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Profurl forestay furling friesen at 4:58pm 04.12.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1092 I have a 2007 Profurl 350 (or 420?) for my 2007 Beneteau B40. The halyard swivel does not rotate
Fluorescent TO LED Tube Conversion (3) Marc14857 at 4:49pm 04.12.15 Ask All Sailors 4/1525 I am trying to convert these (see attached pics) to LED tubes. I have 5 of these fixtures on my H 44
Stanial Cay Exuma Runway Closed BJV at 4:17pm 04.12.15 Destinations 0/1055 Runway at Stanial Cay has been closed for repairs. Flamingo and Watermakers now fly into Black Poin
Thinking too much about keel forces Daveinet at 4:05pm 04.12.15 Ask All Sailors 106/21353 OK, so its going to be another month before the boat is in the water, so my mind is just sitting idl
Oil in exhaust, low power emergpa1 at 2:27pm 04.12.15 Ask All Sailors 21/5026 I have an island packet with a 1986 3GM30F Yanmar. . While motoring down the intercoastal waterway
help with rigging (5) solodare at 2:00pm 04.12.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/1434 Can some one tell me if this looks correct? I have no confidence in what I'm doing. Nothing to rea
Texas Coastal Sailing TXGulfcoaster at 1:45pm 04.12.15 Big Boats 0/514 Across the ICW from Port O'Connor there is a bay called Espirito Santo, has anyone anchored in that
37C bilge question frankiedogs at 1:40pm 04.12.15 The Cherubini Hunters 2/841 The float for our bilge pump is not screwed down to anything and free-floating the bilge. Obviously
1978 atomic 4, can't get dipstick out to change oil MikeLitton at 11:31am 04.12.15 Engines and Propulsion 3/1319 Anyone experience this? I've got a 1978 Catalina 30, I bought last year. I went to change oil on t
Catalina 22swing keel Tony23630 at 9:32am 04.12.15 Catalina 22 1/1550 We have had problems, like leaking around the cable. Now that is a very easy to fix. But the one
Mystery Yanmar 2GM20F Fuel Leak Steve E. at 7:30am 04.12.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 18/5390 Good morning all, I have a mystery leak on my 1999 Hunter 310, with a Yanmar 2GM20F motor. With
first 235 rudder bolts riverroad at 6:25am 04.12.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1398 I've just been on Beneteau's spare parts site and wasn't able to find a listing for the delrin bolts
Stopper for 2003 Hunter 356 Refrigerator drain Jerry Clark H356 SV Persi at 5:46am 04.12.15 Big Boats 9/1250 Last week my wife dropped the stopper that plugs the refrigerator drain and we have not been able to
upper shrouds when stepping piedpiperIII at 5:40am 04.12.15 Catalina 22 1/784 On my first cat22 I used to disconnect the forward shrouds and upper shrouds when stepping the mast
Oday Strut bolts/screws pcjrusso at 4:08am 04.12.15 Engines and Propulsion 3/1360 I have a Oday 34. one this springs projects is a new cutlass bearing. Well my strut is loose i se
Ballast maintenance SFKjeld at 1:41am 04.12.15 Smaller Boats 12/1449 What are the maintenance recommendations for the ballast on a 23.5 that will be in a slip until fall
Stanchion Base Replacement Pantby at 1:34am 04.12.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1016 Our stanchion bases on our Benateau first 30 ( 1979) need replacing. They screw to the toe rail an
Converting Y30 to mid boom sheeting palacegrand at 9:48pm 04.11.15 Yamaha 2/1690 Yamaha 30, tall rig. Love the boat though I wish I could have a decent dodger put on. (fall/spring
Temporarily remove backstay on B&R rig smokey73 at 8:00pm 04.11.15 Ask All Sailors 3/1994 1994 Hunter 40.5 with a Fractional B'R rig and split backstay. Can I safely temporarily remove the
The shifter mount on my Merriman Pedestal (1) Sailor_Jeff at 7:18pm 04.11.15 Mid-Size Boats 9/2827 The shifter mount on my Merriman Pedestal broke on my Hunter 285. I think the ice from the winter o

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Source for 2" Sink Stoppers rgranger at 10:51am 07.15.23 Have you tried Amazon?
alternator and wiring jcrews63 at 10:48am 07.15.23 Update: thanks everyone for your insight and support. The problem is solved now and it was a combina
Cockpit Cover rgranger at 10:47am 07.15.23
Cruising Yacht VMG kappykaplan at 9:41am 07.15.23 what is your expected VMG assuming at least minimal crew (2-3) in a 45-ft yacht? When I was sailin
Catalina Stickers (1) jviss at 9:37am 07.15.23 If I still had my beloved Catalina, and I needed new stickers, I might just remove what was left and
Cruising Yacht VMG (1) JamesG161 at 9:31am 07.15.23 what is your expected VMG assuming at least minimal crew (2-3) in a 45-ft yacht? Say, route from Ca
Cruising Yacht VMG Kings Gambit at 9:27am 07.15.23
simple wind/weather app for iphone High Current at 9:19am 07.15.23 :plus: Consistently inconsistent is the way I describe them. I thought this was unique to my cruisi
Cruising Yacht VMG Kings Gambit at 9:12am 07.15.23
Cruising Yacht VMG Kings Gambit at 9:06am 07.15.23
Cruising Yacht VMG David in Sandusky at 9:05am 07.15.23
simple wind/weather app for iphone (3) JamesG161 at 9:01am 07.15.23 This is a short list of Wind.com Premium extras. which includes my family. It will Alert you to nea
Catalina Stickers (1) Rltgold at 8:41am 07.15.23
Hunter 30 Cheurbini - Rigging and Mods David in Sandusky at 8:38am 07.15.23 The standing rigging is four uppers, and four lowers. a competent rigger could measure and figure ho
Catalina Stickers Rltgold at 8:38am 07.15.23 Jacktar, good job , but it looks like the 22 is leaning.
Catalina Stickers (1) Jacktar at 8:35am 07.15.23 I replaced the plastic broken cat 22 logos on side near winches with vinyl stickers made locally, th
Cockpit Cover David in Sandusky at 8:25am 07.15.23 For the cockpit cover, the folks here at SBO did a great job on a custom cover to my design for our
Broker related question Kings Gambit at 8:20am 07.15.23 Never use the Brokers recommendation for a surveyor. Hire one from out of the area so they only have
Cruising Yacht VMG David in Sandusky at 8:16am 07.15.23 In our h-27, we average about 5 knots over a long cruise. A 45 footer has a hull speed of around 9.2
Cruising Yacht VMG Rick D at 8:07am 07.15.23 In a trip from MdR to Puerto Vallarta, just under 1300 miles, in a 42' ketch, with excellent conditi

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