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Any Hawaii Big Island sailboat owners here? patagoniadave at 9:47am 07.31.22 Destinations 13/1735 In the ever changing ebb and flow of life, there is a possibility coming up that I can spend a coupl
just sailing jon hansen at 9:24am 07.31.22 Sails Call Lounge 3/725 Qmms913uBVs
Broken transom shower holder (1) arthur.goldberg at 8:27am 07.31.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 13/1253 Dear Beneteau owners As I've written before, I love the 2002 Beneteau Oceanis 331 I recently bought
Sailing Dingy Questions (O'Day Widgeon) Onoahimahi at 5:02am 07.31.22 Ask All Sailors 15/1628 Hi - I am a long-time powerboater learning to sail my new 1974 O'Day Widgeon. (It's a ~12 foot saili
Reparing fix keel Tsula-H18 at 9:10pm 07.30.22 Smaller Boats 2/592 Hunter 18.5 water come boat from keel
Need a used Catalina 22 swing keel ytao125 at 8:51pm 07.30.22 Parts Search 2/832 Last Saturday when I sailed back from Atlantic City to Little Egg Harbor my swing keel hit an object
Exhaust blower on an 11a Halvern at 7:46pm 07.30.22 S2 4/823 Where is it wired for switch. Both wires going into starter panel on cockpit blkhd.
Beneteau 361 companionway hatch is tight at night or in cold weather Harry Mathias at 4:18pm 07.30.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 10/665 I have a 2001 Beneteau 361 in excellent condition. The companionway hatch is very tight at night or
Winch replacement Bubbadog at 2:02pm 07.30.22 Ask All Sailors 20/2140 Would like suggestions for replacing my Lewmar 6 winches with self tailing Was wanting to replace t
Patching up a breached water ballast rrt1shaw at 1:08pm 07.30.22 Parts Search 0/461 My dear Hunter 26, 1994 landed on the rocks and needs to be fixed. Swing keel, rudder are gone. Is w
Hunter 26 keel, rudder and Tiller wanted rrt1shaw at 1:05pm 07.30.22 Parts Search 4/557 My dear boat ended up on the rocks and these parts are needed. She is a Hunter 26, 1994. Thank you
Water dripping through bimini at ends of the traveller AndyL at 9:25am 07.30.22 Big Boats 5/1016 We have a 356 and the bimini has a gap each side where the traveller ends. In the rain, water comes
Sail-drive will not engage, stopped suddenly Milt Fuehrer at 7:53am 07.30.22 Ask All Sailors 13/1830 Saildrive has 280 hours on it, model 130S-B cable engages shifter fine. There was no warning, it wa
What Brand and Size Battery Charger should I buy? rajhnsn at 7:15am 07.30.22 Bigger Boats 16/1880 I just replaced my house bank of (4) six volt flooded batteries on my O'day 35. One week later whe
Link 2000 amps function Rodd at 6:00am 07.30.22 Musings With Maine Sail 4/1442 Gents- My ancient Link 2000 has been pretty reliable for 20 something years, but recently I have an
New owner ANGELS at 11:04pm 07.29.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/685 Hi everybody. I have just been an owner of a Hunter 340 year of 1997. I'm really new to this with ve
O'Day 22, 23 centerboard cleat JoeConron at 2:40pm 07.29.22 Ask An Oday Owner 4/679
Hunter chain plate huntermartin at 1:47pm 07.29.22 Ask All Sailors 3/528 I am restoring a Hunter 25.5. I do not know how the chainplates are to fasten to the bulkheads. The
Help Boom (1) rogerbalz at 1:29pm 07.29.22 Catalina 22 6/561 Another sailor suggested we change out the line that connects the boom to the traveler and make it l
Bent turnbuckle/ (1) towchristopher at 1:06pm 07.29.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/807 I bent a piece of the turnbuckle/rigging while raising the mast of my Hunter 26. Here's a photo: so

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Masthead sheaves east coaster at 5:57am 04.30.24 My mast head is welded to the mast and when I changed out the hard plastic sheaves it was a frustrat
Access to windlass east coaster at 5:39am 04.30.24 I required access to the bowsprit after a power boat struck it with such force it was bent down abou
Access to windlass Cat 310 #1 in GA at 5:16am 04.30.24 The forward access port in the anchor locker is how you get to the stem fitting bolts. Ask me how I
New Transducer Install - Splitting Hairs? Gene Neill at 5:14am 04.30.24 I can vouch for the plumber's putty, and the toilet wax ring. I prefer plumber's putty, as it is les
hull port (windows) leaking Cat 310 #1 in GA at 5:14am 04.30.24 May want to consider Lifecaulk as a sealant. It is polysulfide and used for bedding chainplates. I l
Advice - Westerbeke 30b Spun Bearing shemandr at 5:07am 04.30.24 Not knowing what a spun bearing is I googled the term. Here is what came up first: https://www.engi
Uniseal tank thickness Project_Mayhem at 5:06am 04.30.24 Thanks for recommending Uniseal @Peggie Hall HeadMistress! While a vendor told me it's not necessary
Outboard depth in water. Gene Neill at 5:03am 04.30.24 Thanks guys. Gene do you tie your motor off somehow when trailering? I basically took all my tail m
Replacing exhaust hose dlochner at 4:53am 04.30.24 I didn't use the old hose to pull the new one thru... the hoses were too stiff and there wasn't eno
Adding a new rope clutch dlochner at 4:46am 04.30.24 If you are screwing SS bolts into an aluminum plate, it is a good idea to coat the bolt with some Te
Hand held Radio ? dlochner at 4:11am 04.30.24 Range is affected by multiple factors, the primary factor is line of sight, followed by antenna orie
Adding a new rope clutch daviddp at 2:27am 04.30.24 I replaced mine last season with the Garhauler parts, as others have noted. It was quick ands easy,
Convert florescent fixtures to LED bulbs karellen at 10:55pm 04.29.24 These look nice, but at $80 bucks a pop they are not in my budget. Ahh, bummer. I got them from Ca
Convert florescent fixtures to LED bulbs Rich Stidger at 9:19pm 04.29.24 HELLA dual color LED fixtures These look nice, but at $80 bucks a pop they are not in my budget.
Hand held Radio ? Richard19068 at 8:44pm 04.29.24 A handheld radio has very little effective range when used from the water. Your best bet is probabl
Tartan 3800 bow water tank mellis at 8:32pm 04.29.24 I measured the water needed to fill the bow tank and it was 30 gallons.
Convert florescent fixtures to LED bulbs marcham at 7:25pm 04.29.24 On other boats, I just replaced the entire fixture....
eSail Sailing Simulator Davidasailor26 at 7:12pm 04.29.24
Hand held Radio ? marcham at 7:09pm 04.29.24 Lots of good info above... A handheld radio has very little effective range when used from the wate
Hand held Radio ? Richard19068 at 6:53pm 04.29.24 Thanks for the info I was mainly interested in the DSC vs AIS data transmission. Additionally

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