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help ! how to remove flange from drive shaft bonaroo5698 at 7:35pm 11.04.08 Ask All Sailors 25/18005 i have a beneteau 393 (2005). have to change shaft bearing. separated the flange on the transmissi
Spinaker for Catalina 28 (1991) liberty at 7:24pm 11.04.08 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1328 Looking to add a Spinaker sail to my Catalina 28 (1991). Need to purchase a spinaker and see what r
Prop Shaft Knock Richard Deep at 5:20pm 11.04.08 Ask All Sailors 12/3665 OK, this is driving me nuts. My boat has developed a strange knocking (thumping?, slapping?) sound t
First 285 DC panel & water heater qiestion? SoSound at 5:19pm 11.04.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/2240 First 285 DC panel ' water heater question? Thanks for bearing with me, I'm working on a lot of thi
Prop Shaft Knock Richard Deep at 4:54pm 11.04.08 Mid-Size Boats 8/1994 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 9/1912 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 1/1569 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 11/1558 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 5/1615 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 0/1024 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 2/1439 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 1/1828 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 7/1659 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 5/3308 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 4/2848 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 9/1988 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 5/1751 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 0/914 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 4/2421 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 10/1864 I've been searching the archives for info on replacing or clearing a blocked vent pipe. Both the toi

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Pacific Northwest Sailing Suggestions (US) YVRguy at 7:42am 02.07.22 I think you are wrong. And I'm not being grumpy. You are the grumpy guy, because you didn't follow
Pacific Northwest Sailing Suggestions (US) YVRguy at 7:34am 02.07.22 Considering the amount of territory you want to cover in a sail boat, recommend that you leave sout
Long way to check out trailer sailor SoCalAngler at 7:32am 02.07.22 In 2009, at age 66, my father drove from SoCal to Florida for a Drascombe Lugger. He wanted one oh
salon window leaks in a 2007 373 Jentine at 7:30am 02.07.22 I had a 393 and found after years of chasing the leak from the outside that the only solution is to
Pacific Northwest Sailing Suggestions (US) YVRguy at 7:30am 02.07.22 Why not clear in at the first possible opportunity (if you are required to actually stop in person)
Pacific Northwest Sailing Suggestions (US) YVRguy at 7:24am 02.07.22 As Stu has shared, the folks at Roche Harbor are very friendly of ran in person experience. The Wa
Replacement Generator for Beneteau 411 Jentine at 7:21am 02.07.22 8.5 kW seems a little large for your boat. I suggest you make a list of all the electrical devices
Modification Impact Expert Advice Requested Captain Fantastic at 7:16am 02.07.22 Thanks for the advice and it's an old guy thing. Top capability fads at a certain age, it's more jus
Cable tv? Growl at 7:16am 02.07.22
Aft head shower Growl at 7:14am 02.07.22 Hello. I have a Hunter 41 DS. Has anyone taken off the door to the aft head shower and replaced with
Shower drain Growl at 7:00am 02.07.22
Old transducer with new depth sounder? dirt rd at 6:39am 02.07.22 Airmar depth is 2 wire . I connected old transducer to new ray marine I-67/70 instrument . Just wir
Old transducer with new depth sounder? dirt rd at 6:33am 02.07.22 You sure can.
Modification Impact Expert Advice Requested shemandr at 6:26am 02.07.22 As far as the fishing chair goes I'd add that many sailers sit on the high side of the cockpit or de
Masthead assembly (pulley wheel) Parsons at 6:13am 02.07.22 With all that aluminum touching stainless, perhaps consider anti-seize grease (anti-gal) when re-ass
Old transducer with new depth sounder? dlochner at 4:20am 02.07.22 Probably not. Most, if not all of today's electronics use NMEA 2000 and NMEA 0183 protocols. Someone
Modification Impact Expert Advice Requested dlochner at 4:17am 02.07.22 It sounds like you want a large T-Top to provide shade while fishing. You are correct to be concerne
Catalina Smile and what bottom paint is the best value? Joe at 11:33pm 02.06.22 As I mentioned previously, Fiberglass Bottomkote Aqua leaches more copper than is allowed by the st
Modification Impact Expert Advice Requested Captain Fantastic at 11:12pm 02.06.22 Truth be told, I woke up from a nap today with the start of a solution that I questioned because of
Modification Impact Expert Advice Requested (2) Tally Ho at 10:39pm 02.06.22

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