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Where to post Sabre for sale eastCoastAllen at 7:18am 05.18.23 Sabre Sailboats 4/1303
PSA - Check your through hulls BEFORE launch eherlihy at 5:17am 05.18.23 Bigger Boats 12/1765 In preparation for another season, I took a close look at the above the waterline plastic through hu
Jib Line Overlaps (1) tailboom at 6:41pm 05.17.23 Catalina 22 15/1789 Great day yesterday. My first solo sail on a beautiful light wind day on my new '84 C22. Only issu
Are you ready? jssailem at 10:32am 05.17.23 Ask All Sailors 17/1130 It is fun to jump into the water. Not so much fun when you are pushed. As we all look forward to tha
Installing Anemometer on Masthead - what should I expect? arcadiahunter28 at 8:30am 05.17.23 Mid-Size Boats 15/2159 I'm adding a Raymarine wind transducer to the top of my Hunter 28 mast this weekend. I've already ru
Volvo MD22L Erratic temperature gauge problem Rich Stidger at 7:12am 05.17.23 Engines and Propulsion 30/2461 OK, wizards, I think this will be a tough one to solve. Bear with me, this is a long post. I have
Getting Closer to Launch Gudgeon upgraded and Ruddercraft Rudder is Hung ...3TacksontheWater at 6:50am 05.17.23 Catalina 22 8/919 Last weekend's project was to replace the OEM 1/2" gudgeons with CD's retrofit 1/2" kit with the sta
Port Townsend, WA Anchorages DannyO at 9:03pm 05.16.23 Ask All Sailors 19/2363 Hi everyone, I'm planning to take the boat up to the Puget Sound area from Portland, OR at the end
Muffler leak at top flange. Any tricks? (1) jonelli at 7:13pm 05.16.23 Catalina 30 16/1508 215744 Just saw this. Any tricks on dealing with this aside from pulling out the whole cabinet and m
2004 Raymarine C80 Display (1) MichaelStacy at 3:07pm 05.16.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 21/1936 Anyone have experience with an intermittant display on their Raymarine c80 chartplotter? I have the
Mercury 3.5 HP fuel shutoff PeteT at 2:16pm 05.16.23 Ask All Sailors 5/1569 I purchased the 3.5HP for the dinghy. It was used and supposedly out of the shop. Oil Site glass was
Harken Furler maintenance Tim22 at 1:50pm 05.16.23 Ask All Sailors 2/604 My Harken Mark IV unit 1 lower drum has developed a bad squeak when rotating which I would like to
O'Day 302 Wheel Suri at 1:45pm 05.16.23 Ask An Oday Owner 5/900 I want to buy/install an autopilot on my O'Day 302. Any Brand Names and Model recommendations? Als
Keel Bolt Cleaning Lee Hadjiosif at 12:15pm 05.16.23 Ask All Sailors 9/1640 I want to clean and re-coat my rusty keel bolts and nuts. The SS backing plates are like new! What i
Grunert AC450 Refrigeration Nauticlops at 11:57am 05.16.23 Ask All Sailors 5/821 Hello, The next thing on the list to repair is my refrigeration system. It's been struggling to
Great Deal On Transom Shower Accessory (1) jviss at 11:29am 05.16.23 Ask All Sailors 1/371 The Scandvik stainless steel transom shower covers are available from Defnder for 58% off, at $41.17
Water heater sailmandan at 10:46am 05.16.23 Yamaha 8/883 Anybody have ideas on location of a propane hot water heater on a yami 33 Trying to avoid going with
Y30 Settee Problem gouldx at 10:41am 05.16.23 Yamaha 6/864
Water Leak fishman at 9:17am 05.16.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/312 Just posted a water leak problem on my 45CC. I forgot to say that I also checked the manifold snd t
Fresh Water leak fishman at 9:08am 05.16.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1035 I have a 2006 Hunter 45CC. I have checked the water heater, both heads, the toilets connections bot

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Lithium Battery upgrade installation marcham at 11:13pm 01.30.25 Yes. Remove that solenoid combiner from your system! Dc dc chargers are very inefficient for chargi
Runaway diesel Ralph Johnstone at 8:32pm 01.30.25
Outfitting a little bare boat shemandr at 7:54pm 01.30.25 Does OP have dry storage for all this stuff? Too much crap on a small boat makes getting at any par
Raymarine Auto Pilot Jan_H at 7:34pm 01.30.25 It sounds like a a broken 5V or Gnd wire, or a short between the transducer centre tap and either 5V
Runaway diesel dLj at 6:38pm 01.30.25
Runaway diesel (1) Tally Ho at 6:34pm 01.30.25 I'll photo everything in little pieces and post when we get out of our present deep freeze here (it
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks dLj at 6:34pm 01.30.25 4200 isn't bad to get undone. I've done it numerous times quite easily. Now, 5200, that's a differen
Outfitting a little bare boat Tally Ho at 6:28pm 01.30.25 I read somewhere about someone having looked at pulling yourself back on-board at various speeds. I
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks Hayden Watson at 6:12pm 01.30.25 I know what buttress threads are. But they are typically not used where the threads are meant to se
How did you support your engine for installation of motor mounts. (1) Sutric at 5:27pm 01.30.25 A basketball worked just fine for my little Yanmar 1GM. Your weight may vary!
Sailing courses in Thailand (6) Will Gilmore at 5:17pm 01.30.25 We flew up to Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai for a few days. We fed elephants and took a bamboo raft rid
Outfitting a little bare boat kappykaplan at 4:50pm 01.30.25 The five main tenants of preparing for off shore: 1) keep the water out 2) keep the people on 3) k
Outfitting a little bare boat dLj at 4:20pm 01.30.25 At my age I'll do well to get to the line and hang on. But here's a thought: suppose the line was
Outfitting a little bare boat Urban Hermit at 3:50pm 01.30.25 I read somewhere about someone having looked at pulling yourself back on-board at various speeds. I
inspecting a Catalina 30 Straycat22296 at 3:31pm 01.30.25 I would look at the tanding rigging, running rigging and the sails. Making a guess the replacement
Handcrank starting a small engine. dLj at 3:13pm 01.30.25 Oh dear, it does seem a little shop worn around the edges. Ya think... dj
Handcrank starting a small engine. Ralph Johnstone at 3:00pm 01.30.25 Just for fun, here's a photo my friend sent me of the catamaran she sailed to the Azores Oh dear,
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Handcrank starting a small engine. (1) dLj at 2:33pm 01.30.25 Just for fun, here's a photo my friend sent me of the catamaran she sailed to the Azores on I mentio
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