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New Sails Miakoda at 11:34am 11.28.11 Lancer 1/1760 Looking to replace sails on Laner 44 motorsailer. Anyone have a good sailmaker or info for used sail
Top Loading Cool Box Gwyn at 11:15am 11.28.11 Big Boats 2/973 Does anyone know where I can get a new spring assembly which holds open the lid of the top loading c
Laptop GPS navigation sailaway78 at 11:01am 11.28.11 Ask All Sailors 13/3738 There seem to be a lot of freebie nav programs out there for a laptop, but then you need to find the
Cracking/popping noise starboard side underload fourbabygrands at 10:27am 11.28.11 Ask All Sailors 7/3229 Hello, this is my first time posting and having done a little research, looks like this has not been
Fuse location for 361 pdnervo at 9:53am 11.28.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/2978 Is there a fuse for the (110wa) Battery Charger... and if there is where is it... tks reply....
New O'Day 28 Owner - sink question vtsailguy at 9:49am 11.28.11 Ask An Oday Owner 3/2065 I am the happy owner of a very nice O'Day 28 (1981), and have a sink question. The hose arrangeme
Parasailor vs Spinnaker (1) Frenchie3958 at 9:07am 11.28.11 Big Boats 3/2126 There's a special offer in France to use and try during one month the Parasailor. They even give a t
Installing Garmin GWS 10 Wind Sensor on trailerable boat OS2Dude at 9:07am 11.28.11 Ask All Sailors 10/3654 I ordered a Garmin GWS 10 Wind senor for my O'day 23. The mast can be un-stepped when I want to tra
Reviews Windborne at 8:48am 11.28.11 Newport 5/5367 Bought a 1988 Newport 30-III earlier this year. Love the boat. It's in great condition and sails gre
1981 Hunter 27 forstay wire size Crazy Dave Condon at 8:35am 11.28.11 Mid-Size Boats 3/1732 I am working on a 1981 Hunter 27 for the Boy Scouts. Anyone know the size wire for the forestay?
Retirement Crazy Dave Condon at 8:32am 11.28.11 Smaller Boats 12/2723 For those of you who know me, Many of you know that I retired from the maine industry. For reasons
Trip to St John,USVI or the Perfect Storm Jim Seamans at 7:27am 11.28.11 Ask All Sailors 12/2657 This is a report of a trip from Cobb Island,MD trying to get to St John,USVI. We got hammered off
How long between pumpouts...? Squidd at 6:36am 11.28.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 18/5327 My plan is to keep my boat "dry slipped" on the trailer, mast up, at the yard. I really only plan
Thanksgiving Trailer-Sailor Gathering CaptDon01 at 11:36pm 11.27.11 Catalina 22 1/1142 WOW! What a weekend! We had 14 boats show up for our "3rd annual SoCal Potter's Post Thanksgiving/Pr
Need Advice Lost Parent at 10:50pm 11.27.11 Ask All Sailors 13/1996 Worked hard all weekend and got my new Dickinson heater installed along with most of my new holding
San Diego Trailer-Sailor Gathering CaptDon01 at 10:04pm 11.27.11 Trailer Sailors 1/2686 WOW! What a weekend! We had 14 boats show up for the "3rd annual SoCal Potter's Post Thanksgiving/Pr
Hunter 49 washer dryer Nautibuoys at 8:17pm 11.27.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1377 Has anyone put one in the 49 after it left the factory. Would like to buy one bit can't see how I wo
Rudder Damage. I appreciate help to repair. (2) silvercharlio at 7:27pm 11.27.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/2805 Rudder accident. Today I had a common accident in the ramp.(beginner sailor) Forget lifting ruder
Hunter 23' Wing Keel Trailer Dimensions (3) carboman at 6:53pm 11.27.11 Smaller Boats 16/4376 So I am going to weld or fabricate the 6 square metal posts that hold the wood rails or bunks on the
Hunter 26.5 stanchion jtbland1 at 6:31pm 11.27.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1095 I just bought 26.5 and am doing some cleaning and fixing up on it. Upon inspection I noticed the por

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Yanmar Engine Mount Worries (6) jaysweet at 6:37pm 09.18.22 Here is an interesting article about engine mounts in the magazine Ocean Navigator. https://oceanna
Any woodworkers about? Daveinet at 6:18pm 09.18.22 Cut and sand a piece of masonite to the exact curve you need. Sand it to shape using a drum sander.
2 mm halyard leader - Canada dlochner at 6:09pm 09.18.22 If you want to buy the line from a Marine store, this line from Binnacle will work, it is 3/16" poly
Identify 6M O'DAY? Sunbird22358 at 5:52pm 09.18.22 I'll defer to a MARINER owner on that question, I know there was apparently originally some kind of
Yanmar 3GM30F light blue smoke when cruising buddybear at 5:42pm 09.18.22 I am I believe the 3rd owner of this boat. Who knows how it was broken in. Air filter is new. EGR i
Identify 6M O'DAY? mike sail at 5:41pm 09.18.22
Stuffing box repack buddybear at 5:33pm 09.18.22
Carbon Monoxide Alarm going off due to the head? kappykaplan at 4:56pm 09.18.22 Great question - hopefully their website can do a much better job of answering the question than I c
Carbon Monoxide Alarm going off due to the head? Leeward Rail at 4:37pm 09.18.22 I purchased a marine-rated What makes them marine rated?
Carbon Monoxide Alarm going off due to the head? kappykaplan at 4:20pm 09.18.22 I purchased a marine-rated Xintex unit - no more false alarms.
2 mm halyard leader - Canada Leeward Rail at 4:20pm 09.18.22 You want something that is tight cover, it's very abrasion resistant, low stretch, and for it's siz
2 mm halyard leader - Canada Leeward Rail at 4:15pm 09.18.22 This is specific to this task. I would highly recommend you buy, specifically, halyard leader when
I'm assuming this means my battery is dead?? john6206 at 4:00pm 09.18.22
2 mm halyard leader - Canada Tally Ho at 3:59pm 09.18.22 The purpose of the messenger is just to get the halyard back in place after the winter. As long as
H37C Need to Replace Turning Blocks PhilaSailor at 3:34pm 09.18.22 The AMarine ports are 2 clamps versus 3. They have a drain the works when the surface they are mou
2 mm halyard leader - Canada nitrogenase at 3:31pm 09.18.22 C4oo8Xxar0o g to start with two millimeter halyard leader. This is specific to this task. I would hi
2 mm halyard leader - Canada Leeward Rail at 3:23pm 09.18.22 I'll call the marina first to see what they have. I liked the look of the 2 mm halyard leader... W
2 mm halyard leader - Canada nitrogenase at 3:19pm 09.18.22 Thanks - I used the wrong term - not splicing. I've ordered tape, a palm, and waxed polyester whippi
I'm assuming this means my battery is dead?? Davidasailor26 at 3:14pm 09.18.22 Get a digital volt meter and check its voltage after it finishes charging and you let it sit for a w
2 mm halyard leader - Canada Leeward Rail at 2:54pm 09.18.22 Any cheap cordage from a hardware store will work as messenger line. Basically small rope that won't

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