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In-Boom Furling AlastairLC at 11:30am 09.15.20 Ask All Sailors 8/2108 Has anybody had experience with in-boom mainsail furling? I've heard that in-mast furling can cause
First 235 Winch Swap (5) cb32863 at 11:04am 09.15.20 Ask All Sailors 5/946 So it seemed that no matter what I did, my port Lewmar 16ST winch was a bit "grabby". Wouldn't spin
Let's start a conversation about ASA 101, etc. is it helping or hurting? LakeShark at 10:20am 09.15.20 Ask All Sailors 66/8069 I wanted to start a conversation amongst those who have been around a while about the ASA courses.
Need your help. I have no experience with moorings dennisv at 9:46am 09.15.20 Ask All Sailors 49/4967 Fellow sailors' All of my sailing experience has been based on the boat beings docked in a marina.
SV Preston Point rescue IASailor at 8:50am 09.15.20 Ask All Sailors 24/2969 As a lake/river sailor, this story has many lessons for myself and probably others. What do we think
Torqeedo on C22 Tfahey at 7:18am 09.15.20 Catalina 22 3/821 Has anybody replaced their outboard with a Torqeedo ? If so what has been your experience
87 Hunter 28.5 reefing the jib Shaw_2112 at 6:44am 09.15.20 Mid-Size Boats 4/1016 I'm new to this so please bear with me. Can another 28.5 owner explain to me how to reef the jib? I
Frigoboat Brahmany at 9:56pm 09.14.20 Ask All Sailors 4/1477 Hi, I think the Frigoboat compressor speed controller has failed. Currently the compressor is runnin
Main sheet twist (1) Mark Maulden at 9:00pm 09.14.20 Ask All Sailors 51/5315 This is my main sheet. How would I keep this from twisting around itself? I have taken the line out
Replace Marine Radio Coax & Mast Lights... (1) SirMichael at 5:01pm 09.14.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/1330 I have a 78 Hunter 28.5. It's about a 40' mast, plus the mast step in the cabin. 1. I found that
Wanted Hunter 36 Vision, ready to buy now judybuddy at 4:24pm 09.14.20 Ask All Sailors 11/1050 Hello everyone! Just moved to Florida and want to buy a 36 Vision. I've looked everywhere on the in
Crack in Keel, serious? (4) Life2besimple at 3:04pm 09.14.20 Ask All Sailors 18/4195 Hi, I am looking to purchase a 1994 hunter legend 375 a d after haulout, found a crack in the keel a
Hunter 49 Solar Panel Installation Advice (1) Daze at 2:13pm 09.14.20 Big Boats 34/5618 I have a 2007 Hunter 49 that I purchased recently. I am planning to install rigid solar panels on t
PHRF Rating H41 DS Tim Mills at 1:40pm 09.14.20 Big Boats 7/1286 Does anyone know what the PHRF rating is for a H41 DS. I was in my first event this weekend and we c
Measuring masthead mast rake. Drinky Crow at 12:51pm 09.14.20 Racing 5/1577 To the deck or level with boom?
Where to register my boat timover5969 at 12:00pm 09.14.20 Ask All Sailors 25/3448 I currently live in Buffalo, NY and I am buying a Westerly Konsort located in Florida. I plan to ke
refrigerator drain jhickner at 8:17am 09.14.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/2601 The refrigerator drain in my 35 ft. Beneteau Oceanis is clogged. I cannot find the outlet of the dra
Frigoboat woes revisited Phil Mac at 8:14am 09.14.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/810 We seem to have managed to get the air cooled Frigoboat refrigeration on our Beneteau 323 working ag
sailboat outboard motors robert scholtes at 7:32am 09.14.20 Ask All Sailors 9/1221 I have a Caralina25 and looking for an outboard motor for this boat. Looking at Tohatsu or Mercury m
ICW, December south to North dLj at 7:13am 09.14.20 Destinations 34/4623 I'm contemplating coming up the ICW from the Keys to somewhere much further north - exactly how far

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Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? colemj at 8:42am 02.16.25 I'm ranting at the typical response of the marine world that never wants to actually look at why th
Best adhesive for joining two pieces of marine grade plywood together to make a rudder PaulK at 8:35am 02.16.25 You are planning to wrap the finished rudder in fiberglass, yes? Screws will be redundant extra weig
Dink to the Deck? Perils of Reboarding (1) Kings Gambit at 7:35am 02.16.25 Might it help and be worth it to invest in a folding wheel? Or set it up for quick disconnect and r
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? dLj at 7:19am 02.16.25 Beneteau states it is a duplex brass. DZR is one type of duplex brass, and I think most assume the
Illinois Sailing catsails8 at 7:17am 02.16.25 I was hoping to head to the yard on Sunday but the temps are going to plummet! I miss the heated in
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? jbmia at 6:59am 02.16.25 Curious why the backing plate with the collar? Is the hull too thin there for the minimum thicknes
Electrolysis in Small Block Yanmar Engines Will Gilmore at 5:41am 02.16.25 Sailboat Owners' Guide to Corrosion Here's a link to a thread about corrosion, particularly galvanic
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? colemj at 4:33am 02.16.25 TruDesign with collar and 1/2" G10 back plates (see pics) Curious why the backing plate with th
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? colemj at 4:29am 02.16.25 But I'm still stuck with the question as to what brass alloy did they use back then? Was it DZR? Or
Gelcoat repairs or paint colemj at 4:17am 02.16.25 Whichever you choose, the prep is going to be the same - all of that checking and peeling gelcoat wi
Diversion of CG funds PaulK at 5:52pm 02.15.25 Wait until they halt payments on the electric bills and all the lighthouses go out !
Boat ID - Yacht Brokers Inc? dLj at 5:04pm 02.15.25 An importer would explain a lot! It's odd that the dates the company was in business doesn't match
Boat ID - Yacht Brokers Inc? Project_Mayhem at 4:35pm 02.15.25 Are you talking about the compression block that is in the bilge or the wood in the deck under the
Tank monitor panel fix and backlight Believe H46 at 4:28pm 02.15.25 Also, the worn out dimple arrow buttons can just be stickered over as shown. Got those on amazon.
Tank monitor panel fix and backlight Believe H46 at 4:26pm 02.15.25 This was on a hunter 46le
Electrolysis in Small Block Yanmar Engines Clutch Cargo at 2:46pm 02.15.25 Thanks for posting this. What you have experienced is (IMHO) galvanic corrosion in which two dissim
Re-routing Mainsheet H27 (3) jssailem at 2:35pm 02.15.25 Hi. Is this what your rig looks like? reach the mainsheet for solo sailing? Th hunter manual shows
Funds stripped for ICE Don S/V ILLusion at 12:57pm 02.15.25 There is more/less to the story missing here. The CG Auxiliary is not publically funded to my knowle
Oday 35 Main Halyard chaffing (2) eherlihy at 11:41am 02.15.25 Another Pic of an O'day 35 Mast Head with the cover removed; Red with white tracer halyard is the
That 42 year old Atomic 4 . . . Leeward Rail at 11:26am 02.15.25 As mentioned earlier, make sure the blower works well. Yup. its easy enough to buy a $100 alarm i

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