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Floating Line Rick Webb at 6:54am 09.14.17 Ask All Sailors 13/2872 Anyone have recommendations for a floating line that does not rot away with UV? We are replacing th
What headsail to get? LakeShark at 6:23am 09.14.17 Catalina 22 7/665 So I'm in the market for a new headsail and I know there is more than enough information on this for
Lewmar Electric Winch BOGO 4arch at 5:55am 09.14.17 Big Boats 9/1187 I saw that West Marine is having a BOGO on Lewmar electric winches starting today. I'd love to have
Bayfield 25 - slow under motor (1) William Cooper at 7:00pm 09.13.17 Engines and Propulsion 11/3622 I have a Bayfield 25 that's running a bit slow under motor. I can only get up to 2.5 kn - the hull s
Mind your Bluetooth! justsomeguy at 3:37pm 09.13.17 Sails Call Lounge 10/1754 Just as I'm starting to look at the technology to annoy my dock mates and anchorages... https://ars
MMSI Transfer jviss at 1:42pm 09.13.17 Ask All Sailors 19/267 I'm a bit confused about MMSIs. I have one registered for my old boat, which I still own. I got a
Varnish Removal - Suggestions Please Rick486 at 1:33pm 09.13.17 Ask All Sailors 10/3332 Hello All: My perch seats are covered with teak strips around 2 inches wide and 3/8 to 1/2 inch thic
Table converts to bed nwcoasters at 10:35am 09.13.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/556 Hi - We have a Hunter 380. The previous owners took out the original table (we do have it) and insta
Lewmar center hatch Alansails at 10:27am 09.13.17 Catalina 310 7/2621 Since this is about the end of our season up north, it is always exciting when you go to the boat an
Hot Water Heater bigdogjerrys at 10:12am 09.13.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 11/1128 I have a 85 Cat 30 New M-25XPB engine. How does my water heater (in port cockpit Lazarette) get con
Fun for sale ads Ken Cross at 9:50am 09.13.17 Ask All Sailors 2/498 I thought this was funny. I found a sailboat ad titled: FREE 30' Sailboat!! 1977 classic racing yac
Easy way to add antifreeze womble at 8:25am 09.13.17 Engines and Propulsion 7/1155 I plan on keeping my boat in the water this coming winter and also plan to keep sailing. I am consi
Updated C310 IA Membership List Posted SawyerCurt at 8:02am 09.13.17 Catalina 310 2/666 I've recently updated the C310 International Association membership list with all the current C310 a
Single Line Reefing jviss at 7:16pm 09.12.17 Tartan 14/5201 I learned today, quite by accident, that the single line reefing system on the Tartan 3800, with spa
post irma/harvey et al! Captmayhem at 7:14pm 09.12.17 Ask All Sailors 10/913 So I would imagine there are going to be a huge number of boats up for sale over the next few months
Cockpit drain modification Track4ever at 6:08pm 09.12.17 Catalina 22 16/4009 I am planning to replace the original cockpit drains on my '76 C22 with l 1/2" stainless steel drain
Keel cable inspection....I'm glad I took a minute to look Megaro76 at 4:58pm 09.12.17 Catalina 22 5/734 IMG_2476 by Megaro76 posted Sep 12, 2017 at 7:54 PMso I wonder how close this was to breaking....I'm
Ahoy from Inconceivable mhans at 4:50pm 09.12.17 C&C 6/1388 Greetings All, New member. Anyone else driving a Corvette? ~Hans
Tartan 3800 Pictures jviss at 4:26pm 09.12.17 Tartan 5/2020 At the mooring in her new home in Westport, MA At Mooring In Westport 9 SEP 2017 by jviss posted Sep
TUNed FOR RACING jeff buchanan at 4:12pm 09.12.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/567 I have a 35.5 hunter legend 1985 year. since buying the boat I am unable to figure the tuning of thi

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Companionway leaks? Timm R Oday25 at 12:57pm 06.17.24 After way too long , I finally tracked down a very elusive leak to the traveller . It was a replacem
Reconditioning circuit breakers dlochner at 12:53pm 06.17.24 Circuit breakers wear out, especially when they are used as switches. The only good solution is to r
Reconditioning circuit breakers Don S/V ILLusion at 12:35pm 06.17.24
Merit 22 owners fishingbobber at 12:26pm 06.17.24 Your question is timely. We got a 5hp (equivalent) Elco electric motor. We are finding the 5hp to
Help - Secondary Mascerator and tank dumping to the ocean not working SVFreedom at 11:36am 06.17.24 My condolences. I too am the product of a mis-spent youth which resulted in my becoming an engineer
Hunter Vision 32 Aft Hatch Parts JamesG161 at 10:56am 06.17.24 So many Hatches, So little time.... Hunter Hayzak Hatches Maybe this one? Jim...
keel bolt torque JamesG161 at 10:39am 06.17.24 It should be ALL Fresh Water on the Great Lakes near Toronto. oh well... Jim...
keel bolt torque Ralph Johnstone at 10:16am 06.17.24 Checked fresh water , hatches etc, bildge. Bit of a bugger when you can't determine whether the
Help - Secondary Mascerator and tank dumping to the ocean not working Ralph Johnstone at 10:04am 06.17.24 I am an engineer, My condolences. I too am the product of a mis-spent youth which resulted in my
Winchers? Poor man's self tailing winches jssailem at 8:24am 06.17.24 Sharing magic beers. What a concept. Makes one feel all warm and fuzzy. I like it.
Winchers? Poor man's self tailing winches Hello Below at 8:10am 06.17.24 Well, of course, Stu and I have made the same contrasting comments about this product many, many ti
Cleaning Anchor Kings Gambit at 8:00am 06.17.24 Nice. Yeah. The boat had SS chain and anchor when I acquired it. The previous owner of four years
Hunter Vision 32 Aft Hatch Parts Phil Herring at 7:57am 06.17.24 I believe shop.hunterowners.com is the only source for those parts. Most of the hatches on the early
Initiating DSC calls from a B&G Zeus to a Standard Horizon GX2400 via NMEA2000 (1) dlochner at 7:53am 06.17.24 When you looked at the AIS Detail popup, did you look under the "Messages" tab? There might be a but
Catalina 27 teak before and after BTC1984 at 7:47am 06.17.24 There are before and after photos of my teak in this thread July 22, 2023 post
Winchers? Poor man's self tailing winches Stu Jackson at 7:47am 06.17.24 Well, of course, Stu and I have made the same contrasting comments about this product many, many ti
Initiating DSC calls from a B&G Zeus to a Standard Horizon GX2400 via NMEA2000 (1) jssailem at 7:35am 06.17.24 Geoff It can be difficult to find a person with the exact same set up you desire that has used the s
Merit 22 owners emh56 at 7:33am 06.17.24 My better advice would be to learn from our mistake and look around the marina at comparable boats 2
Help - Secondary Mascerator and tank dumping to the ocean not working SVFreedom at 7:32am 06.17.24 I returned it to the dealer and he promptly replaced it with a new one which didn't instill a hell
keel bolt torque jdrutten at 7:24am 06.17.24 I tightened mine about a year and a half ago according to whatever docs were available, including Ra

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