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B285CC stripped interior pics (5) Bonzai at 11:32am 01.27.11 Trailer Sailors 21/8970 Finally got to bring the boat home.Hauled it 79 miles thru the N.Ga. mtns on a trailer that I haven'
Replating winches Aldo at 9:21am 01.27.11 Catalina 22 2/1733 Has anyone ever gotten their jib sheet winches replated? The chrome on mine is a little thin, and th
Phrf ? Quoddy at 7:25am 01.27.11 Ask All Sailors 18/5401 What does the PHRF number mean? B + PHRF, is the number of seconds it takes to sail a nautical mile
Good Guys kloudie1 at 6:55am 01.27.11 Ask All Sailors 6/2014 My Weems ' Plath "Martinique Ship's Bell" bulkhead clock started sounding really bad when it rang..
I need to replace my I beam HaleKai at 6:30am 01.27.11 Mid-Size Boats 4/1695 I just purchased a 30ft Hunter and noticed the I beam needs to be replaced. How on earth do I get t
port holes captainsteve at 7:32pm 01.26.11 Mid-Size Boats 4/1939 new here.thanks, have bought my first sailboat, 1981 27 ft sloop 4 ft 3inches draft. port holes lea
Builder's Plate Skimmer at 7:02pm 01.26.11 Big Boats 3/1608 Hi Sailors, Does anyone know where the Builder's Plate is supposed to be mounted on my Hunter H
Compass jorgefife at 6:57pm 01.26.11 The Cherubini Hunters 7/1998 I bought this nice brass compass, wooden round and flat base, but it has be be on an horizontal post
Bavaria Water Tank Gauge Replacement? njsail at 4:43pm 01.26.11 Bavaria 3/5929 It seems my water tank gauges aren't providing accurate readings any longer. Yes I could pull up th
Help- broken mast- O'Day Ospray 16 CaryLukens at 4:40pm 01.26.11 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1565 Mast is in two pieces. Anyone have a suggestion as to how to repair or where to get a replacement?
Removing the vinyl headliner from a Ranger 28 hsims at 4:38pm 01.26.11 Ranger Yachts (CA/FL) 13/5825 Hello, I own a '76 Ranger 28 and would like to access the deck fittings for maintenance purposes. T
reverse polarity light sole pleasure at 4:24pm 01.26.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/2026 I have a Hunter 1996, Hunter 336. The boat is wintering in the water this year in Conn.I was down th
How the other half lives Roger Long at 2:10pm 01.26.11 Ask All Sailors 25/4338 Ever wondered what powerboaters do after they have roared past you in the no-wake zone and disappear
Hello TimR shemandr at 12:25pm 01.26.11 Ask All Sailors 1/1677 I saw your post but didn't want to hijack that thread. How's going up there? We're having a heck o
walker bay dingy redhead78 at 11:46am 01.26.11 Ask All Sailors 7/3754 Hey all, I am looking at Dingys, and wonder if anyone has had,or used a walker bay dingy. Are they w
Saltwater flush Tim R. at 11:44am 01.26.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 11/6591 Hi Peggie, I have a Jabsco electric flush toilet with macerator. It flushes with fresh water that i
O'day 25 Halyard Lengths? jdratlif at 11:43am 01.26.11 Ask An Oday Owner 4/2861 I need to replace the halyards on my boat and I do not have access to their lengths right now. I kno
New Sails? jfreeman at 11:35am 01.26.11 Catalina 310 10/3118 Hey folks! It's been awhile for me, but I am interested in your collective opinions. My 1999 C-310
Yanmar customer service and website are awefull Tim R. at 10:20am 01.26.11 Ask All Sailors 6/2333 Can anyone tell me how to obtain the service bulletins for yanmar engines and transmissions? I have
Beneteau 411 vs 423 Hanrahan at 10:18am 01.26.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/4068 I have been looking at purchasing a boat for mostly Caribbean sailing but some ocean sailing as well

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Winch maintenance - how often do you? jviss at 6:17am 05.10.22 I do mine every other year. Pro tip: very little grease is necessary, only a film on the bearings.
Sailing the Heel Crazy Dave Condon at 6:02am 05.10.22 The past few responses reflect the same sentiments of Warren Luhrs who founded Hunter
Broken Steel Bolt in Universal M 12 Engine StanleyJ at 5:36am 05.10.22 Thanks Folks! After using a combination of your solutions, I finally was able to remove the broken
Sailing the Heel shemandr at 5:19am 05.10.22 In the OP the main looks pretty deep to me. Once you get to 15 Kts. the outhaul should be tight to
Mast wiring access bil1215 at 5:18am 05.10.22 Some builders use a wire connector on the deck. They are convenient yet they experience corrosion is
How can I protect this terminal block? jviss at 5:11am 05.10.22 If you don't care to eliminate it as others have suggested, you can try Corrosion-X.
Newport 30-3 grab rails bil1215 at 5:03am 05.10.22 Looks really nice! Greg Thanks Greg, it was about 4 hour labor to make the 2 of them. I messed up
SWEET GALE has left a trail of broken dreams from Texas to Maine that has spanned more than 70 years. TomY at 5:03am 05.10.22 Interesting that you should bring this up after 2-1/2 years! @TomY what has become of Sweet Gale?
Sailing the Heel jviss at 5:01am 05.10.22 Depends on the boat. Consult your naval architect! Some boats were designed to go faster at steep
how to take down mast for trailering Crazy Dave Condon at 4:57am 05.10.22 As a volunteer and owning a sailboat dealership, I took care of one such boat for the Boy Scouts @D
Which antiseize on injectors? kloudie1 at 4:45am 05.10.22 Since there are a bunch of copper crush washers in the system, I don't think there'd be a problem wi
O'Day 40 traveler?? LouisMK at 4:45am 05.10.22 Point well taken, thank you
Loose shrouds? sailme88 at 4:39am 05.10.22 Your answer is in those pics... Yes there may be stretch in the rigging... but the support of the m
Mistake made when installing lines aft (fortunately it was an easy fix) danooxnard at 4:18am 05.10.22 I did the same install last year. I left the bolts in place and trimmed in place using a dremel t
Loose shrouds? Will Gilmore at 4:14am 05.10.22 Okay good, thanks for the pictures. They clarify a lot. I thought you had written the compression
O'Day 40 traveler?? RoyS at 4:13am 05.10.22 May not apply in your case but sometimes using a smaller gauge control line helps. Many people autom
How can I protect this terminal block? RoyS at 4:07am 05.10.22 You could abandon the block and just use heat shrink covered butt splices. Terminal block is not rea
Mistake made when installing lines aft (fortunately it was an easy fix) brockangelo at 1:05am 05.10.22
First there was Marinco then SmartPlug and now VoltSafe??? I'm not totally convinced mikeracca at 9:31pm 05.09.22 When it comes to the Apple MagSafe we are talking of roughly 12v and maybe around 5 amps max. With R
PNW flooding, terrible.. mikeracca at 9:24pm 05.09.22 Well we get fires, floods (sometimes at the same time) and earthquakes. We usually get a big quake e

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