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Sail trim problems b393capt at 2:39am 07.17.07 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 21/5005 After having my roller furling drum replaced (from a profurl to a harken mkiv) and adding garhauer e
Replacing the Swing Keel Cable David Jones at 2:28am 07.17.07 Day Sailers 2/1613 I need to replace the cable on my swing keel. The boat is sitting on the trailer and I would apprec
Carpet tacking tips? Rick4850 at 4:17am 07.17.07 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 7/2280 I've owned sailboats for most of my years--many--and I've always had carpets I inherited, cut myself
Head flush problem Rob at 3:48am 07.17.07 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/1603 Ok, Here's what the head is doing... When I flush the head (W/C Headmate), the content of the head
Save gas and get a workout! Rick9619 at 4:38am 07.17.07 Ask All Sailors 13/1125 Had to snap this photo. We were on the way to sea out of the Mission Bay entrance. He was paddlin
Jib Problem Steve21974 at 5:34am 07.17.07 Ask All Sailors 9/1250 We were out last week in high winds and when we pulled the jib in and it would not wrap the last few
LEDs on Navaids Warren Milberg at 4:31am 07.17.07 Ask All Sailors 4/1266 The USCG is field testing the use of LEDs on various navaids on the Chesapeake Bay, per the note in
Anchor to chain connection Taylor at 6:19am 07.17.07 Ask All Sailors 20/3053 I have a new anchor (a 25KG Rocna) and I'm reviewing my anchor to chain connection. I have 7/16 cha
Shaft too long on Columbia 8.7? Charles Boyle at 6:27am 07.17.07 Columbia 9/4003 I'm half-owner of a Columbia 8.7 I swam to investigate a massive thumping and found about 1/2" sha
Spinnaker Dimensions Vitesse at 7:26am 07.17.07 Bigger Boats 1/1244 HiCan anyone give me aproximate dimensions for an asymetrical spinnaker for an O'Day 34/35? I am t
Hi-Low Reefer/Rigid Boom Vang Capn Santiago at 8:09am 07.17.07 Ask All Sailors 5/4597 I have recently purchased a 30' sailboat with a Hi-Low Reefer (in boom mainsail furling) and rigid b
Need Advice On Purcahsing a O'Day 23 Gary B at 12:08pm 07.17.07 Ask An Oday Owner 25/2125 I'm currently looking at purchasing a 1982 O'Day 23. The boat is almost perfect. It has a fresh bo
Looking for 26D cushions Craig at 12:08pm 07.17.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1117 Making my boat sea worthy again after 3 years of outdoor storage. Mice destroyed the forward and af
Magma grill and black smoke higgs at 12:14pm 07.17.07 Ask All Sailors 9/2127 My Magma propane is spewing black smoke and it gets all over the food. I am going to dismantle it a
Can you pull up the wood floor in a Hunter 26 mjstechman at 1:58pm 07.17.07 Smaller Boats 3/1073 We had some guests this week on our boat and had a major port-a potti malfunction.leakage onto the
1981 AMF Apollo Traveler's Car Doc Lambert at 10:19am 07.17.07 AMF 0/3353 Traveler's Car Thanks for the help about the forestay. I almost have the apollo ready to go except
Jib Leader? Steve Braverman at 10:10am 07.17.07 Ask All Sailors 4/1759 My O'Day 25 came with several hank-on head sails. One of the working jibs has a wire "leader" or ext
first time buyer dbop at 9:55am 07.17.07 Ask All Sailors 30/3271 I need some advice. I have never sailed, but i want to start. I have been looking at boats around 2
Fuel pump paulj at 3:07pm 07.17.07 Catalina 310 2/1652 I was wondering what brand or model of electric fuel pumps were being used.Also what is the amp rat
Ocean Crossing Johan Depoortere at 6:00pm 07.17.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1532 Do you have any experience in blue water sailing with a Beneteau 331? Did anyone cross the Atlantic

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Hunter 306 sailboat needs a rubber plug for the gear shift/throttle Ken13559 at 7:20pm 09.23.21 The rubber cap comes of easily, hence I put some sealant to make it stick but can be remove if requi
Polars Beneteau 45f5 (2) TimFromLI at 7:12pm 09.23.21 Attached is a file with a tiny picture of the polars. I thought I had a good one somewhere. I'll pos
Tropical Storm Sam (1) JamesG161 at 7:11pm 09.23.21 This is an "Watch Alert" Latest ECMFW model run...
Motor mounts 37.5 Hunter Yanmar 3 HM 35 F Sanfelice at 6:32pm 09.23.21 Can't answer your question directly but I had a 1987 28.5 with a Yanmar engine. As I recall the fron
Boneheaded mistakes & living under a lucky star shemandr at 6:12pm 09.23.21 Although I'm zoomed out on this image so you can't see the depths, this whole area looks pretty goo
Beneteau 361 Cutless Bearing Repalcement Ralph Johnstone at 6:05pm 09.23.21 Has anyone here changed thiers and how did you get the bearing out? Hopefully, this will get the
Squeaky bulkhead sail sfbay at 5:56pm 09.23.21 Suggest obtaining a permanent fix strategy from a sailboat design engineer and/or builder AND/OR co
IS my 1990 Beneteau s 41S5 alternator working?? georgetheleo at 5:12pm 09.23.21 Thanks!, I have 2 115 Amp hour new Full River sealed batterys -always linked together. The charger
Squeaky bulkhead wade the giant at 5:04pm 09.23.21
Boneheaded mistakes & living under a lucky star dlochner at 4:53pm 09.23.21 Well, that's another part of my story that I didn't exactly reveal. We did alright with 2.5 days n
Spinnaker halyard on 272 (1) Tally Ho at 4:48pm 09.23.21
trailer extension Seascoutship501 at 4:40pm 09.23.21 Hehe. IMO it is always better to find out something is easier than expected, than to run into proble
Boneheaded mistakes & living under a lucky star Scott T-Bird at 4:37pm 09.23.21 Well, that's another part of my story that I didn't exactly reveal. We did alright with 2.5 days no
trailer extension Leeward Rail at 4:36pm 09.23.21 this is so easy I feel so stupid... live and learn. Hehe. IMO it is always better to find out some
Boneheaded mistakes & living under a lucky star (1) dLj at 4:35pm 09.23.21 Because I have a friend with a beach house in Lewes, DE I have observed boats anchoring in the lee
cat22 woe's Seascoutship501 at 4:29pm 09.23.21 so I'm pretty sure one of my scouts lost the clevis pin for the keel fork. is it 5/16" x 3/4"???
trailer extension (1) Seascoutship501 at 4:28pm 09.23.21 so I finally had a chance to get by the trailer and this is so easy I feel so stupid... live and lea
Boneheaded mistakes & living under a lucky star dLj at 4:27pm 09.23.21 We'll be in the Chesapeake for about a month before heading south. Sharing adult beverages and tel
Boneheaded mistakes & living under a lucky star Stu Jackson at 4:27pm 09.23.21 That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Ahh, fiction or poetic license. I'll take door # three...
Beneteau 361 Cutless Bearing Repalcement Grip Fast at 4:27pm 09.23.21 Thanks, that's not good news.

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