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Beneteau powerboats - Gran Turismo david hines at 6:16pm 06.02.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1188 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 3/2100 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 3/1358 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 0/871 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 2/1129 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 2/778 Does anyone recall the original price of a Hunter 26?
Keel Separation smarsh at 2:41pm 06.02.15 Cal 4/2935 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 3/1503 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 2/772 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 1/804 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 2/3524 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 4/862 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 4/1061 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 11/1406 I'm building my own holding tank out of fiberglass to fit a spot on my boat. Fairly complex shape so
thru-hull electronics djpryor at 11:19am 06.02.15 Smaller Boats 8/977 have a Raymarine tridata i50 (depth/speed) to install on my 1995 hunter 23.5 Because it is a water
Looking for Hunter waterline Tape BillSiemplenski at 10:26am 06.02.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/687 I am trying to locate the company who supplied the hull marking tapes used by Hunter for the waterli
Is '73 Catalina vs. Albin Vega stringhawk at 9:47am 06.02.15 Mid-Size Boats 8/3028 Both Catalina and Albin Vega are '73's. How is Catalina 27' better than the Albin Vega 27'? If you
Charger (2) 2 OLD PIRATES at 9:20am 06.02.15 Catalina 310 6/1569 Has anyone have one of these on their boat. For some reason I can't seem to get it to work. I checke
Steering Governor ? (2) 2 OLD PIRATES at 9:10am 06.02.15 Catalina 310 4/1558 I had this show up after I did a 180' :eek: I take it, it is a steering governor. I was able to fix
Forum for Barracuda Owners? Irfan at 8:23am 06.02.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/716 Hi I couldn't the forum for Beneteau Barracuda owners. Is there one on this site or any where els

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Kevlar skid plates? dlochner at 3:24pm 10.19.23 The boat is currently in storage about 1 hr away. I was planning on heading up there in a few wee
Kevlar skid plates? (2) Project_Mayhem at 3:13pm 10.19.23 I could be wrong but it looks like some of your bunks aren't touching the hull in your pic. A proper
New Sails jssailem at 1:48pm 10.19.23 Not sure what you are seeking. North Sails are excellent. They have supplied the sails for my boat.
Engineering Help Needed (1) Ralph Johnstone at 1:18pm 10.19.23 When I test and if I don't drown expect photos! If it doesn't work out as planned, perhaps you co
New Sails dlochner at 1:12pm 10.19.23 Look no further. https://shop.sailboatowners.com/cu/detail-sails.php?Sail+Loft A basic cross cut
Odd Sailboat ads jssailem at 12:27pm 10.19.23 it comes with dock line Gold Threaded!!
Engineering Help Needed jssailem at 12:25pm 10.19.23
Engineering Help Needed kappykaplan at 12:19pm 10.19.23 When I test and if I don't drown expect photos! :thumbup:
Engineering Help Needed Tater at 12:17pm 10.19.23 :worthless: When I test and if I don't drown expect photos!
Engineering Help Needed kappykaplan at 11:47am 10.19.23 Project complete: all that remains is strapping it on and testing. :worthless:
Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger dLj at 11:26am 10.19.23 This is good - you will have projects with a sailboat no matter trailerable or not.... What I im
1984 c25 sits bow down JoeWhite at 8:48am 10.19.23 Bill, Honda 50 is too big and heavy for c25. 10 horsepower is all that is needed.
Engineering Help Needed Tater at 7:52am 10.19.23 Project complete: all that remains is strapping it on and testing. Maybe I can go play tomorrow.
Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger (1) william24424 at 7:22am 10.19.23 I prefer the room on the high side while tacking on my larger boat. Two people maneuvering around ea
Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger RoyS at 6:53am 10.19.23 I'm intriqued . How does the line inside the clear tubing come out ? Is there a slit ? No slit. Ve
Whisker Pole Seahawk345 at 4:59am 10.19.23 Thanx for the reply's....very much appreciated.......
'83 O'Day 28 Fuel Pick Up Tube RBilly at 3:33am 10.19.23 Thanks for reply. Haul out time here. Will tackle that next Spring.
Misc repairs and changes tcbailey67 at 2:42am 10.19.23 was thinking about cam cleats with fairleads, that's another option
Universal M25: strange water temp alarm behavior Tom J at 9:38pm 10.18.23 Discovered short circuit at the panel (which was a total btch to open with the wheel/autopilot sti*
Diesel shut off pull Michael Davis at 8:08pm 10.18.23 The solenoid pulls the wire that is attached to the high pressure pump lever. You said that much b

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