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De Persia Automatic Bailer jeffmalarik at 1:51pm 11.13.21 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1054 Where can I find a pair of De Persia Automatic Bailers for Oday 15? Is there an alernative?
I just purchased a Catalina 30 Tall Rig 1980 and considering adding a Windlass. Lewmar has a Low Profile model that it seems would fit. Thoughts? Bill Martin PEI at 1:12pm 11.13.21 Ask All Sailors 3/569 I just purchased a Catalina 30 Tall Rig 1980 and considering adding a Windlass. Lewmar has a Low Pr
Lifting Sling Points for Hunter 40.5 - Help smokey73 at 11:54am 11.13.21 Big Boats 5/940 1994 Hunter 40.5 My hull was repainted and the sling points are no longer marked on the hull. I"l
Painting water ballast lifting Dennis1390 at 9:47am 11.13.21 Ask All Sailors 1/377 how to lift a Catalina 250 wb for painting? concerned about damage to water ballast system. thx
recirculating ball bearing outhaul car rebuild (2) sf34dtw at 9:34am 11.13.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 20/2655
Need an oil pan for a Perkins LD 20663 (Marine 4.263 diesel) Billy_Pilgrim at 8:49am 11.13.21 Parts Search 1/541 cracked the oil pan in my s/v and having trouble sourcing a new one for the swap. i understand the 4
Anchor 150 miles offshore ? Calif. Ted at 7:22am 11.13.21 Sails Call Lounge 11/1529 I'm 60 miles downcoast from Los Angeles and it looks like a floating village of container ships all
Replace Traveler on 35S5 KGarvey at 4:07am 11.13.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/569 I'm looking for information on removing a Amiot traveler on a 35S5 and replacing it with a Harken. I
Wiring Raymarine Digital Radar with new and old cable smokey73 at 8:01pm 11.12.21 Ask All Sailors 2/585 I had damage to my radar cable from a Raymarine Digital radar and had to cut it. I bought a new Ray
Stray Induced Current (2) smokey73 at 4:43pm 11.12.21 Ask All Sailors 21/1944 When my Generator is running and I measure the current on the Green Wire shows 0.33 A with the readi
Tips on Finding a Deck Leak - 2007 Hunter 41DS (1) dkinzer at 1:16pm 11.12.21 Big Boats 11/1372 It has been raining very heavily for several days now in the Portland area. I was at the boat this m
Keel to hull joint Arrgh at 11:20am 11.12.21 Ask An Oday Owner 13/2372 What does everybody think about fiberglassing the keel to hull joint. Is this an area best left alo
Slips in Tampa area JohnnyMac at 6:56am 11.12.21 Ask All Sailors 12/1192 I am looking to relocate my boat to the Tampa Bay area and having difficulties finding a marina. I a
Oceanis 41/45 - has anyone replaced the discharge pipe from main head? (3) braddexter at 5:13am 11.12.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1446 Has anyone replaced the discharge pipe from main head? This looks a nightmare! It's now full of calc
Replacing a thru hull on a Newport 30 mk 3 (1) bil1215 at 2:28am 11.12.21 Ask All Sailors 12/1020 Hello, I am currently attempting to replace a thru hull on my Newport 30 it was damaged while remov
They made the cover of People Magazine (1) Kermit at 5:13pm 11.11.21 Sails Call Lounge 29/1862
H41 prop, please tel me with prop do you have Valerio at 4:32pm 11.11.21 Big Boats 21/1733 I have a 45 hp yanmar with 3 fixed blade prop 18 x12 Today i have installed a used Max Prop and i p
Plastimo Olympic 135 Compass replacement RitSim at 4:29pm 11.11.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/607 My current compass leaks over a season. Tired of trying to refill. Has anyone swapped out this comp
Which LED bulbs for masthead, stern, and bow lights on H240? chriscampbell at 3:45pm 11.11.21 Smaller Boats 3/711 Got my cabin bulbs replaced! Thanks to everyone for your help. :) Now I'm on to the nav lights. I'm
2004 41 AC Hex key size for Tiller lever (1) ice breaker at 12:09pm 11.11.21 Big Boats 3/406 I was wondering if anyone knew the size of the hex key to remove the tiller lever? The tiller lever

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Sun Gypsy ( wondering 2024) (1) Michael Davis at 8:03pm 07.10.24 Left Fury in bright sunshine and a light breeze. A few tacks up Fitz Hugh and the wind died, the clo
Sun Gypsy ( wondering 2024) Michael Davis at 7:54pm 07.10.24 We got a it of sailing in Fitz Hugh Sound the next day as the weather went from sunny to light rain
Installing a simple solar system to charge a one-battery ? higgs at 7:50pm 07.10.24 My boat has such and arrangement that it came with. The outboard is not electric start so the the s
Dinghy best practices higgs at 7:47pm 07.10.24 While towing my inflatable I NEVER left the engine on. It did flip on me in rough conditions. I ag
Dinghy best practices ggrizzard at 6:18pm 07.10.24 Stampings??? :yikes: Were they "cancelled"? ;)
Unusual stuffing box ggrizzard at 6:15pm 07.10.24 I agree with Shemandr. You're 3/4 the way there already. Go for it.
What are these screw things called shemandr at 6:04pm 07.10.24 So... I'm the least expert of these posters but I have an engineer friend who is a sailer - primaril
Unusual stuffing box shemandr at 5:24pm 07.10.24 To get far over my skis, because I'm bored tonight, I'd say yes pack it. It doesn't look that diffe
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. heritage at 4:54pm 07.10.24 The op says that he has a Yanmar 20gm. This engine doesn't have a heat exchanger or rubber impeller
Sun Gypsy ( wondering 2024) shemandr at 4:47pm 07.10.24
Noise between Mast and Boom shemandr at 4:23pm 07.10.24 I'm shocked and appalled to learn that a PO didn't use OEM parts for a repair. That almost never ha
Sun Gypsy ( wondering 2024) kappykaplan at 4:18pm 07.10.24 Looks like a great place to drop the hook! Tks for sharing. :beer:
HIN location(s) on my Hunter 380 (1999). kappykaplan at 4:17pm 07.10.24 Did you check the port aft? The PO of my boat had dyslexia and engraved the HIN on the port side of
Sun Gypsy ( wondering 2024) (2) Michael Davis at 4:14pm 07.10.24 The next day we motored to Kent Island in the Walker Group in preparation for our trip around Cape C
Sun Gypsy ( wondering 2024) shemandr at 3:57pm 07.10.24 Nice pic!
What are these screw things called jviss at 3:57pm 07.10.24 This is an interesting discussion to me, as I like the controversy, and it seems people have prefere
Installing a simple solar system to charge a one-battery ? LakeOntario270 at 3:56pm 07.10.24 I had a similar problem. I purchased a 30 watt panel from Amazon that came with a controller. The
Sun Gypsy ( wondering 2024) (1) Michael Davis at 3:55pm 07.10.24 The next three days saw some long hours. It looked like a good weather window so we got an early sta
Installing a simple solar system to charge a one-battery ? dlochner at 3:26pm 07.10.24 A solar system consists of 3 basic elements, the PV panel, a controller, and a battery, along with a
3GM30F Service Issue MitchM at 2:49pm 07.10.24 any mechanic re using any copper washers in a yan mar is a big NO. they'll never

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