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New owner of a daysailer needing assistance. HardArgh at 2:07pm 08.24.23 Day Sailers 6/2748
Need a trailer straij at 1:03pm 08.24.23 Trailer Sailors 3/882 I am looking at a seaward 26rk with no trailer. Can anyone suggest a trailer make or what seaward us
8.5 v berth dimensions? MississippiSlim72 at 12:59pm 08.24.23 S2 1/733 Anybody know the v berth and quarter berth dimensions (length mainly) for 8.5? See one a couple hour
Surveyor - Bad experience CliffA at 4:56am 08.24.23 C&C 11/1842 I had to get a survey for insurance purposes and had a really bad experience. First red flag was a
Exhaust for Cat 34 MyWay28 at 3:42am 08.24.23 Engines and Propulsion 4/705
Kent Ranger 26 Topping Lift Help (7) Canception at 10:14pm 08.23.23 Ask All Sailors 16/2231 My girlfriend and I found and purchased a well-kept Kent Ranger 26 this past January with the idea o
Bad experience with a yacht broker, appreciate some advice eirikr at 9:33pm 08.23.23 Ask All Sailors 32/7368 Hi all, I am new to this community. I have been reading and learning a lot from sailing forums, but
Just a little bit more... Every year! Project_Mayhem at 8:46pm 08.23.23 Engines and Propulsion 2/525 I have three OMC engines all exhibiting the same problem. They all die at idle, especially when warm
Impact driver on window screws? Berkeley 30 at 4:45pm 08.23.23 Catalina 30 18/2402 We need to reseal our windows and some of the screws don't want to come out. My go-to solution is to
blower motor not getting power sailAnnapolis at 4:25pm 08.23.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/639 On a 2016 Beneteau 370 with a Yanmar engine. The blower is not starting up when I push the power bu
Regarding a 1987 ODay Sailor 1 17ft in Length. wildblueflower at 12:07pm 08.23.23 Ask All Sailors 2/374 I would like to know how the internal mechanism of the centerboard works. It is raised and lower vi
Do you use bumper boards? (1) rgranger at 11:14am 08.23.23 Ask All Sailors 27/2267 I've never used bumper boards but I have always thought they seem like a good idea. Especially when
Head Door Vent (3) ToddL214 at 10:03am 08.23.23 Catalina 310 3/991 Recently I took action against a long standing problem of not enough ventilation in the head of our
Possible Air leak in M25 fuel line? Tim S. at 7:52am 08.23.23 Catalina 30 12/2606 My M25 started losing RPM's, recovered for a while, then stalled yesterday. I thought it was water i
Universal M25 Diesel has "fuel system air leak" (1) Tim S. at 7:47am 08.23.23 Engines and Propulsion 17/2580 My M25 started stalling yesterday. I thought it was the fuel or water, drained the separator and rep
H380 settee table installation marcham at 7:01am 08.23.23 Big Boats 6/932 I have just purchased a 2001 H380. At some point in it's life , the saloon table was removed and a s
What is this? (1) clw2000 at 6:58pm 08.22.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/799 New 23.5 owner. Any help with what this is?
O'Day 31 Rudder Replacement Dan3121 at 12:36pm 08.22.23 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1043 Has anyone replaced the rudder on a '31 while in the water? My rudder sheared off and I can get a re
Remote Control box Beneteau Oceanis 2009 / Sun Odissey (1) Gigagybe at 7:29am 08.22.23 Parts Search 0/810 Dear All, do you know if the box for the remote control (gear/throttle) of the Beneteau Oceanis
H34 Mast Wiring Disconnet WasabiRush at 5:47am 08.22.23 Big Boats 7/976 Is there a standard disconnect point for the 1986 H34 wiring when removing the mast? Or will I need

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News showing sailboat sinking in Townsend Inlet, NJ - Poor judgement at issue? Rick Webb at 6:49am 07.29.25 Foolish? Perhaps. Silly? Depends. I could see me as a teen being right in the middle of something li
News showing sailboat sinking in Townsend Inlet, NJ - Poor judgement at issue? Scott T-Bird at 6:20am 07.29.25 Earlier, I didn't notice that there seemingly was no main sail ready to go. I've come up with a the
Hull number vs. sail number ...3TacksontheWater at 6:17am 07.29.25 I'm not sure what your sail number has to do with conversing at the dock but if you want your hull
Atomic 4 strange behaviour kappykaplan at 6:07am 07.29.25 Did the bottom and prop get cleaned while y'all were working on the engine?
Mud dauber wasp idea Hello Below at 6:06am 07.29.25 There are yellow jackets in the August/September time frame. And when they come out, they come out
News showing sailboat sinking in Townsend Inlet, NJ - Poor judgement at issue? thinwater at 3:27am 07.29.25 Was the anchor ready to run (there was enough room)? Why not? Engines do fail between jetties (it's
Fuel Tank leak Oday 30 Davidasailor26 at 2:32am 07.29.25 We had a leak in the tank of our 28 which is a pretty similar boat. In our case there was a copper b
Lake of the Woods Project_Mayhem at 10:02pm 07.28.25 Look out for idiot motor boaters
Fuel Tank leak Oday 30 Project_Mayhem at 9:48pm 07.28.25 Im sure there's a dye tracer for diesel to confirm that's the source
Mud dauber wasp idea jssailem at 9:24pm 07.28.25 It is true we have but a few insects to disturb our lives. There are yellow jackets in the August/Se
catalina 315 solar panels and suggested places for drilling deck for wiring? Tim Murphy at 8:36pm 07.28.25 After looking at your post I realized I could go up and over the Bimini and lead wires through a hol
All Storm Action is currently in the Pacific jssailem at 8:23pm 07.28.25 Thanks for sharing.
catalina 315 solar panels and suggested places for drilling deck for wiring? Project_Mayhem at 8:06pm 07.28.25 I honestly don't know how you'd run that between the skins of the deck and headliner without turning
Funny Friday!!! Leeward Rail at 7:51pm 07.28.25 I guess we were poor but we didn't realize it. All true. Now people can likely pay big bucks for t
News showing sailboat sinking in Townsend Inlet, NJ - Poor judgement at issue? dlochner at 7:45pm 07.28.25 And why did they not drop the anchor? There is no anchor locker on a J24, the anchor, if they had
News showing sailboat sinking in Townsend Inlet, NJ - Poor judgement at issue? JoeWhite at 7:35pm 07.28.25 Yes, just as mentioned above, why at least the main sail was not put up before they went out to the
Mud dauber wasp idea thinwater at 6:49pm 07.28.25 This actually works! I do the same thing. Mothballs also repel spiders, and the chemical (naphthale
Mud dauber wasp idea Foswick at 6:46pm 07.28.25 Fortunately, we do not need to worry about this. We do not have insects or spiders of any variety an
Mud dauber wasp idea (1) twodzusfittings at 5:22pm 07.28.25 My interior cabin walls are cedar lined. Twice a year I freshen them up with cedar oil. I haven't se
News showing sailboat sinking in Townsend Inlet, NJ - Poor judgement at issue? FastOlson at 5:12pm 07.28.25 Odd that no sails seen rigged up in the video. I wonder whether they could have quickly deployed an

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