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My Beneteau 44.7 Sank in Mexico garygreen68 at 8:51pm 02.15.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/4476 Recently, my Beneteau First 44.7 sank 80 miles offshore in the Sea of Cortez between La Paz and Maza
1996 37.5 hunter salon table barbie at 3:18pm 02.15.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/937 We purchased our boat, but the rope is missing from lowering the table. We are able to push it down
PNW Cruise 2017 Terry Cox at 11:53am 02.15.20 Pacific North West Cruisers 0/10 Finally able to post our 2017 cruising video here: KUryNchQfT8
PNW Summer Cruise 2017 Terry Cox at 9:53am 02.15.20 Pacific North West Cruisers 12/2089 DVD finally available for public viewing here: KUryNchQfT8
PNW Cruise 2017 Terry Cox at 9:48am 02.15.20 Pacific North West Cruisers 0/1 Finally, finally, finally, YouTube lifted their restriction on the 2017 summer cruise video here: KU
Internal halyards ? little breeze at 7:34am 02.15.20 Catalina 22 26/6208 Hey guys , My C22 still have the wire to rope halyards. I would like to convert over to rope halyard
Strange Winter? (1) JamesG161 at 6:32am 02.15.20 Weather and Forecasting 26/4310
Could Winter be over? DayDreamer41 at 5:17am 02.15.20 Ask All Sailors 89/9451 This looks promising for us in the Great Lakes region https://www.mlive.com/weather/2020/02/intense
Flushing of Raw Water Cooled Engine Circuit (1) Blitz at 2:05pm 02.14.20 Engines and Propulsion 5/1017
Storage under H23 gas tank decktosser at 1:26pm 02.14.20 Smaller Boats 7/1093 All Hunter 23 owners will know that there is considerable storage space under the cockpit sole. A p
Water ballast valve on H26 Big Rog at 1:12pm 02.14.20 Smaller Boats 10/1553
Nautique all-electric ski boat a game changer - Plugboats Bob J. at 11:47am 02.14.20 Ask All Sailors 9/2622 I know this is a sailing site but thought in light of the recent discussions about electric boats th
Known object (1) Stratus3 at 10:20am 02.14.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1208 174996174996came with the boat bottom drawer
Low Power/RPM Universal M25XP jonelli at 10:13am 02.14.20 Engines and Propulsion 41/5169 I've been trying to figure out why my motor is having a hard time recently getting up to 2000RPM whe
Hunter 34 rudder bearing project Colibri at 9:37am 02.14.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/2443
Powering Nespresso Pixie (1) william24424 at 8:58am 02.14.20 Ask All Sailors 16/25777 Can I power this machine with two 12V boat batteries? Will this duracell 3000w inverter handle the s
Installing halyard organizer plate Lovetosail21 at 6:37am 02.14.20 Ask An Oday Owner 7/3349 I am installing a halyard organizer plate on my ODay 23. There are four bolts, all appear through t
Dodger Oday 28 rogjack2 at 8:02pm 02.13.20 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1284 Can anyone show a photo of a dodger on an 81 Oday 28 keel centerboard with main sheet traveler mount
Marines! (1) Brian D at 6:41pm 02.13.20 Sails Call Lounge 3/667 174985
Fuel Prep vs Biobor JF OCSailor at 4:52pm 02.13.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1920 I had my fuel tank cleaned and the diesel polished today. Am I glad I got that done. I figured it

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Runaway diesel (1) Tally Ho at 7:20am 01.31.25 Hmph ! At least have a Mai Tai for each and every one of us while you're down there. That I will d
With hopes I'm not duplicating: COCPIT LIGHTING dlochner at 7:08am 01.31.25 First, the use of masthead tri-colors are not without controversy. Perhaps the biggest issue is the
Oday 22 Sliding Hatch Project_Mayhem at 7:06am 01.31.25 I'm leaning towards no but I could be wrong. Call Rudy at D&R marine. He would know for sure
Runaway diesel (1) MikeHoncho at 7:04am 01.31.25 I can't remember ever hearing of a well maintained sailboat's engine exploding or even having a run
Handcrank starting a small engine. colemj at 7:02am 01.31.25 If you recall the example I gave where my friend went through 3 - 360 degree rolls, you might begin
Runaway diesel MikeHoncho at 7:01am 01.31.25 Unless your engine has a turbocharger, you shouldn't have to worry about it. The turbocharger is b
With hopes I'm not duplicating: COCPIT LIGHTING Urban Hermit at 6:44am 01.31.25 Good thoughts, Cap'n, especially about night vision. As I would be able to use the forward 225 degr
Handcrank starting a small engine. dLj at 6:42am 01.31.25 This will continue through the ages. There just isn't stopping some people, nor reasoning with the
Handcrank starting a small engine. dLj at 6:36am 01.31.25 Yes, a catamaran with two engines. The spare engine quip was a joke because we rarely run both eng
With hopes I'm not duplicating: COCPIT LIGHTING Captain Larry-DH at 6:33am 01.31.25
Outfitting a little bare boat Urban Hermit at 5:58am 01.31.25 Shemander raises some good points, especially mentioning spare cotter and clevis pins. As to ligh
Reverse diagonal shroud disconnect for winter cover? marcham at 5:54am 01.31.25 Excellent, best to keep the lower diamond connected and accurately tensioned, it's essential for th
How did you support your engine for installation of motor mounts. marcham at 5:45am 01.31.25 Also used basketball and a manual air pump, change one at a time.
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks colemj at 5:29am 01.31.25 I mentioned earlier that I use sealant on the threads, but didn't mention which type. coincidently,
Raymarine Auto Pilot colemj at 4:58am 01.31.25 When you replaced the transducer, did you home-run the cable from it straight to the AP, or is there
Runaway diesel colemj at 4:51am 01.31.25 The odd thing is, I've never even removed the cap to see what's under it How does the cap come o
Handcrank starting a small engine. colemj at 4:41am 01.31.25 The story of the hurricane is indeed old, 1970's. However, that was not the reason for that specifi
Handcrank starting a small engine. colemj at 4:26am 01.31.25 Going sideways in this thread a bit, what problems do people have with starting their engines? I ca
Outfitting a little bare boat Will Gilmore at 4:16am 01.31.25 There are self-rescue systems that integrate with the self-steering and the radio. They detect when
Handcrank starting a small engine. colemj at 4:03am 01.31.25 I was going to say you must be sailing a catamaran to have the space for a spare engine, then I loo

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