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Outboard to rudder connection merlinuxo at 5:38pm 04.14.12 Trailer Sailors 11/14999 While perusing Sailography's site I came across widgetsailor.com and found his simple and effective
Slow Drains BWagner at 4:19pm 04.14.12 Big Boats 6/1682 Hi, Can anyone tell me what they use to clear the drains on their boat? Our drains are full of h
Furler sail choice - opinions wanted longterm at 3:55pm 04.14.12 Catalina 30 42/5623 I've bought a Profurl 320 for my 1990 C30T; when I bought the boat in February it came with 3 jibs:
mounting plate for freezer gas shock 410 scottdube at 3:04pm 04.14.12 Big Boats 0/754 Has anyone else had the lower mounting bracket for the gas shock in the freezer come off? It is mou
Diesel vibrates at low rpms. weinie at 3:03pm 04.14.12 Engines and Propulsion 15/12912 Over the winter, I had the stuffing box, cutlass bearing, prop shaft and coupling replaced. How
Mast electrical again (2) harryjak at 2:41pm 04.14.12 Yamaha 3/1643 I am running a radio coax up the mast for the VHF. It will exit in front of the mast and then down t
Titanic Flight Diverted to Aid Sinking Vessel Soundbounder at 2:31pm 04.14.12 Ask All Sailors 6/2108 A U.S. Coast Guard HC-130J rescue plane is being diverted from their Titanic commemoration flight to
Saildrive 280 Waterpump Service? (1) drgerafe at 2:29pm 04.14.12 S2 2/4332 After two full seasons with our S2 8.0B (1980), it's time to replace the waterpump impeller and inne
Manual for New Hunter 22 2012 bill mcleod at 2:21pm 04.14.12 Smaller Boats 4/1155 Where would I get a manual for this boat. It is a 2012 and I did not receive a manual from the deale
1994 Evinrude 9.9 electrical question. GeorgiaBII at 1:36pm 04.14.12 Engines and Propulsion 7/2444 I just bought a 94 evinrude 9.9 2-stroke for my sailboat with electric start. The problem I'm havin
Interior Bulkhead Coating Question Ajay73 at 12:33pm 04.14.12 Mid-Size Boats 0/987 I replaced my main bulkheads on my 1980 C27. I plan to varnish the portion that you see but I did c
ST60 wind instrument freaking out luken7 at 12:09pm 04.14.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/1776 Wile out this past weekend, the wind instrument in the cockpit was freaking out, the needle jut jump
water pump Steve Feinsilver at 11:58am 04.14.12 Big Boats 1/838 The original water pump on my 2007 h44ds died unexpectedly while we were commissioning the system.
Beneteau 38s5 shoal rjstevnson at 11:04am 04.14.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1715 I am looking at an early 90's 38s5. It is a shaol draft. 1. Any experience with shoal draft perf
Picking up new boat, need de-mast, trailer advice dknape at 10:38am 04.14.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/4543 Hello all, I am picking up my new to me and very first boat on the 23rd of April. It is a 1987 Hunt
running/rigging asim spinnaker plainssailor at 9:01am 04.14.12 Day Sailers 3/1503 I have an oday 25. I have a very nice six color asimm. I have a bail with a block attatched about
Bummer sailaway78 at 8:53am 04.14.12 Ask All Sailors 8/1731 Had planned on making my first offshore trip of the year in the next few days. Have just learned I
1979 Speed and depth readout Captainron1 at 8:20am 04.14.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1357 Hello My 1979 O'Day 30ft is missing the speed and depth readout. I guess the previous owner removed
1984 H27 Transmision Bigjer40 at 8:13am 04.14.12 The Cherubini Hunters 0/797 Am pretty sure I have tranny Westerbeke #30949 2:1 BW3. Anyone know what kind of fluid this takes?
1979 Speed and depth readout Captainron1 at 8:12am 04.14.12 Ask An Oday Owner 1/905 Hello My 1979 O'Day 30ft is missing the speed and depth readout. I guess the previous owner removed

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Day Sailer Cabin Modifications for Comfort Orbweaver at 7:11pm 12.11.22 I think if it was me, I'd be doing two things: Get inside as many other boats as you possibly can, l
Connecting dyneema core halyard to shackle (2) garymalmgren at 6:52pm 12.11.22 Hi Dave. Halyard hitch will do the job. Do your self a favor and go for proper halyard shackles. I c
Oh no, not that sticky! Project_Mayhem at 6:38pm 12.11.22 I think you've condensed 35 posts into one simple idea. I've removed 3M double sided tape after 5
Boat Smells! Tin Kicker at 6:34pm 12.11.22 What is the function of : - the corrugated white hose ? - the black hose ? lication. Regardless,
Evergreen Tin Kicker at 6:30pm 12.11.22 I think that last bit is the part that fills me with questions, and a bit of dread. The implication
Hunter 376 Halyard Sheaves jssailem at 6:24pm 12.11.22 I'd suggest calling the SBO shop on Monday and asking the question. They were the supervisors of the
Boat Smells! Don S/V ILLusion at 6:11pm 12.11.22
Boat Smells! dkinzer at 6:10pm 12.11.22 When I got my first RV with a holding tank (~35 years ago) I used the usual blue formaldehyde-based
Tell-tail windows in genoa stickinthemud57 at 5:39pm 12.11.22 Hey, what kind of sail are you buying? With a Dacron sail in a typically see through the sail well
Boat Smells! (1) Ralph Johnstone at 5:26pm 12.11.22 which only became apparent when the stool, tank, and hoses were removed. What is the function of
Evergreen jaysweet at 5:15pm 12.11.22 ... The seaman in this incident brings to mind the cultural deference we ran into during a couple o
Installing Composting Toilet in Oday 35 Tin Kicker at 5:02pm 12.11.22 Have a NaturesHead in the ODay 322, never hooked up the vent, and have never had a smell. One of the
Evergreen Tin Kicker at 4:57pm 12.11.22 Not at all surprised by the findings regarding the pilot being totally inattentive and this happened
Tell-tail windows in genoa BarryL at 4:43pm 12.11.22 Hey, what kind of sail are you buying? With a Dacron sail in a typically see through the sail well
Mixing elbow (yes, another one) Yanmar 3YM20 (2) Tin Kicker at 4:31pm 12.11.22 Never thought about it before but the hot gas flow around the top is terrible from an engineering st
Single handing kappykaplan at 4:27pm 12.11.22 I assume a spring line to prevent the boat from shifting forward and aft while tied to the dock. C
House battery recommendations O�Day 222 at 4:18pm 12.11.22
House battery recommendations Tin Kicker at 4:09pm 12.11.22 Definitely start with a power consumption budget and also would recommend LiFePo4 due to weight for
Single handing WI Rigger at 4:04pm 12.11.22
Single handing Davidasailor26 at 3:40pm 12.11.22

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