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Seeking advice about Catalina 16.5K boats rictalden at 11:36am 11.19.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/673 I plan to buy a used Catalina 16.5K fixed keel boat. I would appreciate any advice about towing, tra
Spinnaker SVPardonMyFrench at 5:44pm 11.18.16 Big Boats 3/645 Hi All - Am looking for a used asymmetrical spinnaker or gennaker for my 40.5. Would any of you hav
Fresh water strainer replacement...recommendations? ArkadiyS at 5:43pm 11.18.16 Big Boats 11/964 Our bronze water strainer is original to our '87 Hunter 35, it is not in great shape, and I am looki
Genoa Leads/Blocks (2) Capri at 5:13pm 11.18.16 Ask An Oday Owner 5/939 See attached photos. I have a 1982 O'Day 22. I've never sailed a boat with a head sail. I use the st
Climbing aboard a Center Cockpit atrometer at 5:06pm 11.18.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/807 we will be cruising with our newly acquired 1998 Beneteau 36 CC. It came with a 3 step set of stairs
Chainplate Backing Plate Viking23 at 1:30pm 11.18.16 Smaller Boats 14/3110 1977 Catalina 25 Standard Rig. Preparing for annual haul out/ bottom painting/maintenance. Have noti
Looking for an O'Day 37 manual onlyluc at 10:17am 11.18.16 Ask An Oday Owner 4/944 Hello all ! Currently shopping to hopefully find a good condition O'Day 37 sailboat. While browsin
Electrical cleanup (1) Justin_NSA at 8:34am 11.18.16 Ask All Sailors 10/817 I've begun my holding tank monitor installation and into the wiring layout design. Probe and panel s
Mastervolt Mass 24/100-c Battery Charger Marc14857 at 5:47am 11.18.16 Ask All Sailors 4/1308 Was wondering if anyone has any experience with the above battery charger? I am asking on behalf of
Decoding old hardware (3) Gene Neill at 5:27am 11.18.16 Ask All Sailors 17/2047 My Albin Vega has some cockpit hardware on the starboard side, the purpose of which is at least larg
Replacement Cabin Lights for Hunter 336 dkerphunter at 1:39am 11.18.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/1737 I need to replace a brass 12V cabin light on a 1995 Hunter 336. Does anybody know where to source th
Plastic (composite) prop - Questions (3) SFS at 5:19pm 11.17.16 Ask All Sailors 1/326 When we bought the boat, it had a two-bladed plastic prop. While the boat was getting a new bottom
Battery and Charger Installation (1) kimelmore at 4:19pm 11.17.16 Ask All Sailors 20/4217 Several weeks ago my charger quit. It was installed in the aft lazzerette and my feeling is that it
Cleaning Rudder Assembly (2) shank at 12:45pm 11.17.16 Catalina 22 6/2852 Hi, I have an 87 model and I would like to clean up the rudder/tiller assembly. I'm not sure what t
360 Degree Views Along Paradise Lake In Arizona City, AZ Britt Adam Wallace at 11:14am 11.17.16 Destinations 1/12 Monaco-012 by Britt Adam Wallace posted Nov 17, 2016 at 12:09 PMAerial-032 by Britt Adam Wallace pos
What's wrong with this picture.... (1) cb32863 at 7:28am 11.17.16 Ask All Sailors 47/3047 Saw this yesterday.,....
CATALINA-22 TECH MANUAL UPDATE NOW AVAILABLE (1) CaptDon01 at 8:09pm 11.16.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/3640 The new Catalina 22 Technical Manual Update 2017 is now available at: www.catalina22.org Over 100 p
Boat US Insurance question.... Capn D at 6:15pm 11.16.16 Ask All Sailors 31/2806 I need a bit of advice concerning an insurance issue we are having. Our boat took a lightning strik
40.5 Owners with DYI Electric Forward Head Rick D at 4:26pm 11.16.16 Big Boats 10/627 Hey, guys: to anyone who pulled wire for an electric head install in the forward head; how did you r
New Sailer: Need Advice on Purchasing tstelz at 3:26pm 11.16.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 11/1003 Hello, I recently began my hobby of sailing. In the last two months, I completed a beg/intermediate

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Just how big is British Columbia? Tedd at 5:43pm 10.12.23 I like the NZ comparison. Used to work with a couple of Kiwis and they agreed with my description of
Just how big is British Columbia? Tedd at 5:41pm 10.12.23 Does this look like "little Snow at Sea Level"... To a Canadian? Yes.
I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try Tedd at 5:39pm 10.12.23 I've used it for a few trips now and I'm please with it. I won't be buying a commercial chart plotte
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? Kupe at 5:34pm 10.12.23 Hi Kupe, do you have an electric windlass? That wire seems awfully large for a data monitor. Our el
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? Kupe at 5:30pm 10.12.23 The other wire might be a temp sensor for the battery. Can you trace the wire back to its source? W
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? Terry Cox at 5:30pm 10.12.23 might any fellow Hunter 36 owners hazard a guess on what this wire is? Hi Kupe, do you have an ele
1993 Hunter 42 Passage CC: Leaking near a few of the keel bolts. Ulcer time. Terry Cox at 5:24pm 10.12.23 The only keel bolts that I'm aware are those located in the main bilge beneath the center settee, on
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? dlochner at 5:11pm 10.12.23 I think the prior owner of your boat was long on money and short on understanding battery technology
I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try SoSound at 5:07pm 10.12.23 There is a little of this in the parallel conversation in the Navionics thread, but I don't think it
I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try jssailem at 5:07pm 10.12.23 Based on your interest.. https://opencpn.org/OpenCPN/info/about.html OpenCPN runs on a standard pc,
110 volt pulgs reset fuse location Beneteau40sailor at 4:22pm 10.12.23 You've overloaded your 120V service. It is either your incoming AC breaker on your boat's electric
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? (1) Kupe at 4:09pm 10.12.23 You are correct about the wire probably a data wire for a charger or battery monitor. Thanks! No
I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try Tally Ho at 4:01pm 10.12.23 Using a tablet in place of an old chartplotter sounds like a great solution, the price is certainly
Water tank leak TimFromLI at 3:57pm 10.12.23 I've used west systems gflex 650 + thicker to repair a canoe made of PE. Although epoxy is not recom
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? dlochner at 3:52pm 10.12.23 You are correct about the wire probably a data wire for a charger or battery monitor. What is the na
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? (1) Kupe at 3:44pm 10.12.23 Hey gang- As you all have been so very generous with your knowledge...might any fellow Hunter 36 ow
1993 Hunter 42 Passage CC: Leaking near a few of the keel bolts. Ulcer time. BabuBoat at 3:43pm 10.12.23 BABU is going on the hard next week. I've identified 7 1" keel bolts. Hunter's torquing specificati
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? Kupe at 3:27pm 10.12.23 Yes, very close. Actually 10.875" which is 1/4" shorter than T105s at 11.15" tall. @Kupe Your Nort
When to tack dlochner at 3:10pm 10.12.23 A contrarian opinion here. Walker is the epitome of OCD when it comes to sailing. Yes, he has well d
Water tank leak Allan12210 at 2:14pm 10.12.23 [QUOTE="Ralph Johnstone, post: 1801396, member: 73635" Just out of curiosity, what is purpose of th

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