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Options for electric windlass gettinthere at 9:54am 01.10.17 Musings With Maine Sail 9/1213 If I were to add an electric windlass to the bow, should I run heavy cable back to the engine/house
1985 Hunter 34 Reupholstery Questions Mike Kegley at 9:38am 01.10.17 Big Boats 8/850 I'm getting ready to take on reupholstering all the cushions in my 1985 Hunter 34. The boat came wi
H34 Manual Bilge Pump Location PGIJon at 8:31am 01.10.17 Big Boats 16/1193 After reading a couple of topics on the subject, I've decided that I want to install the currently h
Exterior Paint Ramon at 6:48am 01.10.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/595 Hello: Need to paint my Catalina 25, Can you please recommend either a brand or store? Thanks
Cherubini 25 1978 Manual wanted Kendwell at 6:42am 01.10.17 The Cherubini Hunters 1/436 Acquired by foreclosure sale, on jacks since @2005, Looking for manual or copy of one. Been told 197
CG Document renewal CYQK at 5:34am 01.10.17 Ask All Sailors 3/338 Got my renewal form in the mail today expires end of Feburary Didnt see anything about the new five
Super Bowl Tickets Brian D at 7:53pm 01.09.17 Sails Call Lounge 11/925 A friend of mine has two tickets for the 2017 Super Bowl, both box seats. He paid $1,700 for each ti
Changing h40.5 shift & throttle cable with MV-2 control Rich Stidger at 7:34pm 01.09.17 Engines and Propulsion 6/817 My 1997 h40.5 has high effort on both the throttle and shift. After 19 seasons I am considering chan
Mainsail slugs? sailnewbie at 5:31pm 01.09.17 Ask All Sailors 6/1829 Question is: i picked up a pretty nice used main for cheap however it has a bolt rope (pain in butt)
Raymarine P70 Control Head Gasket (1) Domingo630 at 5:14pm 01.09.17 Ask All Sailors 6/1591 I'm relocating my P70 control head from a horrible spot, however I'm struggling to find a replacemen
So, lets talk anchors dscribner at 5:06pm 01.09.17 Ask All Sailors 77/8282 I really wanted to talk about something simple and easy, like religion or Trump, but lets do this.
Ouick Member Query... Rick D at 10:24am 01.09.17 Ask All Sailors 104/6173 Which of your states have an open container / no drinking law for the operator of a vessel? (I'm att
Gauss Meters & Magnetic Fields? rgranger at 9:08am 01.09.17 Ask All Sailors 4/415 Hey All I need to measure the magnetic field strength and direction at an outdoor research site and
Correcting fore and aft trim smokey73 at 7:43am 01.09.17 Ask All Sailors 36/2084 Last year I installed a 5.5 KW generator in my starboard lazarette and moved my batteries to the por
Electrical circuits diagrams for 2005 Macgregor 26M fortunare at 7:18am 01.09.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/861 I've owned the boat for over a year and still haven't figured out all the electrical connections. T
Orange safety flags. Kevin Q at 7:02am 01.09.17 Ask All Sailors 54/3323 My wife and I got in a discussion this weekend. Orange safety flags. should they be rectangular or t
Tuning standing rigging. Terry Luck at 6:57am 01.09.17 Trailer Sailors 17/3130 Ive owned my first boat for one year. I would like to get the tension on my shrouds and stays corre
Hunter 380 owners with Flexofold folding propellers, diameter and pitch? M_Michaels at 5:03am 01.09.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/1609 Hello All: I am hoping to get some feedback from Hunter 380 owners who have installed a three bl
New Owner of Laranna Steve and Monica at 4:58am 01.09.17 Bigger Boats 7/942 Hello all We are the new owners of the 1981 O'Day 34 named "Laranna". Names are Steve and Monica and
Espar Hydronic 4 coolant leak/pressure/bleed question forbin at 10:15pm 01.08.17 Ask All Sailors 0/604 Hi all, I posted this on cruisers forum so some of you have probably seen this, but I thought I'd a

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Interesting to me eherlihy at 7:23am 10.21.23 FWIW: Per the HIN the HULL of my 1987 MODEL year O'day 35 was built in June of 1986: XDY Z nnnn F 6
Fisher panda / Kabota smoking on startup ice breaker at 6:46am 10.21.23 I will put a meter on the individual glow plugs today. Maybe one is failed and I am only starting o
Fisher panda / Kabota smoking on startup ice breaker at 6:43am 10.21.23 Most unusual. If the engine starts instantly, I've got to wonder where the extra fuel comes from t
Perkins M30 Heat Exchanger salt water intrusion into sealed side of system jibes138 at 6:35am 10.21.23 Regarding mounting of a heat exchanger: while motors have the mounting integrated onto the motor, on
Invest 94L (1) JamesG161 at 6:31am 10.21.23 The Storm is mainly on the NE quadrant, minimizing Winds near the Islands
Catalina Capri (Catalina 18) in high winds? bzano at 6:29am 10.21.23 Yes capsizing is. rare event however you have think about high winds beating up on your boat. The r
Interesting to me dlochner at 6:25am 10.21.23 Regardless of how you describe it, the MY is 12 months, not 14. But if you use a 14 month year, y
Interesting to me Clutch Cargo at 6:24am 10.21.23 Regardless of how you describe it, the MY is 12 months, not 14.
Air is not welcome here! jibes138 at 6:14am 10.21.23 Make sure your priming bulb is mounted vertically with the flow direction pointing up!
Interesting to me dlochner at 5:59am 10.21.23 I don't know what builders you work with, but my customers are a who's who (including the nice folk
sailing Lake of the Ozarks (2) SailingLoto at 5:54am 10.21.23 A couple pics
I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try kbgunn at 5:54am 10.21.23 I wrote a post here about using a Dell ruggedized tablet PC running Ubuntu as a chart plotter at the
1984 c25 sits bow down SailingLoto at 5:53am 10.21.23 My previous boat was a C-25. It sat vrey slightly bow up because of the outboard (Honda 50). Bow
Interesting to me Clutch Cargo at 5:52am 10.21.23 Model years are also 14 months long. So a boat started in June 2000 may be built along side of a 200
sailing Lake of the Ozarks (2) SailingLoto at 5:38am 10.21.23 So that was you! Not sure where I got the Mike part. Lol. I live in Rolla so won't be back for a bi
Engineering Help Needed Tater at 5:25am 10.21.23
Any C275 Owners moving up from a Capri 22? Codybear at 4:16am 10.21.23 The 6.5' draft eliminates that boat. It was reported yesterday, the harbor entrance was carrying 4.5
Any C275 Owners moving up from a Capri 22? danstanford at 3:54am 10.21.23 I'm currently at a cross-road right now. I'm actually considering selling my C275 to swap to a
Invest 94L (1) JamesG161 at 11:28pm 10.20.23 Grazing the Antilles. razy Ivan" near Bermuda. Dammit Jim...
Fisher panda / Kabota smoking on startup jssailem at 8:46pm 10.20.23 Servicing the injectors, if it has been a long time since last service is reasonable. You are correc

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