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The New Garmin 741 Is Finally Shipping..... (4) Maine Sail at 3:02pm 06.24.13 Musings With Maine Sail 4/6379 After months of promises and missed deadlines Garmin finally shipped the first batch of their new 7"
rail tubing options ? pugetsoundsailer at 2:17pm 06.24.13 Ask All Sailors 5/998 local boat shops are selling the 7/8 rail tubing in my area for $8 per foot, anyone got a more econo
Sheet Winches 1968 31' Seafarer 31 kendp at 2:12pm 06.24.13 Seafarer 34/13651 My son recently bought one of these and is fixing it up in preparation for launching it. He would l
mounting transducer pugetsoundsailer at 2:07pm 06.24.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1306 getting ready to mount a transducer on the 26s looks like port side of the keel would be perfect. Is
Docking stern first (1) bshock at 1:10pm 06.24.13 Ask All Sailors 31/6802 Hi All, I'm a new "big boat" owner, having graduated from a Catalina 25 to a Beneteau 361. The doc
learning the "ropes" sailing for idiots. Dragon Fly at 12:45pm 06.24.13 Bigger Boats 2/907 28' Oday. After returning to the water after a winter on the hard, tried to unfurl the jib and it w
Sticky Dingy Tsatzsue at 12:21pm 06.24.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/8929 Yes sticky. From what I have been reading my new to me dingy may be stuck for good. It is in great s
Original Main Sail finally ripped Ima90sJezus at 12:11pm 06.24.13 Catalina 30 3/1226 So, I've have the boat out twice so far this year. First time the water pump went belly up and I had
How well insulated is the factory ice box? Jared1048 at 11:49am 06.24.13 Mid-Size Boats 5/1882 Im looking at converting the icebox and had a few questions. 1. How much insulation is there? 2. w
Why MASE 5501 genset NOT charging bats edwmama at 11:39am 06.24.13 Ask All Sailors 0/841 Hi all I own a Cal Cruising 46. It came with a MASE 5501 genset ( yanmar diesel generator ) Next
What size docking lines? PGIJon at 11:35am 06.24.13 Big Boats 12/2198 West marine is having a 40% off sale of bulk rope and dock lines. I'd like to take this opportunit
Hotknife.... (1) Sumner at 11:29am 06.24.13 Ask All Sailors 4/1159 For those of you who do canvas work and don't have one Sailrite has their... http://mx2.radiant.net
SF Bay Jib? zinmaker at 11:13am 06.24.13 Mid-Size Boats 5/1416 Just purchased a 1971 Cat 27 and was wondering what people in the SF Bay are using for jibs, curren
Florida to Oregon nybor at 11:09am 06.24.13 Ask All Sailors 14/4266 Hi. I am considering sailing my Catalina 350 from Merritt Island Florida to Portland Or. I was wonde
First sail - Love our O'Day! (3) Tabi II at 10:46am 06.24.13 Day Sailers 6/1683 Had our first sail Saturday after a month of doing deferred maintenance getting our new-to-us O'Day
H320 Fuel Gauge garethreeves at 10:42am 06.24.13 Mid-Size Boats 1/810 My fuel gauge cracked and broke. Does anyone know where I can get a replacement? Thanks Garet
removing rust stains on sails pugetsoundsailer at 10:42am 06.24.13 Ask All Sailors 2/1766 I'm going to try CLR with a tooth brush and try to get out some rust stains on the jib. Any better w
What king of furler is more appropriate ? SamlionI at 10:35am 06.24.13 Smaller Boats 3/1008 Hi ! I have bought a Hunter 26 1994 (with water ballast) and now, I want to add a furler. As I can
Raymarine autopilot Wheel drive Bob S at 10:14am 06.24.13 Ask All Sailors 8/2091 I installed Raymarine's SPX-5/P70 autopilot this past off season. Did the dockside and sea trial set
Point of sale Phil Herring at 9:52am 06.24.13 Ask All Sailors 5/827 For anyone who didn't notice, and I think there may be a couple people in Antarctica who missed it,

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Puget Sound Chain Plate Replacement Recommendations? jssailem at 9:33am 05.22.23 Ok.. That is a horse of a different color. Try Your Boat Shop in Everett Marina. Specifically, Pete
Engine Alinement jviss at 9:30am 05.22.23 I cannot stress this enough! It's giving me fits. :) Clue number one: the shaft was bent. Check
The Great Bilge Pump Debate, 2023 Edition dlochner at 9:29am 05.22.23 Somebody should come up with an idea where there is something that automatically keeps a charge on
1964 islander 32 dlochner at 9:19am 05.22.23 CDI makes an external mainsail furling unit. The big advantage over in boom or in mast furlers is co
Puget Sound Chain Plate Replacement Recommendations? mermike at 9:16am 05.22.23 Both Anacortes and Port Townsend are well known for availability of services. Port Townsend Shipwrig
The Great Bilge Pump Debate, 2023 Edition Dalliance at 9:12am 05.22.23 Whether one is at a dock or not, and on shore power not, makes a difference. I think in your case,
Puget Sound Chain Plate Replacement Recommendations? jviss at 9:11am 05.22.23 Long story short - since there is no way to tell how well the boat has been taken care of by previo
Muffler leak at top flange. Any tricks? jonelli at 9:09am 05.22.23 Update: looks like that particular repair is now holding well. Have new issues after sailing trip l
Black Water Tank Reading 75% Full Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 9:04am 05.22.23 What is the brand name of your tank level monitor, Mike? You should be able to find it on the panel
Puget Sound Chain Plate Replacement Recommendations? DirtyScoobie at 9:03am 05.22.23 Welcome to the SBO Forum @DirtyScoobie . If the yacht manufacturer is not able to help, then you ma
Slow sump pump with backflow Don S/V ILLusion at 9:02am 05.22.23 Is the thruhull above the level of the pump? Most are in which case the backflow can be minimized by
Puget Sound Chain Plate Replacement Recommendations? jssailem at 8:59am 05.22.23 Welcome to the SBO Forum @DirtyScoobie . If the yacht manufacturer is not able to help, then you may
The Great Bilge Pump Debate, 2023 Edition jviss at 8:58am 05.22.23
Slow sump pump with backflow (1) McPhee at 8:51am 05.22.23 Yeah, I'll take a look. It looks like there's a separate ball valve that controls the flow. From the
The Great Bilge Pump Debate, 2023 Edition Dalliance at 8:48am 05.22.23
Puget Sound Chain Plate Replacement Recommendations? DirtyScoobie at 8:48am 05.22.23 Well, my question is 'why do you have to replace the chainplates?' Well, jviss, how much time do
1964 islander 32 jssailem at 8:42am 05.22.23 Looking at the first question, the mast in the images looks normal. The mast falling down is not rea
Puget Sound Chain Plate Replacement Recommendations? DirtyScoobie at 8:41am 05.22.23 Forgive me if you've done this already, but I was thinking you might get a lot of help from Island
The Great Bilge Pump Debate, 2023 Edition jviss at 8:40am 05.22.23 About 6 mo ago I was sitting on my dock enjoying a cold one and heard the pump on a friends boat cy
The Great Bilge Pump Debate, 2023 Edition rgranger at 8:38am 05.22.23 The bilge pump isn't going to save the boat, it's only going to delay the sinking. About 6 mo ago

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