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The Many Stages of Keel (a photo retrospective) Parts 1-3 (10) pclarksurf at 9:54pm 07.02.19 Catalina 22 17/3350 Was dragging through the photos looking for goodness knows what and decided there's no value in havi
Macgregor 19 keel cable me262 at 8:12pm 07.02.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/2731 Just bought (stole) a m19. Problem with a broken keel lifting cable. Can you make your own? Buy one
Bilge inspection (1) Phil Herring at 7:38pm 07.02.19 Ask All Sailors 31/5284 Drop your... well, grab your socks, anyway. BILGE INSPECTION IN TWO MINUTES! We've seen bilges that
Compression post rebuild (10) Jallred863 at 6:48pm 07.02.19 The Cherubini Hunters 9/2730 I have a 1979 Hunter 30 and I'm having issues with the compression post. The piece that is in the bi
Sticky main furler sailingrock at 5:20pm 07.02.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 29/8570 The main sail furler on my Benetau 461 (2000) is causing me lots of problems. On some videos I have
Looking to find a Nmea 0183 T connector to hook up GPS to VHF Radio to get DSC (1) FriscoRon at 3:59pm 07.02.19 Ask All Sailors 6/1085 My old Nav398 RaymarineGPS is Nmea 0183 compliant. My new Standard Horizon 1300 eclipse VHFradio wi
Let there be fright (1) Phil Herring at 2:31pm 07.02.19 Ask All Sailors 18/2164 Some people are afraid of water, some afraid of boats. But plenty of people are freaked out by heeli
{splash} !@#$%^ &!!! (1) Phil Herring at 2:15pm 07.02.19 Ask All Sailors 83/10071 What's the most infuriating thing you've lost overboard? (Yes, people count, too.) We're looking fo*
Sailboat Beauty Pageant (1) Phil Herring at 2:09pm 07.02.19 Ask All Sailors 32/5174 What, in your opinion, is the most beautiful sailboat of the fiberglass era? Forget cost, ignore pr
Moorage Madness (1) Phil Herring at 4:10am 12.09.19 Ask All Sailors 36/6158 How has the increased value of real estate, higher insurance premiums, and more frequent storm repai
Navigation: Old School vs New School (1) Phil Herring at 1:52pm 07.02.19 Ask All Sailors 68/7952 It's been some years since we touched on this. Now that wifi enabled staplers are smarter than the A
Seaside Ceremonies (1) Phil Herring at 1:40pm 07.02.19 Ask All Sailors 5/1413 Superstition has been part of sailing since the days when three sheets to the wind was a comment abo
Be cool, bro (1) Phil Herring at 1:29pm 07.02.19 Ask All Sailors 12/1971 It's 2019, and whether you're in Nome or Nassau, it's hot! How do you keep your boat cool? AC? Fan
Boom/Clew Adjustment (1) Plymouth Sailor at 1:28pm 07.02.19 Ask All Sailors 3/532 Anyone have photos of your boom clew hardware? I bought my boat with the end of the boom missing so
Boom/Clew Adjustment (1) Plymouth Sailor at 1:28pm 07.02.19 Ask All Sailors 0/5 Anyone have photos of your boom clew hardware? I bought my boat with the end of the boom missing so
Ahhh, this sailboat is just right (1) Phil Herring at 1:22pm 07.02.19 Ask All Sailors 22/5254 Goldilocks had been a delivery skipper and dock rat for years. Straits of Malacca, Cape Horn, Point
Hunter 25 Clew Hardware Setup (1) Plymouth Sailor at 1:19pm 07.02.19 The Cherubini Hunters 0/10 Anyone have photos of a Hunter - Cherubini 25 clew hardware at the end of the boom? I bought my boa
GRAB RAILS s/v milou at 12:28pm 07.02.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1398 LOOKING FOR RESOURCES FOR REPLACING GRAB RAILS ON COACH ROOF, BOTH PORT AND STARBOARD SIDES. HAVE TR
42s7 Fractional spin halyard rigging? sccohen at 12:25pm 07.02.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/460 Looking for some advice on rigging the spin halyard. Should the line run thru the fairlead holes ab
Cable steer auto pilot for a Mac 26 Clipping at 12:03pm 07.02.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1054 Any MacGregor 26M owners out there who have installed or know of anyone who is familiar with the Lo

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AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? dLj at 3:19pm 12.07.24 I don't alarm on anything. It would drive me crazy and I'd just be ignoring them, unless we were ou
Antifreeze Don S/V ILLusion at 3:01pm 12.07.24 ? How do you do a pressure test, what do you need, and how is it connected? Weasel Rather than
Antifreeze Claude L.-Auger at 12:38pm 12.07.24 Pressure caps can get bad and lose their sealing capacity ! But running the engine under load shoul
1984 Newport 30 Mark III mainsail question knotimpossible at 12:06pm 12.07.24 The Newport 30 is a Masthead rig. Which means the mainsail is smallish by comparison to a fraction
1984 Newport 30 Mark III mainsail question knotimpossible at 12:01pm 12.07.24 Booms are engineered to withstand the forces applied to it. Shifing from mid-boom to end boom sheet
1984 Newport 30 Mark III mainsail question knotimpossible at 12:00pm 12.07.24 Welcome! Do you have any pictures of the current setup? That might help inspire ways it could be im
AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? Captain Larry-DH at 11:39am 12.07.24 p.s. I'm not filtering on CPA - only alarming... I typically don't filter at all. I don't alarm on
Best way to get a clean cut on a wire reinforced hose? kappykaplan at 11:37am 12.07.24 Sanitation I use the flexible stuff , the name escapes me for now but the headmistress recommends i
Aluminum sewage tank on Legend 40.5, 1993 east coaster at 11:36am 12.07.24 The headmistress speaks exactly of my procedure and practice. No more stink that the admiral finally
AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? Captain Larry-DH at 11:36am 12.07.24 I wish all boaters would disable their AIS transponder when alongside. If you own a Raymarine MFD
Best way to get a clean cut on a wire reinforced hose? east coaster at 11:33am 12.07.24 Sanitation I use the flexible stuff , the name escapes me for now but the headmistress recommends i
Aluminum sewage tank on Legend 40.5, 1993 Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 11:28am 12.07.24 It's also possible that you tried using PureAyre without first cleaning the area very thoroughly wit
Antifreeze Weasel at 11:07am 12.07.24 I'm going to try and answer each question. I thought the pan might be full of antifreeze from a pr*
AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? dLj at 11:04am 12.07.24 I can only speak for Raymarine users with Lighthouse software pre-Feb 2024. Unfortunately for thos
AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? Hello Below at 10:45am 12.07.24 I can only speak for Raymarine users with Lighthouse software pre-Feb 2024. Unfortunately for those
Installing a MSD potty in our C22 (4) Gene Neill at 10:34am 12.07.24 228818 228819 228820 228821
What happen with Hunter drawings? Irek at 10:29am 12.07.24 Thx guys for suggestions. I have checked what is on the Hunter Owners downloads but this are mostly
Installing a MSD potty in our C22 Gene Neill at 10:23am 12.07.24 Since I NEVER procrastinate, the job is finished, only one year after starting this thread. Overall,
AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? dLj at 10:22am 12.07.24 I wish all boaters would disable their AIS transponder when alongside. If you own a Raymarine MFD
AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? Hello Below at 9:55am 12.07.24 I wish all boaters has AIS transceivers on all the time. I wish all boaters would disable their AI

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