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Navigation Lights Beneteau Oceanis 31 Gigagybe at 7:03am 04.09.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/2308 I was thinking to install navigation lights on the deck of my Oceanis 31 to replace the one on top o
PVC for Black Water Tank Vents Clutch Cargo at 6:28am 04.09.22 Ask An Oday Owner 4/737 I'm laying out how the 1" waste tank vents will run, and for the long straight sections, I want to u
compass gypsywind1980 at 4:49am 04.09.22 Ask All Sailors 4/753 i have a hunter 27 1980 looking for compass that fits the helm pedestal and if anyone has knowledge
Wax or ceramic Hayden Watson at 9:47pm 04.08.22 Ask All Sailors 8/1632 Finish protection has been changing so much in the last few years that I do not even know how to tal
Spreader Snapped from mast - Need Advice/thoughts (1) Learningthehardway at 2:12pm 04.08.22 Ask All Sailors 24/3425 Newbie sailboat (Oday 240) owner here and of course one of my lines snapped in a recent storm I wasn
Legend 41ac - autopilot KeokiV at 1:02am 04.08.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/793
My new 40.1 ran down the house bank hvac&r tech at 10:19pm 04.07.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 66/7762 Anyone got any tips for reviving my new boats electrical system. I delivered it two weeks ago to my
Sailing near Staunton Va Jumpstart at 7:11pm 04.07.22 Ask All Sailors 13/1683 Anybody in Staunton area sail? SO is strongly hinting about a move there to be near the grandkids i
Reciprocal boat exchange? WindThieves at 4:56pm 04.07.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/492 Wondering if anyone knows if there are any reciprocal boat exchanges besides boat clubs? I'm traveli
Ultra Sonic Anti-Fouling system Rjm st.petersburg at 4:30pm 04.07.22 Ask All Sailors 8/1578
I blew a fuse! (2) Tally Ho at 3:41pm 04.07.22 Ask All Sailors 28/3518 So, I will freely admit that boat electricity is not my strong suit. But last year, I (finally) rep
Yanmar Tach Lee Hadjiosif at 2:39pm 04.07.22 Ask All Sailors 1/390 My Yanmar tach is sticking badly...and I think I need to replace it. But how do I know if it's the t
THE R2AK... No whimpy Beer Can around the Harbor civilized afternoon on the bay... jssailem at 2:05pm 04.07.22 Racing 13/2505 The R2AK a No motor, No support, all the way to Alaska. Navigate the 750 cold water miles from Port
Bow Anchor roller 23.5 Daryl V at 12:33pm 04.07.22 Ask All Sailors 0/343 Good afternoon all I would like to add a Bow roller on my boat as it only has a slot coming out of t
Pontoon vs Cato bridge All U Get at 5:41am 04.07.22 Ask All Sailors 8/1072 Hi all, Another bridge incident in Florida. https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/04/06/pontoon
Hunter 216 tiller brake? Alan Backus at 5:21am 04.07.22 Smaller Boats 11/2142 I find the rudder very lively on my 216 so I'd like to add dampening or friction. I also would like
Installing through-hulls in a Yamaha 33. (10) mermike at 8:07pm 04.06.22 Yamaha 15/2801 Greetings all. I just spent a lovely month in Port Townsend on the hard, replacing 5 of the 8 though
Ocean Air Shade Replacement BigEasy at 7:43pm 04.06.22 Ask All Sailors 0/734 Has anyone attempted to replace the fabric inside an Ocean Air retractable shade. I have seen repl
Catalina narrow rub rail dimensions kendyoozed at 7:15pm 04.06.22 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/472 I have an odd request. I have a Macgregor 26D that I need to replace the rubber insert on the rub ra
Searching for Beneteau 373 in Southern California khillis at 6:13pm 04.06.22 Ask All Sailors 1/712

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Raymarine MFD problems - replacement jssailem at 3:03pm 05.27.25
Amiot Master Electronic Control Davidasailor26 at 3:00pm 05.27.25 Can you check the voltage coming into the panel with a multimeter to make sure the supply is good?
Bimini Top patrickfarley at 2:51pm 05.27.25 Got a great Bimini on Amazon. Super inexpensive 100 and fits just right. Measured the area and ord
Water system keep or remove thinwater at 2:00pm 05.27.25 Resale value on an '85 27 ft? Probably not much impact. BUT you may significantly reduce the numb
Water system keep or remove Project_Mayhem at 1:19pm 05.27.25 When I sold my boat with a disconnected water system, people asked about it. It would have hurt nego
overheating 1985 oday 35 wildegroot at 1:04pm 05.27.25 No. Look back at the @Stu Jackson post #13. The "blue Hump hose" connects the Exhaust/water nipple
Replacing V-berth platform (1) Project_Mayhem at 12:58pm 05.27.25 I would use the cutout but put strips on the bottom of the main piece that go all the way across the
Head not drawing water kloudie1 at 12:54pm 05.27.25 If they are Jabsco heads, the lever that changes to wet pump is loose on the cams or the cam is not
Head not drawing water BarryL at 12:50pm 05.27.25 Hello, The only problem I can think of is that the through hull for the water intake is closed or b
Head not drawing water kappykaplan at 12:35pm 05.27.25 It feels like it's compressing air. Is there a Y-valve in the system that directs effluent to the
Converting from ev100 wheel pilot to hydraulic? Johann at 12:34pm 05.27.25 A below deck AP is anything but economical. A cost of $4-5K would not be surprising. Even more if
Is this gelcoat on the bottom Foswick at 12:31pm 05.27.25 That is a weird requirement, by the marina.
water pressure issue Johnb at 12:07pm 05.27.25 Fill your tank and if it takes a shorter time then it was taking longer because water was not flowin
Converting from ev100 wheel pilot to hydraulic? Johann at 12:04pm 05.27.25 I haven't a clue as to what the differences are. If I were purchasing, I would try the linear driv
Converting from ev100 wheel pilot to hydraulic? dlochner at 11:55am 05.27.25 A below deck AP is anything but economical. A cost of $4-5K would not be surprising. Even more if
Replacing V-berth platform dLj at 11:50am 05.27.25 I did some research already about waterproofing, and plan to use regular resin plus the 207 special
communication question about listed boats for sale on this website whudatt at 11:50am 05.27.25 THey should appear in your upper right corner . Do you mean under my name in the upper right corne
Converting from ev100 wheel pilot to hydraulic? BigEasy at 11:49am 05.27.25 And thanks for the description of the linear drive. I'd rather spend $500-$600 on a new drive t
rookie mistakes suck degas at 11:47am 05.27.25 And yet we still keep going out there, right? btw, nice work on the new anchors.
communication question about listed boats for sale on this website whudatt at 11:45am 05.27.25 Thank you for the reply but I am asking where to look for the reply coming back to me. Does it comes

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