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Filtering fresh water at fill jibes138 at 6:48am 05.30.09 Ask All Sailors 15/3266 Does anyone filter their fresh water as they fill their tanks or do you just fill the tanks from the
Broken Mast (3) elrond11 at 6:31am 05.30.09 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1500 Hi All, Last week while sailing the port side chain plate let go on my O'Day 22. The bottom of the
looking to replace cockpit control panel. jd catalina 27 newbee at 8:51pm 05.29.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1001 Dear veteran Catalina 27 owners I am doing a little maintenance on my 86 C-27 and would love to chan
Peaceful Nights? (2) Neil McDonald at 8:38pm 05.29.09 Ask All Sailors 67/9881 Imagine relaxing peacefully on your boat anchored in a quiet cove far away from the busy world and w
First official day of summer vacation. RECESS at 7:31pm 05.29.09 Ask All Sailors 0/1056 Finished post planning yesterday and headed out to the lake today for a 7 hour sail with the wife an
Stuffing box tube ranchu56 at 7:07pm 05.29.09 Big Boats 1/1079 I was told last night that (don't know the part name) the hose the shaft passes through inside the b
Replacing Side Windows Jim Newell at 6:13pm 05.29.09 Ask All Sailors 6/2038 I have a 1996 Hunter 376 that needs the long side windows repalced. Does anyone know the type of ma
Window Trim tcorey1 at 6:05pm 05.29.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1088 I have an 86 28.5 I'm restoring. Does anyone know of a source for the trim on the outside of the wi
javelin serial # Mark P. LeGassey at 5:32pm 05.29.09 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1123 Can someone tell the year of this javelin from the serial #? XDYB4973M83H Thank You
Fishing Cable Challenge Neil McDonald at 5:11pm 05.29.09 Ask All Sailors 6/1499 Having just fitted a pair of Alpenglow lights to my cabin roof, I now need to run in two cables to p
new generation: See the light (1) emergpa1 at 5:08pm 05.29.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1155 Is anyone installing LED lights on their Oday? If so, what is your experience and source? Any though
Puffer rigging mommyzilla at 4:53pm 05.29.09 AMF 2/12042 My dad just gave me his old AMF Puffer sailboat. It has been 20 years since I used the boat and I c
Repacking stuffing box O'Day 32 with GFO jknappsax at 4:44pm 05.29.09 Ask All Sailors 9/2156 I just repacked the stuffing box on my O'Day 32' CC with GFO. I wasn't sure which size, 3/16" or 1/4
dude i am back thesailerdude at 3:55pm 05.29.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1493 haha well here is the update with the little trip of mine me and my 4 college buddies departed m
Stuffing box-Hunter 32 ( Yanmar 18 ) Jim Conley at 2:08pm 05.29.09 Mid-Size Boats 2/1574 I have a drip- I managed to use PB Blaster and a chisel to release the locking nut and could easily
Fairlead for Keel Centerboard Lift Rope hullre at 1:53pm 05.29.09 Pearson 0/1219 I have a 1970 Pearson 33 with a movable Centerboard. I need a replacement for the molded plastic s
Hunter 240 Rig Tuning & Mast Raising Tim Kenney at 1:29pm 05.29.09 Smaller Boats 18/12353 Aurinko III is a Hunter 240 which I bought new in 1998. I have sailed her fair amount since. Being
cam cleat on main control line Miller26S at 1:04pm 05.29.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1215 The cam cleat that is attached to the block on main control line is cratered and needs replaced. I g
chain plate attachments gdarling at 12:02pm 05.29.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1187 Re: late '80s First 305 Problem: attaching shrouds to chain plates. Specifically, this boat has thr
Finally (1) Phil V25 at 11:50am 05.29.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1128 Last year was such a bad year for our sailing activities; what with two floods (one at home and one

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venture 17 cockpit drain (4) topcat0399 at 12:07pm 02.24.22 yes... build it up... or if you have a very strong and steady hand, you could try taking a grinder
The snow is melting! And that means I'll be sailing soon (ish) Orbweaver at 11:47am 02.24.22 And over here yesterday morning it got down to -12F in the morning, and with single digit highs in t
Newish Capri 18 owner. Slacker at 11:33am 02.24.22 Fall sailing... nuttin better !!!
Replacing sail slugs Ward H at 10:26am 02.24.22 I never heard that they are a wear part. They do degrade because of UV, become brittle and break mo
MH40 Autopilot drive motor Phantom154 at 10:18am 02.24.22 Raymarine sent me instructions for checking the autopilot clutch, motor, and course computer. I knew
New Catalina 30 Owner Ward H at 10:18am 02.24.22 Here is the thing I mentioned in the post before this. It looks like maybe a transducer or speed se
Expanding Hardening Foam PaulK at 10:17am 02.24.22 We had expanded foam under the sole of my father's center-console runabout. It was hygroscopic. Be
Replacing sail slugs (1) Don S/V ILLusion at 10:05am 02.24.22 I assume you are familiar with the various options to slugs which are often problematic. One example
The snow is melting! And that means I'll be sailing soon (ish) dreadpiratk at 9:44am 02.24.22 Got all the way up to 30 here with some actual sun in the frozen hell of upstate NY. 12" of snow c
Seaward 32RK (Raised Keel) - Keel winch upgrade lindsaytodd at 9:30am 02.24.22 Hey, thanks for the response. The new winch is getting installed with deck foot switches at the mast
Coast Guard or Nationally Registered Tom J at 9:28am 02.24.22 Regardless of what they say, we cruised for over 40 years in RI/MA/NH/ME/NY with my unregistered ou
Engine Hours 2009 Hunter 50cc Zencra at 9:18am 02.24.22 This is going in the wrong direction. how do I connect the maretron to chartplotter? my maretron fue
New to us Hunter 40.5 baycloud at 9:10am 02.24.22 How are you planning to do that? I originally was thinking the same thing but..... Well I have 840
Yanmar 3YM30 Oil pressure sender threads tfox2069 at 8:49am 02.24.22 I tried email and msg on Faceboook over a week ago. I'll give them a call. Wanted to confirm if I
Yanmar 3YM30 Oil pressure sender threads Scott B at 8:45am 02.24.22 I tried email and msg on Faceboook over a week ago. I'll give them a call. Wanted to confirm if I
Macgregor 22 Pop-Top Tent sail sfbay at 8:28am 02.24.22 If you sail to the bay, stop in at Brickyard Cover Marina (now Boardwalk Port Marina) in Point Richm
BRASS THRUHULL VALVES CORROSION Ward H at 8:18am 02.24.22 Yes! My Dad made me clean every Iron based tool and then wipe it with oily rag. Jim.. Yep, I do w
Yanmar 3YM30 Oil pressure sender threads tfox2069 at 8:18am 02.24.22 Would anyone know the threads for the oil pressure sender. I was looking at the ACDC Marine Oil du
BRASS THRUHULL VALVES CORROSION JamesG161 at 7:49am 02.24.22 Is oiling to prevent surface corrosion a thing? Yes! My Dad made me clean every Iron based tool an
Seaward 32RK (Raised Keel) - Keel winch upgrade (1) Jeff2642 at 7:48am 02.24.22 Hi @lindsaytodd, I started sailing a Bombardier 3.8 as a kid, self taught, and then a sailboard. B

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