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Main Sail delibob at 7:39am 06.17.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 15/1943 I Brought This Sailboat A Few Years Back The Line For The Mail Sail Does Not Come Back To The Cock
Dry raw water pump impellors? Bob4203 at 7:33am 06.17.13 Catalina 30 4/914 Now that I am convinced that replacing the leaking Sherwood with an Oberdorfer pump is the wiser cho
Lost anchor caprice at 7:31am 06.17.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/2561 Just lost 100' G4 chain and 35lbs delta anchor in a cold lake at 40' Unfortunately, we did not mark
A Fein tool ? Ron20324 at 6:11am 06.17.13 Ask All Sailors 22/2716 I have some Fathers Day booty to spend, and was thinking of the Multi-Master tool. I wonder if the F
Sail Bag Needed Dede7157 at 3:45am 06.17.13 Day Sailers 11/8809 Hello all, I would like to buy (or make) sail bags for our O'Day 19 main and gib sails (for storage
Standing rigging dimensions 32' oday Chiky689 at 3:10am 06.17.13 Bigger Boats 0/901 If anyone has all the dimensions for the standing rigging fo an 1978 32' O'day please post them or s
Check your plug (1) Lost Parent at 8:42pm 06.16.13 Ask All Sailors 4/1552 Noticed a blue flash last night stepping onto the boat so I decided it was time to upgrade Check yo
Replacing roller furling line on Catalina 320 Tenedos at 8:37pm 06.16.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/2678 Hello all, What size and length of line should I use for the roller furling on my Catalina 320? The
Blender for the boat Ed H at 7:24pm 06.16.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1336 Now that it has started to warm up, does anyone have a battery-operated blender they can recommend?
AC unit Mounting... Doug/Karen at 6:57pm 06.16.13 Big Boats 2/871 As we all have learned, our boat's hull are huge sound boxes capable of amplifying and resonating so
Looking for diagram on rigging 1978 32' O'day cruiser Chiky689 at 6:33pm 06.16.13 Bigger Boats 2/1140 Please I just bought an 1978 32' Oday in need of total restoration, looking for the owners manual o
Hunter 40.5 How do you remove aft vanity cabinets smokey73 at 6:02pm 06.16.13 Big Boats 4/1064 1994 Hunter 40.5. (Sorry I don't have any pictures of the damage) I have some hull damage (small
Hunter 23 Mast Position M and M at 5:59pm 06.16.13 Smaller Boats 3/1431 Hi All, I have a Z Spar mast on my 1988 H 23. It has a wing keel. The mast has a rake built into th
Sailing in Casco Bay Maine (4) ifmdalvey at 2:04pm 06.16.13 Ask All Sailors 19/3697 Here are a couple of photos to wet your appetite for coming to visit Maine and Casco Bay, you dont h
B&G experts required (1) ifmdalvey at 1:38pm 06.16.13 Ask All Sailors 2/1016 Hi folks, i have a B'G network pilot that is not working. Its giving me rudder driver errors and ru
Jack lines rtmccue at 1:28pm 06.16.13 Big Boats 7/3047 I would like to put 2 D hooks on the boat for jack lines on a hunter 450. Any sudjestions on locati
Rigging tension DaddyRN at 1:24pm 06.16.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/2455 As I am new to trailer sailing - or basically sailing, for that matter - I am concerned about the st
bimini top on macgregor 26 garypaulacamp at 12:22pm 06.16.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/10874 We recently acquired a 2008 Macgregor 26 and have a bimini top called Scout; the thing is that the
engine hour meter...Hobbs? rgarrison@gmail.com at 11:06am 06.16.13 Catalina 30 8/1930 I am considering an engine hour counter on my new/old Cat 30. Anybody out there with DIY experience
Propane locker dimensions? Caribana at 10:53am 06.16.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/939 Hello, I have to purchase a new propane tank and was wondering if anyone can tell me the diameter a

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Beneteau 35s5 Rudder Bearing Hollyberry at 5:43pm 05.14.23 You'll have to be careful with heat... it's a fiberglass rudder stock. The pin looks peened over, e
Battery Switch Confusion jviss at 5:37pm 05.14.23 And, I've never heard of a disconnected alternator being damaged when an engine is running. Well,
Stuffing box- dumb question? Ralph Johnstone at 5:25pm 05.14.23 What's more important is the alignment of the shaft through the cutless and into the transmission c
Battery Switch Confusion Don S/V ILLusion at 5:18pm 05.14.23
Battery Switch Confusion Davidasailor26 at 5:15pm 05.14.23
How many have serviced your Winches Ralph Johnstone at 4:56pm 05.14.23 If it's hidden under the dodger, maybe even less so. Checked mine after the first five years and fo
Weird ancient gadget, need wiser eyes to identity (1) Ralph Johnstone at 4:53pm 05.14.23 Here's how the older Garmin antennae looked when in stalled according to the manufacturer's instruct
Water holding tank fittings broken fred1diver at 4:52pm 05.14.23 Tried a few things, but it still leaks :thumbsdown: Thinking about replacing the tank for a bladder,
Non Skid; Black Spots jviss at 4:49pm 05.14.23 painting and adding grit like Soft Sand Good analysis, Dave. I have done non-skid repairs using a
Stuffing box- dumb question? Ralph Johnstone at 4:30pm 05.14.23 it begs for replacement. That's about the most descriptive phrase you could apply to the seal :th
Weird ancient gadget, need wiser eyes to identity Timm R Oday25 at 4:27pm 05.14.23 I agree with KappyKaplan . It is upside down . When I mounted mine exactly like that ,I ran the wire
How many have serviced your Winches jviss at 4:20pm 05.14.23 Yes, and it depends. If you've done it before, and do it often enough, it's quick and easy. Should
Weird ancient gadget, need wiser eyes to identity kappykaplan at 4:17pm 05.14.23 That looks like a GPS antenna, but it's upside down. Welcome to the forums. :beer:
Non Skid; Black Spots (1) Tally Ho at 4:06pm 05.14.23 I always give my deck a good scrub with water and Bar Keepers Friend. It is very abrasive, so be ca
Beneteau 35s5 Rudder Bearing Tally Ho at 3:57pm 05.14.23
Water holding tank fittings broken fred1diver at 3:34pm 05.14.23
Stuffing box- dumb question? Tally Ho at 3:22pm 05.14.23 That looks really off-line for some reason. If it was me, I would haul the boat, remove the couplin
Tachometer Trouble On Shore Power? dlochner at 3:06pm 05.14.23 RTFM strikes again! :biggrin::stir:
Non Skid; Black Spots (1) dlochner at 3:04pm 05.14.23 215664 Above is an enlarged section of the OP's photo. Notice the relative uniform shape of the dar
Tachometer Trouble On Shore Power? jviss at 3:02pm 05.14.23 This is not good. It should be connected to a breaker on the AC panel. I will have to look into it

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