Recent Posts (old style)

Serving sailors online since 1997

Forum Index
Recent Posts (Legacy)

Recent Topics

Hunter 38 shaft and stern tube size letskeepriding at 7:37am 09.04.20 Big Boats 9/2012 hey guys I'm looking at PSS shaft seal for my 2005 38. I'm not near the boat at the moment and I'm w
Boat and trailer RolfSail at 4:57am 09.04.20 Smaller Boats 12/1363 Does anybody know if a Hunter 260 can sit on the trailer without the centerboard ? I want to refurbi
New Oceanis Boats Tackdan235 at 4:42pm 09.03.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/808 Wow, I like the wide stern, chine new Oceanis boats. Has anyone sailed one?
Siren 17 Head and Holding Tank Removal OntSailer at 4:28pm 09.03.20 Trailer Sailors 1/1352 Hi, I just purchased a Siren 17 and was wondering if any other Siren owners have removed the Head an
Unknown item (1) Mechone at 4:25pm 09.03.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1229 Hi does anyone know what this is used for , the middle rod had a piece of rope spliced to it.Found i
H34 Kenyon Spreader Boot Size or any other suggestions (4) PGIJon at 3:13pm 09.03.20 Big Boats 6/826 Hope everyone is safe and well. I need to send the admiral up in the bosun chair to replace the Ken
Dingy 3.5 hp outboard will not shift into forward rortega46 at 3:06pm 09.03.20 Ask All Sailors 11/4172 I have a 3.5 hp Mercury/Tohatsu dinghy outboard. Upon changing the impeller, I accidentally opened u
Governer problem M25 /Kubota D950 pullark at 3:05pm 09.03.20 Catalina 30 9/3641 Hello All, I have a problem with my engine after running it for extended period ,say 3 or 4 hrs. Wha
Winch bits for a 3/8 inch right angle drill XDMusic at 1:00pm 09.03.20 Ask All Sailors 13/6028
Standard Horizon CP150 Mounting (2) duck21 at 10:02am 09.03.20 Ask All Sailors 1/667 Hello, My boat came with a Standard Horizon CP150 GPS/Chartplotter mounted on a bracket attached to
HAS ANYBODY UPGRADED ENGINE MONITORING - YANMAR 3JH2E ? planoron at 7:14am 09.03.20 Engines and Propulsion 3/1737 I am upgrading my Hunter 380 to do some cruising. Currently all I have are couple of idiot lights f
Cabin paint question Mr Fox at 5:55am 09.03.20 Ask All Sailors 24/2554 Hey everybody- My boat at one point had a layer of paint applied with zero prep over the old paint.
Big repair Hunter 260 (2) RolfSail at 5:09am 09.03.20 Smaller Boats 5/967 Help! Had a major mishap resulting in a cracked hull about three feet from the bow on the very botto
Eternal Father - Navy Hymn Brian D at 4:44pm 09.02.20 Sails Call Lounge 22/3192 If you ever served in the US Navy or US Marines you may have heard this song especially during funer
Adding a mid ship gate to a Cat 350 daviddp at 2:21pm 09.02.20 Big Boats 5/1232 Has anyone done this? I am tired of the lifelines hanging in the water or the cockpit. Looking to
Beneteau 393 - water in start battery compartment Larry737 at 12:36pm 09.02.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1245 After returning from a day sail with about two hours of engine run time (Volvo/Penta MD20-40D) I not
OC 48 window leaking hmurmur at 10:14am 09.02.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/684 Oceanis 48 My 2016 Oceanis windows have started to leak. The starboard side windows are separating f
Sloppy shifting lever (1) Team118 at 10:04am 09.02.20 Catalina 30 1/782 Hi guys, Been a hectic summer. For everyone I am sure. I spent all of March, April and May (and Ju
Shushwap Lake good for a short cruise? Tedd at 9:53am 09.02.20 Trailer Sailors 8/920 I'm posting this here instead of the Destinations forum on the assumption that only trailer sailors
Water heater Mirwin at 7:44am 09.02.20 Ask A Catalina Owner 17/1983 Hey all, hope you are staying safe during this troubling time. Our water heater is also leaking. I

Recent Replies

Legend 40.5 - freezer cold plate temperature (1) fero at 3:00am 02.12.25 Rich, I understand were the power comes from but what I wandered how did you bring additional wires
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? BigEasy at 1:03am 02.12.25 They are 14 years old. They are brass. And they don't have proper backing plates or flanges.
Stern Tube Rotated 180 Degrees After Fishing Line Incident (Beneteau 393) BigEasy at 12:37am 02.12.25 Thanks. I just went through all of this last year on What was the condition of the rubber when you
A few fixed rudder questions. Will Gilmore at 12:08am 02.12.25 Maybe something like a light aluminum wire that will hold the rudder during a moderate bump of the b
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? Ralph Johnstone at 8:24pm 02.11.25 Wow ! With ideas like that, it pretty well goes without saying that you're travelling with the wro
Watertight through-deck connection Urban Hermit at 7:24pm 02.11.25 I went to Pensacola's West Marine asking for just that. Two middle-aged clerks didn't know what I w
Keeping warm for winter boat work shemandr at 6:56pm 02.11.25 It's about time one of us in Florida chimes in with a "The cure for Winter is moving to Florida" pos
H340 Saloon Table operation? markymac1961 at 6:05pm 02.11.25 Thanks Folks. Yep all makes sense. I Shall pull apart and investigate when I get some time. As is
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? kodiak1120 at 5:49pm 02.11.25
A few fixed rudder questions. shemandr at 4:20pm 02.11.25 I think the gudgeon will rip out prior to the rudder blade breaking - probably the lower gudgeon .
Watertight through-deck connection (1) JoeWhite at 4:11pm 02.11.25 229720 This is what I use. West marin $21.00 Very happy with it.
Keeping warm for winter boat work dmax at 3:16pm 02.11.25 If you go that route, install a CO alarm immediately
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? Mark Maulden at 3:06pm 02.11.25
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? dlochner at 2:49pm 02.11.25 How far back does the filler between the hull and lining go? A few small test borings might be neces
Keeping warm for winter boat work dlochner at 2:36pm 02.11.25 The problems with using propane on an enclosed boat in the winter are moisture and CO. The moisture
Keeping warm for winter boat work (1) Project_Mayhem at 2:26pm 02.11.25 I used an electric plug in heater most of the time working on Tally Ho over the winter. If it was
O'day 272 parts TangoXray at 2:02pm 02.11.25 I got ahold of him. He said there are none available anymore. I will try at West Marine tomorrow. If
O'day 272 parts Tally Ho at 1:52pm 02.11.25
O'day 272 parts TangoXray at 1:47pm 02.11.25 I'll have to do it tomorrow.
O'day 272 parts FastOlson at 1:33pm 02.11.25 Can you post up a picture -closeup- of the cap?

Contact
About
Terms of Use