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Sailing Dingy Questions (O'Day Widgeon) Onoahimahi at 5:02am 07.31.22 Ask All Sailors 15/2752 Hi - I am a long-time powerboater learning to sail my new 1974 O'Day Widgeon. (It's a ~12 foot saili
Reparing fix keel Tsula-H18 at 9:10pm 07.30.22 Smaller Boats 2/753 Hunter 18.5 water come boat from keel
Need a used Catalina 22 swing keel ytao125 at 8:51pm 07.30.22 Parts Search 2/1401 Last Saturday when I sailed back from Atlantic City to Little Egg Harbor my swing keel hit an object
Exhaust blower on an 11a Halvern at 7:46pm 07.30.22 S2 4/1250 Where is it wired for switch. Both wires going into starter panel on cockpit blkhd.
Beneteau 361 companionway hatch is tight at night or in cold weather Harry Mathias at 4:18pm 07.30.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 10/1154 I have a 2001 Beneteau 361 in excellent condition. The companionway hatch is very tight at night or
Winch replacement Bubbadog at 2:02pm 07.30.22 Ask All Sailors 20/4372 Would like suggestions for replacing my Lewmar 6 winches with self tailing Was wanting to replace t
Patching up a breached water ballast rrt1shaw at 1:08pm 07.30.22 Parts Search 0/747 My dear Hunter 26, 1994 landed on the rocks and needs to be fixed. Swing keel, rudder are gone. Is w
Hunter 26 keel, rudder and Tiller wanted rrt1shaw at 1:05pm 07.30.22 Parts Search 4/865 My dear boat ended up on the rocks and these parts are needed. She is a Hunter 26, 1994. Thank you
Water dripping through bimini at ends of the traveller AndyL at 9:25am 07.30.22 Big Boats 5/1502 We have a 356 and the bimini has a gap each side where the traveller ends. In the rain, water comes
Sail-drive will not engage, stopped suddenly Milt Fuehrer at 7:53am 07.30.22 Ask All Sailors 13/4079 Saildrive has 280 hours on it, model 130S-B cable engages shifter fine. There was no warning, it wa
What Brand and Size Battery Charger should I buy? rajhnsn at 7:15am 07.30.22 Bigger Boats 16/4713 I just replaced my house bank of (4) six volt flooded batteries on my O'day 35. One week later whe
Link 2000 amps function Rodd at 6:00am 07.30.22 Musings With Maine Sail 4/1993 Gents- My ancient Link 2000 has been pretty reliable for 20 something years, but recently I have an
New owner ANGELS at 11:04pm 07.29.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1052 Hi everybody. I have just been an owner of a Hunter 340 year of 1997. I'm really new to this with ve
O'Day 22, 23 centerboard cleat JoeConron at 2:40pm 07.29.22 Ask An Oday Owner 4/911
Hunter chain plate huntermartin at 1:47pm 07.29.22 Ask All Sailors 3/992 I am restoring a Hunter 25.5. I do not know how the chainplates are to fasten to the bulkheads. The
Help Boom (1) rogerbalz at 1:29pm 07.29.22 Catalina 22 6/907 Another sailor suggested we change out the line that connects the boom to the traveler and make it l
Bent turnbuckle/ (1) towchristopher at 1:06pm 07.29.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1604 I bent a piece of the turnbuckle/rigging while raising the mast of my Hunter 26. Here's a photo: so
Newport 28 mk2 cruising speed adamv at 12:34pm 07.29.22 Newport 4/1719 I get the impression my boat cruises slower than those around me so I'd be keen to hear from other N
In Search of Gooseneck Bracket to Connect Mast to Boom. (1) Flowbrook1 at 12:31pm 07.29.22 Newport 3/1203 Greetings! The gooseneck bracket on my 1979 Newport 30-2 is about to give way. I'm wondering if anyo
Tips and Tricks for Pop Top kclancy at 11:17am 07.29.22 Catalina 22 4/2304 Hey gang - I have a new-to-me boat. It's a 1987. My other C22 is a 1971 and it doesn't have the pop

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We are expecting a Heat wave.. A Tropical heat wave.... jssailem at 7:22am 08.12.25 I am up on the beach in Washington. We have had fog.. The beginning of Faugust every morning. It has
Invest 97L (2) JamesG161 at 7:17am 08.12.25 This will be the first Hurricane of the 2025 season. Both model in close agreement. I show both at
Invest 97L JamesG161 at 7:08am 08.12.25 Due to SBO problems, I am not able to modify the Title of this Post Invest 97L --> Tropical Storm E
B&G Auto pilot device not found rgranger at 6:55am 08.12.25 ....??? Call B & G?
A new look at tides... rgranger at 6:51am 08.12.25 Makes sense when you think about it. Yep! Where I am currently living, we have 6 foot tides. An
AIS Questions Hello Below at 6:38am 08.12.25 Do I need to register a new number with a new owner etc etc? If it is an AIS transeiver as describ
Replacing injectors BigEasy at 6:36am 08.12.25 Can you send them to a rebuild service. Years ago I sent the injectors for a Yamaha outboard to a s
Hunter 41 2007 water heater to engine heat exchanger hose replacement (1) Tucker67 at 6:33am 08.12.25 Thanks for the insight. Feel better about giving it another shot. will put some PB Blast on it and s
Hunter 41 2007 water heater to engine heat exchanger hose replacement MFD at 5:31am 08.12.25 Thanks for the pics, they will be helpful for me when I get ready to do this as well. For the seala
We are expecting a Heat wave.. A Tropical heat wave.... (1) MFD at 5:27am 08.12.25 Weather predictions shows the last full sunny day today, then mild cloud cover coming up for a few d
Mast base (2) RolfSail at 5:14am 08.12.25 Pics Here is a picture
Mast base RolfSail at 5:13am 08.12.25 Heeeelp!! Was lowering my mast when the mast plate cracked and the mast came down. Need a new base.
Mast base Joe at 5:03am 08.12.25 Heeeelp!! Was lowering my mast when the mast plate cracked and the mast came down. Need a new base.
AIS Questions Joe at 5:00am 08.12.25 Regarding the mmsi number: Your questions can be answered at this location. Just follow the rele
Its funny Friday! Will Gilmore at 4:43am 08.12.25
Sneaking up on a circumnavigation mermike at 9:35pm 08.11.25 My first time here. Hopefully not my last. I doubt I'll forget the afternoon breezes any time soon
Complete Novice Orientation BigEasy at 8:47pm 08.11.25 If you were to take it to the extent that Coast Guard does, you would never have any guests aboard u
Monday Moon Shots (1) JamesG161 at 8:19pm 08.11.25 another good moon shot
Monday Moon Shots (1) JamesG161 at 8:18pm 08.11.25 Best one yet
Sneaking up on a circumnavigation Michael Davis at 7:34pm 08.11.25 was blowing over 20 kts Afternoon winds like that are very common in Neroutsos Inlet. They can mak

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