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Soft teak: fill or wood hardener? Rob Heath at 6:45am 04.07.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/463 I have a small patch of teak (about 2 square centimetres) on the cockpit sole that has gone soft: yo
Question about painting Erbardy at 3:15am 04.07.20 Ask All Sailors 8/529 I am nearly finished prepping my catalina 22 for paint all Over the hill and the deck. I live in eas
Question on repairing sliding hatch Erbardy at 12:58am 04.07.20 Ask All Sailors 7/556
Owner manual in french for Hunter H260 Danielle M. B�dard at 11:13pm 04.06.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/337 Hi everyone! I'm the owner of a Hunter H260 and I am looking for the owner manual in french. Can som
Javelin Manual RVJavelin at 6:02pm 04.06.20 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1277 I am a new owner of a Javelin. I have the rigging instructions, but not a manual. Another site sugge
...It's the most wonderful time of the year (2) jssailem at 5:50pm 04.06.20 Weather and Forecasting 10/969 It is a wonderful time of the year for the Weather honchos... NOAA - the National Hurricane Center
H 41 large saloon window resealing an some question Valerio at 5:26pm 04.06.20 Big Boats 9/1374 Hi to all h41 owners, my h41 top saloon window have been leaking and now is time to do it. I am goin
ssb CatNap3 at 3:41pm 04.06.20 Ask All Sailors 0/357 Does anyone have an old icon or equal ssb and antenna coupler to donate to a neophyte user for marin
STEAM out the exhaust Chanbo at 3:27pm 04.06.20 Ask All Sailors 22/1887 I recently (8 months ago )did a complete upper on my Catalina 30 with an M25. Its ran great until re
Android App Issue Rick D at 3:05pm 04.06.20 Forum Help (Site Talk) 11/1243 Getting an"license expired"message on my Android all. I deleted and reloaded the app twice.
Wheel shaft grease NateyZ at 9:42am 04.06.20 Ask All Sailors 10/881 I just spent the better part of a week fighting to get my old Yacht Specialties wheel off my pedesta
Help - I did it! (1) betzhunter at 7:44am 04.06.20 Big Boats 23/2374 As you can see I was trying to take my pedestal guard off and I was tapping it with a rubber blow ha
321 air conditioning install Wesleymi at 6:39am 04.06.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 11/1512 I am wanting to install air conditioning in my 1998 Oceanis 321. It has never had it so I am startin
No thread names ... shemandr at 6:07am 04.06.20 Forum Help (Site Talk) 2/439 I'm getting an increasing number of thread replies which have no forum name and hence no place to cl
Hunter Shift Cable Damage Zakwadas at 1:04am 04.06.20 Big Boats 3/783 Hi, I own a 1997 Hunter 450 Passage, and I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced damage to thei
Light Replacement (1) Kevy at 9:43pm 04.05.20 Ask All Sailors 3/797 Hello all, This is a little specific but I'm hoping someone has some insight. I have to replace a
1999 410 helm seat waterlogged SailorFrank at 8:13pm 04.05.20 Ask All Sailors 3/455 The helm seat has collected so much water that it is heavy enough to start crack the firberglsss at
Unidentified Sail (4) sailingfordays at 7:18pm 04.05.20 Ask All Sailors 7/608 I recently purchased a sunfish sailboat, it came with some extra items, it is obvious this sail does
Bought '74 C22 in September (1) Erbardy at 6:03pm 04.05.20 Catalina 22 5/719 I bought a 74 C22 in September and sailed it for a month before putting it on a trailer. I am in th
Nav Station Light (1) Bill19233 at 5:02pm 04.05.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1851 The light on the nav station on the coiled wire on my boat has seen better days. Has anyone found a

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Lombardini marine engine garymalmgren at 4:48pm 03.13.24 One question. Does your Yanmar gearbox bolt straight onto this engine? gary
Found a 2003 C310 leo310 at 4:38pm 03.13.24 I change out to 4 lithium batteries and stayed with 1 agm starter (the agm is 7 years old) so far n
Simple Anchor rode markings dkinzer at 3:34pm 03.13.24 Before my trip to the San Juans last year, I marked my anchor chain and rope every 25 feet using fou
Finding cabin leaks with pressure? kappykaplan at 3:28pm 03.13.24 Seal the companionway with a piece of plastic with a hole in it to accept the nozzle of a leaf blowe
Help and courage - West Marine Air Floor Dungy and Davit lift points spadaforaj at 3:23pm 03.13.24 Thanks - this sounds good if you have some photos it woudl be great
Finding cabin leaks with pressure? Crusty Ol Salt at 2:32pm 03.13.24 In my industry we do blower door testing on houses and buildings and duct testing on HVAC ductwork.
Simple Anchor rode markings (1) thinwater at 2:22pm 03.13.24 Yes, many sailors over-mark the rodes. We're not the US Navy. Just a few markings will do, since mo
Finding cabin leaks with pressure? justsomeguy at 2:13pm 03.13.24 Any suggestions ? Yeah, @Crazy Dave Condon would advise sealing up everywhere with plastic, then b
Found a 2003 C310 JRT at 1:57pm 03.13.24 Not much to update, have had only a couple of sail days and honestly feel bad about RoseLeigh sitti
Rudder Sensor mjsb at 12:38pm 03.13.24 Here is what I did in my H-34; similar but not identical to the setup on the 31: it is mounted inve
Jib car assembly replacement Stu Jackson at 11:11am 03.13.24 Garhauer
House Battery Upgrade Help Scott T-Bird at 10:55am 03.13.24
Venting Battery Compartment FastOlson at 9:59am 03.13.24 I have always found their customer service nonexistent. If you have a telephone number that someone
Battens or no battens? Davidasailor26 at 9:54am 03.13.24 Neil Pryde claims an unbattened in mast furling main loses about 15% of its sail area versus traditi
House Battery Upgrade Help gouldx at 9:49am 03.13.24
Venting Battery Compartment dlochner at 9:37am 03.13.24 That's a good question, but since our boats are over 20 years old, the previous owner made modifica
Venting Battery Compartment Scott T-Bird at 9:31am 03.13.24 I have always found their customer service nonexistent. If you have a telephone number that someone
Should I put a 9.9 HP outboard on my 32' Catalina? BAD ORCA at 9:27am 03.13.24 if by chance you had pictures of the outboard mounted to your 36 ' boat I would love to see them.
Venting Battery Compartment dlochner at 9:25am 03.13.24 I am surprised the battery compartment is not sealed off with vents leading outside? Apparently ca
Should I put a 9.9 HP outboard on my 32' Catalina? BAD ORCA at 9:24am 03.13.24 Great story and interesting information. Thanks. PS: today you can get a Chinese outboard 9.9 for $

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