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Highfield levers Rltgold at 9:51am 03.21.19 Catalina 22 3/1540 How many of you use a Highfield Lever on your Shrouds for trailering ? If you do did you simply exch
Replace rudder post sleeve behill at 9:45am 03.21.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/3365 The rubber rudder post sleeve inside the hull on my 1991 Beneteau 310 is leaking. Where can I get
Thanks a lot Perko! (1) Project_Mayhem at 7:28am 03.21.19 Ask All Sailors 4/1330 I have a Perko 0120 light on my mast. I'd like to replace the bulbs before stepping the mast. Unfort
Question for 1980 Oday 28 owners rogjack2 at 6:38am 03.21.19 Ask An Oday Owner 2/766
Beneteau 473 (2001) Electrical Buss behind the Main panel Toby1979 at 9:02pm 03.20.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/2217 Upgrading the VHF and can't figure how to get the old wires to release from the Buss thing. The man
3D Printed Tiller Tamer PropellerHead at 7:46pm 03.20.19 Smaller Boats 15/4212 Thought I'd share my tiller tamer. Could use a few tweaks but I thought it came out pretty well for
Any opinions on A/C units TimFromLI at 7:22pm 03.20.19 Ask All Sailors 6/1581 The 6000 BTU unit that services my aft cabins needs to be replaced. It looks like my choices are Ma
GPS Week Rollover Issue Hunter216 at 6:52pm 03.20.19 Ask All Sailors 39/2906 You may wish to review your GPS equipment due to the upcoming April 6 2019 GPS Week Rollover Issue t
Bunker Carpet, How Much?? Shorefun at 6:19pm 03.20.19 Day Sailers 3/728 So I measured my bunkers. They are 36" long and 4" wide. It appears they used pieces that are about
Drain Hose Source for Cockpit, Anchor Well and Sink tdboss at 5:02pm 03.20.19 Smaller Boats 11/1629 I have read the importance of replacing the Cockpit Drain and probably the anchor drain on the Hunte
Progress? Trailer out from under the boat. (5) Shorefun at 3:58pm 03.20.19 Day Sailers 4/864 So I got the boat off the trailer. I got some nice foam blocks from the trash the other day. So I us
Mast-Mounted Wind Transducer (2) spadaforaj at 2:32pm 03.20.19 Ask All Sailors 9/888 When my Raymarine i60 would not calibrate, as the direction seemed off vs my Windex something seemed
Dodger for a Legend 35.5 jmo at 12:02pm 03.20.19 Mid-Size Boats 2/902 Need to replace my dodger and wondering if anyone knows of they can be ordered 'stock' anywhere? Any
Happy NoRuz Brian D at 8:50am 03.20.19 Sails Call Lounge 6/856 Today at 14:58 PDT starts the Persian New Year, or NoRuz. It is also the Vernal Equinox, when the su
H260 Single line reefing GBGraham at 6:06am 03.20.19 Smaller Boats 98/12629 God knows why Hunter did not make this a standard fit at the point of build? I am really hoping to r
Buying (??) '82 C&C 34' swing keel - need advice/surveyor - Asbury Pk, NJ Better_Angel at 3:16am 03.20.19 C&C 1/941 Does anybody know anybody good who can survey this boat? Also, for any current or past owners, are
New Catalina 30 Owner (3) DonRS at 8:04pm 03.19.19 Catalina 30 44/6690 My wife and I just purchased our first sailboat...a really clean 1989 Catalina 30. We are getting r
Re-routing the lines to the cockpit StevenG at 3:26pm 03.19.19 Precision 4/4458 Just bought a P-23 and really enjoying it (first sailboat). I'd like to re-route the lines to the c
Sailing and restoring #9874 (4) AaronD at 3:15pm 03.19.19 Catalina 22 199/53044 It's still (officially) winter, at least for another day or two, and it'll be awhile before I make i
Swing Keel Delphinus101 at 2:42pm 03.19.19 Morgan 1/1927 I recently bought a 51 OI. It is not in the water and I would like to replace the cable on the swing

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Running 110V next to 12V while at shore TDK at 6:00pm 11.03.24 How did your project go? We recently bought a 1975 Dufour 34 and are looking into adding shore power
Legend 35 - Water heater hose replacement? JoeWhite at 5:52pm 11.03.24 Pencil soldering iron taped to the end of a wood dowel can melt the zip ties
Escrow and Survey before seeing a Boat PaulK at 5:49pm 11.03.24 I didn't read all of the responses so I apologize if I repeat something, but here is my take on you
Legend 35 - Water heater hose replacement? Windpilot at 5:42pm 11.03.24 I would think those 35+ year old zip ties would easily break if forced enough.
Is this a DC current leak? shemandr at 4:31pm 11.03.24 Its from all those youtube electricians comparing electricity on boats to water going through hoses
Cabin Top Winch Advice... ...3TacksontheWater at 4:28pm 11.03.24 It's hard to say, on the block thickness ... an inch, maybe 3/4? Your guess is as good as mine. The
Is this a DC current leak? BAD ORCA at 4:04pm 11.03.24 I wouldn't worry about that. I find it's time to worry when we've just pulled into a transient sli
H280 Dog house hinge Panera at 3:43pm 11.03.24 I have removed the hinges which allows the "doghouse" to be moved out of the way for engine maintena
Oday28 egreen024 at 3:39pm 11.03.24 The biggest issue I ran into on my 25 was getting the motor low enough in the water and being able
Cabin Top Winch Advice... ...3TacksontheWater at 3:34pm 11.03.24 The winches on my 1985 Catalina 30 Mk I have no 'base plate' at all. If your cabin top is rounded
Sheet to steering garymalmgren at 3:16pm 11.03.24 This is how I actually got my boat's sheet to tiller steering to work WELL! DOUgO-tSCDY EL-i5bebVSo
Legend 35 - Water heater hose replacement? walmsleyc at 2:14pm 11.03.24 Go to a parasail paramotor diving shop. They have V shaped tools to cut parachute or other lines. Y
Is this a DC current leak? Ralph Johnstone at 1:58pm 11.03.24 I don't know if that would fit your observation but I'll throw it out at risk of being thought an i
Is this a DC current leak? BAD ORCA at 1:50pm 11.03.24 I really shouldn't post on any electronics thread because I barely understand electronics. But it
Is this a DC current leak? BAD ORCA at 1:47pm 11.03.24 What types of devices are connected to the fuse block? My guess is one or more of them have some ca
Is this a DC current leak? shemandr at 1:29pm 11.03.24 I really shouldn't post on any electronics thread because I barely understand electronics. But it o
Sheet to steering stickinthemud57 at 1:26pm 11.03.24 :plus: I do the same. The tiller clutch was hands down my favorite upgrade :plus: To the Tiller Ta
Sheet to steering Project_Mayhem at 12:18pm 11.03.24
Sheet to steering Stu Jackson at 11:56am 11.03.24 The author's correct last name is Letcher. Great book if you can find it, long out of print. I sti
Is this a DC current leak? walt at 11:51am 11.03.24 solar panel and charge controller "could - depending on a bunch of things" do something like that wi

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