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Groco SBV Emergency Seacock American_Mainsail at 9:37am 04.30.25 Ask All Sailors 11/1375 SBV-1250-P 1-1/4" Flanged Seacock with Side NPT Port\| GROCO I'm thinking about doing an install of
Replace or repair O'Day, Daysailer 3 boom Keith Hoovler at 9:20am 04.30.25 Damage Repair 4/2356 Yesterday, while sailing in some strong winds, the boom on my Daysailer 3 snapped in half right at t
Boat aground in Queensland Australia (1) garymalmgren at 1:20am 04.30.25 Ask All Sailors 7/798 A lot to comment on in this one. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-30/sailors-rescued-after-runnin
Hunter 290 throttle/ transmission cable (1) colin59 at 6:28pm 04.29.25 Mid-Size Boats 7/930 Transmission part of this cable system broke off and looking for any info on replacement. Getting th
Teak Half-Round (1) Foswick at 3:43pm 04.29.25 Ask All Sailors 1/371 I will be pulling this trim off and reinstalling. It was the source of at least one leak, in the pas
Cleaning boat deck - recommended products and process (5) flyingwaspsailing at 2:03pm 04.29.25 Ask All Sailors 26/2925 Ahoy there sailors - I'm looking for some advice in cleaning my boat deck. With so much advice and s
Insurance assistance needed HoosierSailor at 7:40am 04.29.25 Big Boats 8/1019 Good morning, I need a little help if possible. We are switching our insurance from GEICO to State
ACR setup question (1) sailpcb at 7:00am 04.29.25 Ask All Sailors 6/781
H33.5 Roller Furler Options (2) jwittlin at 4:18am 04.29.25 Mid-Size Boats 3/828 33.5 Furler Replacement Options: I dont like the Hood 810 and its well past its life, I want to rep
I need a Solar System! Do you like yours? FLWestCoast at 7:17pm 04.28.25 Ask All Sailors 27/2354 Hello: I am shopping for a solar system for my Hunter 33. I calculate that I need about 300 Ah and
boat weather... finally (3) pclarksurf at 5:18pm 04.28.25 Catalina 22 5/990 Spent all winter building the admiral an outdoor room to escape the heat-- time to get organized
DC Distribution Panel Rehab (1) Foswick at 3:45pm 04.28.25 Ask All Sailors 6/865 I looked behind the DC distribution panel, for the first time, the other day. Found out it was origi
Manual Bilge Pump Paul Koestner at 3:20pm 04.28.25 Morgan 2/2373 Anybody here know what would have been the original manual bilge pump mounted on the Morgan 34, oper
Manual sanitation pump outlet (1) DinghySailor at 12:41pm 04.28.25 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 9/1440 Greetings, The PO of our C'C supplied a new, uninstalled Whale Mk5 manual sanitation pump. The insta
Beneteau general wiring on alway hot feed to Nav Panel? CABixler at 10:27am 04.28.25 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/1258 My understanding is there are TWO wires from the batteries that are always hot (live). One is a feed
Asymmetrical Spinnaker Tack Point (2) ltfzsolt at 10:14am 04.28.25 Racing 23/5954 Hello racers! My wife and I sail an Express 34 in Alaska. Great boat, we absolutely love it, and r
76 O'day 22 Manuals ox_inthewild at 8:52am 04.28.25 Day Sailers 2/1316 Hi all, I looked through previous threads, but only found a poor quality image for a rigging manual
Marinebeam DannyS at 6:31am 04.28.25 Ask All Sailors 3/903 Has anyone ordered from Marinebeam lately? I placed an order a week ago for an anchor light and my o
Freezer Over Freezing - Adler Barbour - Help (6) FatSteveTheBoatCat at 4:48am 04.28.25 Ask All Sailors 0/10 Hello, We have a 2002 Hunter 460 with the original Adler Barbour Fridge and Freezer duo. Our freeze
Adler Barbour Freezer - Over Freezing - Help/Advice (6) FatSteveTheBoatCat at 4:39am 04.28.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1004 Hello, We have a 2002 Hunter 460 with the original Adler Barbour Fridge and Freezer duo. Our freeze

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UN-glorious end? colemj at 8:28am 12.08.25 If you have a house with insurance, cover the boat liability under an umbrella policy on that insura
A little bit of sewing help needed Rich Stidger at 6:53am 12.08.25 No sense trying to band aid a poorly designed attachment point. Take a 3 1/2" piece of 1 inch webb
UN-glorious end? Don S/V ILLusion at 6:30am 12.08.25 It seems I have stepped into a pile of insurance poo. The Mariana, the great old classic 1973 Pears
A little bit of sewing help needed BrianQ at 6:15am 12.08.25 No sense trying to band aid a poorly designed attachment point. Take a 3 1/2" piece of 1 inch webbi
UN-glorious end? Tally Ho at 5:41am 12.08.25 My marina also requires $300,000 in liability coverage. Talk to your insurance carrier. State Farm
UN-glorious end? dlochner at 5:41am 12.08.25 The $100K may be the lowest they offer. Did you talk to them about raising the liability? Hull insur
check your exhaust dlochner at 5:38am 12.08.25 That elbow failed years ago!
Question: replacing the 26 or 260 centerboard with a stainless steel one for more ballast? dlochner at 5:36am 12.08.25 The effect would probably minimal. The extra weight in a very light boat such as a Lightning or Rebe
check your exhaust Project_Mayhem at 4:29am 12.08.25 The new elbow looks great!
check your exhaust john2 at 4:10am 12.08.25 around 1700 hours, i fabricated it from 316 stainless
A little bit of sewing help needed Project_Mayhem at 3:48am 12.08.25 RE:Keep in mind that I have a not so heavy duty, 'heavy duty' singer. It struggled with the thicker
check your exhaust Project_Mayhem at 3:38am 12.08.25 Ouch! How many hours are on your engine? Did you buy or fabricate the new piece?
WP10 Simrad autopilot parts Project_Mayhem at 3:36am 12.08.25 Gluing it back together is likely to create a weak point. My printer has a max printing areas of 10x
UN-glorious end? Project_Mayhem at 3:32am 12.08.25 100k/300k isn't unusual to meet business requirements, especially when it comes to auto. I haven't h
UN-glorious end? sailme88 at 3:26am 12.08.25 Guess I'm missing something.. Who or what has set the $300K? GEICO issued a quote that should satis
UN-glorious end? danstanford at 2:05am 12.08.25 Pretty sure most insurance companies can up the insurance levels as required for your situation. The
UN-glorious end? kappykaplan at 2:00am 12.08.25 No specific recommendation on your liability coverage. Check with Markel America to see if they can
WP10 Simrad autopilot parts Richard19068 at 9:45pm 12.07.25 40" in diameter?! Circumference. Sorry for not being clear. I assume one would print a length of
A little bit of sewing help needed Foswick at 9:36pm 12.07.25 If you really just want to stitch the braided cord to the fabric, here's a method that works pretty
A little bit of sewing help needed (1) garymalmgren at 9:15pm 12.07.25 RE:Keep in mind that I have a not so heavy duty, 'heavy duty' singer. It struggled with the thicker

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