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Sailboat surveyors near Annapolis mmlspace at 8:49am 11.22.20 Ask All Sailors 5/525 Hello Anyone Near Annapolis. I'm looking at a Cherubini Hunter 27. It looks to be in good shape an
Yanmar SB-8 Owen at 7:22am 11.22.20 Ask All Sailors 2/351 Does anyone know if a Yanmar SB-8 has a drain plug for the transmission? Owen
34/35 Prop Shaft Strut? (1) eherlihy at 6:11am 11.22.20 Bigger Boats 40/5194 Has anyone with an O'day 34/35 ever replaced their propeller shaft strut? If so; where did you get i
ProFurler Basic B35 Foil Gary Ryan at 6:03am 11.22.20 Ask All Sailors 5/608 Looking for a B35 Foil and Connector for our Sailboat. Any ideas where I might locate one? Not hav
Interfacing B&G MFD with Raymarine X5 autopilot? michaelapk at 4:56am 11.22.20 Ask All Sailors 20/3257 Looking for advice as I upgrade the old electronics on my Ericson 30+. Currently have a Raymarine X
Deck step repair junkydave at 4:29am 11.22.20 Cal 23/2101 Purchased a 1984 Cal 27 MKIII that needs some TLC I'm willing to take on but would appreciate some i
HOW TO FIND SOUTH PACIFIC MEMBERS michel06440 at 8:48pm 11.21.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/331 we are in new caledonia and are looking to make contact with owners of hunter Australians, New Zeala
New portlights Erbardy at 5:30pm 11.21.20 Ask All Sailors 6/1234 I have a question. I have a 1978 Chrysler 26. I just replaced all eight of the port lights. I used
ATN gennaker Member 131497 at 5:27pm 11.21.20 Ask All Sailors 16/1609 Hi again rigging an ATN gennaker to the mast on a Bristol 24. How high on tbe mast should the block
Christmas shopping done! (1) Brian D at 3:22pm 11.21.20 Sails Call Lounge 7/478 187451
Anti-fouling wax Monterey385 at 3:17pm 11.21.20 Ask All Sailors 15/1836 Does someone want to retire rich? Invent an anti-fouling wax for use between the edge of the bottom
Sending Unit Leaking dhandzy at 2:58pm 11.21.20 Catalina 310 29/2704 Hi -- I've discovered that the flange attaching the sending unit into the tank is slowly leaking die
55 gallon drums of antifreeze Dr. D at 2:48pm 11.21.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/797
Advice on cabin interior wall replacement project michaelapk at 1:51pm 11.21.20 Ask All Sailors 18/3784 I have an '86 Ericson 30+ that is in need of some interior work. Both inside wood walls for the cab
Connecting old NAVMAN instruments to modern chartplotter (1) take.yvr at 11:52am 11.21.20 Ask All Sailors 7/2335 One of the winter projects I'm working on is adding a new chartplotter to my Hunter 306. Currently,
Mainsheet rigging for V222 RevRol at 10:42am 11.21.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/686 In the process of "resurrecting" a forlorn, but salvageable, 1971(?) V222 (Hull # 232) and need som
Generator for a Oceanis 40CC Corwin Coward at 9:26am 11.21.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/593 New Generator: I have given up on my old Paguro 4000. I want to install a new generator that runs at
Interesting concept? (1) Brian D at 6:26am 11.21.20 Sails Call Lounge 16/2830 Looks real. I wonder...
The strangest thing I saw in season 2020. (3) TomY at 5:25am 11.21.20 Sails Call Lounge 10/730 Sitting in the cockpit in my harbor at dusk this past season, a Loon surfaced nearby with something
On the Level All U Get at 4:51am 11.21.20 Ask All Sailors 18/837 I could save them a few bucks with my experience getting under fixed bridges. A satellite that wi

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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
Polycarbonate Bimini Window NYSail at 4:50am 01.06.24 We have a uv poly on our dodger. Great stuff with great visibility. use strata on the enclosure side
what make engine? (2) twodzusfittings at 3:59am 01.06.24 Previously posted: One design flaw in this engine is the crankcase ventilation. The hose attaches t
2GM20F engine issue twodzusfittings at 3:48am 01.06.24 Two things come to mind. First in regards to low compression is, make sure your compression lever is
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Classic wooden boat owners (1) jssailem at 3:05am 01.06.24 Some of my early sailing days were spent on a plywood built Windmill in San Diego bay. During our v
Classic wooden boat owners (1) Will Gilmore at 10:49pm 01.05.24 What kind of boat did you live on when you were younger Will?
1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light Richard19068 at 8:51pm 01.05.24 In the legal parlance of the COLREGS and CFR, there is no such thing as a steaming light. The regs
60 best Boats 30' and under shemandr at 8:11pm 01.05.24 Room in the head is a big deal for me. Get rid of the stupid nav station and give me a proper space
iPad/tablet mounting CGT100 at 8:06pm 01.05.24 https://armor-x.com/en-ca/collections/boat-marine?filter.p.m.my_fields.design=X-MOUNT+%7C+Mobile+TYP
60 best Boats 30' and under PaulK at 7:49pm 01.05.24 The J-30 is a modern classic for sure. Just be sure to measure the actual headroom, and also stand
New to me boat with rotting bulkhead Timm R Oday25 at 6:55pm 01.05.24 G Newboat, in general terms ,"tabbing " refers to fiberglassing a wooden partition ,in this case a b
60 best Boats 30' and under FastOlson at 6:45pm 01.05.24 "Comfort ratio" is a calculation that does not actually reflect how a boat really behaves in bouncy
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so much mainsail twist on the VOR65s dlochner at 5:59pm 01.05.24 The VOR boats were so fast downwind sailing became a beam reach because the apparent wind moved that
1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light dlochner at 5:45pm 01.05.24
New to me boat with rotting bulkhead G Newboat at 5:43pm 01.05.24 Maybe I'm misunderstanding the terminology, but what are they saying in post #13- etc. when they tal
1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light rgranger at 5:18pm 01.05.24 The masthead light on the 1/2 Ton is mounted about halfway up the mast and has 225 degrees. That i
Classic wooden boat owners Sanfelice at 5:15pm 01.05.24 When fiberglass boats came into the picture people used to say they never saw a hundred year old fib
1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light pgandw at 4:59pm 01.05.24 On my past ODay 25 and my current Stuart Mariner (19ft), I hang (hung) a battery powered lantern on

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