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Back stay Skagit at 7:08pm 12.21.17 Ask An Oday Owner 3/562 I recently purchased a 1974 O'day 20 and have come to realize the rear stay is missing I'm looking f
Tiller swing takes up space in cockpit... vizwhiz at 5:32pm 12.21.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 28/3856
Wet (lead acid) batteries and corrosion from gassing firehoser75 at 5:05pm 12.21.17 Musings With Maine Sail 7/1421 My new to me boat (powerboat) currently has AGM batteries including 6 golf cart style batteries for
Finisterre-new engine/saildrive Mark Maulden at 4:16pm 12.21.17 Pacific North West Cruisers 1/519
Finisterre-new engine/saildrive (2) Mark Maulden at 4:14pm 12.21.17 Pacific North West Cruisers 12/1156
New owner of Bristol 24 Capitan Blood at 3:56pm 12.21.17 Bristol 6/3836 Hi all I just got my 1977 Bristol 24, S/V Luna, hull 477, and her trailer, off the boat and through
Happy Happy Brian D at 3:55pm 12.21.17 Sails Call Lounge 12/757 Tis the Winter Solstice! ?? ????
DAVITS... PMR at 12:25pm 12.21.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 17/3389 I want to place a davit on my Hunter 33, I would like to know if anyone has comments on what brand,
Christmas Card from Aunt DaveJ at 11:46am 12.21.17 Catalina 310 3/726 My wife and I just received a Christmas card from her Aunt and Uncle. We took them sailing last year
Santa on His Way!!! JamesG161 at 8:12am 12.21.17 Sails Call Lounge 50/3007 I wrote Santa for a new Wind Speed Transducer and display.:biggrin: I wasn't too naughty and also m
Heating my Beneteau 31 Urban_Guy at 7:09am 12.21.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/1612 We've had a super cold spell here in Vancouver, BC. I was down at the boat running the diesel centr
Best wishes ELMAX at 11:32pm 12.20.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/482 Dear Friends of overseas ocean, also this season my (Calypso) HUNTER LEGEND35.5 has been honored, in
Need Help Choosing A New Starter Joe Mullee at 5:50pm 12.20.17 Ask All Sailors 22/2260 I have a 1990 Yanmar 2GM20F. I've owned the boat for two years. The old starter was an ARCO. The nos
Teak Plywood - Marine Ply or Not? SabreToothedEngineer at 5:11pm 12.20.17 Ask All Sailors 14/2399 I have an '83 Hunter 34 (H34). The interior is entirely teak. One piece of 1/2" teak plywood on the
mast gates for macgregors TortugasRoyal at 4:45pm 12.20.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/2088
Temporary relocation, temporarily? (1) Kings Gambit at 3:57pm 12.20.17 Destinations 4/823 So, the home port of me Bavaria 38E has changed, with some sadness, from Ventura Harbor to Alamitos
Light in GPS antenna flashing RWSlater at 3:28pm 12.20.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 37/2769
Universal m320 won't start peterbud at 2:36pm 12.20.17 Engines and Propulsion 8/2053 I have a Catalina 28 with the m 3 20 engine. Not has been starting np problem and running well. I us
Identify mast (2) Skagit at 9:55am 12.20.17 Trailer Sailors 5/1336 144792 144793 Hello all I'm very new to owning a small sailboat I bought a 1974 O'day 20ft a week ag
A favour please . . . GBGraham at 8:07am 12.20.17 Smaller Boats 6/726 Or to you Guys, favor ! Until I collect my boat which is a 5 hrs drive away. Could somebody please g

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Fridge: 12V or DC RitSim at 8:09am 03.26.24 My unit is also AC/DC but the AC is 120V. If you are not connected to shore power, then you would u
Suggestions on South Florida Towns to Retire To? Kings Gambit at 8:02am 03.26.24 I lived in St Pete for 12 yr, sailed the SW coast in my Pearson 30 for 11 of them. Pearson 30 is a 5
Baltimore's key bridge down , hit by ship in early morning . . . twodzusfittings at 7:58am 03.26.24 Tugs were used to get the ship from the dock to the waterway, at which the ship was under its own po
Baltimore's key bridge down , hit by ship in early morning . . . Scott T-Bird at 7:53am 03.26.24 Not clear (to me) from reporting if tugs ARE or ARE NOT required when transiting that channel. One
Baltimore's key bridge down , hit by ship in early morning . . . twodzusfittings at 7:53am 03.26.24 I listened to one report that the ship had a power outage. Then tried to reverse (Thats the black sm
Fridge: 12V or DC BarryL at 7:52am 03.26.24 Hello, Congratulations on the new boat. I have a SO 409, very similar to your 419. I'm very happy w
Overboard discharge of waste tank? xavpil at 7:44am 03.26.24 It appears that Odessy has never dumped it in the Great Lakes since he can not find the valve. Inst
What did I do wrong? - Navigating around another vessel william24424 at 7:16am 03.26.24 Similar situation I was sailing in wider channel pinned up against buoy, made the starboard to starb
Baltimore's key bridge down , hit by ship in early morning . . . dLj at 7:11am 03.26.24 What a major disaster. My heart goes out to all involved. dj
Baltimore's key bridge down , hit by ship in early morning . . . (1) Davidasailor26 at 6:54am 03.26.24 Really remarkable and big news in the Chesapeake area. This was the Francis Scott Key I695 bridge o
Welding Flaw? dLj at 6:21am 03.26.24 In more detail - the question you are asking will often fall into the engineering realm of "fitness
Welding Flaw? dLj at 5:44am 03.26.24 Rough to the touch sounds like improper use of cleaning or lack of polishing. Yes, rough to the tou
outboard hoisting (1) Project_Mayhem at 5:28am 03.26.24 That design will work to lift the motor, but when you swing the arm forward to move the motor to th
Welding Flaw? (2) LakeShark at 4:55am 03.26.24 That's an unusual pattern. It looks to me more like they may have used a chemical product to clean
Hunter 420 below deck autopilot install... knotclewless at 3:27am 03.26.24 Thank you Jim for taking the time to speak with me on the phone. I appreciate you taking the time to
Hunter 306 - lee helm vs forward hull windage Arbee at 3:24am 03.26.24 Thanks for your input, much appreciated. Just for context - the bottom is clean, the wheel center (
Balmer sg200 problem jssailem at 8:54pm 03.25.24 The manual beginning on page 9 talks about the set up/configuration of the SG200 https://balmar.net/
What did I do wrong? - Navigating around another vessel jssailem at 8:48pm 03.25.24 However, based on the chart you posted, there was lots of deep water on the starboard side of the c
Balmer sg200 problem Dave at 7:56pm 03.25.24 This thread was moved to Ask All Sailors for increased visibility. More members will see it here tha
BOAT SERIAL NUMBER Clutch Cargo at 7:51pm 03.25.24 I will try to add some insight as I work with boatbuilders and have also spoken to Rudy Nickerson re

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