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Material around the shaft (1) elvio at 12:52am 05.02.24 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/347 Hi folks. I finished painting with priming and anti-fouling. I noticed the area around the shaft en
Lost swing keel for Oday 22. Please help with fabrication measurements abrown at 3:47pm 05.01.24 Ask All Sailors 4/176 Hi, I Iost the swing keel for my Oday 22. Please help with fabrication measurements.
Eight Bells for Don Street dlochner at 2:10pm 05.01.24 Sails Call Lounge 3/374 Don Street has passed away. If you don't know Don he was a life long sailor who wrote extensively ab
Garmin Navigation/plotter addition to helm FOLLOWING SEAS at 12:59pm 05.01.24 Mid-Size Boats 0/153 Hello, I am looking for some advice from HUNTER 310 owners. I have a 1999 that I want to add a chart
Starting the Yanmar on a H280 Occasional Heeler at 8:34am 05.01.24 Mid-Size Boats 9/396 First season with my 1999 H280. Previous owner started it once last fall and now up to me ( might ha
Weight of an O' Day 27 Bluenose at 7:39am 05.01.24 Bigger Boats 1/159 Hi there, I am seeing conflicting numbers for the weight of this boat that I am looking at. Does any
Looking for ideas on galley remodel fred1diver at 6:25am 05.01.24 Ask All Sailors 7/391
Removing Stains and smudges John_F at 4:35am 05.01.24 Ask All Sailors 12/281 Our boat has tea-colored water stains along the hull and black smudges from sneakers, etc. Any sugge
New Design Fresh Water Tank Source ...3TacksontheWater at 1:47pm 04.30.24 Catalina 22 5/481 Can someone steer me in the direction of a source and model number of the correct forward fresh wate
Nice Article About Cape Caution Terry Cox at 11:55am 04.30.24 Pacific North West Cruisers 0/353 Very nice and informative article about transiting Cape Caution in the 48 Degrees North magazine Apr
Sailing Sidekicks (1) T-Schwan at 10:37am 04.30.24 Ask All Sailors 7/651
Cell phone signal booster experiences or recommendations please. BAD ORCA at 9:04am 04.30.24 Ask All Sailors 15/762 When im at the boat im using my cell phone hotspot to stream movies and internet. On a good day i c
Looking for Fantasia 35 on East Coast US SailingAlchemy at 7:42am 04.30.24 Fantasia 35 3/382 Hey folks, my wife and I are looking to move aboard in the next year and I'm very keen on the Fantas
Need help repairing/replacing hinged mast assembly - Wind Jammer 17 boat (1) DKurtz-NC at 7:18am 04.30.24 Ask All Sailors 6/163 I am looking to replace the aluminum part (top) of my mast hinged plate. What is the part that atta
Need help identifying this boat please (2) skallagrime at 5:44am 04.30.24 Trailer Sailors 8/498 Sorry if this isnt the right spot for this Decoding the hull number I found: kms003391175 Boat hul
Masthead sheaves (1) Cat 310 #1 in GA at 5:44am 04.30.24 Catalina 310 9/588 My masthead sheaves appear to be frozen as it is extremely difficult to use the spare halyard to hoi
Advice - Westerbeke 30b Spun Bearing (2) jsut210 at 5:44pm 04.29.24 Engines and Propulsion 5/394 Sadly this weekend my engine, a Westerbeke 30b, developed a rod knock as I was returning to my slip
WEMA Holding Tank Gage - LED all Lights are on Silverman at 1:49pm 04.29.24 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/386 Hello We have a 2000 Moody 42, I have had it 2 seasons, holding tank gage is showing 3 lights on, I
eSail Sailing Simulator (1) morbidfollower at 12:35pm 04.29.24 Catalina 22 10/566 Not Catalina 22 related per se, but This PC simulator is awesome. The training stuff is great and it
Help me Install Dripless Shaft Seal (PYI Model) (5) anelso29 at 11:40am 04.29.24 Ask All Sailors 21/867 Captains, Happy Monday! I'm reaching out for some assistance. I'm currently upgrading and repairin

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Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. ethanknox at 12:59pm 07.11.24 It sounds like most of what I would say has been said already. But, I will break it down a little
Yanmar 2gm kill switch issue 3GGG at 12:59pm 07.11.24 For any control cable to work, the outer jacket needs to be secure and not move. If only one end of
Are These Davit Mounts? Rich Stidger at 12:54pm 07.11.24 They look more like fishing pole holders. For davits, I would expect a mounting that is much more r
Dogs Onboard Forum? ethanknox at 12:54pm 07.11.24 Clever plank solution. I sail with a service dog who is ... a tad larger. He is able to go up and
Yanmar 2gm kill switch issue (1) dlochner at 12:31pm 07.11.24 For any control cable to work, the outer jacket needs to be secure and not move. If only one end of
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. Foswick at 12:22pm 07.11.24 It sounds like most of what I would say has been said already. But, I will break it down a little d
HIN location(s) on my Hunter 380 (1999). kappykaplan at 12:22pm 07.11.24 De nada
HIN location(s) on my Hunter 380 (1999). markwxup at 12:16pm 07.11.24 Thanks Kappy, I finally found it starboard side but hiding under the rubrail, well forward of the st
What Starter Battery??? kappykaplan at 12:10pm 07.11.24 The Starter battery voltage after the solar panel kicks off is ~13.3V. So it seems the voltage is f
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. jviss at 12:06pm 07.11.24 That's not how my 1984 ("Mk. I") was wired. I had a sender to a gauge, and it energized the buzzer
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. jviss at 11:52am 07.11.24 All boat wiring may not be the same. The understatement of the year. :)
What are these screw things called jviss at 11:50am 07.11.24 An interesting post... First you say you have no idea where to get monel rivets, then say they don'
What Starter Battery??? Straycat22296 at 11:47am 07.11.24 All extremily good advice above. On a slight pessimistic opinion, I always go for the largest size b
Yanmar 2gm kill switch issue 3GGG at 11:44am 07.11.24 Make certain the outer jacket of the cable is secured in the correct location. The I doubt there
What Starter Battery??? JamesG161 at 11:31am 07.11.24 a dedicated Interstate SRM-24 Starter battery with a 2GM20F. The starter battery seems like it may
What are these screw things called dLj at 11:18am 07.11.24 The brush for the Tef-Gel is like a little umbrella, and leaves some on the inside surfaces. Plus,
Yanmar 2gm kill switch issue dlochner at 11:15am 07.11.24 Make certain the outer jacket of the cable is secured in the correct location.
What Starter Battery??? dlochner at 11:04am 07.11.24 How old is the starting battery? Battery voltage and battery capacity are very different. A battery
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. JoeWhite at 10:54am 07.11.24 Jviss, here is a link to my website that includes the wiring diagram to explain how it works. Oil P
What Starter Battery??? TomStewart50 at 10:49am 07.11.24 I have a similar question, but it's different. I have (2) deep cycle 200ah Interstate 31M-AGM Hou

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