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Salvage gmohr54 at 9:32am 01.26.21 Ask All Sailors 15/1460 I am looking at salvaging my boat. Does anyone have an idea of how to go about that? Thanks in Adva
Telltales Don Guillette at 9:06am 01.26.21 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 29/5043 Ship Mates: 2021 has got to be a better year. Nothing could be worse than last year. The community
Water Ballast Catalina 250 John Marrone at 8:15am 01.26.21 Trailer Sailors 9/4213 Live in low tide area and difficulty getting to ship channels in Gulf. I am not a trailer sailor and
Watkins 33 seawolf fuel tank sender (3) James McGrew at 8:03am 01.26.21 Ask All Sailors 3/380 Does any one know what the tank dimensions are on the 30 gal watkins ? i am looking to by a new send
Hunter Legend 35.5 ... 1991 Fuel in Bilge Joseph Bauman at 7:52am 01.26.21 Ask All Sailors 9/830 After sailing twice now we have had some fuel in the Bilge of the boat. I have ran the engine and ha
Furlex 304S problem? (1) smokey73 at 5:16am 01.26.21 Ask All Sailors 7/1162 I am having to take a lot of strain on the furling line to furl my genoa, more so than in the past.
40 CC questions (1) Elliot_SG at 10:32pm 01.25.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1304 Hi all, I'm looking at a '99 40 CC at the moment, couple of questions to ask you guys before I go t
Cal-31 seniorladysailor at 8:30pm 01.25.21 Cal 3/1278 Need to find 1979 owners manual
Unusual Force 8 in Long Beach Harbor (2) Kings Gambit at 7:41pm 01.25.21 Ask All Sailors 9/657 This afternoon in San Pedro Bay ' Long Beach Harbor we experienced some mighty sea wind arriving fro
Yanmar Glow Plug Issue CatamaranLover at 4:04pm 01.25.21 Ask All Sailors 6/1047 I've got twin Yanmar 3JH5E marine engines on my catamaran. Recently, on the starboard engine, when I
correct coolant for Yanmar.. sailor5017 at 3:53pm 01.25.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/402 2006 hunter 41DS. what is the correct coolant for a 4JH4E yanmar. besides the Yanmar own overpriced
Replacing plumbing on a 302 Silent running17 at 2:35pm 01.25.21 Ask An Oday Owner 6/949
Minimum Mast Clearance for a 1979 Hunter Cherubini 30 Lilo at 12:41pm 01.25.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1166 I can't get a straight response on the minimum clearance required for a 1979 Hunter Cherubini 30. N
Painting bimini top frame ? La catboat at 12:01pm 01.25.21 Ask All Sailors 3/891 Have a catboat with bronze hardware and want to install a bimini top. BUT don't care for the shiny a
Do these charge voltages look ok? BAD ORCA at 10:41am 01.25.21 Musings With Maine Sail 2/1153 I have a few threads going right now about a pair of T-105's i recently purchased. I purchased two
Video Blogs - which do you watch and why? Scott T-Bird at 10:41am 01.25.21 Ask All Sailors 57/7081 I started by watching Cruising Lealea with Chuck ' Laura Rose several years ago. Then I found S/V D
H34 Prototype companionway instrument cluster Artey1 at 10:17am 01.25.21 Big Boats 11/1888 Thought I'd share a little fun project I've been working on. Modeled in OnShape CAD software and 3d
Moving my 36 along (3) gomulti at 7:59am 01.25.21 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/22 I have had a lot of years (18) and a lifetime worth of fun with my 36 but i think its time to downsi
Ugliest Production Sailboat thread Leeward Rail at 7:17am 01.25.21 Ask All Sailors 33/3695 What is the ugliest production sailboat ? :poop::poke: Post your photos !
466 rudder stock/post play Scallywagger at 6:10am 01.25.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 18/1638 Hello everyone. I have sold my Hunter Passage 42cc Casper which lives in Scotland and I have the cha

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Surveyor in the Brunswick Georgia area dLj at 6:15pm 10.31.24 I'm looking for a surveyor in the Brunswick Ga area to do Condition and Valuation survey. This is n
Hole for gin pole in the mast CrispyCringle at 5:47pm 10.31.24 Yeah, to my my purely layman opinion, the mast seems like it has some issues. But I'd think its usea
DIESEL TANK GAUGE NOT WORKING - HOW MUCH DIESEL DO I HAVE? Moondawg at 5:26pm 10.31.24 Thanks Dalliance! I pulled the sending unit today and tested it. Very inconsistent ohm readings, s
Source for Metric turnbuckle TimFromLI at 4:27pm 10.31.24 Try Wichard. I had the same issue with my lifelines.
Catalina 22 motor size suggestions. dlochner at 4:11pm 10.31.24 5-6 hp will be fine, long shaft is essential. Don't fall for the bigger is better mentality. Above 6
Source for Metric turnbuckle dlochner at 4:04pm 10.31.24 I'm assuming that was a typo and you meant 3/8-28. 1/4" would just slide through a 10mm female ...
DIESEL TANK GAUGE NOT WORKING - HOW MUCH DIESEL DO I HAVE? Dalliance at 4:01pm 10.31.24
Source for Metric turnbuckle dLj at 3:55pm 10.31.24 I asked because I've gone the M10/1/4"-28 hole a couple of time. Have you tried RigRite? I'm assu
Source for Metric turnbuckle dlochner at 3:19pm 10.31.24 Or just replace the wires and the toggles with swaged fittings. Which boat is this for?
Source for Metric turnbuckle JBP-PA at 2:17pm 10.31.24 Another option is to replace the swage ends with sta-lok long stud fittings and go imperial. Saves
Source for Metric turnbuckle Richard19068 at 1:52pm 10.31.24 Better quality marine turnbuckles have a chrome plated bronze barrel and SS studs. This prevents ga
Source for Metric turnbuckle dlochner at 1:44pm 10.31.24 It might fit. It is a little short and doesn't have toggle ends which means I have to rejigger the
Source for Metric turnbuckle JBP-PA at 1:16pm 10.31.24 Is the one from e-rigging above inappropriate? It might fit. It is a little short and doesn't ha
Hole for gin pole in the mast (1) Eric S W at 1:12pm 10.31.24 Sorry Dave i failed to answer that earlier, my mast is aluminum and this is the sticker on it
Hole for gin pole in the mast Crazy Dave Condon at 1:02pm 10.31.24 @caverun @BobSail @CrispyCringle @dlochner look at the bottom of the mast where the mast raising
Hole for gin pole in the mast Eric S W at 12:47pm 10.31.24 The manual does refer to it as a mast raising pole not a gin pole.
Full enclosure questions SkiingSailor at 12:41pm 10.31.24 I've also always felt that in rainy and snowy conditions I HAD to be able to stick my head out peri
Hunter 240 - replacing chainplates and deck fittings? Slowboat314 at 12:37pm 10.31.24 I can't access the boat over the winter as the marina closes off all access after October 15th. I di
Hunter 240 - replacing chainplates and deck fittings? Rich 35.5 at 12:24pm 10.31.24 This is just my personal opinion, but if the standing rigging isn't obviously damaged, why bother to
Hole for gin pole in the mast (1) SteveHughessails at 12:19pm 10.31.24 Likely wont help at all but this is a picture of the H240 mount for the gin pole. I have a gin pol

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