to use. Effective at holding a tiller position. Often times when I drif
New owner Ventura County morbidfollower at 9:08am 07.10.23 Sweet! Great choice
Ideas, Thoughts, Recommendations, I'll Take Anything Claude L.-Auger at 9:08am 07.10.23 This was the epitome of simplicity ............. Thanks for the idea but I'm afraid it belongs to
DIY tiller tamer fails ('68 Javelin) Philly2DC2LBI at 9:06am 07.10.23 Thanks Jviss! And thanks RussC! I feel like drag is definitely a factor. Do you think it will work i
1960 Tylercraft T-24 rgranger at 9:06am 07.10.23 Here are the specs on that boat... https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/tylercraft-24
1960 Tylercraft T-24 rgranger at 9:05am 07.10.23 It looks like a twin keel boat. Those are slower but also great for gunkholling in areas of large t
Building a custom hard dodger PatAndEuan at 9:04am 07.10.23 The bimini and, to a lesser extent, dodger on our 2002 Hunter 466 are also on their last legs. We ha
Water balast leak in Hunter 260 docwells at 9:03am 07.10.23 Photos from construction phase of h26/260 by Marlow Hunter. How much water are you getting? A litt
Water balast leak in Hunter 260 rgranger at 9:01am 07.10.23 We put food color in the ballast tank and found the color in the leaked water so definitely from th
Georges Bank sailing from just South Nantucket to NS Hayden Watson at 9:00am 07.10.23 @Hayden Watson - wow, this is really great! When I get somewhere that I can sit for enough time to
Against the wind - in the docks Timm R Oday25 at 8:54am 07.10.23 This happens to us on occasion . What we do is as follows : we hoist the main and let the mainsheet
Weather forecast... Hayden Watson at 8:53am 07.10.23 That sounds great. I am leaving for a 2-week solo cruise while my wife is out of town and plan on s
Georges Bank sailing from just South Nantucket to NS dLj at 8:52am 07.10.23 The very best inverters will only be 90% to 95% efficient and that doesn't include the standby watt

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