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Javelin motor advice Tattan at 3:15pm 06.25.21 Ask An Oday Owner 7/2206 Hey, I just got my hands on an older (year yet TBD) Javelin. I am planning on getting a motor to m
New guy with second boat Gutshot at 2:57pm 06.25.21 Day Sailers 4/868 Just bought a 1974 oday daysailer 17' with trailer and free motor. $400. It's the second sailboat I'
Oday 23 or Oday 272 TieOneOn at 2:40pm 06.25.21 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1400 Moving up from a 22'. I have a number of boats available, and will prob NOT be using my new medium S
Hunter 44DS Cruising Speed HarryvdMeer at 2:37pm 06.25.21 Big Boats 9/1324 To Hunter 44DS owners: what is your typical cruising speed? My 2004 Hunter 44DS with a Maxprop has
DWL. Mast height visegrip at 1:24pm 06.25.21 Ask All Sailors 9/7946
Re-bedding upper shroud chainplates. sigsgmret at 11:47am 06.25.21 Smaller Boats 4/834 I noticed some discoloration on the forward side of the port and starboard bulkheads that the upper
Setee supports on Hunter 23 (2) Stokeshc at 10:53am 06.25.21 Smaller Boats 8/1440 I have the settee bench tops removed and new ones cut and noticed that the horizontal boards they re
Leak on B332 Flatfish at 6:56am 06.25.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/593 I have an annoying seawater leak on my 2001 B331. it only occurs when hard pressed to windward. This
Reef line Routing (2) Ran-Dee9229 at 6:29am 06.25.21 Ask An Oday Owner 18/1709
Seaward Slipper 17' or Seaward Fox 17'. I located in NC, will travel for the right boat. Cheers! KnightsAtSea at 5:41am 06.25.21 Trailer Sailors 4/2038
240 center board Bubbadog at 4:59am 06.25.21 Smaller Boats 2/376 Hello all. I just bought a 2002 Hunter 240. The line for the center board appears to be all the wa
240 center board Bubbadog at 4:52am 06.25.21 Smaller Boats 12/950
Stove Make and Model Souellette at 4:09am 06.25.21 Catalina 275 8/1935 Hi Everyone. Does anyone know the make/model of the single burner stove for a Catalina 275? I have t
Location of fluxgate compass (1) sailingdeac at 2:02pm 06.24.21 Catalina 310 4/785 While i have a 309, perhaps 310 owners will know where their fluxgate compass is located
Location of Fluxgate compass (1) sailingdeac at 2:00pm 06.24.21 Catalina 309 Group Forum 3/1532 The Raymarine autopilot is failing to show the correct compass heading. stays constant. am told by
H23: clews on the boom - can you replace them? SuzaruID at 12:57pm 06.24.21 Smaller Boats 3/385 Our 1988 H23 with a Z-spar mast/boom has a clew (sp?) missing on the boom. Does anyone know: can yo
Pendant for autofurl JRR at 12:00pm 06.24.21 Ask All Sailors 8/1268 Hello, wish everyone's having a fantastic season. i am replacing the 150% 39' luff genoa with a 135%
Leak on a 43. (1) JWS at 10:30am 06.24.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/871 Has anyone encountered a slow leak in the location shown on the attached picture. At the dock it on
Potentially buying Irwin 33 w/ centerboard anyone have any experience/.02$ about it? (1) Pharnac at 10:22am 06.24.21 Irwin 1/786 Greetings Irwin owners, The boat I'm looking at (Irwin33) has a centerboard the owners say won't dr
Mainsail slug replacement Fleet at 10:21am 06.24.21 Catalina 310 11/2436 #108 has been moved from TX to AL and is now in the water. What a pain this ordeal has been. I've

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Water Trapped Between Floor Liner and Hull Libohunden at 11:37am 06.16.24
Loose footed main with Mid-boom sheeting sidw at 11:30am 06.16.24 I know this post is old, but why do folks call this a 6 to 1 sheet? As I see it, it is only a 4 to1
New Catalina 22 Owner Questions ShawnL at 10:58am 06.16.24 I got some plastic ammo cans from Harbor Freight. Small enough to tuck into storage lockers, etc.
I want to buy a boat. What should I look for (insert brand of boat)? FastOlson at 10:41am 06.16.24 The pecking order of issues is interesting altho not unexpected. I would have listed the drive train
Help - Secondary Mascerator and tank dumping to the ocean not working SVFreedom at 10:31am 06.16.24 It was the Macerator. I had a brand new spare, after some further investigations, I figured it was
Bomar hatch hinge pin Ralph Johnstone at 10:29am 06.16.24 I can order new pins. Do you have a source for those ?
Bomar hatch hinge pin LloydB at 9:45am 06.16.24 There isn't a big enough hammer. You need to align the last knuckle of the hinge so the pin can slid
Water Trapped Between Floor Liner and Hull danooxnard at 9:43am 06.16.24 If it is on a trailer, try to angle it so that the water runs out. A hair dryer on low temperature m
New Catalina 22 Owner Questions danooxnard at 9:40am 06.16.24 My Cat22 has no bilge pump, but I cannot see may reason not to make holes so things will drain to th
Large Frame alternator in M25XP jssailem at 9:03am 06.16.24 Applied Science electrical science. Who says STEM education does not provide paybacks. :biggrin:
Large Frame alternator in M25XP Hayden Watson at 8:53am 06.16.24 @Hayden Watson, thanks for the write-up. Looking good. I agree with not powder coating anything tha
Replacing Raymarine Autopilot Control Head JamesG161 at 8:38am 06.16.24 If you find the Serial number on your AutoPilot, you can Register it with RayMarine. When done, ev
I want to buy a boat. What should I look for (insert brand of boat)? JamesG161 at 8:31am 06.16.24 In the world of Pleasure Crafts... Boat Size does Matter Jim... PS: John = 35 , Jim = 43, Don = 5
Replacing Raymarine Autopilot Control Head jssailem at 8:26am 06.16.24 As they say in sailing... It is a journey.
I want to buy a boat. What should I look for (insert brand of boat)? Don S/V ILLusion at 8:22am 06.16.24 A subject about which people have written books. You would be best served finding a friend who you t
I want to buy a boat. What should I look for (insert brand of boat)? JamesG161 at 8:21am 06.16.24 The best advice, from that Article, is hire of these when your choice is narrowed down. Society of
Hunter 23 broken z-spar tabernacle mast foot isaksp00 at 8:14am 06.16.24 I think the part that goes in the bottom of the mast extrusion is what's needed. Looks like the link
Replacing Raymarine Autopilot Control Head dkinzer at 8:09am 06.16.24 Have you seen this 2018 discussion on Raymarine forum. Thanks. I had not seen that and it is helpf
Replacing Raymarine Autopilot Control Head Captain Larry-DH at 7:59am 06.16.24
Replacing Raymarine Autopilot Control Head jssailem at 7:53am 06.16.24 Have you seen this 2018 discussion on Raymarine forum. https://forum.raymarine.com/showthread.php?ti

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