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Lost my jib halyard in mast! Help MICKEYMTM at 1:19pm 11.16.14 Catalina 22 6/4223 Can someone help? Catalina 22 - Blew the forestay at the bow in 14 mph winds. Had to cu
2001 Beneteau 361 shaft seal replacement boodey@wansw.net at 12:23pm 11.16.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/3619 This will define how to change the shaft seal on a 2001 Beneteau 361 sailboat based on my own experi
Daysailer swing centerboard sailfast201 at 12:06pm 11.16.14 Day Sailers 1/5134 Greetings, I am writing in hopes to find some direction with the reinstallation of my center board
Bilge and Cabin Seat Access Boards BrianW at 9:15am 11.16.14 Ask All Sailors 13/3156 My H26's wood laminate bilge and cabin seat storage access boards have started delaminating one by o
Lifting a sailboat from a trailer question davidmhull at 7:53am 11.16.14 Ask All Sailors 75/16399 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 17/4052 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 46/12193 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 3/1422 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 4/2978
Fav Haunts Terry Cox at 5:57pm 11.15.14 Pacific North West Cruisers 0/1163 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 4/1662 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 2/1240 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 3/785 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 2/1103 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 6/1999 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 10/2452 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 13/4855 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 54/8721 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 107/63833 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 30/4833 --Update 11/25-- We're looking at moving back to Orange County, CA. On Yachtworld, there are bu

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Usefulness of a boom slider(s) on a Selden boom/mast on a 386 JBP-PA at 6:41am 10.08.23 I use one for a preventer since I can slide it next to my boom end sheeting. I use another as a gui
P42 Watermaker Install Terry Cox at 6:30am 10.08.23 Any insights from P42 owners with WMs is greatly appreciated. Good morning, Jim. Little to no insi
Usefulness of a boom slider(s) on a Selden boom/mast on a 386 Jim_H42 at 5:25am 10.08.23 The Seldon mast on my P42 likewise has unneeded/necessary boom slides. I'm thinking it came from th
1984 c25 sits bow down dlochner at 4:49am 10.08.23 Because fresh water is less dense than saltwater, boats usually sit lower in freshwater than salt. T
C&C 29-2 Traveler Upgrade? dlochner at 4:45am 10.08.23 Not all of us are familiar in great detail about a C&C 29, thus photos of the traveller would be of
S2 6.9 model........2 repair problems: dlochner at 4:38am 10.08.23 If the plywood bulkhead has rotting wood, either the bulkhead needs replacing if it is extensive or
Pedestal cup holders Clydo at 10:41pm 10.07.23 Yuanhe White Plastic Cup Drink Holder Insert with Drain for Boat Car Marine Rv, 4PCS Amazon.com Re
S 2, 6.9 model information needed John Short at 10:31pm 10.07.23 to diochner, thank you for the hull number, found info blister problem and change over resins, n min
Starter switch sporadically engages starter mermike at 9:37pm 10.07.23 Voltage drop pretty much covers it but the causes are multiple connections and too small a wire gaug
Raymarine EV-100 Wheel Autopilot Catching jssailem at 9:10pm 10.07.23 when I am turning the wheel, it feels like I am fighting the wheel autopilot that is attached to th
Starter switch sporadically engages starter skunther at 9:04pm 10.07.23 So the issue is still voltage drop, which I should address by boosting the wiring gauge via one of t
Raymarine EV-100 Wheel Autopilot Catching (2) Ralph Johnstone at 8:22pm 10.07.23 This "may" represent your EV-100 : eplacing my ST-4000 with an EV-100 but once I saw what a dog's b
Catalina Capri (Catalina 18) in high winds? bzano at 7:37pm 10.07.23
Raymarine EV-100 Wheel Autopilot Catching SycloneDriver at 6:48pm 10.07.23 Just like Art suggests, make sure the clutch lever is completely disengaged. If that fails there is
Broken Rudder rgranger at 6:33pm 10.07.23
Raymarine EV-100 Wheel Autopilot Catching Art12050 at 6:25pm 10.07.23 I have the same unit. When you disengage the unit, make sure the lever is all the way up. Sometimes
Catalina 18 overhaul Monsterfish at 4:06pm 10.07.23 Hi, Sorry, I only now came across your posting. I own Catalina 18, 1993. I was curious how did you
Catalina Capri (Catalina 18) in high winds? Monsterfish at 3:57pm 10.07.23 I am still debating whether to get a roller furling. First, it's expensive, second, the installation
Catalina Capri (Catalina 18) in high winds? SailingLoto at 3:15pm 10.07.23 Smaller jib and reef your main and she'll probably do a little better. That's a lot of wind to tack
1984 c25 sits bow down SailingLoto at 3:07pm 10.07.23 Is the outboard engine on? :) Yes sir, 98 mariner 8hp long shaft

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