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Yanmar sb12 Shamus at 6:48pm 09.11.14 Engines and Propulsion 1/2007 Hi all I have a lancer 30 with yanmar sb12 engine--- recent purchase Does anyone know which pane
Barlow winch replacement LANCE ON CLOUD NINE at 3:08pm 09.11.14 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1284 Like Ziradog, I too have some issues with my Barlow winches on an O'Day 23 - 2. Can anyone recommend
Live Putty or bedding compound? helmfam at 2:50pm 09.11.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/615 The putty that seals where the shrouds enter my deck has shrunk down a little and allows a small amo
old Mac 25 serial number Terryl754 at 10:53am 09.11.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/871 I am trying to read the serial number on an older Mac 25. It has been painted over several times. Wh
My Boat has gotten Fat TriSwiss at 8:57am 09.11.14 Ask All Sailors 9/1385 If your family is like mine, you'll understand... I remember getting my new boat (new to me) all
Overheating engine... Doug/Karen at 8:05am 09.11.14 Big Boats 7/1271 Our Yanmar 3GM30F engine overheated earlier this Spring. We have a new repair shop owner on the lak
Which battery charger geek_guy at 7:17am 09.11.14 Big Boats 14/3566 My old battery charger/inverter has given out. Looking for advice on which brand and size to look a
Jib Furler? (2) CaptnDean at 7:06am 09.11.14 Catalina 30 4/1272 Hi. I'm new to this forum. I recently purchased a 1995 Catalina MKIII and I love the boat. I noticed
Can't find leak! braol at 6:57am 09.11.14 The Cherubini Hunters 10/1138 OK...so after yesterday's big rain here in Chicago (2.5+ inches yesterday morning in some places) I
Newport Show Maine Sail at 6:41am 09.11.14 Ask All Sailors 3/820 Anyone at the Newport show today or tomorrow?
Plummers putty Crazy Dave Condon at 4:26am 09.11.14 Smaller Boats 13/1532 This week I worked with Kermit on installation of the Hummingbird Piranha Max 175 fish finder with d
Source for circuit breakers for Beneteau jonbeneteau at 8:22pm 09.10.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/5009 I need to add a breaker circuit on my beneteau Oceanis 40. I am talking about the breakers that are
Moor a Hunter 23.5? Needmoretime at 8:15pm 09.10.14 Smaller Boats 14/1669 I have a used (and recently new to me) 1995 Hunter 23.5 which required a forestay replacement due to
A new O'Day Owner imbrewster at 7:04pm 09.10.14 Bigger Boats 2/913 Hello All, I've just purchased a 37' 1980 O'Day Center Cockpit and I was wondering if there are an
The End of the Cruise... (2) Roger Long at 6:14pm 09.10.14 Roger Long - The further adventures of Strider 2/1907 but not the voyage. We woke up in Rockland to a beautiful sailing and traveling day but laundry a
Barlow winch questions Ziradog at 6:10pm 09.10.14 Ask An Oday Owner 4/3542 My 23-2 has Barlow #16 sheet winches. One of them has some issues, and I need to either replace it
Chris "Plumbers Putty" Patterson Kermit at 6:02pm 09.10.14 Ask All Sailors 21/5453 So, Chris strongly suggested and highly recommended using plumbers putty for bedding the transducer
Retirement research DAVA390 at 6:02pm 09.10.14 Destinations 41/11225 The Admiral and I are lifelong Baltimore County, Md. residents. We have been having very general dis
Star Spangled Spectacular in Baltimore cbourne200 at 5:52pm 09.10.14 Ask All Sailors 2/685 Would love to go to this event, but have absolutely no idea how to get to it in Baltimore. Currently
A little help finding Catalina 30 info caltom at 4:54pm 09.10.14 Catalina 30 13/1365 I'm currently looking for Catalina 30 to buy (will probably be a mid 80's MKI, Diesel 21HP) . I keep

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Thoughts on rail mounted VHF antenna Jacktar at 7:28am 05.18.23 Well the advantage of spending the money on a stereo system instead of a proper VHF base radio is th
Where to post Sabre for sale Kings Gambit at 7:27am 05.18.23
Jib Line Overlaps dlochner at 7:26am 05.18.23 A quick observation, some of the recent posts are confusing the photos from the OP, @tailboom with @
PSA - Check your through hulls BEFORE launch Davidasailor26 at 7:20am 05.18.23
Thoughts on rail mounted VHF antenna Gene Neill at 7:16am 05.18.23 Why ? The handheld functions with increased range and also works as normal. Not a bad solution if
Jib Line Overlaps Hollyberry at 7:15am 05.18.23 Looks like you have self tailing winches.. you needn't use the cam cleat at all. The aft block seems
Getting Closer to Launch Grudgeon upgraded and Ruddercraft Rudder is Hung Gene Neill at 6:55am 05.18.23 Ah! That was good of Ruddercraft to drill the extra holes in the crutch. Mine came with only one hol
Spinnaker (2) patbratton at 6:38am 05.18.23 Jessie and I dropped the mast yesterday. We then pulled a light nylon line through the spinnaker ha
Its funny Friday! rgranger at 6:32am 05.18.23 And beer doesn't constitute "drinking", IMO. 4E9ydw_aDMg
Muffler leak at top flange. Any tricks? (1) kloudie1 at 6:29am 05.18.23 Helped a friend with his several years ago.. He opted for a new muffler but a repair to the inlet li
Installing Anemometer on Masthead - what should I expect? Justin_NSA at 6:15am 05.18.23 +1 for unstepping the mast. You'll be spending more time than you think fishing the cable through pr
Its funny Friday! justsomeguy at 6:12am 05.18.23 Don't trivialize the growing of the beard, either. That's a fake beard. And beer doesn't constitut
Spinnaker justsomeguy at 6:10am 05.18.23 This is ZOLTAN and me. I am wearing the flag shirt.
Installing Anemometer on Masthead - what should I expect? dlochner at 5:43am 05.18.23 Without seeing photos of the masthead, it is difficult to offer opinions. It might be a simple job,
Installing Anemometer on Masthead - what should I expect? shemandr at 5:41am 05.18.23 As I've posted before, I would not go up a mast for any reason. I would do the work while the mast
2004 Raymarine C80 Display Sailgunner at 5:41am 05.18.23 You can send in to Raymarine for repair. But you really should consider upgrandiing and replacing wi
Jib Line Overlaps dlochner at 5:31am 05.18.23 It is a bit difficult to see in the photo, however it appears the tail is crossing over the sheet, t
PSA - Check your through hulls BEFORE launch jviss at 5:25am 05.18.23 above the waterline plastic through hull fittings Is this correct, or did you mean below the water
Keel Bolt Cleaning dLj at 5:19am 05.18.23 I want to clean and re-coat my rusty keel bolts and nuts. The SS backing plates are like new! What
Muffler leak at top flange. Any tricks? jviss at 4:55am 05.18.23 ter inch around the base and did a couple layers of glass around and the base. I let it harden, smo

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