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Raw water strainer disaster waiting to happen Project_Mayhem at 5:12am 11.05.24 Engines and Propulsion 61/6830 My new to me C30 has a plastic through hull, plastic winterizing port and plastic raw water strainer
Beneteau Oceanis 311 vs Parker 325/335 LK andyb28 at 1:06am 11.05.24 Ask All Sailors 0/230 Good Morning, I am looking to move to a Lifting Keel boat from a smaller twin keeler and have my l
Hunter 26/260 trailers Crazy Dave Condon at 3:08pm 11.04.24 Smaller Boats 19/1952 Road King no longer builds trailers for sailboats. Not sure about Magic Tilt but waiting on a respo
Left over Cetol up for grabs (1) kemsa51 at 10:38am 11.04.24 Ask All Sailors 11/592 Having no prior experience refinishing teak and being someone who never fully grasped the concept of
Chart plotter issues (Raymarine L1250) DRhoads at 9:30am 11.04.24 Ask All Sailors 9/672 Having a data issue w/ the L1250. I know old unit and NOT supported by Raymarine anymore. Raymarin
Retrofit Generator Quasimotor at 7:35am 11.04.24 Mid-Size Boats 7/787 Recommend a retrofit generator for a 2004 Hunter 326. Willing to consider, carry-ons and lazarettos
oil pressure light beeping while engine running? yanmar 3JH4E. Lusitano at 5:44am 11.04.24 Ask All Sailors 7/773 Today while starting the engine I heard a small bang sound and it didn't start only after a third at
Recommendations for LED steaming/deck light HoosierSailor at 5:22am 11.04.24 Big Boats 9/680 My deck light is out on my 96 Paasage 42. Looking from deck level the fixture looks original and the
Overturned Mac???? (1) THECUSCUS at 5:08am 11.04.24 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1530 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/1-dead-5-others-rescued-after-boat-capsizes-off-redondo-beach-coas
TD 18 --> TS Rafael --> Hurricane Rafael kloudie1 at 8:28am 11.03.24 Weather and Forecasting 17/1463 Here we go.
Sheet to steering The_Sailing_Pelican at 4:46am 11.03.24 Ask All Sailors 7/1005 Hi.... Looking for a book by John Lexa on self syeering, if anyine knows that system or a simple sys
Oday28 (2) egreen024 at 4:38am 11.03.24 Ask An Oday Owner 7/826 Does anyone knows the transom angle of the oday28? Want a built a bracket or buy some wedges, for a
Bowsprit damage repair on Catalina 30 (4) marek416 at 3:35am 11.03.24 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/778 Im in the process of purchasing a 1995 Catalia 30 tall rig. Except for one serious concern: the boat
Does this sound like a DC ground fault? BAD ORCA at 10:14pm 11.02.24 Musings With Maine Sail 12/1905 I have a Blue Seas fuse block https://www.bluesea.com/products/5026/ST_Blade_Fuse_Block_-_12_Circuit
H280 Dog house hinge (1) Occasional Heeler at 5:35pm 11.02.24 Mid-Size Boats 7/765 Any ideas on how to get this hinge plate for the engine cover over-enlarged, and not sure I can get
H-31 Compression Post and Bulkhead Replacement (1) Rubicon 1983-31 at 12:25pm 11.02.24 Mid-Size Boats 1/449 During 2008, I posted a step-by-step process of replacing my compression post. This information is s
Rebedding life line stanchions. Weaser at 10:43am 11.02.24 Morgan 1/992 I have leaks starting on my life line stanchions. The bolts under the deck are not accessible. Are
CNG Stove sandpiper10471 at 2:41pm 11.01.24 Ask All Sailors 17/1324 Is it possible or even wise to convert a compressed natural gas stove and oven to propane? Of course
Turnbuckle lubricant? JBP-PA at 1:17pm 11.01.24 Ask All Sailors 18/1620 I've used SailKote every spring on my turnbuckles, but since I recently ruined a pair, I'm wondering
Replacing/Repairing Hatches 1981 Hunter 27' (4) gabecoker at 11:31am 11.01.24 Mid-Size Boats 6/906 Had some damage to a few of our hatches during Milton. Wondering what the best way is to go about ge

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Troubleshooting mainsail trim kappykaplan at 6:51am 07.10.25 We have a week-long sail camping trip planned for next week I'm looking forward to experimenting
Seaward Fox 19 manual online? Tranquil Soul at 6:24am 07.10.25 Does anyone know if there is a link anywhere to a Seaward Fox 19 manual anywhere on the net? I neve
Troubleshooting mainsail trim piratesnail at 6:18am 07.10.25 Just an update here: I did get out last weekend, and in the process added a fairly sizable tear to
Round "sail slugs" VS flat "sail slides" Ward H at 6:06am 07.10.25 I followed @Tally Ho thread on his upgrades and did the same when I was having a new main built. Ve
Broken Flange at Exhaust Mixing Elbow - Yanmar 2GMF Jim Legere at 6:00am 07.10.25 A welder might be able to braze a nut on the back of the flange where it broke. Might even be possib
Major Increase in Bahama Cruising - Fishing - Anchoring Fees Starting Tomorrow thinwater at 5:56am 07.10.25 We sent them a 10% across the board export tariff. Just sayin', not knowin'. They have a resource, w
O'day 27 projects...help! shemandr at 5:50am 07.10.25 I think this is the video from the post. (My Browder calls it un-secure but the creater is well reg
O'day 27 projects...help! shemandr at 5:39am 07.10.25 Thinking back to a post about removing the adhesive for the fabric liner I remember it was quite ard
Chartplotter navigation software for Raymarine Captain Larry-DH at 4:59am 07.10.25 @artboas The minimum they could have offered is to look up my account and offer the pro-rate my "su
Yanmar 3JH4E starting issues - Sun Oddysey 39DS marcham at 10:27pm 07.09.25 Good job! The Yanmar wiring harness is plain copper. As it ages, tiny breaks occurs in the wires du
Chartplotter navigation software for Raymarine mermike at 9:45pm 07.09.25
Survey before insurance will renew? thinwater at 9:03pm 07.09.25 a. I'm sure we have all seen 30-year boats that we would not insure at any price. Unlike cars, there
Circumnavigating Vancouver Island (2) Michael Davis at 6:47pm 07.09.25 In Port McNeill tonight. Spent the afternoon stripping my heat exchanger. .needles to clean the tube
Survey before insurance will renew? Rick D at 6:03pm 07.09.25
Hunter 340 window 'frames' question please. markymac1961 at 5:27pm 07.09.25 Looks good ...................... so far. Good luck with it. If you think of it, I'd appreciat
O'day 27 projects...help! Joe at 4:50pm 07.09.25 What's up with carpet on the walls? I've seen a number of 70-80's era re habs where carpeting on th
Sparcraft Mast for Ericson 32-3 or 32-200 Tally Ho at 4:02pm 07.09.25
Major Increase in Bahama Cruising - Fishing - Anchoring Fees Starting Tomorrow Project_Mayhem at 3:38pm 07.09.25 :puke:
Fill your water tanks easily MFD at 3:26pm 07.09.25 I have also thought about repurposing my shower water inlet. Similar, but slightly different use cas
Whisker Pole Part Sought Davidasailor26 at 3:16pm 07.09.25 I didn't know there was a difference between a whisker pole and a spinnaker pole until your questio

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