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Gloam Goods nfg2u at 11:13am 08.23.18 Ask All Sailors 1/422 I am looking to purchase a new Tach sensor for my Yanmar 3GM30F and I found this in a google search.
Keurig seadaddler at 5:39am 08.23.18 Ask All Sailors 28/2783 Any one using Keurig on their sailboat and I are you happy. Been using so many coffee makers on our
Oday 7/11 help please pbois34 at 5:36am 08.23.18 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1914 my 10yo daughter has recently taken sailing lessons and loves it. Someone gave us a 7/11 dingy sail
rudders on mac 26x rpd at 5:28am 08.23.18 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/618 I was sailing down wind in 15 km winds and found that my direction would constantly change I have se
Crazy Dave ?? jbreland at 4:30am 08.23.18 Smaller Boats 17/1754 Anybody heard anything on Dave ?? How his recovery is going..... Hope all is well and he is recover
Lightning strike again update Capt Robbie at 7:04pm 08.22.18 Big Boats 13/1432 As I said in previous post took a lightning strike again. This is now the 4th strike in 35 years wi
simrad radar tbilyeu at 5:20pm 08.22.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1033 Our Simrad radar began working intermittently early this summer. My boat is 2014 OC 45.. It stopped
Question about mast line (1) clnhse at 4:44pm 08.22.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 26/3163 I just purchased a sweet 2014 h22. Trying to understand one rigging wire. I am not a real sailor. T
Buying a J/24 for cheap... Any tips? LimenCoyle at 11:37am 08.22.18 Mid-Size Boats 11/3104 Hello once again! I am looking at buying a used j/24 for insanely cheap ($1,500 cheap) due to the fa
trailer weight distribution Kraken at 10:28am 08.22.18 Catalina 22 21/1454 hello all - I'm a frequent lurker, infrequent poster. I need some help/ideas on how to set up the bu
Gps sensor hidden location Tamas Kocsis at 8:16am 08.22.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/399 Hi! I need some help to find the gps sensor on my H36 (2008). It isn't in a visible place, and isn'
Legacy CDI Reefer II Jib Head lock (2) Banshee OF LONG iSLAND at 8:02am 08.22.18 Parts Search 1/517 I'm looking to purchase BOTH parts of the CDI Reefer II Jib Head lock. It consists of the "trolley"
Legacy CDI REEFER II parts (2) Banshee OF LONG iSLAND at 7:36am 08.22.18 Ask All Sailors 0/322 I'm looking to purchase BOTH parts of the CDI Reefer II Jib Head lock. It consists of the "trolley"
Extending life of rubber Don Crowther at 7:26am 08.22.18 Ask All Sailors 29/1807 I'm looking for something to put on rubber seals to extend the life. I have a gusher pump that the d
Brass Barnacle Scraper Escapadex at 7:18am 08.22.18 Engines and Propulsion 4/556 Saw this brass barnacle scraper. Has anyone used one of these? https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mp
Hunter 216 Asymmetric Spinnaker Dimensions H216sailor at 6:39am 08.22.18 Day Sailers 7/1821 Hi All, I'm looking for the dimensions for the Hunter 216 spinnaker. I'm trying to find a used spin
Best Modification to your Boat Alansails at 6:16am 08.22.18 Catalina 310 24/3921 I know we are still in sailing season but I wanted to throw this topic out! At this point we have do
Earthquake Southpaw at 5:36am 08.22.18 Destinations 23/2590 Yesterday we had a scare down in the south east Caribbean there was an earthquake off of the coast o
Windlass Hunter 33 jngotasail at 4:00am 08.22.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 63/9784 Hi folks, I am new to this forum and in the next couple of weeks a first time Hunter owner. I am buy
Anyone Use DSC Recreationally? Rick D at 7:06pm 08.21.18 Ask All Sailors 26/1553 I just got a SH HX870 that has all the bells and whistles including selective calling. Primary use i

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Fridge: 12V or DC RitSim at 8:09am 03.26.24 My unit is also AC/DC but the AC is 120V. If you are not connected to shore power, then you would u
Suggestions on South Florida Towns to Retire To? Kings Gambit at 8:02am 03.26.24 I lived in St Pete for 12 yr, sailed the SW coast in my Pearson 30 for 11 of them. Pearson 30 is a 5
Baltimore's key bridge down , hit by ship in early morning . . . twodzusfittings at 7:58am 03.26.24 Tugs were used to get the ship from the dock to the waterway, at which the ship was under its own po
Baltimore's key bridge down , hit by ship in early morning . . . Scott T-Bird at 7:53am 03.26.24 Not clear (to me) from reporting if tugs ARE or ARE NOT required when transiting that channel. One
Baltimore's key bridge down , hit by ship in early morning . . . twodzusfittings at 7:53am 03.26.24 I listened to one report that the ship had a power outage. Then tried to reverse (Thats the black sm
Fridge: 12V or DC BarryL at 7:52am 03.26.24 Hello, Congratulations on the new boat. I have a SO 409, very similar to your 419. I'm very happy w
Overboard discharge of waste tank? xavpil at 7:44am 03.26.24 It appears that Odessy has never dumped it in the Great Lakes since he can not find the valve. Inst
What did I do wrong? - Navigating around another vessel william24424 at 7:16am 03.26.24 Similar situation I was sailing in wider channel pinned up against buoy, made the starboard to starb
Baltimore's key bridge down , hit by ship in early morning . . . dLj at 7:11am 03.26.24 What a major disaster. My heart goes out to all involved. dj
Baltimore's key bridge down , hit by ship in early morning . . . (1) Davidasailor26 at 6:54am 03.26.24 Really remarkable and big news in the Chesapeake area. This was the Francis Scott Key I695 bridge o
Welding Flaw? dLj at 6:21am 03.26.24 In more detail - the question you are asking will often fall into the engineering realm of "fitness
Welding Flaw? dLj at 5:44am 03.26.24 Rough to the touch sounds like improper use of cleaning or lack of polishing. Yes, rough to the tou
outboard hoisting (1) Project_Mayhem at 5:28am 03.26.24 That design will work to lift the motor, but when you swing the arm forward to move the motor to th
Welding Flaw? (2) LakeShark at 4:55am 03.26.24 That's an unusual pattern. It looks to me more like they may have used a chemical product to clean
Hunter 420 below deck autopilot install... knotclewless at 3:27am 03.26.24 Thank you Jim for taking the time to speak with me on the phone. I appreciate you taking the time to
Hunter 306 - lee helm vs forward hull windage Arbee at 3:24am 03.26.24 Thanks for your input, much appreciated. Just for context - the bottom is clean, the wheel center (
Balmer sg200 problem jssailem at 8:54pm 03.25.24 The manual beginning on page 9 talks about the set up/configuration of the SG200 https://balmar.net/
What did I do wrong? - Navigating around another vessel jssailem at 8:48pm 03.25.24 However, based on the chart you posted, there was lots of deep water on the starboard side of the c
Balmer sg200 problem Dave at 7:56pm 03.25.24 This thread was moved to Ask All Sailors for increased visibility. More members will see it here tha
BOAT SERIAL NUMBER Clutch Cargo at 7:51pm 03.25.24 I will try to add some insight as I work with boatbuilders and have also spoken to Rudy Nickerson re

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