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Oday 28 Centerboard rigging FireWarrior423 at 11:32am 06.13.22 Bigger Boats 2/818 Two years ago, I picked up a 1982 Oday 28 with a centerboard. I sail in relatively shallow water an
Vision 32 AC/DC panel re-work zephyr070 at 10:16am 06.13.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/690 A series of POs have left the wiring on both the AC and DC sides of my distribution panel a bit a me
Scary thought for all solo sailors! Scott T-Bird at 7:36am 06.13.22 Ask All Sailors 12/1433 https://www.ladbible.com/news/sailor-swims-17km-sharkinfested-waters-in-pitch-black-panama-sea-20220
Hunter legend 37.5 gary keating at 7:31am 06.13.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/455 Looking for an electric diagram for a 1999 37.5 hunter legend Thank you
Mast bend Shaw_2112 at 7:12am 06.13.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/644 I just finished new standing rigging on the mast and the mfr specs for initial tuning on the rigging
COCKPIT LINE HOLDERS NCBrew at 7:04am 06.13.22 Ask All Sailors 22/2315 I HAVE WHITE CIRCULAR LINE HOLDERS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE TO FIND THEM
Hiring a skipper The_Sailing_Pelican at 7:07pm 06.12.22 Ask All Sailors 28/2243 Well, looks like I need to contemplate other options since it seems the average price to move my Pea
35.5 seems to tick the boxes jonas (Sueco) at 6:01pm 06.12.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/387 Having sold all our boats 4-5 years ago, we are getting the itch. Another hole in the water . We liv
Water Line Fitting (1) Tom-in-Annapolis at 3:58pm 06.12.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/717 From my 1986 H34. Is there a common name for this 90 degree fitting? Are they still available. Th
Thru Hull -- do I really need it? ShawnL at 1:27pm 06.12.22 Catalina 22 8/695 I have a '72 Catalina 22 that I've had for just over a year. One of my projects last year before sp
Does your Chart Plotter still work with your preferred Chart supplier? jssailem at 11:21am 06.12.22 Ask All Sailors 8/1872 As the various Chart Plotter manufactures buy up the providers of custom chart systems (i.e Navionic
Yamaha 30 - prop shaft thrust bearing replacement (2) Blue Horizon at 10:04am 06.12.22 Yamaha 8/2364 I seem to have some bearing noise coming from the prop shaft thrust bearing. I'd like to put a new
Forestay transportation (1) Ihtiandr at 7:52am 06.12.22 Sirius 21/22 6/1667 Hello, Everyone! Who has a good idea how to properly secure forestay with furling roller drum? The f
Grounding two isolated battery banks (1) Hayden Watson at 7:51am 06.12.22 Musings With Maine Sail 28/9033 This is a question about proper grounding of the start and house batteries. Is this the proper conn
Paper Charts Tayana at 5:27am 06.12.22 Ask All Sailors 5/1032
Legend 40.5 Chainplates baycloud at 10:02pm 06.11.22 Big Boats 6/1371 Hey all, how are the chain plates constructed, and how can we (or can we) inspect them? It seems lik
Grand Traverse Bay tips! Epic1969 at 8:20pm 06.11.22 Destinations 8/2502 Looking for any local tips End-July launching from Traverse City area with daughters 13,15 hoping t
Spinnaker use "cruising style" (4) ricksoth at 7:07pm 06.11.22 Ask All Sailors 17/1559 I hoisted the spinnaker that came with my Cal 27 today in near zero wind with the tack tied to the a
New jib sail ? Ingram at 5:52pm 06.11.22 Smaller Boats 9/1152 What is the best size for the roller furling jib/genoa sail on a H26 100%, 110%,120% ?
Roller furling issue (3) lsavocchi at 5:51pm 06.11.22 Ask All Sailors 18/1567

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Keeping warm for winter boat work Project_Mayhem at 2:53pm 02.12.25 For about $1,000 you can get a dickinson furnace with a proper chimney. https://www.amazon.com/Dic
Safety Tether Migolito at 2:09pm 02.12.25 Great replys folks thank you. I'll be setting up my Jackline AND adding some strong points along the
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? Davidasailor26 at 1:27pm 02.12.25 It doesn't seem likely that so many boats have stray current or galvanic issues. Generally the Ben
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? (1) colemj at 1:23pm 02.12.25 I'm not doubting you on this but I'm going to have to see some authentification from the manufactur
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? colemj at 1:00pm 02.12.25 This is a good alloy for that use. Not all brasses are "bad". Not all bronzes are "good". For a l
Keeping warm for winter boat work dlochner at 12:45pm 02.12.25
Keeping warm for winter boat work Tally Ho at 12:24pm 02.12.25
inspecting a Catalina 30 Tally Ho at 12:23pm 02.12.25
Keeping warm for winter boat work dlochner at 12:16pm 02.12.25
Keeping warm for winter boat work dlochner at 12:14pm 02.12.25
Keeping warm for winter boat work (2) Tally Ho at 12:12pm 02.12.25
Keeping warm for winter boat work (1) Tally Ho at 12:04pm 02.12.25
Keeping warm for winter boat work Tally Ho at 12:02pm 02.12.25
inspecting a Catalina 30 Scott T-Bird at 11:44am 02.12.25 Hi @john6206, Just my opinion but I think you are looking at boats that are much too old. If you w
O'day 272 parts (1) Richard19068 at 11:19am 02.12.25 The caps on my 1985 O'Day 31 seem to be an odd size. I couldn't find properly fitting replacemant ca
Keeping warm for winter boat work kappykaplan at 10:52am 02.12.25 It will be a bit longer but Mother Nature will come around. :)
Keeping warm for winter boat work jssailem at 10:51am 02.12.25
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? Richard19068 at 10:36am 02.12.25 ..... I'm going to have to see some authentification from the manufacturer of the boat before I'm g
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? Ralph Johnstone at 9:45am 02.12.25 Beneteau explicitly states these seacocks have a 5 year lifespan. The CE certificate it is built to
Yanmar 3YM20 coolant change Hello Below at 9:01am 02.12.25 Thanks. Concentrate? Do you mix 50/50? Every 2 years I flush and use the pre-diluted thus yes 50/5

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