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Interesting Vessel (1) Windborne at 6:04pm 03.09.15 Ask All Sailors 8/1595 Saw an interesting vessel on the water yesterday. A tri-hull flying a gaff rigged mainsail but notic
Offer on 1993 30T/Legacy Designation bretts9669 at 5:06pm 03.09.15 Mid-Size Boats 4/933 I've made an offer on a 1993 Hunter 30T in great condition, which has been accepted. I'm also a Cata
Settee Top Removal Trick? (1) SteveB at 4:57pm 03.09.15 Big Boats 7/1118 Is there a trick to removing the top of the settee over the holding tank (see pix attached)? One ove
Wallas heater location on Hunter 380 tstryker at 4:56pm 03.09.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/814 I want to install a Wallas diesel heater on my 98 Hunter 380. I was wondering if any 380's or simil
I had a Hunter 310 Survey today, need opinions hlanni1 at 2:15pm 03.09.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 29/3843 I am going through the process of a potential purchase of a 2000 Hunter 310. Massey Yacht Sales of P
Deck Core Under Sea Hood?? StPeteSailor at 1:53pm 03.09.15 Mid-Size Boats 4/965 I have a 1988, 35.5 Legend. Finding a leak at the interior base of my companionway and doing some
Surge brakes and trailer extensions jwilcoxon78 at 10:47am 03.09.15 Trailer Sailors 27/7794 So I replaced the old surge actuator and drum brakes on the Majic Tilt that came with my H260 at the
Installing a transponder Sunday Sailor at 10:38am 03.09.15 Ask All Sailors 18/2042 I've seen a few ways to do this but can you give me any suggestions on something that's fairly easy
Restoring Iron Keel - Belt Sander? PDReynolds at 10:33am 03.09.15 Ask All Sailors 15/4617 Hi All, My 2006 Beneteau is in need of a keel re-work this year. I am planning on getting the kee
Safe hose/charcoal (?) filter Richandhelen at 9:42am 03.09.15 Big Boats 6/823 We were made aware that our dockside hose is not "drinking water" safe. And it seems that the hoses
Dinghy slats Brian D at 9:30am 03.09.15 Ask All Sailors 9/1176 My Mercury dinghy has wooded slats for flooring. One of them broke but is still intact. My concern i
Trailrite trailer help shaubby at 8:40am 03.09.15 Catalina 22 12/4025 Hi all, I'm rebuilding a 1983 Trailrite trailer for a Catalina 22. The trailer has drum brakes wh
What is this? (4) cajon409 at 8:16am 03.09.15 Big Boats 3/824 Yes under my jenny connected on both end of this bottle is hose to my exhaust manifold from the jenn
survey, how old is your steering cable? njlarry at 7:17am 03.09.15 Ask All Sailors 12/1698 How old are your steering cables? Wondering if I should replace mine even though they look fine. Co
Sea Frost Relay, Acr 7610 Replacing Battery Isolator, Altern NICK1951 at 6:25am 03.09.15 Musings With Maine Sail 4/1860 Alternator D+ stud Good Morning Maine, I am replacing my battery isolator (.8 volt drop) with a
Bedding a new rope clutch (1) Gene Neill at 6:20am 03.09.15 Ask All Sailors 9/5264 I can't get straight in my head how this will make a watertight seal, being split down the middle li
Zodiac transom Cmp1110 at 4:07am 03.09.15 Ask All Sailors 6/3682 Good morning all, I have begun removing rotten transom on our 2004 zodiac 310. Has anyone here and
What is this part? (1) lpolliard at 10:11pm 03.08.15 Catalina 22 5/888 Found this in the trailer box with the straps. But the boat is all buttoned up for travel next weeke
Height of deck organizers (3) George Da Porge at 7:27pm 03.08.15 Catalina 30 9/1866
Bottom of hull rudder post issue (5) George Da Porge at 7:20pm 03.08.15 Catalina 30 11/3371

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Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 kloudie1 at 8:55pm 08.22.23 Appreciate the feedback guys. We are heading over in the morning to do a basic prep.
Winchbit driver Hayden Watson at 8:01pm 08.22.23 That's a show stopper for me, no manual operation. I didn't even notice that! I am not so proud o
Winchbit driver Hayden Watson at 7:53pm 08.22.23 Could you please send me more pictures of the sail pack, designing mine at the moment, looking for
Sails up at the dock ? Tally Ho at 7:48pm 08.22.23 Looks good! I got a new main on my 322 this year as well. Went with One Sail, the only local loft s
Vesper XB8000- No GPS Signal jssailem at 7:26pm 08.22.23 Sounds Great ! They did the right thing.
Vesper XB8000- No GPS Signal MikeHoncho at 6:56pm 08.22.23 Update. I received the new Vesper yesterday and installed tonight. LED turned green immediately af
New rebuilt yanmar starts instantly but small puff of smoke at startup Boatyarddog at 6:31pm 08.22.23 I checked all valve guides, new seals. lapped seats. Everything looked almost new so its not a valv
New rebuilt yanmar starts instantly but small puff of smoke at startup Boatyarddog at 6:29pm 08.22.23 Why not? "Rebuilt" means different things to different people. Did he install new valve guides, r
O'Day 31 Rudder Replacement Dan3121 at 6:28pm 08.22.23 I think it can be done in the water. I believe you will need to drill the holes for the cross bolt.
Need Routing help for navigation to Soo Michigan quadrille38 at 6:22pm 08.22.23 Hi folks, my wife and I purchased Sailboat and Ontario waters a couple days ago. we are US citizens
Need Routing help for navigation to Soo Michigan duck21 at 6:20pm 08.22.23 Hello! Two years ago we brought our boat up Lake Michigan, through the St Marys river to Sault Ste
CL14 Dinghy Deparlocean at 6:19pm 08.22.23 Sounds good!:thumbup:
CL14 Dinghy Fuzzy_logic at 6:18pm 08.22.23 I have already pressure washed them with water. I will use some cleaner as suggested, then scuff the
Winchbit driver fred1diver at 6:13pm 08.22.23 I have a stack pac that we designed that allows the jacklines to be dropped and the cloth to be rol
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? RSHunter27 at 6:12pm 08.22.23 I don't know what can be going on inside the strut bearing / Cutlass they could make it bind so fier
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? RSHunter27 at 6:08pm 08.22.23
Need Routing help for navigation to Soo Michigan JohnShannon at 5:59pm 08.22.23 The question is confusing. Where is the boat now? What is your final destination. I guess I read
O'Day 31 Rudder Replacement Sanfelice at 5:59pm 08.22.23 I think it can be done in the water. I believe you will need to drill the holes for the cross bolt.
Winchbit driver Hayden Watson at 5:36pm 08.22.23 That's a show stopper for me, no manual operation. I didn't even notice that! It was originally d
Winchbit driver jviss at 5:28pm 08.22.23 It is interesting in that it uses 42dcv to run which is produces by a small boost converter so that

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