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New liveaboard Clintsurfs at 6:13am 12.08.13 Ask All Sailors 8/1688 Just wanted to say hello. Acquired my first sailboat, a 1985 O'Day 31, back in August, moved aboard
Hello Clintsurfs at 6:06am 12.08.13 Ask An Oday Owner 3/765 Just wanted to say hello. Acquired my first sailboat, a 1985 O'Day 31, back in August, moved aboard
Additional Refridgeration JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 4:36am 12.08.13 Catalina 310 9/1551 I cam across an interesting post on a blog I read. They installed a "spill over kit" to make an ice
So School me on the ICW around St Augustine JRacer at 1:11am 12.08.13 Ask All Sailors 7/1513 Been doing some research on some land my mom has in FL. It's in St Augustine, approx 1/2 to a mile i
Replace Forestay on 35.5 w/Hood 810 furler Steverhnm at 7:37pm 12.07.13 Big Boats 9/5555 So I just discovered that the wire at the top of the forestay on my boat is 50% broken. Luckily I h
Solar and engine charging gettinthere at 7:06pm 12.07.13 Ask All Sailors 8/1794 I have an ARS 5 balmar regulator on my engine alternator and a Blue Sky 2512 on 280 watts of solar.
Water softener question (1) Ken Cross at 12:29pm 12.07.13 Ask All Sailors 5/1296 Just wondering: What kind of water softener works in salt water? Well- er- brackish water?
Soft Top korchinskyp at 11:34am 12.07.13 Ask All Sailors 2/1102 I purchased a Starwind 27 recently and noticed that the topsides are soft and flexible. Is this inhe
winterize wald836 at 11:00am 12.07.13 S2 0/916 I have an S2 80. I have the omc (zepher) sail drive. We have had some icing here and I could not g
Vibration in engine drive Delawaredave at 10:46am 12.07.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1447 Newbie. 82 Hunter, Yanmar 8hp diesel. Seems like excessive vibration when running. Reason for
Yammar 2gm to Yanmar 2gm20f swap out Nelsonhow at 10:40am 12.07.13 Engines and Propulsion 2/1714 I'm thinking of swapping out my old 1983 2 Yanmar 2gm raw water cooled with a rebuilt Yanmar 2 GMf
New prop question Happy Together at 10:12am 12.07.13 Big Boats 3/1154 I have a Gori folding three blade prop. I am having trouble with it and I want to switch to the Vari
Mast climbing Head Sail at 9:30am 12.07.13 Big Boats 2/1456 Need to change my anchor light an install an antenna for TV. I don't trust either halyard to support
How the Freedom 20 charges wufibugs at 9:19am 12.07.13 Ask All Sailors 6/1767 Best Wiring Scheme for the Freedom 20 Inverter/charger? Inverter/chargers take shore power and conv
Oops no sailing today (1) inarathree at 8:43am 12.07.13 Smaller Boats 3/876 Oops no sailing today
Considering a 302 Mackaroni at 7:11am 12.07.13 Bigger Boats 7/1497 Hello. I am new to this forum and thought I would ask for some opinions on the 302. I am consideri
Looks handy for working on seacocks merlinuxo at 5:53am 12.07.13 Ask All Sailors 8/2106 while in the water. Wouldn't do any good for the flanged type though. I'd only use this while on the
I want to run my halyards to the cockpit kito at 5:53am 12.07.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1155 I am making a list for Santa on what I would need to run my head and main halyards back to the cockp
Spinnaker pole Hobartwoodworks at 5:49am 12.07.13 Smaller Boats 18/3018 We recently purchased a 1984 Hunter 22. She came with a spinnaker in great shape, but no pole. My hu
Original Sails mbeil53 at 4:44am 12.07.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/1759 Did the original sails on the Macgregor 25 have any reefing points?

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Help finding the right boat jmackdaddy at 11:00am 06.20.23 I saw the 33' Alerion at the Annapolis boat show. It was a stunning boat. Dressed up as an elegant
Windlass Failure: 2008 Beneteau 43 DPW at 10:54am 06.20.23 V-1 looks right. I believe I have the original manual but it's in storage as we are just getting rea
1991 VP 2003 - coolant seals Ralph Johnstone at 10:54am 06.20.23 Anyone here know if the rubber seals on the coolant system/heat exchanger are resuable? Can you s
Portable Generator jviss at 10:49am 06.20.23 Honda generators are the hands-down best that are available. It will remain useable even after powe
1975 C&C 33 - Mk 1: Compromised Deck Needs Help - Suggestions Please? Dnea at 10:49am 06.20.23 A little arm-chair surveying .... On older boats you usually see some water stains (at the least) w
trailer info, Hunter 23.5, 1994 Crazy Dave Condon at 10:44am 06.20.23 concur with assessment. check to make sure that the bunk board supports are properly adjusted so th
Need a captain for a survey ggrizzard at 10:36am 06.20.23 Another issue is do you have written authorization to move the boat for a sea trial?
Windlass Failure: 2008 Beneteau 43 (3) Ralph Johnstone at 10:35am 06.20.23 Now, we've almost solved the problem. Attached is the latest manual on everything from V1 to V6 wit
Mast rewire SailorShaggy at 10:28am 06.20.23 After mast was removed it was very evident the roller furler is bent/dented. lower spreaders broke o
Safe to start outboard while out of the water? mhessick at 10:26am 06.20.23 BigEasy...Thanks. I bought the muffs but the trash can might be easier. Amazon makes it easy to re
1975 C&C 33 - Mk 1: Compromised Deck Needs Help - Suggestions Please? rgranger at 10:25am 06.20.23 A little arm-chair surveying .... On older boats you usually see some water stains (at the least) wh
Need a captain for a survey Don S/V ILLusion at 10:25am 06.20.23
Safe to start outboard while out of the water? BigEasy at 10:08am 06.20.23 I was given a 1989 22 Catalina with an outboard motor. I would like to make sure that it runs. W
Windlass Failure: 2008 Beneteau 43 DPW at 10:01am 06.20.23 Its a Lewmar windless. The hand-held is cabled and does not have enough length to reach thru the hat
V-Berth headliner replacement 1993 Passage '42 aas1110 at 9:59am 06.20.23 Thank you, Terry! I will give it a go this weekend and hope it makes an improvement. Will keep you
Windlass Failure: 2008 Beneteau 43 BigEasy at 9:59am 06.20.23 Well I kinda walked right into that;-( I have used the RTFM acronym myself over the years and while
Windlass Failure: 2008 Beneteau 43 Ralph Johnstone at 9:58am 06.20.23 need to get someone topside to operate the hand-held whilst I measure the voltage. Is the handhel
1975 C&C 33 - Mk 1: Compromised Deck Needs Help - Suggestions Please? Dnea at 9:54am 06.20.23
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Need a captain for a survey BigEasy at 9:49am 06.20.23 Hi, my Catalina 38 is under contract. I just learned my broker doesn't sail and I can't attend. I

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