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Trim and angle under assymetric. danstanford at 9:34am 10.28.23 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 2/2153 Recently watching a TouTube video of a J/111 racing downwind and they had someone on the mid-bow tri
Online source for acrylic window supply? JBP-PA at 7:45am 10.28.23 Ask All Sailors 6/1152 It's time to replace my windows. Big box hardware stores don't seem to carry 3/8 cast tinted acryli
Hunter 290 stack pac main sail cover colin59 at 7:34am 10.28.23 Mid-Size Boats 4/1154 Hi has anyone found a supplier for the origional attatched sail cover? thanks Colin
Hunter 290 leak in aft berth stern corners (2) colin59 at 7:21am 10.28.23 Mid-Size Boats 13/1874 Hi Have found a leak where h2o concentrates in the aft corners of aft berth causing wood paneling to
Marine AC Unit Deleted member 117556 at 6:07am 10.28.23 Catalina 310 6/1602 We replaced the original Dometic AC/heat unit with the same about 5 or 6 years ago. Went with a new
UNIVERSAL M20/ 5416 EQUIVALENT KUBOTA twodzusfittings at 5:16pm 10.27.23 Engines and Propulsion 2/1270 Hi all, thought I might just mention to the forum some information. I need to remove and replace my
2004 331 - Refrigerator drain hose access visser07 at 10:04am 10.27.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/1308 The refrigerator drain line on my Oceanis 331 fell off the drain fitting. I have crawled around the
Winter Project (4) Bents at 9:29am 10.27.23 Mid-Size Boats 5/1217 Just seeing my new to me Cat 27's underside for the first time. Looks like I know what my winter pro
Fuel lift pump feels hot question (1) mforum at 8:10am 10.27.23 Engines and Propulsion 11/1532 I have a Universal M-18 diesel engine in a Catalina 27. I changed the oil recently and noted that w
macerator doesn't have enough oumph (1) sabbatical88 at 10:08pm 10.26.23 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 46/6884 Aloha good sailors, In my 2003 hunter 456, I am finding that the macerator for the fowrard holding t
20 year old furlex roller furller track jams when hoisting jib Capt Robbie at 5:15pm 10.26.23 Ask All Sailors 3/592 Never had this issue before, last year when hoisting the jib into the track the sail start to get di
20 year old furlex roller fuller track jams up when hoisting the jim Capt Robbie at 4:46pm 10.26.23 Ask All Sailors 1/22 ol
Spring Cleats for 315 Genoa Track VFR750 at 2:37pm 10.26.23 Catalina 310 8/2292 What brand and type of adjustable spring cleats are are people using on C315 Genoa tracks?
Bimini horizontal support tube (H27) (3) Huntersippi at 10:25am 10.26.23 Mid-Size Boats 8/1505 My '07 H27 is missing the horizontal bimini support tube on the port side. Fell into the water benea
Trailer bunk bed carpet replacement Southern Crux at 8:46am 10.26.23 Trailer Sailors 8/1801
Leak repair: how to fix up cabin ceiling? (2) Ranzo at 7:44am 10.26.23 Catalina 22 17/3205 Hello friends! New member here! I just brought home a 1974 Catalina 22 in pretty good shape, but th
Chafe guards (4) sailcapt340 at 6:20am 10.26.23 Ask All Sailors 10/1520 What chafe guards do you use? This season I had severe chafing of my bow lines. More than usual.
P42 VHF Masthead Cable Routing Jim_H42 at 5:06pm 10.25.23 Big Boats 16/1899 At the headliner below the mast base, I can see where the mast head VHF cable enters a conduit but
Rebuild of high pressure fuel pump for Yanmar 3GM30F skunther at 4:27pm 10.25.23 Ask All Sailors 21/2789 I had my high pressure fuel pump checked out as there was a small leak coming from it, and the shop
H310 Propane Tank Gerry17155 at 4:20pm 10.25.23 Mid-Size Boats 6/1625 I purchased a 1998 H310 and it has propane setup and locker. I do not know what size tanks should b

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Running light corrosion skunther at 5:32pm 10.06.25 I sanded the contacts and sprayed some contact cleaner, installed some festoon type LED bulbs, and t
Surfed our '72 yesterday morbidfollower at 5:04pm 10.06.25 I'd rather have the sails up in rough weather than try to motor back in depending on the conditions.
Electric help morbidfollower at 4:56pm 10.06.25 good starting point. Instead of doing a wire nut splice like what your boat has for the negative w
Standard stuffing box seal repacking? Woodworks1 at 4:52pm 10.06.25
Standard stuffing box seal repacking? Woodworks1 at 4:39pm 10.06.25
Surfed our '72 yesterday Leeward Rail at 3:46pm 10.06.25
Bottom Barrier Voyager1 at 3:00pm 10.06.25
Xantrex 1800 just died, do I get similar or cheap generic inverter? capta at 2:21pm 10.06.25 What makes the $200-$300 unit so inexpensive is that most likely it is not a pure sine wave inverter
Standard stuffing box seal repacking? Alan Gomes at 2:14pm 10.06.25 Allen, Great question. By the amount of threads left on the housing I think there were three and so
Connecticut marinas Scott T-Bird at 1:41pm 10.06.25 I do love New England and Ct. though. I agree that coastal sailing north of LIS is the best! Who
Teak/ Holly woodworking question. UpperPintle at 1:22pm 10.06.25 FYI: My teak width is 2" and white oak width is 1/4". Sourced the teak at a hardwood flooring plac
If any of you are going to the Annapolis sailboat show... LouisMK at 1:21pm 10.06.25 Look toward meeting you on Friday & to thank you for your excellent advise;
Its funny Friday! dmax at 1:14pm 10.06.25 Some Foxworthyisms: If you take you take your dog for a walk and you both use the tree at the corner
Teak/ Holly woodworking question. BAD ORCA at 1:13pm 10.06.25 If you're going solid, consider this.. . I used solid wood and created these "plus" cross section i
Teak/ Holly woodworking question. BAD ORCA at 1:10pm 10.06.25
Teak/ Holly woodworking question. (1) UpperPintle at 1:02pm 10.06.25 If you're going solid, consider this.. . I used solid wood and created these "plus" cross section in
Teak/ Holly woodworking question. dlochner at 12:59pm 10.06.25 I can buy 3/4 teak plywood locally. I would just need to use some 1/4" ply on the bottom to create
Teak/ Holly woodworking question. BAD ORCA at 12:55pm 10.06.25 Have you considered using 3/4 solid teak and maple or holly for the stripes, glueing the strips tog
Teak/ Holly woodworking question. BAD ORCA at 12:53pm 10.06.25 My teak is 2 - 7/16 wide and the holly strip is 1/8 inch wide. darn. ok thanks anyways for the of
Teak/ Holly woodworking question. BAD ORCA at 12:46pm 10.06.25 I used white oak to separate the teak on my sole. Turned out ok. Thats gorgeous. It looks very s

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