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1989 Hunter Vision 32 Purchase Advise Chris87 at 8:46am 02.10.18 Ask All Sailors 12/2001 Hi all - Eight months later and I'm still looking for my first boat. I think I've found a keeper; ho
Window reseal swank at 9:35pm 02.09.18 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/699 I have a 1980 Catalina 30 that needs Windows resealed. The boat is in Mexico and I can't get a rese
3/8" lugs on 5/16" battery posts? marchem at 9:08pm 02.09.18 Musings With Maine Sail 5/8766
anchoring law... and liability MitchM at 4:41pm 02.09.18 Ask All Sailors 21/2215 there was a question about whether the first boat to anchor (#1) has a duty to warn
Radar Southpaw at 3:45pm 02.09.18 Ask All Sailors 3/367 Having trouble getting the radar to connect to my chart plotter through wifi. I have a Raymarine es
Batteries Plymouth Sailor at 1:31pm 02.09.18 Ask All Sailors 5/425 Battery wisdom appreciated: What type of marine battery should I buy for running lights, radio... n
Hull Depth Finder Plymouth Sailor at 1:29pm 02.09.18 Ask All Sailors 4/436 Depth finder wisdom appreciated: Two part question: first, my through-hull depth finder (in-hull don
Looking for Cat 30 fin keel in decent condition for sale thanks! iamlindat at 1:27pm 02.09.18 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/395 Looking for Catalina 30 fin keel in decent condition for sale, prefererably in the Southeast. tha
Very good deal on an offshore PFD/harness (1) Jackdaw at 12:54pm 02.09.18 Ask All Sailors 2/482
Battery Bank and ACR question CaptKimble at 12:41pm 02.09.18 Musings With Maine Sail 6/1673 I recently replaced my two 4D AGM batteries with 4 wet cell 6 Volt batteries in Series/Parallel to m
"Cutless" or "Cutlass" bearing? SailormanDan at 12:18pm 02.09.18 Ask All Sailors 15/1691 I need the wisdom of the crowd: What is the correct spelling of the bearing that is in the strut ne
H260 . . . Which anchor GBGraham at 8:36am 02.09.18 Smaller Boats 26/1966 Oh yes, it's me again. Mine only has a Fortress in the anchor locker. Now I class these to be as muc
Fun story (thanks god!) ChileanJK at 5:16am 02.09.18 Catalina 22 8/653 My family are my wife and four girls (I know, its a hard life) the first one 19 yo, the second is 14
Escape captiva centerboard trace Chrisjon3 at 4:51am 02.09.18 Ask All Sailors 4/3201 Hi does anyone have an Escape Captiva that I could get a centerboard trace from? I purchased this b
I fee like Steve Martin (1) jssailem at 10:16pm 02.08.18 Ask All Sailors 23/857 "The Defender Buyers Guide are here" "The Defender Buyers Guide are here" "The Defender Buyers Guide
Water fill and vent hoses Smunkey at 7:29pm 02.08.18 Catalina 30 31/7108 Our hoses from the water deck fills to the fresh water tanks along with their respective vent hoses
380 hunter new auto pilot Bill Small & Lisa Grossi at 6:09pm 02.08.18 Big Boats 11/1566 Hi all, My 380 did not come with auto pilot. I hope you will share your successes. Many thanks, Bill
88 Hunter 35 Head holding tank placement Irish Cream at 5:17pm 02.08.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/759 We own a 1988 Hunter 35 (aka legend 35.5) - the previous owner renovated and modified the head holdi
Mainsail slug binds in the mast track My Mistress at 4:19pm 02.08.18 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/2448 When I try to raise my mainsail, the slug at the head binds in the track about 12inches below the ma
When Does the Sailing Season Begin? (1) dlochner at 3:06pm 02.08.18 Ask All Sailors 62/3344 Back in the day the sailing season began with catalogs arriving in our mailboxes. Remember when E'B

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Sailing adventures of SV MUSETTA (1) jssailem at 8:29am 07.07.23 Google Earth captured image. for the above data.
Sailing adventures of SV MUSETTA jssailem at 8:14am 07.07.23 Out somewhere on the Georges Banks. In fog. Sailing Vessel MUSETTA is currently located at USEC - U
Strange beep from cockpit engine panel Don S/V ILLusion at 8:11am 07.07.23 Remove, clean and reconnect every connection on the panel. like the factory rep said, this sounds li
Strange beep from cockpit engine panel mikeracca at 8:07am 07.07.23 The buzzer is a low oil pressure warning, so I would start there looking for corrosion shorts or sal
Replacing lower sheaves on Catalina 30 with internal halyards RitSim at 7:23am 07.07.23 I did that job on my C30. I was lucky and was able to remove/drill the 4 outside screws. A few tip
There is lust in my heart john6206 at 7:11am 07.07.23 @dmax the one (still there) is a 260 ultra. It does look pretty sweet.
Wiring advice? jdrutten at 7:01am 07.07.23 My bow light wires are bundled into a corrogated tube running aft from v birth (along with water li
Sahara Dust Don S/V ILLusion at 6:49am 07.07.23 From my limited knowledge, the air particulate samplers are at ground level and the dust is generall
Screw head for cockpit locker bumper broke off kloudie1 at 6:47am 07.07.23 Clean up the surface under the bumper and the bumper surface then glue it down with 4200, not 5200.
Cocpit Table for Merriman binnacle? RoyS at 6:43am 07.07.23 I might have one in my attic that you can have. I replaced my helm guard years ago to install nav po
Hunter 33, Do wires actually run in between the deck and head liner?? RoyS at 6:29am 07.07.23 My 1980 Hunter 33 had the mast wires running through the bilge and up the compression post into the
Wiring advice? RoyS at 6:24am 07.07.23 Your negative wire probably splices in every cabin light fixture between the circuit breaker panel a
Screw head for cockpit locker bumper broke off Crazy Dave Condon at 6:15am 07.07.23 Full picture as to exact location on lid area please
trailer info, Hunter 23.5, 1994 Crazy Dave Condon at 6:10am 07.07.23 The first trailers were painted, not galvanized. Parts need to be inspected first due to age and co
Continupus mainsail furling pfaffk at 6:03am 07.07.23 I never found the need to use the winch handle to furl or unfurl my inmast furling mainsail. If I am
Merit 22 owners Merit of the Bay at 6:01am 07.07.23
Wiring advice? Kwester at 5:34am 07.07.23 Interesting timing! I'm troubleshooting my nonfunctioning bow light on my 306. I don't have continu
Sahara Dust (1) JamesG161 at 5:33am 07.07.23 suppressing hurricane development in past years. :plus: Current conditions in Florida are GOOD pe
Hunter 33, Do wires actually run in between the deck and head liner?? shemandr at 5:18am 07.07.23 If you have overhead lighting then the wiring must run in that space. You could access the wiring f
Need help wiring my new air conditioner SycloneDriver at 5:17am 07.07.23 A new install can be challenging but it can be accomplished DIY. As far as the wiring goes, break it

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