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Folding Prop Report (2) Maine Sail at 5:51am 05.08.12 Musings With Maine Sail 42/24963 Some of you may know that I purchased and installed a Flex-O-Fold two blade prop this year replacing
Finally Out! Tsatzsue at 4:57am 05.08.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/979 Finally got some water time on Sunday in Narragansett Bay. Never fails...the water was like a pane o
New Jersey ICW Local Knowledge Roger Long at 4:56am 05.08.12 Ask All Sailors 4/1785 I made the run from Cape May to Atlantic City a bit early to take advantage of good weather. I'm no
Fuel Filter yellowood at 3:42am 05.08.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1704 Is it necessary to replace the fuel filter on my Catalina 27 every year? Thanks.
Keel Vibration - Advice? northcave at 1:32am 05.08.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1434 I have recently bought a swing keel Beneteau 26 from 1986. On our first passage from Salcombe to Da
H36 folding/fethering propeller speeds Andreas7699 at 1:17am 05.08.12 Big Boats 6/1821 Hi. I have been reading about folding and fethering propellers for a while and it seems to me that o
Sailing course cmt145 at 8:40pm 05.07.12 Ask All Sailors 9/2192 Can someone recommend a sailing course that will take a person from basic to advanced . In Florida o
When you open your boat and hear water running, is it a bad Juice6576 at 8:14pm 05.07.12 Mid-Size Boats 9/2193 So we had a hell of a lot of rain this weekend, so I went down to check out my new Zarcor comp anion
Today was a good day. (4) Time Out at 8:09pm 05.07.12 Mid-Size Boats 3/1514 The marathon of bottom painting, cleaning and waxing is done. The boat was launched today and I got
Travel to Gulf with a another sailboat healeyman at 7:07pm 05.07.12 Mid-Size Boats 7/2503 Have a sailboat on Chicamauga Lake, on the Tenneseee River. The first mate and I wish to take the s
Fuel filter clean? (1) rhythmsurfer at 7:04pm 05.07.12 Ask All Sailors 12/2437 After buying the 1981Hunter 36 (Yanmar) I have put somewhere between 50-100 hrs on the motor. After
Hull leak through keel stud Sinbad at 6:28pm 05.07.12 Big Boats 3/1544 Bad news! Noticed the bilge pump cycling every now ' then so I checked to see what was going on. F
Working distance (4) All U Get at 6:07pm 05.07.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1380 Hi all, I know quite a few of us have a boat that is further away than we would like. Keeping thi
423 Wanted !!!!!! Cash Waiting BlackwellADB at 5:31pm 05.07.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/43 I AM A CASH BUYER READY TO PURCHASE A BENETEAU 423. MUST HAVE A 4' 9" DRAFT OR SHOAL KEEL. GEN
Need Some Measurements for a MAC 25 Fred Villiard at 5:22pm 05.07.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/923 When my camera bag was stolen out of my truck most of my pictures of my rebuild and my notebook with
Beneteau 381 garymuir at 4:58pm 05.07.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/902 water issue, v-berth starboard side ceiling water is in side ceiling just beside hatch window. how?
Honda 5hp motor cutting out (1) drock10 at 4:48pm 05.07.12 Catalina 22 11/5994 Guys I have a late 2000 I want to say 2010 Honda 5hp outboard and it cut out and dies when in gear.
New Yamaha 2.5 gjaffess at 2:57pm 05.07.12 Ask An Oday Owner 1/798 I am buying a new Yamaha 2.5 4 stroke. There is a big difference in price on line ($800) or at a de
disapointed at my susuki df 9.9..... Manureva at 2:48pm 05.07.12 Ask All Sailors 13/2484 I need to vent.... I bought a Susuki df 9.9, then the dealership closed....now the closest service c
Used Toe Rail for a 1986 28.5 phagialas at 2:48pm 05.07.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/809 Anybody out there know of any salvage yards in the Mid-Atlantic or East Coast where I may be able to

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VHF Cabling and Connectors (1) Project_Mayhem at 6:44am 01.18.23 I assume the open center pin is to allow one to solder the solid core of the cable? le to reuse PL 2
BeneteauOwners.com to close this month kloudie1 at 6:34am 01.18.23 Maybe if a BeanyToe owner's group got a petition together to ask the law folks to give a solution th
Corrosion On Engine kloudie1 at 6:28am 01.18.23 In industry, we've rebuilt faces of flanges in low temperature, low pressure service using epoxy com
B361 Sail Inventory kappykaplan at 6:10am 01.18.23 I'm planning to have them inspected by a sail maker This first before you make any decision on pur
A good 31' +/- for a 77 year young shemandr at 5:42am 01.18.23 To live on and sail shorthanded a Nonsuch 30 comes to mind. Spacious accommodations for the size an
Corrosion On Engine dlochner at 4:24am 01.18.23 The Heat Exchanger looks too corroded to repair. Try Niemiec Marine. I've found them to have the bes
BeneteauOwners.com to close this month Davidasailor26 at 2:35am 01.18.23
Main Sheet Swivel/Block/ cleat- 1981 Sirius 21 Joe at 12:38am 01.18.23 Why not post a picture of the subject hardware to widen the response pool. There's no reason you ca
Selden Rodkicker strut replacement nightowle at 11:58pm 01.17.23 My Selden gas strut gave up the ghost after 22 years this past fall. I bought a replacement with a
Single handing WI Rigger at 8:08pm 01.17.23
Anyone selling Hunter 38? Tally Ho at 7:14pm 01.17.23 https://www.yachtworld.com/yacht/2008-hunter-38-8594902 Greg
Missing boom stickinthemud57 at 7:11pm 01.17.23 Good to hear you found a suitable boom replacement. Mine is still in the garage so I know you didn't
Corrosion On Engine (1) Ralph Johnstone at 7:11pm 01.17.23 There is a bunch of corrosion and not sure if is worthe repairing. I'd really be worried that y
A good 31' +/- for a 77 year young stickinthemud57 at 6:58pm 01.17.23 I grew up in Corpus Christi, Texas, and in the course of planning for a cruise with my old buddies d
Corrosion On Engine (3) Mclovin at 6:48pm 01.17.23 ok so i pulled it apart with alot of work. There is a bunch of corrosion and not sure if is worthe r
Busted Mast Project_Mayhem at 6:39pm 01.17.23 If the tape is in the track I would remove it. It's likely to come off as the sail goes up and down
Single handing FDL S2 at 6:17pm 01.17.23 What do you think about glueing down outdoor carpet on the sole of the cockpit? On my Hunter, I hav
Think your PO made mistakes? ...3TacksontheWater at 5:58pm 01.17.23 My first Catalina 22 had pedestal steering. It was wonderful for single handed sailing. You could ea
Hunter 376 1998. Leaking around salon lights Greg Mott at 5:44pm 01.17.23 Thanks Dave, I have never heard of pressurizing the hull before. I will give this a try!
Hunter 376 1998. Leaking around salon lights Greg Mott at 5:43pm 01.17.23 An old marina yard trick is to pressurizing the cabin and look for air bubbling out from anything s

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