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East Pacific Hurricanes Activity Crazy! JamesG161 at 8:43am 08.26.18 Weather and Forecasting 4/1051 Hurricane Lane is now gone, but not forgotten. There are 2 more tropical disturbances spinning up in
Smart Chargers and Smart Fridges bawlmer at 7:16pm 08.25.18 Musings With Maine Sail 12/2496 I have a Sterling Pro Charge Ultra charger. It has that power saving feature that makes it go semi-c
Derelicts - Upper Chesapeake bawlmer at 6:25pm 08.25.18 Ask All Sailors 17/1300 To regain my sanity I head across the bay and anchor out at Swan Creek, which is on the north side o
Quatix watch 907Juice at 5:07pm 08.25.18 Ask All Sailors 4/474 heyyooo!! My wife bought me the original quatix watch for my birthday. It does a lot of stuff. Anyo
39 year old RK20 Golden Roo at 4:32pm 08.25.18 Ask All Sailors 13/2636 I have a new OLD RK 20 and would like to check if anyone on this forum has or has had one. would lik
Tabernacle on H30? Weekdaysailor at 4:09pm 08.25.18 The Cherubini Hunters 18/4392 I have a '78 and on waitlist for a slip that will require the mast be lowered. Anyone done this on
MX Mariner and ActiveCaptain galynd at 10:34am 08.25.18 Ask All Sailors 3/1166 Does MX Mariner no longer support Active Captain? I know AC was purchased by Garmin but I was still
Spider prevention? Jeff Gray at 9:44am 08.25.18 Ask All Sailors 47/7748
Another sanitation question Ken Cross at 8:41am 08.25.18 Ask All Sailors 23/1871 Our boat came with a "Y" fitting that connected to the tank pump out fitting, maserator, and hose to
Interior cushions for 1973 Oday mariner 2+2 peterbud at 8:34am 08.25.18 Ask An Oday Owner 2/542 I just purchased a 1973 Oday Mariner 2+2 . At some point all of the interior cushions were taken out
How do you clean your engine? Ken Cross at 8:19am 08.25.18 Ask All Sailors 20/1602 Auto engines are fairly easy to clean, but boat engines surrounded by finished interiors is another
Your worst nightmare: Hoisted sail, stuck? (2) TomY at 4:57am 08.25.18 Ask All Sailors 9/1988 It's one of mine. I'm not critiquing mast sail furling, the situation can happen to any main sail. W
Reducing fancy gear, siren crying kids. (1) uralite at 9:20pm 08.24.18 Catalina 30 26/3811 This evening I took all 3 kids out on the boat to give their pregnant mother a break. All was well w
Maximum Heel juradog at 3:54pm 08.24.18 Ask A Catalina Owner 21/6908 I'm a relatively new owner of a Catalina Capri 22, standard rig, wing keel . What is the approximat
Dutchman Flake System. Keep it? rfrye1 at 2:47pm 08.24.18 Ask All Sailors 15/4069 Its time to replace the Mono line on my Hunter 376. I've done it before and its kinda a pain. I'm th
Chipped rudder repair (1) PugetSounder at 1:47pm 08.24.18 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/881 The trailing edge of my rudder has been chipped. I assume it is from a propeller strike. What is the
Onboard toolkit for a 35.5 Mutany at 11:04am 08.24.18 Big Boats 10/1263 I'm putting together a tool kit for my yet to be purchased 35.5. I'm new to maintaining a sailboat.
This hurts my eyes (1) Brian D at 10:15am 08.24.18 Sails Call Lounge 15/1280 https://scontent.fsan1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/39876057_2201382189920210_2284210899621249024_n.jpg?
stiff wheel steering Rxsail at 9:45am 08.24.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1959 My steering just became very stiff, almost like the brake is on. It moves fairly easily 10 or so de
Trouble tacking in light wind no jib Photoman369 at 9:13am 08.24.18 Day Sailers 28/4697 i was in light wind 5-9kt and we are getting used to my 170. A few times the wind gusted and the fir

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Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard dmax at 12:12pm 09.24.24 Can you part it out yourself before giving it to the scrapyard? You should at least get some money f
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard David W at 12:10pm 09.24.24 What a shame. When I had my Crown 34, the surveyor said there were blisters and then my insurance co
holding tank pump out blowing macerator gaskets? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 12:07pm 09.24.24 I'm just a little surprised that the vent wouldn't compensate for this and prevent pressure from goi
Lubricating outhaul car/track stickinthemud57 at 11:59am 09.24.24 Sailkote and McLube are both excellent products. Sailkote for the slug tracks and McLube for travele
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard aftica_1 at 10:54am 09.24.24 Thank you to everyone for your help. I think its time for me to throw in the towel. I bought the
Extra line from boom...what is it? degas at 10:36am 09.24.24 Are you sure the topping lift line isn't a repurposed reef line? That's the case on my boat, wher
holding tank pump out blowing macerator gaskets? Ed whatnot at 10:03am 09.24.24 thx Peggy. I'm just a little surprised that the vent wouldn't compensate for this and prevent press
Starter motor burned up? Richard19068 at 10:03am 09.24.24 Off topic but related, you should also check out this article. https://pbase.com/mainecruising/uni
Starter motor burned up? Richard19068 at 9:59am 09.24.24 Perhaps it would be relevant to ask why do you have an amp meter and what does it tell you? Is that
Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine (1) JamesG161 at 9:55am 09.24.24 feel for those folks from Cape San Blas , Apalachicola, Carrabelle, and on down to around Hudson..
Lubricating outhaul car/track JBP-PA at 9:54am 09.24.24 SailKote does glorius things for my sail track. I pop the halyard and the main collapses into the l
Prefer to trailer SteveHughessails at 9:31am 09.24.24 Pulled the boat and brought her home yesterday. This was after an hour at the car wash and $20 bucks
Starter motor burned up? Davidasailor26 at 8:51am 09.24.24 To replace my Ammeter does that require a difficult rewire of the whole system ? Or is it pretty si
Whos Mast kappykaplan at 8:44am 09.24.24 You may find something here: https://hunter.sailboatowners.com/dl/downloads.php?task=model&mid=455&m
Starter motor burned up? jssailem at 8:40am 09.24.24 I find a meter showing voltage and battery condition far more informative on a cruising boat. Such a
Starter motor burned up? (1) jssailem at 8:34am 09.24.24 Here is a basic layout of the wiring with the Ammeter (Amp Meter) in the circuit. As you can see, i
Extra line from boom...what is it? BAD ORCA at 8:32am 09.24.24 There are many ways to skin a cat or rig a boat. A really simple and relatively inexpensive way to
Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine kloudie1 at 8:26am 09.24.24 Dammit, Jim.. I feel for those folks from Cape San Blas , Apalachicola, Carrabelle, and on down to a
Lubricating outhaul car/track BAD ORCA at 8:23am 09.24.24 Note that McLube makes several products. "OneDrop" is for ball bearings and things that roll. "Sail
Assortment of cheap fixes on Cat 22 Jacktar at 8:21am 09.24.24 Well its hurricane time again, ready for surges in gulf no matter where you are its a small bathtub

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