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One of Life's Little Victories Rick486 at 7:51am 06.19.19 Ask All Sailors 29/1457 Hi all: I just had to share this since I am so overjoyed at solving this problem. Since Maxine was l
Speaker wires from nav station to above companionway cover in a H41AC (2) leemarkadams at 7:34am 06.19.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/481 Hello all, Anyone offer any advice on the best way to run speaker wires from the stereo at the nav
Spinnaker for my V222 is 28' Luff too big? Todd Atchison at 7:08am 06.19.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/576 I have a chance to buy a nearly new spinnaker at a great price. The luff is 28' and from what I can
P42 how close are you able to sail to the wind Puesta del sol at 5:18am 06.19.19 Big Boats 20/2088 How close are you able to sail into the wind? close hauled to about 35 deg. Can I do better. 199
Genius time fix for Beckson @#%&* portlight gasket njlarry at 8:05pm 06.18.19 Ask All Sailors 4/515 I have previously posted my frustrating experience over 6 years trying to replace a leaking gasket o
Cal T2 sonar transducer location T2-1966 at 6:08pm 06.18.19 Cal 0/749 Has anyone mounted an in-hull sonar transducer in an early 70's Cal-T2 or Cal-2-27? I am new to sona
Not One of Beneteau's Better Idea's! (2) BrianRobin at 5:56pm 06.18.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1562 Picture of the furling pin on my 351, the drum is below the deck and accessible from the anchor lock
Boat pumpkinpie at 5:20pm 06.18.19 Ask All Sailors 27/2668 .
Pneumatic Arm? rgranger at 5:13pm 06.18.19 Smaller Boats 6/647 Hello Hunter owners. For some mysterious reason, the pneumatic arm that holds up my front hatch (w
Hunter 23 electrical (1) joeredwing19 at 3:10pm 06.18.19 Smaller Boats 4/1129 http://file:///Users/joeyslaptop/Desktop/IMG_0411.jpeg Hi I recently purchased a hunter 23' sailboat
Battery Fuses LakeOntario270 at 2:41pm 06.18.19 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/490 I'm looking to upgrade my Catalina 270 battery system by adding a battery fuse block like the Blue S
Beneteau 323: Replacement transom shower head? Bryan9 at 1:16pm 06.18.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1666 Due to incomplete winterization (mea culpa), the spray head on my 2006 323's transom shower is crack
Whisker Pole Mast Storage (1) Bill19233 at 1:10pm 06.18.19 Ask All Sailors 23/4046 My Hunter 340 has the whisker pole stored on mast. The top end is on the ring pulled up high on the
Need suggestion on furler issue dennisv at 10:26am 06.18.19 Bigger Boats 5/1392 Need suggestions for things to "look at" on my furler. It is a Furlex unit and believe it to be ori
Do you - Accidental Gybe? jssailem at 9:02am 06.18.19 Ask All Sailors 68/8458 If you sail down wind, it is a fact of life... You are going to do an accidental gybe. If you are no
Sails seminar this Saturday (1) bob_pattison at 8:33am 06.18.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/568 Long Island / CT / NY Beneteau Owners: Sails seminar this Saturday at Willis Marine. The good folks
Interesting sail design... got me thinking (3) rgranger at 7:03am 06.18.19 Ask All Sailors 9/1616 Hello all. Yesterday, I stumbled upon this interesting concept video for a sailing trimaran canoe.
Yanmar alarm and hydrolock Richard L at 6:50am 06.18.19 Ask All Sailors 7/1151 Hi all, When trying to start the Yanmar 47 port engine on our cat the alarm would sound necessitat
Which Yanmar water pump? (2) Jon Elliott at 6:38am 06.18.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 18/1810 166121 166120 I have a 1978 Hunter 27 with the Yanmar engine and I need to replace the gaskets and t
Power Requirements Project_Mayhem at 6:35am 06.18.19 Musings With Maine Sail 16/1759 Apparently there's no electrical forum so I'm posting here. I have an OMC Saildrive which is essenti

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1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light pgandw at 4:59pm 01.05.24 On my past ODay 25 and my current Stuart Mariner (19ft), I hang (hung) a battery powered lantern on
Classic wooden boat owners dLj at 4:17pm 01.05.24 I'd imagine there are a number of us that are wooden boat lovers. But most have moved to another mat
1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light stanirish at 3:11pm 01.05.24 The masthead light on the 1/2 Ton is mounted about halfway up the mast and has 225 degrees. I boug
1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light stanirish at 3:07pm 01.05.24 He didn't say he had a 360 light. A "masthead light", often called a steaming light, is a forward f
1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light stanirish at 3:06pm 01.05.24 Yes. If it was designed as a racing boat, it would unlikely to be out cruising and anchoring. Witho
New to me boat with rotting bulkhead Timm R Oday25 at 1:38pm 01.05.24 I'm not quite sure what you mean "unfastened " . As I am also a huge fan of polyurethane ,apply seve
1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light (1) rgranger at 12:26pm 01.05.24
iPad/tablet mounting kappykaplan at 12:14pm 01.05.24
so much mainsail twist on the VOR65s danstanford at 12:11pm 01.05.24 Not the best photo but close to the condition I was describing. This looks like the flat top is 75 d
so much mainsail twist on the VOR65s (1) danstanford at 12:09pm 01.05.24 222338
1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light Richard19068 at 12:02pm 01.05.24
1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light Caboteur at 11:30am 01.05.24
1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light dlochner at 9:58am 01.05.24 Yes. If it was designed as a racing boat, it would unlikely to be out cruising and anchoring. Withou
New to me boat with rotting bulkhead (1) G Newboat at 9:29am 01.05.24 I decided to follow your guys' advice and get a sheet of 1/2" marine plywood. I traced the old one,
Catalina 16.5 spinnaker PaulK at 8:46am 01.05.24 You could certainly hoist a 420 spinnaker on a Catalina 16.5, but it might be too small to function
Display engine instruments on Raymarine C120 chart plotter. BarryL at 8:41am 01.05.24 Hey, That looks great. Very clean installation. Nice job. Barry
60 best Boats 30' and under PaulK at 8:16am 01.05.24 "Comfort ratio" is a calculation that does not actually reflect how a boat really behaves in bouncy
Display engine instruments on Raymarine C120 chart plotter. (2) RoyS at 6:45am 01.05.24 Yes, the Noland rs11 worked for me. The rs11 will convert analog sensor outputs to NMEA sentences. T
Winter checkup sailme88 at 6:33am 01.05.24 I went to the lake yesterday and found the power off to the Wet Dog. It turned out to be a bad powe
Winter checkup American_Mainsail at 5:57am 01.05.24 Those Marinco fans are such a great concept but a huge pain in practice. They use a NiCad battery, s

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