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Keel bolts and plywood Jessica McKercher at 8:39am 04.11.17 Mid-Size Boats 2/1192 Hi everyone. I have something of a project in my bilge and I'm looking for input. I bought hull 36
SR Mariner Wind Instrument rose8878 at 7:59am 04.11.17 Ask All Sailors 2/600 Does anyone know IF and who could repair a SR Mariner wind instrument? I removed it from my 1985 Cat
Mast Schematics 2016 Beneteau Oceanis 35 Lu Sea at 5:26am 04.11.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/535 We are having our boat yard install radar on the mast and they are asking for a mast schematic so th
Which "Butyl Rubber" for Freshwater Tank Seal? (1) SailormanDan at 3:34am 04.11.17 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 13/5430 Hi, I have a 1981 Hunter 27 with a seldom used fiberglass molded-in-place freshwater tank that has a
In the "what the hell is this" catagory (2) Rebar1212 at 10:53pm 04.10.17 Ask All Sailors 19/1126 Owned the boat for a year now, and still finding spare parts all over the place. Most I've known or
Mid-boom brake or preventer AaronD at 8:18pm 04.10.17 Catalina 22 2/1616 Are our C-22 booms strong enough to rig a boom brake or preventer mid-boom? I've been seeing really
Universal diesel. It was the fuse holder. (1) Skipper at 8:11pm 04.10.17 Ask All Sailors 10/848 So my starter has always had an intermittent clicking problem. 84 M-18. I was aware of the known wir
Inspecting / augmenting rub-rail caulking AaronD at 6:59pm 04.10.17 Catalina 22 9/1914 Well, here's my first dumb question of the week (likely several more to come...stay tuned... :) I b
Mainsheet line from Catalina Direct JosefR at 5:39pm 04.10.17 Catalina 30 37/4747 I'm looking at http://www.catalinadirect.com/index.cfm/product/2101_647/mainsheet-c-30.cfm because I
Added one more to my other hobby Brian D at 4:45pm 04.10.17 Sails Call Lounge 1/416 But this is it. Done. My creative streak has been taxed out for the entire year. Anyway... It has er
Have you seen a boat on the hard like this? (1) Ken Cross at 4:29pm 04.10.17 Ask All Sailors 14/1302 I took this picture in New Zealand. This looks like a great way to secure boats on the hard. There a
What Is The Marine Industry Standard Connector... GorillaToast at 3:52pm 04.10.17 Ask All Sailors 15/3010 ...for mast electrical wiring in deck stepped masts? From wires coming thru the step to the wires in
How to fix leaks along gunnels vax2005 at 3:27pm 04.10.17 Ask All Sailors 3/1887 Hello All, I am looking for advice on how to fix a leak on my Balboa 20. It seams to be coming from
Rigging, andbeginners sailing Ghostcyber at 1:47pm 04.10.17 Mid-Size Boats 3/975 I just bought a sailboat, 27, 81 Catalina... Great boat, just, none of the rigging is done.. So I wa
Help chainplate leak question tnathan at 10:34am 04.10.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 11/2114 hello all, I have been trying to get my beneteau 361 out of winter storage. The marina called me l
Variprop Pitch Adjustment on a Yanmar 4jh4hte Brezzin at 9:04am 04.10.17 Engines and Propulsion 3/802 I have a Variprop 4 blade thats slightly over pitched (only gets to 2900 of a max 3200) I've run it
Panel Output -- Early and Late in the day... Sumner at 8:42am 04.10.17 Ask All Sailors 11/798 Probably a rather boring post but a recent discussion on solar panels and charge controllers on anot
Have lost key starter on Westerbeke 10-2 Pat at 7:44am 04.10.17 Ask An Oday Owner 2/463 Went to start engine and the key mechanism has disappeared to a small compartment aft of the panel..
My Trogear AS-40 bow sprit install on a Capri 22 (10) Slartibartfass at 6:46am 04.10.17 Catalina 22 8/2856 Part 1
Alden Challenger ECHO. (4) TomY at 4:46am 04.10.17 Alden General Chat 2/3244 ECHO, Alden design# 949R, makes her the 17th Challenger built(Alden used letters instead of numerals

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C25 jib downhaul routing Stu Jackson at 8:19am 11.16.23 Joe's right in both posts. :) I never "threaded" my downhaul, always used the second hank down fro
How to replace the rope clutch on a Hunter 336 George Braun at 7:36am 11.16.23 Just wanted to thank everyone for a really useful set of posts! I was wondering about access to th
Battery: Firefly Carbon Foam dlochner at 7:28am 11.16.23 One of the promises of Firefly batteries was the ability to be left in a partial state of charge for
Adding a pod the Helm (1) Teamspirit uk at 7:14am 11.16.23 I have fixed different pods to my 326 over the years I am based in UK so not sure if the are availab
Convert partial battens to full battens Scott T-Bird at 6:53am 11.16.23 My mainsail has two full battens on top. The bottom two are partial. So the outhaul has purpose i
Convert partial battens to full battens Scott T-Bird at 6:52am 11.16.23 Here's something else you might want to consider.... We just ordered a new mainsail for our J/32.
Battery: Firefly Carbon Foam Davidasailor26 at 6:42am 11.16.23
Convert partial battens to full battens Sailor Sue at 6:19am 11.16.23 Here's something else you might want to consider.... We just ordered a new mainsail for our J/32.
C25 jib downhaul routing Hayden Watson at 6:07am 11.16.23 Joe's explanation is excellent and very similar to what I did on my C25. The only difference is tha
Battery: Firefly Carbon Foam Hayden Watson at 5:51am 11.16.23 will do thx! Maine Sails article is a great source of info. Many of us have converted to LFP (LiF
Odd Yanmar issue George Braun at 5:17am 11.16.23 Ok, issue identified but not completely resolved. To summarize - Boat is on the hard, has fuel, eng
Max length for data cable? dlochner at 5:14am 11.16.23 Check on the Digital Yacht page. They make devices that will broadcast instrument data on wifi. htt
CALLING ON ANYONE WHO HAS A UNIVERSAL 5416 twodzusfittings at 5:09am 11.16.23 Maybe they were all built by British Leyland, back in the day. They just pulled whatever was on the
Noisy Isolation Transformer on 2004 Hunter 36 George Braun at 4:50am 11.16.23 Thanks George! Heading up to the boat tomorrow and will try to look there. Our 2004 H36 also has
Battery: Firefly Carbon Foam xavpil at 4:38am 11.16.23 . Start with this article. https://marinehowto.com/drop-in-lifepo4-be-an-educated-consumer will d
Noisy Isolation Transformer on 2004 Hunter 36 AndyL at 4:35am 11.16.23 Access looks very tricky and I'm not sure whether you're better off on the hard or in the water. I
How to replace the rope clutch on a Hunter 336 AndyL at 4:27am 11.16.23 Just wanted to thank everyone for a really useful set of posts! I was wondering about access to the
Primary Fuel Filter Lifespan? dLj at 2:41am 11.16.23 I seem to remember the same. Made me think of RichH and did a search. Yan 2GM20F Secondary Filter H
Head Sail Furler for my Hunter 23 Crazy Dave Condon at 12:49am 11.16.23 @isaksp00 Good call on the tangs so the drum is above deck level. I think CDI account for that.
Emergency Tiller gwoolverton at 8:17pm 11.15.23 CatalinaDirect has one. Their pic isn't very good and their price is not good at all.

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