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A Beautiful Boat ... (1) shemandr at 10:30am 10.04.19 Ask All Sailors 6/797 Check out this Hanse 52 I found in Cutchogue Harbor on my recent visit. Local friends say the boat
Pole height Jacomo Sailor at 7:48am 10.04.19 Catalina 22 1/852 Looking to add a fixed ring to mast for spinnaker pole. How high above mast step should it be mo
Anchor Locker Conversion Popps at 5:55am 10.04.19 Pearson 4/1463 has anyone done a conversion to the shallow anchor locker on the P39-2. Looking to add a windless,
M 25 bilge pump location? whudatt at 4:33am 10.04.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/2780 Good morning folks, i am getting ready to install a 800 gph bilge pump in my 1985 Mac 25 ' would rea
Newbie question about roller furling head sail Tedd at 8:00pm 10.03.19 Ask All Sailors 7/2749 I've never used a roller furler but I'm thinking about getting one for my boat. My question is about
Distance and time from Powell River to Sidney BC Richard19068 at 3:19pm 10.03.19 Ask All Sailors 19/2950 Greetings, Can any of you PNW guys give me an estimate of the nautical distance and average travel
Racing a Hunter 23 Michael Alan at 2:34pm 10.03.19 Racing 10/2031 I just purchased a 1987 Hunter 23. I would like to race it occasionally. I could use advice on the b
Accessing the Yanmar fuel filter on a B331 Bluenose at 12:58pm 10.03.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/763 Hi all, I went to change the Yanmar secondary fuel filter (3GM30F) today and it is very close to the
Motor and mounting gtg at 11:52am 10.03.19 Smaller Boats 2/1074 Hello! I have a new motor, long shaft. Old motor was a short shaft and on a motor mount. Can I di
Legend 35.5 (1990) Traveler nfg2u at 11:15am 10.03.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/552 Does anyone have drawings for the traveler on the 35.5? I know that some folks here have some great
Catalina 18 Furler hinmo1 at 10:39am 10.03.19 Smaller Boats 6/2257 Does anyone know if a CDI FF1 furler will work on a Catalina 18. By specifications, it looks not (I
Yeti - are they that good? (1) Justin_NSA at 9:34am 10.03.19 Sails Call Lounge 22/4054 Or do they just have one helluva marketing and promotion division? I just got an email from West Ma
Any Boats Available on the East Coast drewlamparello at 9:29am 10.03.19 Catalina 275 22/4676 I've owned 4 Catalinas since the mid 80s, a 27, a 30 and Cat 22 and a Capri 22. Dorian took the Cap
Fitting cockpit covers Dry White at 7:32am 10.03.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/487 I have just bought a hunter legend 40.5 which came with all enclosing cockpit covers but no instruct
How to remove BedIT? Project_Mayhem at 6:01am 10.03.19 Musings With Maine Sail 11/3351 I applied a generous amount of BedIT to an outboard bracket that I had to remove. It stuck to the tr
Sailing 'er in. (5) TomY at 4:57am 10.03.19 Ask All Sailors 20/2621 It's rare, but we do see an occasional boat sailing into a harbor onto a mooring or anchor, even occ
DTops decal All U Get at 3:19am 10.03.19 Ask All Sailors 3/983 Hi all, I just tried to purchase my DTops decal for 2020. Once again there is a delay in the proce
10 degrees of leeway? danstanford at 2:18am 10.03.19 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 15/5080 Was out for a nice sail in 10 knots of breeze and a fairly lumpy sea state and decided to trim and t
2002 Catalina 400 as advertised is 2000 Tim francis at 10:12pm 10.02.19 Ask All Sailors 5/1204
The Pacific Northwest HIGHs Win JamesG161 at 8:03pm 10.02.19 Weather and Forecasting 3/1131 The Pacific HIGH continues to spin off Protective HIGHs and the Jet Steam Dips south... The Results.

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Bluetooth Radar dlochner at 9:25am 01.04.25 Looking through the manual, I could see no reference to a wireless model. At least one model appears
Bluetooth Radar DannyS at 9:09am 01.04.25 Yes David, you are correct about the Wifi., thanks for your response. I'll revise my question to bet
Bluetooth Radar Davidasailor26 at 9:03am 01.04.25 No experience with Raymarine but from what I can see in their manual (and what I'd generally expect)
Rotating Furling Drum (1) jssailem at 9:00am 01.04.25 I am clarifying the issue in my mind. Your concern is the drum furler at the bow. When you look at i
Rotating Furling Drum BAD ORCA at 8:38am 01.04.25 Shouldn't the yard be the ones to correct this? Maybe for an owner who is not hands on or have DIY
Rotating Furling Drum BAD ORCA at 8:36am 01.04.25 On the home page, top of page, c.ick on "owner resources". Then click on "general downloads " Then
Freeze protection for small keel boat Universal M18 FastOlson at 8:05am 01.04.25 Regarding the advice about using AC heaters, whether incandescent bulb or simple warm resistance typ
Auto charge relay with solar dlochner at 7:53am 01.04.25 @dlochner Would it be advisable to put in a lower amperage fuse to protect the relay? The relay is
Freeze protection for small keel boat Universal M18 Project_Mayhem at 7:47am 01.04.25 Go with the -100F antifreeze. Depending on how your boat is designed, you may have a hard time seein
Rotating Furling Drum Project_Mayhem at 7:32am 01.04.25 Shouldn't the yard be the ones to correct this?
Auto charge relay with solar Project_Mayhem at 7:30am 01.04.25 @colemj I get what you're saying. No matter how these components are wired up, this will be far from
Freeze protection for small keel boat Universal M18 LloydB at 7:25am 01.04.25 I think i would be tempted to take my buck Rogers laser thermometer down to the boat that is sitting
Any info on Revatek alternator regulators? colemj at 6:02am 01.04.25 Thanks. I'm all about design efficiency in principle, but that represents just 0.1% of my alternato
Auto charge relay with solar colemj at 5:39am 01.04.25 It is correct that batteries will have different charge acceptance rates depending on different age
Auto charge relay with solar colemj at 5:31am 01.04.25 Despite their ratings being the same, the batteries will be slightly different so there's some bene
Dish Rack for 2004-2011 Hunter 33 sailcapt340 at 3:09am 01.04.25 What Dave showed is what I thought you were asking about as well. I made a similar design one for o
Beneteau 381 Whisker pole (1) garymalmgren at 8:48pm 01.03.25 Hi Jeff interesting one. First I cannot imagine a whisker pole being attaches to the babystay (inner
Beneteau 381 Whisker pole higgs at 8:02pm 01.03.25 Contact Beneteau
Rotating Furling Drum kloudie1 at 7:26pm 01.03.25 On the home page, top of page, c.ick on "owner resources". Then click on "general downloads " Then s
Beneteau 381 Whisker pole Davidasailor26 at 7:25pm 01.03.25 Hi all Trying to figure out how to attach a whisker pole on a Beneteau 381 with an in mast furling

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