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Halyard Swivel stuck at the top Four Score at 10:33am 10.06.23 Ask All Sailors 18/1831 The head sail came detached from the halyard swivel and now it sits up top. Suggestions on how to ge
Dingy Davits and air floor boats spadaforaj at 9:33am 10.06.23 Ask All Sailors 4/877 Hi - moving to an air floor - need to have something lighter Most don;t have any provisions for di
Damage to Keel (2) igillerman at 9:26pm 10.05.23 Ask All Sailors 9/1190 When I was hauled out today, the yard messed up and to make a long story short, the backside of my k
Backstay Adjuster for First 41S5 (2) Al Stewart JM at 3:46pm 10.05.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/869 Hello! Looking for good pictures / details / specs for the correct original setup of the backstay ad
Water in the bilge Kjstanc at 2:31pm 10.05.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/1801 I have an 87 Hunter 23 that I keep on a lift in Eastern NC. After Hurricane Ophelia I found that I
What to Protector to use after a thorough dinghy cleaning sailcapt340 at 2:20pm 10.05.23 Ask All Sailors 11/1035 My Achilles Hypalon Dinghy needed a real good cleaning. It was awful. Mainly due to deflating it,
Second Triton2 Dr. D at 2:07pm 10.05.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/1732 My 35.1 has the standard setup: Zeus3 to starboard and Triton2 to port. There have been several time
Rudder Post & Bearings for Hunter 45cc (3) John Benson at 1:21pm 10.05.23 Parts Search 2/863 Having run aground, the rudder post for my 2010 Hunter 45cc has been damaged beyond repair. Any sugg
Dometic Air Conditioner Not Staying On - then clicking Presbrou1 at 1:11pm 10.05.23 Ask All Sailors 11/1119 We have a 34 Hunter - year 2000 with a Dometic air conditioner - VTD12K-410A. Basically, the A/C i
Racing Rule Question on capsizing LakeShark at 8:48am 10.05.23 Racing 11/2273 So, I had a random thought today and was wondering what the ruling would be for a windward mark roun
unknown sailboat (1) trumannoawakowsi at 7:31am 10.05.23 Ask All Sailors 2/712 Does anyone know what this sailboat is it is 20 feet long and is said to be from 1964 thanks
Electrical connector for 2007 Hunter 33 (1) 2007Hunter33 at 10:00am 10.04.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/1197 I am having trouble locating a 20 amp connector for the AC electrical panel on a 2007 Hunter in orde
Molex 19045-30 connector for 2007 Hunter (1) 2007Hunter33 at 9:58am 10.04.23 Parts Search 5/2743 I am having trouble locating a 20 amp connector for the AC electrical panel on a 2007 Hunter. The ex
Traveler maker info sought (2) Skip Gundlach at 3:36am 10.04.23 Parts Search 2/689 These are found on Morgan 46, and Endeavour 40, and likely other sailboats. Who made them?
Starter switch sporadically engages starter skunther at 10:46pm 10.03.23 Ask All Sailors 57/3865
Cockpit Speaker Locations Project_Mayhem at 11:24am 10.03.23 Ask All Sailors 16/1863 I'm interested in installing some speakers in the cockpit of my O'Day 25. I've seen many different l
Cruising Safety - Amazon Expedition Skipper J at 10:48am 10.03.23 Ask All Sailors 10/957 Having read about the exciting upcoming expedition to map the length of the Amazon, in which the boa
Cleaning Bird Poop on canvas seadaddler at 8:53am 10.03.23 Ask All Sailors 3/1585 I have bird poop on my canvas from this past season and thinking washing each piece in washing machi
Holy freakin flying sailboat! (1) Project_Mayhem at 5:35am 10.03.23 Ask All Sailors 4/616 220400
Garhauer Traveler (1) reuabyor at 4:08am 10.03.23 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1061 Hey guys- I am trying to find one (1) garhauer traveler, control car. Port side. Mine broke and th

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Keel bolt damage on lead keel dLj at 3:39pm 09.10.25 Where is the boat currently? dj
Cost of a New Yanmar 44HP Installed? GeneraiT001 at 3:35pm 09.10.25 I asked how many hours were on the engine but the owner did not know....apparently there is no instr
Keel bolt damage on lead keel Foswick at 3:24pm 09.10.25 The repair of the keel itself is beyond my experience. I could only tell you what I read. But, I wou
How to tie a reef line to boom with a track? Hayden Watson at 3:04pm 09.10.25 Are loose-footed main sails reinforced differently than a bolt-rope-footed sail at the corners (at
Keel bolt damage on lead keel capta at 2:48pm 09.10.25 If I were in your situation, I might be tempted to put the boat up for sale, considering what a prop
Lithium Batteries Screen Saver at 2:47pm 09.10.25
How to tie a reef line to boom with a track? Tally Ho at 2:36pm 09.10.25 I just took the bolt rope out of the boom and used the "footed" sail as a loose footed sail. It pe
Apparent Wind Indicator Tally Ho at 2:25pm 09.10.25 My aft of mast Windex broke (not the Raymarine little windex with the anemometer). The tail fell o
Rudder repair shemandr at 2:16pm 09.10.25
Autopilot for O'Day 39 Taylor1618 at 2:09pm 09.10.25 @kappykaplan and @jssailem which electric autopilots would you all recommend?
Lithium Batteries dlochner at 2:01pm 09.10.25 Correct, your boat is much more at risk from a fire cause by your chordless tool or cell phone batt
Apparent Wind Indicator jssailem at 1:33pm 09.10.25 Here is one that fits your boat size. 15" Great Hawk for boats from 8m - 20m $75.41 USD
Lithium Batteries Hayden Watson at 1:24pm 09.10.25 Note that in all of the articles listed in post #41, the chemistry of the battery was not mentioned
Lithium Batteries Foswick at 1:16pm 09.10.25 Note that in all of the articles listed in post #41, the chemistry of the battery was not mentioned.
Lithium Batteries Tally Ho at 1:15pm 09.10.25 I'm wondering if the long run from the charger's negative terminal to the battery is contributing t
Keel bolt damage on lead keel dmax at 1:05pm 09.10.25 Or Newport. Melting the lead and casting new bolts is best (surprised Mars no longer doing that) - h
Rudder repair brhoads at 1:01pm 09.10.25 Thanks so much for all of the help. After taking the pintleoff, I discovered that a chunk of the rud
Autopilot for O'Day 39 jssailem at 11:22am 09.10.25 The suggested CPT autopilot by @Stu Jackson is a solid unit. For day sailing on a boat where the ski
Keel bolt damage on lead keel rgranger at 11:15am 09.10.25 You are not too far from Annapolis. There should be many yards that deal with sailboats there.
Rudder repair jssailem at 11:14am 09.10.25 Agree with @shemandr. Replace the pintle. Remove the galvanized strap, as it is rusting. You likely

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