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Best iOS charts app CapnGL at 6:55am 09.29.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/707 Depth charts etc for inland lakes and coastal waters? thanks Greg
Fuel additive Dee-Zol / Off road diesel TFlight at 6:55am 09.29.16 Engines and Propulsion 6/1757 Anyone have any experience with Dee-Zol diesel marine fuel additive to combat effects of water in t
Winter project planning (2) flynhi4u at 6:26am 09.29.16 Trailer Sailors 1/646 Now that we have our girl home and tucked away in the garage for a 7 month nap my mind turns to skii
Perkins Perama M30 Fiddler's Green at 9:00pm 09.28.16 Mid-Size Boats 1/1799 Hello! I just bought a 1993 Catalina 320 and have some questions about the Perama M30 engine; I hav
Best weekend ever (2) RussC at 8:30pm 09.28.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/697 And it wasn't even a weekend ;) Jennifer and I are just back from a 3 day/2 night trip to our local
Need a source for cabin table support dblakey at 5:28pm 09.28.16 S2 2/638 Turns out my new-to-me 9.2A only has one of the tubular steel supports, of which two are needed to s
4JH4E Yanmar NYSail at 4:41pm 09.28.16 Engines and Propulsion 12/2965 engine is a 2005...... opinions and is this self bleeding.
To Trailer or not to... agprice22 at 1:01pm 09.28.16 Ask All Sailors 51/2400 I have a line on an older J/30 for very little money. It is 4 hours away from my house. I have a dua
Relocated Battery Charger (2) Bill19233 at 11:17am 09.28.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/381 I just replaced and relocated the battery charger on my Hunter 340. I put it on the shelf under the
Copper bottom (1) Windtherapy at 9:20am 09.28.16 Ask All Sailors 28/3211 So I still have my 26' but bought an O'Day Daysailer a few weeks ago and have been having fun with t
Universal M25 transmission leak? patrickkidd at 9:15am 09.28.16 Ask All Sailors 9/2031 hi there! I have a Universal M25 in my Catalina 30 and the transmission is leaking into the bilge. A
Cheap Ebay SLA batteries (1) PropellerHead at 8:43am 09.28.16 Ask All Sailors 17/1432 I would like to install a trolling motor on my Hunter 23.5 for the purpose of navigating in/out of d
Mast for C250 Jacob Herman at 8:40am 09.28.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/443 Hello everyone, First time post, and first time sailboat owner. I purchased a 2002 C250 WK. It needs
Understanding Weather Forecasts? Kings Gambit at 8:32am 09.28.16 Ask All Sailors 44/2329 It's not uncommon to hear from sailors about how NOAA's weather forecasts are often wrong and cannot
Cal 22 Swing Keel GrumpyPawPaw at 7:06am 09.28.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1303 I haven't decided if I want to keep the boat in a slip or haul it out on the trailer. Does anyone ha
Keel backing plates behill at 6:26am 09.28.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1906 I have a Beneteau 310. The backing plates have rusted and need to be replaced. I want to replace the
Stand-up blocks or deck organizers? kito at 5:41am 09.28.16 The Cherubini Hunters 5/1154 I am about to rewire the mast and change out the halyards on my H30 project boat. I am upgrading all
Ah yes the Catalina table paulj at 10:17pm 09.27.16 Catalina 310 1/690 This will be my next project lOZsFMOU8Pg The elimination of the table scooting. paulj :
Navionics Question Stu Jackson at 8:31pm 09.27.16 Ask All Sailors 28/5646 I downloaded Navionics the other day. It took so much memory that I got warnings on my Android phon
I just love sailing t-shirts (1) Kermit at 6:55pm 09.27.16 Sails Call Lounge 45/7448 128563

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How to rig double sided main sheet to helm (1) baycloud at 6:48am 04.30.23 Without being at the boat, my first go at it would put the line here. When I get back to the boat I'
Alternative to bimini jviss at 6:28am 04.30.23 Thanks, that's a great idea. My first big boat, a Catalina 36 came with one, it was a telescoping
Alternative to bimini skob1014 at 6:25am 04.30.23 Oh, well, you can make some kind of rod that attaches to the end of the boom, the aft end of which
Alternative to bimini jviss at 6:23am 04.30.23 Boom doesn't extend over the cockpit. Oh, well, you can make some kind of rod that attaches to the
Alternative to bimini skob1014 at 6:22am 04.30.23 While underway? No other suggestions. Bimini is best. At anchor? Boom tents, umbrellas, awnings.
Alternative to bimini skob1014 at 6:19am 04.30.23 How far aft does your boom extend? Boom doesn't extend over the cockpit.
Alternative to bimini Captain Larry-DH at 6:18am 04.30.23 While underway? No other suggestions. Bimini is best. At anchor? Boom tents, umbrellas, awnings.
Alternative to bimini jviss at 6:18am 04.30.23 How far aft does your boom extend?
What jib is best for very light winds cousineddy at 4:52am 04.30.23 J30 is typically sailed with a crew of 5 or so. In super light wind 3 should be swimming behind the
Tightening Engine Belt on Universal 5411 Davidasailor26 at 4:45am 04.30.23 Just one more idea that might work depending on what you have around and your engine configuration-
Waste Tank Level Indication Hunter 33 2004 Scott B at 4:18am 04.30.23 Replaced mine couple of years ago. Was straight forward, no issues. Got it from the SBO store here
How to rig double sided main sheet to helm jviss at 4:09am 04.30.23 My friend's Morris 37 has a double-ended mainsheet. I got the impression any boat could be set up t
A Good Commercial First Aid Kit for Boats? jviss at 4:06am 04.30.23 Thanks Rick, that makes sense, although accidents do happen - that's why they are called accidents!
A Good Commercial First Aid Kit for Boats? Rick486 at 4:03am 04.30.23 Some food for thought. I sailed for 47 years, and 40 years with my wife and neither of us ever suffe
raymarine ev100 vs cpt autopilot jviss at 4:03am 04.30.23 I always wished someone made a really nice, really rugged, mostly metal sailboat wheel drive, that l
Wiring solar and ACR's jviss at 3:57am 04.30.23 The shunt is connected between the negative side of the battery and the negative side of the house
Bubbles in hot water kloudie1 at 3:48am 04.30.23 Sometimes, the bubbles are caused by the anode rod being corroded.. ya may need to replace the anode
Looking for a strut kloudie1 at 3:36am 04.30.23 Back in 2008, I replaced my H-34 strut with one from Southeastern Foundries in North Carolina. They
Wiring solar and ACR's JoeWhite at 10:04pm 04.29.23 Jviss, connect the positive side of the charger to the positive side of the battery and the negativ
Lubricating Through Hull Valves Terry Cox at 9:39pm 04.29.23 Drove to the boat this morning to do my boat check every two weeks. Also wanted to inspect my throug

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