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What to do with keel for now (2) newsailor72 at 12:27pm 06.13.25 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/838 I need to put my Mac 22 in the slip by early July, else slip goes to someone else. Here's how my ke
Volvo Pentra 2000 Model # 2003868102 small water leak on engine near the water pump. (1) KGarvey at 5:36am 06.13.25 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/497 I have a small leak that seems to be coming from the water pump gasket which is behind the copper c
Jack lines Gypsy Legend at 1:14am 06.13.25 Smaller Boats 5/759 On my 240 I currently have one jack line on the port side (I sail single handed most of the time) an
Reviving a dead tillerpilot using a free app garymalmgren at 7:28pm 06.12.25 Ask All Sailors 0/290 I was given a couple of dead tiller pilots. A Simrad TP 10 and an ancient Fuso unit. Both had burnt
OUTHAUL CLEW BLOCK REPLACEMENT (1) Ciarabc at 6:10pm 06.12.25 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/428 I am seeking specs/replacement for my outhaul clew block for my 2007 Beneteau 343. Any help is app
The Expression, "Out Island" Foswick at 2:12pm 06.12.25 Ask All Sailors 9/892 I was talking to someone the other day (also from this region - the San Juan / Gulf Islands region),
Charge settings for Solar Victron controller (2) skunther at 1:38pm 06.12.25 Ask All Sailors 12/1219 I have a 2S2P setup of 6v 230Ah East Penn batteries for total 460Ah of 12v. I have attached 2x50w pa
5hp Nissan... convert to external tank? (1) W0rdBuff at 10:53am 06.12.25 Trailer Sailors 0/593 Good day, Potterers! After replacing my internal tank twice now due to cracks around the exit tube t
Masthead mounting plate - 6061 or HDPE (4) ricksoth at 7:17am 06.12.25 Ask All Sailors 8/609 I have an approximate 1.5" wide flat mounting location at the top of my mast, and need to mount a Ga
GOOD MORNING PNW CRUISERS (1) jssailem at 6:44am 06.12.25 Pacific North West Cruisers 7/830 I am back from my Relative Vacation to Michigan. Saw some beautiful country and hugged a lot of my w
Belt adjustment on my Perkins M30 engine beneteau 351 (1) keven at 6:21pm 06.11.25 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/884
Anchor Seahawk345 at 3:41pm 06.11.25 Mid-Size Boats 7/965 Quick question about anchor size. We have a H310......weighs about 9000 lbs. We have become 'fai
Janky outboard setup (3) pclarksurf at 1:29pm 06.11.25 Catalina 22 9/1292 Had to laugh -- does everyone have a Wonky outboard test bed like me? After hating on every versi
M25 Rear main seal leak or... (1) Thecatalinaproject at 1:10pm 06.11.25 Engines and Propulsion 6/919 Hey All, Just got a free Catalina 30 (I know, I know: nothing more expensive than a free boat!) Th
'88 Hunter 37 main traveler Phil D. at 9:55am 06.11.25 Big Boats 4/782 I recently had a fairly several accidental jib and ended up breaking off the traveler turning on the
Pedestal guard plate (1) serge5553 at 9:53am 06.11.25 Ask All Sailors 3/344 Hello everyone trying to find out the exact inner diameter measurement of the pedestal guard plate
Amp draw question Timm R Oday25 at 9:25am 06.11.25 Trailer Sailors 10/1212 I'm closing in on finally launching our boat for the summer. We've finally acquired the outboard I'v
criteria for searching for a sailboat Patern at 5:02am 06.11.25 Ask All Sailors 7/800 Hello, I am looking for a sailboat to sail as a couple and sometimes with my daughters (they are 13
SVEclipse (7) SVEclipse at 6:52pm 06.10.25 Catalina 22 5/828 Hi all! I have been following and gleaning lots of info from your posts here and enjoyed your Youtu
R.O. water filter install question (1) BAD ORCA at 4:49pm 06.10.25 Ask All Sailors 56/4257 I recently inherited a simple five stage RO water filter. Do I need to install a second fresh water

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Holiday Greetings Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 10:53am 12.13.25 It was a perfect day that I didn't think would be possible 'cuz it was the Monday after the boat sho
Questions about the roof build of a Oday 27 older model likely 1979 or 78 Richard19068 at 10:35am 12.13.25 Just some observations: I don't have a 27 but on my 1985 O'Day 31the headliner appears to be very s
On Aging Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 10:33am 12.13.25 If you make it to 80, you'll find out how young you were at 70. --Peggie
Holiday Greetings Stu Jackson at 10:32am 12.13.25 Happy Holidays, to all. Peggie --- it's been almost ten years since we had that lovely sail toget
Do you use any type of dehumidifier in the winter? Project_Mayhem at 10:22am 12.13.25 Seven buckets and matching collanders at the dollar store $14 one time cost. One 40# bag of pure ca
Why is my stove working? Project_Mayhem at 10:18am 12.13.25
Holiday Greetings jssailem at 10:14am 12.13.25 Merry Christmas Peggy. May the joy of this season fill your home and heart with the warmth of love.
Questions about the roof build of a Oday 27 older model likely 1979 or 78 (1) jssailem at 10:12am 12.13.25 I am sitting here sipping coffee in a rain storm thinking about your boat. Maybe you could take a pi
Why is my stove working? (1) jssailem at 9:56am 12.13.25 Stove still works perfect. I'm stumped Positive Gremlins
Question On Battery Charging Hello Below at 9:52am 12.13.25 Here is a link discussing the paralleled chargers and some cautionary words to take when using with
Do you use any type of dehumidifier in the winter? Rich Stidger at 9:52am 12.13.25 That's $240 on just desiccant buckets if you're using the big ones Seven buckets and matching coll
Holding tank and water tank under V berth sending units jssailem at 9:52am 12.13.25 Depends on the tanks involved. If metal then you need an insert type with a float to provide the le
Question On Battery Charging dlochner at 9:45am 12.13.25 What caught my eye was this: "DC-DC chargers increase battery life by adding sophisticated charging
Question On Battery Charging Hello Below at 9:44am 12.13.25 I'm guessing the more prudent scenario is scenario #1...but it seems like you cannot take full adva
Question On Battery Charging Scott T-Bird at 9:38am 12.13.25 Im not aware of any built in protection for BMS cutoff with the Victron DC/DC chargers. I think wha
Recommend A Bottom Paint for my partially repaired swing keel? (current keel paint unknown) thinwater at 9:34am 12.13.25 With that much pitting I would really suggest sand blasting. It is impossible to get into the pits w
Holding tank and water tank under V berth sending units VFR750 at 9:06am 12.13.25 I used the Garnet seelevel II, which at that time had battery voltage, fresh water, black water, an
Looking for feedback on Raritan's Knock Out Odors (KO2) kit JimHansen77 at 8:36am 12.13.25 +1 on Raritan Saniflex. It is super easy to work with and* smells like vanilla. You could cut off*
What's going on with this keel? How do these keel bolts look? Don S/V ILLusion at 8:13am 12.13.25 Not possible to tell what is hiding under the tubes some idiot covered the keel bolts with. Really d
Why is my stove working? Tally Ho at 7:38am 12.13.25

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