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2020 ottawa boat show fred1diver at 4:48pm 02.10.20 Ask All Sailors 3/670 never been to a boat show yet, the ottawa, ontario one is soon, wondering if anyone been to last yea
Galley Upgrade (4) palermorw at 4:32pm 02.10.20 Smaller Boats 5/1314 I've been really disappointed with my 2007 H25 stock galley so I decided to upgrade with a teak coun
Secondary fuel supply Rctbolero at 10:29am 02.10.20 Big Boats 29/3004 I am considering joining the generator fuel supply line to the engine supply line through a switched
Code 0 SVPardonMyFrench at 10:08am 02.10.20 Big Boats 17/3570 Hi All - Doing a bit of racing on my 40.5. I am considering adding a code 0 to my inventory. the P
Catalina 310 Fairlee Creek Meetup this year? AwwShucks at 7:25am 02.10.20 Catalina 310 6/1194 I just saw the 2012 Fairlee Creek meetup photo on the daily email and was wondering if any of the Ca
Peconic Bay Scallops shemandr at 6:00am 02.10.20 Ask All Sailors 2/723 The local newspaper in Southold, The Suffolk Times, is reporting that the DEC (Of NY?) has determine
Identify this mess please. (2) DAVA390 at 4:15am 02.10.20 Ask All Sailors 26/2082 Sarasota Bay. First time I have seen a windshield on a cockpit. Man, she must really go fast!
Wiring schema in English for 1989 35s5 RacY at 12:14am 02.10.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/503 Hello. There is one online in French. I mainly need to know the gauge wire and needs tips for rewi
Titanium/stainless/aluminium Drinky Crow at 5:11pm 02.09.20 Ask All Sailors 6/1068 Attaching a titanium masthead unit/crane w/a stainless bolt to an aluminium extrusion. Up there. You
Red brass vs. Bronze CYQK at 1:57pm 02.09.20 Ask All Sailors 9/5460 My supplier has both types of fittings Someone asked me just what the difference is...anyone know??
What is this? (1) SPLETS at 1:07pm 02.09.20 Ask All Sailors 6/767 This black Item is attached to the out side of the hot water heater, what is it and the brand??? It
Water tank access (1) marchem at 10:37am 02.09.20 Catalina 310 8/1866 I'm working on installing a tank sensor system for the fresh and black water tanks, using a Level Gu
Switching to furler from hanked on 110 jib Richie50 at 7:17am 02.09.20 Catalina 22 12/1454 When I switch to a roller furler will I still be able to use the two lines I have on my current 110
1987 Hunter 23: Mast Light Deck Fittings (1) CoralRose at 11:10pm 02.08.20 Smaller Boats 8/1537 Hello, I need to replace my mast light deck fittings: 1) 2-prong male plug at base of mast is conne
B311 forward bulkhead cutout. tombravo at 5:51pm 02.08.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1533 I want to make the forward cabin entrance larger than the doorway Beneteau designed. I have removed
GPS'es shemandr at 5:29pm 02.08.20 Ask All Sailors 14/1313 I have been doing some RC work here in Florida recently. My Garmin GPS176c has evidently given up t
Fuel Valve Confusion (3) SailMaster at 12:05pm 02.08.20 Engines and Propulsion 7/1296 Is anyone familiar with these valves? A less than stellar engine guy decided on his own to reroute m
2006 Hunter 25 need mast crutch or pictures .... (1) waveform at 10:51am 02.08.20 Smaller Boats 12/2937 My 2006 25 was missing the mast crutch (plus alot of other things...) I've found pictuers of the boa
Rapid Disintegration of Saildrive Leg fstbttms at 9:56am 02.08.20 Engines and Propulsion 23/5430 It didn't look like this three months ago: 88ax4YKe9H0
Installing an Inspection Plate on a Plastic Fuel Tank Nodak7 at 5:06am 02.08.20 Big Boats 26/10169 Has anyone installed an inspection plate in a plastic fuel tank? I would like to inspect and clean t

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Acrylic to replace wood Project_Mayhem at 5:43am 12.12.24 If you move forward with this, I'd suggest oversized holes with washers or rubber grommets plus some
Anyone with a 35.5 Legend or similar have any recommendations on sailing to the Philippines? Bleach_Bottle at 5:22am 12.12.24
Anyone with a 35.5 Legend or similar have any recommendations on sailing to the Philippines? Bleach_Bottle at 5:16am 12.12.24 A production boat designed for coastal cruising has undeniable design choices that make it imposibl
Anyone with a 35.5 Legend or similar have any recommendations on sailing to the Philippines? Bleach_Bottle at 5:07am 12.12.24 Here is an in depth discussion of your question. It includes Henk Meuzelaar's description of modifi
S2 9.2 Owners Manual and Ships Log 1980 LeeandRick at 9:27pm 12.11.24 There are many manuals and other things posted under files on the S2 Sailboats Facebook page.
Where to find hull number H49 sabbatical88 at 9:16pm 12.11.24 Thanks for the help guys. I did find it finally. The letters were smaller than I expected and it up
Raw water strainer disaster waiting to happen Hayden Watson at 7:40pm 12.11.24 It would be reasonable to assume the unloaded water level is about 2 inches below the edge of the b
Raw water strainer disaster waiting to happen jssailem at 7:02pm 12.11.24 I bought the boat on the hard It would be reasonable to assume the unloaded water level is about 2
do I really need winches on my mac 26d? FDL S2 at 6:53pm 12.11.24 About those self tailing winches? Not needed for a small boat like a mac 26d? Even $400 for a pai
Moisture prevention.... shemandr at 6:17pm 12.11.24 Also, on our 356 we had the Frolie system which allowed some air circulation under the mattress. It
Moisture prevention.... Ralph Johnstone at 5:56pm 12.11.24 The source of moisture in cushions and particularly mattresses is your big old sweaty body. Sweat i
Moisture prevention.... shemandr at 5:26pm 12.11.24 My wife recovered our saloon cushions and she used a water impervious vinyl on the bottom of the cus
Moisture prevention.... Cest La Vie at 5:23pm 12.11.24 +1 for DampRid. My boat is in a hot, humid environment- have used the large bucket with DampRid cry
Moisture prevention.... stephen_i_w at 5:09pm 12.11.24 I use DampRid I hang 4 of them when I cover my boat for the season.
do I really need winches on my mac 26d? Von Clipper at 4:54pm 12.11.24 On a Mac 26d, self tailing winches would be more trouble than they are worth. Ideally, I would put
Catalina 22 motor size suggestions. pgandw at 4:39pm 12.11.24 I also have an EPropulsion Spirit 1.0 Plus on my 19ft Mariner that replaced a Honda 5hp that would n
do I really need winches on my mac 26d? pgandw at 4:19pm 12.11.24 On a Mac 26d, self tailing winches would be more trouble than they are worth. Ideally, I would put
Loose wires in mast ok? capta at 4:08pm 12.11.24 Yeah i hear ya. I suspect some of my wires had broken free because my boat was a hell of a racket
Acrylic to replace wood pgandw at 4:04pm 12.11.24 My main hatch on my 19ft Mariner has 1/4" plexiglass (perhaps a different smoked clear material) pan
Moisture prevention.... nightowle at 3:18pm 12.11.24 You can use a small dehumidifier in the cabin. It can run the accumulated water out through a tube i

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