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H356 salon hull ports replacement sailmaster39 at 6:34pm 01.20.14 Big Boats 4/1005 My fixed hull ports located in the salon both port and starboard are so cloudy etc. you nolonger can
for all of the northerners... "Daydream"ing (7) hawk232 at 6:22pm 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 10/1658 dixiedawg (and family) and I decided to hit the water today... and since it isn't hard I figured I w
Healing angle cstonedent at 6:09pm 01.20.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 13/6112 My wife and I have sailed 02 311 for one season. We had an on board lesson. Understand the boat is t
composite propane tank Mark Maulden at 5:53pm 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 4/1296 I see composite tanks are back http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=d2655484a4'id=21f7809ae2'e= l
Tiller Handle & Tiller Tamer (1) Darkarcher at 5:18pm 01.20.14 Catalina 22 5/1874 My wife and I purchased a Swing Keel 22 last spring and have really just been getting started on the
Oil in my Bilge sd1953 at 4:36pm 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 14/8048 I bought a 27 year old boat (an Endeavour 38 center cockpit) and I have been resurrecting it over th
Raw Faith, George McKay william at 4:05pm 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 6/1355 This story left me stunned...guy with no experience sailing decides to build a 118' schooner? Gets t
Engine mounting maintenance IanJ at 3:10pm 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 5/1144 One of my Yanmar mountings has got a little rusty from the shaft. Pretty much cleaned it up, but an
Mast Stolen 1972 Day Sailer II - Need Replacement haerle4415 at 2:44pm 01.20.14 Ask An Oday Owner 12/2519 Sadly, my mast and boom was stolen from my 1972 Oday Day Sailer II 18 foot. I love this boat, and wa
The ultimate sacrilege 25yearslater at 2:16pm 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 6/1066 A dear friend of mine inherited a Trojan 25 that is in need of some repair. Having been down this r
Sealing the Head thru-hulls Alctel at 2:14pm 01.20.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1187 Hi there, I have a 1980 Hunter 36', and am ripping out the entire sanitation system and replacing
Replace 1 1/2" Sanitation Hose Hunter 30G Dragoon at 1:40pm 01.20.14 Mid-Size Boats 5/1649 Has anyone replaced the 1 1/2" discharge to holding tank sanitation hose on their 1990 Hunter 30G?
Added air conditioner? KenKindrick at 1:12pm 01.20.14 Big Boats 2/956 I want to add in my Hunter 340 a chilled water air conditioner. I'm thinking that under the port si
Coolant level nestorph at 12:19pm 01.20.14 Engines and Propulsion 4/1468 I'm getting familiar with my Yanmar 2GMF. How do I measure the coolant level? Is it just by sight
O'Day Daysailor Gunnel Wood spindrift8080 at 12:12pm 01.20.14 Day Sailers 5/8405 Hi Just bought a Spindrift Daysailor I. I believe it is the same as the O'Day Daysailor I. The boat
Double Berth Rich6705 at 12:00pm 01.20.14 Day Sailers 5/1639 I recently purchased a 1981 O'Day 25. I believe at one time, this boat had the slide out double ber
Sailing Rituals SailAwayGirl at 11:11am 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 51/6261 Hi all, I recently saw a post on Facebook of interesting rituals that folks have while out cruisi
Coolant leak (4) Nom De Guerre at 9:32am 01.20.14 Engines and Propulsion 8/3891 Please review these pictures and let me know your thoughts. This is what I found after checking in o
New interior cushions geek_guy at 9:09am 01.20.14 Big Boats 9/2919 I searched several months ago on replacing or reupholstering my Hunter 37 interior cushions. I saw
Weather helm Don Guillette at 8:56am 01.20.14 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 12/10367 Yesterday I was speaking to a newbie sailor about weather helm. It would be very simple to demonstra

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Electrical upgrades Rltgold at 11:01am 07.14.23 Nice job !
Low fresh water pressure Ralph Johnstone at 10:54am 07.14.23 Sorry for the tangent, I just love that stuff. :) I can see liking the Parker O-ring/Grab-ring fi
Catalina Metal Plaque (1) Rltgold at 10:52am 07.14.23 Stu, In your response to me it sounds like you personally talked to Warren Pandy about me .Is that
Winch handle safe use Roland5048 at 10:50am 07.14.23
Universal engine parts, and maintenance schedule, and dinghy davits? 2 OLD PIRATES at 10:49am 07.14.23 The M25 is a D850 The M25XP is a D950 The M25 is a D850 The M25XP is a D950 The M25XP is a D??? H
Repairing a poly water tank on a 2002 hunter passage Windpilot at 10:45am 07.14.23 I tried welding a tank on my previous H34. Held about a year or two. Of course I did it as a tempora
DIY Electronics? Techstyle at 10:44am 07.14.23 It comes with a brief manual and is pretty straight forward. The only real difficulty was getting t
I60 wind JamesG161 at 10:40am 07.14.23 The down side to instruments is they draw your eyes inside the boat and don't teach to you to use y
simple wind/weather app for iphone (1) JamesG161 at 10:17am 07.14.23 This was done this morning using Windy.com Helping @dLj to decide when to cross the North Atlantic.
DIY Electronics? jviss at 10:13am 07.14.23 I think you could probably do an addressable buzzer for <$25. ESP32 ($9), CAN board ($10), Buzzer
I60 wind Scott T-Bird at 10:10am 07.14.23 The I-60 is a good instrument and it can be networked. It's not going to make you a better sailor b
DIY Electronics? Techstyle at 10:06am 07.14.23 I think you could probably do an addressable buzzer for <$25. ESP32 ($9), CAN board ($10), Buzzer (
DIY Electronics? jviss at 9:59am 07.14.23 of Course, the code is at: https://github.com/Techstyleuk/sensesp-engine_monitor there is a schema
Need source for winch parts JamesG161 at 9:49am 07.14.23 I need an output gear for an obsolete Lewmar electric OP2 made in 1997 I have one that still works
DIY Electronics? Techstyle at 9:43am 07.14.23 Wow, very cool. I'm interested in your engine monitor. Have you open-sourced this? of Course, th
Need source for winch parts Rjm st.petersburg at 8:57am 07.14.23 Don's Marine Surplus & Salvage, 5601 126th Ave N, Clearwater, FL 33760, (727) 576-8577, Visit Websit
Repairing a poly water tank on a 2002 hunter passage Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:52am 07.14.23 Because there is no sealant that will bond permanently to PE, there's only one way to mend a PE tanK
Emergency steering knocking GeorgeC at 8:45am 07.14.23 Voyager1.....I have a1983 O'Day 30 and my emergency steering access port looks just like yours. I h
In Search of Gooseneck Bracket to Connect Mast to Boom. pmroz1 at 8:23am 07.14.23 Did you ever find a solution? I have a Newport 28' with same problem
Low fresh water pressure jviss at 8:14am 07.14.23 As the hose ages it is more difficult to clamp the hose to a fitting as the vinyl hardens. If you h

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