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Engine failing to start, help with Diagnosis Cat36Amoore at 6:36am 10.04.20 Ask All Sailors 17/929 Help with Diagnosis After a lovely October sail on Fisher Island Sound we made our back to the mari
Looking for photos of V-berth port and starboard removable shelves - O-Day 28 Fredct at 6:36am 10.04.20 Ask An Oday Owner 15/959 I am doing overhaul of waste storage tank. in doing my prep work, I brought home the 2 shelves that
Cored hull for 1992 Beneteau First 265 Seattle_Dad_7 at 2:02am 10.04.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1107 Hi, does anyone know exactly what the cored hull material is on a 1992 Beneteau First 265? Is it bal
Sextant Ilanortho at 7:24pm 10.03.20 Ask All Sailors 27/2512 Can anyone please recommend a decent sextant to purchase either metal or plastic; have a landlubber
Temporary Plug for Thru Hull Fitting (1) Jim Hawkins at 4:26pm 10.03.20 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 31/5486 So, a friend bought a sailboat............without asking my opinion of it first. Let's be kind and s
Weekend projects in my Laguna 26 (5) SailingLoto at 3:03pm 10.03.20 Trailer Sailors 43/3141 My fixer upper. I gutted it a few weeks back. Since then I kinda stalled, got side tracked with an
Hunter Edge Real Top Speed with 70hp Outboard nickh1 at 1:18pm 10.03.20 Trailer Sailors 13/2659 Hello, I am considering the purchase or a Hunter 27 Edge but I talked to a current owner who said th
Hunter 26 leaking water into cabin light (3) MySong at 10:40am 10.03.20 Smaller Boats 3/890 My main cabin light is full of water. I went to the coachroof and my mast wiring plug is lose at the
Tropical Storm Gamma (2) JamesG161 at 8:20am 10.03.20 Weather and Forecasting 0/525 This storm started as Invest 91. This was noted to us in some PM's even before it was an INVESTiga
H26 electric panel (1) Chiriqui at 7:11am 10.03.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/608 I posted a similar message that is it Dave responded saying it is sold at SailBoats... but couldn't
Any Mac owners in Jacksonville, FL? bdeason at 6:44am 10.03.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/405 Hi everyone. sailorbob here. I am considering the purchase of an x or an m and was wondering if the
322, my winter project (7) acarter at 6:04am 10.03.20 Bigger Boats 14/1882 Last week I picked up my 33 year old O'Day 322 in Buzzards Bay, MA and brought it home to Casco Bay,
Raccoon destroy the sailboat at boatyard ? What now? (7) mustangy at 10:33pm 10.02.20 Ask All Sailors 38/3385 unfortunately at boatyard raccoon destroy every cable and make holes all around the boat owner of ya
1999 Beneteau Oceanis 411 - Trying to identify and find door lock or parts (8) rlluis at 8:08pm 10.02.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1809 I am trying to get some help identifying a lock from the doors on a 1999 Beneteau 411. One of my do
Fall Racing on Galveston Bay Bill19233 at 3:41am 10.02.20 Racing 20/2182 Link for the video of GBCA Rum Race #8 on Galveston Bay. Really fun downwind leg starts at about 7:4
Lido 14 drain plug size Mark14 at 6:06pm 10.01.20 Ask All Sailors 5/828 What is the diameter of the lido 14 drain plug in the transom?
37C Windlass Bolander at 5:22pm 10.01.20 The Cherubini Hunters 20/2235 I've had it with pulling up my fricking anchor from the fricking mud of the Long Island Sound! Anyon
Posts that start with: "Son, ..." Mr. Dave at 5:09pm 10.01.20 Sails Call Lounge 35/1814 So, I've come to the conclusion that anyone who starts a post with "Son, ..." should be banned from
Proper water tank sanitizing bleach amount Davidasailor26 at 5:03pm 10.01.20 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 15/5740
Minor disaster averted / brain teaser jaysweet at 4:14pm 10.01.20 Ask All Sailors 14/973 In the spirit of NPR's Car Talk puzzler, here's a puzzle for you: Just started a week-long cruise i

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Thru Hull Replacement? Randall Schmidt at 6:27pm 12.20.23 The original valves on the O'Days are just that, valves and not real seacocks. If the Marelon valv
Prop rotation question Rich Stidger at 6:26pm 12.20.23 If you tell Martec the year and sailboat model and engine/transmission combo that you have, I can be
Thru Hull Replacement? (3) Randall Schmidt at 6:25pm 12.20.23 Here are shots of the thru hull I cannot close
H36 "Bulkhead" separation? chichiflys at 5:47pm 12.20.23 Thanks all. Definitely will keep an eye on it, but for now will continue with the 37 other projects
H41 DS access to starboard jib block Nachismo at 5:02pm 12.20.23 Nevermind. PO left the tiny corner screws out & bedded it.
Prop rotation question TimFromLI at 4:53pm 12.20.23 Yeah, I thought that was an autostream, I did mine last year. It's fairly easy to overhaul. Usually
How dispose of sailboat? rwsandersii at 4:24pm 12.20.23 I was in charge of the Marine Environmental Response Unit at one of the USCG Marine Safety Offices o
Trident 101 rubber smell BAD ORCA at 3:44pm 12.20.23 I'd bet money that only the white Trident 102 is the culprit. It's the same hose as the black 101,
Selden in-mast furling questions Sailor Sue at 3:10pm 12.20.23 I am curious about what kind of instructions were sent with the new sail. I ask because these days
Replacing Hunter 44DS windows kyoung27 at 3:05pm 12.20.23 My 2003 44DS side windows starting leaking this year - but all I had been able to find on the web we
Selden in-mast furling questions Sailor Sue at 2:56pm 12.20.23 Buried somewhere in the other Selden manuals I sent you was mention of a slight tension on the outh
H41 DS access to starboard jib block ice breaker at 2:46pm 12.20.23 I would look at the port side via the huge generator locker to see how it is attached. If it is jus
Beneteau Oceanis 34.1 Review arf145 at 2:29pm 12.20.23 I find modern designs like that attractive, so the 34.1 looks great to me. Chartering one sounds lik
Fore Stay Bow Connection Project_Mayhem at 2:28pm 12.20.23 Many bolts have a non-threaded part. This is going to be much stronger than the threaded section. 1/
New to me boat with rotting bulkhead Project_Mayhem at 2:26pm 12.20.23 Ritdog , the bulkheads were not tabbed to the hull from the factory . There are a lot of conflictin
Trident 101 rubber smell Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 2:08pm 12.20.23 I'd bet money that only the white Trident 102 is the culprit. It's the same hose as the black 101,
Fore Stay Bow Connection tailboom at 2:04pm 12.20.23 Tailboom, oddly enough I am in your area and sail a Catalina 28. Like most have said most often it
2005 H36 freshwater distribution manifold Ralph Johnstone at 2:01pm 12.20.23 Beautifully detailed video and nice piping layout.
H41 DS access to starboard jib block kloudie1 at 1:31pm 12.20.23 Most likely screwed into an aluminum plate which is embedded into the combing
Re-rigging without mast removal. Screen Saver at 1:20pm 12.20.23 Although it's possible to replace all the cables with the mast insitu, as mentioned earlier, I don

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