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Solar without the panels: (2) pclarksurf at 12:53pm 08.10.18 Catalina 22 8/2405 Thought I would share a positive experience with a few gadgets: I am planning our first overnight o
Santa Cruz Island (1) Rltgold at 12:40pm 08.10.18 Catalina 22 18/1278 My wife and I just finished circumnavigating Santa Cruz Island. 5 Days and 87 nauticle miles.
Trouble with AIS transmitter karellen at 12:01pm 08.10.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1209 I'm struggling with the AIS transmitter on my vessel. She is a 2003 Hunter 356. The masthead antenna
Blessed (2) Simon Sexton at 11:51am 08.10.18 Destinations 18/2260 I had the wonderful opportunity to go on a morning sail with my wonderful girl today! She had never
Roller furler of a Catalina 22presion Rltgold at 10:54am 08.10.18 Catalina 22 5/818 Any suggestions for a roller furler for my 22 ? thanks
Hunter 35.5 Legend Table Top Refinish shavdog at 9:57am 08.10.18 Big Boats 8/1462 I used Daly's teak oil on the companionway and was very impressed with the results...Does anyone kn
Anyone tried the cheap Chinese Wind Tubines? (1) pateco at 9:39am 08.10.18 Ask All Sailors 25/2582 I saw this online, and it got me thinking. 400W Hybrid Wind Turbine Generator with 20A Charger Con
According to BoatUS August is Run Aground Month. jssailem at 8:21am 08.10.18 Sails Call Lounge 5/556 Reading my Dec 2017 magazine again I noted the article about running aground. It is reported that th
(Norseman) cone size vs wife size? deltaten at 7:24am 08.10.18 Ask All Sailors 4/1263 Picked up a good used roller curled last yeat. Fella even sent spare cones. Explicitly stated that t
What to Do... (1) Simon Sexton at 11:15pm 08.09.18 Ask All Sailors 16/2634 Hey Everyone, I know I've been off the forums for a while. I've really been so busy with..
W.D. Schock Harbor 14 Brisa at 9:05pm 08.09.18 Ask All Sailors 1/1912 Ahoy! Novice sailor that has recently purchased a 2007 W.D. Schock Harbor 14 seeking others within
Seascape 24 shemandr at 6:20pm 08.09.18 Ask All Sailors 3/3639 We have one in our Wed PM fleet and it's not going well for them. The thing looks fast but so far i
Allmand 35 AC location Follow the Sun at 2:50pm 08.09.18 Ask All Sailors 0/277 Hi. I have an Allmand 35 and want to install a AC system. Any owners know the location where the o
A hammer is a good tool (1) LeslieTroyer at 2:26pm 08.09.18 Musings With Maine Sail 8/1200
Trailer sailing from Fort Myers, Florida sailing5559 at 1:20pm 08.09.18 Trailer Sailors 1/791 we are taking our Precision 23 to Fort Myers, Florida with us in January 2019. Looking for sugge
Help us before my husband throws our Mercury outboard in the water! SVMusic at 1:00pm 08.09.18 Ask All Sailors 75/12853 We have a 2003 Mercury 15hp outboard motor on our dinghy (which we purchased with our Beneteau sailb
Protest flag setup. glaufman at 11:35am 08.09.18 Racing 7/2553 Hi all- I need to buy a protest flag for racing my O'Day 23... I often race with only 1 crew besides
Headliner Replacement on Mis-size Hunters sjbaltes at 11:31am 08.09.18 Mid-Size Boats 3/2462 I have a new (to me) 2002 Hunter 306, and I'm interested in repairing the headliner. It is a soft v
Wiring VHF radio to external speaker so that it can be disconnected Sailorgal49 at 10:13am 08.09.18 Ask All Sailors 4/1075 We want to wire our external speaker to the VHF radio with a way to disconnect it if we want to just
Anyone know of a used 28ft mast for a macgregor 26 reicon99 at 10:12am 08.09.18 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1902 I missed clearing a bridge by 3 inches where the St Croix and Mississippi rivers meet near the Twin

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Starter motor burned up? KCofKC at 12:14pm 09.24.24 You can also go to the technical section in Catalina Direct and they have technical articles on it a
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

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