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My Radio Won't Tune Plymouth Sailor at 7:27am 07.23.18 Ask All Sailors 8/608 Okay, admittingly I have a VHF radio (Horizon) that you most likely would see in the original Jaws m
Pull Cord Won't Budge Plymouth Sailor at 6:46am 07.23.18 Engines and Propulsion 5/853 Dear Boaters/Sailors: I brought my sailboat to her mooring two weeks ago with the 8hp Yamaha workin
Add Inspection Port to Plastic Diesel Tank? Mickstr at 6:38am 07.23.18 Bigger Boats 4/1303 Is there a method to add an inspection port (say 4-5") to use to clean a diesel fuel tank made of pl
Heart Interface (Xantrex) Freedom 10 temp. sensor ger123 at 5:17am 07.23.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/842 Hello! I have a Freedom 10 + Link 2000 without battery-temp-sensors on my Hunter 340. Where can I f
What roller furling sail? eusjim1 at 8:51pm 07.22.18 Racing 2/567 our wednesday night races do not allow a genoa change. My 155 usage is not recommended above 12 kn
The Start H34 (5) FlyingAloha at 7:46pm 07.22.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/456 154013 154014 154015 154016 154017 so. I first off want to thank everyone for their tips and knowled
New depth instruments ljo at 7:20pm 07.22.18 Smaller Boats 1/515 We want to replace our through hull transducer, which doesn't work, with an in hull model. We have a
Super Secret Settled Science of Sailing? Will Gilmore at 6:27pm 07.22.18 Sails Call Lounge 144/11529 The application of science in sailing is undeniable. The sciences of fluid dynamics, Newtonian laws
Fuel leak, old subject & looking for an idea (2) Claude L.-Auger at 2:47pm 07.22.18 Ask All Sailors 11/1419 My turn to be hit by a fuel leak. Can't really complain as I have not had any in at least a decade.
Mast Trimming and Bolt Holes Monomachos at 1:49pm 07.22.18 Catalina 22 1/399
37c projects (5) SaltyTails at 12:57pm 07.22.18 The Cherubini Hunters 17/3167 My wife and I purchased our 37c hull #36 late last year and only had a short time to do the essentia
Running Lines to Cockpit on 80's Catalina 22, Need Placement Help!! Markyp at 12:50pm 07.22.18 Catalina 22 3/1608 Greetings Catalina Lovers, I am the new owner of an early '80s Catalina 22. So I am very much a newb
center opening 42 passage tb4sail at 11:21am 07.22.18 Big Boats 5/1014 Hello. Has anyone replaced the opening metal piece on the toe rail on their passage?? the opening on
Best way to connect a solar charger to 2 battery system? Coppertone at 10:54am 07.22.18 Catalina 22 3/1459 I have an '87 Catalina 22 with 2 identical, new deep cycle batteries in parallel (a jumper between t
Link 2000-R, Freedom 10 "Gotcha." jviss at 9:05am 07.22.18 Musings With Maine Sail 15/2093 @Stu Jackson , I recall some time ago you described a "gotcha" condition with the Link and Freedom c
Trailer Bunk Slides PropellerHead at 9:04am 07.22.18 Smaller Boats 27/1537 One of the things I struggle with when retrieving my 23.5 from the water is that, no matter how much
Charger/ Inverter gfrazzle at 8:04am 07.22.18 Big Boats 11/1310 I need to replace my Xantrex Freedom 20 charger/ inverter which is no longer available. Is there a c
Pointing into the wind....... Mikestpaul at 3:46am 07.22.18 Catalina 30 14/2303 First, I consider myself a novice sailor despite having owned four boats over the years. Last fall I
New International Catalina 30 Association Forum weekendrken at 12:37am 07.22.18 Catalina 30 2/845 Hey C-30 sailors. C'mon over and join the discussions at the brand new C-30 Association forum at
Sailboat wrecking yard Mark Maulden at 9:45pm 07.21.18 Pacific North West Cruisers 1/697

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How to remove Varnish from gelcoat Ralph Johnstone at 11:25am 05.08.24 its just a few runs down onto the hull If there is any chance your hull was well waxed or very di
Considering Hunter 49 Purchase ! Zencra at 11:03am 05.08.24 we have owned our 49 since early 2019 and have done close to 30k nm now including a full circumnavig
O'day 23-2 Topping lift shemandr at 10:54am 05.08.24 Sailmakers tend to want to make sails wider at the top for two reasons: One, there is more sail area
Stove Cover Richard19068 at 10:35am 05.08.24 I'll take the pie!
How to remove Varnish from gelcoat NYSail at 10:32am 05.08.24 its just a few runs down onto the hull....... will try the acetone then move on from there with the
REPLACING OLD CHARTPLOTTER/GPS/AUTOPILOT/RADAR TimFromLI at 10:18am 05.08.24 Been there - got the arrows in my back. They will share data to each other but might not play nice
trailer my boat to florida rbringle at 9:53am 05.08.24 If you have a trailer for it, rent a UHaul truck and move it yourself.
Stove Cover (1) DArcy at 9:49am 05.08.24 That sounds like a great project. The cover on my stove fits fairly snug around the surrounding cou
Connecting bilge areas kwbones at 9:38am 05.08.24 When storing, I typically make sure the waterline is level and it is but this boat doesn't appear to
How to remove Varnish from gelcoat Ralph Johnstone at 9:37am 05.08.24 I have used a razor blade carefully, after it has dried. Never thought about it that way, but I'd
Connecting bilge areas dLj at 9:27am 05.08.24 I'd check to see how the boat was blocked over the winter. It may have been at an angle that doesn't
Connecting bilge areas kwbones at 9:26am 05.08.24 will do thanks
Stove Cover dLj at 9:21am 05.08.24 I improvised a server tray by removing handles, then used it to cover stove for more counter space.
Connecting bilge areas JamesG161 at 9:12am 05.08.24 Ask @Crazy Dave Condon about that. Best resource on that type info. Jim...
Blocks Dalliance at 9:06am 05.08.24
REPLACING OLD CHARTPLOTTER/GPS/AUTOPILOT/RADAR JamesG161 at 8:53am 05.08.24
Maybe we have earned it Hayden Watson at 8:51am 05.08.24 YES No penatly for sitting still at anchor. Considered Good Seamanship to wait out a foul tide. St
Towing insurance in BC Hello Below at 8:46am 05.08.24 Planning to boat deep (for us) into BC this summer. Define "deep (for us) into BC". Once you get p
Maybe we have earned it Hayden Watson at 8:44am 05.08.24 Is that legal? :) I have anchored in this race more times that I care to remember. The first time
Rode hard and put away wet Dalliance at 8:43am 05.08.24 Same here, my wife said "it looks like a space ship", I said "Or a stainless steel dumpster". I se

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