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Soldering advice sought Timm R Oday25 at 11:10am 05.18.23 Ask All Sailors 6/687 I've got a new cax cable run through the mast as well as an 16 gauge 6 wire tinned wire. It was easy
Love to Hear the Story Behind This (1) Rick Webb at 8:21am 05.18.23 Ask All Sailors 9/947 215787
Where to post Sabre for sale eastCoastAllen at 7:18am 05.18.23 Sabre Sailboats 4/1855
PSA - Check your through hulls BEFORE launch eherlihy at 5:17am 05.18.23 Bigger Boats 12/2445 In preparation for another season, I took a close look at the above the waterline plastic through hu
Jib Line Overlaps (1) tailboom at 6:41pm 05.17.23 Catalina 22 15/2501 Great day yesterday. My first solo sail on a beautiful light wind day on my new '84 C22. Only issu
Are you ready? jssailem at 10:32am 05.17.23 Ask All Sailors 17/1531 It is fun to jump into the water. Not so much fun when you are pushed. As we all look forward to tha
Installing Anemometer on Masthead - what should I expect? arcadiahunter28 at 8:30am 05.17.23 Mid-Size Boats 15/3144 I'm adding a Raymarine wind transducer to the top of my Hunter 28 mast this weekend. I've already ru
Volvo MD22L Erratic temperature gauge problem Rich Stidger at 7:12am 05.17.23 Engines and Propulsion 30/3869 OK, wizards, I think this will be a tough one to solve. Bear with me, this is a long post. I have
Getting Closer to Launch Gudgeon upgraded and Ruddercraft Rudder is Hung ...3TacksontheWater at 6:50am 05.17.23 Catalina 22 8/1219 Last weekend's project was to replace the OEM 1/2" gudgeons with CD's retrofit 1/2" kit with the sta
Port Townsend, WA Anchorages DannyO at 9:03pm 05.16.23 Ask All Sailors 19/3621 Hi everyone, I'm planning to take the boat up to the Puget Sound area from Portland, OR at the end
Muffler leak at top flange. Any tricks? (1) jonelli at 7:13pm 05.16.23 Catalina 30 16/2069 215744 Just saw this. Any tricks on dealing with this aside from pulling out the whole cabinet and m
2004 Raymarine C80 Display (1) MichaelStacy at 3:07pm 05.16.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 21/2799 Anyone have experience with an intermittant display on their Raymarine c80 chartplotter? I have the
Mercury 3.5 HP fuel shutoff PeteT at 2:16pm 05.16.23 Ask All Sailors 5/2309 I purchased the 3.5HP for the dinghy. It was used and supposedly out of the shop. Oil Site glass was
Harken Furler maintenance Tim22 at 1:50pm 05.16.23 Ask All Sailors 2/861 My Harken Mark IV unit 1 lower drum has developed a bad squeak when rotating which I would like to
O'Day 302 Wheel Suri at 1:45pm 05.16.23 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1172 I want to buy/install an autopilot on my O'Day 302. Any Brand Names and Model recommendations? Als
Keel Bolt Cleaning Lee Hadjiosif at 12:15pm 05.16.23 Ask All Sailors 9/2401 I want to clean and re-coat my rusty keel bolts and nuts. The SS backing plates are like new! What i
Grunert AC450 Refrigeration Nauticlops at 11:57am 05.16.23 Ask All Sailors 5/1047 Hello, The next thing on the list to repair is my refrigeration system. It's been struggling to
Great Deal On Transom Shower Accessory (1) jviss at 11:29am 05.16.23 Ask All Sailors 1/459 The Scandvik stainless steel transom shower covers are available from Defnder for 58% off, at $41.17
Water heater sailmandan at 10:46am 05.16.23 Yamaha 8/1223 Anybody have ideas on location of a propane hot water heater on a yami 33 Trying to avoid going with
Y30 Settee Problem gouldx at 10:41am 05.16.23 Yamaha 6/1154

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Its funny Friday! (1) Will Gilmore at 6:34pm 08.16.25 My dear departed father gave me that cartoon many years ago. I still have it. My father bought th
Any thoughts on why this is corroding? JoeWhite at 6:28pm 08.16.25 Remove the wire and use split rings or cutter pins and wrap with tape or put canvas around it.
Sneaking up on a circumnavigation (2) mermike at 5:39pm 08.16.25 I motored from Rugged Point to Queen Cove in Esperanza Inlet today. With 5 knots of wind the iron ge
Any thoughts on why this is corroding? dlochner at 5:38pm 08.16.25 Stainless wire is often 18-8 or 304, which aren't as corrosion-resistant as 316 (which the turnbuck
Any thoughts on why this is corroding? Tedd at 5:12pm 08.16.25 Stainless wire is often 18-8 or 304, which aren't as corrosion-resistant as 316 (which the turnbuckl
0.04 or 0.06" seizing wire for turnbuckles? marcham at 5:08pm 08.16.25 Either monel wire or 316 tig welding rod works great....
Any thoughts on why this is corroding? marcham at 5:05pm 08.16.25 Wrong type of wire... Never seen a turnbuckle locked like that.... use monel wire or 316 tig welding
Hunter 18.5 Topping Lift Crazy Dave Condon at 5:04pm 08.16.25 Looked at manual and page 8 does not indicate a backstay. I was wrong.
Any thoughts on why this is corroding? yelkenli at 5:03pm 08.16.25 Whoever did that gets an A for imagination. What do you mean?
Any thoughts on why this is corroding? Don S/V ILLusion at 4:59pm 08.16.25 Whoever did that gets an A for imagination.
Quick question for a Hunter 240 skipper Crazy Dave Condon at 4:36pm 08.16.25 @SteveHughessails you saw the write up by rgranger. One picture had two boat owners with a third
AM I crazy to sail in the Delaware Bay Rick Webb at 3:24pm 08.16.25 Perhaps you can get your feet wet without buying a boat. Not sure what is around you but many saili
Binini for 1982 Hunter 33 Cherubini???? Dalliance at 3:04pm 08.16.25
H380 Bent rudder and Smile Davidasailor26 at 2:57pm 08.16.25 Other items of note during the survey was the Selden furling main wouldn't come out more than 70%,
H380 Bent rudder and Smile marcham at 2:33pm 08.16.25 FYI, if the mainsail furling gear is damaged, that is a very very expensive repair, could be 10000
H380 Bent rudder and Smile skenn at 2:00pm 08.16.25 Thanks, that's exactly the information I was looking for. Sounded like the smile could be repaired
Its funny Friday! kappykaplan at 1:53pm 08.16.25 gave me that cartoon many years ago. I still have it.
Its funny Friday! (1) JamesG161 at 1:23pm 08.16.25 My wife told me it looked bigger once we got him out. (I guess even bullfrawgs suffer from shrinkag
Outhaul and traveler basic help please ShawnL at 1:06pm 08.16.25 That's pretty much correct. We usually have 2 or 3 people to step the mast. We start with the 2x4
House batteries not charging when engine running Davidasailor26 at 12:28pm 08.16.25 David, you are correct. My guess is his ignition key to operate the solenoid does not work, thus e

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