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New boat, help setting up mainsheet Scandium at 8:55am 05.01.19 Trailer Sailors 10/1415 These are guarantied to be stupid questions, but I'm a 1st time sailboat owner with no IRL people to
Tell us about your recent sailing adventure (3) Ken Cross at 7:53am 05.01.19 Ask All Sailors 36/1937 I haven't seen many sailing stories recently on these forums, so let's get with it. We finahs of de
Cutlass Bearing Replacement Chuck Powell at 7:21am 05.01.19 Bigger Boats 4/1824 I own a O'Day 272LE and I need to replace the cutlass bearing. Has anyone done this replacement? I
Oday 39 Mainsheet and mainsail configuration (1) henrykorous at 6:44am 05.01.19 Bigger Boats 1/416 Couple of things. I trying to see how other Oday 39 owners have their mainsheets rigged, I find the
Will a Catalina 25 fit on a Columbia 26 mk 2 trailer? (2) Mitjh2 at 6:03am 05.01.19 Trailer Sailors 13/1815 I have a Catalina 25 I need to transport across states. It is currently on its cradle. I acquired a
Precision 15 Hatch/Flotation (2) davidwarner63 at 5:13am 05.01.19 Precision 1/1517 Hello All, I just bought a 2011 P15K and notice that the front hatch is not very secure. It seems t
Charging batts Mark Maulden at 10:49pm 04.30.19 Ask All Sailors 5/628 So, I have an idea about battery charging..I am at the boat several times/wk doing various things an
Catalina 22 galley 70s Big Guy at 7:36pm 04.30.19 Parts Search 1/626 Hi All, I just bought my first sailboat: A Catalina 22. I can't wait to get it in the water. I vo
VC performance epoxy CapnGL at 5:36pm 04.30.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/606
What to use to seal below water screws? Project_Mayhem at 2:20pm 04.30.19 Ask All Sailors 26/4354 I'm trying to figure out what to seal my centerboard screws with. It needs to seal it but the screws
Prime fiberglass repairs before VC 17? daviddp at 12:56pm 04.30.19 Ask All Sailors 15/2910 I finished epoxy and glass repairs for a rudder blister and the remove of an old transducer. Thanks
Finally got out after updates, repairs and procrastination. (1) CurtCarver1 at 10:32am 04.30.19 Ask All Sailors 4/445 Just wanted to share a simple, yet rewarding day on the Halifax River here in New Smyrna Beach / Por
Leaking Fuel Pump TortolaTim at 10:31am 04.30.19 Catalina 22 2/413 I have the original 1988 Johnson 6hp, and noticed last fall that there was some fuel dripping from
Anyone with a '40 (pref. 80s) who could post photos of your line management? limbodog at 10:14am 04.30.19 Big Boats 9/722 My sails should be coming back from the cleaners soon, and I'd like to get my lines all properly in
How fast under power 272LE CraigB at 10:04am 04.30.19 Ask An Oday Owner 9/989 Just bought an Oday 272LE with the Westerbeke engine. I plan on driving this about 60nm from where
Posting private information on this forum Crazy Dave Condon at 6:19am 04.30.19 Sails Call Lounge 26/1502 I was asked why I suggest never posting personal date on this forum to include email address, addres
Bimini top Dug22 at 5:27am 04.30.19 Catalina 22 14/1755 I installed my Bimini this past Sunday. The dimensions are 6ft long, 73-78" wide and 48" tall. My qu
Water in my boat rjarrell at 4:25am 04.30.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/597 After a two day sail offshore there was about 6 inches of salt water in the starboard stern lazarett
Arctic 041-D for parts (FREE) Hayden Watson at 9:55pm 04.29.19 Ask All Sailors 0/210 Hopefully someone can use this because many of these parts are made of UNOBTAINIUM. If you are inter
Garhauer rigid vang Kermit at 7:11pm 04.29.19 Ask All Sailors 17/1708 Its time to replace the lines in my Garhauer rigid boom vang. Silly me, I thought Garhauer would hav

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New Electronics Networking Help Scott T-Bird at 7:30am 09.06.23 The Navico family of Simrad/Lowrance/B&G have a proprietary cabling system much like Raymarine. I
Water staining? JBP-PA at 7:27am 09.06.23 the compression post being the edge of the bulkhead? i was thinking on redoing the bulkhead totaly
Engine Monitor Happy Jack at 7:06am 09.06.23 Great project. Does your temperature sender provide both variable and high temp signals? I bought a
Water staining? (1) Anomymous 163294 at 7:04am 09.06.23 Check the compression post right next to the bulkhead. If the bulkhead was sitting in water, meh, i
New Electronics Networking Help jviss at 6:57am 09.06.23 The Navico family of Simrad/Lowrance/B&G have a proprietary cabling system much like Raymarine. I t
Water staining? JBP-PA at 6:53am 09.06.23 Check the compression post right next to the bulkhead. If the cabinet was sitting in water, meh, it
Your experience with propane outboards? patbratton at 6:46am 09.06.23 The empirical evidence suggests that when starting cold, after several days, pulling the motor throu
Water staining? Anomymous 163294 at 6:41am 09.06.23 Note that if it was on the trailer when it filled, you may have some hull damage around where the s
Water staining? Anomymous 163294 at 6:39am 09.06.23 After thoroughly cleaning the inside of the cabin, hopefully you can determine any leak source afte
New Electronics Networking Help jviss at 6:33am 09.06.23 I had never heard of the NASA instruments. I just looked at the manual for the Clipper depth, and i
Water staining? Anomymous 163294 at 6:30am 09.06.23
New Electronics Networking Help Ward H at 6:30am 09.06.23 This became a long post. Sorry. I'd like to offer some clarifications, some of which have already b
Water staining? Don S/V ILLusion at 6:19am 09.06.23
Invest 95L (1) JamesG161 at 6:18am 09.06.23 TS Lee should not Fear, Hurricane Margot will follow his Rear. :beer::beer:
H38: What is this Xantrax device under my main DC panel flightlead404 at 6:15am 09.06.23 This is great stuff, man we're a bunch of nerds lol I just wrote 3,000 lines of code to automate a h
Changing out OEM water pressure pump to on demand pump need help.. jviss at 6:11am 09.06.23 Wiring is the same as an auto bilge pump. However, why would you replace one of the best pumps ever
H38: What is this Xantrax device under my main DC panel flightlead404 at 5:53am 09.06.23
Invest 95L BigEasy at 5:50am 09.06.23 My bad, I counted to 13 on one hand after drinking 4 Beers . It will be Hurricane Lee Now t
Lewmar 3500XXXXX Portlights source? Bob S at 5:40am 09.06.23 I had luck sourcing ours here Lewmar Portlights \| MAURIPRO Sailing https://www.lewmar.com/sites/defa
Water staining? BigEasy at 5:40am 09.06.23 . every nook and crany will be investigated with a fine tooth comb so to speak. After thor

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