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12 volt charging at marina ricksoth at 8:16am 01.12.21 Ask All Sailors 60/8371 During the first bottom painting when we purchased our Cal in November 2020 we had the yard test the
Beneteau 373 Single Handing JHorr at 7:42am 01.12.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 24/6729 I have a B373 that I sail solo quite often. Does anyone have any ideas for better access to the trav
Salon Table Finish rsaloman at 7:29am 01.12.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1859 Hi all, We have a 2011 Beneteau 43 3-cabin model. Would anyone happen to know what finish Beneteau
Bimini Wind Effect RoyS at 7:12am 01.12.21 Ask All Sailors 20/5564 Having a bimini installed on my 1980 H33. Bimini is 80" long, tapered to match the boat width, and e
Sad News at Garhauer Marine Ward H at 8:08pm 01.11.21 Ask All Sailors 15/2310 Guido Passed Away
Hunter 28.5--Trailer issue abinkc at 7:02pm 01.11.21 Ask All Sailors 3/576 Buying 28.5 and borrowing a trailer to get it out of the water. Any suggestions on setting the pads
Wire Size to Bus Bar? Zinger88 at 6:09pm 01.11.21 Catalina 22 11/6020 I currently have 5 wires coming from various items attached to the positive stud on my battery so on
Does anyone know of a tool sold to help re attaching "lift the dot" fittings on my dodger? eianm at 3:53pm 01.11.21 Big Boats 13/2093 I don't think the Ironwood pacific tool will do it?
Battery location H31' (83-87) ShawneH at 1:41pm 01.11.21 Mid-Size Boats 20/2888 I am looking at installing 2 house batteries in the lazaret under the STBD seat on my H31. Currentl
Dual headstays Drinky Crow at 1:28pm 01.11.21 Racing 2/835 In this instance for a jib and staysail, on furlers. 14" apart. What impact or degradation on perfor
Cracks in keel (5) SailingLoto at 12:50pm 01.11.21 Ask All Sailors 19/2308 I was scraping bottom paint on my boat today, enjoying the warm 38 degree weather. When I came acro
H260 keel GBGraham at 12:09pm 01.11.21 Smaller Boats 10/1686 Under the boat today and noticed a 5/16th hole through the keel. this is about 2" up from the bottom
Looking for First 405 stanchion bases guidera48 at 8:55am 01.11.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 19/3867 Beneteau first 405 I have about 8 stanchion bases that are cracked or split. I found replacements at
Is this config acceptable? (1) Justin_NSA at 7:10am 01.11.21 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 14/2117 I was looking for a place to install my 10" water filter assembly and I came across this original in
Problems with Stepping the mast on my 1998 Hunter 240 Melstrom at 4:47am 01.11.21 Smaller Boats 14/2010 I purchased a 1998, 240 last week and am having issues stepping the mast. I purchased it from an el
Should I replace my old Yanmar motor mounts with OEMs or a newer design? matts997 at 6:17pm 01.10.21 Engines and Propulsion 19/8489 Has anyone replaced their Yanmar motor mounts with one of these kits from PYI--or some other newer d
Engine alignment issue? (3) ShawneH at 4:43pm 01.10.21 Mid-Size Boats 9/2040 I was out at the boat today picking up a couple things and taking some measurements for a solar arch
Post Process After Soda Blasting Bottom (4) snoopy_ at 1:01pm 01.10.21 Catalina 30 33/9154 Hello, I am going to have my bottom soda blasted and was wondering about what I am getting myself i
Coaming Treads Teak C-30 Mk II (1) snoopy_ at 12:49pm 01.10.21 Catalina 30 4/1131 Has anyone refinished the coaming treads on their C30? Mine keep falling off when I step on them,
323 air conditioner Ron20324 at 11:59am 01.10.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 11/1609 The Benny 323 not being a very big boat, has anyone put A.C. on it? Where? Brand? I think it might g

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Spreader loose (1) Will Gilmore at 2:18am 05.14.25 Describe the looseness, is it moving fore and aft, up and down, general random movement? Some sailb
Doors Won't Close jssailem at 9:06pm 05.13.25 Being on the hard with the mast tuned tight, the hull can be improperly stressed. Thus the cabinetry
Quick electrical question, inv. to shore Stu Jackson at 7:36pm 05.13.25
Quick electrical question, inv. to shore Johann at 7:15pm 05.13.25
Quick electrical question, inv. to shore Johann at 7:12pm 05.13.25 It does, but no automatic transfer switch. This will require Fred to install switches and develop
How to mount a Force 10 2 burner stove 4lane at 6:35pm 05.13.25
Prop Walk Joe at 6:33pm 05.13.25 As mentioned, learning to use your prop wash can be pretty gratifying and will certainly increase yo
Quick electrical question, inv. to shore JoeWhite at 5:28pm 05.13.25 By "transfer switch" it is meant a 30 AMP relay that will select the source of AC, either when you m
Hunter 29.5 2GM engine vibration heritage at 5:12pm 05.13.25 I would check the engine alignment before changing motor mounts. Show us a video of the engine runn
Quick electrical question, inv. to shore fred1diver at 4:58pm 05.13.25
Looking for rudder print for 1977 Morgan Out islander shemandr at 4:37pm 05.13.25 Print = pattern? You can build your own rudder and maybe improve on its hydrodynamic shape. It's
Quick electrical question, inv. to shore Stu Jackson at 4:20pm 05.13.25 Mark, My concern is that he may not be aware of the serious issues he faces simply because of the w
Doors Won't Close shemandr at 4:16pm 05.13.25 Yeah, it depends on if the doors closed properly last season. If they didn't, I'd look for evidence
Templates for the floors of the 1985 Hunter 40-foot sailboat FastOlson at 3:45pm 05.13.25 Are you perhaps asking for templates for the sole pieces?
Yanmar 3GM30F pre heating system skunther at 3:28pm 05.13.25
Doors Won't Close dlochner at 3:23pm 05.13.25 Did the doors work as designed last fall? If so @Davidasailor26's assessment is correct. A related
Doors Won't Close Davidasailor26 at 3:18pm 05.13.25
Yanmar 3GM30F pre heating system Davidasailor26 at 3:14pm 05.13.25 I do have a vacuum gauge on the Racor, and it stays pretty consistent. I imagine if there were an a
Yanmar 3GM30F pre heating system skunther at 1:46pm 05.13.25 @Morgan donor, cleaning the tank here is an expensive proposition from what I gather. It seemed a hi
Hunter 29.5 2GM engine vibration (1) Ralph Johnstone at 1:40pm 05.13.25 Ralph, you got to be really bored to want to change engine mounts, because no other projects. It wa

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