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flushing long shaft outboard tilted (1) newsailor72 at 9:21am 10.17.25 Ask All Sailors 11/520 have a Macgregor 22 with a tohatsu 6hp sailpro that has a flushing port. boat is in a slip. With th
C350 Howard Jones at 8:14am 10.17.25 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/330 I'm going to have a survey done on an 06 C350. Does anyone have any first hand experience with this
Tired of bashing my knuckles on the dodger frame - shorter winch handle? JimHansen77 at 2:16pm 10.16.25 Big Boats 15/908 2002 Hunter 356. The clearance between the end of an 8" winch handle for the jib and the SS dodger
Solar Cycle 25. Update (2) jssailem at 1:42pm 10.16.25 Weather and Forecasting 1/230 We at the Weather and Forecasting Forum have a warm affection for the sun. We know monitoring it wil
New O'Day owner. (1) peterandginny at 7:47am 10.16.25 Bigger Boats 10/610 234976 First post on the forum. Just closed on Fathom That a 1986 O'Day 31. Winter will be a long
Santana 2023 rigging quiggers at 1:47am 10.16.25 Trailer Sailors 7/570 I am looking at a great condition santana 2023, I believe the A model, 1994. But in looking at pic
Winter cover with mast down john6206 at 12:21pm 10.15.25 Ask All Sailors 6/404
Replacing starboard rope clutch Monheganlover at 11:51am 10.15.25 Catalina 310 6/535 The clutch for my main halyard refuses to stay in the open position which makes it difficult to drop
V Berth Hatch Window (1) twodzusfittings at 6:41am 10.15.25 Bigger Boats 6/502 I decided that the original lens had way too much crazing and needed to be replaced. So I took some
Help putting in a simple solar setup for my C-22 Carl Wonderful at 2:02am 10.15.25 Ask All Sailors 13/769 Hello, I have a 1971 Catalina 22. I want to put in a simple solar setup...maybe 30 - 50 watts tota
Thru-Hull Replacement - How do I get through this mess? A REDUX! (10) TrapperJohn at 9:43pm 10.14.25 Ask All Sailors 6/343 Now that the season is over, it's time to get back and post what I found on my thru-hull expedition.
How to Reseal New Design Frameless Windows RKenSailor at 6:31pm 10.14.25 Catalina 22 24/1377 I have leaky windows on my 86 New Design Catalina 22. I can't find any info on how to reseal those f
Dipstick troubles on MD11D (1) FulmarCT at 4:34pm 10.14.25 Engines and Propulsion 2/281 I have a Freshwater cooled Volvo MD11D on my Fulmar. The oil dipstick in a RW cooled MD11C is short
Navionics and missing areas of the Atlantic?? GeneraiT001 at 2:14pm 10.14.25 Ask All Sailors 15/723 Hi, I would like to sail from Newfoundland to the Azores. I can see the charts for these two but the
Where to make port in the Azores/Israel? GeneraiT001 at 1:44pm 10.14.25 Destinations 7/413 Hi, Planning a trip next year to Israel with a stop in the Azores. Any recommendations on which port
1976, S2 7.0 Restore (6) Ruxing at 12:07pm 10.14.25 S2 1/370 I'm about to begin Lovin on my 1976, S2 7.0. The original owner somehow dunked the bow at the slip,
Tropical Storm Lorenzo (2) JamesG161 at 8:45am 10.14.25 Weather and Forecasting 4/275 234937 Good thing it was not Named IVAN :facepalm: It will do a Crazy IVAN turn. 234938 Jim
1992 Hunter 28 Throttle & Shifter Cable Replacement. (2) Dave4983 at 2:39pm 10.13.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/391 I was told, that due to the long cable tips used on the cables for my model, I'd have to remove the
Shaft position of Beneteau Oceanis 43 year 2008 (1) Rudiger at 10:42am 10.13.25 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/298 Shortly I have recognized that my shaft is aproximately 5cm shifted from centerline to portside. As
Sailing Cal 33-2 Video william24424 at 9:55am 10.13.25 Show Us Your Boat--Videos 1/242 I made a new video of sailing around Martha's Vineyard. I used Vimeo, it's a good platform, didn't t

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Replace Main or Jib first dlochner at 6:26pm 11.24.25 Mainsail. An old mainsail causes more heeling and does not go to weather as well a new sail. It is n
Charging LiFePo4 Batteries With Just Solar Cap'n Deke at 6:13pm 11.24.25 That's good advice if one wants to sail alone and rot in their own sweat eating canned beans. Thes
Question On Battery Charging dLj at 6:00pm 11.24.25
Bristol 35.5 owner in SF Bay kappykaplan at 5:37pm 11.24.25 De nada
Bristol 35.5 owner in SF Bay SFBayBristol at 5:33pm 11.24.25 Welcome to the forum! :beer: Thankee, brother from the other coast.
Charging LiFePo4 Batteries With Just Solar dLj at 5:23pm 11.24.25 This is exactly the right approach and it applies to crossing oceans, too, maybe even more so. When
Question On Battery Charging Cap'n Deke at 5:14pm 11.24.25
Automatic inflatable life jacket solo sailing SteveHughessails at 5:02pm 11.24.25 Wows, thanks for posting that. I think I will go with a preventer, short tether with multiple attach
Correct placement of cradle pads on 27-2 (89-94) SailingLoto at 4:32pm 11.24.25 I need to modify a cradle to hold my Hunter 27-2 (89-94). i do not know where the bulkheads/strong
Charging LiFePo4 Batteries With Just Solar colemj at 4:21pm 11.24.25 That's good advice if one wants to sail alone and rot in their own sweat eating canned beans. These
CNG to Propane Ralph Johnstone at 3:32pm 11.24.25 Which locker to use for propane storage port or starboard? The one that has the properly installe
Charging LiFePo4 Batteries With Just Solar Cap'n Deke at 3:09pm 11.24.25 My philosophy is to equip a boat to meet the needs of 80% of my sailing outings and for the other 2
Buying and cutting G10 thinwater at 2:34pm 11.24.25 If you don't want to dull blades, use a cut off disk in an angle grinder. That is what I normally do
Gel coat color match for 1984 Mark 3 30-foot Cap'n Deke at 2:28pm 11.24.25 Matching gelcoat isn't done like it is for car paint. Gel coat just changes color over time. You hav
CNG to Propane Don S/V ILLusion at 2:17pm 11.24.25 It depends
Depth sounder replacement on C30 (1) RussC at 1:12pm 11.24.25 I just removed a Raymarine ST-40 depth instrument from my boat. keeping the transducer in place but
Depth sounder replacement on C30 (2) Indysailor at 12:59pm 11.24.25 I couldn't find a replacement and just did this instead. My transducer shoots through the hull, just
Depth sounder replacement on C30 jssailem at 12:26pm 11.24.25 I had that same depth gauge on my C30 but went a different direction. I replaced it with a Garmin G
Water under cabin sole (2) joelescoulie at 11:51am 11.24.25 Does it look like this?
Charging LiFePo4 Batteries With Just Solar dlochner at 11:36am 11.24.25 I'm also not sure about the ramp times, but was of the impression it is programed into the Wakespee

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