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23.5 lifelines and cabin cushions Walker0416 at 3:19pm 10.21.22 Smaller Boats 6/1610 I maintain a 23.5 for the Sea Scouts in Mandeville, LA. I am trying to replace the lifelines and cab
Hunter 18.5 mast section Z145 (1) RTsailsJ29 at 2:44pm 10.21.22 Ask All Sailors 3/628 My mast broke on my Hunter 18.5 during Hurricane Ian and I'm looking to source a 5 ft section of Z-S
New Mac 25 owner (1) Wyo George at 8:01am 10.21.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/2384 Howdy folks. As of yesterday I officially own my first sailboat. I have years of experience on the w
Recycled rope (lines) ? Justin_NSA at 7:20am 10.21.22 Ask All Sailors 17/2258 I need a new jib halyard. What do you all think of these recycled from plastic lines at Mauripro? I'
ODay 22 cabin floor (1) harryconaghan at 6:42am 10.21.22 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1511 Hi, new owner of an ODay 22. Would anyone know why there is this indent on the cabin floor, I've poi
EV's vs Ian All U Get at 5:34am 10.21.22 Sails Call Lounge 19/1934
Sleeping in the Walmart Parking Lot Tedd at 2:27pm 10.20.22 Trailer Sailors 30/6406 I recently bought a trailerable sailboat and had a 4,500 km tow home with it. On the way home we fou
Bilge Pump JonandDave at 1:47pm 10.20.22 Ask All Sailors 1/445 My '93 bilge pump gave out but the new pump will not remove water in the bilge. It seems to be work
Shore power questions PhilC at 11:03am 10.20.22 Catalina 30 12/2223
Alternator Newlight at 6:38am 10.20.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 13/2505 what is the alternator directly wire to?
Need HydraHoist Steve Sherman at 3:39am 10.20.22 Parts Search 10/1613 Looking for a hoist to lift a 2000 sailboat out of the water. Steve Sherman steve@optistuff.com
Suggestions for restoring Teak paneling and cabinetry on Lancer 27 James Chamberlain at 11:05pm 10.19.22 Ask All Sailors 15/1057 This is my first post here, and just have a quick question regarding how I could go about restoring
Kirie Elite 29 Elite29Owner at 8:46pm 10.19.22 Ask All Sailors 10/2482 Greetings all. New to the forum. Just picked up a 1985 Kirie Elite 29. Going to do a major renova
H19 (1994) Standing Rigging - Mast Foot Not Level (1) OceanAnarchy at 7:43pm 10.19.22 Sails Call Lounge 9/1417 I recently replaced turnbuckle ends on the side wires but not the forestay. Anyone who has raised th
sand and finish Teak and aHolly NCBrew at 1:05pm 10.19.22 Ask All Sailors 6/1000 I have a 1993 Hunter Legend 35.5 and I would like to refinish the Teak and Holly interior floor. Ho
Does anyone recognize the make of roller furler? (1) Robert1224 at 12:35pm 10.19.22 The Cherubini Hunters 1/1102 Ahoy, Want to see if anyone recognizes this make of roller furler. It is on my 1979 Hunter 30 and l
Hull Condition on a 1980 22 ft sailboat (5) Dnea at 11:05am 10.19.22 Ask All Sailors 14/1068 Hello, please have a look...I am considering a 1980 project boat that I have not seen in person yet
Quick Question windansea at 9:45am 10.19.22 Ask All Sailors 3/478 I own a 1980 Catalina 38 in my forward V-Berth is a board with the following carved into it: O.N. fo
Can anyone identify this manufacturer? (1) Robert1224 at 6:57am 10.19.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1309 Ahoy, I am trying to determine the manufacturer of an 80's vintage roller furler. Can anyone identi
23.5 replacement parts Orbweaver at 6:24am 10.19.22 Smaller Boats 5/1225 While going over my boat looking for rain leaks I also discovered a couple items that I want to repl

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Non binary boaters Leeward Rail at 9:43pm 05.03.25 Just wondering what is an SA thread SA=Sailing Anarchy Best to do a web search and see for yourse
Traveler car/track as tether? dLj at 8:58pm 05.03.25 Toe rails have saved me more times than I can count. Is there such a think as too high of lifelines
Looking for ideas on galley remodel (3) fred1diver at 7:52pm 05.03.25
H49 New Sails Georgedoyle at 7:45pm 05.03.25 Go with a laminated sail. It will roll up on the furler better than Dacron. The standard jib works f
Traveler car/track as tether? Project_Mayhem at 7:42pm 05.03.25 It's interesting how we get so wrapped up with tether systems and don't talk as much about setting
Starter switch sporadically engages starter marcham at 7:22pm 05.03.25 If you run AWG 10 to the control panel from the starter positive, then a 30A fuse about 12 inches fr
Non binary boaters Muttondressedaslamb at 6:50pm 05.03.25 Ich spreche kein Deutsch.
Starter switch sporadically engages starter dlochner at 6:16pm 05.03.25
Starter switch sporadically engages starter skunther at 6:15pm 05.03.25
Ridder bearing bolt tightness (1) max_sailing at 6:10pm 05.03.25 Thanks @kloudie1. Focusing my search on packing gland instead of bearing I found a lot more info, in
Non binary boaters (1) Ralph Johnstone at 5:52pm 05.03.25 Interestingly there was an inexpensive brand of beer that was discontinued because of the deliberat
Non binary boaters Ralph Johnstone at 5:40pm 05.03.25 Just wondering what is an SA thread I don't get out much but I'm going to assume that stands for
Chain splice Rich Stidger at 5:37pm 05.03.25 Anybody know if the gypsy can handle this amount of error for a single link or will it jamb up ever
Starter switch sporadically engages starter dlochner at 5:34pm 05.03.25 So the factory fuse on the circuit would be on the supply side to the starter switch, not on the wi
Starter switch sporadically engages starter heritage at 5:13pm 05.03.25 There is a fuse on the power going to the instrument panel. It is a part of the wiring bundle betwe
Sleeping, quarter berth or settee? (1) twodzusfittings at 5:12pm 05.03.25 Settee/Couch I re purposed a wooden bunk bed piece in place of a lee cloth.
Starter switch sporadically engages starter skunther at 4:11pm 05.03.25 So the factory fuse on the circuit would be on the supply side to the starter switch, not on the wir
New Boat! smokey73 at 3:49pm 05.03.25 Why DM? Just let us know the details.
Sail Shape Indysailor at 3:33pm 05.03.25
Non binary boaters kappykaplan at 3:18pm 05.03.25 Is that a sister forum to this one? I wouldn't say that . . .

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