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3/8" lugs on 5/16" battery posts? marchem at 9:08pm 02.09.18 Musings With Maine Sail 5/10316
anchoring law... and liability MitchM at 4:41pm 02.09.18 Ask All Sailors 21/3097 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 3/419 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 5/456 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 4/525 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 0/436 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 2/515
Battery Bank and ACR question CaptKimble at 12:41pm 02.09.18 Musings With Maine Sail 6/2047 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 15/2078 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 26/2373 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 8/696 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 4/3542 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 23/940 "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 31/8402 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 11/1813 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 11/852 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 8/2907 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 62/4052 Back in the day the sailing season began with catalogs arriving in our mailboxes. Remember when E'B
INTERESTING PLB STORY HMT2 at 1:45pm 02.08.18 Ask All Sailors 11/1319 Last Thursday I got a call from United States Air Force rescue services. I initially thought I was g
The joys of knowing who sews your sails (5) Jackdaw at 1:22pm 02.08.18 Ask All Sailors 35/3454 I posted in the winter thread that I try and have a new sail made every winter. Not only do you get

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EVA Foam (2) Windpilot at 3:43pm 02.04.24 I've been playing with the cheap eva foam over 3 years. The 1 photo shows a 3 year old worn piece, w
Pebble Beach Boats shemandr at 3:16pm 02.04.24 Those guys would know. I think I found Santana 22 on a google search and maybe the boat depicted wa
Mac 65 Pilothouse owners manual? kappykaplan at 2:32pm 02.04.24 You may be able to contact another owner via the Macgregor resources on this site: https://macgregor
Mac 65 Pilothouse owners manual? kappykaplan at 2:25pm 02.04.24 Found a brochure here: mac65brochure.pdf (macgregorsailors.com)
Coupling removal dkinzer at 1:43pm 02.04.24 You may find that loosening the stuffing box nut slightly may make it easier to slide the prop shaft
Pebble Beach Boats PaulK at 1:00pm 02.04.24 I don't think they are Santana 22's because the boats seen on TV during the golf tournament are mas
Salon table 37c Cocoa Beach Sailor at 9:19am 02.04.24 Yes except we removed the fiddles on the long edges I forgot to ask how high the table sits off
320 dink (2) Scott T-Bird at 8:54am 02.04.24 Thank you. Do you remember which of the 4 heights you chose with the lift? It came with the boat
Need to pull swing keel in H22 Crazy Dave Condon at 8:13am 02.04.24 @Michael K Review of the swing keel/centerboard for both the Hunter 216 and 22 are the same built
Refilling/Replacing Sea-Fire Automatic Fire Suppression Cannisters Stiknrudder at 7:50am 02.04.24 Wow that was expensive When I purchased my Hunter 46 he surveyor noted "the engine space automatic
Coupling removal dlochner at 7:30am 02.04.24 Does anyone know if the 380 shaft has a nut inside the flange, and if so, what size is it? Jan Do
Catalina 30 - Replacing Heat Exchanger Zinc (issues with too much water after closing thru-hull). FastOlson at 7:15am 02.04.24 That's an RC Marine valve, from the 80's. ForeSpar bought them and redesigned the product in the 90'
Catalina 30 - Replacing Heat Exchanger Zinc (issues with too much water after closing thru-hull). sailme88 at 4:09am 02.04.24 IF the valve can be closed completely, consider removing the hose from the top and add on a "T". On
Pebble Beach Boats shemandr at 6:50pm 02.03.24 I don't think they are Santana 22's because the boats seen on TV during the golf tournament are mast
Coupling removal Jan_H at 6:14pm 02.03.24 It's great that you got the flanges apart! just a caution... some Hunter shafts, like our 356, have
DIY Rigging @ West Marine dkinzer at 6:07pm 02.03.24 I replaced the vinyl coated lifelines on our 2007 H41AC with 3/16" bare stainless using Quick-Attach
Pebble Beach Boats Calif. Ted at 5:45pm 02.03.24 Stillwater Yacht Club, I think those are 2 Santana 22's. https://sycpb.org/about-us
Catalina 30 - Replacing Heat Exchanger Zinc (issues with too much water after closing thru-hull). JoeWhite at 5:04pm 02.03.24 To check if the valve is closing, loosen the 2 hose clamps and twist the hose . If water starts to l
Catalina 30 - Replacing Heat Exchanger Zinc (issues with too much water after closing thru-hull). Tally Ho at 5:00pm 02.03.24 That definitely should be the closed position for the valve. Greg
Catalina 30 - Replacing Heat Exchanger Zinc (issues with too much water after closing thru-hull). (3) ChrisVR1994 at 4:54pm 02.03.24 Thank you all for the insight. Just to follow up, the valve is indeed under the waterline and here a

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