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Looking at a boat - Potential issues with this rudder mount "fix" (1) baw335 at 8:33pm 06.14.21 Trailer Sailors 7/1009 I found an old Precision 16 for sale near me that looks pretty clean. However, I noticed that someon
Cant blocks for winch Andrew Parker at 7:02pm 06.14.21 Ask All Sailors 6/1549 Hi all, Need cant blocks for winch base to level them out (Olson 30) Was thinking a simple triangl
H22 cover clnhse at 5:39pm 06.14.21 Smaller Boats 4/615 I recall a while back there is a company with the pattern for a trailer cover for a MH 22?
Irwin Virginian at 5:29pm 06.14.21 Ask All Sailors 8/1537 Are keels on Irwin 34s bolt on or encapsulated?
electrical connection at deck for mast wiring gudiss at 4:22pm 06.14.21 Smaller Boats 3/596 hunter 260/ i need to replace the male connector terminating the mast wiring at the deck fitting. w
Roller furling RocheDen at 4:08pm 06.14.21 Ask All Sailors 17/1315 My boat is 31 years old. The roller furling is giving me problems. It unfurls almost all the way,
How far down should she be dunked? Project_Mayhem at 3:53pm 06.14.21 Ask All Sailors 13/3943 We finally launched last week and traveled down the Chicago river to get to Lake Michigan. Great tri
H-34 Fixed Ports Rebuilt (3) kloudie1 at 2:43pm 06.14.21 Ask All Sailors 2/1107 Shamelessly copied Allan's idea to replace the old embrittled fixed ports on the cabin side. First g
Hunter 45DS SeaTalk Backbone bgwedepohl at 1:35pm 06.14.21 Big Boats 5/884 Has anyone with a 45DS found the SeaTalk backbone, I have a 2009 DS and have been looking off and on
Reefing Cringle?? (1) cstats at 12:46pm 06.14.21 Catalina 30 6/1350
Shroud Cotter Pins WasabiRush at 12:13pm 06.14.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1910 Is there any reason the shroud cotter pins shouldn't be bent back against the turnbuckle? The riggin
Appropriate sealant and when to wax after bottom painting Ran-Dee9229 at 11:43am 06.14.21 Ask All Sailors 2/813 I am about to install a Harken ratcheting block, a new bridle and bow handle. I picked up 5200 perma
3GM30F Clean-up (4) Scott T-Bird at 9:39am 06.14.21 Engines and Propulsion 19/2557 195168 Primary objectives were to replace the standard pulley with serpentine pulley kit (courtesy C
New Headsail BaC at 8:31am 06.14.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/1006 I recently acquired a Beneteau First 285 and need a new headsail. I will be doing some beer can raci
Mast Support in Cabin '87 H32 salemsailor at 7:24am 06.14.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/566 Hi. Need a bit of help. My '87 Hunter 32's vertical support 'beam' inside the cabin is buckling.
battery charger captcrly at 6:57am 06.14.21 Ask An Oday Owner 1/640 1986 ODAY 40ft. Does anybody know where the onboard battery charger is located on the boat? The prev
Is tuning the rigging necessary? DeliriousSailor at 6:54am 06.14.21 Ask All Sailors 18/1537
What are these threaded metal inserts in the side of my boat? (3) JakePlisken at 8:19pm 06.13.21 Ask All Sailors 4/750 New to sailboats so hopefully someone can tell me what these are. They are threaded and dont go all
Should I run away, find out more, or jump on this? Catalina 30 phobucket at 7:57pm 06.13.21 Catalina 30 27/3793 Hey all, I'm brand new to sailboats, having done just enough research to know what a Catalina 30 is
How-to tip: Replacing a Racor Gas Filter - issues with water separating bowl. Captain Larry-DH at 6:56pm 06.13.21 Ask All Sailors 0/581 I've had issues removing the plastic bowl from a Racor water-separating filter on my dinghy. It beca

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A few fixed rudder questions. Chuck_FLA at 4:17am 02.12.25 I think the gudgeon will rip out prior to the rudder blade breaking - probably the lower gudgeon .
Keeping warm for winter boat work dlochner at 3:36am 02.12.25 It's about time one of us in Florida chimes in with a "The cure for Winter is moving to Florida" po
Legend 40.5 - freezer cold plate temperature (1) fero at 3:00am 02.12.25 Rich, I understand were the power comes from but what I wandered how did you bring additional wires
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? BigEasy at 1:03am 02.12.25 They are 14 years old. They are brass. And they don't have proper backing plates or flanges.
Stern Tube Rotated 180 Degrees After Fishing Line Incident (Beneteau 393) BigEasy at 12:37am 02.12.25 Thanks. I just went through all of this last year on What was the condition of the rubber when you
A few fixed rudder questions. Will Gilmore at 12:08am 02.12.25 Maybe something like a light aluminum wire that will hold the rudder during a moderate bump of the b
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? Ralph Johnstone at 8:24pm 02.11.25 Wow ! With ideas like that, it pretty well goes without saying that you're travelling with the wro
Watertight through-deck connection Urban Hermit at 7:24pm 02.11.25 I went to Pensacola's West Marine asking for just that. Two middle-aged clerks didn't know what I w
Keeping warm for winter boat work shemandr at 6:56pm 02.11.25 It's about time one of us in Florida chimes in with a "The cure for Winter is moving to Florida" pos
H340 Saloon Table operation? markymac1961 at 6:05pm 02.11.25 Thanks Folks. Yep all makes sense. I Shall pull apart and investigate when I get some time. As is
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? kodiak1120 at 5:49pm 02.11.25
A few fixed rudder questions. shemandr at 4:20pm 02.11.25 I think the gudgeon will rip out prior to the rudder blade breaking - probably the lower gudgeon .
Watertight through-deck connection (1) JoeWhite at 4:11pm 02.11.25 229720 This is what I use. West marin $21.00 Very happy with it.
Keeping warm for winter boat work dmax at 3:16pm 02.11.25 If you go that route, install a CO alarm immediately
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? Mark Maulden at 3:06pm 02.11.25
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? dlochner at 2:49pm 02.11.25 How far back does the filler between the hull and lining go? A few small test borings might be neces
Keeping warm for winter boat work dlochner at 2:36pm 02.11.25 The problems with using propane on an enclosed boat in the winter are moisture and CO. The moisture
Keeping warm for winter boat work (1) Project_Mayhem at 2:26pm 02.11.25 I used an electric plug in heater most of the time working on Tally Ho over the winter. If it was
O'day 272 parts TangoXray at 2:02pm 02.11.25 I got ahold of him. He said there are none available anymore. I will try at West Marine tomorrow. If
O'day 272 parts Tally Ho at 1:52pm 02.11.25

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