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Climbing Harness Ducati at 4:00pm 10.15.11 Ask All Sailors 38/11137 I needed to get up on my mast for 15 mins of work. Bosuns Chair @ West Marine - $150.00 Climbi
Removing fuel tank 1985 nauticalrich at 2:27pm 10.15.11 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1128 Does anyone have experience in removing the fuel tank in an Oday 30 or 31. Any advice will be appre
UK Halsey Lazy Cradle experience? obsailor at 1:57pm 10.15.11 Ask All Sailors 3/5681 I'm thinking of installing a UK lazy cradle to replace my mainsail cover with the idea of simplifyin
Mast Question... SailorDave5050 at 1:40pm 10.15.11 Ask All Sailors 13/2445 First year as a sailboat owner. Now it's time to take the mast out to trailer the boat to its winte
O'Day 37 holding tanks Peter Brennan at 1:39pm 10.15.11 Bigger Boats 9/4134 A previous owner removed the holding tanks from both heads in our 1982 O'Day 37. He installed a Lect
what are they for???? SenecaDaze at 1:27pm 10.15.11 Smaller Boats 5/1892 well i have no picture but maybe someone can enlighten me. the boat is a 1981 hunter22 on the dinett
Running Coax Inside Mast on 26M powersailor at 1:18pm 10.15.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 15/2854 Just discoverd (the hard way when I removed the mast cap) that the mast on my 26M in filled with ex
Overheating and White Smoke senseipower at 1:13pm 10.15.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1410 On my last day sail this year I ran out of wind and had to motor back. After about 3 miles my overhe
Bimini for C&C 99 ondinesail at 12:37pm 10.15.11 C&C 0/3376 We are in process of purchasing a C'C 99. One concern we have is that there appears not to be enoug
Working jib or genoa therishel at 11:45am 10.15.11 Trailer Sailors 18/9469 I am re-fitting a Balboa 20. It does not have any sails. I am looking into purchasing a suit of sa
222 with roller furling jib, Sheet length? Zoomie at 11:31am 10.15.11 Day Sailers 3/1838 Hey Guys! Finally got my Jib back from SailCare after converting it for use with my Snap Furler. I d
How much is enough? rognvald at 8:54am 10.15.11 Ask All Sailors 4/1723 In a recent boatyard discussion, winterizing engines was discussed. If you have a fresh water cooled
wow... Maine Sail at 8:37am 10.15.11 Ask All Sailors 13/3408 Great sailing right now.:D
windy last weekend dlewis812 at 7:43am 10.15.11 Ask All Sailors 2/1166 wanted to get one more good weekend before laying up.. of all things too much wind!!??!! looks lik
I need a bigger boat! Ned Blake at 7:01am 10.15.11 Ask All Sailors 13/3493 Ok heres a complaint nobody has ever heard before - "My boat is too small!" My wife and I have bee
Wind How much is too much? (1) Jkenny13 at 6:31am 10.15.11 Mid-Size Boats 10/3480 So I am watching the weather for this weekend here in Newport RI. Wind with gust over 45mph. I have
Sailboat breaks up and sinks at Barnegat Inlet NJ (1) RichH at 6:00am 10.15.11 Ask All Sailors 20/12419 Tide against wind can be a problem along the Atlantic Coast, especially when 'shooting inlets'. A
Do I have anodes? Is there a doctor for this? Endurance2010 at 12:27am 10.15.11 Big Boats 2/1338 Skippers, help! I can't find the anodes on my 1983 Yanmar 3GMF (it's in a 1984 Hunter 34). But I t
Anchor questions ... eliems at 11:33pm 10.14.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1784 Today the anchor was coming up twisting in the water like it usually does and arrived at the roller
The Deck I Bought -- The Deck I Have (2) rardiH36 at 9:55pm 10.14.11 The Cherubini Hunters 20/4163 While looking for a picture on my hard drive to include on a "All Sailors" post about chain plate ca

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Removed fixed prop ... boat speed improved immensely! (1) Parsons at 6:08am 11.11.22 Finally decided to upgrade this to a new generation anchor?
Removed fixed prop ... boat speed improved immensely! Scott T-Bird at 6:01am 11.11.22 Wait till you see what was on my bow!
Holding Tank Ventilation Don S/V ILLusion at 5:57am 11.11.22 waste treatment plants will do the same: Same principle, different reason. Sewage treatment plan
Timidly rebedding stanchions Tally Ho at 5:55am 11.11.22
Freeing rusty bolts - best penetrating oil JamesG161 at 5:45am 11.11.22 I have seen similar test before. The number one in that test = Brake Fluid. #2 = Deep Creep by SeaF
Questions About Bottom Paint dlochner at 5:19am 11.11.22 Since bottoms foul anyway, even with antifouling paint, we should be coating the bottom with Teflon
Questions About Bottom Paint cousineddy at 5:13am 11.11.22
Happy Birthday Marines (1) Will Gilmore at 4:57am 11.11.22 210829 Happy birthday Marines. Still going strong. -Will
Mystery O-ring RoyS at 4:36am 11.11.22 You can purchase silicon rubber in sheet form on Amazon and cut a gasket out of that.
Mystery O-ring (4) rgranger at 3:46am 11.11.22
Holding Tank Ventilation Apex at 3:41am 11.11.22 waste treatment plants will do the same: We made micro perforated bladders that would be installed o
Replacing frameless acrylic fixed ports xavpil at 2:36am 11.11.22 That is standard "dark smoke" acrylic. You can see through it without problem from the side that h
Mystery O-ring twalker H260 at 1:42am 11.11.22 If my memory serves - I read years ago on this site of a member that installed a round inspection po
Freezer repair, 2015 Oceanis 48 (4) Montage_55 at 1:22am 11.11.22 I end up taking the entire unit out. So I can fix that condensation problem because of poor build qu
Questions About Bottom Paint Joe at 11:03pm 11.10.22 If you leave your boat in the water year round, like we do here in socal, it makes more sense to u
Marina pump out broken when hauled out--help to pump out at home Joe at 10:27pm 11.10.22 I know nothing about your boat's holding tank.. size, location or installation details. But, if it
Filling Instrument Holes Joe at 10:01pm 11.10.22 I wish I had time to find the article, but it is there on youtube. In this case, the repair was don
Lithium Installation for Legend 40.5? Rich Stidger at 9:17pm 11.10.22 Rich Impressed with the genset install. I was going to put in a FP 4 kw unit, which just would have
Removed fixed prop ... boat speed improved immensely! jssailem at 9:12pm 11.10.22 feel like we are being pranked What was you first clue? The size of the prop in comparison to the
Holding Tank Ventilation Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:48pm 11.10.22 All tank vents--fuel, water and waste-- have two functions: to provide an escape for air displaced

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