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Top of the mast. (1) wing15601 at 8:00pm 09.22.19 Ask An Oday Owner 14/2330
Pacific High vs Hurricane (1) JamesG161 at 7:50pm 09.22.19 Sails Call Lounge 3/526 The Hurricane boys win!!!!:eek::eek: Saints beat the Seahawks 33 to 27 And trust me, the last
VHF Antenna (2) jbrock at 6:33pm 09.22.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1553 How do I attach a VHF antenna to my M25 masthead? How do I get the wire into the cabin to the radio?
Catalina 320 vs. 320 MK II matts997 at 5:44pm 09.22.19 Mid-Size Boats 9/6494 I am actively looking for our next sailboat (moving up from a hunter 280) and have been targeting Ca
1974 Catalina 22 topside paint Erbardy at 4:27pm 09.22.19 Ask All Sailors 36/5071 I just bought my first sailboat, 1974 Catalina 22. The boat is in awesome shape. In the spring I hav
Rope to wire halyard rope length? (2) Jaxg at 3:47pm 09.22.19 The Cherubini Hunters 17/3440 169991 be 50+ ft) ? The boat is a 1980 hunter 37c. The only thing that makes any sense to me is if
360 Vancouver Island 2020 Cruise Closed SEE 360 Vancouver Island 2022 Cruise (1) jssailem at 3:03pm 09.22.19 Pacific North West Cruisers 393/40106 This is the official site to join, discuss, or suggest ideas for our 2020 cruise to Circumnavigate V
Navigation desk/station for Pearson 303 MoLump at 12:43pm 09.22.19 Parts Search 2/1010 I have a 1983 Pearson 303. Pearson produced 300 of these from model years 1983 - 1986. Beginning wit
1987 Catalina 22 inspected to buy TimG at 7:17am 09.22.19 Catalina 22 13/1697 Hello everyone new here, I am new to everything about sailing and sail boats, I went to inspect a 1
Anchor markers........ NYSail at 6:25am 09.22.19 Ask All Sailors 37/5193 Every now and again I see someone using an anchor market showing the location where they dropped and
Remanent of Karen <--TS Karen (1) JamesG161 at 5:58am 09.22.19 Weather and Forecasting 25/3183 TS Karen popped up over night in an area of high Heat content. Karen's arrival spot is not good. O
Techniques for cleaning engine marchem at 5:50pm 09.21.19 Musings With Maine Sail 24/6035
Hunter 260 close hauled trouble SV Orion H260 at 1:23pm 09.21.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 27/5866 I've been able to sail my recently purchased hunter 260 about 8-10 times now and can't get any perfo
Hunter 260 wide load albakers at 8:47am 09.21.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/2502
prop shaft anode tom.p.brown at 5:41am 09.21.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1576 i have 2004 Hunter 306 with Yanmar. i am in west marine looking for new prop shaft anode. i measured
Kick-up rudder shear pins? rpludwig at 3:06am 09.21.19 Catalina 22 4/1269 How are these used/installed, and where exactly do they go on a pre-86 kick up rudder? Splain pleas
New project- made a wine rack to fit in main bilge! (2) eianm at 11:51pm 09.20.19 Big Boats 12/3282 There is so little storage space on my 1991 P42, so I have always been looking at ways to create som
C309 salon window replacement geocadd at 8:24pm 09.20.19 Mid-Size Boats 2/756 salon windows have cracks. Does anyone know how to get replacement plexiglass windows
Bow pulpit nav light size Gdindy at 4:33pm 09.20.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/968 Looking to convert my incandescent 2001 model X MacGregor bow nav light bulb to LED any suggestions
Outside hatch locks JRT at 2:47pm 09.20.19 Catalina 310 7/1200 I now have 2 of the twist hatch locks broken. These are the ones on all the cockpit lockers, propane

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Serious Catalina 30 Oil Canning on Factory Cradle KCofKC at 10:04am 11.13.24 In the first post the first photo shows the cradle up on blocks, perhaps the keel was unsupported wh
Hunter 31 Propane Locker installation. CFogel at 9:40am 11.13.24 Greg, No locker. I was looking for ideas on how to best install in stb lazarette. Chuck
New main sail too tall. Now what? Davidasailor26 at 9:33am 11.13.24 As for the troubles with furling, that old sail has a lot of positive roach and what looks like rem
Merit 22 Trailer Repair, Water in Cabin, and Repair Fiberglass Around Trunk Crazy Dave Condon at 9:28am 11.13.24 What is the load weight reading on the tire? How many bunk board supports each side as I only see t
Furler line on a 1994 35.5 Hunter Legend. Moon Dytuck at 9:12am 11.13.24 If there are two furling lines coming out of the deck on the starboard side, you most likely have a
Furler line on a 1994 35.5 Hunter Legend. (1) Justin_NSA at 9:10am 11.13.24 I have the 810. I had to butt splice the new line for a continuous loop. I replaced all my furler st
Furler line on a 1994 35.5 Hunter Legend. BrianQ at 8:51am 11.13.24 If there are two furling lines coming out of the deck on the starboard side, you most likely have a
Merit 22 Trailer Repair, Water in Cabin, and Repair Fiberglass Around Trunk albakers at 7:47am 11.13.24 That seems to have a lot more space around it than what I could see. I literally couldn't get my pho
Raritan Marine Elegance vs SeaEra QC Conversion Kit Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:44am 11.13.24 If odor is the concern just use Noflex Digestor which works extremely well and is what Peggy recomm
Raritan Marine Elegance vs SeaEra QC Conversion Kit Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:34am 11.13.24 I do worry about increasing the consumption of the 55 gallons of onboard water, perhaps the more exp
Hunter 26/260 trailers SteveHughessails at 7:16am 11.13.24
Raritan Marine Elegance vs SeaEra QC Conversion Kit Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:07am 11.13.24 How will you address the issue of TP? Aboard a charter a couple of years ago, I learned that TP in t
Raritan Marine Elegance vs SeaEra QC Conversion Kit Deleted member 117556 at 7:03am 11.13.24 I have never been interested in the complexities of an electric head or fresh water flush. If odor
Stuffing box wrench size question dLj at 6:55am 11.13.24 Is there any maximum length? I believe I will need to extend 1 inch. How long is it now? any spec
Adding a head macerator pump--need vented loop, or is valve OK? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:30am 11.13.24 Trident 101/102 is excellent hose....it was the hose I recommended before Raritan introduced SaniFle
Merit 22 Trailer Repair, Water in Cabin, and Repair Fiberglass Around Trunk (1) Jnovva at 6:22am 11.13.24 Yikes! That one is a tough fix because it's so hard to reach. This is a photo from another Merit.
Stuffing box wrench size question yelkenli at 6:20am 11.13.24 I am thinking of replacing the hose from the log to the stuffing box with a longer piece, to positio
Atomic A4 Head Studs question fred1diver at 6:09am 11.13.24 No thread between them will allow the head and block to compress the cylinders equally, if there is
Anchor rode jssailem at 6:07am 11.13.24 Length of chain would depend on the waters I was sailing. If cruising in the Caribbean among the cor
Anchor rode thinwater at 6:00am 11.13.24 You don't need 5/16" chain; 1/4" G4 will do just fine and save weight. You might consider 100', tho

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