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O240, first outing (1) Hydro Therapy at 8:19am 08.10.14 Day Sailers 4/850 The wife and I spent the better part of the weekend on the new to us O 240. I'm impress with her spe
How To Clean Accordion Shades (4) SailboatInteriors at 7:47am 08.10.14 Ask All Sailors 4/7969
Winches for headsail/sizing sfwatts at 6:09am 08.10.14 Mid-Size Boats 4/1208 Morning we sail a hunter 326. Currently the winches for all lines are near the cabin hatch in front
Which engine scares you? Richard Olden at 4:36am 08.10.14 Ask All Sailors 17/2302 Looking at two boats. Boat #1: 2001, has been used to cruise the AICW and over to the Bahamas ea
Taking boat off the salt water? Macboy at 1:28am 08.10.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1244 Dad and I are about to purchase a new to us 26S and we've narrowed it down to three - one off fresh
Deodorizing unpainted fiberglass repawn at 10:27pm 08.09.14 Ask An Oday Owner 2/865 Hi again, Today I had the joy of pulling of the rotting vberth plywood on my O'day 22. Under the
Anyone have any experience wIth raymarine wheel pilot on the Pilotocopilot at 8:56pm 08.09.14 The Cherubini Hunters 11/1887 Anyone have any experience wIth raymarine wheelpilot on a 37 I recently had water ingress in the co
Winter Project or ... (1) rpwillia at 5:51pm 08.09.14 Catalina 310 7/1303 Had a friend help my tune my rig today. All went well until I looked at the port shroud and the brac
Any diesel guru's out there? Have a question kito at 4:44pm 08.09.14 Ask All Sailors 14/2078 Decided to fire up the diesel on my project boat (Yanmar ysm12). I drained all the old fuel, changed
New Mac25 owner/novice w/a few questions. scubaanddreams at 3:37pm 08.09.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1126 Hello, Brand new to the board , and recently purchased a new to me Macgregor 25. It has it's usu
New halyards from this site (1) carboman at 3:21pm 08.09.14 Smaller Boats 3/782 Just received new main and jib halyards from this site's store. Look great!
Sort of sailing related allen-deckard at 2:05pm 08.09.14 Catalina 22 7/1245 ok I admit this isn't really all the sailing related but I did get their by sailing :naughty: Me
anchor roller iwindance at 1:53pm 08.09.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/1967 I have a single anchor roller and want to have a dual anchor roller so I can carry two anchors forwa
injector replacement cjfj at 12:40pm 08.09.14 Engines and Propulsion 3/1544 I'm reinstalling the injectors on a yanmar 3gmf and cant get the precombustion chambers out to repla
Bow Pulpit Seat (5) LiveAloha at 12:07pm 08.09.14 Big Boats 7/10934 Been wanting a bow pulpit seat for some time now. Finally found one that allows access to the anchor
Venture 17 project boat bls50 at 10:36am 08.09.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/778 I learned to sail 30 yrs ago, consisted of 4 lessons in a Sweet Sixteen, and have only sailed a coup
Yanmar 3YM20 and Hunter 31 Winterize Jerry21707 at 10:27am 08.09.14 Mid-Size Boats 6/5826 I recently purchased a 2007 Hunter 31. I am not familiar with diesel engines or larger boat systems
repair Raymarine MFD (3) Bob 04 H260 at 9:15am 08.09.14 Ask All Sailors 0/843 I have a Ray C120w where the rubber membrane behind the malfunction knob has deteriorated. Ray says
I don't own it but sure looks good. Christian Sailing at 8:49am 08.09.14 Morgan 6/2153 Any thoughts on this particular model? We're still searching for a larger boat but can't get too fa
Halyard replacement BobM at 7:51am 08.09.14 S2 8/2175 Can anyone confirm is the sheaves on the 9.2 are rope friendly? Currently mine are of the wire/rope

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No Binnacle Compass on Oceanis 34.1 kappykaplan at 10:42am 08.29.23 Could you post a photo of your existing binnacle?
H34 Mast Rewiring Dalliance at 10:36am 08.29.23
Catalina 30 vs O'Day 25 Stu Jackson at 10:20am 08.29.23 how can this boat be single handed from behind the wheel if the lines, traveler and winches are all
Replace section of G4 anchor chain tfox2069 at 10:19am 08.29.23 When adding a connecting link, there's one issue I didn't see discussed - sorry if I missed it: The
Gulf Storm Potential (1) jssailem at 10:14am 08.29.23 Surge warnings
H34 Mast Rewiring WasabiRush at 10:06am 08.29.23 My mast on the 1985 model H-34 is a Kenyon BF 5386.. They may have used different ones during the r
Replace section of G4 anchor chain Rich Stidger at 9:49am 08.29.23 I will wade into this snake pit with my 2 cents of opinion. I have always used ACCO brand G4 5/16"
Catalina 30 vs O'Day 25 kappykaplan at 9:47am 08.29.23 I assume one would have to steer from in front of the pedestal? As @Calif. Ted said, let Otto do t
Lubricating sail slugs and mast tracks kappykaplan at 9:42am 08.29.23 It's a wax. You're likely to make it worse as wax traps dirt. :plus: Never had a problem with McLu
Gulf Storm Potential (2) JamesG161 at 9:29am 08.29.23 This is a finished Recon flight into Hurricane IdaliaNDBC - Station 42099 Recent Data Data now. 21
Catalina 30 vs O'Day 25 Calif. Ted at 9:23am 08.29.23 I assume one would have to steer from in front of the pedestal Only if the auto pilot is broke, th
Winchbit driver Davidasailor26 at 9:10am 08.29.23 Has anyone tried installing one of these? My Catalina 310 has limited access to the area above the
Clean up after holding tank leaked when pressurized arthur.goldberg at 9:06am 08.29.23 Thank you @Tally Ho , my friend and I will try that.
H34 Mast Rewiring kloudie1 at 9:05am 08.29.23 My mast on the 1985 model H-34 is a Kenyon BF 5386.. They may have used different ones during the ru
Replace section of G4 anchor chain (2) Ralph Johnstone at 9:01am 08.29.23 With everyone so concerned about the addition of a weaker connecting link to a chain rode, has anyon
Winchbit driver stageboss at 8:57am 08.29.23
How do I describe this or better yet find one? Barnacle Bill at 8:49am 08.29.23 Bimini is spelled as seen and not Binimi or Bimi, FYI ;-). Hard to tell which of the various parts
A C27 Question Barnacle Bill at 8:43am 08.29.23 They are cheek blocks mounted on a track which enables them to be positioned at the desired location
Catalina 30 vs O'Day 25 Project_Mayhem at 8:35am 08.29.23 I've opted to take a step back since this thread had a surprising number of responses and some amazi
Gulf Storm Potential (1) JamesG161 at 8:19am 08.29.23 Hurricane Idalia will be a Major Storm.

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