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Flotation foam now ballast foam?! (3) KrustyKrab at 10:14am 06.12.15 Smaller Boats 9/1916 Hello Everyone. While working on my bow eye recently (I'll post that repair in another post) I noti
Input on site changes? Phil Herring at 10:09am 06.12.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 12/1300 How's the new nav and home page working out? Anything not working, or any unintended problems on ot
Motor mount lag bolts RAD88 at 9:06am 06.12.15 Ask All Sailors 5/2494 So here's the deal _ I'm having the motor mounts replaced and was asked which lag bolt I wanted to b
Diesel Fuel Tank Replacement shoemelbch at 8:08am 06.12.15 Bigger Boats 18/5849 Has anyone found a company that manufacturers replacement fuel tank for 272 LE O'Day? Our 1986 fuel
Free Practical Sailor Magazines 2004-2014 John T1594 at 8:03am 06.12.15 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 0/3779 I have been cleaning out my old files and found almost complete sets of Practical Sailor magazines f
Link 10 always showing neg amp draw ddegange at 8:00am 06.12.15 Big Boats 3/697 I have a 1999 Hunter 410 and it has a Link 10 which has been working really good until about a day a
Cockpit Fresh Water Shower mlindberg1 at 6:33am 06.12.15 Ask An Oday Owner 1/671 I would like to install a fresh water shower in the cockpit of my Oday 26. I want to utilize the 20
Oday 222 mast Main braket Luisecoco at 6:24am 06.12.15 Ask An Oday Owner 3/954 I just got this boat I need to font some parts: The bracket that's hold the mast The brackets that
Mast raising Gin Pole for a 22 Macgregor (2) FloridaSailor1949 at 5:46am 06.12.15 Trailer Sailors 29/8545 I recently built a modified trailer winch operated gin pole. It only requires three pieces to const
Tender/Dinghy for a C22 Leeward Rail at 4:59am 06.12.15 Catalina 22 5/7218 I noticed in a recent photo posted by "CaptDon01" that he has an inflatable boat for use as a dinghy
electric outboard lizdom at 10:30pm 06.11.15 Engines and Propulsion 4/1539 Ship ahoy as my new old Mac 25 did not come with a motor. I've been looking into a minnkota saltwat
my 23 CB is missing a bolt ewait at 8:32pm 06.11.15 Day Sailers 5/1233 how long are these bolts for the CB and what do they screw into
Mast Raising Systems Leeward Rail at 8:08pm 06.11.15 Catalina 22 96/13441 Hello All, In a recent thread, the usual discussion of the various methods for raising the mast on
rub rail replacement ewait at 7:48pm 06.11.15 Day Sailers 1/897 does anyone have advice on replacing the rub rail assembly
Princess Royal Island Cruise Terry Cox at 6:55pm 06.11.15 Pacific North West Cruisers 7/10085 AMEE flotilla (four solo sail boats) plan on departing around June 15 for Princess Royal Island, BC.
Tiller refinishing stiggy456 at 6:54pm 06.11.15 S2 11/3932 My wife and i just recently purchased our first boat. The tiller on the boat is very badly in ned of
Oceanis 36 cc standing rigging Photoman60 at 6:23pm 06.11.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1434 We got our new to us 1998 Oceanis 36cc in the water this last weekend and spent our first night aboa
leaking oil sender BillyR at 6:18pm 06.11.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/753 I own a 1980 Catalina 30 with a Universal 5411 diesel engine. A few weeks ago I noticed an oil leak
there have been threads about gas tanks. piedpiperIII at 5:08pm 06.11.15 Catalina 22 9/1398 Our old design cats have an open fuel storage as we all know someone wanted to know about closing it
What to use to rebed all deck hardware Jeff222 at 5:07pm 06.11.15 Ask All Sailors 9/1692 Looking for some suggestions on what to use to remount all the deck hardware. I have an O'day 222 a

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New MaxProp came today! Ralph Johnstone at 9:18pm 11.30.23 An award winning video as always !
New MaxProp came today! jssailem at 9:05pm 11.30.23 It is fun getting bling for the boat and dressing her out.
Yanmar Throttle Not Holding colb218 at 8:31pm 11.30.23 Good Question... honestly I have not felt the need to run the engine at the higher RPM. With the th
Hunter 285 aft berth redesign. rgranger at 7:40pm 11.30.23 I really like what you did with the plastic sheeting. Can you post the product that you used? I trie
Priming AC/heat pump. (1) Davidasailor26 at 7:01pm 11.30.23
Hunter 285 aft berth redesign. LaDonaMina at 6:35pm 11.30.23
Hunter 285 aft berth redesign. ggrizzard at 6:19pm 11.30.23 The attachments are blocked?
Trolling Motor as Auxiliary lacoursmarc at 5:53pm 11.30.23 Thanks for all the insights. My two small lithium batteries, wired in parallel cost me about $130 CD
Hank on storm sail used over a furled jib stickinthemud57 at 5:43pm 11.30.23 BTW, That Gale Sail thing in the ad looks way too big for a storm jib. Agreed.
Re-anodising boom and holes PK123 at 5:16pm 11.30.23 UPDATE: The anodizing guys have said that brazing rods will be fine but will most likely come out a
Electric Motors dlochner at 5:01pm 11.30.23 That used to be a sailing vlog, didn't it? Yes, and it still is sort of, it is more of a lifestyl
Hank on storm sail used over a furled jib Joe at 4:35pm 11.30.23 BTW, That Gale Sail thing in the ad looks way too big for a storm jib. I've never liked the idea o
Dodger Needed Joe at 4:13pm 11.30.23 I had my custom dodger built in 2018 by Custom Marine Canvas by Tom........... all the bells and whi
Replacing compass in Hunter 45CC kappykaplan at 3:51pm 11.30.23 Rick, the OP can't see through the plexiglass any more - here's that post: https://forums.sailboatow
Catalina 320 electrical issue Ted10028 at 3:39pm 11.30.23 thanks guys. I guess cabin lights, 400 watt heater, heat pump, refrigerator, possible water heater
Electric Motors Joe at 3:35pm 11.30.23 That used to be a sailing vlog, didn't it?
Hull ID Location Hunter 38 2007 dlochner at 3:02pm 11.30.23 Because the Hunter 38 has a sugar scoop transom, it may be around the corner on the side of the hull
Re-anodising boom and holes thinwater at 2:58pm 11.30.23 I STRONGLY suggest you try out those rods on a scrap of mast or boom first. Brazing aluminum is not
Hull ID Location Hunter 38 2007 Davidasailor26 at 2:47pm 11.30.23 From the factory it was almost certainly in the upper right corner of the transom. Only reason it wo
Re-anodising boom and holes dLj at 2:42pm 11.30.23 My question is why do you want to fill the holes? Just esthetics? If there is no other reason I woul

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