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Water in storage compartment lbyonkers at 5:24pm 06.14.13 Smaller Boats 6/2105 I have about 2 inches of water in the front two storage compartments on the starboard side.. No wat
painting deck non-skid on Passage 420? tadd5181 at 5:22pm 06.14.13 Big Boats 1/785 I recently had my Passage 420 polished and it was suggested that the non-skid portion of the deck (w
cutless how to e swartz at 4:21pm 06.14.13 Big Boats 1/799 can someone direct me to a you tube video of cutless bearing removal for a 88 hunter 37.5 or any oth
Need a new OB for my dink rfrye1 at 3:50pm 06.14.13 Ask All Sailors 27/3981 After 20 yrs my Nissan 5hp 2 stroke has given me its last answer. I spent 3 hrs on it this morning w
still waiting to launch kpgraci at 1:47pm 06.14.13 Ask An Oday Owner 12/1394 Well, I've come to grips with the fact that working on my boat while its in my front yard is just as
Cockpit stains eclark at 1:26pm 06.14.13 Day Sailers 5/1713 I have a Hunter 146. A tear in my cover caused leaves to enter and stain my cockpit. I have tried li
Is she worth saving (4) Jared_801 at 11:31am 06.14.13 Catalina 22 4/1025 Here we have a battered old Catalina 22. Currently owned by our sailing club. We are trying to decid
Advice from 272 Owners neosoul at 10:41am 06.14.13 Bigger Boats 10/3522 I Need Advice from 272 Owners Hello, I was hoping to get some advice. I recently sold my 83 Day
40 Legend (1) smackdaddy at 7:57am 06.14.13 Big Boats 9/1764 After 4 years of looking and evaluating, we just scored a well-kept, nicely-equipped 1989 40L. htt
New boot stripe? Captn Scotty at 7:56am 06.14.13 Ask All Sailors 3/1381 I am painting a new boot stripe on my Islander 32, any restrictions on how big it should be? I was t
Failed Garmin chart plotter gregorybross at 7:47am 06.14.13 Catalina 30 26/3465 I have a Garmin 2006 chart plotter that suddenly quit working . I contacted Garmin for help and all
H376/380 V-Berth shelves rfrye1 at 6:08am 06.14.13 Big Boats 3/1217 Has anyone added upper shelves/stowage to their V-berth? A lot of wasted space up there. A 6-8" shel
Norcold Icebox tray? (1) Euphoria2011 at 5:55am 06.14.13 Bigger Boats 1/832 It is hard to keep food and drinks situated in any kind of order within these deep iceboxes and I no
Trailer or shipping options for fin keel sailboat JALaman at 5:22am 06.14.13 Trailer Sailors 4/8201 All -- I am new to this forum and searched for trailer info, but am unable to find anything. I am p
installing a bracket for a small engine on an oday 17 buzzy at 5:21am 06.14.13 Day Sailers 1/3152 Please help us with suggestions as to how to install a bracket for a propane fueled 2.5 H trolling m
Stern Rail Wt Capability vmaks at 4:57am 06.14.13 Ask All Sailors 15/5607 Rec'd a 65 lb outboard with my dinghy. Blogs in the past indicated that it is imperative to NOT tra
Spreader Covers Hamsandwich at 1:37am 06.14.13 Catalina 22 6/1320 Correct me if I am wrong, but aren't these the spreader covers that are no longer available on Catal
Keel pin (1) Hamsandwich at 9:15pm 06.13.13 Catalina 22 2/712 Should I bother to sleeve this or is it good in Ya'll's opinions. It's not really any bigger than t
Yanmar 3YM30 Alternator problem syoun10 at 8:51pm 06.13.13 Ask All Sailors 7/5593 I'm sorry to post another question asking for help, but I'm having electrical problems on my 2006 Hu
main sail h26 jweber1961 at 7:28pm 06.13.13 Smaller Boats 1/746 am wondering if i can use a main sail that is 5 inches bigger on the luff and 5 inches bigger on the

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Short holding tank vent hose to Stern, or longer run to aft quarter? (1) Ralph Johnstone at 4:55pm 04.15.23 It's only recently that I've heard warnings against using it, but never with any reason WHY--how it
New owner (1981} C22 Misc questions AaronD at 4:50pm 04.15.23 If you're buying new, you won't regret a long or extra-long shaft outboard. The Tohatsu 6 HP SailPro
Repairing boat after Hurricane Zeta BigEasy at 4:11pm 04.15.23
keel help jssailem at 4:05pm 04.15.23 You need to get down to solid metal if you hope to seal up the area and stop further rust. What ever
in-cabin electric bilge pump question VanIslandGuy at 3:53pm 04.15.23 We added a second pump with a hose and a check valve that we use to vacuum the bilge drip dry, and t
Buying new sails VanIslandGuy at 3:48pm 04.15.23 If there are any local lofts near your home I'd start there. Maybe quote up a price with the online
Repairing boat after Hurricane Zeta JamesG161 at 3:43pm 04.15.23 Got a little exciting as you were getting the generator onto the dolly! Making Part 2 soon. The re
Repairing boat after Hurricane Zeta kappykaplan at 3:35pm 04.15.23 Got a little exciting as you were getting the generator onto the dolly!
New owner (1981} C22 Misc questions JRT at 3:09pm 04.15.23 Static at dock isn't a great judge of shaft length. You hit some rollers and you are out of the wat
Repairing boat after Hurricane Zeta JamesG161 at 3:07pm 04.15.23 Testing Rumble video... Marine Diesel Generator Pt1 Hope it is not too boring. Jim...
in-cabin electric bilge pump question Don S/V ILLusion at 2:55pm 04.15.23 or even basic head pressure, when they were describing how a pump if the hose is to long can creat
in-cabin electric bilge pump question dlochner at 2:28pm 04.15.23 or even basic head pressure, when they were describing how a pump if the hose is to long can creat
in-cabin electric bilge pump question Dil at 1:58pm 04.15.23 or even basic head pressure, when they were describing how a pump if the hose is to long can creat
Anchor Locker solutions (2) DinghySailor at 1:00pm 04.15.23 Dan, I have C&C 37 with what may be a similar anchor locker configuration. A year into owning the bo
Short holding tank vent hose to Stern, or longer run to aft quarter? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 12:44pm 04.15.23 I spent almost an hour searching for the type of "molded white plastic" that SeaFlo uses for their t
Short holding tank vent hose to Stern, or longer run to aft quarter? sydneybadger at 11:38am 04.15.23 Thanks! This is great information and makes total sense how that will get better air exchange. I sho
Interior/Birth Measurements? Joe at 11:28am 04.15.23 Heh, heh.... at least I saved you from calling your boat's pilot berth its "after birth". Would you
Marlow Hunter 37 Stern Endcap Crack Crazy Dave Condon at 10:35am 04.15.23 When I enlarge the picture,, is that damage I see on the rubrail as if something hit it?
CapCut video editing Ralph Johnstone at 10:27am 04.15.23 I advise isolating it from your other stuff and only giving that device a public internet connectio
Interior/Birth Measurements? SaltyAF at 10:15am 04.15.23 Thanks to my dyslexia I will never be a great speller, but thanks for the spelling lesson, Joe. New

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