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Difficult To Operate Through-hull Ball Valves jviss at 4:21am 07.14.22 Ask All Sailors 16/1212 I have a total of six bronze ball valves for through hulls, in (I think) two different sizes, large
Open engine intake.... NYSail at 1:18am 07.14.22 Ask All Sailors 19/1314 Hello all. How many people close the engine water intake when sailing? I have never even considered
Revisiting my Perkins M50, advice welcome... Captain Marcus at 7:16pm 07.13.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/251 Howdy, Revisiting my M50. It's in my Oceanis 400. I had left a fuel hose (w/pump ball) in the 6 gal
Swim Platform Issue AwwShucks at 6:24pm 07.13.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/537 Last weekend the alarm associated with the swim platform on our 2018 Oceanis 41.1 started going off
Where built? Hollyberry at 12:56pm 07.13.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/446 Anyone know where/how to determine if our Bene 35s5 was built in France or in the US? Is there a hin
Mast Height - Oceanis 440 Miss JibSea at 11:22am 07.13.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/426 Bene owners: hoping someone can shed light on the mast height above designed waterline for the Ocea
Batteries, Batteries' post, Batteries' hardware Brian D at 10:19am 07.13.22 Ask All Sailors 27/1840 I just purchased two Walmart 24DC batteries for my boat. Dang if they didn't come with any hardware.
Hunter 45DS propeller pitch seanmadian at 9:45am 07.13.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/359 Hello all -- If there is a prior thread, please feel free to cross-post. We have searched the forum,
Maximizing VMG on downwind leg of race stickinthemud57 at 8:52am 07.13.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 16/2024 Now that I have started racing, I'm torn on which strategy to use on the downwind leg - dead run or
Oil Change 18hp Yanmar LynnM at 8:14am 07.13.22 Engines and Propulsion 11/988 I have a Beneteau 323 and want to change oil. I'd like to suck it from the dipstick hole which is VE
A jet boat named "Stimulus Check" filled with 13 persons capsizes in the Hudson River, killing 2 ... Scott T-Bird at 6:34am 07.13.22 Sails Call Lounge 21/2249 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/woman-and-child-killed-in-hudson-river-boating-accident-identified
Beckson Replacement Lens Tp3 at 5:53am 07.13.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/480 We recently downsized to a H260. The 2 Beckson lenses are in very poor condition. I see that there a
Traveller Clam Cleat (1) sailliny at 2:08am 07.13.22 Catalina 310 8/1507 The position of the factory-installed clam cleat is awkward at best. Has anyone moved the clam cleat
dingy oar length (1) HiTechBiniou at 5:18pm 07.12.22 Ask All Sailors 7/619 I see people here talking about 7' oars for their dinghy with mentions about manufacturers but I nev
Reefing mainsail as the wind picks up with Selden in-mast furler and B&R rig HarryvdMeer at 3:38pm 07.12.22 Big Boats 5/997 When I need to furl the main as the wind picks up, my current routine is quite involved: 1. Head do
Soft Spot Repair - Lay New Glass Or Reuse Old Glass? nautilus55 at 10:14am 07.12.22 Ask All Sailors 7/627 Brief explanation: I have a soft spot on my port deck, about 7 feet long, that runs between the toe
Bayfield 29 - Bowsprit replacement - benefit / disadvantage of shorter bowsprit johnnyb123 at 10:08am 07.12.22 Ask All Sailors 1/511 I have a 1987 Bayfield 29 cutter with the extended bowsprit which makes the boats total length near
Spinnaker sheets fred1diver at 9:40am 07.12.22 Ask All Sailors 26/1077
Battens on the jib markwbird at 9:39am 07.12.22 Ask All Sailors 7/1251 I am in process of ordering a new jib for racing/cruising. This is a hank on. No roller furler. O
Cabin skylights and JonandDave at 8:13am 07.12.22 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/643 How do you clean without removing the cover. Issue 2 is threading the halyards from the mast blocks

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Alternator heat - how serious? Hello Below at 5:30pm 08.09.24 So, the brown wire should be connected only to the keyed side of the ignition switch? Scott the ma
Looking for Solar Panel Battery Charging Kits Tally Ho at 5:28pm 08.09.24 I switch from OFF to #1, then I start the engine and keep it there whilst the engine is in use. Onc
Get my engine running. Tally Ho at 5:21pm 08.09.24 is the orientation of this photo how it is mounted, vertical? Nope. In the photo, which is taken
Get my engine running. monocerosin at 5:08pm 08.09.24 We also like to suggest things before they even come to your mind. It's annoying, but that's just
Are These Davit Mounts? heritage at 4:59pm 08.09.24 They do make davits that swing inward and effectively shorten the length of the boat so as to quali
Taking/storing a 32 sailboat off a trailer, properly? (Im in over my head) dLj at 4:20pm 08.09.24 DJ, the boat is ond Middle River Landing Marina. Essex? The standing rigging looks serviceable. No
New to me 216 - Cabin Seal - Deck Rot / Repair capta at 4:13pm 08.09.24 Some of the people who have hull blisters spend months drying the spots out, and that's on a vertica
Catalina 28 Cruising speed under motor Hard pull to port Fred at 4:06pm 08.09.24 My 2004 Cat 28 mkii also has a pronounced pull to port in forward under power only. Very annoying. S
Backstay Split Rigging? (1) ggrizzard at 4:04pm 08.09.24 You Got It! That's the three holes I mentioned. First, call "Rig Right" and ask them if they have it
Get my engine running. (4) Ralph Johnstone at 3:53pm 08.09.24 I'm sure I will have more questions. We here have the ability to read minds so I will anticipate
Taking/storing a 32 sailboat off a trailer, properly? (Im in over my head) Marty P. at 3:49pm 08.09.24 What has anyone done for air conditioning and/or head while under way? Tractor Trailers have 12V Ai
Are These Davit Mounts? capta at 3:48pm 08.09.24 That is certainly a well made piece of metal work (solid or not) fabricated for a specific purpose.
Taking/storing a 32 sailboat off a trailer, properly? (Im in over my head) Marty P. at 3:43pm 08.09.24 That's the first year they built that boat. Where are you on the Chesapeake? I also keep my boat th
Get my engine running. (1) monocerosin at 3:00pm 08.09.24 226674 I think bypassing this old thing and going electric sounds great. I'm going to start pricing
Reading the SI's shemandr at 2:19pm 08.09.24 Competitors should definitely read the SI's! But I'm not killing these gals for several reasons:
Backstay Split Rigging? lrogers57 at 2:00pm 08.09.24 The mast does not have a hole for that weird end, the mast has a clevis pin I think i understand
Backstay Split Rigging? (2) lrogers57 at 1:48pm 08.09.24 In that case looking at your pic 8854, the longer of the 3 cables, the one with the tulip shape end
Solar Voltage dlochner at 1:43pm 08.09.24 Regarding the above link, we are talking about if fuse on the input side of the controller can prot
Solar Voltage JoeWhite at 1:39pm 08.09.24 Regarding the above link, we are talking about if fuse on the input side of the controller can prote
Backstay Split Rigging? (1) Claude L.-Auger at 1:19pm 08.09.24 The backstay is a split design, there are 2 chainplates to tie too at the stern. The problem i have

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