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MastStep Help Catalina 16.5 tedh at 4:20pm 09.28.22 Smaller Boats 2/1348 I recently purchased a Catalina 16.5 that has needed a lot of love. I had a bent mast step that I re
Freshwater Pump Runs Continuously diduljc at 12:48pm 09.29.22 Big Boats 4/1077 Hi, I would appreciate any suggestionns on solving the following problem with my 2011 Hunter 39: T
Pleasant Surprise/Docking Don Guillette at 11:37am 09.29.22 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 47/12613 We were in Cabo San Lucas last week and anytime I'm in a marina and see masts sticking up I'm drawn
transmission when sailing Arrgh at 10:36am 09.29.22 Bigger Boats 19/3471 Where do you guys set your transmission when sailing. I have an '81 Oday 31 and have been sailing w
Water Does not Come out the Exhaust priopel at 8:27am 09.29.22 Engines and Propulsion 59/10111 After working on the cooling system of my Volvo Penta MD 7A engine including removing the manifold,
Lewmar hatches ID whittem at 7:58am 09.29.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1492 I need new lenses and seals for the two main lewmar hatches on a 1995 B351. Having a hard time match
34 Morgan 1967 - Crack in the keel - Anyone?? (1) Frill at 3:02am 09.29.22 Morgan 6/2242 A hair line crack on the keel on both sides. Is this serious or not? Any owners ever seen this befor
SW Washington or Portland OR Trailer Sailors Scuppers at 11:25am 09.28.22 Day Sailers 2/1112 I have finally completed the minimum restoration to get my trailerable sailboat out on the water and
SW Washington or Portland OR Trailer Sailers Scuppers at 11:24am 09.28.22 Trailer Sailors 0/17 I have finally completed the minimum restoration to get my trailerable sailboat out on the water and
Anchor self-deploys Dr. D at 11:07am 09.28.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/1618 My boat has an electric windlass with a Quick remote in the anchor locker and a control pad at the p
UPenn Senior Engineering Capstone Project challengerjdb at 10:31am 09.28.22 Ask All Sailors 7/980 Hello, I'm a senior at the University of Pennsylvania studying engineering. For my final year of s
30-2 rusted tie-rod joint (1) rioila at 9:49am 09.28.22 Mid-Size Boats 8/2020
Hunter 326 rudder issues RobAL at 11:12am 09.27.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/880 My Hunter 326 rudder and steering developed a pronounced clunking noise with play in the steering wh
Whisker pole for a Catalina 27? Indysailor at 11:05am 09.27.22 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/1602 I am looking for opinions and/or experiences of adding a whisker pole to a Catalina 27. Also, if you
33.5 swim ladder Don Crowther at 9:55am 09.27.22 Mid-Size Boats 4/1651 Has anyone extended the swim ladder on a Hunter 33.5? I would like to increase the length of ours by
Is it legal to make a boat longer? (1) HeelBoy at 7:45am 09.27.22 Ask All Sailors 16/1670 Without diving deep into the engineering here, the question is more of a legal one: Are we even allo
Question about water heater setup on Hunter 36 AndyL at 4:51pm 09.26.22 Big Boats 17/2824 I have a 2004 Hunter 36 with a Force10 6-gal water heater that needs replacing. I'm replacing it wi
Lewmar portlights macdoug at 4:42pm 09.26.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/1822 My oceanis 37 has a couple of portlights (Lewmar standard size 0) that leak and look crap. They are
Hunter 23.5 rain water leak Orbweaver at 3:08pm 09.26.22 Smaller Boats 14/3186 Greetings all. Last week we had a fair amount of rain (at least for Montana). Yesterday I thought I
Ken Gepner Passes Away Terry Cox at 12:40pm 09.26.22 Pacific North West Cruisers 0/1097 Ken Gepner, a long time PNW sailor, passed away recently. Patti and I went with him and his son on a

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Help identifying this grease Calif. Ted at 9:28am 07.25.25 I have a similar jar that is impellor lube I bought a couple decades ago at the auto/boat parts stor
Its funny Friday! Davidasailor26 at 9:18am 07.25.25 Remarkable how far this thread has drifted into song lyrics. How could we prevent a thread from dri
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat Don S/V ILLusion at 9:17am 07.25.25 I don't think anyone said that. The general consensus seems to be that the gel coat needs to be rem
Raise the boom patrickfarley at 9:13am 07.25.25 Pictures in two weeks. Recovering from surgery. Now I wonder if there is a connection item to attac
Mas-Technologies MS200 alternator alarm marcham at 9:09am 07.25.25 The routing would be: a) alternator no output lead b) Zeus input 2 c) Zeus output 1 d) MS 200 ... wh
Help identifying this grease Davidasailor26 at 8:47am 07.25.25
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat Foswick at 8:35am 07.25.25 Strange... all the arm chair sailors that make a final determination and say it's only cosmetic, wi
Help identifying this grease Dalliance at 8:32am 07.25.25 Mystery gunk in a jelly jar? Toss it.
Universal M-18 fuel return line part identification SycloneDriver at 8:31am 07.25.25 I'm not sure every diesel repair shop would be familiar with that system but the one I use is. It's
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. (1) testingthewaters91 at 8:31am 07.25.25 Got excited and just started fabrication! I will sand them down later. G10 is really tough stuff. I
Help identifying this grease Rich Stidger at 8:24am 07.25.25 I would toss it. It doesn't look like any grease on my boat.
Mas-Technologies MS200 alternator alarm mcconkd at 8:19am 07.25.25 I am not sure but I will share your response to see if it makes sense to him. There was an alarm wir
Black some on start of my Hunter 28 (2GM20G Yanmar engine) SycloneDriver at 8:10am 07.25.25 Does your boat have a hot water heater & is it heated with engine coolant? The coolant hoses going t
Lazy Bag for H260 ArcticFarx at 7:51am 07.25.25 AMAZING! And right at the price I was hoping to get it for!
Lazy Bag for H260 Mark15231 at 7:49am 07.25.25
Low-Stretch Halyards actually worth it for cruising? thinwater at 7:37am 07.25.25 If, like a racer, you adjust the halyard loose off the wind and tight up wind and particularly in st
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat marcham at 7:37am 07.25.25 Strange... all the arm chair sailors that make a final determination and say it's only cosmetic, wit
Mas-Technologies MS200 alternator alarm marcham at 7:22am 07.25.25 Ok, great, that helps to narrow it down. Did your installer use the input 2 and output 1 wires on
Lazy Bag for H260 kappykaplan at 7:13am 07.25.25 Check with your local sail loft.
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat colemj at 7:10am 07.25.25 If you look around marinas, you will find many boats with this scar. It is a big nothing. Nothing

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