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First time unstepping my mast - 2009 B37 Vegas at 5:24am 06.03.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/483 Rigging company will unstep my mast tomorrow, in preparation to ship my boat up to the Great Lakes.
Are current electronics repairable? SoSound at 9:48pm 06.02.19 Ask All Sailors 8/1733 More accurately, is there anyone (PNW area preferred) who actually troubleshoots, tests, and repairs
O`Day 34 Tall Rig Scottymac at 7:57pm 06.02.19 Ask An Oday Owner 1/397 Hello, I have a few questions about the O 34. I just purchased the boat and brought her home to La
Are suppression ferrites really needed on Raymarine instruments? (1) Ward H at 7:36pm 06.02.19 Ask All Sailors 9/4118 This weekend I installed two RM i70S displays and a P70S control head into my existing nav pod. The
M25 hard to start Harlan at 6:42pm 06.02.19 Ask All Sailors 7/461 My '83 OD34 M25 is hard to start this year. Looking for help. Here's what I have learned so far:
life line turnbuckle tom.p.brown at 6:28pm 06.02.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/639 i took the starboard side forward turnbuckle to a local marine parts store yesterday to try to confi
Loose Throttle Bill19233 at 4:42pm 06.02.19 Engines and Propulsion 9/1540 I replaced the transmission shifter cable on my Yanmar 3gm3f on my Hunter 340. Now the throttle is l
Bow and stern lights drcov at 4:42pm 06.02.19 The Cherubini Hunters 2/526 I have the original lights on 1979 33 Lens are crumbling. How do I get them apart or off the rails.
C-301 Forward Berth Mattress KZW at 4:28pm 06.02.19 Catalina 310 6/843 The title was supposed to read: C-310 Forward Berth Mattress. My apologies for the typo. How does o
18.5 sink question (1) D7764 at 4:13pm 06.02.19 Smaller Boats 1/428 Still very new to sailing, and don't know if I need a sink, but since it has something like a sink,
O'dDay 25 rudder and tiller repair Oduy at 3:40pm 06.02.19 Ask An Oday Owner 3/760 Hello all, I have a 1975 O'Day 25. I am currently in the process of sanding down my rudder then app
Hunter 49 / 50 sail locker problems artboas at 3:04pm 06.02.19 Big Boats 0/498
2GMF ZINC IS THE THERMOSTAT GASKET (2) StargazerP303 at 12:13pm 06.02.19 Engines and Propulsion 0/358 Here is the part # with picture. Hope this helps. Capt. Rob
Help! Idiot PO used silicone deck sealer on my teak! Coppertone at 12:08pm 06.02.19 Ask A Catalina Owner 14/1402 I am refinishing my Catalina 22's teak. I got it all sanded and beautiful, cleaned with denatured a
Yanmar 2GMF's thermostat Gasket (1) StargazerP303 at 11:58am 06.02.19 Ask All Sailors 0/310 Was out at boat today and found the correct gasket for only 2GMF. It is the only zinc for this engi
Rudder removal Voyager1 at 10:20am 06.02.19 Ask An Oday Owner 1/465 Anyone know how the rudder can be removed from ODay 302. Looks like there is assess from the aft b
OpenCPN Help shemandr at 9:57am 06.02.19 Ask All Sailors 8/1324 I'm trying to download ENC's from the government site(s) to my MacBookAir on which OpenCPN version 4
2002 H456 Panel Meter Question undrwtrfun at 9:40am 06.02.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/225 Hello, Anyone ever replace Panel Meters on H450, H456? We need to replace our AC ammeter, 50a scale
Interior door handle (2) Slipin Away at 5:47am 06.02.19 Big Boats 3/611 Where can I find the spring that hold the door latch and handle in place for the interior door handl
We are there!!! (3) TomY at 5:03am 06.02.19 Ask All Sailors 17/953 Weather is fascinating living on the coast of Maine. For years I was confounded by it until I learne

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bulge water jibes138 at 3:46am 09.11.23 The drains for the cockpit may have hoses that deteriorated and cracked allowing rainwater in. Also
bulge water kappykaplan at 3:35am 09.11.23 The water is coming from somewhere - keep looking! Have you checked the water tanks? Is the bilge
Hunter 310 1999 Squeezie at 2:16am 09.11.23 Trying to figure out where to begin with a couple of Gremlins that hopefully will be easy to fix be
Halyards and Such Will Gilmore at 11:15pm 09.10.23 I am wondering if there is maintenance and lubrication that needs to be don on the battcar system.
Hunter 320 Steering Issue (6) Ralph Johnstone at 10:05pm 09.10.23 I was working on my boat today (because we never get wind in the summer) and came upon the above pos
How do you prove you can sail a boat? RobertLangdirect at 9:25pm 09.10.23 Ask your original certificate provider to send you a replacement. An alternate method is to name dr
Recessed control panel housing replacement ideas (2) garymalmgren at 8:22pm 09.10.23 A frame with a rebate that fits neatly over the present panel will do the job. Either Starboard or 3
Recessed control panel housing replacement ideas Sailor Sue at 7:37pm 09.10.23 Instead of trying to replace the whole panel you could consider making a frame for the outside of th
calling all oday 20 owners. Anomymous 163294 at 7:28pm 09.10.23 alrighty then been a few days since i posted this . so i am assuming that its not doable. and thank
Oh my sweet rotten unicorn. Ralph Johnstone at 7:15pm 09.10.23 How do I know if it's epoxy or gelcoat? The gel coat on the bottom of the hull flows into the gel
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? RSHunter27 at 6:54pm 09.10.23 Is that the wear from the packing that we can see ? orn area is nowhere near the new shaft seal.
Spontaneous combustion MikeHoncho at 6:53pm 09.10.23 I do not know about coal and how that happens but combustion from catylizing oils is from the breaki
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? (1) Ralph Johnstone at 6:49pm 09.10.23 Is that the wear from the packing that we can see ? ing unless the water was loaded with silt. I h
Galley Foot Pumps: What's what? SycloneDriver at 6:46pm 09.10.23 It might pump out the ice chest. That's how both of my Beneteau boats were plumbed.
How about an Electronics forum? jviss at 6:43pm 09.10.23 Not sure I understand that, aren't all the posts in sub-forums? I watch "Whats New" so I guess I pi
Catalina 27 teak before and after Bents at 6:30pm 09.10.23 BTC, nice job! What did you use to fill in the cracks? I plan to redo my teak soon but have some ga
H38: What is this Xantrax device under my main DC panel flightlead404 at 6:27pm 09.10.23 I was able to remove part of the cabinetry under my nav station and gain reasonable access to the Xa
How about an Electronics forum? Don S/V ILLusion at 6:26pm 09.10.23 My initial reaction was to agree, however, depending on how people read content here, posts in sub-f
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? RSHunter27 at 6:25pm 09.10.23 Well I haven't posted for a bit. It's been a little bit slow going. Still haven't got the air tanks
Nao Trinidad is in New Bedford jviss at 6:24pm 09.10.23 Scary how much freeboard that thing has! Interesting lack of decoration - would appear to be a mer

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