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Need help simpson hyspeed windlass aret007 at 12:21am 06.26.21 Ask All Sailors 2/595 Need know How remove old grease and put in new grease How remove old gear oil and put in new gear
Never say never (1) pclarksurf at 9:20pm 06.25.21 Catalina 22 29/3410
Mast Corrosion (4) Vega27 at 8:24pm 06.25.21 Ask All Sailors 4/1208 Greetings I recently bought an albin vega 27 from 1973 with a proctor mast I have the same problem
Fireboy CO Monitor Replacement Nodak7 at 8:15pm 06.25.21 Ask All Sailors 15/2113 I recently replaced my Fireboy CMD4 - MR CO Monitors (3) due to a required end of life (5 years) rep
Forward Window leaks on the H41DS Nodak7 at 7:58pm 06.25.21 Big Boats 3/494 We have a 2006 H41DS and the forward window (Port ' Starboard) have begun to leak. I tightened the P
Talk about wind speeds... SOLAR UPDATE (1) jssailem at 7:36pm 06.25.21 Weather and Forecasting 0/649 Maybe Milar sails would hold up a enough to get the boat going. But sustained "Solar wind speed re
Moving galley cabinets to access engine Mike johansen at 5:22pm 06.25.21 Big Boats 0/368 The manual that came with the boat says to remove a few screws and slide tha bank of cabinets to the
1999 H410 Outboard Mount Challenges/Questions (1) SailorFrank at 4:45pm 06.25.21 Big Boats 0/423 I'm struggling with the current layout of the dinghy davits, motor hoist, and motor mount on the pat
Outboard (dinghy) motor mount ideas for 1999 H410 (2) SailorFrank at 4:42pm 06.25.21 Big Boats 1/549 I'm struggling with the current layout of the dinghy davits, motor hoist, and motor mount on the pat
Javelin motor advice Tattan at 3:15pm 06.25.21 Ask An Oday Owner 7/2534 Hey, I just got my hands on an older (year yet TBD) Javelin. I am planning on getting a motor to m
New guy with second boat Gutshot at 2:57pm 06.25.21 Day Sailers 4/1012 Just bought a 1974 oday daysailer 17' with trailer and free motor. $400. It's the second sailboat I'
Oday 23 or Oday 272 TieOneOn at 2:40pm 06.25.21 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1581 Moving up from a 22'. I have a number of boats available, and will prob NOT be using my new medium S
Hunter 44DS Cruising Speed HarryvdMeer at 2:37pm 06.25.21 Big Boats 9/1576 To Hunter 44DS owners: what is your typical cruising speed? My 2004 Hunter 44DS with a Maxprop has
DWL. Mast height visegrip at 1:24pm 06.25.21 Ask All Sailors 9/9198
Re-bedding upper shroud chainplates. sigsgmret at 11:47am 06.25.21 Smaller Boats 4/1007 I noticed some discoloration on the forward side of the port and starboard bulkheads that the upper
Setee supports on Hunter 23 (2) Stokeshc at 10:53am 06.25.21 Smaller Boats 8/1571 I have the settee bench tops removed and new ones cut and noticed that the horizontal boards they re
Leak on B332 Flatfish at 6:56am 06.25.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/722 I have an annoying seawater leak on my 2001 B331. it only occurs when hard pressed to windward. This
Reef line Routing (2) Ran-Dee9229 at 6:29am 06.25.21 Ask An Oday Owner 18/2240
Seaward Slipper 17' or Seaward Fox 17'. I located in NC, will travel for the right boat. Cheers! KnightsAtSea at 5:41am 06.25.21 Trailer Sailors 4/2450
240 center board Bubbadog at 4:59am 06.25.21 Smaller Boats 2/406 Hello all. I just bought a 2002 Hunter 240. The line for the center board appears to be all the wa

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Toilet Intake Hose ....modification Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:31am 12.06.24 think I got that correct. Almost. The head intake line needs to tee into the sink drain line as cl
AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? Captain Larry-DH at 5:50am 12.06.24 What specific VHF do you have? There are more of them containing AIS receive-only, and only a few
AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? Captain Larry-DH at 5:00am 12.06.24 Standard Horizon makes an AIS/VHF antenna, all in one, designed for their upper line of VHF radios.
AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? colemj at 4:56am 12.06.24 What specific VHF do you have? There are more of them containing AIS receive-only, and only a few e
AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? NYSail at 4:18am 12.06.24 I have a Garmin 800 that has a splitter for the antenna. Works perfectly. Consider the upgrade so pe
Ridgid sprayhood/dodger for Legend 40.5 (1) Terry Cox at 4:09am 12.06.24 sprayhood Do you mean dodger? Unfamiliar with your term. Is your current dodger soft (fabric) or h
Is the forward pad eye strong enough for storm jib? 1990 Beneteau 50/M500 Kings Gambit at 3:25am 12.06.24 I have the same, identical, pad-eye on my foredeck aft of the anchor locker. I asked this same quest
Non working microwave john2 at 2:52am 12.06.24 gas is from Dometic, oven is : Inventum an update, The oven was a completely useless thing:bangh
Is the forward pad eye strong enough for storm jib? 1990 Beneteau 50/M500 Davidasailor26 at 2:03am 12.06.24 That looks like the same pad eye as on my '93 Beneteau - it's a Wichard. I think they are only mea
Replacement sink (1) john2 at 1:12am 12.06.24 I could not find the smaller dishes, so this was the biggest sink that fitted.
Aluminum sewage tank on Legend 40.5, 1993 Irek at 8:56pm 12.05.24 Hi There is much more of a void space under fuel than sewage tk. But when I worked on the fuel tank
Is the forward pad eye strong enough for storm jib? 1990 Beneteau 50/M500 jssailem at 8:49pm 12.05.24 there is a deck plate just aft of the anchor locker with a pad eye that looks like it is meant to s
Toilet Intake Hose ....modification (1) TimFromLI at 7:44pm 12.05.24 This works for me
Is the forward pad eye strong enough for storm jib? 1990 Beneteau 50/M500 TimFromLI at 7:18pm 12.05.24 That looks like the same pad eye as on my '93 Beneteau - it's a Wichard. I think they are only mean
Aluminum sewage tank on Legend 40.5, 1993 Ralph Johnstone at 6:52pm 12.05.24 After looking around I found a SS screw which was most likely for long time under the tank. OUCH
AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? AndyBC at 6:41pm 12.05.24 I have an Emtrak AIS transceiver, which has a built-in splitter. So I use 1 cable and 1 antenna tha
Sarasota Bay Returning patrickfarley at 6:16pm 12.05.24 Headed back to Sarasota. Launching on December 21. Hopefully anchoring in my usual spot. Hopefull
Just picked up a super nice 2003 Precision 165 but I have a lot of questions I haven't found answers to online. RitSim at 5:45pm 12.05.24 Welding 6063 does drop the metal strength. I acknowledge that this is compareativly a low stress a
Is the forward pad eye strong enough for storm jib? 1990 Beneteau 50/M500 (1) Ralph Johnstone at 5:43pm 12.05.24 We want to confirm this pad eye could hold a stay with a storm jib in 50+ kts. I think I could co
Hunter 49 Swim Platform artboas at 5:34pm 12.05.24 After imagining for years how much better our Hunter 49 would be with a proper swim platform, we fi

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