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Yanmar 3GMF ranchu56 at 4:20pm 11.04.08 Big Boats 9/1838 Looking for advice. Meter shows 3518.6 hrs on the engine. I only had the boat in the water for 4 mo
A new look to the cabin woodwork (4) Trinkka at 4:17pm 11.04.08 Day Sailers 1/1496 It seems that every year I need to make a change or do some kind of a modification to my O'Day 222.
Depthsounder Question Buck420 at 3:54pm 11.04.08 Ask All Sailors 11/1494 I have an '01 H420 w/ a Raymarine depthsounder. If, in addition to the existing depthsounder, I were
chain plates puckliny at 3:52pm 11.04.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1540 I have just purchased a 85' Hunter 25.5. The chain plate for the backstay snapped when the marina h
Breathing new life to an old forward hatch (4) Trinkka at 3:42pm 11.04.08 Ask An Oday Owner 0/995 The old hatches that came with some of the O'Day sailboats were prone to break very easy. I don't kn
Uss Freedom Wayne M at 3:27pm 11.04.08 Ask All Sailors 2/1398 Hello everyone I went down to do some work on my boat yesterday. I have it stored at the Milwaukee C
Oceanis 351 sunworshipper at 3:18pm 11.04.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1740 Hi all, New to the forums. I was curious if anyone has any real experience or owns an oceanis 351
Bareboat Martinique and St. Lucia David10790 at 2:07pm 11.04.08 Ask All Sailors 7/1598 Five of us will be chartering in St. Lucia in March. Anyone with experience there? Anyone know whi
Stern pulpit spdycml at 12:57pm 11.04.08 Mid-Size Boats 5/3234 Hello everyone, I'll start by saying that I'm new to sailing and have just purchased a 1976 Cat 27
Winter Boat Cover for Hunter 31 asmits at 10:38am 11.04.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/2730 I'm entering my first winter season with my 2006 Hunter 31. Does anyone know of a supplier for sailb
Abnormal Waves Franklin at 10:38am 11.04.08 Ask All Sailors 9/1928 http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2008/11/04/massive_waves_a_mystery_at_maine_harbor
1993 H23.5 Mark H at 10:09am 11.04.08 Smaller Boats 5/1706 Novice question1..Does the boom vang attach from the mast base plate to the same point on boom as t*
Looking for rain guards for Hunter 29' Jan Peters at 9:43am 11.04.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/884 We have a 1987 Hunter 29 in our sailing fleet. We need to replace the rain guards and are having dif
Access to Electrical Conduit inside Mast liberty at 8:18am 11.04.08 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/2311 My mast lights are inop (anchor, box and deck lights). I had the lights replaced and rewired after
Vent pipes Bob S at 7:27am 11.04.08 Ask All Sailors 10/1716 I've been searching the archives for info on replacing or clearing a blocked vent pipe. Both the toi
Hunter 25.5 Rudder Specs Rebel Glover at 6:58am 11.04.08 Ask All Sailors 7/2637 Looking for the dimensions for a 84 Hunter 25.5 rudder. Any help or info on the specs would be much
Hunter 306 LED Navigation Lights and Masthead Anchor/Steaming Light Combo dennisp at 6:52am 11.04.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/3594
Length of the life lines Legend 40. Vinny at 6:39am 11.04.08 Big Boats 3/971 I will not be at my boat until this weekend and I wanted to order some netting to keep the dog on bo
Show us your dinghy Hermit Scott at 12:48am 11.04.08 Ask All Sailors 38/7705 Most of us have pics of our sailboats. But I rarely see pictures of dinghies. I was just wondering
looking for boat salvage yard sand sailor at 10:34pm 11.03.08 Ask All Sailors 0/1420 on south coast for parts

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Tohatsu 8HP Slip Water Flushing System (1) Jacktar at 7:51am 10.20.21 Not true the flush attachment can staty attached underway , you just screw a plug into the end of th
Bristol Corinthian engine well plug sail sfbay at 7:44am 10.20.21 Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your new sailboat!! Can you please post a photo of the
Oil change, there's got to be a better way. RoyS at 7:35am 10.20.21 Engine designers who thought that pumping oil out of the dipstick hole was good plan should consider
I Need Some Deck Painting Advice. AlastairLC at 7:22am 10.20.21
Bristol Corinthian engine well plug sail sfbay at 7:21am 10.20.21 Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your new sailboat!! Can you please post a photo of the
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Air conditioning condensation pump BigEasy at 6:50am 10.20.21 The previous owner of my boat had a marine AC contractor install a condensator on my boat when the A
Tohatsu 8HP Slip Water Flushing System (1) John Marrone at 6:44am 10.20.21 The Swim Ladder is on the Starboard Side and the Outboard is on the other side. I'll look at that, s
Can anyone Id this? Richardwm at 6:40am 10.20.21 Wow, great humor and I think Stephen got it right with the boom vang strap idea. that was a bit of f
Which Marinebeam replacement bulb? Justin_NSA at 6:36am 10.20.21 I haven't worked with them since before the pandemic. They were always very helpful. I've replaced e
I Need Some Deck Painting Advice. Charlie Jones s/v Tehani at 6:32am 10.20.21 On my decks I've (on both boats) had great luck with Interlux Interdeck. Non skid mixed in already a
Beneteau 473 with low maximum speed PEDRO MENDES PINTO at 6:28am 10.20.21 I have a Volvo 78Cv; At 2.400rpm - 6,9knots At 4.000rpm - 9,0knots
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Tohatsu 8HP Slip Water Flushing System Joe at 5:48am 10.20.21 You need a boarding ladder or swim platform on the transom. I flushed my motor with the ear muff sy

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