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o'day keel problems Mawingo at 7:19pm 11.06.21 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1896
Adding a 115V outlet Crusty Ol Salt at 6:34pm 11.06.21 Ask All Sailors 28/3759 As I am working my way thru the survey and making repairs..... I need to replace the 115V battery ch
Freaky voltage reading Ziggler at 5:47pm 11.06.21 Ask All Sailors 12/1037 Why such bizarre voltage readings on the M2 monitor on my brand new, Blue Sea Systems 360 panel? Thi
H41DS Racor priming question (5) Nachismo at 11:12am 11.06.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/730 My first time checking for water/gunk. Pure diesel and 1 small booger came out. Then I went to ble
US SPARS Question joker460 at 8:40am 11.06.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 15/2722 Has anyone had issues getting a response from them lately? I wanted to order some spar parts from th
PNW Cruise 2021 Terry Cox at 8:14am 11.06.21 Pacific North West Cruisers 10/1819 My latest DVD production of our 2021 family summer cruising season. SCWjsMyD_dE
Has anyone built a boarding step? SoSound at 10:16pm 11.05.21 Ask All Sailors 27/5724 The docks at our current marina are much lower than what we have had previously. I am wondering if
Yanmar SB-8 - Shifter (1) npaulay at 6:51pm 11.05.21 Ask All Sailors 0/671 hello - I recently installed a Yanmar SB-8 into my 27' sailboat and I had to modify my existing shif
Replacement Bulbs for Tachometer in a Type B Panel (1) dkinzer at 4:34pm 11.05.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1221 I took my tachometer apart to replace the defunct "hours" LCD and decided to ohm out the two red-col
What Top-down Furler Do You Like? Jskosmo at 3:51pm 11.05.21 Ask All Sailors 4/1070 There are a ton of posts on top-down furling - have read them all : ) Am looking for what brand/mode
Top-down Furling Brand You Like? Jskosmo at 3:36pm 11.05.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/542 There are a ton of posts on top-down furling - have read them all : ) Am looking for what brand/mode
C25 halyards ran to cockpit (1) SailingLoto at 3:10pm 11.05.21 Smaller Boats 2/1376 I had been collecting parts for awhile. Here's how it came out. Hoping to try it out tomorrow.
Replace light with fan? flightlead404 at 2:21pm 11.05.21 Big Boats 6/950 I want to replace several of the ceiling mounted swiveling lights that don't get used, with 12v fans
Solar Storm... jssailem at 1:35pm 11.05.21 Weather and Forecasting 3/1074 Check out what has been happening on Mr SUN.... 1.Space Storm im...
Starting issue post fuel filters change AwwShucks at 1:15pm 11.05.21 Catalina 310 9/1117 Just did my end of season fuel filters change and am having an issue starting engine. (Universal M2
Jib or Genoa on 1994 Hunter 29.5? kjdoyle1 at 12:43pm 11.05.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1405 Second year with the boat and we are going to replace her original sails. Currently has a jib, but t
PacificNW Weather forecast for November 2021. jssailem at 12:39pm 11.05.21 Weather and Forecasting 7/1047 We had a nice October sharing a variety of weather patterns that let us experience all of the types
How to remove old chart plotter on 311 pedestal ckreitlein at 10:05am 11.05.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/809 I need to remove the old Garmin chart plotter. Is it glued down? Underneath I see the points of fo
Advice for Priming Fuel Pump - Westerbeke 30B Jskosmo at 6:34am 11.05.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1947 This isn't a question - just informational. This forum has been so helpful for me - wanted to share
Catalina fuel tank, free! Windpilot at 7:38pm 11.04.21 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 4/1452 Great condition fuel tank. Neighbor repowered from atomic bomb to electric drive. I saved from dumps

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Asymmetrical Spinnaker Tack Point PaulK at 1:44pm 05.06.25 As @Davidasailor26 suggests, tacking an asym to the bow pulpit is not a good idea. It is not design
Tight furler BrianQ at 1:41pm 05.06.25 The nylon screw is 1/4 x 20, IIRC the length is 3/8". If you can't find one 3/8" a longer one can be
Westerbeke Coolant problems (2) jssailem at 1:35pm 05.06.25 Nuanced words. Here is the engine. t pressure cap provides a reservoir for the engine coolant. It is
owners manual kappykaplan at 1:29pm 05.06.25 I knew it was something like that but was too lazy to look for it. Thanks. No worries. De nada. :
Electric fuel pump to replace lift pump Yanmar 3GM30F Foswick at 1:21pm 05.06.25 Cold Start Procedure... FIRE IN THE HOLE! I keep a Hibachi in the engine compartment just for this
Westerbeke Coolant problems Foswick at 1:12pm 05.06.25 The original engine design provides an on-engine coolant reservoir. It did not include an expansion
Third Cherubini (1) sandpiper10471 at 1:10pm 05.06.25 Thanks, BMAway. The step for the 81 is different from yours but your
Tight furler (1) jssailem at 1:09pm 05.06.25 You might try a screw extractor. r and pull the screw out. Or you may need to drill the hole, reta
Battery recommendation - anchor windless Foswick at 1:04pm 05.06.25
Tight furler jssailem at 1:03pm 05.06.25 Have you seen this site? https://sail-delmarva.blogspot.com/2009/09/hood-seafurl-800-bearing-repla
Tight furler (2) skunther at 11:57am 05.06.25
Mast Raising Jig Hunter 23 (and maybe others) Timm R Oday25 at 11:38am 05.06.25 We have a very similar setup . We run the line from the blocks back to the winch on the mast . We no
owners manual (1) Ralph Johnstone at 11:18am 05.06.25 231390 I knew it was something like that but was too lazy to look for it. Thanks.
Third Cherubini shemandr at 11:12am 05.06.25 ... Things are looking up... :clap:
B&G WS320 Not Displaying wind data dlochner at 10:52am 05.06.25 Try a hard reset on the system, sometimes called a factory reset or something like that. Another p
Tight furler skunther at 10:44am 05.06.25 I found the original documentation. It looks like I have the Hood Seafurl 700/800/900 SL from Januar
Non binary boaters Leeward Rail at 10:34am 05.06.25 bathrooms are designed for either Penis, or No Penis. I have always thought that having specific b
Beneteau 311 Cabin Lights JRacer at 10:31am 05.06.25 I replaced all of my Aqua Signal fixtures with Marinebeam LED's. See here: LED Boat Lights for Your
Non binary boaters Leeward Rail at 10:28am 05.06.25 A Chevy Cruze is a fast car. It's gets nowhere fast Kinda ok if you get the non turbo models with
Non binary boaters Leeward Rail at 10:27am 05.06.25 switching to Colt 45 or Old English Lord no. I would just start brewing my own.

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