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Electrical question Tim22 at 5:30pm 09.07.18 Ask All Sailors 14/1775 I have an Adler Barbour cold machine that is connected through a Mobitronics mps50 rectifier which a
How's your multiplication? Brian D at 3:04pm 09.07.18 Sails Call Lounge 9/795 I saw this this morning and found it fascinating. Haven't tried it but it looks like it would work.
One summer night... or many? (1) Phil Herring at 1:27pm 09.07.18 Ask All Sailors 59/3898 They say that your tan will fade but the memories will last forever. Was that true for your summer?
41 DS overhead port in salon cracked and leaks sailor5017 at 12:58pm 09.07.18 Big Boats 3/672 The Bomar overhead opening port has several spider cracks around one of the holes drilled for the lo
1987 Catalina 30 Wing Keel Bolts Location? sailingnc at 12:52pm 09.07.18 Catalina 30 4/975 Could someone tell me the location of the wing keel bolts? Thank you!
Fast or Furious? (1) Phil Herring at 12:45pm 09.07.18 Ask All Sailors 61/4890 Do you race your boat, or have you raced it in the past? What do you enjoy about racing and how hard
Funny Friday!!! (1) rgranger at 12:33pm 09.07.18 Sails Call Lounge 1424/173221 Hey All: I am taking a page from the Wednesday Photoday posts and asking you to post your favorite
Insurance Cost Comparison (1) Phil Herring at 11:43am 09.07.18 Ask All Sailors 23/2500 With the weather getting crazier and insurance costs doing the same, it's time we do an I'll show yo
Purposeful repurposing (1) Phil Herring at 11:27am 09.07.18 Ask All Sailors 6/965 Have you turned a berth into a closet, a cabinet into a refrigerator, or a bimini into a platform fo
Tuning an in mast furling rig Frank H at 11:03am 09.07.18 Catalina 310 1/750 Fellow 310 owners. I'm sorry to bring this topic up again but I lost my numbers for tuning my rig th
Why is there a foot of water in the cabin? (1) Phil Herring at 10:43am 09.07.18 Ask All Sailors 43/11473 Fortunately, most of us will never have the moment of panic when we discover water rising above the
Rigging Inspection (1) Phil Herring at 9:40am 09.07.18 Ask All Sailors 39/5114 Do you regularly inspect your standing rigging? If so, do you do it yourself or hire a pro? If you d
Close pass Jackdaw at 9:05am 09.07.18 Racing 5/1146 Unlike last week when we had 15 knots in the Bay, last night we had 3 knots gusting to 4. In these c
Best Winter Storage Tips (1) Phil Herring at 8:54am 09.07.18 Ask All Sailors 42/5758 Sure, it's a little early but Labor Day is behind us and the specter of snow is in the not-too-dista
CNG/LPG gas hose SVPardonMyFrench at 8:21am 09.07.18 Big Boats 28/3728 I am in the process of converting from CNG to LPG and trying to trace the hose that runs from the ta
40.5 rocking the strait of Juan de Fuca SVPardonMyFrench at 8:15am 09.07.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1032 Short video of the delivery of our 1993 Hunter Legend 40.5 from Victoria, BC to Seattle across the s
Fun sailing... SVPardonMyFrench at 8:11am 09.07.18 Ask All Sailors 6/576 Short video of our delivery from Victoria, BC to Seattle across the strait of Juan de Fuca -- that w
National Beer Lovers Day! (1) JamesG161 at 7:23am 09.07.18 Sails Call Lounge 11/1649 Time to take refreshing pause to sip a cold BEER... OLD Jim...:beer::beer:
Hello to All Knot Stressin' at 7:15am 09.07.18 Ask All Sailors 28/1722 Hello to all. I am a first time sailboat owner. I purchased a Chrysler C-22 a few months back. I hav
Is it worth getting a folding steering wheel for 310? philzZ at 7:14am 09.07.18 Catalina 310 33/7998 I've seen a couple of old threads here on the forum, where people were getting ready to install fold

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Rodeo anchoring WayneH at 5:48pm 05.21.24 Having an anchor buoy with 10 feet of line and anchoring in 20 feet of water does not work. Moving t
ENSO Observations Jan to May 2024 rgranger at 5:25pm 05.21.24 Much appreciated!!!!!
Repair (1) rgranger at 5:19pm 05.21.24 A quick Google turned up many options
Repair rgranger at 5:17pm 05.21.24 Or maybe you just need an end cap???
Repair rgranger at 5:16pm 05.21.24 I had a gap like that on my Hunter 26. Fortunately the gap was on the transom near the motor well an
Mooring and bilge pump Tally Ho at 4:43pm 05.21.24 I think adding an automatic bilge pump is important. Especially on a boat you are et going to check
Repair Tally Ho at 4:38pm 05.21.24 What does the other side look like? Greg
Outdated Flares of All Types..... Tally Ho at 4:37pm 05.21.24 I am in the electronic flare camp too. With DSC, GPS, Distress capabilities in our VHF radios, I w
Outdated Flares of All Types..... Davidasailor26 at 4:03pm 05.21.24 Having seen the slag from handheld flares and the remarkably short time 12 gauge aerial flares are v
Repair JamesG161 at 3:30pm 05.21.24 Any suggestion on how to fix this? I really want to make it look nice. Thank you Look here for you
ENSO Observations Jan to May 2024 JamesG161 at 3:25pm 05.21.24 More to come soon on the new ZONEs set up by NOAA et al... John and I are doing this , since so fa
Catalina 22 Running rigging - need a diagram! (2) pclarksurf at 2:35pm 05.21.24 How you attach might be very boat specific depending: but excellent diagrams at harken (albeit gene
Outdated Flares of All Types..... (1) sailcapt340 at 2:31pm 05.21.24
Mosquitoes and Other bugs Tally Ho at 2:22pm 05.21.24 I usually buy a No-Pest strip, cut a few pieces off to put in my propane lockers and lazzarette. Th
Salon table redo FastOlson at 1:40pm 05.21.24 If you like the table but need to shed some weight you might want to construct a new one using foam
Repair Don S/V ILLusion at 1:18pm 05.21.24 WTF? It looks like someone somehow caused the roller fitting to pull out of the bow. does it look si
Outdated Flares of All Types..... Mark Maulden at 12:41pm 05.21.24 Electronic flares have their place. At the Seattle boat show, there was a booth of such. I asked h
Hunter 356 cockpit cocktail table..HELP! Brian Choi at 11:42am 05.21.24 I assume the cockpit table below is what you had. I had/have the same on my Hunter 386 / 46. Some o
Recovery Marine's Mast Ladder experiences? BAD ORCA at 11:04am 05.21.24 Always roll the ladder for storage so that the loops pop open. Tension HARD so that it does not mo
Hunter 356 seahood advice wanted JamesG161 at 10:57am 05.21.24 Do you have pictures? The Tinted Plexiglas is repairable. JIm...

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