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Prop Shaft Knock Richard Deep at 4:54pm 11.04.08 Mid-Size Boats 8/1980 OK, this is driving me nuts. My 85 H31 has developed a strange knocking (thumping?, slapping?) sound
Yanmar 3GMF ranchu56 at 4:20pm 11.04.08 Big Boats 9/1889 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 1/1538 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 11/1552 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 5/1593 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 0/1018 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 2/1427 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 1/1810 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 7/1643 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 5/3294 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 4/2812 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 9/1978 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 5/1734 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 0/905 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 4/2375 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 10/1820 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 7/2681 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 0/3655
Length of the life lines Legend 40. Vinny at 6:39am 11.04.08 Big Boats 3/1005 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 38/8105 Most of us have pics of our sailboats. But I rarely see pictures of dinghies. I was just wondering

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Beneteau Parts website fullbore at 7:13am 01.06.22 That's the "Beneteau Shop" for this website, not official Beneteau parts. Just SBO's eCommerce shop
Beneteau Parts website cb32863 at 6:51am 01.06.22 Try shop.Beneteau owners.com (with lowercase b) That's the "Beneteau Shop" for this website, not
Jibing The Mainsail RoyS at 6:39am 01.06.22 We use a permanently attached and simple preventer. Lock it on when going down wind until time to ta
Its funny Friday! Will Gilmore at 6:26am 01.06.22 What could be the preferred choice for such a woman? Painting a boat bottom or grinding out and gla
Hole in the cabin floor beside step? Does anyone know what it for? RoyS at 6:25am 01.06.22 Curiosity is dead today. Comes from too much time in front of a TV maybe.
New Hunter 19-2 update Marshall-Sevilla at 6:15am 01.06.22
New Hunter 19-2 update Marshall-Sevilla at 6:12am 01.06.22
New Hunter 19-2 update kappykaplan at 6:07am 01.06.22
New Hunter 19-2 update kappykaplan at 6:06am 01.06.22
New Hunter 19-2 update Marshall-Sevilla at 5:05am 01.06.22
Its funny Friday! DArcy at 4:55am 01.06.22 A lovely young woman standing on a street corner sees a lonely man coming down the street. She appro
Beneteau Parts website fullbore at 4:53am 01.06.22 Try shop.Beneteau owners.com (with lowercase b)
Its funny Friday! Will Gilmore at 4:23am 01.06.22 My wife said, you couldn't be more right, JS. I told her I would love to make her dreams come true
Beneteau Parts website Inter20sailor at 3:10am 01.06.22 I have tried two West Coast dealers to no avail. Anyone have a dealer they can recommend that is re
The Proper PROP Barn-dog at 3:05am 01.06.22 Choosing the wrong prop can be bad for your engine. When I bought my boat the previous owner had th
Safest knot for dock line on a o ring... garymalmgren at 12:40am 01.06.22 Tying off to a dock ring, Safest knot to use... Hi Daryl First of all Tying off to a dock ring. I
Safest knot for dock line on a o ring... capta at 12:10am 01.06.22 If it was my boat, I'd use a bowline with fire hose for chafe gear, for a permanent dock line.
New Hunter 19-2 update Marshall-Sevilla at 11:19pm 01.05.22
New Hunter 19-2 update Marshall-Sevilla at 11:15pm 01.05.22 Thanks, crazy Davon. Do you Knie id the bimini can send it tonSevilla Spain?
New Hunter 19-2 update Marshall-Sevilla at 11:14pm 01.05.22 The Bimini was designed to fit under the boom when sailing. There are instructions how to mount

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