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Dock line noise. Neil Spooner at 3:17pm 06.20.22 Ask All Sailors 21/2464 How do you keep your dock lines from creaking/groaning?
Mainsheet block Sutric at 2:24pm 06.20.22 Mid-Size Boats 7/1109 Looking for a bit of help. We broke the lower mainsheet block on our 1993 33.5 this weekend and I'm
Bahamas Hurricane History Revealed Johann at 1:11pm 06.20.22 Weather and Forecasting 7/1094 Very interesting study. It appears hurricane activity in the Bahamas has been DECREASING since the i
DOWNWIND Don Guillette at 12:56pm 06.20.22 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 18/4081 Probably a majority of sailors, if given the choice between closehaul/reaching and downwind would pi
Repairing gate value on Hunter 31 galley sink drain (3) Galind at 11:20am 06.20.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/935 Has anyone done repair on the gate valve on the galley sink? The valve may be original to the boat.
Breaker keeps jumping Belgian Chris at 11:09am 06.20.22 Ask All Sailors 7/520 Hello to all: I just bought a Beneteau First 29 (1984) - it needed a lot of TLC which we provided fo
Battery (1) rogerbalz at 7:39am 06.20.22 Catalina 22 9/1058 Boat has no battery would this one work Catalina 22 1989 Wing Keel? Or go with the 24DC?
Widgen date range (2) Rippey574 at 6:59am 06.20.22 Ask An Oday Owner 10/918 Does this seem correct, I dated this as a 1971, trying to confirm before looking for manuals for thi
1983 Hunter 34 port side water tank removal ROBERT1228 at 5:42am 06.20.22 Big Boats 12/1692 I am trying to get to the port side water tank on my 1983 Hunter 34 but see no screws on the wooden
helm canopy gypsywind1980 at 3:24am 06.20.22 Ask All Sailors 13/1232 is there a add on canopy for a hunter 27 1980 over the helm
Keel bolt Triple B at 5:36pm 06.19.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/1289 I have a 1985 31 Im looking for the nut size for keel bolt Anyone have this information?
INVERTER SET UP twodzusfittings at 2:34pm 06.19.22 Bigger Boats 14/1837 So, once again I look to the forum for some guidance on an inverter installation. I have a 700 Watt
Keel didn't line up in the cradle brockangelo at 2:03pm 06.19.22 Catalina 22 26/1465 So yesterday I took the Ocean Jasper out of the water for the first time and put it on the trailer.
Rhodes 22 mast needed in New England Tony Jonaitis at 11:31am 06.19.22 Trailer Sailors 3/601 Looking for just the mast for a Rhodes 22. Prefer the in-mast-furling design. I'm in Marblehead, a
Universal M18 unattached hose (1) boater7cs at 11:06am 06.19.22 Engines and Propulsion 7/600
Installing extra cleats on a MacGregor 26M mast Sofocles Arquimides at 9:49am 06.19.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1184 How high do you install extra cleats on a MacGregor 26M mast
recently purchased a 26D 1987 found about 200lbs of lead shot. west wind at 8:06am 06.19.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/881 Do I need the extra ballast or is the water ballast enough, just crusin of So, Cal coast mostly.
How do you keep the birds at bay? Project_Mayhem at 6:31pm 06.18.22 Ask All Sailors 28/2889 Birds are an issue at our marina. Especially when you've spent 25+ hours detailing your boat. There'
AC Captain Sandbar at 4:34pm 06.18.22 Catalina 30 4/841 Where is the ac circuit breaker
Selling a Boat Without a Broker Sailor_Al at 7:42am 06.18.22 Ask All Sailors 17/2245 I'm considering selling my boat without a broker. I expect to keep everything "up and up", use a la

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1984 Newport 30 Mark III mainsail question shemandr at 5:05am 12.08.24 Pictures may make it more clear than any narrative I could write 3 part block and tackle
AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? colemj at 4:58am 12.08.24 I don't alarm on anything. It would drive me crazy and I'd just be ignoring them, unless we were ou
AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? colemj at 4:52am 12.08.24 I wish all boaters would disable their AIS transponder when alongside. If you own a Raymarine MFD
Engine alignment needed Captain Larry-DH at 3:41am 12.08.24 My main question is adjustment consists of loosening the top nut, and turning the bottom nut to rai
Engine alignment needed Jim Legere at 3:14am 12.08.24
Scam Alert (1) Will Gilmore at 2:30am 12.08.24 228832 -Will
Engine alignment needed NYSail at 2:29am 12.08.24
1984 Newport 30 Mark III mainsail question (3) Tally Ho at 7:54pm 12.07.24 We just bought this wonderful boat. A previous owner extended the boom and re-rigged the mainsail s
1989 Hunter 335 Rubbing strip fixing Help (1) Tally Ho at 7:40pm 12.07.24 I think that the toe rail / rub rail is through-bolted from both the top and the side of the hull (s
Engine alignment needed Rich Stidger at 5:24pm 12.07.24 Actually you need to raise all 4 of the mounts, and raise the front a bit more than the rear in orde
Scam Alert arf145 at 4:08pm 12.07.24 Back when offers from Nigerian princes came in the US Mail, I decided to have some fun and put it on
do I really need winches on my mac 26d? kappykaplan at 3:54pm 12.07.24 Check with Bacon Sails and Marine Supplies or Minnie's Home
do I really need winches on my mac 26d? Von Clipper at 3:44pm 12.07.24 Thank you. #6 's it is then. Man winches are pricey. Know where I could pick up some used ones?
do I really need winches on my mac 26d? Don S/V ILLusion at 3:41pm 12.07.24
Yanmar Engine mounts. kappykaplan at 3:24pm 12.07.24 Two brands came up in my research: Ellebogen, out of Spain, seems to have a very good reputation, w
AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? dLj at 3:19pm 12.07.24 I don't alarm on anything. It would drive me crazy and I'd just be ignoring them, unless we were ou
Antifreeze Don S/V ILLusion at 3:01pm 12.07.24 ? How do you do a pressure test, what do you need, and how is it connected? Weasel Rather than
Antifreeze Claude L.-Auger at 12:38pm 12.07.24 Pressure caps can get bad and lose their sealing capacity ! But running the engine under load shoul
1984 Newport 30 Mark III mainsail question knotimpossible at 12:06pm 12.07.24 The Newport 30 is a Masthead rig. Which means the mainsail is smallish by comparison to a fraction
1984 Newport 30 Mark III mainsail question knotimpossible at 12:01pm 12.07.24 Booms are engineered to withstand the forces applied to it. Shifing from mid-boom to end boom sheet

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