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Dinghy Dolly for Injured Sailor islandjim at 6:48am 06.10.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1354 Recently I injured my back and can not even pick up the front of my dinghy to roll it down to the wa
Digital TV Converter Box Recommendation geoffschultz at 6:34am 06.10.09 Ask All Sailors 18/3446 The long awaited switch to digital TV will take place next week. I spent a lot of time researching
Damper plate noise (1) Witzend at 6:04am 06.10.09 Catalina 310 23/6387 I posted this in the "ALL", but not getting much response. I'm getting some rattling noises when in
in line head treatment ed webb at 5:28am 06.10.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/2563 Good morning Peggy, I have a 1990 34 Catalina with an in line water treatment container. It was manu
Swing Keel mikedunnagan at 4:18am 06.10.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1565 I am looking at a 1972 Venture 22 that is for sale.The owner says he changed the keel to fiberglas.I
Engine Replacement xgruiz at 4:07am 06.10.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1175 Hi everybody, my Yanmar SB8 just dies last week. I am working on trying to get the parts to rebuild
Tilted SSB Antenna (1) geoffschultz at 3:51am 06.10.09 Ask All Sailors 11/2190 I was recently corresponding with an individual regarding reefing points and sent him a back-lit pho
Gas additives RogerHM at 3:47am 06.10.09 Ask All Sailors 12/1495 How do they affect 4 stroke 9.9 engines? My Merc Big-Foot does not start consistantly. VERY frustrat
Pre Launch Check List awoody at 10:11pm 06.09.09 Smaller Boats 1/1492 Interesting that I just purchased a 1994 Hunter 26 and I came to this site looking for a check list
Leaky Cabin Riga at 8:22pm 06.09.09 Ask An Oday Owner 18/2813 Chasing down interior leaks is always a tough assignment. For the 10 years I've had my O'Day 28 I'v
Backing plate support for rail mount and back stay Riga at 8:03pm 06.09.09 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1279 I notice some cracking in the fiberglass around where the stern rail mounts to the boat as well as a
Salvaging Vinyl Graphics Bob Poff at 7:40pm 06.09.09 Ask All Sailors 0/1130 My boat has custom cut vinyl graphics on the quarters. The bird design that's in my avatar. The on
HELP! Broken tabernacle on 1974 O'Day 20 maineiac at 7:09pm 06.09.09 Day Sailers 6/1618 One of my shrouds let loose and the mast went over the side. In the process it broke the tabernacle
O'Day 25 Bilge adams at 6:49pm 06.09.09 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1864 Does anybody have a document showing the bilge and centerboard trunk layout on an O'Day 25? If not,
B-393 Whisker Pole Hardware fonzo2@hotmail.com at 6:41pm 06.09.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/954 I recently purchase a 393 that has the track attached to the US Spars mast. I will like to purchase
Slow leak fwd and aft of keel and shaft question bsavulis at 6:39pm 06.09.09 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1521 We splashed the boat for the first time (for us) this past week 1975 H27. It appears to have 2 small
hunter 19 Adrian Morris at 5:58pm 06.09.09 Smaller Boats 3/1139 broke a spreader on my 96 hunter 19 it broke right where it inserts can I redrill a hole and use it
Spinnaker pole Rick Silverman at 5:43pm 06.09.09 The Cherubini Hunters 2/1236 I was hoping someone might know what size Spinnaker pole (length and diameter) I would need for a 19
Tinting Neutral gelcoat and using Duratec Dan H at 5:25pm 06.09.09 Ask All Sailors 0/1254 Does, or has anyone here tint neutral gelcoat and use Duratec HGA with it? I've tinted white gelcoat
mast step hornet at 4:56pm 06.09.09 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1377 my mast step screws have pulled out of the cabin floor. I thought by cutting out around it and repl

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Autohelm joker460 at 1:02pm 07.13.21 The Autohelm 3000 has seatalk compatibility(http://www.busse-yachtshop.de/pdf/rayST3000_wheel.pdf).
Mac 25 upper shrouds & spreader positioning (1) whudatt at 12:53pm 07.13.21 Thank you for your reply ! this is what it looks like now,the manual says to measure down 11ft from
Mac 25 upper shrouds & spreader positioning Captain Ron 18 at 12:39pm 07.13.21
Rigging the 2nd reef in a 310? jssailem at 12:31pm 07.13.21
LED Anchor Light KZW at 12:22pm 07.13.21 In mast furled. I will need to research notes on the ascenders. Any good climbing gear store will h
LED Anchor Light jssailem at 12:22pm 07.13.21 Very nice write up @KZW
Pop-up assist for Venture 25 Captain Ron 18 at 12:16pm 07.13.21 I installed gas struts on my Mac 25..20 inch/90LB. Works great. Do you still use the support pol
LED Anchor Light AwwShucks at 12:02pm 07.13.21 BC Bernie - do you have an in mast furling or traditional main sail? Additionally, do you have a li
Casting Benny17441 at 11:48am 07.13.21 It came to me that today we have computer 3D printing. In my college years many moons ago I worke
Rigging the 2nd reef in a 310? Parsons at 11:40am 07.13.21 Not a 310 owner, but some general questions that may help: If you have any slugs between the second
Gauges that do not fog Benny17441 at 11:38am 07.13.21 Production boats do not usually come with EOM temperature gauges so I would think you may have an af
Bilge Drainage? SirMichael at 11:34am 07.13.21 Benny, Many thanks for the reply. That does answer my question. I'll probably follow up
Bilge Drainage? Benny17441 at 11:22am 07.13.21 To answer your question, yes there are areas in the hull that will not drain into the bilge. The p
GFCI trouble shooting Scott T-Bird at 11:12am 07.13.21 The other part of the problem is that from time to time boats seem to get unplugged for one reason
South Lake Michigan to the Apostle Islands Marmalade at 11:00am 07.13.21
GFCI trouble shooting Benny17441 at 10:46am 07.13.21 Take an extension cord and run it to a different pedestal and see if you have the same problem.
South Lake Michigan to the Apostle Islands Scott T-Bird at 10:26am 07.13.21 Fantastic! Feels good to be home with the boat, I'm sure!
South Lake Michigan to the Apostle Islands (4) duck21 at 10:22am 07.13.21 And a couple more from the latter portion.
South Lake Michigan to the Apostle Islands (9) duck21 at 10:22am 07.13.21 Some pics from the second half
South Lake Michigan to the Apostle Islands (10) duck21 at 10:21am 07.13.21 Here are some pics from the first half of our trip.

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