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Flooded cabin in 192 Jerry Shenkman at 1:55pm 05.14.14 Day Sailers 1/961 Hi; I am new to this forum. I bought an O'Day 192 im Jan/14 to use as a day sailor. Today I opened
New Style Windows & Balanced Rudder Questions -C25 Kper at 1:10pm 05.14.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1268 What year did the new style windows make it into the C25? And... How can I distinguish a balanced ru
did the heat damage my forestay and lifelines? RonRelyea at 12:56pm 05.14.14 Ask All Sailors 16/1768 Some of you may recall that last month, my boat (on the hard) was bow-to-bow with another boat that
Stem fitting help (2) Minnesail at 12:43pm 05.14.14 Catalina 22 9/1840 There's an odd thing on my stem fitting: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-t5YHeWpDldE/U3PFf730tyI
Bent swim ladder bobjames at 12:11pm 05.14.14 Catalina 310 7/2066 Over the winter and possibly due to the shrink wrapping process, my swim ladder is bent to one side
Hood furler...need help (1) kito at 11:36am 05.14.14 Ask All Sailors 6/1067 Can someone tell me if there is a piece missing in the photo of the Hood furling system? Seller does
Cat 28 MK2 Half Model Oston at 10:43am 05.14.14 Mid-Size Boats 1/904 Hi everyone... I am trying to get the hull drawings for my Cat28 MK2 2004.. I have tried Catalina
Fin or Swing? Kper at 10:26am 05.14.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 8/1022 Looking at two C25's tomorrow - one is an 86 SK with dinette and professional built trailer and the
Yanmar 3gm30f Water Pump Impellers smoothsailing at 9:36am 05.14.14 Engines and Propulsion 4/3597 HUNTER 1997 340 My Yanmar is a fresh water cooling system. Is there a difference between the
Trip to Princess Louisa YVRguy at 9:23am 05.14.14 Ask All Sailors 6/1080 After 15 months as new sailboat owners my buddy and I just finished a trip to Princess Louisa Inlet
fresh water impeller scott754 at 7:52am 05.14.14 Ask All Sailors 24/3355 Years ago when I bough my O'Day 30 I was told at a diesel class to replace the fresh water pump impe
Tensioning the Jumper Struts BEFORE Stepping up the Mast jmason at 6:37am 05.14.14 Smaller Boats 0/693 I'd like to properly tension the jumpers on my 1971 CAL-21 BEFORE I step up the mast. A sailor with
Soft deck in H17 mark2 at 6:11am 05.14.14 Day Sailers 1/1177 I have read many of the forum posts about cracks; we have had very little cracking problem on our H1
Acquiring used main sails for the 8.0 jlillie at 4:37am 05.14.14 S2 0/768 Does anyone have a list of main sails from other boats that closely match the 8.0 sail demensions: 2
Beneteau first 25s Swing Keel geofboole at 4:17am 05.14.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/2163 Has anyone had problems with keel rust? Mine is brand new and where the folded keel meets the bottom
Tell Us Your Top-3 Spring Projects! braol at 11:44pm 05.13.14 The Cherubini Hunters 9/938 As I will be getting my boat into the water after a few years of being deployed to Japan I will be:
Battey Usage Question caguy at 10:14pm 05.13.14 Ask All Sailors 6/1073 What is the best way to use a two battery system with a off-1-both-2 switch? I have two 110 amp deep
A New Sailor in the Making (1) Roadking Larry at 9:17pm 05.13.14 Ask All Sailors 9/1309 Took the 8 year old grand son out this afternoon in my Macgregor 26. We'd had him out a couple time
cleats teacher63 at 8:21pm 05.13.14 Smaller Boats 10/2022 How do you secure a 87 Hunter 23 to a dock? I use cable and cable ties in the anchor locker and tie
CDI furler 2 teacher63 at 7:49pm 05.13.14 Smaller Boats 5/1021 I have a CDI 2 furler. I need to know what kind of rope and size that should run from the sail to t

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The Great Bilge Pump Debate, 2023 Edition SycloneDriver at 3:48pm 05.22.23 This winter when I was at my boat I noticed my neighbors bilge pump running. It would run for about
I broke my Sherwood Raw Water Strainer Winterizing Bowl.... sailcapt340 at 3:43pm 05.22.23 Is that the West 2 part adhesives your referring to?
I broke my Sherwood Raw Water Strainer Winterizing Bowl.... dmax at 3:40pm 05.22.23 G-Flex would work.
I'm picking up a new to me '87 H23 tomorrow. Crazy Dave Condon at 3:35pm 05.22.23
Significant hull deflection indented near bunks - Hunter 26 Crazy Dave Condon at 3:14pm 05.22.23 I spoke with the fellow about the hull issue. Hunter originally designed the original hunter 26 trai
Significant hull deflection indented near bunks - Hunter 26 Crazy Dave Condon at 3:01pm 05.22.23 @ChrisHunter I think you want to place your question on Ask A Hunter Owner. A photo would help to
Puget Sound Chain Plate Replacement Recommendations? mermike at 2:57pm 05.22.23 We all know that chainplates are an integral part of every sailboat standing rigging. One of the be
The Great Bilge Pump Debate, 2023 Edition Stu Jackson at 2:51pm 05.22.23 Does anyone have a bilge pump counter? Have you ever taken any action based on the count? I alway
The Great Bilge Pump Debate, 2023 Edition Davidasailor26 at 2:43pm 05.22.23 Does anyone have a bilge pump counter? Have you ever taken any action based on the count? I alway
mast stickinthemud57 at 2:38pm 05.22.23 Welcome to the forum, In my limited experience, the mast extrusion (just the raw extrusion with no
The Great Bilge Pump Debate, 2023 Edition FastOlson at 2:17pm 05.22.23 Are we over-thinking/analyzing this? Well, this IS a forum on the internet..... so, yeah... perhap
The Great Bilge Pump Debate, 2023 Edition Rick486 at 1:34pm 05.22.23 Are we over-thinking/analyzing this? Every boat I've ever owned had a bilge pump with a float switch
2004 Raymarine C80 Display MichaelStacy at 1:06pm 05.22.23 A lot to think about, indeed. Thank you for input
Volvo MD22L Erratic temperature gauge problem odaydokay at 12:35pm 05.22.23 Well, maybe others can benefit. I got tripped up with that one.......
New Fuel Sending Unit Rich Stidger at 12:32pm 05.22.23 After replacing the float on an arm type of sender a couple times, I tried the KUS rod-type sender.
New Fuel Sending Unit Dave at 12:28pm 05.22.23 Just noticed that what used to be WEMA's US branch split off is now KUS USA, so should presumably b
Seaward S-600 water heater possible leak Hello Below at 12:18pm 05.22.23 I didn't know Kuuma is that much inferior. I am going to dip my toe in the water just to balance t
Significant hull deflection indented near bunks - Hunter 26 ChrisHunter at 12:17pm 05.22.23 I have a flat section on the bottom of my boat under the head. When I contacted Hunter, they said i
Swing Keel Rebuild pclarksurf at 12:15pm 05.22.23 sexy: love the chain hoist-- beats the heck out of my come a-long version :)
The Great Bilge Pump Debate, 2023 Edition jviss at 12:12pm 05.22.23 Does anyone have a bilge pump counter? Have you ever taken any action based on the count? I always

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