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How fast under power 272LE CraigB at 10:04am 04.30.19 Ask An Oday Owner 9/1432 Just bought an Oday 272LE with the Westerbeke engine. I plan on driving this about 60nm from where
Posting private information on this forum Crazy Dave Condon at 6:19am 04.30.19 Sails Call Lounge 26/2165 I was asked why I suggest never posting personal date on this forum to include email address, addres
Bimini top Dug22 at 5:27am 04.30.19 Catalina 22 14/2644 I installed my Bimini this past Sunday. The dimensions are 6ft long, 73-78" wide and 48" tall. My qu
Water in my boat rjarrell at 4:25am 04.30.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/744 After a two day sail offshore there was about 6 inches of salt water in the starboard stern lazarett
Arctic 041-D for parts (FREE) Hayden Watson at 9:55pm 04.29.19 Ask All Sailors 0/269 Hopefully someone can use this because many of these parts are made of UNOBTAINIUM. If you are inter
Garhauer rigid vang Kermit at 7:11pm 04.29.19 Ask All Sailors 17/2609 Its time to replace the lines in my Garhauer rigid boom vang. Silly me, I thought Garhauer would hav
Premature Battery Sulfation? walmsleyc at 7:06pm 04.29.19 Ask All Sailors 34/2333 So, my house bank seems like it may have suffered a premature death, perhaps due to sulfation? The
Show off some new handy work! (1) Lemon Drop at 6:47pm 04.29.19 Catalina 22 11/1189 Hello fellow sailors, I got a hold of a handy little wood burning device and wanted to show off some
Need new helm wheel... custom? lacoursj at 4:54pm 04.29.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/337 Finally putting 37ft cutter back together in St Thomas after the hurricanes of 2017. Looters took j
H26 curtains (1) rgranger at 4:19pm 04.29.19 Smaller Boats 4/1583 Does anyone know where you can buy these curtains? https://newimages.yachtworld.com/resize/1/18/80/
Macgregor 1988 26D sealing shroud deck straps Ms Hope at 3:36pm 04.29.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/928
Kermit, We thought we knew you. (1) WayneH at 2:28pm 04.29.19 Sails Call Lounge 13/3635 But there seems to be a dark side to the frog. , Texas. Ran across Animal and Cookie Monster but no
V17 - Issues/Refit (6) Vanka472 at 1:40pm 04.29.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 26/3813 Hey guys! I am new to these forums but have read through what I could get my hands on, about the V
Hunter 260 "New" Deck Hardware Install h2o_snow at 1:08pm 04.29.19 Smaller Boats 12/1131 So... been slowly modifying our tiller 260. Next step is installing the new (used) asym spi gear. L
Help Needed: Identify this Seidelmann (2) ncfrech at 12:57pm 04.29.19 Seidelmann 5/13509 First time using this forum, I've found the communities that make up forums to be a wealth of crowd-
Fresh Water System Commissioning Question Rick486 at 12:54pm 04.29.19 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 14/4345 Hi Peggie: I'm sure you have answered this many times, so I'd appreciate you just pointing me to a l
Varnish or teak oil on wood for 23.5 Zerosfault at 12:38pm 04.29.19 Smaller Boats 6/1072 My 23.5 wooden parts have been varnished before. Should I stick with spar varnish or do I strip it a
Nautical Quiz....This could be a problem...? (1) rgranger at 11:40am 04.29.19 Ask All Sailors 53/4646 So I recently moved from Virginia to Alabama. I completed setting my boat up (almost) this past we
Spinnaker downhaul? Jazzydaze at 11:15am 04.29.19 Newport 2/958 Hi guys... so about 3ft front of my mast on the deck is a round stainless plate.maybe 3 inches roun
P42 Anchor Well Terry Cox at 10:54am 04.29.19 Big Boats 0/499 Just posted an article in the "Boat Info" tab regarding the Passage 42 anchor well. Our arrangement

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Barton Marine removable traveler dlochner at 5:40am 12.17.24 To make sure I am reading this right, moving the attachment back reduces pressure on boom? It cha
Upgrading to the Raymarine linear drive Mike Oldak at 5:40am 12.17.24 I have the rotary drive on my 1994 40.5 Installation was easy and did not cost an arm and a leg.
Diesel injector testing Tally Ho at 5:38am 12.17.24 Excellent point Greg! I'll pick up one Chinese injector just in case That will give you some peace
Taking the mast down PlaneTom at 5:37am 12.17.24 OK, our mast is down, the wiring for the antenna and the lights had disconnects at the mast base, th
Barton Marine removable traveler Tally Ho at 5:30am 12.17.24 It takes less force to move the boom with end boom sheeting because you have more leverage. But i
Barton Marine removable traveler bob45 at 4:57am 12.17.24 People often use Dyneema loops or webbing to attach mainsheet blocks to their booms. Light, simple
Yanmar Engine mounts. dlochner at 4:54am 12.17.24 Yup, no doubt about it. Ellebogen's drawing is the clearest documentation I've seen on the subject
Barton Marine removable traveler PaulK at 4:47am 12.17.24 People often use Dyneema loops or webbing to attach mainsheet blocks to their booms. Light, simple &
Propane locker replacement dlochner at 4:47am 12.17.24 Yes, I am aware of those things. thank you for the heads up. My propane liner is just a bit brittle
Propane locker replacement sailme88 at 3:49am 12.17.24 Yes, I am aware of those things. thank you for the heads up. My propane liner is just a bit brittle
Christmas At Sea by Robert Louis Stevenson Will Gilmore at 1:39am 12.17.24 Merry Christmas. -Will
Raw water strainer disaster waiting to happen Hayden Watson at 9:41pm 12.16.24 I will skip the elbow for this application. It would made for a cleaner looking install but there's
What grade VHF Antenna Coaxial Cable was used in 2000 Hunter 340 BAD ORCA at 8:45pm 12.16.24
Do you folks strap your boats to your trailers? (1) LuckyDuck at 8:29pm 12.16.24 We bought our C25 150 miles away and had it trailered to home through the mountains. It was secured
Do you folks strap your boats to your trailers? RockynHilda at 7:06pm 12.16.24 You Betcha, I do
Docking single handed without a cleat - only ring on dock Project_Mayhem at 5:51pm 12.16.24
Raw water strainer disaster waiting to happen Project_Mayhem at 5:48pm 12.16.24 I will skip the elbow for this application. It would made for a cleaner looking install but there's
Diesel injector testing Project_Mayhem at 5:43pm 12.16.24 the engine will run on 2 cylinders enough to get you into a marina. Excellent point Greg! I'll pic
Yanmar Engine mounts. (7) Ralph Johnstone at 5:28pm 12.16.24 Yup, no doubt about it. Ellebogen's drawing is the clearest documentation I've seen on the subject.
Yanmar Engine mounts. (2) Jan_H at 4:56pm 12.16.24 I read somewhere that's to accommodate the higher compressive load in the direction of rotation, bu

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