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Active Captain bought by Garmin MrBill_FLL at 10:05am 05.19.17 Ask All Sailors 1/355 fyi. https://www.tradeonlytoday.com/2017/05/garmin-acquires-developer-of-activecaptain Garmin Ltd.
Perkins Prima M50 user manual yorammelnik at 8:46am 05.19.17 Engines and Propulsion 2/6898 HI Looking for info regarding my engine - Maintenance, technical data like max rpm, etc. Anyone with
Wire to wire win Jackdaw at 6:41am 05.19.17 Racing 24/2901 Great first win for Jodi on BlueJ last night, we nail the start and lead wire to wire, including bea
Where's the 27 forum? surfforce 1 at 6:33am 05.19.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/577 Where's the 27 Forum????
How to determine a battery's REAL capacity Gene Neill at 5:50am 05.19.17 Ask All Sailors 30/3324 Trying to determine what size bank I need ... If a battery is rated at, say, 100 Ah reserve capacit
West Marine - Memorial Sale JRT at 5:39am 05.19.17 Ask All Sailors 16/830 West Marine has some pretty good deals, the 50% off these US Flag theme inflatables seems like a gre
Headsail sheeting (1) Jacomo Sailor at 8:19pm 05.18.17 Catalina 22 7/991 Looking for suggestions on how to improve my headsail sheeting. From day one I've found my sheeting
Top skylight broken Sealover at 6:40pm 05.18.17 Catalina 22 6/1246 Hi all, just broke the small rectangular shaped white opaque skylight on the topside of my Catalina
Engine starting woes kimelmore at 5:13pm 05.18.17 Engines and Propulsion 17/1605 OK so I am getting ready to do the sea trials of the new electronics this weekend. Haven't started t
Annometer ws100 bearings odayjim at 3:44pm 05.18.17 Ask All Sailors 4/380 Can the bearings in this unit be replaced? Everything works,but it turns slowly.
Length Of Furling System for Catalina 27 TR RobertW007 at 1:29pm 05.18.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/563 Hi, A friend of mine is offering me his furling system (great condition) from a boat he decommission
Capri 26 aft water tank John1534 at 12:06pm 05.18.17 Ask All Sailors 2/730 The 2 water tanks on our the Capri 26 are a lot like our 320 except I can't get to the rear water ta
1992 Hunter 37.5 Legend keel mount (2) jarda at 11:57am 05.18.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/767 Hi there, Is there anyone that has some experience with the keel mount on the 37.5. When inspecting
Hull Material shank at 10:11am 05.18.17 Catalina 22 5/506 Hello, I want to install a in-hull transducer in my 87 model C22. The Garmin rep tells me that it wi
Heavy Heeling, H-38 seems to heel over a lot EdFin at 8:24am 05.18.17 Big Boats 26/3293 Hello all, We just moved up to a 2005 H-38. We're a bit surprised at how much she seems to heel ov
Fuel tank in front of the gudgeons! Sailor216 at 8:14am 05.18.17 Ask An Oday Owner 3/468 Hi all, We were anticipating the launch of our 272 this weekend, however a major snag came up. The g
Sailing and Camping April 2017 ShotgunSlim at 6:09am 05.18.17 Catalina 22 5/2241 I had "Kellie Marie" out for a short day sail earlier in the year and took two guests aboard who gre
Specific Gravity vs. Actual Ah Capacity Maine Sail at 5:30am 05.18.17 Musings With Maine Sail 7/2518 I hear it repeated endlessly on boating forums that the only "good measure" of a flooded batteries h
17'er St Ignace - Mackinaw Is Marty at 8:33pm 05.17.17 Ask All Sailors 12/804 Would like to try to make this trip with our tiny Hunter 170. opionions / recommendations please.
Liability...... Good Samaritan or just a fool NYSail at 6:53pm 05.17.17 Ask All Sailors 62/4312 so hypothetical. You're walking down the dock and see a boat banging against the dock causing damag

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Boom jssailem at 5:34am 03.25.24 Not sure what reply you seek. It appears you are rebuilding a boat that was manufactured in the late
Simpson/Lawrance Horizon 1500 Windlass (1) jssailem at 5:18am 03.25.24 It appears to me that the chain specification is supplied in the manual. It is dependent on the Gyps
Rode for Desolation Sound dLj at 4:54am 03.25.24
Rode for Desolation Sound jssailem at 4:44am 03.25.24
Replacing a frozen autopilot Terry Cox at 4:26am 03.25.24 Has anyone replace one of these before and which model did you use? Our 1991 P42 original Autohelm
Suggestions on South Florida Towns to Retire To? IWannaGoSailing at 4:02am 03.25.24 @Tally Ho That's a great suggestion! I'm heading to Fort Myers next week and plan to scout out a few
M-12 Oil Change StanleyJ at 3:56am 03.25.24 Jssailem: Is your Universal engine a M-12? It was my understanding that the alternator bracket upg
Simpson/Lawrance Horizon 1500 Windlass Jim Legere at 3:47am 03.25.24 Most of the SL 1500 sold in NA had a gypsy spec'ed for 3/8" BBB chain. I'm not sure 3/8" Gr 43 will
Rode for Desolation Sound skunther at 9:18pm 03.24.24
Venting 3 compartments at once Ted10028 at 7:40pm 03.24.24 Through a deck fitting. How else? that was my original plan but I could not see a way to get a 3 i
Replacing a frozen autopilot JamesG161 at 6:55pm 03.24.24 Hunter passage 42. Very same issue here... Hunter 420 below deck autopilot install... you both n
1984 Hunter 34 Fuel Fittings Tally Ho at 6:54pm 03.24.24 Is the tank metal or poly ? Poly, based on the photo.
Suggestions on South Florida Towns to Retire To? Tally Ho at 6:53pm 03.24.24 Wife and I went to Ft. Lauderdale area last week, and Naples area this week (we have friends on both
Replacing a frozen autopilot Sailgunner at 5:44pm 03.24.24 Don't know anything about your numbers but a Raymarine Type II drive motor with course computer will
Venting 3 compartments at once thinwater at 5:04pm 03.24.24 got it. You pull air from the bathroom but the issue is how to get that air out of the boat! Throu
Funny Friday!!! Johnb at 4:53pm 03.24.24
Capri 18 battery Davidasailor26 at 4:46pm 03.24.24 As for retrofitting bulbs, the issue mentioned above is one reason I was cautious about the front r
Overboard discharge of waste tank? kappykaplan at 3:49pm 03.24.24 I find it absolutely necessary to know the location of all thru-hulls.... :plus:
Overboard discharge of waste tank? MikeHoncho at 3:37pm 03.24.24 Regardless of the laws.....I find it absolutely necessary to know the location of all thru-hulls....
1967 Morgan 34 shaft removal tilla at 3:32pm 03.24.24 I thought about that I wonder how much meat is there and how much I would have to cut I guess if it

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