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Outboard jib sheets? henrykorous at 3:19pm 04.11.20 Racing 8/2344 I have a Oday 39, just got my new sails. The boat has inboard tracks but when, I'm not pointing hard
Replacing all hardware bolts/screws for my deck of C22 Erbardy at 11:58am 04.11.20 Ask All Sailors 6/753 can one use lockwahsers for all hardware mounting?
Cascade Yachts - 27' Cascade "pocket cruiser" (10) Cascade27 at 10:44am 04.11.20 Ask All Sailors 7/5288 Hello all! I'm relatively new to the forum and a relatively new sailor/cruiser although I've driven
Widgeon Floor Repair (1) thelouise at 8:34am 04.11.20 Ask All Sailors 6/1002 Hello all! I am wondering if it's possible or worth it to repair a Widgeon cockpit floor. I've atta
Turks Head Knot Question Ward H at 8:18am 04.11.20 Ask All Sailors 5/3311 I'm spending some of my newly found free time wrapping my helm wheel. I've never tied a turks head k
Docking Mishap kloudie1 at 8:09am 04.11.20 Sails Call Lounge 38/4142 hOEVqESw3G4
Advice on a small repair job for my catalina 22 (6) Erbardy at 7:09am 04.11.20 Ask All Sailors 4/643 I was doing some final sanding to prep my catalina 22 for paint. I just noticed A small need for rep
Selling across borders Endeavour at 6:52am 04.11.20 Ask All Sailors 2/419 I own an Endeavour 35.5. Ours was built in Florida in 1983 but it is a Canadian Licenced boat curre
Creating stowable space on Hunter 170 (1) stickinthemud57 at 6:44am 04.11.20 Day Sailers 18/3435 Returning to sailing after many years in power boats, I picked up a Hunter 170 in fairly good shape.
Keel bolts Sailing Nalu at 5:43am 04.11.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/684 Hi all, I'm new here.... bought this lovely Hunter 30 T last spring, and had a great season of saili
2002 Hunter h326 forestay size Ken13559 at 1:55am 04.11.20 Mid-Size Boats 2/519 My H326 manual state the forestay is 6mm. I when up mast to measure but found no expose forestay wir
Calking thetone at 1:09am 04.11.20 Ask All Sailors 4/436 Does anyone know what I should use for caulking the keel to Hull seam?
1998 Hunter 340 Condensing Unit ?'s Steffied99 at 4:13pm 04.10.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/492 Hi all, Replacing condensing unit: Would you recommend Adler Barbour or Dometic 85 for a 1998 Hunter
2002 H326 forestay size Ken13559 at 2:59pm 04.10.20 Mid-Size Boats 1/744 My H326 manual state the forestay is 6mm. I when up mast to measure but found no expose forestay wir
LP pump on Yanmar 2GM20F Ken13559 at 2:50pm 04.10.20 Engines and Propulsion 65/11287 I suspect my Yanmar 2GM20F LP pump is not delivering to the secondary filter. Can I dismantle it fro
Do you have a favorite Email read? jssailem at 12:58pm 04.10.20 Sails Call Lounge 1/327 Monday and Friday my friend Rufus posts be crop weather advisory. This being Good Friday, I thought
1-cylinder Yanmar Issues agg212 at 12:36pm 04.10.20 Engines and Propulsion 5/761 Hi all, I've been having some issues with my Yanmar YSM12 (1 cylinder). The symptoms are as follo
Removing Forestay from roller furler (1) ontherocks83 at 9:59am 04.10.20 Ask All Sailors 17/5570 I am in the process of removing all of my standing rigging to have new stays made. I am trying to re
Barient #17 Winch Top & Bottom Jaws Scott T at 9:36am 04.10.20 Parts Search 1/1085 Looking for Barient #17 Winch Top ' Bottom Jaws
Sailing movie on Amazon Prime Sailor Sue at 9:19am 04.10.20 Sails Call Lounge 23/6205 We just watched The Boat last night - not to be confused with Das Boot. I won't make any comments a

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1991 Pearson 31-2 aluminum fuel tank leaks. Replace with plastic??? Looking for advice. Will cost $300 to repair kappykaplan at 3:59pm 10.24.24 A plastic tank will work fine. Check with your local chandlery.
1993 Catalina 28 Stanchion Snapped jssailem at 3:25pm 10.24.24 If it is screwed into a plate in the deck, I would try using a drill. Attach it securely to the bolt
Pearson 31-2 Owners? kappykaplan at 1:31pm 10.24.24 I replaced a plastic 17 gal tank with a 27 Gal plastic tank on my Pearson 37.
Pearson 31-2 Owners? inkunzi at 1:24pm 10.24.24 Hello I just purchased a 1991 pearson 31-2. Aluminum fuel tank leaked I removed it and will cost $
Catalina 385 weight? KCofKC at 12:20pm 10.24.24 Steven, yes, the first C-30 I loaded was 14.5K, not what I was expecting for sure.
Hood Swivel arelic1949 at 12:13pm 10.24.24 Thanks much, Skipper for the reply.????
Hood Swivel BrianQ at 11:58am 10.24.24 I have a hood swivel from an 810 LD or 800 SL furler but the dimensions would be greater than what y
30 amp Circuit breaker Johnb at 11:36am 10.24.24 Useful to know - that is a very good price.
Too Good to be True But maybe worth the Price of Admission DArcy at 11:35am 10.24.24 That is great marketing. Throw out a few catch phrases that can be searched on the internet but lead
Propeller Shaft Bracket on 35S5 Ralph Johnstone at 10:44am 10.24.24 Enclosed is a picture of a identical boat that does not have the issue The identical boat doesn't
Universal M25XP dies after 30 to 40 minutes Ralph Johnstone at 10:33am 10.24.24 1) Try adding a temporary piece of clear tubing to the fuel system as close to high pressure pump a
Catalina 385 weight? stevenhagberg at 10:31am 10.24.24 I have a Catalina 30. I have had two of them actually, a 1977 and a 2001. The design weight is 10,2
Propeller Shaft Bracket on 35S5 kloudie1 at 9:35am 10.24.24 Should be able to re-secure the vertical part in the mounting bracket.. Prop Strut for C-42 with Cut
Centerboard pin cover plug? jssailem at 9:32am 10.24.24 then hot glue it in so it could be removed with a heat gun. Is this below the water line? I suspec
Toilet Intake Hose ....modification Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 9:32am 10.24.24 Disconnect the intake line from the thru-hull (close the seacock first!) or just cut it and re-rou
Propeller Shaft Bracket on 35S5 dmax at 9:15am 10.24.24 There may be access from inside the hull though it is often buried in glass, but worth checking.
What is this stuff on my hull? Will Gilmore at 9:10am 10.24.24 Looks like black coral ? Which opens the question, where has the boat been kept? Black coral is n
Propeller Shaft Bracket on 35S5 jssailem at 9:01am 10.24.24 I'm going to check with the Mfg to see if they have a record of what was installed. Good luck.. 1
Too Good to be True But maybe worth the Price of Admission Don S/V ILLusion at 8:53am 10.24.24
Propeller Shaft Bracket on 35S5 KGarvey at 8:27am 10.24.24 Great information, it slides up and down so smoothly that it must be the 2- piece strut. I'm going

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