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Am I supposed to have bow rollers? (1) JosefR at 7:18pm 05.19.17 Catalina 30 31/3860 Anyone recognize this setup on my 1989 Catalina 30 TR? Catalina Direct has nothing like this in the
Tuning the rig on a Victoria 18 Richard Anderson at 7:12pm 05.19.17 Ask All Sailors 1/577 I have a 1981 Victoria 18 which has a 7/8 fractional rig with sweep back upper and lower shrouds. T
Newport 31 Mast Base Pete Boothroyd at 6:53pm 05.19.17 Newport 3/851 Has anyone had an issue with the mast wiggling side to side in the mast step while there is a small
Yanmar 3GMD Raw Water Pump Dripping tomgrigsby at 6:43pm 05.19.17 Ask All Sailors 6/1073 Noticed today after shutdown of the engine that the raw water pump is dripping. I haven't had to do
Cockpit teak (1) Bryan9 at 5:17pm 05.19.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 11/3246 136749 After 11 years of weathering, my 2006 Beneteau 323's cockpit teak was rough and gray. Yesterd
House Batteries Boiling Over Big Red at 4:28pm 05.19.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 20/2261 We have a Hunter 44 2006 and replaced our house batteries 3 years ago. We returned a few weeks ago
Side Rub Rails for B 321 cymeyer at 3:43pm 05.19.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/371 Jus curious if anyone with a Beneteau 321 has found a rub rail insert for the aluminum one on the bo
Looking for an O'Day 272 with trailer Alex D at 1:50pm 05.19.17 Ask An Oday Owner 5/623 Looking for an Oday 272 with trailer will travel for the right boat. Thank you!
Servicing winches Clydo at 1:27pm 05.19.17 Catalina 310 4/894 Dumb question. Is it just me or does anyone else have problems putting cabin top 30's back together
Replacing Raymarine C80 with Raymarine a95 Ken Honeycutt at 12:55pm 05.19.17 Big Boats 9/4014 Has anyone replaced the Raymarine C80 with a Raymarine a95 multifunction display? Can I just use the
340 helm cover Keith13315 at 12:04pm 05.19.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/848 Does anyone have pictures of helm covers for the Hunter 340? If so could you post them? I am trying
This is how you launch a boat Brian D at 11:41am 05.19.17 Sails Call Lounge 5/666 Removed the video. Wasn't a smart move on the boat owners part (or mine for that matter).
Active Captain bought by Garmin MrBill_FLL at 10:05am 05.19.17 Ask All Sailors 1/407 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 2/7029 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 24/3077 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 3/615 Where's the 27 Forum????
How to determine a battery's REAL capacity Gene Neill at 5:50am 05.19.17 Ask All Sailors 30/3991 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 16/905 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 7/1090 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 6/1302 Hi all, just broke the small rectangular shaped white opaque skylight on the topside of my Catalina

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Harken MKIII Furler line assistance dlochner at 10:08am 06.28.24 I doubt I could fit 7/16" line through the Harken fairleads I bought and I don't remember their bei
What are these screw things called (1) rgranger at 10:03am 06.28.24 more than a dozen and get me a bigger rivet gun...
Invest 95L rgranger at 9:59am 06.28.24 I appreciate these forecasts. THNX!:beer:
Harken MKIII Furler line assistance Ward H at 9:59am 06.28.24 If you go ahead and install the 7/16" check for excessive friction going through the fairleads to th
1984 Hunter 20 Bow Pulpit rgranger at 9:55am 06.28.24 Unfortunately the one in the images is too big. But I do have good access to get a backing plate i
Ablative bottom paint help (1) rgranger at 9:49am 06.28.24
What are these screw things called dLj at 9:08am 06.28.24 I've never found monel or stainless than difficult with a standard gun, if there are just a few. Us
What are these screw things called thinwater at 8:28am 06.28.24 I've never found monel or stainless than difficult with a standard gun, if there are just a few. Use
Harken MKIII Furler line assistance dlochner at 8:13am 06.28.24 Item 2. I had a look at the line I removed from the sailboat which kept jamming. It was roughly 8mm
Harken MKIII Furler line assistance jssailem at 7:32am 06.28.24 I had a look at the line I removed ...... kept jamming. Was the previous owner clueless and put th
How to fix RayMarine wind gauge. JoeWhite at 7:26am 06.28.24 When you look up the mast, does the wind rotate the cups? Does the tail line up with the wind? They
Ablative bottom paint help sailcapt340 at 7:19am 06.28.24
1984 Hunter 20 Bow Pulpit wimbledan at 7:03am 06.28.24 Unfortunately the one in the images is too big. But I do have good access to get a backing plate in
Harken MKIII Furler line assistance Scott T-Bird at 6:28am 06.28.24 So it appears that the previous owner put a Unit 3 on the boat when he didn't really need it to be t
Search Beautiful Womans in your city for night 3GGG at 5:54am 06.28.24 Does she have a sailboat?
How to fix RayMarine wind gauge. LakeOntario270 at 4:43am 06.28.24
Harken MKIII Furler line assistance Marmalade at 4:33am 06.28.24 The manual you linked is for a Unit 3... I don't know your boat, but based on the picture, doesn't l
Harken MKIII Furler line assistance dlochner at 3:46am 06.28.24 7/16" llne is rather beefy line for a Furler, 5/16" is more typical. Line diameters are nominal, th
Identify this brand/model hatch ? Leeward Rail at 11:35pm 06.27.24 Found the mfg. Atkins Hoyle. It's an older version of the "XR200 Offshore" Atkins Hoyle can rebuild
Ablative bottom paint help Ralph Johnstone at 9:25pm 06.27.24 I had purchased two, one gallon cans of West Marine CPP Plus which I've found is ideal for my area.

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