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Seeking Opinion on This Installation (2) jviss at 9:55am 08.02.17 Musings With Maine Sail 6/1306 Hi Maine, I just had a new set of canvas made, and decided to put solar panels on top of the bimini
Whisker Pole Topping Lift Bill19233 at 9:15am 08.02.17 Big Boats 15/5013 My Hunter 340 came equipped with a whisker pole that stored on the mast on a track. Years ago, I rem
Furling Systems - Dutchman experiences and opinions? jviss at 8:38am 08.02.17 Ask All Sailors 33/4156 Recall the thread I started, Opinions on In-Mast Furlers? The boat I was looking at, with that, is
Boat Identification (1) Carley at 7:25am 08.02.17 Ask All Sailors 10/1785 I'm a new sailor and would like to invest in a boat to keep practicing on after my classes. Can anyo
galley sink replacement boz86 at 7:05am 08.02.17 Mid-Size Boats 17/2423 Anyone found a galley sink replacement for a 31'? Scandvic doesn't make one although they're going
Trip report, San Juans & beyond (2) Ken Cross at 6:49am 08.02.17 Destinations 24/1777 The intent here is to report on a trip for those who may want to cruise the same waters. Also to me
Vinyl covers for shrouds wing15601 at 6:45am 08.02.17 Bigger Boats 13/3569 My genoa and its sheets rub on the shrouds when tacking so I put those split vinyl tubes over the sh
Hunter 260 Autopilot Installation TBSailor260 at 6:20am 08.02.17 Smaller Boats 0/741 This summer makes 10 years with my 2004 Hunter 260 and it's time for some upgraded electronics, incl
Prop Anode dfast7181 at 6:11am 08.02.17 Big Boats 4/1010 The anode on my 2005 C-387 keeps coming off. I have tried lock-tight and lock washers but it still c
TD,TS,PTC Emily JamesG161 at 5:52am 08.02.17 Sails Call Lounge 15/1117 A new description for a Tropical Disturbance... Post Tropical Cyclone At least for me:rolleyes:
Must adjustment on 1992 35.5 Legend (1) Michael-Louis at 4:04am 08.02.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/281 The boat was in Netherland and taken to Hungary, lake Balaton. The must adjusted dead vertical to de
First time out in 10+ GGordonWoody at 7:29pm 08.01.17 Smaller Boats 79/4032 This past Saturday was our fourth time out, ever, and first time out in 10+ wind. A respectable sou
Westerbeke 38B - Mitsubishi? jviss at 6:56pm 08.01.17 Ask All Sailors 4/512 Anyone know which Mitsubishi engine is the basis of the Westerbeke 38B? Thanks, jv
Best showering arrangements hookway at 3:05pm 08.01.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/931
Diving platform hose on Beneteau 400 hookway at 3:04pm 08.01.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/500
C310 Raymarine Auto Helm Computer Location Concerto at 2:26pm 08.01.17 Catalina 310 3/769 Would someone please tell me where the auto helm main controller is located on a Catalina 310. I hav
Backing a sail when dropping the mooring (5) jimshipsky at 2:24pm 08.01.17 Ask All Sailors 19/3638 I understand why backing the mainsail causes a moored boat to turn, even without understanding the f
Beneteau 361 aft platform seat issues Syversens at 12:14pm 08.01.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/939 Hey all, so I'll try to explain this best I can and hope it makes sense. We have a 361 and the seat
Cabin striping donvanv at 9:29am 08.01.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/711 Our green stripe along the cabin has started coming off and is leaving an ugly glue stripe. Had a f
Replacement Mast 1972 O'Day 23 POP TOP jsiska1 at 8:48am 08.01.17 Ask An Oday Owner 1/487 Hello I have the opportunity to acquire a 1972 23 Pop Top. Only problem is mast was broken so a new

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Keel repair captcoho at 5:31pm 02.29.24 What year is your boat? Your keel is in very sad shape. My approach would be to try and find a us
Sunlight visible meter, indicator, LED, LCD, etc. (1) jssailem at 3:37pm 02.29.24 If you keep track of your current filled capacity, then you could use a tool like this to roughly me
Sunlight visible meter, indicator, LED, LCD, etc. Davidasailor26 at 3:07pm 02.29.24 For an Arduino compatible display that you can read in bright light you can consider E-Ink displays
Sunlight visible meter, indicator, LED, LCD, etc. Rich Stidger at 2:45pm 02.29.24 For an outside "stop fill" indicator, I think you could use a whistling device that is sold for fuel
Funny Friday!!! (1) Ward H at 2:27pm 02.29.24 223252
Grand Soleil 50 Project_Mayhem at 1:10pm 02.29.24 The teak deck is going to be higher maintenance than fiberglass. Expect around 50k for full replacem
Catalina 22 Swing Keel Paint LakeShark at 12:36pm 02.29.24 Hello, I purchased a 1986 Catalina 22 a couple of years ago and need to spot finish the keel. It ha
Grand Soleil 50 jssailem at 12:16pm 02.29.24 Not clear what you are looking for. Here is a review from 2006. https://www.boats.com/reviews/grand-
1981 Catalina 30 Rudder Questions dmax at 10:59am 02.29.24 Second that, they are excellent to work with - I think just business wise at the time they didn't wa
Midship spring line cleat on 315 jssailem at 9:36am 02.29.24 @Bill Russell I would encourage you to install a midship cleat on both Port and Starboard sides of
1981 Catalina 30 Rudder Questions smokey73 at 9:19am 02.29.24 Not sure of the history of what they did in 2007 or why. I had mine rebuilt in 2022 and I talked to
Midship spring line cleat on 315 Bill Russell at 8:53am 02.29.24 Sorry - just noticed the posts from October 2023 on this very topic. Don't mean to waste people's t
can someone tell me what these two hoses/ducts are for? Ted10028 at 8:10am 02.29.24 Sorry but I am not a fan of bronze seacocks. I have seen too many of them that turn to dust from
Where to find copper sleeves for injectors Volvo MD7A Mark Maulden at 8:06am 02.29.24 Im parting out an MD-17 and a guy in Scandanavia bought some new coppers I had on hand. They are (a
can someone tell me what these two hoses/ducts are for? LloydB at 7:39am 02.29.24 Use your portable wet/dry vac to push air into each vent separately to find out where it goes by lis
1981 Catalina 30 Rudder Questions dmax at 7:23am 02.29.24 "They rebuilt mine for about half the cost of a new rudder. " That's interesting, they had stopped r
Where to find copper sleeves for injectors Volvo MD7A jssailem at 7:20am 02.29.24 You might check Pacific Power Group in Ridgefield. They are the distributor for the west coast. THey
Any small shallow water sailboat clubs in the Saint James City, Fla area??? BILLNPR at 7:00am 02.29.24 Hopefully you have found the West Coast Trailer Sailors by now
In search of bailer for Javelin Rick Webb at 6:46am 02.29.24 Andersen Automatic Bailer \| Defender
can someone tell me what these two hoses/ducts are for? Timm R Oday25 at 6:18am 02.29.24 Perhaps you could tape a string to a ping pong ball and use a leaf blower to blow the ball !

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