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Caframo Mark Maulden at 8:57pm 12.13.22 Ask All Sailors 29/5273
Soccer, World Cup, France beats England jssailem at 8:25am 12.13.22 Sails Call Lounge 9/1372 Man that has to hurt.... Good game to watch. With so much possession it was amazing. Yet unproduct
Where is the fuse? Dr. D at 12:21pm 12.12.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/2588 Last week I deployed the deicer. There was a problem with the 110 V outlet on the shore pedestal, so
Legend 40.5 leak in aft cabin fero at 11:12am 12.12.22 Big Boats 10/1633 Hi again, I have recently found a traces of water leaks on the aft cabin aft bulkhead and some wate
373 Shallow Draft Depth (1) JDW at 8:40am 12.12.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 14/3099 I have recently purchased a 2004 373 and there is some confusion as to the draft on this boat. Initi
Hunter 140 - gunwale stay attachment compromise Brent Franklin at 7:46am 12.12.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/863 While sailing Ocean City MD in the bay the port side stay attached to the gunwale was pulled up at a
Leach Telltales on the Jib thinwater at 6:49am 12.12.22 Ask All Sailors 17/2654 Many of us have these on our mainsails. Generally, unless you have a rotating mast, they are more us
Clearing the track garymalmgren at 4:33am 12.12.22 Ask All Sailors 1/504 No, not the mast track. The hiking track on Nono Island PuJbyMclVUI
Wacky Wednesday comes early.... (1) sailme88 at 4:07am 12.12.22 Ask All Sailors 7/968 Finally found this goodie...
Now for something super exciting... Sheave bushings Project_Mayhem at 9:20pm 12.11.22 Ask All Sailors 11/1639 My boat is overdue for new sheave bushings in the masthead. The originals are stainless and have las
It counts, right?! Orbweaver at 6:58pm 12.11.22 Ask All Sailors 8/1234 For my fellow northern sailors: shoveling the snow out around the sailboat while it's on the trailer
Do the Venture 21 and Venture 22 Mast, Rudder, and stays interchange? sovaste at 6:51pm 12.11.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/2431 I've come across two old Ventures, a 75 V21 with clean hull, sails, trailer, boom, and interior but
Bow roller, bail, and bow roller make i.d. (3) Walsh0575 at 6:40pm 12.11.22 Ask All Sailors 1/523 Hi, I need some help figuring out my bow roller... 1) I.D.ing the bow roller manufacturer (see pictu
Connecting dyneema core halyard to shackle dave_and_dd at 6:16am 12.11.22 Ask All Sailors 7/3575 Hi all, replacing my mains'l halyard with a dyneema core line and wondering thoughts on best attachm
Accessing / Replacing Raw Water Impeller Semper Sailor at 5:56am 12.11.22 Big Boats 9/1972 I purchased a 2002 Hunter 456 recently and spending the next few seasons getting to know her. This
Tell-tail windows in genoa Hayden Watson at 8:03pm 12.10.22 Ask All Sailors 19/3011 I am buying a new main and genoa this winter and am thinnking about adding one or two tell-tail wind
Will Webasto/Diesel Heater exhaust condensate damage gelcoat? Exhaust port installation on C34mkii- freeboard or transom (3) Verano at 12:00pm 12.10.22 Ask All Sailors 17/4113 Anyone installed a diesel heater (of any brand) on a Catalina 34mkii? I would like to install the e
Sail flaking tips (1) T-Schwan at 11:41am 12.10.22 Ask All Sailors 20/4751 Some skippers flake their mainsail with hospital corners, while others crumple it up and call it goo
Installing a transponder for my Hawk-eye depth sounder sailboy98 at 9:48am 12.10.22 Tartan 1/1077 Does the Tartan 30 have any special aspects to consider.
Mixing elbow (yes, another one) Yanmar 3YM20 (3) vandiver at 9:46am 12.10.22 Engines and Propulsion 20/5743 Hi all, In my recently bought Hunter 33, while checking the engine I saw that the mixing elbow got

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From a Catalina 22 to a 310 SJN at 9:01pm 08.01.25 Congratulations on bringing a C 310 into your life. First, you do not own a boat, it owns you. Sec
Hunter 42 Passage Grounding wires in center bilge. American_Mainsail at 8:46pm 08.01.25 Do they have continuity to the chain plates/rigging? My guess is that these are grounding for lightn
Removing Raymarine ST4000+ from Edson Destroyer Wheel -- Need Guidance (2) Ralph Johnstone at 7:59pm 08.01.25 How many more seasons do you think are left on this autopilot ring? Depends entirely on the belt
Removing Raymarine ST4000+ from Edson Destroyer Wheel -- Need Guidance Tally Ho at 7:34pm 08.01.25 Clean up the parts of the AP and get a new belt, and you should be good. Inspection for cracks at t
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. (4) testingthewaters91 at 6:53pm 08.01.25 Wow. This is hard work. Just now realizing how overbuilt these Cherubini Hunters really are! Expand
Removing Raymarine ST4000+ from Edson Destroyer Wheel -- Need Guidance dlochner at 6:43pm 08.01.25 Edson sells them or you can get one at Defender. https://defender.com/en_us/catalogsearch/result/?q
1977 Chrysler 22 - Mice Habitat? shemandr at 6:20pm 08.01.25 Ooph! We had the white footed mice in one of our homes on Eastern LI. At that time there was a we
Removing Raymarine ST4000+ from Edson Destroyer Wheel -- Need Guidance DaveJ at 6:16pm 08.01.25 Same as above, and if you want, after a day of pressure by the puller, give the hub of the wheel a t
Removing Raymarine ST4000+ from Edson Destroyer Wheel -- Need Guidance (4) testingthewaters91 at 6:14pm 08.01.25 Finally! It came off. How many more seasons do you think are left on this autopilot ring? And whe
Black some on start of my Hunter 28 (2GM20G Yanmar engine) Deparlocean at 6:09pm 08.01.25 I bought my Hunter 28 5 years ago, and I took the injectors out and sent them for rebuild. Since the
1977 Chrysler 22 - Mice Habitat? theluckypenney at 5:30pm 08.01.25 Read up on hantavirus and decide for yourself. Yeah I don't want to mess with Hantavirus, I've be
1977 Chrysler 22 - Mice Habitat? Don S/V ILLusion at 4:58pm 08.01.25 Read up on hantavirus and decide for yourself.
RIP my Canadian friend (almost)...saved by a MOB move! Tally Ho at 4:24pm 08.01.25 The Canadian hat is a good looking hat! Worth retrieving. But turns in roughish water have some r
RIP my Canadian friend (almost)...saved by a MOB move! shemandr at 4:11pm 08.01.25 The Canadian hat is a good looking hat! Worth retrieving. But turns in roughish water have some ri
RIP my Canadian friend (almost)...saved by a MOB move! jssailem at 4:08pm 08.01.25 Happy for you and your save. Guess those Canadians are pretty good swimmers. Your story brought bac
RIP my Canadian friend (almost)...saved by a MOB move! FastOlson at 3:30pm 08.01.25 I once had my trusty Tilly hat blow off my head.... they have a little piece of closed cell foam ins
RIP my Canadian friend (almost)...saved by a MOB move! SteveHughessails at 3:15pm 08.01.25 Nice save! I get that; lost mine heading out in the speed boat once.
Albin Vega 27 first time owner shemandr at 3:12pm 08.01.25 Yeah put in slab reefing. Boom reefing went out with the Twist. My Ranger 29 had it and a PO conve
Albin Vega 27 first time owner PaulK at 2:40pm 08.01.25 Depending on how well the boom furler works - how easy it is to use, how often you need it and what
Heartwarming scene today! PaulK at 2:34pm 08.01.25 We have about 100 kids in the Jr. sailing program at our club each year. Makes it a busy place!

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