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interior wood finish, 1997 beneteau sgiarc at 6:35am 10.11.19 Ask All Sailors 3/694 I have a beneteau 461 the interior woodwork needs a little tlc . Does anyone know what finish the fa
Hunter 28.5 cockpit speakers and placement? David21149 at 5:27am 10.11.19 Mid-Size Boats 4/1306 I'm a new owner and wd appreciate any advice incl photos for cockpit speakers and placement? Thank y
Blinds for fixed ports Franzcat at 5:08am 10.11.19 Ask All Sailors 6/1219 I have noticed some pictures of mini-blinds on the fixed ports of Catalina sailboats like mine (Cat-
Fall sailing is for Yawl sailing. (5) TomY at 4:45am 10.11.19 Ask All Sailors 2/1717 Am I the only yawl owner on the SBO? There are so many yawls on the coast of Maine and NE, there has
Connecting the boom to the mast (1) rmtrain at 7:04pm 10.10.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/2415 I recently acquired a 1982 Hunter 22 (with the full cabin) that lost its mast. I have the boom, but
Mast Heighth scuba201 at 5:36pm 10.10.19 C&C 1/996 Anyone one here know the mast height for a 1978 c ' c 26"?
The great loop (1) rgranger at 10:32am 10.10.19 Ask All Sailors 46/4967 I just started reading this book... "what boat to buy" and it is a very practical chapter. Specifi
Harvest Moon Regatta Bill19233 at 9:42am 10.10.19 Racing 16/2812 Harvest Moon Regatta 2019 - MAProgress Link to a good tracking site for the Harvest Moon Regatta fro
Considering an Ericson Independence 31 Todd Atchison at 9:18am 10.10.19 Ericson 8/6880 Greetings Ericson Owners - I'm considering an Ericson Independence 31as a potential cruising sailboa
Macgregor 26X Advice Canuck2112 at 8:14am 10.10.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 58/13826 Hello, I've been sailing a San Juan 21 for a few years, and now looking to upgrade to something big
New Lifelines for Smitty (6) JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 8:13am 10.10.19 Catalina 310 1/1124 Today I finished our new lifelines. As a quick disclaimer, we haven't used side gates since the ICW,
Factory Installed Solar Panel on a 1999 380 tb_gb at 7:45am 10.10.19 Big Boats 10/1585 Question......My daughter just bought a 1999 Hunter 380. Is the factory installed solar panel on th
Headstay modification decktosser at 7:41am 10.10.19 Smaller Boats 7/811 Thinking about a roller furler for next season. The CDI FF2 furler instructions indicate that there
rudder range macwho at 7:34am 10.10.19 Catalina 30 5/1446 What is the correct or best range or travel from stop to stop in degrees. Mine has a range of 120 de
First time winterizing 2009 B37 Vegas at 7:28am 10.10.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/1050 I think I know what to do to winterize the engine, but........for the first time, I will be winteriz
Staysail installation BlueHeronSailing at 6:32am 10.10.19 Ask All Sailors 8/946 I am putting a staysail on my Hunter 457. I need to put a back plate on my padeye for a furler. Can
Help identifying my autopilot (1) hunta285 at 10:14pm 10.09.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1411 Dear Hunter-Owner, My autopilot has stopped working and I would like to source a replacement unit (
Diving to clean boat bottom Randall Schmidt at 4:38pm 10.09.19 Ask All Sailors 37/4452
Beneteau 373 aluminum toe rail (1) JHorr at 12:24pm 10.09.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 11/3712 I have a 2006 373 that sustained damage to my port side toe rail. I was hoping to be able to buy one
What happened to Yachtworld.com search functions? berner73 at 10:36am 10.09.19 Ask All Sailors 5/6025 I know, 1st World problem, but it's an annoyance. Has anyone tried the Advanced Search feature on Y

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Knocking sound at 2000 rpm's Stu Jackson at 7:12am 06.08.24 Is the leak coming from the stuffing box? Have you properly adjusted the packing gland? Could the
Small Outboard Motor Stands (1) JBP-PA at 6:45am 06.08.24 After building a stand much like the others here, I made the uprights much longer so that they can s
Knocking sound at 2000 rpm's kloudie1 at 6:44am 06.08.24 Another WAG is shaft hitting the shaft log .. The Yanmar mounts are very springy and if the shaft is
Color-matching gelcoat docofthebay at 6:32am 06.08.24
STAINLESS PELICAN HOOK jssailem at 6:04am 06.08.24 listings show left or right hooks This reference is to the thread twist. Match the twist to that
STAINLESS PELICAN HOOK KGarvey at 5:46am 06.08.24 Thanks for following up. I noticed that some listings show left or right hooks is there a way to det
Hunter 380 non-skid paint jssailem at 5:25am 06.08.24 dimples Dimples are considered sexy by some groups of sailors.
Another not so "Precision" sail. Doing your own mast slides? SV Maverick at 5:22am 06.08.24 Thanks for the info. Contacted Bacon and Quantum.
No longer an owner Crazy Dave Condon at 4:55am 06.08.24 @dlochner is correct however, your posts will remain
Whale Gulper 220 for shower drain with atomatic sensor switch dlochner at 4:43am 06.08.24
No longer an owner dlochner at 4:34am 06.08.24 Don't see how to remove or delete my account. Sold my Vagabond 14 and won't be getting another boa
Another not so "Precision" sail. Doing your own mast slides? dlochner at 4:31am 06.08.24 I once had a similar issue with another sailmaker, wrong slugs installed. The original sailmaker pai
Another not so "Precision" sail. Doing your own mast slides? kappykaplan at 2:34am 06.08.24 Should I tackle this myself or can someone suggest a sailmaker for the modification? Located in the
Small Outboard Motor Stands Nichole340 at 1:17am 06.08.24 Thank you everyone. I now have great models to see, ideas to follow and start building my own stand
Propeller shaft length Hunter 376, 380 or 386 marcham at 11:42pm 06.07.24 Just did this on a Mirage 35. We had specs which were close, but the shaft ended up having to go bac
Knocking sound at 2000 rpm's marcham at 11:37pm 06.07.24 It will have to come out of the water for investigation and repair.
STAINLESS PELICAN HOOK jssailem at 9:50pm 06.07.24 It was too easy to find. https://www.amazon.com/AB-Tools-Deacon-Pelican-Marine-Stainless/dp/B07K33TT
Knocking sound at 2000 rpm's jssailem at 9:41pm 06.07.24
STAINLESS PELICAN HOOK BigEasy at 9:31pm 06.07.24 I need to replace a metric Pelican hook for my life line and was wondering if anyone knows where I
Knocking sound at 2000 rpm's Davidasailor26 at 7:15pm 06.07.24 Bilge pumping about six times per minute. Looks like leak coming from behind stuffing box area and

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