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Cleaning Deck with Electric Power washer Guan at 12:57pm 05.11.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 11/4322 Doing my dirtiest first deck wash of the year with Kracher Electric Power washer was easy and quick
Regular vs. Synthetic Yellowjeepman at 12:51pm 05.11.15 Bigger Boats 6/1203 I have bought a 1984 O'Day 34 with a 1996 Universal 25XPA. The owner I bought it from was using Shel
Removing a mast step...help.... (1) ArkadiyS at 12:49pm 05.11.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1465 After discovering a leak in the cabin coming THROUGH the compression post, we took off the mast and
Fresh water bottom question Cest La Vie at 12:37pm 05.11.15 Ask All Sailors 2/741 Oat was pulled this past week for a bottom job. Bottom appeared to be in excellent condition after
Yanmar Won't Start lehigh375 at 11:59am 05.11.15 Ask All Sailors 12/3250 Finally got to the boat to commission for spring. My engine won't start (Yanmar 3YM30). The starte
davits or towing tyeshack at 11:48am 05.11.15 Mid-Size Boats 8/2928 We purchased a 8' dingy for our 27'. Just wondering, I have set of davits that I can easily retro f
Mast support bulkhead distortion on HR 94 Lynwood at 11:28am 05.11.15 Hallberg-Rassy 0/3891 Has anyone had problems with the mast support bulkhead compressing ? I am considering the purchase
Opinions on adding halyard winches w/ lines led aft CloudDiver at 11:04am 05.11.15 Catalina 22 22/5196 For those of you who have run your lines aft and installed cams or rope clutches on the cabin top;
Replace Galley Faucet in Catalina 400 DannoHeimann at 10:58am 05.11.15 Big Boats 8/4471 Has anyone tried replacing their galley faucet in their Catalina 400? There is absolutely NO access
Hunter 42P Anchor Wash Down Art Dennis at 10:16am 05.11.15 Big Boats 9/1775 Has anyone installed an anchor wash down on a Hunter 42 Passage? Looking for tips and ideas. Than
Selling Scams Mike H. at 9:33am 05.11.15 Big Boats 3/1176 We have our 94 Hunter Vision 36 for sale. We have it advertised in Latitude 38, Hunter Owners and s
Thru-hull length Windtherapy at 8:58am 05.11.15 Day Sailers 0/813 1985 O'Day 26'. Changing out thru-hulls. I am assuming a 2 1/2" length and a 3" length are long enou
Made a few changes last winter (3) heart of gold at 8:41am 05.11.15 Big Boats 8/1242 Always had issues with space and had some time last winter to do some alterations on my 34. Turned o
Rub Rail rubbing me wrong way!! SenecaDaze at 8:27am 05.11.15 Ask All Sailors 2/840 is there any way to treat the rubrail so white chalky smears on clothes or arms can be eliminated? N
Replacement of Yanmar Engine Mounts ITMaster at 7:57am 05.11.15 Ask All Sailors 17/11599 After doing the forum search I didn't come across one specific to my question. Has anyone replaced
Interesting New Battery Monitor Gordon Taylor at 7:43am 05.11.15 Musings With Maine Sail 4/2215 I came across this on the Marinebeam website when ordering some LED bulbs. Looks very interesting an
Sediment bowls dehler25 at 7:11am 05.11.15 Big Boats 9/1534 I have a sediment bowl immediately after the seacock for both the engine and the Generator, I presum
Rigging Help Needed Charitybull at 7:09am 05.11.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/650 Ok, this might be a bit self serving but then I figured there are probably more people like me that
Access to Racor filter on 9.2A indimini at 5:46am 05.11.15 S2 4/1121 Hi all - I am curious how people get to their Racor filter. On our 9.2A, the filter is mounted at t
Galley water faucet replacement. Do I need marine grade? Bob4203 at 5:44am 05.11.15 Catalina 30 11/7650 "when it rains it pours"!!!!!!!!!!!! Aside from my issues with the water heater wiring, something el

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Suddenly needing some brake work (1) Gene Neill at 11:16am 11.16.23 .
Suddenly needing some brake work (1) Gene Neill at 11:14am 11.16.23 Couple more pics for your enjoyment.
Convert partial battens to full battens Sailor Sue at 10:55am 11.16.23 I also should have mentioned, our full battened main always looks nice, even when it's not properly
Hunter 290 bimini (1) jdrutten at 9:21am 11.16.23 Attachments? Not exactly sure what you mean, but there are diagrams of the arch at least in the 290
How to replace the rope clutch on a Hunter 336 rgranger at 8:44am 11.16.23 ...replacing one of the 3 clutch units with a 4 clutch setup. I did that on my H26 (well actually
Primary Fuel Filter Lifespan? Ralph Johnstone at 8:40am 11.16.23 Sorry, but I always get a little skeptical when I see specific statements like those of RichH's but
Convert partial battens to full battens shemandr at 8:29am 11.16.23 Regarding the Tides Song Track, I sailed a season of Wed PM and weekend races on a J 34C with the sy
C25 jib downhaul routing Stu Jackson at 8:19am 11.16.23 Joe's right in both posts. :) I never "threaded" my downhaul, always used the second hank down fro
How to replace the rope clutch on a Hunter 336 George Braun at 7:36am 11.16.23 Just wanted to thank everyone for a really useful set of posts! I was wondering about access to th
Battery: Firefly Carbon Foam dlochner at 7:28am 11.16.23 One of the promises of Firefly batteries was the ability to be left in a partial state of charge for
Adding a pod the Helm (1) Teamspirit uk at 7:14am 11.16.23 I have fixed different pods to my 326 over the years I am based in UK so not sure if the are availab
Convert partial battens to full battens Scott T-Bird at 6:53am 11.16.23 My mainsail has two full battens on top. The bottom two are partial. So the outhaul has purpose i
Convert partial battens to full battens Scott T-Bird at 6:52am 11.16.23 Here's something else you might want to consider.... We just ordered a new mainsail for our J/32.
Battery: Firefly Carbon Foam Davidasailor26 at 6:42am 11.16.23
Convert partial battens to full battens Sailor Sue at 6:19am 11.16.23 Here's something else you might want to consider.... We just ordered a new mainsail for our J/32.
C25 jib downhaul routing Hayden Watson at 6:07am 11.16.23 Joe's explanation is excellent and very similar to what I did on my C25. The only difference is tha
Battery: Firefly Carbon Foam Hayden Watson at 5:51am 11.16.23 will do thx! Maine Sails article is a great source of info. Many of us have converted to LFP (LiF
Odd Yanmar issue George Braun at 5:17am 11.16.23 Ok, issue identified but not completely resolved. To summarize - Boat is on the hard, has fuel, eng
Max length for data cable? dlochner at 5:14am 11.16.23 Check on the Digital Yacht page. They make devices that will broadcast instrument data on wifi. htt
CALLING ON ANYONE WHO HAS A UNIVERSAL 5416 twodzusfittings at 5:09am 11.16.23 Maybe they were all built by British Leyland, back in the day. They just pulled whatever was on the

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