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What to use to seal windows seadaddler at 1:41pm 04.21.25 Ask All Sailors 8/829 I am pretty sure my head window is leaking and now I think my windows in saloon are leaking on port
Keel structure on a Hunter 37C James H at 10:59am 04.21.25 Ask All Sailors 15/854 I have a Hunter 37C and I am at the end of a complete refit with a big bump in the road to resplashi
Topside Canvas H49 Boiler at 10:51am 04.21.25 Big Boats 5/603 Has anyone replaced their topside canvas recently? Looking for a ball park number to compare bids t
DC to DC charger size ice breaker at 6:44am 04.21.25 Big Boats 26/2304 I have a question for all of you that have switched to lithium house banks but kept the AGM start ba
Magnum Charger/Inverter Communication Problems spadaforaj at 4:35am 04.21.25 Ask All Sailors 1/347 Hi - I have a problem with my ME-RC remote not communicating with my Magnum MS2812 inverter charger
Help identifying gasket part for S30 hatches on 1998 Oceanis 400 (3) dustintodd at 12:08pm 04.20.25 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/513 I have done a painful amount of research to find the correct gaskets for my Beneteau hatches. I have
Just bought a Hunter 410! So many questions stackwalker at 8:55am 04.20.25 Big Boats 22/2030
3YM30 rebuild raw water pump seadaddler at 8:05am 04.20.25 Ask All Sailors 4/753 I have rebuilt this raw water pump before but it has been many years since doing it and have all kin
Information on the South Atlantic crossing in 1982/83 MichaelGab at 1:27am 04.20.25 Destinations 8/1259 Dear everyone, My name is Michael, and I'm a French novelist looking for information about a sailin
Backstay for 1987 Catalina 22 (1) coldaddy at 1:54pm 04.19.25 Catalina 22 9/1203 Hello, I've not been on the forum in awhile and I'm quite new to sailing (a hobby taken up late in
2008 Oceanis 40 - Marine head water intake fitting size (diameter) and strainer type (4) miraculix at 1:29pm 04.19.25 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/556 Hi all, I had freezing damage to the intake water strainer on our 2008 Beneteau Oceanis 40 marine
Removing pin from old deck block? BAD ORCA at 10:01am 04.19.25 Ask All Sailors 7/767 I have a few old Schaefer deck blocks with badly worn sheaves. Two of the blocks have a tapered bas
Imray/Iolaire Chats of Eastern Caribbean Cptd at 8:54am 04.19.25 Ask All Sailors 0/185 Anyone out there been using the charts that Don Street collaborated on with Imray of the Eastern Car
Lifting pump on M-25XPB getting voltage but not current. dhandzy at 5:05am 04.19.25 Catalina 310 15/1613 I'm having an issue with my fuel lifting pump when trying to start the engine: The engine won't sta
2001 Hunter 340 main bilge and leak questions BW1973 at 4:52am 04.19.25 Big Boats 7/772 The main bilge has a hole above just aft of the bilge pump. it's about 1 inch above the bottom of t
Instrument Shuffle (1) Foswick at 4:27pm 04.18.25 Ask All Sailors 12/729 I'm motivated to move some instrumentation around. The main issue I am trying to rectify is the fact
Deck Plate in Cockpit Floor (1) Foswick at 3:45pm 04.18.25 Ask All Sailors 11/798 Access to the engine compartment is pretty tight on my boat, from the front. The only other access i
A good Sailboat work marina in St. Pete or Tampa area Peanut Gallery at 12:18pm 04.18.25 Ask All Sailors 0/243 I used to use the Salt Creek Marina in the Tampa area for reliable, affordable work on my boat. I ju
DE 32 thoughts and suggestions WaKen at 9:10am 04.18.25 Down East Yachts 0/1974 I'm new to Downeast boats but am looking at a 1975 32 for cruising the Sea of Cortez. I would apprec
O'Day 322 chainplates Free Spirit! at 8:56am 04.18.25 Bigger Boats 23/1901 I have a '77 O'Day 322 that looks like there's rust coming from the starboard and port chainplates.

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Acadian Yawl jssailem at 6:09am 09.17.25 Hi Paul. I found a Cruiser/Forum reference to a 1974 Paceship Acadian Yawl 30 For Sale: 1974 Paceshi
Steering linkage OD 23 brhoads at 5:59am 09.17.25
So It Begins: Deck Recoring Project jssailem at 5:52am 09.17.25 CONGRATS!:wow3: LOOKING GOOD. It will look even better when you spash it and hoist the sails.
Steering linkage OD 23 Timm R Oday25 at 5:49am 09.17.25 I correctly understood your objective . I gave up on using a linked system .
Steering linkage OD 23 brhoads at 5:37am 09.17.25 Let me clarify. I have an OD 23 and a 10 HP outboard. A steering linkage, like a tie rod, would conn
Double sided tape or vecro that wont stain gelcoat colemj at 4:46am 09.17.25 Same here - never had it stain. Fading around it is possible over time. What type of tape/velcro h
Furler line selection colemj at 4:44am 09.17.25 In heavy weather with a lot of sea state, this can be a dangerous move. One must be able to reef wi
So It Begins: Deck Recoring Project kappykaplan at 1:29am 09.17.25 Congratulations! Now, go sailing. :beer:
Winterizing the Jabsco Manual Toilet Ralph Johnstone at 11:40pm 09.16.25 I have applied Super Lube to the fitting and hose in the spring, heat from a hair dryer, low settin
Winterizing the Jabsco Manual Toilet Dalliance at 9:40pm 09.16.25 I had the same issue winterizing the head. The hose was impossible to pull off the hose barbs, so it
So It Begins: Deck Recoring Project (1) SailingCal21 at 9:09pm 09.16.25 Project completed! :dancing: Project start May 5th 2024 Completion September 7th 2025 Cost of mate
Winterizing the Jabsco Manual Toilet (1) Tally Ho at 7:43pm 09.16.25
Painting Boat Bottom.....Copper Free Ablative Paint?? thinwater at 6:15pm 09.16.25 I notice that commercial paints are not usually part of these tests. For example, Sherwin Williams
Furler line selection dLj at 6:05pm 09.16.25 With that size boat I wouldn't bother with sheaves. The angles should be very small and the load sh
Steering linkage OD 23 Timm R Oday25 at 5:08pm 09.16.25 There are several brands that allow clamping of trolling motors to larger engines . What we do is t
Painting Boat Bottom.....Copper Free Ablative Paint?? Leeward Rail at 3:52pm 09.16.25 I tested 30 paints for Practical Sailor, 2 years plus, panels and on boat. I notice that commerci
2QM20 YP-7M gearbox lubrication question (2) Badger007 at 3:38pm 09.16.25
2QM20 YP-7M gearbox lubrication question kloudie1 at 3:14pm 09.16.25
Furler line selection kappykaplan at 2:48pm 09.16.25 BTW, do NOT furl up wind in any but the lightest winds. Bear off to a beam reach at least, and near
Invest 92L kappykaplan at 2:44pm 09.16.25 Another fish storm for most of us! Tks, Dammit Jim. :beer:

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