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Atomic A4 Drop-In Replacement Erik F at 8:31pm 02.24.17 Engines and Propulsion 16/5925 Dear Sailors, Especially those familiar with the Pearson Triton, 10M etc that uses the red Atomic4
AC/DC power panels jssailem at 4:53pm 02.24.17 Ask All Sailors 40/4673 Interested in the pros and cons of various types of panel switches when located inside the boat cabi
Keel Bolts H34, Should I worry about them? CoastLife at 4:03pm 02.24.17 Big Boats 8/2181 I recently bought a 83 Hunter 34. It's been sitting on the hard for a couple years. We are in the p
Buying a hunter 41ac Jack999000 at 3:37pm 02.24.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/555 I'm thinking of purchasing a h41 ac I'm in Australia and plan to go into the pacific. A lot of peopl
New Sails for Mac25? StinkBug at 3:27pm 02.24.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1182 I've pretty much replaced and refreshed everything on my boat except the most important part, the sa
Fate has spit upon me (2) JL Stratton at 3:04pm 02.24.17 Smaller Boats 20/2363 Was checking out my forestay cable in preparation for tomorrow's sail. It looked damaged (unwound?)
It stays or it goes (3) Skipperdan at 2:34pm 02.24.17 Ask All Sailors 13/1013 I had one of these on my Triton I think but I cannot remember what it was for. Solid Brass. A holder
Beneteau First 20 on order Request advice - outboard size and shaft lenght Dusty Mac at 1:17pm 02.24.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/796 I do not know transom measurements for First 20. Will I want a fixed engine mount where engine can s
Pimp my C275 (1) Codybear at 1:04pm 02.24.17 Catalina 275 60/19822 Seeing that the moderators were gracious enough to create our own C275 group, I figured we need to t
To buy or not to buy: neglected Catalina 27 Sailorpants at 12:25pm 02.24.17 Ask All Sailors 22/4071 Hey Sailors, I'm new to sailing with only a few lessons and a few more hours logged, But have wanted
Newport 28 parts pcupach at 11:02am 02.24.17 Newport 2/1398 If you are in need of parts for your Newport please let me now. I will be posting pictures of sever
New Solar Panels, VSR and MPPT Controller David Popken at 10:25am 02.24.17 Ask All Sailors 14/3446 I have purchased the above and am preparing to install. My current setup is 30A shorepower smart ch
My keel Jorge Guerra at 10:07am 02.24.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 17/1870 Hi I need some help guys rebuilding these MacGregor 25 I have already redundant bottom I'm almost th
Launching without trailer extension! LakeShark at 10:00am 02.24.17 Trailer Sailors 7/1666 Just came across this today and had to share. if it were only so easy! FPeetFWRVxo
Using a Convoluted Wheel? CYQK at 9:19am 02.24.17 Ask All Sailors 6/769 Well....... If you are anything like me never heard of a convoluted wheel before. Am polishing all t
Aqua Signal 25 combo - known flaw? (2) Skipper at 8:47am 02.24.17 Ask All Sailors 22/3303 When I had the mast out 2 years ago, I used the opportunity to get some work done, including install
Diesel Engine Smokes and speed limited forward not in reverse why? Capt Ziggy at 6:57am 02.24.17 Ask All Sailors 12/1005 My diesel engine spews out black smoke and speed is limited to 2400-2500 RPM in forward. In reverse
It's Flare Season shemandr at 6:16am 02.24.17 Ask All Sailors 52/3410 I have to replace most or all of my flares, smoke signals and other expired signaling devices this s
Water fill location Ned Ludd at 5:16am 02.24.17 Ask All Sailors 8/882 I have been reading through old posts here over coffee. My boat has the water fill deck fitting in t
Calling all Catalina 275 owners (1) Codybear at 4:37am 02.24.17 Catalina 275 157/46242 Seeing that we are a small group of C275 owners and rather scattered, I thought I would start the fi

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Catalina 27 teak before and after BTC1984 at 6:45pm 06.16.24
Roller Furler quirky ? (2) BTC1984 at 6:38pm 06.16.24 Halyard restrainer fixed the issue. Easy to install with a couple rivets
Hunter 306 Sea Hood Removal Arbee at 6:26pm 06.16.24 Just an update on this for your entertainment. The sea hood removal and replacement was easy btw, bu
Loose footed main with Mid-boom sheeting sidw at 5:34pm 06.16.24 OK, let me rephrase the question... the boom on my Oday 28 is set up like in the diagram above, and
tidy traveller options (1) Dalliance at 4:56pm 06.16.24 Spinlock PXR cleats are the way to go. With traveler lines long enough to reach the helm. I change
Cleaning Anchor Kings Gambit at 3:20pm 06.16.24
Loose footed main with Mid-boom sheeting thinwater at 2:53pm 06.16.24 Maybe there is another way for Sid to look at it. And no, it is not really 6:1. Assume all pulleys
Loose footed main with Mid-boom sheeting dlochner at 2:01pm 06.16.24 I know this post is old, but why do folks call this a 6 to 1 sheet? As I see it, it is only a 4 to
Loose footed main with Mid-boom sheeting Davidasailor26 at 12:50pm 06.16.24 I know this post is old, but why do folks call this a 6 to 1 sheet? As I see it, it is only a 4 to
Hunter Vision 32 Aft Hatch Parts Ralph Johnstone at 12:45pm 06.16.24 Sorry but just waaaaaaaaay too many details omitted here. I don't know anything about a 1990 Hunter
Help - Secondary Mascerator and tank dumping to the ocean not working (2) Ralph Johnstone at 12:36pm 06.16.24 I imagine that being so PO'd after completing the job, you didn't keep the old pump to determine the
Large Frame alternator in M25XP Hayden Watson at 12:10pm 06.16.24 Once and Engineer always and Engineer. The fact that I recently retired only means that boredom lea
Water Trapped Between Floor Liner and Hull Libohunden at 11:37am 06.16.24
Loose footed main with Mid-boom sheeting sidw at 11:30am 06.16.24 I know this post is old, but why do folks call this a 6 to 1 sheet? As I see it, it is only a 4 to1
New Catalina 22 Owner Questions ShawnL at 10:58am 06.16.24 I got some plastic ammo cans from Harbor Freight. Small enough to tuck into storage lockers, etc.
I want to buy a boat. What should I look for (insert brand of boat)? FastOlson at 10:41am 06.16.24 The pecking order of issues is interesting altho not unexpected. I would have listed the drive train
Help - Secondary Mascerator and tank dumping to the ocean not working SVFreedom at 10:31am 06.16.24 It was the Macerator. I had a brand new spare, after some further investigations, I figured it was
Bomar hatch hinge pin Ralph Johnstone at 10:29am 06.16.24 I can order new pins. Do you have a source for those ?
Bomar hatch hinge pin LloydB at 9:45am 06.16.24 There isn't a big enough hammer. You need to align the last knuckle of the hinge so the pin can slid
Water Trapped Between Floor Liner and Hull danooxnard at 9:43am 06.16.24 If it is on a trailer, try to angle it so that the water runs out. A hair dryer on low temperature m

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