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Skipper and Admiral.... thoughts jssailem at 10:47am 10.23.18 Sails Call Lounge 9/705 WORDS A husband read an article to his wife about how many words women use a day. 30,000 to a man's
Suggestions on pump for head Franklin at 9:16am 10.23.18 Ask All Sailors 2/376 My new boat comes with a suction type head and uses fresh water to flush. I do not want to flush wi
Rub rail O'day 192/222? Brian S at 7:16am 10.23.18 Day Sailers 2/866 Has anyone replaced damaged sections of 192 white plastic rub rail? D'R Marine has said they sell it
Re-engine a Beneteau 473 Shakaree at 7:06am 10.23.18 Engines and Propulsion 6/2038 my wife and I are planning on purchasing a Beneteau 473. One of the boats we are looking at has a We
Boom or Fitting DockH at 6:23am 10.23.18 Parts Search 0/465 seeking inner boom fiitting (mast end) for Abbott22 or comparable 8' boom with bolt rope channel.
diemetions of catalina 250 wing keel on trailer fishingaz at 8:11pm 10.22.18 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/944 Hi i would like to find the total dimentions for a 250 wing keel on trailer for roro freight quote i
O'Day 322 gooseneck question (2) Mickstr at 7:33pm 10.22.18 Bigger Boats 8/1943 Was looking at my gooseneck the other day (Z-Spar, O'Day 322) and was wondering if I had a problem.
New LED Masthead Light Bay Tripper at 7:22pm 10.22.18 Smaller Boats 4/1133 Hello All, This is officially my first post to this forum. I always search the archives for a
Tough weather day in western Mexico JimInPB at 6:27pm 10.22.18 Ask All Sailors 5/429 It looks like Mazatlan is about to get a pretty solid hit. https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_ep4.s
Need to re-seat the big front window on a Hunter 29.5 (1) Willie G at 5:54pm 10.22.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 47/5076 157703 I Need to re-seat the big front window on a Hunter 29.5. Just finished doing the front hatch
Pearson 31-2 Owners? Tyler Rippel at 4:52pm 10.22.18 Pearson 7/3401 It seems like almost every other boat has a fairly active community but I haven't seen an active for
Broken engine mount stud (1) Hydro Therapy at 2:42pm 10.22.18 Engines and Propulsion 38/4471 Well I noticed this today and assigned it to the top of the winter list. Not sure when it broke but
There's coffee in that nebula (1) Brian D at 1:03pm 10.22.18 Sails Call Lounge 8/836 Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti Wears 'Star Trek' Uniform in Space https://img.purch.com/w/660/aHR0
Prop is turning in neutral Valerio at 12:22pm 10.22.18 Big Boats 22/4897 I have to calibrate something in my gear box ? my h41 with a yanmar 56 hp and prop with shaft is tur
Coyote: The Mike Plant Story dlochner at 10:32am 10.22.18 Sails Call Lounge 1/835 As the end of sailing season approaches for many of us, we will find ourselves looking for vicarious
Hunter 170 mast coating? Shorefun at 7:41am 10.22.18 Day Sailers 4/541 I have not ventured far into my mast at this point. I was looking at it a bit and noticed that it
center of gravity for a cat 25 kenpa at 7:22am 10.22.18 Parts Search 1/541 moving a newly purchased cat 25 from a single axle to a two axle trailer . Where is the center of gr
Auto Pilot 2001 340 Sand-Ra-Jean at 6:35am 10.22.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/672 I have a 2001 340. The auto pilot is a bit long in the tooth. It functions well in very minor wind c
Boom angle for in mast furling Sailorpat at 6:01am 10.22.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/690 Our 2004 Hunter 41 came equipped with a solid Vang that is as compressed as far as possible so that
O'day 25 - Gonna Buy One jamieFL at 5:01am 10.22.18 Ask An Oday Owner 23/3955 Hello everyone. I'm new here, and new to sailing. I've got 20 years of boating experience, but haven

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Simple electronic install - first time advice needed dlochner at 10:16am 04.06.24 Just don't ask which anchor is best...:biggrin: Oh, come on, that's too easy. Its the one hanging
Rode for Desolation Sound marcham at 10:02am 04.06.24 I lock it with a hitch and usually cleat it as well. Have a great trip!
4-tire boat trailer . . do best tire go on front or rear? LloydB at 9:57am 04.06.24 The last time I decided to buy new tires for my trailer I found by going to a nearby RV and camper s
Topping lift dLj at 9:50am 04.06.24 I have a boom roller furler, not in mast. I leave my topping lift adjusted so when reefing, the boom
Rode for Desolation Sound skunther at 9:32am 04.06.24 Was there just last week .... can totally relate. We got blown sideways as we were stern tied (easi
3GM30F Service Issue Calif. Ted at 9:27am 04.06.24
Rode for Desolation Sound skunther at 9:02am 04.06.24 Should be fine. There are spots we anchor in 60 ft but it's sloped bottom with a stern tie, so the
3GM30F Service Issue skunther at 9:01am 04.06.24 You say rough starting in cold weather, Do you have glow plugs? When you look at the exhaust is the
RECOMMISSIONING THE FRESH WATER SYSTEM Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:44am 04.06.24 Peggy, I have a 50 gallon aluminum fresh water tank and a 25 gallon flexible water tank that I adde
Rebuild of high pressure fuel pump for Yanmar 3GM30F Mark Maulden at 8:33am 04.06.24
Does anybody know what size wire or threaded rod life lines are on Catalina 320, 2004 Calif. Ted at 8:31am 04.06.24 I replaced the gates this winter and have stayed with coated.
MORC jssailem at 7:42am 04.06.24 Looks like the Hunter is not in the list of boats that have been measured and qualified.. https://ww
Diesel Generator Slow Starting on First Attempt kloudie1 at 7:42am 04.06.24 Doesn't sound that bad but ya might want to check the glow plug circuit and plugs to see if all are
Simple electronic install - first time advice needed dLj at 7:39am 04.06.24 Thank you all so many wonderful suggestions. It seems of all of these, the best option is to use th
Simple electronic install - first time advice needed mermike at 6:53am 04.06.24 Just don't ask which anchor is best...:biggrin:
RECOMMISSIONING THE FRESH WATER SYSTEM RoyS at 6:31am 04.06.24 Water heater will drain quickly if you hold open the pressure/temperature relief valve lever while t
Sailing down the channel (1) stickinthemud57 at 6:09am 04.06.24 Nice choice of color. :cool:
Simple electronic install - first time advice needed circa1971la at 5:57am 04.06.24 Thank you all so many wonderful suggestions. It seems of all of these, the best option is to use the
MORC shemandr at 5:52am 04.06.24 Is MORC still being used? The last MORC race I was in was over 40 years ago. That was on Lake Erie
Backup Nav Lights for $2.49 elink at 5:42am 04.06.24 very cool. thanks for sharing

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