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Need a H336 potable water tank monitor John P. at 9:48am 01.03.23 Mid-Size Boats 5/1140 Looking for a replacement water tank monitor with the float. My current monitor has a WUF code .
Bearing Cap rusted tight (1) sbrogden at 8:25am 01.03.23 Trailer Sailors 24/2920 The wheel bearings on my trailer make a horrible noise - likely in bad need of grease. The caps are
Dinghy Motor Mount Hunter 326 Quasimotor at 8:18am 01.03.23 Mid-Size Boats 2/787 I am 400 miles from my Hunter 326 and need to know the diameter of the stainless steel railing aroun
Dinghy air leak repair advice (1) nitrogenase at 7:40am 01.03.23 Ask All Sailors 2/559 See attached for the location of an air leak in my new/used Highfield rollup dinghy. It's on the ins
Buying a Boat Outside Canada without a License ?? Prairie Virgin Sailor at 6:30am 01.03.23 Ask All Sailors 32/2899 As a Canadian, understanding that Canadians do not need a license to own/captain a personal sailboat
Y-33 Midstay (1) Riptide33 at 6:15am 01.03.23 Yamaha 11/1445 Happy new year! We are the new owners of a 1981 33 in Cleveland Ohio. The rig is currently up but th
Hunter 18.5 mainsail batten lengths rudygiljr at 5:58pm 01.02.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/618 I recently bought a 1988 Hunter 18.5, it is missing a couple of the battens for the mainsail. Would
New sailing toy for Christmas (1) rgranger at 5:14pm 01.02.23 Ask All Sailors 13/1473
LiFePO4 Charging in cold weather Captain Larry-DH at 5:03pm 01.02.23 Musings With Maine Sail 9/2490
Seaward Hot Water Tank Tucson Sailor at 4:21pm 01.02.23 Mid-Size Boats 5/1358 The pressure, fresh water system on our 1996 Cat 30 MKIII has slowly lost pressure over the last few
Bristol 24 Bulkhead replacement (me again) SV Gutsy Lady at 3:42pm 01.02.23 Bristol 3/823 I am replacing both of the bulkheads on my B24. Has anyone done that? Any recommendations? Marine pl
Bristol 24 external chainplates and traveler install SV Gutsy Lady at 3:41pm 01.02.23 Bristol 6/4459 Hello, Has anyone replaced bulkhead chainplates with external chainplates on a B24? Or added a tra
H26 auction Chiriqui at 2:27pm 01.02.23 Smaller Boats 0/816 I was helping a friend today to tey and find a salvaged fishing boat from m the hurricane in FL and
1991 Hunter 42 passage Gooseneck deanM at 5:57am 01.02.23 Ask All Sailors 4/473 Just purchased this boat and My gooseneck is broken were the lines pull the mainsail out. Looking to
Laminated timber floor infill disintegrating Andiamo1 at 6:13pm 01.01.23 Ask All Sailors 2/405 We have a 2006 Catalina 387. A question regarding the laminated timber floor infill pieces that cove
1984 C22. Questions and best websites Salty Jack at 3:45pm 01.01.23 Smaller Boats 6/1773 I'm looking at a 1984 C22 this weekend and welcome your recommendations: 1. There are a few minor l
Towing a dinghy circa1971la at 2:18pm 01.01.23 Ask All Sailors 14/3515
Lewmar Deck Hatch Leaking BigEasy at 1:13pm 01.01.23 Ask All Sailors 7/1970 Happy New Year to all! Appears that my first project for 2023 will involve repairing a Lewmar forwa
Help with the new O'Day hull tracking? SailKozy at 8:17pm 12.31.22 Day Sailers 6/1699 Hello, I was just given a ~12.5 ft O'Day boat with HIN XDY A5221 G4 85 that also has a 25 year O'Day
My C30 YouTube Channel (SailingSole) SailingSole at 5:37pm 12.31.22 Catalina 30 7/1850 Hello sailors and sister ships! I purchased my 1978 Catalina 30 roughly two years ago (Aug 2020) fo

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Rust inhibitor NYSail at 7:37am 01.09.25 That's a pretty reasonable approach for touch up spots. I do something similar on my cast iron kee
Oldest Boat to Buy FastOlson at 7:25am 01.09.25 Not to be stickler... but something isn't right with this. $100/$1000 would make the insurance $10k
Bilge Pump in Keel? Crazy Dave Condon at 7:16am 01.09.25 If a Precision 18, did you ever call Precision Sailboats? How about some pictures of the boat and b
Pulling new cable up Mast Night Watch at 6:30am 01.09.25 I appreciate all the responses so far. One thing I've tried, so far, was to push a metal (electrica
Pulling new cable up Mast dlochner at 5:36am 01.09.25 Instead of a nut or bolt, use a short section of small steel chain. It will be longer and easier to
Pulling new cable up Mast shemandr at 5:24am 01.09.25 Yeah I would say it's a matter of feeding a messenger down to pull a wire up. I've heard from a fri
Are 30 year old sails worth anything?? (4) Will Gilmore at 5:04am 01.09.25 229323 How about a skin-on-frame tender? 229324 229325 229326 There are lots of how-to sites for ski
Scored a mast climbing system! thinwater at 4:52am 01.09.25 Ah, I did not realize that. Do you remove the slugs on the ladder? Or just not worry about them. Ho
Oldest Boat to Buy dlochner at 4:37am 01.09.25 Not to be stickler... but something isn't right with this. $100/$1000 would make the insurance $10
Pulling new cable up Mast colemj at 4:35am 01.09.25 I've done this before. Attach a weight like a nut to the end of string and drop it down from the ho
Oldest Boat to Buy Marmalade at 4:26am 01.09.25 It works out to approximately $100. per $1000. of value. i.e. if your boat has a value of $100K, yo
Self launching anchor dlochner at 3:53am 01.09.25 While I haven't tested this yet, mp line run to the cockpit. Hang the anchor over far enough to s
Self launching anchor (1) Rich 35.5 at 3:42am 01.09.25 While I haven't tested this yet, mg is to use a quick release snap shackle with a trip line run to t
Self launching anchor Davidasailor26 at 3:29am 01.09.25 We had a Delta anchor that always needed a kick, then we upgraded to a Mantus and found its self-dep
Its funny Friday! justsomeguy at 3:09am 01.09.25 Justsomeguy had to be thatguy?! :ass: -Will Somebody has to.
Christian Williams' home possibly burned down to the ground in Pacific Palisades kappykaplan at 2:38am 01.09.25 Very sad. Tks for letting us know.
Scored a mast climbing system! dLj at 9:00pm 01.08.25 My apologies. There seems to be some problem with my ability to copy image links. Try this blog pos
Scored a mast climbing system! dLj at 8:55pm 01.08.25 In fact, you do NOT have to lower the main. You can anchor the ladder just on one side and tension
Scored a mast climbing system! thinwater at 8:21pm 01.08.25 I'm getting Blue Wave fittings with that link.... dj My apologies. There seems to be some problem
Scored a mast climbing system! thinwater at 8:19pm 01.08.25 I looked up the Mastmate ladder and realized I've used them. One difficulty is you need to lower yo

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