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keel and rudder thetone at 12:31am 03.26.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/728 ran aground last year. put a dent in the keel took a chunk out of the rudder all the caulking on one
Knowing My Alternator (3) Scott T-Bird at 4:18pm 03.25.20 Ask All Sailors 13/2620 I have a Hitachi LR180-03B mounted to my Yanmar engine. One of things I have never gotten around to
Cat-5 Brewing - Oh Great - - Stop with the Sailing Analogies! mnmpizza at 2:49pm 03.25.20 Sails Call Lounge 4/551 UPDATE: I'm guessing someone removed the article... Sorry, but I can't find it anymore. Read this
Deck hardware cleaning and removal ingramsail at 2:42pm 03.25.20 Catalina 22 3/972 Mask is down and it's time to repaint and reseal. After removing all the hardware what would you use
Grampian 26 height? alyman at 2:22pm 03.25.20 Grampian 6/2806 I just acquired a Grampian 26 (fixed fin keel) and am planning to unstep the mast and have it hauled
Companionway Hatch Water Capture Cure cjdport1231 at 1:49pm 03.25.20 Catalina 30 8/1777 Hello all; after a 2019 purchase of a Catalina 30 1987 #5005, I found that often, when opening or cl
Sunforce Marine 600watt Wind Generator Syntonos at 11:13am 03.25.20 Ask All Sailors 5/739 Hello All, I'll be working on an older Sunforce Marine 600 wind generator in the near future,
US Sailing Videos PaulK at 7:55am 03.25.20 Racing 0/612 US Sailing has just come out with a new site to host videos from experts on how to improve your resu
In Mast Mainsail furling tom.p.brown at 7:08am 03.25.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/3810 I have a 2004 306 with selden in mast mainsail roller furling system. To unfurl the main i will plac
HUNTER 41 DIRECT TOILET DISCHARGE QUESTION Valerio at 5:39pm 03.24.20 Big Boats 4/1097 On my hunter 41 i do not have a valve for direct discharge of the front toilet waste, but i have a m
Dodger Bill Ernst at 4:08pm 03.24.20 Ask All Sailors 14/2567 Looking to add a dodger this year. Has anyone had a good experience with the Sailrite do-it-yoursel
Yanmar 3QM claskey at 12:49pm 03.24.20 Engines and Propulsion 0/590 If any one has a use for a Yanmar 3-QM 30 parts motor. contact me at claskey1954@yahoo.com
Off Center Harbor Offer dlochner at 11:33am 03.24.20 Sails Call Lounge 3/2249 Some may have heard of Off Center Harbor, this is a website dedicated to traditional boating with hu
Have you seen this? shemandr at 9:30am 03.24.20 Ask All Sailors 3/510 From Sounding online Newsletter: u-Grv_euVv4 People were hurt but everyone survived.
Mac 26D Bilge/ Laz Question ScourgeOfTheHudson at 5:26am 03.24.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/1634 Hello fellow Macs, Away from my boat and stuck at home up here in NY and was just wondering if anyo
Stop rebuilding my Universal m25XP or keep going? (5) pathfndr at 7:26pm 03.23.20 Engines and Propulsion 19/6777 I am a shade tree mechanic that is also new to keelboat sailing, However, I have never* messed with*
Standard-Horizon GX2200 to Garmin 546S AIS noise problem Alan Gomes at 5:56pm 03.23.20 Ask All Sailors 3/1766 I recently purchased a Standard-Horizon GX2200 VHF radio that has built-in AIS receive capability. I
Gland packing size alvy at 5:53pm 03.23.20 Ask An Oday Owner 8/1976 I pulled out all the shaft packing on my O day 26 . tried to measure the size of it with my mic but
Animal poop Daveinet at 4:18pm 03.23.20 Ask All Sailors 25/4081 OK, so trying to not feel like I've just been sent to my room, I went outside and climbed in my boat
Need a measurement of the Sanitation Host BillyK at 4:07pm 03.23.20 Catalina 310 2/724 Defender is the the middle of their spring sale.. and since i don't have access to the boat due to t

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Docking single handed without a cleat - only ring on dock Project_Mayhem at 5:51pm 12.16.24
Raw water strainer disaster waiting to happen Project_Mayhem at 5:48pm 12.16.24 I will skip the elbow for this application. It would made for a cleaner looking install but there's
Diesel injector testing Project_Mayhem at 5:43pm 12.16.24 the engine will run on 2 cylinders enough to get you into a marina. Excellent point Greg! I'll pic
Yanmar Engine mounts. (7) Ralph Johnstone at 5:28pm 12.16.24 Yup, no doubt about it. Ellebogen's drawing is the clearest documentation I've seen on the subject.
Yanmar Engine mounts. (2) Jan_H at 4:56pm 12.16.24 I read somewhere that's to accommodate the higher compressive load in the direction of rotation, bu
Barton Marine removable traveler (1) bob45 at 4:41pm 12.16.24 Moving the traveller is a topic that comes up frequently. There are several fairly recent threads o
Raw water strainer disaster waiting to happen Ward H at 4:31pm 12.16.24 Are you referring to the double ended "reduction" barb that's a few inches away from the water pump
Docking single handed without a cleat - only ring on dock dLj at 4:29pm 12.16.24 If it's your slip, why not just install a cleat? Many marinas I've been in don't mind, but you do ha
Barton Marine removable traveler (4) jssailem at 4:22pm 12.16.24 Here are several ways owners have rigged their boom for the mainsheet block. This is my boom end r
Barton Marine removable traveler bob45 at 4:18pm 12.16.24 How far after are you moving the traveller? As Dave said, lots of threads discussing the potential
Diesel injector testing Tally Ho at 4:02pm 12.16.24
Barton Marine removable traveler (2) Tally Ho at 3:56pm 12.16.24 Hi All, I'm planning on relocating my mid boom, cabin top, traveler to in front of my wheel. Does
Christmas At Sea by Robert Louis Stevenson kappykaplan at 3:55pm 12.16.24 Tks for sharing, Peggie! Merry Christmas to you and yours!! :beer:
Docking single handed without a cleat - only ring on dock Tally Ho at 3:48pm 12.16.24 Hi Greg, hope all is going well. With this setup, I'd need to get the rope under the lifelines to g
Christmas At Sea by Robert Louis Stevenson jssailem at 3:44pm 12.16.24 What a wonderful tale of men and the sea. Thank you Peggie. :biggrin::beer: Merry Christmas!
Yanmar Engine mounts. Tally Ho at 3:41pm 12.16.24 I was out at my boat this week and checked my engine mounts (Yanmar 2GM20F). It looked like the for
Docking single handed without a cleat - only ring on dock (2) jssailem at 3:38pm 12.16.24 Up in the Northwest, we have what is called a "BullRail". It is a 4x4 or 6x6 that runs along the sli
Docking single handed without a cleat - only ring on dock zinahewitt at 3:28pm 12.16.24
Propane locker replacement Tally Ho at 3:22pm 12.16.24
Docking single handed without a cleat - only ring on dock Tally Ho at 3:20pm 12.16.24

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