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Noisy berth M Green at 2:41am 07.23.06 Ask A Beneteau Owner 10/1888 It's nearly impossible to sleep in the aft berth of our 311 due to the loud slapping noise from wave
Leaks -- again Jerry10776 at 4:15am 07.23.06 Smaller Boats 6/880 Just put the 23 on the water this spring and have found and fixed most of the leaks. However, I hav
Water/fuel in swim lockers on '90 h30 Larry Closs at 4:06am 07.23.06 Mid-Size Boats 1/830 Upon purchasing my H30 in March I noticed some water mixed with oil or fuel sitting in bottom of swi
looking for sail repair in so cal gary at 5:35am 07.23.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/809 Looking for a place to repair my roller jib sail, in southern calif. thanks for your help
Former 170 sailor-- pic of h170 sidebyside newboat (1) Mike at 6:23am 07.23.06 Day Sailers 4/1216 Hi all,I've posted a picture in the 170 photos section of our former h170 next to our new boat- a
Wood I, wood I! (1) ex-admin at 7:25am 07.23.06 Ask All Sailors 35/2901 Ever go below in a wooden boat? The difference between the interior of a wooden boat and that of a m
mast rigging jim gallagher at 7:47am 07.23.06 AMF 2/2996 Looking for any info on how to rig mast and boom run lines etc. model is appolo 16' 1981 i have man
Bridge vertical clearance over water jveatch at 7:55am 07.23.06 Big Boats 4/4078 How exactly is the vertical clearance of a brdige over water defined as it relates to tide levels gi
Replacing windows on '79 Venture 25 Iowa Sailor at 8:21am 07.23.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/1669 Does anyone know where I can purchase the rubber gaskets and spline? I have new plexiglass; however,
Honda motor cooling water franksears15552 at 9:05am 07.23.06 Ask All Sailors 5/1075 A couple of days ago I submited a problem I was having with my motor cooling water. The topic was vi
Keel Cracks Theheff at 9:17am 07.23.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1771 I have just realized I have cracks on both the forward and aft sides of my keel. They are each abou
End of a Rainbow (1) Tim Peoples at 9:10am 07.23.06 Smaller Boats 4/1008 Is it true that there is a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow ?
Compass light Tom Schaub at 10:43am 07.23.06 Big Boats 6/1126 I'm normally a day VFR sailor, so this may sound like a silly question: Is there a switch somewhere
Trouble engaging the starter motor Chris at 10:41am 07.23.06 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/1261 I have a 2000 MY Oceanis 321 with about 100 hours on the engine. Off and on, I have a problem when
Shore Power Ground Alarm Marc14857 at 11:27am 07.23.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/884 For the past few years I have had an intermittant problem with the ground alarm on my ProMonitor Uni
smelly diesel, exhaust? Mystic51 at 12:37pm 07.23.06 Ask All Sailors 8/2708 I have been working on getting rid of boat smells on my 1985 H28.5 for over a year now.I am convince
Refridgerator keeps blowing the fuse Ctskip at 12:58pm 07.23.06 Ask All Sailors 1/934 I have a 1983 31 ft sailboat that has a Alder/Barbour refridgerator/freezer. Probably from the looks
Mooring buoy equtite Mike at 1:21pm 07.23.06 Ask All Sailors 7/5201 I have been sailing lakes for the past couple of years and i have only recently moved up to a bigger
Dingy Storage - on deck, davits, or locker? Bill Saint at 2:00pm 07.23.06 Ask All Sailors 9/2969 I finally need to have a dingy and am debating where to store it, as it won't be used often. I don'
building a trailer for Hunter 28 kidder28 at 1:50pm 07.23.06 Mid-Size Boats 0/1541 I need to build a trailer for a 28. The boat is in a lake where there are no facilities for lifting

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Soft floor/hull Tally Ho at 3:56pm 06.28.21 I cut the edges of the sole everywhen you can walk. Between the sole and hull I found what you see
Soft floor/hull Tally Ho at 3:51pm 06.28.21 Lol, unless you sail in fresh water and it is salty, then you know it isn't from either, lol Spill
How to tell if oil is in gas? RussC at 3:49pm 06.28.21 Pour a pint or so in a glass jar. even at 100:1 color will be obvious if it has oil in it.
Replacement for bose 321 Daze at 3:24pm 06.28.21 Thank you for the additional info.
1987 Cat 22 Running Rigging Joe at 3:20pm 06.28.21 Forget the manual. Use 5/16 for the halyards. On my C27 I built "tapered" halyards by covering a
How to tell if oil is in gas? dlochner at 3:18pm 06.28.21 The danger with 2 strokes is running with insufficient oil rather than too much oil. If you have add
Hunter 376 Mainsail tack point shackle size needed Rob Hntr376 at 3:13pm 06.28.21 Ok Rob.. what about this one. https://www.fisheriessupply.com/sea-dog-line-wide-d-shackle-mooring-b
Buying a Hunter 41 DS (1) MFD at 3:04pm 06.28.21 I still like the boat, for sure. Just not something I feel confident doing any extensive ocean voya
Buying a Hunter 41 DS MFD at 2:59pm 06.28.21 And with the Kevlar sorta-reinforced bow, they also installed the 'factory recommended' bow thruster
How to test inverter for shore power ELCI failure without ELCI present Fredct at 2:57pm 06.28.21 If i wanted to own a sailboat, I should have stayed in school! The 166 Ohms (neutral to ground) may
Smaller Genoa Joe at 2:53pm 06.28.21 Has anyone replaced the standard 150% Genoa with a smaller, more manageable sail? It is common to
First 285 sail slides cb32863 at 2:52pm 06.28.21 Contact the sailmaker of your sail.
Replacement for bose 321 ramoore at 2:43pm 06.28.21 Sure, this is the link to the one I bought in January, but it now says it is unavailable: https://w
Whats wrong with my legs? MFD at 2:28pm 06.28.21 Haha, Or possibly a previous owner started getting out some box wrenches and such trying to figure o
Smaller Genoa shemandr at 2:28pm 06.28.21 For reasons I don't understand, the type of boat you're sailing comes up on my laptop but not on my
Potagannissing Bay (4) AndyVS at 2:25pm 06.28.21 Hi John, We've been to Lime Island twice. I would guess there is a freighter every couple of hours
Soft floor/hull Crazy Dave Condon at 2:21pm 06.28.21 There is a Catalina site under forums but suggest you address this to the Catalina 25 Association
Smaller Genoa Steve Berndt at 2:20pm 06.28.21
Replacing the scupper on my Hunter 14 goharris at 2:11pm 06.28.21 Thank you!
240 center board Crazy Dave Condon at 2:07pm 06.28.21 Thanks Crazy Dave! Your welcome sir

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