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Defender Marine got hacked Dr. D at 11:28am 05.21.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 11/2413 Today I received an email from Defender Marine. They found malware on their servers which was sendin
Compression post The Captain at 10:29am 05.21.21 Balboa 0/880 72/73 Balboa 20 How exactly do you remove the compression post? Particularly the bottom Is there a b
Sailboat tour Cal 33- You tube william24424 at 9:35am 05.21.21 Ask All Sailors 3/1757 I learned how to make a video on You tube, I was inspired by those globe traveling, influencers/tube
Wanting to add a second battery and a solar charger. coreyjohnson99 at 8:37am 05.21.21 Ask All Sailors 4/1681 First time posting here, thank you all for being a great resource. I just purchased my first sailbo
Cutting my Rub Rail (1) JamesG161 at 7:42am 05.21.21 Ask All Sailors 9/2263 When our Boat was Lifted of shore from... Repairing boat after Hurricane Zeta Sea Tow had a awkward
Catalina28 air conditioning GreenSailor2 at 6:47am 05.21.21 Mid-Size Boats 3/2244 Could you post some pictures of how and where you installed your air conditioning on your 28?
Looking for cabinet and door latches for '97 Beneteau Oceanis 381 ransarge@gmail.com at 10:05pm 05.20.21 Parts Search 6/2913 Looking for cabin door latch hardware and also the finger hole push latches on the salon cabinets. A
Bleeding air from fuel system Universal 5411 (1) shank at 6:10pm 05.20.21 Ask All Sailors 4/2447 I have a new to me 82 Catalina 27 with a Universal 5411 and the manual is ancient and diagrams not v
Retrieve lost end of topping lift? mister_j at 6:08pm 05.20.21 Ask An Oday Owner 8/2022 I lost the mast end of my topping lift line into the boom on my Oday 35, and sailing is off until th
found turnbuckles Bobbelec at 5:33pm 05.20.21 Ask All Sailors 0/449 I came across theese turnbuckles. I thought i would pass the link along. Hope this works. I'm not
Hunter 326 RNC725 at 3:55pm 05.20.21 Mid-Size Boats 3/1001 Do they have a boat on keel? What length does Hunter not use bolt on keels? Thanks
How to "back" fittings used to route halyards to the cockpit? Nightowl415 at 12:06pm 05.20.21 Day Sailers 4/938 For my 1978 Oday 20, I am routing halyards to the cockpit using a lifting block, deck organizer, an
Replacing spreader mount on a H19-2 ChaseRokitt at 11:25am 05.20.21 Smaller Boats 8/968 Hi everyone - long time listener, first time caller. Thanks for all the knowledge I've been able to
Refinishing Sinks (surrounding firberglass top included) (2) against.the.wind. at 11:19am 05.20.21 Ask All Sailors 4/738 Hi All, I have been searching for nearly a month now on the best optionto go about refinishing the
Gulfstar 47, Sailmaster, Morgan 462, Irwin 43 Tom Cordero at 11:16am 05.20.21 Ask All Sailors 7/1275 Good afternoon forum members: Does anyone know of any Gulfstar 47 Sailmaster, Morgan 462, or Irwin
Kudos to the SBO store Ken Cross at 9:46am 05.20.21 Ask All Sailors 2/612 I have been looking for an odd-sized sheave and asked our friends at SBO. They were unable to locate
Replacing FP mini 12 Velero49 at 7:05am 05.20.21 Big Boats 4/597 What replacement genset did your get for your hunter49? Thinking about Westerbeke 11. A little hea
What is this number? (1) ramoore at 6:34am 05.20.21 Ask All Sailors 17/1826 Hi all, I recently purchased a 2007 sailboat. In the cockpit lazerette is what looks like a coast
Vertical Challenged can I 31 Hunter at 6:15am 05.20.21 Ask All Sailors 9/1193 New to sailing, Just bought an 84' Hunter 31'. I have found that i am vertical challenged to connect
Housing market All U Get at 4:04am 05.20.21 Sails Call Lounge 19/1767 Hi all, We wintered in the Chesapeake and had a number of live aboards at our marina. Many of them

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Sails, materials, designs - so many questions Davidasailor26 at 6:35pm 04.08.25 Love that photo! I definitely do not have laminate sails... Are you up north on the Chesapeake? Ha
Hatch boards vents smokey73 at 6:04pm 04.08.25 Might I ask, what does your "passive exhaust vent" look like?
I need a rigger on Eagle Mountain Lake! stickinthemud57 at 5:59pm 04.08.25 I keep my boat at Scott's Landing in Grapevine and an old guy named Perry (PT Rigging) does a lot of
B&R rig tuning take 1 colemj at 5:18pm 04.08.25 There should be no worry at all about diagonal tension because you are loosening one side and tighte
Hatch boards vents Timm R Oday25 at 4:53pm 04.08.25 pgandw , your experiance and many other reviewers of the solar powered vents was the reason I though
Sails, materials, designs - so many questions colemj at 4:32pm 04.08.25 I would hesitate to use anyone that does not come to the boat to measure. Especially with the sail
Sails, materials, designs - so many questions (1) colemj at 4:28pm 04.08.25 What kind of main sail are you runnning? Furling? Non-furling? dj Catamaran with a large roach e
Sails, materials, designs - so many questions colemj at 4:27pm 04.08.25 A couple of friends have 3Di sails, they love the shape and how well the sail holds it shape. Howev
Sails, materials, designs - so many questions dLj at 4:16pm 04.08.25 We have had 3Di Endurance sails (dyneema and kevlar) for the past 5yrs. 3Di is really only the man
Sails, materials, designs - so many questions dLj at 4:10pm 04.08.25 The offshore lofts often work with several different smaller lofts. The advantage to using a smalle
Sails, materials, designs - so many questions colemj at 4:09pm 04.08.25 I've heard about these. I've also heard some mixed reviews of the 3Di. Do you have any direct exper
Sails, materials, designs - so many questions dLj at 3:55pm 04.08.25 I just went through the process of pricing sails in the fall, and my new main and jib are arriving
Sails, materials, designs - so many questions dlochner at 3:54pm 04.08.25
Mainsail Question dLj at 3:39pm 04.08.25 Going back to the OP we are talking about an ODay 25 on a lake. So that narrows the discussion qui
Sails, materials, designs - so many questions (1) Davidasailor26 at 3:33pm 04.08.25 I just went through the process of pricing sails in the fall, and my new main and jib are arriving i
Sails, materials, designs - so many questions dLj at 3:32pm 04.08.25 A couple of friends have 3Di sails, they love the shape and how well the sail holds it shape. Howev
Mainsail Question shemandr at 3:26pm 04.08.25 Going back to the OP we are talking about an ODay 25 on a lake. So that narrows the discussion quit
Engine Overheating Tally Ho at 3:02pm 04.08.25 My raw water pick up (tru-hull) was completely blocked with zebra mussels at the end of last season
Sailing Tender dLj at 2:57pm 04.08.25 That's actually a pretty normal artefact of computational photography on modern smartphones. The gi
Sails, materials, designs - so many questions dlochner at 2:55pm 04.08.25 I've also heard some mixed reviews of the 3Di. Do you have any direct experience with these materia

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