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ASA courses Sanfelice at 7:51pm 05.19.17 Ask All Sailors 12/1624 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 1/670 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 31/3916 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 1/580 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 3/864 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 6/1105 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 11/3272 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 20/2270 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 0/374 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 5/627 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 4/915 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 9/4048 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 5/857 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 5/671 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 1/411 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 2/7036 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 24/3117 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 3/625 Where's the 27 Forum????
How to determine a battery's REAL capacity Gene Neill at 5:50am 05.19.17 Ask All Sailors 30/4078 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 16/911 West Marine has some pretty good deals, the 50% off these US Flag theme inflatables seems like a gre

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Boom connection woes? JoeWhite at 9:18am 07.10.24 I would think you'd want to boom to rotate some. That's the case with my current boat, and was so
Boom connection woes? CowboyWay at 9:13am 07.10.24 The concern with the boom rotating is that it adds stress to the linkage for the boom vang which on
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. LakeOntario270 at 9:09am 07.10.24 Oil switches sound an alarm with an open circuit. You need a positive signal saying pressure is goo
electric windlass SoSound at 9:09am 07.10.24 Interesting. On our 37 the blower is also powered by a relay, but it comes on as soon as the power
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. jviss at 8:53am 07.10.24 I had in the past abandoned a suspect conductor in an existing bundle only to find later it served
Boom connection woes? jviss at 8:48am 07.10.24 Seems there should be a "cross pin" that locks that linkage together and keeps the boom from rotati
Boom connection woes? (1) CowboyWay at 8:27am 07.10.24 Seems there should be a "cross pin" that locks that linkage together and keeps the boom from rotatin
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. FastOlson at 7:31am 07.10.24 Also, running at full throttle on a sand bar is likely to suck a lot of sand into the engine - you
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. dmax at 7:19am 07.10.24 Also, running at full throttle on a sand bar is likely to suck a lot of sand into the engine - you s
So It Begins: Deck Recoring Project SailingCal21 at 6:58am 07.10.24 ... Curious; did you consider any of the plastic teak decking alternatives? (EVA or PVC) Not real
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. stickinthemud57 at 5:56am 07.10.24 My sympathies for your engine woes, but I think you are burying the lead. "Sold all my stuff, and mo
Dinghy best practices shemandr at 5:33am 07.10.24 I towed mine - a hard pram - about three waves back from the transom. More specifically, on the fro
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. jviss at 5:12am 07.10.24 Is that engine with <900 hours as old as the boat? If the pressure sensor wire is suspect, I would
electric windlass Caboteur at 4:32am 07.10.24
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. east coaster at 4:31am 07.10.24 A single oil analysis will establish nothing. However a history of analyzing the results of previou
electric windlass Marmalade at 4:24am 07.10.24 @DZinger - it sure if this would be interesting... isn't mine, just saw it and then this thread, so
Dinghy best practices east coaster at 4:22am 07.10.24 Have a 10 ft dinghy, air floor and 6 HP tohatsu . When I tow I do haul it up on the transom as high
electric windlass dlochner at 4:15am 07.10.24 It was a factory option on the 37 and I got the sense many but not all hulls came with it. We use
electric windlass jviss at 4:11am 07.10.24 It was a factory option on the 37 and I got the sense many but not all hulls came with it. We use
electric windlass Davidasailor26 at 4:07am 07.10.24 Wow, you have a bow thruster on a 37' sailboat? I imagine that's a pretty rare accessory in that s

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