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Can I shorten my tiller? Mougly at 10:28am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 15/6773 Hello all I am thinking about changing my tiller as the one on now was painted and the paint is p
Replacement companionway boards bffatcat at 9:58am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 16/13289 My original 1975 vintage companionway boards made out of marine plywood with a mahogany veneer need
sym spinnaker question- pls forgive my ignorance LANCE ON CLOUD NINE at 9:23am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1628 I am getting ready to experiment with using a sym spinnaker on an O'Day 23. The sail has a single "h
Lightening Dangers? Skipper62 at 9:12am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 22/3545 I am a coastal sailer in SE Texas. We have storms come up quicker than I can get off of the water so
21' Macgregor - 1969: Broken Mast, What to Do? Sail77 at 8:44am 07.24.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/3482 New to the site... My Dad and I bought a 1969 Mac 21' from a family friend about 12 years ago. Hav
Costa Rica - Panama anyone? destinationcostarica at 8:39am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1234 Hi all, I'm not sure if this is where i should be asking this sorta question. I'm actually looking f
Oday 25 Centerboard Mec. itsagoodthing at 7:31am 07.24.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/2495 I just purchased a 75 ODAY 25 CB, the cable line is located in center of the boat, in a post that
Tach does not work at start up Mike G. at 6:47am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 8/2239 The last two times out, the tach did not work at engine startup (Yanmar 3GM30). It operates fine af
Composting toilets Icetug at 6:22am 07.24.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/2448 Does anyone have any experience with a Sun-Mar Mobile composting toilet? It may be nice to not worr
Batteries and power in general BobM at 5:59am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 15/2512 Forgive me if this brings up a lot of stuff that has already been said. Lost my house battery, an I
Possible Battery selector switch/charger problem Hugh4753 at 4:45am 07.24.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1639 Just replaced my old AGM group 24 batteries with AGM 31's. Since the boat had the original "frytech
Weather in SW Florida seadaddler at 4:06am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 10/1297 Hey what's the weather like in Port Charlotte like these days. Been raining like crazy here on Long
Help Identifing a sailboat (3) dan8089 at 1:55am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 10/1822 Can someone out there please tell me what kind of boat this is. Thanks sorry the pic's are crappy Da
drill it dont chuck it (1) AndyR at 9:58pm 07.23.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1034 Hi guys I havent posted in a while we obviously havnt had had too many problems lately or esle I sol
Catalina 25 Keel Leak Paulpit at 9:06pm 07.23.09 Ask All Sailors 3/3408 I am new to sailing and have been restoring a 1979 Catalina Fixed Keel boat. Took her out today for
Replace Uni-Solar Battery Charger mosella1 at 8:13pm 07.23.09 Big Boats 3/5507 I have a 1999 Hunter 410 and the Uni-Solar Battery Charger which came standard with the boat is brok
Main Sail will not go up all the way Mougly at 8:07pm 07.23.09 Ask All Sailors 19/10133 Hello again I seem to be having difficulty lifting the main sail all the way up, it lifts up easi
Dropping the forestay-norseman fitting-short halyards (2) Hermit Scott at 7:55pm 07.23.09 Ask All Sailors 33/5639 I went up the mast today to drop the forestay. A dock friend helped crank me up to there but the wi
Crab cakes Broke Sailor at 7:07pm 07.23.09 Ask All Sailors 6/1788 I'm in St. Michaels, Md. and my wife wants to know where to go for the best crab cakes. Please help
Fridge is Over Cooling bnort3 at 7:04pm 07.23.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1914 Got a used Beneteau 361 with a top loading fridge/freezer and a front door fridge, both of which qui

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Removing lettering stain Benny17441 at 8:07pm 04.12.22 Pick a small spot in a letter and keep sanding to see how deep the color penetration is. Hopefully
Lake Ontario Sailors take notice Phil Herring at 8:05pm 04.12.22 @higgs: the image is now in your original post.
Lake Ontario Sailors take notice higgs at 7:59pm 04.12.22 Thanks DArcy. The updated Navionics is a big improvement and I give them credit for making an updat
Lake Ontario Sailors take notice (1) DArcy at 7:55pm 04.12.22 Good on you for reaching out to sailors to warn about a dangerous situation. The Navionics Web App
Re-Bedding a replacement through haul transducer Grotto at 7:52pm 04.12.22 I ended up buying blanks for the sr mariner thru hulls on my boat because of 5200. I would end up d
New Owner of 1983 Irwin 34 Citation patagoniadave at 7:49pm 04.12.22 Welcome to the forum! You'll find a lot of people with other boats chiming in because a lot of thin
C 310 wheel BC Bernie at 7:48pm 04.12.22 My stock wheel was the 32" not 30" Destroyer, by Edson. Parallel 1" shaft. I switched it out not too
Head hose replacement Ralph Johnstone at 7:42pm 04.12.22 1. How old are the hoses ? u methodically rinse out the hoses first. A slow ass busting process i
New Owner of 1983 Irwin 34 Citation DArcy at 7:42pm 04.12.22 Welcome to the forum! You'll find a lot of people with other boats chiming in because a lot of thing
New Owner of 1983 Irwin 34 Citation patagoniadave at 7:39pm 04.12.22 My idea is that the leakage from the gland should be so minuscule that you could mop it out of the
New Owner of 1983 Irwin 34 Citation Ralph Johnstone at 7:36pm 04.12.22 Try to build a dam which will catch the small leakage from the gland and keep it out of the bilge.
New Owner of 1983 Irwin 34 Citation patagoniadave at 7:25pm 04.12.22 Going to try and upload a short "video" of the noise. It was dark, so will in effect just be sound.
240 mooring/dock cover rs1sensen at 7:25pm 04.12.22 I could not respond to private massage. Sailors tailor is 8.5 hrs away. Locally I was told it woul
Raymarine ST4000+ Auto Pilot clutch pop out Growl at 7:20pm 04.12.22 Greg, Do you actually have to take the wheel off?
New Owner of 1983 Irwin 34 Citation patagoniadave at 7:18pm 04.12.22
New Owner of 1983 Irwin 34 Citation Davidasailor26 at 7:07pm 04.12.22 I'll dry the bilge and paint them with whatever the most people tell me to use. If the bolts are s
New Owner of 1983 Irwin 34 Citation patagoniadave at 7:07pm 04.12.22 Going to try and upload a short "video" of the noise. It was dark, so will in effect just be sound.
New Owner of 1983 Irwin 34 Citation patagoniadave at 6:53pm 04.12.22 Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your new boat! Your ghost rider sound seems like it co
plastic holding tank odor Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:39pm 04.12.22 If you replaced stinky hoses, there's almost certain to be residual odor from 'em in every area they
New Owner of 1983 Irwin 34 Citation Davidasailor26 at 6:14pm 04.12.22 Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your new boat! Your ghost rider sound seems like it cou

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