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Beneteau Oceanis 311 vs Parker 325/335 LK andyb28 at 1:06am 11.05.24 Ask All Sailors 0/160 Good Morning, I am looking to move to a Lifting Keel boat from a smaller twin keeler and have my l
Hunter 26/260 trailers Crazy Dave Condon at 3:08pm 11.04.24 Smaller Boats 19/1412 Road King no longer builds trailers for sailboats. Not sure about Magic Tilt but waiting on a respo
Left over Cetol up for grabs (1) kemsa51 at 10:38am 11.04.24 Ask All Sailors 11/434 Having no prior experience refinishing teak and being someone who never fully grasped the concept of
Chart plotter issues (Raymarine L1250) DRhoads at 9:30am 11.04.24 Ask All Sailors 9/440 Having a data issue w/ the L1250. I know old unit and NOT supported by Raymarine anymore. Raymarin
Retrofit Generator Quasimotor at 7:35am 11.04.24 Mid-Size Boats 7/617 Recommend a retrofit generator for a 2004 Hunter 326. Willing to consider, carry-ons and lazarettos
oil pressure light beeping while engine running? yanmar 3JH4E. Lusitano at 5:44am 11.04.24 Ask All Sailors 7/523 Today while starting the engine I heard a small bang sound and it didn't start only after a third at
Recommendations for LED steaming/deck light HoosierSailor at 5:22am 11.04.24 Big Boats 9/600 My deck light is out on my 96 Paasage 42. Looking from deck level the fixture looks original and the
Overturned Mac???? (1) THECUSCUS at 5:08am 11.04.24 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1190 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/1-dead-5-others-rescued-after-boat-capsizes-off-redondo-beach-coas
TD 18 --> TS Rafael --> Hurricane Rafael kloudie1 at 8:28am 11.03.24 Weather and Forecasting 17/1152 Here we go.
Sheet to steering The_Sailing_Pelican at 4:46am 11.03.24 Ask All Sailors 7/780 Hi.... Looking for a book by John Lexa on self syeering, if anyine knows that system or a simple sys
Oday28 (2) egreen024 at 4:38am 11.03.24 Ask An Oday Owner 7/685 Does anyone knows the transom angle of the oday28? Want a built a bracket or buy some wedges, for a
Bowsprit damage repair on Catalina 30 (4) marek416 at 3:35am 11.03.24 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/607 Im in the process of purchasing a 1995 Catalia 30 tall rig. Except for one serious concern: the boat
Does this sound like a DC ground fault? BAD ORCA at 10:14pm 11.02.24 Musings With Maine Sail 12/1521 I have a Blue Seas fuse block https://www.bluesea.com/products/5026/ST_Blade_Fuse_Block_-_12_Circuit
H280 Dog house hinge (1) Occasional Heeler at 5:35pm 11.02.24 Mid-Size Boats 7/509 Any ideas on how to get this hinge plate for the engine cover over-enlarged, and not sure I can get
H-31 Compression Post and Bulkhead Replacement (1) Rubicon 1983-31 at 12:25pm 11.02.24 Mid-Size Boats 1/360 During 2008, I posted a step-by-step process of replacing my compression post. This information is s
Rebedding life line stanchions. Weaser at 10:43am 11.02.24 Morgan 1/732 I have leaks starting on my life line stanchions. The bolts under the deck are not accessible. Are
CNG Stove sandpiper10471 at 2:41pm 11.01.24 Ask All Sailors 17/909 Is it possible or even wise to convert a compressed natural gas stove and oven to propane? Of course
Turnbuckle lubricant? JBP-PA at 1:17pm 11.01.24 Ask All Sailors 18/1064 I've used SailKote every spring on my turnbuckles, but since I recently ruined a pair, I'm wondering
Replacing/Repairing Hatches 1981 Hunter 27' (4) gabecoker at 11:31am 11.01.24 Mid-Size Boats 6/678 Had some damage to a few of our hatches during Milton. Wondering what the best way is to go about ge
Merit 22 Trailer Repair, Water in Cabin, and Repair Fiberglass Around Trunk albakers at 7:42am 11.01.24 Ask All Sailors 20/684 I picked up an almost free Merit 22 last weekend (had to pay for gas for 1,000 mile round trip), and

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Builder's plate and CE certificate kappykaplan at 1:06pm 04.03.25
Builder's plate and CE certificate MarcinS at 12:45pm 04.03.25 Dzie? dobry, ona ma 386 i musz? wiedzie?, gdzie jest p?yta budowlana. I certyfikat CE do rejestracj
Depth needed to safely launch/retrieve Catalina 18 Wing Keel majorkong1 at 12:31pm 04.03.25
Keel Bolts DianaOfBurlington at 12:27pm 04.03.25
Honda Outboard Siesta Habit dmax at 12:02pm 04.03.25 Next time it won't start, squirt some starter fluid in the carburetor - if it runs for a bit and sto
Wiring a combo deck/steaming light dmax at 11:52am 04.03.25 The black is a common ground, red is steaming light positive and white is deck light positive.
Cliffside sails twodzusfittings at 11:41am 04.03.25 @SailingLoto A meeting of all the folks that were involved in helping you connect with your sail ma
Sailing Tender DinghySailor at 11:39am 04.03.25
Sailing Tender FastOlson at 11:35am 04.03.25 Find a well maintained Ranger Minto (9'). Look for the factory two piece mast. Good sailing boat and
Sailing Tender twodzusfittings at 11:11am 04.03.25 Storage of equipment (oars, CB, Mast, Boom etc) isn't that hard. It may take some thinking out of th
Honda Outboard Siesta Habit sailcapt340 at 11:08am 04.03.25 the engine refused to start, resulting in getting a tow back to the boat. A couple of hours later,
Honda Outboard Siesta Habit JBP-PA at 11:06am 04.03.25 Is it electronic CDI? My CDI went brain dead in a different way, it always killed the engine when I
Sailing Season(spring) (1) Michael Davis at 11:05am 04.03.25
Bow Eye patrickfarley at 10:35am 04.03.25 I plan to fiberglass in the bow eye with several layers of fiberglass underneath. I have two large
Honda Outboard Siesta Habit dlochner at 10:15am 04.03.25 It runs OK for a long time? Not an overheating problem? When it wont start, have you checked the
Honda Outboard Siesta Habit SteveHughessails at 10:13am 04.03.25
Depth needed to safely launch/retrieve Catalina 18 Wing Keel JBP-PA at 10:13am 04.03.25 From the first picture that does look like a pretty shallow ramp and maybe your only option is a str
Oday Trailer Weight Distribution EnamrdSalr21 at 10:09am 04.03.25 If I end up grabbing this boat, which I plan to, I was thinking I could try and make some minor adju
Honda Outboard Siesta Habit JBP-PA at 10:07am 04.03.25 It runs OK for a long time? Not an overheating problem? When it wont start, have you checked the f
Aqua Lift muffler C310 Stu Jackson at 10:02am 04.03.25 but if impellor ends broke off and got into heat exchanger would have to clean it out. I change imp

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