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I have a 2000 310 with in-mast furling. I've been using an empty plastic bottle to plug the boom end
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need a venture 17 main sail
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I had a catastrophic mast lowering experience this past week which resulted in a broken jib furler d
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I have a 1993 H27 with an inboard Yanmar diesel. I believe my holding tank (waste tank) is leaking.
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Fellow Sailors. My water heater gave up the ghost last week. It started leaking from unknown places.
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Hi helpful forum! I repaired the down drain on the sink in the head. When I turn the water pump on,
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Yanmar 2gm20F alternator prevents belt installation
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A longer belt would give you more clearance. I would move it away from the oil filter ASAP. That al
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Night Watch at 6:25pm 01.13.25
Ok, after all the helpful comments this is what I had to do in order to successfully pull up a duple
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Brinky63 at 5:06pm 01.13.25
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Cocoa Beach Sailor at 5:02pm 01.13.25
I am in the middle of doing the same thing on my 386. The previous owner had taken out the key hol
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Project_Mayhem at 5:01pm 01.13.25
I had a 100w Renogy panel hanging off the back of my boat for the past few years in Chicago. I took
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dlochner at 2:15pm 01.13.25
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dlochner at 2:03pm 01.13.25
Generic rubber wedges for mast support?
dlochner at 1:53pm 01.13.25
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jpiombo67 at 1:16pm 01.13.25
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Pulling new cable up Mast
Night Watch at 12:00pm 01.13.25
I used a sting line, super strong and limber. The type of line you use in the building trades. Tied
Pulling new cable up Mast
captcoho at 11:56am 01.13.25
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Dave R. at 11:50am 01.13.25
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Dave R. at 11:46am 01.13.25
I used a sting line, super strong and limber. The type of line you use in the building trades. Tied
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Intrepid-II at 11:42am 01.13.25
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Concordia at 11:09am 01.13.25
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Dorade covers?
PaulK at 10:56am 01.13.25
It almost sounds like your customer doesn't know what a Dorade is or how it works. It sounds like he
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Dorade covers?
fred1diver at 10:20am 01.13.25
Tu at is what I was thinking as well, I am waiting on my customer to get a better idea on what he wa

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