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How to remove the center piece out of the table on a Beneteau 423 Rob Spicer at 7:16pm 11.23.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/660 How to remove the center piece out of the table on a Beneteau 423
Deck Sheave replacement, 1985 H28.5 (1) DJGERN at 6:51pm 11.23.20 Ask All Sailors 20/1410 Anyone have any tips on this? I am about to the point of just pulling the whole block off the deck a
Goiot Portlight ID (1) TimFromLI at 4:53pm 11.23.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/411 Does anyone know what model Goiot portlight this is? Rigrite said it was a Cristal but I think the
House bank bus bar for 2009 45DS seanmadian at 4:38pm 11.23.20 Big Boats 6/854 Hi all -- My 2009 Hunter 45 DS has three AGM house batts with multiple leads attached to each positi
Catalina 25 questions. SailingLoto at 4:36pm 11.23.20 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/907 hello! I stumbled across an older fella with a 1985 c25 with a swing keel. He bought it years ago
Transom to hull crack (2) sven7 at 3:20pm 11.23.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1081 just found this crack in the transom to hull joint of 2007 343. crack is about 14 inches overall a
Status of the Big Lagoon JohnnyMac at 1:15pm 11.23.20 Ask All Sailors 6/963
Salt Water Foot Pump = Broken/Spun Impellers jonelli at 9:52am 11.23.20 Catalina 30 12/999 This was an interesting phenomenon. In the last year and a half, I've been in the middle of a weeke
Anchor Chain Catenary. Anchor Test Video by SV Panope Captain Larry-DH at 8:48am 11.23.20 Ask All Sailors 3/753 I follow this YouTube poster, and find his real world anchor testing interesting. I think this episo
Install Yanmar GM10 in Oday 27 - experience or advice? Wully Draigle at 7:59pm 11.22.20 Bigger Boats 10/1094 I have an O'Day 27 and the previous owner removed the original Atomic 4. I am wondering if anyone h
Catalina 38 owner's manual Naftaki20 at 7:19pm 11.22.20 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/752 Hello fellow Catalina owners and sailors! Does anyone happen to have a Catalina 38 owner's manual (i
H31 - Input on servicing original stuffing box IH82BL8 at 5:43pm 11.22.20 Mid-Size Boats 6/839 I think this stuffing box uses 1/4" square packing? What size and type hose is used to connect the
Storing boat in yard? Koltar at 3:33pm 11.22.20 Big Boats 19/1582 I was thinking in the next few years of getting me a Hunter 38. I have been saving to get something
How to replace eyes on pulpits (1) pmbuck at 12:49pm 11.22.20 Ask All Sailors 12/1093 187495 We have four of these badly corrupted beauties on our boat, two on the pulpit and two on the
Windlass v. Anchor Winch for H260 Tedd at 10:11am 11.22.20 Smaller Boats 31/2802 What are the relative merits of an anchor winch as opposed to a windlass, for an H260? I guess my qu
Chrysler 26 Cabin gutting/rennovation (3) myChrys26 at 10:04am 11.22.20 Chrysler 2/2915 I just purchased a 1977 Chrysler 26 swing keel. it was in decent shape up top and sail worthy. docke
Wowza. these AC75 boats have become spaceships RussC at 9:57am 11.22.20 Racing 11/1140 Great article on the new Kiwis boat design https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sail-wo
Small snaps for interior portlight blinds Jim/Tango at 9:28am 11.22.20 Parts Search 1/341 We have pleated blinds on our 8 portlights. Over time the small stainless snaps that hold them both
Muffler petcock rotted rpell1@msn.com at 9:03am 11.22.20 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/666 Hi all and Happy Thanksgiving in advance. Boat now on the hard for the winter and I'm starting to pl
1999 Hunter 340 Questions duck21 at 8:59am 11.22.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/751 Hello all, We looked at a 1999 Hunter 340 yesterday. The boat needs a little bit of work (the gall

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60 best Boats 30' and under Kings Gambit at 7:25am 01.06.24
so much mainsail twist on the VOR65s dlochner at 7:21am 01.06.24 The boats in your picture look like a broad reach in light wind. They have the big genoas out whic
so much mainsail twist on the VOR65s JBP-PA at 7:17am 01.06.24 The boats in your picture look like a broad reach in light wind. They have the big genoas out which
60 best Boats 30' and under Kings Gambit at 7:13am 01.06.24
so much mainsail twist on the VOR65s JBP-PA at 7:12am 01.06.24 The amount of twist you want varies according to the weather and there are several factors to consid
Compression post on Hunter 37.5 Legend (1) Claude L.-Auger at 7:02am 01.06.24 Thanks Kappy, I do not know what the problem is. I just deleted and reloaded. Should be there. It's
60 best Boats 30' and under Kings Gambit at 6:58am 01.06.24
60 best Boats 30' and under (2) JBP-PA at 6:56am 01.06.24 How is it that a boat with a longer longer waterline (and more wetted surface) has better performan
Compression post on Hunter 37.5 Legend kappykaplan at 6:55am 01.06.24 Attached is my solution to it. No attachment . . . :(
Compression post on Hunter 37.5 Legend (1) Claude L.-Auger at 6:52am 01.06.24 Don't know about the 37.5, but it's a problem that is recurrent on many of the 34s and 31. Attached
Polycarbonate Bimini Window thinwater at 6:44am 01.06.24 Chemists can't help having a pet peeve over "poly." Polycarbonate (Makralon is a brand name) Polyv
so much mainsail twist on the VOR65s jssailem at 6:43am 01.06.24 Is it that we cannot see this on our own boats due to the shape at the head or am I not using enoug
60 best Boats 30' and under JBP-PA at 6:43am 01.06.24 Tartan made a lot of boats in the 30 foot range in addition to the T3000. You'll find lots of them
iPad/tablet mounting jssailem at 6:27am 01.06.24 Check with Ram Mounts :plus: I use the Ram mount on my Binnacle guard. I find the iPad is limited
60 best Boats 30' and under dlochner at 6:14am 01.06.24 It's funny you mention that. When I look at the ads for every used Catalina sailboat in sizes up t
60 best Boats 30' and under Scott T-Bird at 5:43am 01.06.24 Whoever thought the standard 12" marine toilet bowl was a good size must have been a sadist or a p
1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light (1) dlochner at 5:12am 01.06.24 Not to take this too far but I don't think there is anything in the regulations about it being at "
60 best Boats 30' and under dlochner at 4:57am 01.06.24 Heads can be too big or too small. As folks have noticed too small makes life more challenging. Too
Polycarbonate Bimini Window Nodak7 at 4:55am 01.06.24 We have a uv poly on our dodger. Great stuff with great visibility. use strata on the enclosure sid
Polycarbonate Bimini Window Nodak7 at 4:53am 01.06.24 We had Makrolon dodger windows and were very pleased with them. They eventually got hazy and couldn

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