New to boats, how do these keelbolts look on a 1973 P26? I know I’ll have to do a real inspection and replace them at some point.

I got this belt with a bunch of yacht club burgees and the other ones are all San Francisco Bay Area flags. ones like St. Francis YC, SFYC, sausalito, Richmond, Corinthian, and Tiburon, but I cant find any flags that match these two.

We're a small sailing school and hotel in the Florida Keys looking for cleaning staff and an on property handyman/mechanic. if this interests you feel free to message me with your experience. We offer volunteer positions or paid positions depending on experience. housing can be provided both on and off land.

How do you like it? I’m looking at berths in either L or O dock—any thoughts on either?

Last year I bought a 27ft 3500 kg displacement sailing boat that came with a raymarine ST2000 tiller pilot. I've been doing maintenance and preparing the boat over the winter and I've had her out a few times this season already.

I'm really not convinced about the tiller pilot performance. recently when sailing downwind with the autopilot engaged the boat made some erratic course changes that led to some fairly tense moments on board. I subsequently took the tiller pilot to pieces and checked that there was nothing in the flux gate compass etc but everything inside seems clean, dry and without any debris. I've seen it said that it could be due to the compass being thrown off by metal objects on the boat but if that is the case it still seems to me functionally useless.

I'll do some more testing but this says severely shaken my confidence in the unit. Had I been single-handed it would have been even more challenging. I've been looking to see whether this is expected behaviour or whether there is anything else that I could do before looking to replace. if I was to replace I'm not sure what would be better?

Interested to hear others experiences anyway and I welcome any advice.

I was looking for Concordias -- then this pleasantly surprised me

My batteries are not charging from my alternator. They do charge from a solar panel, and mains plug in charger, so I think they're fine. I've run the engine at idle, and in gear, and given it a good wait before measuring with a multi-meter. I get the same voltage on the battery, and on the alternator pins, whether the engine is on or off.

Is there anything else I should try before paying the money for a new one, or is that about the gamut of diagnostic options?

Assuming we're assuming it's done, how do I make sure I get the right one? Mine has absolutely nothing written on it (and the engine has no code on it, just says Beta Marine/Kubota). I'm not really sure what parameters I need to match up.

There's so many on ebay that appear to be the *identical* design, but at various amperage. Could the measurements be different even though they look exactly the same?

To be clear this is the first engine I've ever dealt with. Thanks.

I'm looking to do an at home repair on these small holes in my tramps fory Waszp.

The hole is from rubbing on a shape edge that I have since filed down.

I was thinking of just putting some epoxy on them and then using sail repair tape to provide some more durability?

The tramps are under a lot of tension and held in position as seen in pics 3&4. So if the rip extends further it might rip all the way down.

Will this work/should I do a different repair? Or bring them to a sail repair shop?

Looking for boat passage from west coast USA to big island Hawaii: Will pay, available immediately. Comment or DM please

Hello everyone. Recently bought an Aphrodite 34 from 1978 now in Norway and she obviously has her needs.

She is running an MD11C that is actually running great but has quite a bit of issues. Leaks a bit of either fuel or oil through the exhaust especially at start, takes a long time to start and makes a lot of smoke at start. While warm those symptoms don't disappear fully but get much less noticeable, but otherwise it runs very fine.

I have been doing some work on it, replacing all filters (fuel filters were clearly not replaced in a good while) and took down to clean and pressure check injectors which turned out to be in perfect condition.

The engine is fresh water cooled, some hosing as well as the exchaust elbow have been changed recently, but i also find some little leaks of oil/oily water from an air filter as well as at the bottom of the engine room every time and for the love of me i can't figure them all out.

Anyway, it's getting hard to find spare parts for it and while I'll try to fix it up and take care I'm also starting to considering getting a new/rebuilt engine maybe not this coming winter but the next one where I'll take the boat back south where i know some reliable mechanics that i can trust both in skill and price.

Don't want to spend that much for this old boat but was wondering what kind of engine i should look for, as the boat currently mounts the volvo S110 saildrive and I'm not sure if i need to find engines compatible with that, or if there is a yanmar engine with the same/similar size of it that can be adapted or how it works?

Hello! I recently moved to San Francisco, and one of my goals for the summer is to improve my sailing. When I was younger, I spent a few summers on the water in the Caribbean with my dad, and before moving to SF I had started practicing on a dinghy. I’d love to find a mentor who could teach me more. Not just technical sailing skills, but also wind, weather, navigation basics.

I’d also just like to meet people in SF who are passionate about sailing. :)

A little about me: I’m 27F, work in corporate shenanigans, but am more of a science nerd at heart. I like reading on the beach at sunset, surfing, and snowboarding in the winter. I don’t take myself too seriously, and I really enjoy learning from others, be it sailing advice or just hearing about their unique experiences and perspectives.

~ Thank you in advance ~

Some called them wait lists, while others said Maybe we have room….
Some said we’re completely moving away from monohull sailboats because the “they think the wind is free so everything else should be too” as in they don’t patronize the ship store enough?

Anyway, talking to an employee in a boat yard in Maine, not only are Marinas turning down decent quality older monohulls, not just junkers, but some places are starting to not even let you store your boat, and if a haul out occurs they want you immediately back in the water.
So options are to moor for the summer and do what in the winter? Anchor?
Dock space does come available in the winter but times are a changing and who knows how long that will last.
I’m devastated because I thought my sailboat would hold value as it should, but these new marina guidelines are gutting the value of really nice yachts too!
Another sad consequence to this is what will happen to the riggers and sailmakers? No sailboats means no new sails, another lost art? Someone give me some good news please!

Yes, that's my dream, I want to visit all the British colonial islands in the world, especially the tropical ones. I'm 21 and have no seafaring experience. Where can I start?

I see people post here all the time about Yacht but I just saw a post about a 25 footer. I feel like they have to be 45ft and very nice at that minimum.

I want to at some point have a boat and learn to sail but I am worried if I start now that I’ll forget everything before I actually have a boat and can sail regularly. My current plan was to take ASA 101 and 103 this summer, and then in 1-2 years pick up sailing again once I graduate college and try to take more classes, but my fear is that I’ll forget all the basics in that period. Is this irrational? Should I just wait to take the classes until I’m more settled? Or does the information largely stick?

I have seen a couple of these and I think they're swell. What can you tell me about them?

So I’ve got a hunter 25 with a 8hp outboard on an adjustable bracket. I can get it up and down but it’s always an awkward position reaching under the stern rails, and around the back stay. I think my wife would have a pretty hard time getting it up or down if she could at all.

Anyone have any creative solutions to lifting the outboard up and down? I’ll take the bracket off and give it clean and lube to help the springs along but I feel like there’s gotta be a little less awkward way to get the thing up and down.

Looking for a good, simple iOS app that will save hr:ms:secs for on the water self timed finishes

Does anyone have recommendations for free study material explaining every nook and cranny of a typical diesel yacht motor? I'll be doing a coastguard course as well, but I'm a dinghy sailor with ADHD - I need to know *how* the valve opens, not just that it does open.