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Clampetts go Sailing (1) rgranger at 7:44pm 05.05.20 Sails Call Lounge 7/911 178622 Well let me tell you a story 'bout a man named Jed... Poor mariner barley kept his family fe
Little glass work (5) Maz413 at 7:26pm 05.05.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1176 Did some hole filling. 5 total. 2 were from speakers. It took a few days only because I only spend a
Mast Plate (1) RolfSail at 6:22pm 05.05.20 Smaller Boats 4/1182 Anyone seen a mast base like this? It is on my new to me 99 260. Also no hole in the mast to put the
Big Stink... jaysweet at 5:53pm 05.05.20 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/1479 Not really asking a question here: just a story. I've been working on our 2005 Hunter 306 most days
Shout Out for Chicago Yacht Rigging Inc (1) DayDreamer41 at 5:24pm 05.05.20 Ask All Sailors 1/491 Big Shout Out to Kristian Martincic of Chicago Yacht Rigging Inc, in my search for some Selden In Ma
Standing on the spreaders murrayabbott at 5:02pm 05.05.20 Big Boats 7/3211 Hi Everyone I have always wondered this and never got a definitive answer. I have a hunter 45DS and
h260 centerboard line gudiss at 4:01pm 05.05.20 Smaller Boats 4/765 how is the center board line connected to the centerboard once it passes the lower sheave on the cb
mppt controller on h41, were to Valerio at 3:08pm 05.05.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/442 I am istalling a Victron 30A mppt controller on my h41, i read the instructions and they encourage t
Owner's manual for a MacGregor 65 anyone? rsementi at 1:40pm 05.05.20 Parts Search 0/18 Hi folks, I am searching for a hard (or preferably soft) copy of a MacGregor 65 sailboat. I might bu
Owner's Manual for a MacGregor 65? rsementi at 1:39pm 05.05.20 Ask All Sailors 11/2335 Hi folks, I am searching for a hard (or preferably soft) copy of a MacGregor 65 sailboat. I might bu
Best product to clean Vinyl Bumpers look4judy at 1:28pm 05.05.20 Ask All Sailors 8/1103 We have several White Vinyl Bumpers that are in need do a good cleaning. Any suggestions on what pro
What to mount on the bulkhead? (1) Dr. D at 1:00pm 05.05.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 21/3470 We have done a few modest changes to our 2018 35.1. One part we have not yet changed is mounting any
+1 For Weems & Plath shemandr at 11:14am 05.05.20 Ask All Sailors 9/1347 I bought a hand held compass from this company about 30 years ago. I took it out of storage early t
Any info regarding... Member 131497 at 1:43am 05.05.20 Destinations 0/13 Any info regarding the safe areas in the Dominican Republic?
Hunter 23.5 Roller Furler Pin (1) Undertow at 11:23pm 05.04.20 Smaller Boats 8/1342 Hi all, I'm a new 23.5 owner and new to sailing in general. While stepping the mast for the first t
Fore-deck Fun (4) pclarksurf at 10:06pm 05.04.20 Catalina 22 19/2759 Time to fix the fore-deck before the rigging parts show up-- was always on the list, but now that I'
In for a penny in for a pound! (3) Rusty Keel at 8:13pm 05.04.20 Catalina 22 14/2399 Well I had a large soft spot in the deck I I finally convinced myself to take care of. It looks lik
Social distancing on a launch? TimFromLI at 7:59pm 05.04.20 Ask All Sailors 42/3479 My club is getting ready to open launch service to our moorings and we're grappling with the problem
Flush mount flag pole socket (1) Team118 at 6:04pm 05.04.20 Catalina 30 5/1178 Hi, I want to replace the flush mounted flag pole socket on the boat. It is very corroded. But sea
What happened to shore power service? Manete at 5:40pm 05.04.20 Catalina 30 9/1477 I cannot figure out why there is no 110 shore power service on our boat. Nada. We bought the boat

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Yanmar 3YM20 coolant change Evorbach at 7:12am 02.12.25 I have a yanmar 3ym20 (2007) and I want to change the coolant. On the port side of the engine near
Legend 40.5 - freezer cold plate temperature Rich Stidger at 6:54am 02.12.25 You already have wires that bring power to the fan, so you just need to disconnect them from the com
Keeping warm for winter boat work JBP-PA at 6:34am 02.12.25 For about $1,000 you can get a dickinson furnace with a proper chimney. https://www.amazon.com/Dick
Mast Buoy for Hunter 15' Project_Mayhem at 6:23am 02.12.25 When I was learning to sail, the most valuable lesson we went through was capsizing drills. Everyday
Safety Tether JBP-PA at 6:22am 02.12.25 @thinwater has the usual way, and you are wise to have jack line(s) tight and as close to center as
Keeping warm for winter boat work Project_Mayhem at 6:17am 02.12.25 The problems with using propane on an enclosed boat in the winter are moisture and CO. The moisture
Safety Tether JBP-PA at 6:15am 02.12.25 Kong tether https://www.amazon.com/Kong-Tether-double-ISAF-compliant/dp/B00LZPEF1Y
Mast Buoy for Hunter 15' jssailem at 5:54am 02.12.25
Safety Tether jssailem at 5:26am 02.12.25
O'day 272 parts Tally Ho at 5:10am 02.12.25
Keeping warm for winter boat work Tally Ho at 5:06am 02.12.25 Greg, You may be on to something. I looked up the specs of a similar marine stove and was surprised
Universal M25 engine condition colemj at 4:51am 02.12.25 That doesn't look bad to me. Doesn't even look poorly maintained in the sense of being a train wrec
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? colemj at 4:38am 02.12.25
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? colemj at 4:35am 02.12.25 In the life of a thru-hull, not worth mentioning. ............... Extremely unlikely. Have you had
A few fixed rudder questions. Chuck_FLA at 4:17am 02.12.25 I think the gudgeon will rip out prior to the rudder blade breaking - probably the lower gudgeon .
Keeping warm for winter boat work dlochner at 3:36am 02.12.25 It's about time one of us in Florida chimes in with a "The cure for Winter is moving to Florida" po
Legend 40.5 - freezer cold plate temperature (1) fero at 3:00am 02.12.25 Rich, I understand were the power comes from but what I wandered how did you bring additional wires
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? BigEasy at 1:03am 02.12.25 They are 14 years old. They are brass. And they don't have proper backing plates or flanges.
Stern Tube Rotated 180 Degrees After Fishing Line Incident (Beneteau 393) BigEasy at 12:37am 02.12.25 Thanks. I just went through all of this last year on What was the condition of the rubber when you
A few fixed rudder questions. Will Gilmore at 12:08am 02.12.25 Maybe something like a light aluminum wire that will hold the rudder during a moderate bump of the b

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