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135 or 150 genoa? obsailor at 8:23pm 01.31.13 Catalina 30 10/4745 I'm ordering a new genoa for a 30MkIII I'm purchasing, I don't know the performance well of the boat
Looking for travel advice - BVI bareboat Hannah Quinn at 7:08pm 01.31.13 Ask All Sailors 25/5753 Looking to book a bareboat charter in the BVI Christmas this year. Figured try to book now. Lookin
Punta Gorda to escape the FLU TortugasRoyal at 6:40pm 01.31.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/940 I used Laishley Park for ramp, slip, and a port to sail from and return to. http://www.laishleymari
What is a Cyclades and thoughts on 393 PDReynolds at 5:58pm 01.31.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/2602 Hi Everyone, Appreciate any thoughts and opinions here, We are getting ready to purchase a boat for
sailing to bahamas sdstef at 5:43pm 01.31.13 Day Sailers 4/2105 any trailer sailors in south florida sailed a 25 footer over to the bahamas? I would like to pull m
Lightning Strikes Captian George at 5:05pm 01.31.13 Ask All Sailors 11/2661 After a short search of the forums I didn't really find a place where I can find what to expect duri
anchor testing info jibes138 at 5:03pm 01.31.13 Ask All Sailors 42/7858 practical sailor did a test of anchor veering in their current edition. very interesting but I'm wo
air conditioner on an oday 25. sdstef at 4:18pm 01.31.13 Day Sailers 3/1225 I have an oday 25 with an outboard motor, which allows a huge area under the cockpit. I used my boa
Reduce refrigerator repair costs Richard Kollmann at 3:23pm 01.31.13 Ask All Sailors 5/2708
Mast baseplate rebed GrampaArt at 3:09pm 01.31.13 Sabre Sailboats 0/5647 This newly purchased 1984 boat is stored in heated barn. No moisture near mast but don' want to miss
A Work of "Art" (3) HEINZIR at 11:06am 01.31.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1456 My daughter's father-in-law, Art Brooker, surprised me last week with this 1:18 scale model of Chiqu
Stinkpot Revenge FourPoints at 9:07am 01.31.13 Ask All Sailors 0/1170 Technically the Marlin got the revenge, but I'd like to think as the cousin of a Sail Fish, he was d
Novel materials shake ship scum rtshinn at 8:14am 01.31.13 Ask All Sailors 6/1706 Interesting! http://phys.org/news/2013-01-materials-ship-scum.html
Pedestal Dis-assembly H-31 86 MarkW at 8:05am 01.31.13 Mid-Size Boats 9/1619 I had to have a throttle cable replaced this summer and my Knot meter stopped working after the repa
Mast Lights Catch the Sun at 8:00am 01.31.13 Parts Search 6/4070 Hello Sailors, I am planning to replace my mast lights this spring with new ultra bright LED ligh
widgeon year built bobkehoe54a at 7:59am 01.31.13 Ask An Oday Owner 7/2487 I have just been given an oday widgeon to restore and am trying to establish its age. It has a tag w
Vent Hose Mick143 at 5:00am 01.31.13 Bigger Boats 3/1077 Hello, Been having a discussion with a friend. I am doing some work on my 28ft O'Day. Will be repla
painted teak seabrooksailor at 4:33am 01.31.13 Ask An Oday Owner 51/8042 Does anyone know of a good way to remove paint from teak? My po in his infinite wisdom decided the t
Marlin 1 Boat 0 Sailm8 at 4:12am 01.31.13 Sails Call Lounge 4/3161 http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/50860/a+hooked+marlin+sinks+a+fishing+boat+well+something+like+t
Yanmar Injector Stuck OfflineTN at 3:44am 01.31.13 Big Boats 2/1261 I have a hunter 340 and we are replacing the injectors on the Yanmar engine. One is rusted in prett

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HELP FIX (REPAIR) RUDER-BENETEAU 361 CLIPPER (2) EXADAS MUSIC at 3:49am 03.31.23 ??????? ?? ????????????? ?? ??????? ??? BENETEAU 361 CLIPPER ??? ?????? ???? ???? ????--??? ???????
Pedestal guard replacment Davidasailor26 at 3:33am 03.31.23 At $355 it might be worth a try. At least it comes with the software needed to configure it and no
Yanmar 3YM30 mystery: I can turn the engine over by hand danielhwolf at 12:20am 03.31.23 Thanks very much, guys. This gives me some confidence about the place to start. If there's no valve
Yanmar 3YM30 mystery: I can turn the engine over by hand jssailem at 9:48pm 03.30.23 On my Perkins, with the valve cover off, the crankshaft can be turned with a large wrench and big ba
Fuel gauge Beneteau 323 2007 nitrogenase at 8:09pm 03.30.23
Legend 40.5 - Refrigerator and Freezer manuals JamesG161 at 7:38pm 03.30.23 Model number might help. Jim...
Yanmar 3YM30 mystery: I can turn the engine over by hand kloudie1 at 7:36pm 03.30.23 There is no compression release on that engine. First check the valve clearance. It would be strange
Fuel gauge Beneteau 323 2007 ggrizzard at 7:03pm 03.30.23 If there is corrosion or a loose wire or a blown fuse or a bad sending unit, an expensive one will
Advice for newbie on equipping a boat with a Main Sail Redwood707 at 6:48pm 03.30.23 Great info, many thanks. I'm still waiting for my gooseneck in the mail before i move foward with cu
MPPT controller location Grichelli at 6:46pm 03.30.23 I have a 'standard' two-battery setup with one of those big red dials on the electronics control pa
I'm a newbie fresh and green! Will Gilmore at 6:37pm 03.30.23 from one woodworking chicken Farmer to another Thankyou for sharing your knowledge. Ha ha ha. I'm
Legend 40.5 - Refrigerator and Freezer manuals Rick D at 6:15pm 03.30.23 I have all the original manuals for my 40.5, but nothing in there re: refrigeration.
How tight is too tight on a holding tanking fitting install? (4) vmaks at 5:44pm 03.30.23 As you can see this tank has a really tight fit and a unique fit in the allowable enclosed area. The
I'm a newbie fresh and green! Clay Smith at 4:57pm 03.30.23 Thanks Will for laying out the implications of this issue. I figured a hit like this was likely to c
MPPT controller location leo310 at 4:40pm 03.30.23 What I have done is used an victron FET you could also use an ARC.
Furling Main (1) JamesG161 at 4:29pm 03.30.23 Mine has pre-bend and works fine, Carefully look at all lines on this picture. pre-bend. Where the
RigRite Scott T-Bird at 3:30pm 03.30.23 Does anyone know if RigRite INC is legit ? I bought some Z parts, the tracking shows just the "Labe
Pedestal guard replacment Scott T-Bird at 3:22pm 03.30.23 Pretty sure @LeslieTroyer installed the RS11 on his boat. I saw his setup, worked well. When I do t
MPPT controller location dhandzy at 3:12pm 03.30.23 I have a 'standard' two-battery setup with one of those big red dials on the electronics control pan
Electrical Question (Advice Needed) Davidasailor26 at 3:02pm 03.30.23 Pulling this thread out of the basement. I have a question for USB/12V power outlets. From what I'

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