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De Persia Automatic Bailer jeffmalarik at 1:51pm 11.13.21 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1567 Where can I find a pair of De Persia Automatic Bailers for Oday 15? Is there an alernative?
I just purchased a Catalina 30 Tall Rig 1980 and considering adding a Windlass. Lewmar has a Low Profile model that it seems would fit. Thoughts? Bill Martin PEI at 1:12pm 11.13.21 Ask All Sailors 3/686 I just purchased a Catalina 30 Tall Rig 1980 and considering adding a Windlass. Lewmar has a Low Pr
Lifting Sling Points for Hunter 40.5 - Help smokey73 at 11:54am 11.13.21 Big Boats 5/1366 1994 Hunter 40.5 My hull was repainted and the sling points are no longer marked on the hull. I"l
Painting water ballast lifting Dennis1390 at 9:47am 11.13.21 Ask All Sailors 1/457 how to lift a Catalina 250 wb for painting? concerned about damage to water ballast system. thx
recirculating ball bearing outhaul car rebuild (2) sf34dtw at 9:34am 11.13.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 20/4207
Need an oil pan for a Perkins LD 20663 (Marine 4.263 diesel) Billy_Pilgrim at 8:49am 11.13.21 Parts Search 1/718 cracked the oil pan in my s/v and having trouble sourcing a new one for the swap. i understand the 4
Anchor 150 miles offshore ? Calif. Ted at 7:22am 11.13.21 Sails Call Lounge 11/2056 I'm 60 miles downcoast from Los Angeles and it looks like a floating village of container ships all
Replace Traveler on 35S5 KGarvey at 4:07am 11.13.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/765 I'm looking for information on removing a Amiot traveler on a 35S5 and replacing it with a Harken. I
Wiring Raymarine Digital Radar with new and old cable smokey73 at 8:01pm 11.12.21 Ask All Sailors 2/890 I had damage to my radar cable from a Raymarine Digital radar and had to cut it. I bought a new Ray
Stray Induced Current (2) smokey73 at 4:43pm 11.12.21 Ask All Sailors 21/2569 When my Generator is running and I measure the current on the Green Wire shows 0.33 A with the readi
Tips on Finding a Deck Leak - 2007 Hunter 41DS (1) dkinzer at 1:16pm 11.12.21 Big Boats 11/1892 It has been raining very heavily for several days now in the Portland area. I was at the boat this m
Keel to hull joint Arrgh at 11:20am 11.12.21 Ask An Oday Owner 13/3497 What does everybody think about fiberglassing the keel to hull joint. Is this an area best left alo
Slips in Tampa area JohnnyMac at 6:56am 11.12.21 Ask All Sailors 12/1620 I am looking to relocate my boat to the Tampa Bay area and having difficulties finding a marina. I a
Oceanis 41/45 - has anyone replaced the discharge pipe from main head? (3) braddexter at 5:13am 11.12.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1851 Has anyone replaced the discharge pipe from main head? This looks a nightmare! It's now full of calc
Replacing a thru hull on a Newport 30 mk 3 (1) bil1215 at 2:28am 11.12.21 Ask All Sailors 12/1444 Hello, I am currently attempting to replace a thru hull on my Newport 30 it was damaged while remov
They made the cover of People Magazine (1) Kermit at 5:13pm 11.11.21 Sails Call Lounge 29/2816
H41 prop, please tel me with prop do you have Valerio at 4:32pm 11.11.21 Big Boats 21/2712 I have a 45 hp yanmar with 3 fixed blade prop 18 x12 Today i have installed a used Max Prop and i p
Plastimo Olympic 135 Compass replacement RitSim at 4:29pm 11.11.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1069 My current compass leaks over a season. Tired of trying to refill. Has anyone swapped out this comp
Which LED bulbs for masthead, stern, and bow lights on H240? chriscampbell at 3:45pm 11.11.21 Smaller Boats 3/1122 Got my cabin bulbs replaced! Thanks to everyone for your help. :) Now I'm on to the nav lights. I'm
2004 41 AC Hex key size for Tiller lever (1) ice breaker at 12:09pm 11.11.21 Big Boats 3/593 I was wondering if anyone knew the size of the hex key to remove the tiller lever? The tiller lever

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Water under engine while motoring -- shaft seal leak? [Photos attached] JoeWhite at 8:15am 07.07.25 I am not sure what engine we are dealing with but on my Universal engine the heat exchanger has end
That 42 year old Atomic 4 . . . Compass Rose oh at 8:07am 07.07.25 I have a 77 C30 with an A4 when I bought it the distributor was put in 180 degrees out and it ran ok
Bird Poop Prevention THAT WORKS JoeWhite at 8:02am 07.07.25 Yes, ribbons work. For the bow I have two lengths on left and right side tied to the bow pulpit back
Seeking a whisker or spinnaker pole for an O'40? LouisMK at 7:58am 07.07.25
Bird Poop Prevention THAT WORKS dmax at 7:35am 07.07.25 No, just in the fore-triangle - the ribbon was shiny and I think all the reflections just made them
Bird Poop Prevention THAT WORKS dhandzy at 7:24am 07.07.25 I had the same problem with cormorants, nasty mess. The solution I used that finally worked was to
Bird Poop Prevention THAT WORKS dmax at 7:18am 07.07.25 I had the same problem with cormorants, nasty mess. The solution I used that finally worked was to a
Water under engine while motoring -- shaft seal leak? [Photos attached] (1) sailcapt340 at 7:12am 07.07.25 On my 340 there is a weep hole in the stringer that is just behind the engine compartment. This is
3 of us lowered mast H260, that mast is heavy, I admit gin pole is needed h2o_snow at 7:08am 07.07.25 I use a small 4 wheeler winch with a portable battery pack & reinforced gin pole. Great for single
Bird Poop Prevention THAT WORKS (1) Kermit at 7:04am 07.07.25 Only 9 years too late for me. I ended up hoisting a pig stick and added a line diagonally across th
Tropical Depression 3 Kermit at 6:55am 07.07.25 The storm was good to us inlanders. Beautiful Saturday with cooler temp, clear blue sky and occasion
Bird Poop Prevention THAT WORKS BigEasy at 6:50am 07.07.25 Wow! :yikes: Makes me thankful that I only have to deal with purple martins when they are on locati
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. BigEasy at 6:43am 07.07.25 Was definitely past time to replace those fittings! That situation was a catastrophe waiting to hap
Chartplotter navigation software for Raymarine smokey73 at 6:12am 07.07.25 @artboas The minimum they could have offered is to look up my account and offer the pro-rate my "sub
Hunter 146 motor mount bolt locations hawkroxx at 6:00am 07.07.25 If I can get the measurements, I can draw up a plan, and maybe make a "how to" on fitting an unorigi
Bird Poop Prevention THAT WORKS shemandr at 6:00am 07.07.25 They are a pestilence! Looks like you've hit on a solution. Other techniques I've seen have mostly
Electric Furler imagine504 at 5:59am 07.07.25 I single-hand a 50 ft Catalina Morgan with an offshore-grade genoa of about 600 sq ft on a Schaefer
Chartplotter navigation software for Raymarine smokey73 at 5:54am 07.07.25 I was unaware if they do that with newer cards. The one I have is ~10 years old and is just flat fi
Chartplotter navigation software for Raymarine smokey73 at 5:53am 07.07.25 @artboas I understand but your discussion points out the ease it would be for Navionics to recognize
Water under engine while motoring -- shaft seal leak? [Photos attached] dlochner at 5:39am 07.07.25 Hey everyone, Did an oil change today on my boat. The old oil came out black with a milky layer on

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