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Lifting a sailboat from a trailer question davidmhull at 7:53am 11.16.14 Ask All Sailors 75/16333 I have an oday 22 that I need to get off my trailer temporarily. I have a friend who is going to hot
Window replacement question on my 1986 Oday 28 fourwhitesocks at 6:03am 11.16.14 Bigger Boats 17/3997 Ok I have a question. I am going to replace the large port light on the port side of my 28 Oday. (
Active Captain and iPads Chris Patterson at 6:02am 11.16.14 Ask All Sailors 46/12091 Hesitate to even ask this here, but here goes. In short, wife buys me this iPad Air, to keep me quie
First 375 aft cabin headliner s2fast4u at 7:09pm 11.15.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1402 Hi, I did remove the old and stained headliner of the aft cabin and now, I'm trying to find the
Windlass installation First375 s2fast4u at 7:05pm 11.15.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/2951
Fav Haunts Terry Cox at 5:57pm 11.15.14 Pacific North West Cruisers 0/1151 Weekend cruises off season offers several remote spots near Shelter Bay to spend a quiet time on the
How to use globalstar Qualcomm phone to get data? discovery at 5:21pm 11.15.14 Ask All Sailors 4/1659 I have a older globalstar Qualcomm phone with a car kit so I have a external antenna and a docking s
Need Stern Rails Joe23343 at 4:40pm 11.15.14 Smaller Boats 2/1231 I have seen many pictures of 23.5 with stern rails and/or lifelines at the stern , I need to add the
Oil in antifreeze hafa adai at 3:55pm 11.15.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/780 This season I noticed a small amount of oil in the antifreeze in the heat exchanger on my Yanmar JH
Badly Scratched Mast - Repaint or Touchup? Skippie10 at 3:30pm 11.15.14 S2 2/1090 Hi, I have a 1985 S2 9.2 with an "off white" paint on it which - through the years - has become pret
Beneteau 37 triumph250 at 2:34pm 11.15.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1973 1) any experience w/ companionway, installing doors rather than the stock sliding door that ride
Replace the CNG stove with Propane christod at 10:01am 11.15.14 S2 10/2429 I'm about to purchase a 1980 S29.2C. Would like to replace the stove with propane as the closest CN
Leaving battery's on board in the winter smoothsailing at 9:59am 11.15.14 Musings With Maine Sail 13/4839 I have 2 Deep Cycle battery's on board hooked up to a 120 W solar panel with a Pulse Width Modulated
Just finished my $20 pvc hand rails (2) kito at 9:24am 11.15.14 Ask All Sailors 54/8604 I got 2 113" long hand rails out of a 1" thick pvc board I bought at Lowes. It cuts and routes very
What is the largest trailerable sailboat? Mike H. at 8:14am 11.15.14 Trailer Sailors 107/63198 We currently have a nice 36 foot Hunter Vision. Beautiful, comfortable boat. We have had her in a ma
No boats for sale in So Cal Skipper at 6:42am 11.15.14 Ask All Sailors 30/4817 --Update 11/25-- We're looking at moving back to Orange County, CA. On Yachtworld, there are bu
Catalina 25 mast wiring concheyes2 at 6:14am 11.15.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/3218 I am needing to replace my mast vhf antenna and wire. I will also replace the lighting wires while
Hood SeaFurl 810 LD bearings (1) George Da Porge at 4:31am 11.15.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 24/15682 So I am undertaking maintenance on my Hood SeaFurl 810LD, specifically bearing replacement. I've wo
Fishries Supply Seattle, WA hewebb at 4:18am 11.15.14 Ask All Sailors 8/1461 Have any of you done business with Fisheries Supply in Seattle, WA? I ordered a mast eye from
Butchart Gardens Terry Cox at 8:04pm 11.14.14 Pacific North West Cruisers 0/1280 The Admiral and I have been to the Gardens several times over the years. We find it most enjoyable t

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23.5 unsinkable??? CrispyCringle at 10:29am 09.22.23 Im not sure what the fixation is on an unsinkable sailboat. But everyone has their own list of perso
Replacing Spinnaker Sheet Blocks (2) patbratton at 10:06am 09.22.23 We sailed with the spinnaker using the Precision Turtle bag for the first time. Jessie liked how it
Universal M-18 not starting Better_Angel at 10:01am 09.22.23 Yes, this is the plan at this point. I had a fuel problem in 2020 when because of COVID the marina
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water Blitz at 9:38am 09.22.23 FYI - For the Volvo Dripless Seal I noticed many of the Beneteu have a cooling port directly into t
Universal M-18 not starting Ralph Johnstone at 9:37am 09.22.23 It would appear that the engine fuel pump is dead. Is there any way to have someone crank the eng
Alternator output to..... Ralph Johnstone at 9:26am 09.22.23 I was going to tell friends it's for DIY colonoscopies, That's gross :yikes: ! Got any more like
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water Justin_NSA at 9:13am 09.22.23 This has been pretty well covered already. In a nutshell, forced water is needed for powerboats to p
Alternator output to..... Justin_NSA at 9:08am 09.22.23 Yeah, I just bought an endoscope/borescope on Amazon for $30. It has a wireless connection to my And
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water Davidasailor26 at 8:59am 09.22.23 Yep, The Volvo Penta Shaft Seal almost looks too good to be true! No cooling water necessary. I t
In hull transducer Johann at 8:45am 09.22.23 Then a moment of silence for those poor unfortunate souls, because if they wanted to mount a throug
In hull transducer Ralph Johnstone at 8:43am 09.22.23 clean area, apply enough putty down, insert transducer in Did the little green feller say how thi
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water (1) RSHunter27 at 8:30am 09.22.23 I installed a pillow block bearing in front of my Johnson. Along with a flexible shaft coupler, I'm
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water Blitz at 8:03am 09.22.23 If @Tally Ho recommends the Volvo Penta shaft seal, that's about as factual a report as you're goin
Sewing Cushions and Bimini Ward H at 7:46am 09.22.23 I have a 1928 Electric Singer that goes through Canvas + Sail + Leather like a knife through hot bu
Sewing Cushions and Bimini (3) william24424 at 6:40am 09.22.23 I have a 1928 Electric Singer that goes through Canvas + Sail + Leather like a knife through hot but
Third Reefing Point patbratton at 6:38am 09.22.23 I have an easier release for a topping lift. Are you interested ? Certainly. Thank you.
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water dlochner at 6:03am 09.22.23 There are a couple of ways to get cooling water into the shaft seal, either naturally with a vent in
Sewing Cushions and Bimini jviss at 5:58am 09.22.23 I'm interested in a direct comparison of the internals of the $450 machine compared to the SailRite
In hull transducer Crazy Dave Condon at 5:36am 09.22.23
Sewing Cushions and Bimini Ward H at 5:21am 09.22.23 Debate? Not me. I asked: oesn't mean every machine or part that comes out of the same factory is of

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