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Jib sheet(s) attach to clew. Two lines or one? (1) BlowMeAway at 3:20pm 02.14.17 Ask All Sailors 72/22077 132742 I'm curious as to what your preference is to attach the jib sheets to the clew of your headsa
What fluid does the transmission need? Lee Scott at 1:46pm 02.14.17 Big Boats 14/4260 I need to add some transmission fluid to the tranny, and it says on the fill cap to use Type A trans
Recommend a Personal Locator Light freeheelbillie at 1:33pm 02.14.17 Ask All Sailors 7/653 Its long overdue that I replace my old personal locator light from the 90's. Its not a very glamorou
Marine Sanitation in Ontario rickwarner at 1:26pm 02.14.17 Trailer Sailors 6/3465 I am thinking of trailering my Hunter260 up to Blind River, Ontario to cruise the North Channel. I h
Cart before the horse! Looking for a Legend 37.5 hj5150 at 10:25am 02.14.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/507
Spinnaker Halyard... SVPardonMyFrench at 9:43am 02.14.17 Big Boats 8/870 Ok so I flew the gennaker for the first time this Sunday on my 40.5. It was a beautiful day as you
Do we need yacht, or yachting, protocols and do many folks really care about them? Kings Gambit at 8:37am 02.14.17 Ask All Sailors 42/2709 The yachtsman's world is rich with protocols, it seems. We have flag protocols, communication proto
Broke Steering Cable c130king at 7:28pm 02.13.17 Catalina 310 10/1487 Broke the steering cable tonight. Guest turned the wheel too far with too much muscle and broke the
Raymarine ST60 Wind Speed Indicator Sluggish wstockho at 4:33pm 02.13.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/2850 I own a 2005 Hunter 33 with ST60 instruments. A few months ago, the wind speed indicator stopped wo
h34 oldsman41 at 4:17pm 02.13.17 Big Boats 18/1340 new guy here ive been sailing for years but never a big boat. that being said i have a chance at buy
Upgrading My Freezer on my Hunter Mainehunter426 at 2:44pm 02.13.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/2410 We have a stock 12 volt refrigerator and a stock 12 volt freezer on our 2003 - 42' Hunter. The refr
Bottom Job with a cast iron keel markwbird at 1:30pm 02.13.17 Ask All Sailors 4/462 I'm getting ready to do a bottom job on my 1984 H34. I plan to do it myself. It's been three years
February in Minnesota (1) cb32863 at 11:49am 02.13.17 Ask All Sailors 6/357 Hell, at this rate, we are going to launch in March! Though, I am sure we will get a reality slap up
First 435 Strut rebed ddrewry at 7:57am 02.13.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/481 Anyone know how the strut is attached on the First models? Mine had a small amount of play at the l
My keel Jorge Guerra at 7:01am 02.13.17 Ask All Sailors 3/550 I having a problem with my McGregor I have already finished the bottom it's all painted and nice now
Looking for identification (1) Mtman1021 at 6:39am 02.13.17 Ask All Sailors 23/4104 trying to find out who made my boat. Title says it's a 1969 Bristol but I suspect that's not what it
Question about paint filler Les Pendleton at 6:34am 02.13.17 Ask All Sailors 8/615 I've just completed a massive re-coring of my front and rear decks. I'm putting down on Kiwi Grip on
Anyone know good Yanmar mechanic near Dallas-Ft Worth? RichW9603 at 5:38am 02.13.17 Ask All Sailors 2/471 Hi all, I have a 1989 Hunter 33.5 with an older Yanmar 2GM engine. The original engine that came wi
West Marine bulk rope sale...today! rpludwig at 4:10am 02.13.17 Catalina 22 7/643 Just a heads up, got the email on the WM sale notice that Luke has mentioned a while back...bulk rop
keel to hull joint Mike8193 at 8:34pm 02.12.17 Ask All Sailors 6/4471 I have a Beneteau 323, iron keel. Where the keel and hull meet is a small gap. This is part of the

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Catalina 22 Swing Keel Paint Siamese at 8:08pm 02.26.24 It depends on whether you launch it every time you sail, or whether you keep it in a slip. If you'r
Weekend Login Difficulties twodzusfittings at 7:25pm 02.26.24 Best Help desk ever!!!!!
dual voltage water heater element dlochner at 7:04pm 02.26.24 Your thinking about this in a linear form. With the solar panel as the center the batteries and th
GOB Gone? Blitz at 6:58pm 02.26.24 That is a huge bummer. I've discontinued other magazines over the past few years but I always looke
Busbar Ampacity Confusion dlochner at 6:57pm 02.26.24 The studs are also quite a bit longer also on the BEP bars. I need to cut out a part of my companio
Weekend Login Difficulties dLj at 6:51pm 02.26.24 Funny thing for me was i had just made a post jokingly suggesting I needed to stop or potentially ge
Lewmar V700 windlass Hayden Watson at 6:34pm 02.26.24 I see that Lewmar has a newer model line VX series. Anyone have any experience with them? I am see
dual voltage water heater element jssailem at 6:27pm 02.26.24 The heater element will be powered from the excess power from the solar panels, not the batteries.
Lewmar V700 windlass Hayden Watson at 6:20pm 02.26.24 It:s a Rocna 10kg with 40' of 1/4" chain. Thanks. That is about 1/3 the weight of my gear with a
This could have Merit (or: look what followed me home) texasptb at 5:48pm 02.26.24 Progress report ;) Hull paint, stripe, new logo, that part is ready to go now. I did the common upg
Weekend Login Difficulties ggrizzard at 5:05pm 02.26.24 Me three. Thanks again to Phil and Dave and the cyber elves.
Lewmar V700 windlass heritage at 4:59pm 02.26.24 It:s a Rocna 10kg with 40' of 1/4" chain.
Repowering with a Volvo D1-30 FastOlson at 4:52pm 02.26.24 Given the parts premium $ for Volvo, I would suggest you change to a new Betamarine. I did that chan
Busbar Ampacity Confusion heritage at 4:49pm 02.26.24 This might be an ignorant question (not my first ;) ) but isn't 400 amps a LOT:yikes: The typical
GOB Gone? FastOlson at 4:46pm 02.26.24 I got that email today, too. A huge loss. :frown: My last two "real" sailing and DIY boating magazi
Repowering with a Volvo D1-30 Tom J at 4:46pm 02.26.24 You don't say which engine you have in the C310. If it is a Universal M25xpb, I'd think you would l
Marathon Florida anchorage ? hardinvoyager at 4:37pm 02.26.24 Thanks for the tip I guess when I get back up there I will put my name on the list and hope for
GOB Gone? heritage at 4:32pm 02.26.24 That's a bummer. Not sure it will be the same experience reading on a laptop.
Login issue - You are not allowed Tally Ho at 3:55pm 02.26.24
Login issue - You are not allowed twalker H260 at 3:41pm 02.26.24 I had the same issue as well - now resolved. Logging out and viewing as a guest was a work around

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