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Removing furling drum on Legend 40.5 baycloud at 11:55pm 10.31.21 Big Boats 23/2840 Hey all, I'm up here living and working on the boat temporarily. I am planning on replacing the stan
H260 Furling Main Sail Tedd at 11:35pm 10.31.21 Smaller Boats 12/1430 There's an H260 (inboard) for sale in Oxnard. I'm not interested in the fixed keel version but, from
Air conditioning timer or remote start (2) sf34dtw at 2:59pm 10.31.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/1971
Inner shell cracks on haul out (2) KenFege at 11:31am 10.31.21 Catalina 310 7/1664 I just discovered after my boat was haul out a good size crack in the floor of Catalina 315. It o
Oceanis 48 - Salon Ceiling Panels (1) Roger F at 5:14am 10.31.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1309 I need to access above the ceiling panels for the first time to address leaky vent that appears to b
Hunter 49 Variprop Georgedoyle at 5:59pm 10.30.21 Big Boats 20/3248 I need some information about the Variprop feathering prop for my Hunter 49. I have the 110hp Yanmar
Sling Positioning - Oceanis 430 Morry at 4:41pm 10.30.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/2154 Hello, I am looking to take my newly acquired Oceanis 430 out of the water and onto a hard stand. T
Hi need suggestions for propeller for a 1978 Catalina retrofitted with a Yanmar 2GM20 hollyclouse at 2:43pm 10.30.21 Mid-Size Boats 11/2183 Hi just pulled my boat out for bottom maintenance and hoping to solve a huge problem. Since I've ha
Battery box over prop shaft (1) Jaxn at 2:38pm 10.30.21 Ask All Sailors 9/1807 I ripped out a rats nest electrical system and am starting over from scratch in my O'Day 272. I am
Oday Day Sailer Mast & Boom: Ashland MA (3) T Smith at 11:34am 10.30.21 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 0/52 20 foot 9 inches Mast, 10 foot 2.5 inches Boom: All good condition. Sailboat ' Trailer got damaged a
Used Gear Link not working WayneH at 10:29am 10.30.21 Forum Help (Site Talk) 1/549 https://sbo.sailboatowners.com/gear/gear.php - no workee, blank page.. Used sailboats, sailboats fo
Freshwater Sailors captcoho at 10:16am 10.30.21 Ask All Sailors 5/2294 Is there anyone who used the Sea Hawk VMG bottom paint last season? It apparently is indicated for d
Mast track Car Hunter Passage (1) Easy at 9:09am 10.30.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1039 1994 Hunter Passage 42 with track on front of Mast. I was advised to bolt a new track over the built
H50 chart table seat (2) Gianni65 at 6:10am 10.30.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/554 Hello. I've an Hunter 50 AC 2007 and I would like to change the seat at the chart table with one of
Battery Charging (1) Lee Hadjiosif at 5:41am 10.30.21 Ask All Sailors 4/1430 I want to change from sealed/flooded to AGMs. I have three banks. The charger has an AGM setting. Ho
New Hunter 41DS Owner dkinzer at 7:08pm 10.29.21 Big Boats 11/1218 Well, we closed last week on a 2007 Hunter 41 DS. We've been exploring all of the nooks an crannies
Worst mistake by a boat idiot Captain Larry-DH at 6:47pm 10.29.21 Ask All Sailors 6/1025
Catalina Keel Repair/Wrapping Keel vs recommended stub repair catalina recommends Timbo33 at 4:47pm 10.29.21 Ask A Catalina Owner 14/2315 I have 1976 catalina Tall rig that does not leak but bolts are pretty rusted. Trying to decide which
Fuse in small solar setup chriscampbell at 3:00pm 10.29.21 Ask All Sailors 21/3901 I'm going to add a small solar panel system to keep my battery charged. I want it to be small and mo
Sticky, no sticky. All U Get at 12:49pm 10.29.21 Ask All Sailors 13/2334 Another question, What do you use for binoculars and portable radios to get the sticky feeling off

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Electric fuel pump to replace lift pump Yanmar 3GM30F marcham at 12:12pm 05.05.25 Slow start is a feature of the GM series. Since they don't have glow plugs, some mechanics retrofit
Traveler car/track as tether? Hayden Watson at 11:54am 05.05.25 I rather like Elon Musk's mantra. "The best part is no part". In that vein, I believe that the best
Tight furler (1) Hayden Watson at 11:46am 05.05.25 I have a split backstay adjuster. I have it set so that the backstay is just short of floppy when t
Traveler car/track as tether? Foswick at 11:46am 05.05.25 I've been in enough off-shore snotty weather to be really happy to have higher lifelines than 30 i
BATTERY? (2) Hayden Watson at 11:36am 05.05.25 ... @Hayden Watson you say it is far less expensive but what is the conversion cost? Inquiring min
Tight furler jssailem at 11:34am 05.05.25 When I refitted my mast I had the rigger add this backstay adjuster. https://marine.wichard.com/en/s
Non binary boaters (2) Muttondressedaslamb at 11:28am 05.05.25 As opposed to old men who only care about girls, fast cars, sailboats, and relatively expensive bee
Non binary boaters Muttondressedaslamb at 11:12am 05.05.25 Yipes ! The children. What will the little children think ? Oh the hell with the little rotters,
BATTERY? smokey73 at 11:10am 05.05.25 Always an interesting discussion but it always seems, when talking about the cost, to just list the
Starter switch sporadically engages starter skunther at 10:38am 05.05.25 So if I am wiring from the keyed starter switch directly to the battery with an inline 30amp fuse, I
First post. New C22 owner boulevardtalonman at 10:28am 05.05.25 File was too large, sorry
Non binary boaters Ralph Johnstone at 10:22am 05.05.25 As opposed to old men Don't say "old." Say experienced.
BATTERY? Calif. Ted at 9:55am 05.05.25 I run 4D's which weigh about 110 lbs. I used to run FLA's but last 2 sets have been AGM's. Battery t
Traveler car/track as tether? Hayden Watson at 9:39am 05.05.25 It's interesting how we get so wrapped up with tether systems and don't talk as much about setting
O'Day 28 Ritchie Compass kappykaplan at 9:24am 05.05.25 Tks for closing this out, odaydokay! :beer:
Tight furler Hayden Watson at 9:22am 05.05.25 I will pull the sail and check the top fitting, as well as foils and stay tension. I do notice some
BATTERY? Hayden Watson at 9:12am 05.05.25 Your replacement thoughts "looking at 4D or 8D or GC4s for house batteries" can be done. You have t
Traveler car/track as tether? BAD ORCA at 9:11am 05.05.25 Consider a 1-foot wide walkway, just as an example, and a relatively modest 20 degree heeling angle
Tight furler skunther at 9:03am 05.05.25 I will pull the sail and check the top fitting, as well as foils and stay tension. I do notice some
Traveler car/track as tether? BAD ORCA at 8:54am 05.05.25 Toe rails have saved me more times than I can count. Is there such a think as too high of lifelines

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