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When The Boatyard Doesn't Know How To Put Your Max Prop Back Together fstbttms at 8:01am 05.04.19 Engines and Propulsion 12/1075 lH7ch0FC8h4
First Season Cruise- Roche Harbor w Catalina Owners (5) jssailem at 7:59am 05.04.19 Pacific North West Cruisers 12/1748 We set off on May 1 10:48 for the 1st Cruise of the season. Weather has been accommodating. Partial
Overtons 40% off... rpludwig at 3:43am 05.04.19 Catalina 22 1/670 I don't buy much from them as they're more geared to power boaters, jetskiers, etc, and have no dog
LED bulbs. Cat36Amoore at 10:19pm 05.03.19 Ask All Sailors 19/1961 I would like to replace my anchor light and steaming light with a LED bulb. Do I need to change the
Raymarine ST60 instruments sun cover BigEasy at 8:25pm 05.03.19 Ask All Sailors 11/3479 One of my ST 60 covers mysteriously vanished this week. Anyone know of any firm that is 3D printing
Hunter 320 Windlass Kevy at 6:28pm 05.03.19 Mid-Size Boats 10/2473 Hi all, Just wondering if anyone with a Hunter 320 has installed a windlass in the anchor locker or
26S Forestay attachment kenr74 at 5:07pm 05.03.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 15/2804 Hello all, I'm new to sailboats(that will be obvious shortly). I've had a ton of kayaks but never
Automatic bilge pump setup sbcwolff at 3:52pm 05.03.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1623 We are going to be mooring our boat all summer (Mac26s), and want to set up an automatic bilge pump.
Good Old Boat Insurance njlarry at 1:21pm 05.03.19 Ask All Sailors 20/1647 Allstate will no longer will write on my 1984 boat. Real bummer as have brand new rigging and have a
Time to Add Solar--Vendor/Brand Suggestions. dlochner at 11:13am 05.03.19 Musings With Maine Sail 15/2426 The time has come to get serious about adding solar power to Second Star. The basics: House batter
My rusty, crusty centerboard (5) Project_Mayhem at 11:12am 05.03.19 Ask All Sailors 16/1124 164366 164367 164368 164369 164370 I knew my boat would need a bit of work on the centerboard when I
O'day 23 Transom Rebuild (9) mwpaul at 8:12am 05.03.19 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1404 My wife and I bought our first boat last season, an O'day 23, unfortunately, the transom was rotten
Followup on Exhaust host replacement on Hunter 290 pfaffk at 7:47am 05.03.19 Mid-Size Boats 3/656 A week or so ago I posted on this forum and asked the question "Do you have to remove the holding ta
The Boatel Project Todd Atchison at 6:20am 05.03.19 Ask All Sailors 24/2018 Hello everyone and thanks for taking the time to read this post. It has little to do with boat perfo
Battery Box vent CYQK at 6:00am 05.03.19 Ask All Sailors 3/544 Re designing may battery box and want to build a venting system because they are wet cells What is t
3 Blade Prop Jac123 at 5:34am 05.03.19 Catalina 30 11/2770 I'm 90% set on installing the most efficient (for stopping and motoring) fixed 3 blade prop on my "
Obtaining Wave Period via SailDocs geoffschultz at 4:35am 05.03.19 Ask All Sailors 7/922 Is there a parameter that you can send to saildocs to obtain the wave period? I specify WAVES and W
. pumpkinpie at 8:05pm 05.02.19 Ask All Sailors 29/1928 .
Adding a 2A fuse holder Bob S at 4:37pm 05.02.19 Ask All Sailors 4/446 installing an AIS requiring a 2A fuse. The power wire is 20 AWG and the fuse holder is 10 AWG. Water
New forum member Richo265 at 3:02pm 05.02.19 Ask An Oday Owner 3/549 Greetings all, I have been on the site seeking information for a period of time but had held off joi

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Noise between Mast and Boom jssailem at 8:42am 06.30.24 attach a cable to the back stay to hold the boom up Ouch... Please help me understand when you nee
Noise between Mast and Boom KGarvey at 8:31am 06.30.24 If I can not find replacement parts or have the current one repaired I can still use a non mechani
Looking at a Tartan 33 Lazy1 at 8:17am 06.30.24 Thanks for the input, I think with a potential rudder rebuild and repower I might be better off buyi
Balmar 6 Series 150 Amp alternator, Balmar MC 614 Regulator Davidasailor26 at 8:11am 06.30.24 I know that the regulator is sealed, but I am wondering if the winterization antifreeze which appea
Balmar 6 Series 150 Amp alternator, Balmar MC 614 Regulator DayDreamer41 at 7:54am 06.30.24 I think I understand your issue, but this statement ^^^ confuses me. The regulator is what determi
Invest 95L JamesG161 at 7:30am 06.30.24 The fact that Beyrl so Compact , many of the Islands will not even see tropical force winds. Note L
Yanmar SD20 Saildrive dizo514 at 7:23am 06.30.24
Invest 95L shemandr at 7:22am 06.30.24 Compact indeed! Is my rough estimate of 120 nm across the meat of the storm right? About 2 degrees
Need help recognizing items on my boat Davidasailor26 at 6:42am 06.30.24 Can't quite figure out why everyone is responding to this thread. The OP answered their own questi
Need help recognizing items on my boat PaulK at 6:40am 06.30.24 Can't quite figure out why everyone is responding to this thread. The OP answered their own questio
Yanmar SD20 Saildrive PMK at 6:32am 06.30.24 Thanks. Yes, I'm sure its not much of a problem to replace the hull seal. I'm planning to have bot
Need help recognizing items on my boat (1) Tally Ho at 6:01am 06.30.24
1996 440 Oceanis Choke Cable Replacement Indysailor at 5:32am 06.30.24 I would be surprised if there was an actual part that was manufactured for the specific length of th
Invest 95L (3) JamesG161 at 4:59am 06.30.24 225692 The 96 hour path takes it over the HEAT fuels area. 225693 Dammit Jim...
Rubber hose for prop shaft packing gland leaking, misaligned prop shaft? dlochner at 4:33am 06.30.24 :) And, while I'm here, a pet peeve of mine: why do new posters bother to sign up, ask questions an
Looking at a Tartan 33 shemandr at 4:27am 06.30.24 I've sailed quite a bit on a Tartan 33. They are good boats. You may need to modify this one a bit
Looking at a Tartan 33 (1) Davidasailor26 at 4:18am 06.30.24
Noise between Mast and Boom jssailem at 4:05am 06.30.24
Rubber hose for prop shaft packing gland leaking, misaligned prop shaft? Jim Legere at 3:48am 06.30.24 I wonder how @YankeeGirl fared? Hopefully made it to haul out and is getting the problem repaired. A
Battery Placement (1) Jim Legere at 3:37am 06.30.24 On my 37C I left one (starter) battery in the original starboard cockpit locker location and moved t

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