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ASA courses Sanfelice at 7:51pm 05.19.17 Ask All Sailors 12/1621 I am thinking of chartering a monohull next winter. The last time I chartered was in the 70's. I hav
Crane Launch H26/260 Fred at 7:46pm 05.19.17 Smaller Boats 1/662 At our club we have two cranes. Sometimes it is more convenient to use the cranes than the launch ra
Am I supposed to have bow rollers? (1) JosefR at 7:18pm 05.19.17 Catalina 30 31/3863 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 3/852 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 6/1075 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 11/3252 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 20/2262 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 5/624 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 4/895 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 9/4016 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 1/408 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 24/3081 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 30/4007 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

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Mobile navigation app (4) SoSound at 7:49pm 06.28.24 Speaking of glitches... after following this thread, I decided to visit the App Store and downloade
Mobile navigation app Captain Larry-DH at 7:45pm 06.28.24 I would definitely call that a glitch! If it happened enough for you to call it 'occasional', I'd
How to run reefing lines thru the boom.... Ward H at 7:36pm 06.28.24 Get an electrician's fish tape that is longer than your mast. You won't need that length for the bo
Mobile navigation app SoSound at 7:09pm 06.28.24 My only complaint with Navionics (and it could be my problem) is the occasional freezing up on my
What are these screw things called dLj at 6:50pm 06.28.24 Titanium for the Win !! There is no magic bullet. Titanium has benefits and limitations, just l
2004 Hunter 36 Refrigerator...repair or replace? Kupe at 6:39pm 06.28.24 Hi Kupe. If the fridge runs but no cooling, it may need a re-charge. If it were my boat I would cal
2004 Hunter 36 Refrigerator...repair or replace? Terry Cox at 6:33pm 06.28.24 Hi Kupe. If the fridge runs but no cooling, it may need a re-charge. If it were my boat I would call
What are these screw things called dlochner at 6:19pm 06.28.24 Do your engineering then. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shear_stress Stress versus Shearing force
Ablative bottom paint help (1) thinwater at 5:54pm 06.28.24 Were there actually solid clumps in the paint before you started? A bad batch or one that froze, tho
What are these screw things called thinwater at 5:38pm 06.28.24 Now you have me wondering about the aluminum backing plates that most Hunter boats have embedded in
What are these screw things called rgranger at 5:25pm 06.28.24 Now you have me wondering about the aluminum backing plates that most Hunter boats have embedded in
First time question: I own a 1974 Oday 20. jssailem at 5:12pm 06.28.24 Tim, furler systems come in several price ranges and structures. You will need to decide what your
How to run reefing lines thru the boom.... jssailem at 5:03pm 06.28.24 It is slab reefing already. It's actually two lines joined by a balance block inside the boom....
Wiring Alternator Without AC Tap (1) jssailem at 4:54pm 06.28.24 Often pictures help AC Tap. is a signal pulse circuit that provides a data source for your Tachometo
Wiring Alternator Without AC Tap kappykaplan at 4:40pm 06.28.24 So, it seems that I should be able to simply leave the AC tap wire off of the new alternator and ge
Leaking helm cover kappykaplan at 4:37pm 06.28.24 Any photos of what you're asking about?
Invest 95L (2) jssailem at 4:34pm 06.28.24 Wayne, If your reunion is in Texas around 5 July, you should be ok no matter which model you follow.
Leaking helm cover Don S/V ILLusion at 4:08pm 06.28.24
What are these screw things called thinwater at 3:50pm 06.28.24 Just three thoughts: 1. I've seen some very badly corroded aluminum rivets. The worst was used to a
Invest 95L kappykaplan at 3:23pm 06.28.24 Here we go for a fun filed July 4th week. Oh, boy, Dammit Jim! Tks for keeping us apprised. Ever

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