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Water intrusion at rudder stock. (1) bdincer at 1:54pm 04.11.22 Mid-Size Boats 5/874 From interior there is a round plate that is soft and wet. Material unknown. Anyone knows what this
240 fender location when docking chriscampbell at 1:44pm 04.11.22 Smaller Boats 3/856 Obviously a noob question, but where do you all with 240s like to tie on your fenders for docking? T
1975 Cal 2-29 Spreader Information - Help Needed SailingTheSound at 12:20pm 04.11.22 Ask All Sailors 8/1203 Howdy, I recently purchased a 1975 Cal 2-29 that needs a little love. I am taking her in to get new
Raritan rebuild? (1) DeniseO30 at 12:09pm 04.11.22 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/785 I think, I don't know if this is a Raritan I didn't see a model hasn't backed up. I did the salad o
New Owner of 1983 Irwin 34 Citation patagoniadave at 11:22am 04.11.22 Irwin 17/2381 Hi, thanks for the add. My name is David, I am 45 years old, and live in San Carlos Mexico. I am 1.5
Sail Trim Chart Question Don Guillette at 10:20am 04.11.22 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 14/2987 I recently spoke with a New Orleans sailor. My first thought when he mentioned New Orleans was my wi
78 H30 Water Tank Replacement MikeHoncho at 10:11am 04.11.22 The Cherubini Hunters 8/1224 Well, it looks like the 3M 5200 patch work on my aluminum 40 gallon freshwater tank has either faile
Vinyl stripes DauphinIsland at 7:36am 04.11.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/698 What shade of blue vinyl will match the original hull stripes on a 1986 Hunter 34?
Jammed In-Mast Furling Dr. D at 6:21am 04.11.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1132 I've heard it said that if a boat has in-mast furling (IMF), then she will either have had the IMF j
Obendorfer sea water pump - 1989 Catalina 30 with M25 XP diesel pullark at 4:52am 04.11.22 Catalina 30 6/1014 Hello, I have noticed some water loss from the weep hole so time to rebuild my Obendorfer pump. I be
Coupling removal.... (1) NYSail at 3:54am 04.11.22 Ask All Sailors 17/1373 Hello, So have to replace my cutlass bearing which included sliding shaft down a bit to retrieve bro
Binoculars fred1diver at 5:31pm 04.10.22 Ask All Sailors 22/2403 Hey everyone, getting ready for summer, how important are binoculars, my local chandlery wants 370$
Beneteau Spreader Root - Replacements (1) sailingsoarin at 3:36pm 04.10.22 Ask All Sailors 3/1133 Hi Everyone, new the the sailing world. We just purchased a 2000 Beneteau Oceanis 361 And need to r
H410 Air Conditioning Seawater Lines sailing gal at 10:48am 04.10.22 Big Boats 17/2408 The seawater line for my aft air conditioner on my H410 always clogs up over time. It isn't scaled u
Mast step H310 wdonovan at 9:33am 04.10.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/639 My massive step plate needs to be removed and resealed. I have all the hardware off and I separated
Hull Rot (1) Scott300 at 8:48am 04.10.22 Ask All Sailors 16/2358 I'm about to look at a used Catalina from 1979. I see that it will definitely need some fixing up wh
Boating Flares Disposal - My new pet peeve Crusty Ol Salt at 8:12am 04.10.22 Ask All Sailors 33/2654 This has been building for some time, but has come to a head since purchasing Prometheus. It is almo
Surveyor recommendation - Hilton Head Gold70 at 7:12am 04.10.22 Ask All Sailors 2/461 Hi, Anyone have a recommendation for a good surveyor in the Hilton Head SC area? Also best Marina'
Plastic Crack Repair, lessons learned over time and busting myths.. (1) Shorefun at 6:49am 04.10.22 Day Sailers 3/1014 I am on my third year of doing crack repairs. My first order of note is to tell you drilling a hol
Volvo shaft seal NYSail at 6:06am 04.10.22 Ask All Sailors 3/537 Hello all, so on my beneteau I have a volvo shaft seal. I have to slide the shaft aft about 2 inche

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Loos gage for multiple wire sizes Dalliance at 9:15pm 11.21.24 The gauges are sized such that every boat requires at least two models to tension the rig.:mad: I
Winter Weather forecasted for PacificNW Hello Below at 9:12pm 11.21.24
Replacement sink Dalliance at 8:46pm 11.21.24
Hull flexing on a 94 Beneteau First 210 higgs at 7:46pm 11.21.24 The Aussie boat sunk because a winch malfunctioned so they used a different winch was not at a posit
Replacement sink higgs at 7:36pm 11.21.24 Unless your the type of racer who looks at every ounce of weight - what difference does 25 lbs make?
Loos gauges accuracy at low end shemandr at 7:24pm 11.21.24 I have only used the first model - I think because there wasn't a choice. I Agree with the above po
Loos gauges accuracy at low end (1) dLj at 7:09pm 11.21.24 I've been using Loos gauges for decades including a "professional model." The Pro model is a little
Replacement sink jssailem at 6:40pm 11.21.24 It looks great. Only consideration is that a single sink will hold more water to slosh about than t
Heart Freedom 20 Inv/charger Davidasailor26 at 6:04pm 11.21.24
Loos gauges accuracy at low end dlochner at 5:55pm 11.21.24 I've been using Loos gauges for decades including a "professional model." The Pro model is a little
1993 Catalina 30 water heater replacements? dlochner at 5:26pm 11.21.24 The one alternative is to install a diesel fired hydronic heater which can heat the boat and/or heat
Winter Weather forecasted for PacificNW jssailem at 5:25pm 11.21.24 It does not look like the weather conditions are over for the PacificNW. The low that swept ashore
Heart Freedom 20 Inv/charger HoosierSailor at 5:23pm 11.21.24 Just wanted to provide an update. The last few days the battery light has not been blinking. I haven
Loos gauges accuracy at low end dLj at 5:14pm 11.21.24 I don't know the answer to your question. But typically gauges of this nature have a % of inaccuracy
Oceanis 473, 2005 standing rigging Ksks at 4:39pm 11.21.24 I have Owner's Manual only.
1993 Catalina 30 water heater replacements? Don S/V ILLusion at 4:21pm 11.21.24 . While this was a decent enough idea in 1993, between camping and boating, there are way better op
Why is there silicone in my furler? jssailem at 4:19pm 11.21.24 I'm adamant about making things serviceable in the future Perhaps that is why one of the previous
1993 Catalina 30 water heater replacements? JoeWhite at 4:17pm 11.21.24 Antifreeze is circulated through the engine and water heater coils to heat the water. This is a stan
1993 Catalina 30 water heater replacements? jaysweet at 4:16pm 11.21.24 Almost all "modern" larger boats have hot water heaters that allow heating with either engine coolan
Indian Summer in the Pacific NW MFD at 3:07pm 11.21.24 Everybody make it through the head, and ready for the tail, of our much-in-the-news offshore cyclone

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