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Yamaha 36 broken mast. Inox at 11:36pm 12.18.23 Yamaha 3/582 Hello! Our loved mast broke due to a fail in a chain plate from the top shroud. It can not be repair
Re-rigging without mast removal. Screen Saver at 4:13pm 12.18.23 Big Boats 16/1111 Rigging replacement, Hunter 49 B'R Fractional, no backstay: Some, perhaps most of you are driven to
Fire Port gwoolverton at 12:31pm 12.18.23 Catalina 310 7/733 Can anyone advise on the best place to install a fire port on the Catalina 310? For example, one li
Beneteau Oceanis 34.1 Review (1) william24424 at 10:22am 12.18.23 Ask All Sailors 12/1212 Wife would like a new cruising boat for New England coastal sailing (Cape Cod-Newport-New York-Possi
Weather patterns for the PacificNW jssailem at 9:30am 12.18.23 Weather and Forecasting 8/748 This is the start of Christmas Week. Kids off school. Holiday gift buying. So what will be the weath
How dispose of sailboat? QCI at 6:39am 12.18.23 Ask All Sailors 22/1814 I have a sailboat at a marina that I may need to get rid of it. Is there a service that will take it
Hatch leak repair Tom TH at 4:01am 12.18.23 Ask An Oday Owner 13/856 The forward Hatch on our O'day 222 leaks during rain events. Is there a way to remove only the cover
S2 7.3 Documented Vessel? mtb369 at 10:29pm 12.17.23 S2 9/501 Is it possible for an S2 7.3 to become a documented vessel, or is it just too small? I'm curious if
Fore Stay Bow Connection (1) tailboom at 7:11pm 12.17.23 Catalina 22 7/664 Curious what others use to secure the fore stay to the bow (sorry about my terminology). PO used a b
Prop rotation question (1) Scott T-Bird at 6:15pm 12.17.23 Ask All Sailors 44/2174 I didn't realize that I was going to have to know this before taking my PYI Max Prop off for re-cond
Leaking Heat Exchanger Gasket - Maybe? (2) colb218 at 4:31pm 12.17.23 Engines and Propulsion 7/795 Hello All- I have a Yanmar 3HM35F and today I planned to change the fresh water. I pulled out about
Repair/replace original WAECO fridge on 2005 Hunter 33'. 4Winds at 1:29pm 12.17.23 Parts Search 0/409 Got an extra unit? Looking to repair or replace 65L/2.7cu ft WAECO RPD 0065U 65L DC12/24V, 70W fridg
Battery charging Mike H. at 12:23pm 12.17.23 Big Boats 13/1069 We have a 2004 Hunter Passage 420 with a yanmar 4jh diesel. She has two batteries. Bought it last sp
Seaward Fox 19 bilge information Scubagirl62 at 9:45am 12.17.23 Trailer Sailors 6/762 This is going to sound stupid, but does anyone know if there is a manual bilge on a Seaward Fox 19?
Solar Geomagnetic storm is coming jssailem at 8:13pm 12.16.23 Weather and Forecasting 4/357 NOAA is reporting a G1-2 solar storm will be hitting the earth, creating an opportunity to see the N
topping off engine coolant in a 3YM30AE matts997 at 7:04pm 12.16.23 Ask All Sailors 5/419 Just bought a new (to me) 2018 Marlow 31 with a Yanmar 3YM30AE ' SD25. After a 22 hr boat trip fro
Achilles LEX-96 Wood Floor Orientation? (3) Rich Stidger at 2:54pm 12.16.23 Ask All Sailors 3/286 I have the Achilles LEX-96 dinghy and I am making a new set of wooden floors. This dinghy originall
Grounding electrical system ian260 at 12:54pm 12.16.23 Ask All Sailors 7/454 I am currently overhauling my 1972 Albin 82MS. I'm at the wiring stage now and have a question about
Painted Prop Shaft and Anodes in Fresh Water (2) Belzoni at 9:24am 12.16.23 Ask All Sailors 14/669 Hi. I'm preparing to move a newly acquired boat from salt water to fresh. PO was in the process of p
Ceiling light issue on Beneteau 323 (2) dhenry99 at 2:26pm 12.15.23 Ask All Sailors 3/378

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a runaway diesel destroys a beneteau 50. . jssailem at 1:52am 04.28.24 The importance of this exercise is to acquaint all with the subject. Trigger ideas that will resolv
Convert florescent fixtures to LED bulbs Project_Mayhem at 10:27pm 04.27.24 My plan is to remove the guts and replace with a couple strips of LED lights. Two or three strips a
a runaway diesel destroys a beneteau 50. . Ralph Johnstone at 9:17pm 04.27.24
a runaway diesel destroys a beneteau 50. . garymalmgren at 8:45pm 04.27.24 Cup! They will be one aboard. It has a handle to keep fingers out of the way. It has a flat bottom t
Access to windlass marchem at 8:39pm 04.27.24
Convert florescent fixtures to LED bulbs Rich Stidger at 8:29pm 04.27.24 My plan is to remove the guts and replace with a couple strips of LED lights. Two or three strips as
Stern anchoring Kings Gambit at 7:55pm 04.27.24
a runaway diesel destroys a beneteau 50. . Michael Davis at 7:32pm 04.27.24
a runaway diesel destroys a beneteau 50. . Davidasailor26 at 7:28pm 04.27.24
The Great Lakes.... DaveJ at 6:30pm 04.27.24
a runaway diesel destroys a beneteau 50. . Captain Larry-DH at 6:14pm 04.27.24 The whole towel is just not going to fit inside the filter housing. A brilliant response but I hav
Florida to NYC on a sailboat dlochner at 6:12pm 04.27.24 Hi all, 42' sailboat, ready to head to NYC next week. First season on the water with a "big' boat.
Hunter 41DS cabin top clutch refurb kbgunn at 5:46pm 04.27.24 Assuming they are Spinlock, There is a service kit with all you need to service these clutches: Serv
a runaway diesel destroys a beneteau 50. . (1) Ralph Johnstone at 5:14pm 04.27.24 I've seen runaway diesels suck in a metal plate specifically designed to stop a runaway Time to
Self tacking jib Will Gilmore at 5:01pm 04.27.24 Thinwater's setup doesn't look friendly to a self-tacking jib. For me, that's the odd part. -Will
Replacing water tank on Passage 420 Sailgunner at 4:38pm 04.27.24 If you have to replace the tank, you probably need to remove the settee and the floor boards.
a runaway diesel destroys a beneteau 50. . Michael Davis at 4:36pm 04.27.24 I've seen runaway diesels suck in a metal plate specifically designed to stop a runaway, so I doubt
Outboard depth in water. morbidfollower at 4:30pm 04.27.24 Up position while trailering 8 Bottom position, only when it gets snotty, doesn't look much lowe
Outboard depth in water. (3) Gene Neill at 4:25pm 04.27.24 Up position while trailering sition 224438 Bottom position, only when it gets snotty, doesn't lo
Self tacking jib thinwater at 4:08pm 04.27.24 The image provided by @thinwater provides a clean/clear look at the rig. Definitely as described.

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