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Mast rewire SailorShaggy at 1:35pm 05.28.23 Big Boats 13/1370 New owner of 93 Passage 42, the mast has been removed and I am planning on putting in a LED tri-colo
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Topping Lift on a Hunter 146? CapeCodBubs at 11:17am 05.28.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/631 Rigging my 146 completely for the first time. Does the boom just hang on deck when sail is down or d
Main track insert question (1) DanMaine at 10:26am 05.28.23 The Cherubini Hunters 6/1024 On my 37C, 10" above the boom, the track is open on one side to insert the sail cars. The stop sits
Hunter 23.5 anchor locker size waterman30 at 8:46am 05.28.23 Smaller Boats 13/1550 Hi - does anyone know the dimensions of this. I would like to get new anchor for next time and boat
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Marine Toilet Question Lee Hadjiosif at 3:31am 05.28.23 Ask All Sailors 39/2628 A toilet question for those with manual toilet without a macerator. Some toilet paper will inevitabl
What is at the top of my mast. (3) rlongfield at 8:43pm 05.27.23 Catalina 22 9/1398 I have no idea what this is. It looks like the cable coming out of the mast might attach to it but I
Center Board problem bwilldoit2 at 5:49pm 05.27.23 Day Sailers 10/1089 I could use some help. My Son bought a 1984 O Day Day Sailer 2 and we, Son and I were attempting to
Nicopress fred1diver at 5:04pm 05.27.23 Ask All Sailors 4/707 Hello everybody, Working on my spinnaker pole and I need to replace the jaw wires, I got the cables
Mainsail up! (1) sbrogden at 4:53pm 05.27.23 Trailer Sailors 2/720 I decided to raise the mainsail while I was practicing raising the mast. Wanted to make sure I had a
C&C 38 Rudder - Wet Stephen1150 at 4:37pm 05.27.23 Ask All Sailors 4/506 Hey there. I have a 1982 C'C 38 Landfall. When I bought the boat LY the survey indicated moisture in
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Catalina 25 w/ Wing Keel seperation. (1) CJohnson at 2:07pm 05.27.23 Smaller Boats 2/1494 Hey Everyone, I recently acquired a Catalina 25 with a Wing Keel from a friend for free. The boat
What is this? I'm a nube, sort of. It was laying in a 21' sailboat I purchased. (1) CurtPollard at 1:32pm 05.27.23 Ask All Sailors 7/880 216130
What speed makes you fire up your motor? john6206 at 12:49pm 05.27.23 Trailer Sailors 15/1375
Mast Stepping on a Vagabond 14 sbrogden at 11:03am 05.27.23 Trailer Sailors 0/668 Figured out the best way to step my mast (Vagabond 14) was to attach a line to the forward mast stay

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Ellebogen Isolators Clutch Cargo at 5:39pm 04.03.25 Good idea, I will do this also. An FYI regarding Boeshield - all T9 products are the same regardless
Honda Outboard Siesta Habit shemandr at 5:29pm 04.03.25 I don't know much about engines. But an old and rough test for compression for an older car was to
Sailing Tender (1) MFD at 4:52pm 04.03.25 Saw this earlier today, made me think of this thread.
Keel Bolts Tally Ho at 4:23pm 04.03.25 I think this makes a very strong case for my long-held and empirically-proven point that the 5200 h
Wiring a combo deck/steaming light ...3TacksontheWater at 4:10pm 04.03.25
Honda Outboard Siesta Habit Rich 35.5 at 3:35pm 04.03.25 Try shutting off the fuel supply and let it run the gas out of the carb. When you come back in a h
Sailing Tender dLj at 3:33pm 04.03.25 I have a Trinka 8' sailing dinghy. The mast comes apart and everything stores inside the dinghy: mas
Honda Outboard Siesta Habit dlochner at 3:08pm 04.03.25 I suspect my last non-starts were due to an issue with the EPA gas tank, that the air infill on a s
Honda Outboard Siesta Habit pgandw at 1:21pm 04.03.25 I had similar starting issues with my 5hp Honda. Sometimes it was Siesta Time, and sometimes it wou
Builder's plate and CE certificate kappykaplan at 1:06pm 04.03.25
Builder's plate and CE certificate MarcinS at 12:45pm 04.03.25 Dzie? dobry, ona ma 386 i musz? wiedzie?, gdzie jest p?yta budowlana. I certyfikat CE do rejestracj
Depth needed to safely launch/retrieve Catalina 18 Wing Keel majorkong1 at 12:31pm 04.03.25
Keel Bolts DianaOfBurlington at 12:27pm 04.03.25
Honda Outboard Siesta Habit dmax at 12:02pm 04.03.25 Next time it won't start, squirt some starter fluid in the carburetor - if it runs for a bit and sto
Wiring a combo deck/steaming light dmax at 11:52am 04.03.25 The black is a common ground, red is steaming light positive and white is deck light positive.
Cliffside sails twodzusfittings at 11:41am 04.03.25 @SailingLoto A meeting of all the folks that were involved in helping you connect with your sail ma
Sailing Tender DinghySailor at 11:39am 04.03.25
Sailing Tender FastOlson at 11:35am 04.03.25 Find a well maintained Ranger Minto (9'). Look for the factory two piece mast. Good sailing boat and
Sailing Tender twodzusfittings at 11:11am 04.03.25 Storage of equipment (oars, CB, Mast, Boom etc) isn't that hard. It may take some thinking out of th
Honda Outboard Siesta Habit sailcapt340 at 11:08am 04.03.25 the engine refused to start, resulting in getting a tow back to the boat. A couple of hours later,

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