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USCG Safety Alert 13-18: Potential interference of VHF-FM Radio and AIS Reception. jviss at 9:43am 08.29.18 Ask All Sailors 7/675 Let us enlighten you about LED lighting! Potential interference of VHF-FM Radio and AIS Reception.
Weird Jabsco Head Experience jviss at 9:21am 08.29.18 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/652 For what it's worth: I have a Jabsco 29090 head, vintage 1996. It works O.K. Sometimes it squeals
Navico� Announces Tariff-Related Price Increase on VHF Radios nat55 at 9:08am 08.29.18 Ask All Sailors 8/889 Here it comes folks.......some of the price increases in the Navico lineup are pretty impressive. 2
MacGregor Swing Keel - Complete rebuild (5) Nicole Matz at 8:54am 08.29.18 Ask A Macgregor Owner 26/7389 Hi Everyone, I have a 1982 MacGregor Venture with a swing keel. When we bought the boat we could s
The "new" Active Captain... (?) rgranger at 8:20am 08.29.18 Ask All Sailors 42/2932 So I migrated my old Active Captain account to the new Garmin Active Captain. Anyone here using
Broken strut, another question????? Ken Cross at 7:43am 08.29.18 Ask All Sailors 22/1803 With my Hunter 30G I've motored at least 15 miles with the strut broken off. It was run up to 2900 r
Where is seacock on 1987 Hunter 285? Philgreene at 7:09am 08.29.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/771 Hello everyone, I have to admit to feeling like a moron asking this, I've had sailboats (Cal 25, Eri
Leaky Inflatable Boat Valves (1) Fog Ducker at 5:25am 08.29.18 Sirius 21/22 5/3398 Hi, I have an inflatable boat that I use as a tender for my Sirius 21. I bought the inflatable used,
Jabsco Electric Quiet Flush minor rebuild..... NYSail at 5:12am 08.29.18 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/907 Hello all, So the new to me boat came with two electric Jabsco Quiet Flush heads. This past weekend
Standing rigging..... NYSail at 3:12am 08.29.18 Ask All Sailors 13/693 Question (and pretty sure I know the answer): Is the tension on the standing rig suppose to match on
Rare find in Puget Sound Mark Maulden at 7:43pm 08.28.18 Ask All Sailors 34/1859
Knock under the boat Ken Cross at 4:46pm 08.28.18 Ask All Sailors 18/706 I think I know the answer to this but I am going to ask those of you who are more experienced than I
Handling Issues while docking (4) Ward H at 3:56pm 08.28.18 Ask All Sailors 68/4722 Yesterday was another great day of sailing marred by a very sloppy docking maneuver and dock bump. I
H31 Composting Head mark porter at 3:33pm 08.28.18 Mid-Size Boats 8/925 I'm thinking about upgrading my holding tank system on my 1986 Hunter 31 to a composting head system
Help with O'Day boat identification apell at 3:18pm 08.28.18 Ask An Oday Owner 6/796 Hello. I have come across a small O'Day sailboat. Measures about 12'. I'm pretty sure it's a Widg
Tohatsu 6hp Sail Pro Issues (1) Rltgold at 3:17pm 08.28.18 Catalina 22 39/6515 Anyone else having an issue with the tiller tensioner not working on their 6HP Sail pro ? Here is wh
Underwater Fitting Hose-Clamps .vs. ClampTite Apex at 2:11pm 08.28.18 Ask All Sailors 8/1284 Can seizing wire used with ClampTite tool be used in that application? Does anyone know of studies
O'day 34 1982 parts for a kenpax manual bilge pump daviddp at 1:16pm 08.28.18 Ask All Sailors 0/204 I know they are made in sweden and available from Hallberg-Rassy. Does anyone know of a stateside v
Gasoline in a diesel engine DannyS at 12:50pm 08.28.18 Ask All Sailors 30/1517 Last weekend, I pulled up to the fuel dock and had 10 gallons of fuel added to the tank prior to hea
New Cockpit Shower (2) w4swk at 12:32pm 08.28.18 Catalina 22 17/1968 We are constantly looking for ways to be more comfortable on the boat. A shower seemed like a nice e

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T3800 - Location of Macerator Pump? Stu Jackson at 9:14pm 08.08.23 Yes, but a red and a black, probably 14 or 12 gauge, disappear from the panel up into that corrugat
Urban Anchorages Kings Gambit at 9:04pm 08.08.23 How crowded? Not at all right now. Three sailboats nicely spaced. (One arrived since the picture.)
Watches Hayden Watson at 9:01pm 08.08.23 Watch? I thought that was the shift we needed to be on deck lookout.
Urban Anchorages Alan Gomes at 9:00pm 08.08.23 How crowded?
Urban Anchorages (1) Kings Gambit at 8:53pm 08.08.23
AC Fridge overconsumption. Project_Mayhem at 8:23pm 08.08.23 A partially clogged refrigerant line could cause the compressor to work harder. I've also seen compr
Its funny Friday! jssailem at 8:22pm 08.08.23 He really did it... Who would have known... And he got away with it, no body... at least til the lat
Watches rgranger at 7:44pm 08.08.23 My son builds watches here is his website https://go.tmgwatchco.com
'76 Cat 22 Keel Winch operation mbaker267 at 7:27pm 08.08.23 Yes, the keel pivot is on my to-do list. One reason I started looking at the lift mechanisms. I need
Applying Cetol question (1) Hayden Watson at 7:06pm 08.08.23 I ran across this article a while back. I'm not endorsing... just passing this along https://www.
Its funny Friday! shemandr at 7:03pm 08.08.23 ..to the Moon Alice!
Applying Cetol question sesmith at 6:58pm 08.08.23 Thanks Peggie. I read somewhere - I can't recall where - that someone applied several coats of Cet
Its funny Friday! PaulK at 6:48pm 08.08.23 and have been allowed to stay up late enough to see it.
Its funny Friday! Michael Davis at 6:09pm 08.08.23
AC Fridge overconsumption. Ralph Johnstone at 5:03pm 08.08.23 If the same unit was 220 volts, the amp rating would be 1/2 of what is on your label. Yes the amp
Watches jviss at 4:47pm 08.08.23
AC Fridge overconsumption. MikeHoncho at 4:41pm 08.08.23 If the same unit was 220 volts, the amp rating would be 1/2 of what is on your label.
Watches (1) Tally Ho at 4:37pm 08.08.23
AC Fridge overconsumption. Ralph Johnstone at 4:34pm 08.08.23 His is 220 volt so it would be 200 watts Can't follow the math on that calculation. My point i
Watches jviss at 4:30pm 08.08.23 I have a friend who inherited $20,000 from his mother when she passed. Instead of just throwing it

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