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Insight Please - Beneteau 361 Windlass Install Jskosmo at 11:56am 03.26.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1170 Hello all! I'm preparing to install a Lewmar V2 windlass on my 2000 Beneteau 361. I have all the co
fog scares me! jon hansen at 11:01am 03.26.21 Ask All Sailors 52/3698 what are the proper sound signals when sailing? what are the proper sound signals when motoring?
Dockside pressure water inlet is not working on my hunter 42 passage UME at 10:53am 03.26.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/1231 1990 hunter 42 passage new to me boat...hooking up to the dockside pressure water inlet for the firs
Thinking of using a Mercury 5hp Propane Outboard - Any Advice? JonnyEp at 10:18am 03.26.21 Ask All Sailors 19/11564 This is for small boat owners, I would be using it on my Catalina 18, but thought I would post here
Bearing wear points on catalina 250 swing keel: how to fix it francois.lavoie at 8:23am 03.26.21 Smaller Boats 1/975 The sailing season is coming fast. I have got my swing keel off from the boat. At the pivot pin, the
Best Wind/Wave Predicting App? SailorElliot at 8:08am 03.26.21 Ask All Sailors 22/5472 I'm a new sailor who just finished the ASA 101, and I bought my first boat. I was wondering what the
Ever Given dlochner at 4:39am 03.26.21 Sails Call Lounge 47/3615 The master of the Ever Given is certainly having a bad day.
Install Wallas heater in a Hunter 41 ac Baja bash at 7:37pm 03.25.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1302 Hello , looking for someone that has installed a Wallas diesel hot air heater in a Hunter 41. Would
Mast replacement cost _evan at 6:27pm 03.25.21 Ask All Sailors 5/3531 Hello all, I am currently in the process of searching for my first sailboat and have come across my
VHF Channels SailorElliot at 2:19pm 03.25.21 Ask All Sailors 8/1600 I am a very new sailor, and I just bought my first boat, a Flicka 20. My boat has a VHF and I am int
Replace adler barbour with frigoboat buddybear at 12:08pm 03.25.21 Catalina 310 4/889 Looking to replace the adler barbour with a frigoboat system does anyone have any experience in doin
VHF Range? SailorElliot at 11:00am 03.25.21 Ask All Sailors 51/6467 I have an old Standard Horizon VHF. Not sure about which one. I also have an antenna on my mast. I h
Engine panel cover. Worth it? (2) Justin_NSA at 10:32am 03.25.21 Ask All Sailors 11/1614 My cockpit engine control panel already has a flap covering. I was wondering if these SBO covers are
Flushing an Engine with Fresh Water? SailorElliot at 10:07am 03.25.21 Ask All Sailors 22/2965 I have heard that I should flush out my Yanmar 1gm10 inboard diesel engine every time I run it in sa
Catalina 25 - how is boom supposed to be secured to gooseneck (3) Panaphobe at 9:41am 03.25.21 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/2136 The attachment of my Catalina 25's boom to the gooseneck has always been... questionable. See the fi
Sailing to Catalina Island? SailorElliot at 9:40am 03.25.21 Ask All Sailors 56/12181 I'm a newbie sailor who just finished the ASA 101, but I would like to make my first voyage. I own a
Boat Transportation Service Recommendation Fleet at 7:45am 03.25.21 Catalina 310 11/1880 Catalina 310 #108 is now mine. Now I need to get it from Texas to Alabama. Any recommendations on
Outboard Tilt Release Issue (2) MikeMikeMike at 7:25am 03.25.21 Engines and Propulsion 5/1530 Take a look at this picture: mage is from before we bought it -- the boat is now clean) My concern
Toe rail replacement strategy geek_guy at 7:22am 03.25.21 Big Boats 1/672 Morning all, I would like to replace the toe rail on a Passage 42. I found new rail but they can o
1984 Hunter 37c conversion to sloop Mikem at 10:29pm 03.24.21 Ask All Sailors 7/1021 My daughter has a 1984 Hunter 37c. What is involved to convert it to a sloop? If the baby stay is r

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Prefer to trailer Tedd at 9:39am 09.10.24 Once in a while I muse about having a boat in the water, especially when my trailer needs some work.
Prefer to trailer Timm R Oday25 at 9:03am 09.10.24 We've been on a mooring for almost 20 years . I wonder at times if we shouldn't money up the cash a
Prefer to trailer Project_Mayhem at 8:55am 09.10.24 Most people feel the opposite. It takes about five minutes to grab my dingy from the rack and paddle
Nice restoration Sail22Capri22 at 8:32am 09.10.24 That was enjoyable to watch. Love seeing a boat get a second life, and what a great restoration.
Random Yanmar instrument warning light and buzzer dmax at 8:06am 09.10.24 If it's not an electrical problem, get yourself an infrared thermometer (cheap and handy to have) -
Nice restoration morbidfollower at 8:00am 09.10.24 I wish I had this level of skill and patience. Would really like to see a new design redone like thi
Random Yanmar instrument warning light and buzzer Moondawg at 7:38am 09.10.24 That looks pretty much identical to my Yanmar qm series panel, also most likely on a Cherubini if i
Random Yanmar instrument warning light and buzzer Moondawg at 7:35am 09.10.24 Can't even start until we know what model the Yanmar is. Yanmar 2GM20 has different overheating ca
1980s Oday Timm R Oday25 at 7:34am 09.10.24 With a trailer in decent shape , about the most one could reasonably expect to get would be about a
Potential Tropical Cyclone SIX kloudie1 at 7:07am 09.10.24 Heading to marina this morning to arrange lines for high water.. Looks like the center will be very
Hunter 41 fuel gauge doesn't calibrate (2) buddy0 at 7:02am 09.10.24 Sounds like you figured out how to calibrate. But here are the instructions for reference, and the m
What in tarnation is this? Hunter legend 43 Rattlenebang at 6:52am 09.10.24 Thanks for that. I was wondering if that might be the case. Since it's leaking I was also wondering
2024 Honda 2.3 HP outboard winterizing American_Mainsail at 6:32am 09.10.24 I think posters mostly have it covered here. Change the oil, run ethanol-free fuel through it, make
Potential Tropical Cyclone SIX jssailem at 6:28am 09.10.24 Staring at that image from the buoy for very long can make you seasick.
Potential Tropical Cyclone SIX (2) JamesG161 at 6:26am 09.10.24 Data buoy near TS Francine NDBC - Station 42020 Recent Data
Navigation Instruments Power Outage jssailem at 6:21am 09.10.24
Heavy weather sailing Tally Ho at 6:21am 09.10.24 Definitely you should practice trimming your boat and sails to Hove-To. The rationale for its use
Shrink wrapping details? Tally Ho at 6:14am 09.10.24 Greg, Great you didn't need a frame, that sure helps keep the initial cost down. Do you have a zi
Hunter 50 AC deck light mcconkd at 6:11am 09.10.24 Thank you all for the info, ordered through the Hunter store and is on the way. Needed to know how t
Potential Tropical Cyclone SIX jssailem at 6:09am 09.10.24 Francine is shaping to be an interesting storm. NHC is calling it to intensify over the Gulf to a Ca

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