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New Life for Old Instruments (1) Georgedoyle at 3:46pm 06.29.20 Big Boats 1/690 This post is for all of those boaters out there with old Raymarine ST 60 instruments. I've had troub
Whitlock engine control bracket (volvo) (1) OWI at 3:10pm 06.29.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/845 The bracket holding the throttle cable for a volvo penta 2002 broke and i need a new one. Did anybo
Anchor hatch/door Waggs1 at 1:56pm 06.29.20 Smaller Boats 2/864 Purchased a 1986 Cat 22 about a year ago. Looks good except for forward locker storage hatch/door.
New tiller for Oday 27 (1974) (1) sbcwolff at 1:21pm 06.29.20 Ask An Oday Owner 3/842 We just restained and varnished our tiller from our "new" boat (1974), and it snapped when we went t
YANMAR 4JH3TE Slow throttle response when hot Sofraniaeth at 12:59pm 06.29.20 Engines and Propulsion 31/7152 On my last two 8-10 hour passages when I started heading in to the dock I noticed the engine RPMs to
Trading No kaboom for BIG KABOOM!!! Converting stove from CNG to LPG. TomY at 12:54pm 06.29.20 Ask All Sailors 26/5277 The New England supplier for the CNG exchange, Corp Bros out of Mass, was sold. The new owner won't
Method for attaching external portlights for V222 RevRol at 12:35pm 06.29.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/966 Anyone have any experience/recommendations for affixing portlights externally on any model boat? My
Expected performance JohanSweden at 11:39am 06.29.20 Ask All Sailors 7/3917 Hi sailors! I'm looking into buying a boat in the 45 ft range. Beneteau O 46 or Jeanneau Sun Odyssey
How does a roller furler work? John G. Davis at 11:32am 06.29.20 Ask An Oday Owner 15/5115 I recently purchased a new to me boat and the roller furler has a single line. I thought they had to
Cooler Upgrade ('86) (1) TheSoggyDollar at 11:05am 06.29.20 Catalina 22 0/519 Thought I would share: The cooler/step that came with our boat was probably as old as the boat and w
Kink in Line Tantor at 10:59am 06.29.20 Ask All Sailors 7/1648 what double braided line kink or twist minimum... actually i am using it for inside forestay with do
Windlass wiring Charlie98117 at 10:59am 06.29.20 Musings With Maine Sail 18/7747 I'm finally getting around to installing a windlass on my H34. I have a question regarding the fact
Refrigerator - Compressor and Evaporator gscottnelson at 10:47am 06.29.20 Catalina 310 13/4086 Boat team, I have a 2002 Catalina - that has a 18 year old Adler Barbour - C100, and the fan starts
The WTF Thread ontherocks83 at 10:40am 06.29.20 Ask All Sailors 49/6156 I thought it would be fun to start a thread where people can tell stories (i.e. gripe) about how th
New chaps (3) All U Get at 10:01am 06.29.20 Ask All Sailors 8/1106 Hi all, My wife finished the chaps for our new dinghy. She added a lot of nice touches like chafin
Tack shackle ? Ron20324 at 9:10am 06.29.20 Catalina 310 6/1722 My slip neighbor lost their tack to roller shackle or whatever was there. Can you tell us what is th
Depth Finder Question TheSoggyDollar at 9:05am 06.29.20 Catalina 22 17/1824 Our boat came with a glue-in Hawk eye Depth finder. I have yet to see it display anything but " - -
Advice H37 LunaSea at 8:43am 06.29.20 The Cherubini Hunters 10/2117 I have a 1980 37C with a QM30. It was my dream boat when I purchased it and I had every intention o
Screwed up nicopress fittings Grotto at 8:35am 06.29.20 Ask All Sailors 8/1738 So I built new forward shrouds. looked up the specs and misread the number of crimps 1/8 sleeves. Cu
Anybody else have login problems at trailersailor.com? Tedd at 8:07am 06.29.20 Forum Help (Site Talk) 8/1378 I've had a login over at trailersailors.com for quite a few years now but I've rarely been able to u

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Cliffside sails twodzusfittings at 11:41am 04.03.25 @SailingLoto A meeting of all the folks that were involved in helping you connect with your sail ma
Sailing Tender DinghySailor at 11:39am 04.03.25
Sailing Tender FastOlson at 11:35am 04.03.25 Find a well maintained Ranger Minto (9'). Look for the factory two piece mast. Good sailing boat and
Sailing Tender twodzusfittings at 11:11am 04.03.25 Storage of equipment (oars, CB, Mast, Boom etc) isn't that hard. It may take some thinking out of th
Honda Outboard Siesta Habit sailcapt340 at 11:08am 04.03.25 the engine refused to start, resulting in getting a tow back to the boat. A couple of hours later,
Honda Outboard Siesta Habit JBP-PA at 11:06am 04.03.25 Is it electronic CDI? My CDI went brain dead in a different way, it always killed the engine when I
Sailing Season(spring) (1) Michael Davis at 11:05am 04.03.25
Bow Eye patrickfarley at 10:35am 04.03.25 I plan to fiberglass in the bow eye with several layers of fiberglass underneath. I have two large
Honda Outboard Siesta Habit dlochner at 10:15am 04.03.25 It runs OK for a long time? Not an overheating problem? When it wont start, have you checked the
Honda Outboard Siesta Habit SteveHughessails at 10:13am 04.03.25
Depth needed to safely launch/retrieve Catalina 18 Wing Keel JBP-PA at 10:13am 04.03.25 From the first picture that does look like a pretty shallow ramp and maybe your only option is a str
Oday Trailer Weight Distribution EnamrdSalr21 at 10:09am 04.03.25 If I end up grabbing this boat, which I plan to, I was thinking I could try and make some minor adju
Honda Outboard Siesta Habit JBP-PA at 10:07am 04.03.25 It runs OK for a long time? Not an overheating problem? When it wont start, have you checked the f
Aqua Lift muffler C310 Stu Jackson at 10:02am 04.03.25 but if impellor ends broke off and got into heat exchanger would have to clean it out. I change imp
Aqua Lift muffler C310 Clydo at 9:44am 04.03.25 Stu you are right as usual. Seals and impellor wouldn't like it much. Keep ignition key around ha
Honda Outboard Siesta Habit dlochner at 9:20am 04.03.25 Have you checked the fuel tank vent and the fuel filter? Try unscrewing the fuel cap, see if it rep
Depth needed to safely launch/retrieve Catalina 18 Wing Keel Rick Webb at 9:09am 04.03.25 Hitch extenders are readily available at like a two-foot length. Inexpensive and may be just enough.
Honda Outboard Siesta Habit SteveHughessails at 9:06am 04.03.25 Have you checked the fuel tank vent and the fuel filter? Try unscrewing the fuel cap, see if it repe
Honda Outboard Siesta Habit dlochner at 8:58am 04.03.25 Yes it has a carb with a manual choke. I may just have to take longer showers.
Aqua Lift muffler C310 dlochner at 8:57am 04.03.25 Regret to say no typo. Full disclosure No San Francisco Bay or ocean sailing now jjust up and do

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