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Salvage Yards Shaw_2112 at 10:16am 04.10.25 Ask All Sailors 3/452 My toe rail was damaged in a nasty storm we had recently, my fault, I didn't have my lines right, is
S2 11A yacht propeller size? cptmike1988 at 1:10am 04.10.25 S2 1/484 I have an S2 11a with a M35 universal diesel and currently have a bad folding prop. Lookin to change
stain color for hunter 376 interior jmarty32 at 8:54pm 04.09.25 Ask All Sailors 1/194 H, I am in the process of redoing my interior and would like to redo the wood panels. Have looked ev
Helm vibration Believe H46 at 4:18pm 04.09.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/631 Had a strange issue. On motor and was accelerating and helm started to shudder violently. Went ba
New O'day 192 (1) EnamrdSalr21 at 12:57pm 04.09.25 Ask An Oday Owner 2/323 Hey all! I bought the O'day 192 I was looking at and I'm real excited to get working on it! A couple
Haylard "traveler" on very old Flexible Furler - replacement or rig? (4) flyingwaspsailing at 12:46pm 04.09.25 Ask All Sailors 12/770 Hi - I went to replace the halyard on my older flexible furler and was confronted with a haylard des
YANMAR 4JHE WINTERIZING Rick.johnson at 10:59am 04.09.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/584 Hi Guy I have a 1987 Hunter legend 40 ft with the yanmar 4jhe engine About a year ago i had a a lot
winterizing 1987 yanmar 4jhe sea water side Rick.johnson at 10:48am 04.09.25 Smaller Boats 0/23 Hi Guy I have a 1987 Hunter legend 40 ft with the yanmar 4jhe engine About a year ago i had a a lo
Home made buss bars Bob S at 9:51am 04.09.25 Ask All Sailors 13/624 Opinions on Bright Nickel or Tin plating the final product?
Possible deck issue? AndyKW25 at 9:41am 04.09.25 Ask All Sailors 16/918 Good day, I am looking at purchasing a 2003 Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 37 that had some damage after a sto
Forestay question (1) goharris at 8:28am 04.09.25 Ask All Sailors 10/492 I lost the clevis pin for my Catalina Capri 22 while decommissioning last year. The closest I can fi
Best Furler? C22BC at 7:06am 04.09.25 Trailer Sailors 5/700 I will be looking to install a furler on WWP19 thinking about a snap furl but looking for recommenda
Is my Martec olding prop seated on fully? 4lane at 11:46pm 04.08.25 Ask All Sailors 6/399
I need a rigger on Eagle Mountain Lake! Kaweah at 2:44pm 04.08.25 Ask All Sailors 3/267 Does anyone know a company or person who can run new rigging on my sailboat? It's docked at the For
San Juan 23 Owners Manual Tyrell737 at 1:04pm 04.08.25 San Juan Sailboats 1/1011 Hi Everyone. New to the community. I bought a 1978 San Juan 23, and the owner's manual had a signifi
1GM10 - thermostat (4) Drinky Crow at 12:33pm 04.08.25 Engines and Propulsion 2/523 Here is an image of my thermostat heated up to fully extend "flange" (closing water flow from bypass
Cabin sole carpet ideas fred1diver at 12:06pm 04.08.25 Ask All Sailors 7/402 Hello everyone I am looking for an idea on what to put down on my sole for comfort, my 72 Pearson 30
I need your help Stan1906 at 10:19am 04.08.25 Ask All Sailors 1/50 Thanks for welcoming me on your forum, lots of very useful information here! I have been sailing for
Sails, materials, designs - so many questions dLj at 9:02am 04.08.25 Ask All Sailors 67/3587 I'm embarking on the quest to find the "best" sails for my boat. While I realize no one is on my boa
Transom repair O'day 22 (3) drgbanks at 8:57am 04.08.25 Ask An Oday Owner 3/329 Hello everyone! I have lots of stress crack all over the deck that I'll be repairing over time. On

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Installing through-hulls in a Yamaha 33. FastOlson at 8:04pm 07.24.25 Just for the well written narrative and pix, this thread should be regularly bumped. (IMHO) That is
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat marcham at 7:43pm 07.24.25 I came into my slip a little hot yesterday and cracked the gelcoat on the bow of my Hunter 27. I f
Black some on start of my Hunter 28 (2GM20G Yanmar engine) Tally Ho at 7:40pm 07.24.25 Folks, i started the engine, there was black smoke and it disappeared after less than a minute. I
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat Don S/V ILLusion at 7:06pm 07.24.25 Wiped it down with a rag. It was just dirt. Thanks for taking a close up look. Aside from that I
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat shemandr at 7:04pm 07.24.25
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat Rick Webb at 6:37pm 07.24.25
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat Alan Gomes at 6:24pm 07.24.25 At this point I am more leaning towards a temporary fix and then waiting till I am dry docked to do
Black some on start of my Hunter 28 (2GM20G Yanmar engine) Seb6226$ at 6:22pm 07.24.25 Folks, i started the engine, there was black smoke and it disappeared after less than a minute. I l
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat shemandr at 6:14pm 07.24.25 I think it's an on the hard repair. I'm stupid enough to dangle my legs over the dock and use a powe
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. mermike at 5:39pm 07.24.25 You can use wood as I wrote above. Please, please, please don't use wood. It WILL rot unless you'
Hunter 38 one and only piece of exterior wood quadrille38 at 5:27pm 07.24.25 I should have mentioned that I ordered the piece from Boat Outfitters. Called, gave them the dimens
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat (1) neuneu at 5:22pm 07.24.25 hard to tell for sure if what I enlarged is dirt or a crackg a close up look. Aside from that It
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat neuneu at 5:17pm 07.24.25 Rich makes a fair suggestion about just covering it up and dealing with it later. However, I wouldn
Black some on start of my Hunter 28 (2GM20G Yanmar engine) garymalmgren at 5:15pm 07.24.25 Hi Seb RE: My plan is to change the oil, fuel filters, impeller, air filter to reset the maintenance
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat (1) Don S/V ILLusion at 5:06pm 07.24.25 I I just checked and it looks solid to me. Take a look as well since im a noob. hard to tell for
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat neuneu at 5:01pm 07.24.25
From a Catalina 22 to a 310 DaveJ at 4:57pm 07.24.25 I think dodgers and biminis are mostly after market, mine have no straps, piping in all locations.
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat neuneu at 4:57pm 07.24.25
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat neuneu at 4:49pm 07.24.25 The good news is that I think you are correct that there is no structural damage. What I would do
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat (1) neuneu at 4:34pm 07.24.25 I just checked and it looks solid to me. Take a look as well since im a noob.

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