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BVI's to St.Pete Florida Southpaw at 10:05am 02.06.17 Destinations 22/3036 My wife and I will be going down soon to get our boat and bring it home. We have never done a long
What are these holes? (1) Roy 845 at 9:38am 02.06.17 Ask An Oday Owner 31/3133 I'm new to this boat and I'm not sure what these holes are for. This compartment is in the port side
Keel Weldments (1) little breeze at 7:39am 02.06.17 Catalina 22 13/1113 Hello all , I have just finished cutting away to take out keel weldment that the bolt broke off . th
Stay sail traveler car specs zached1 at 7:02am 02.06.17 The Cherubini Hunters 6/1190 I just bought a 1979 Hunter 37-cutter. It is currently rigged as a sloop but I have all the parts t
Lead Acid vs Dual purpose Batteries for Solar? McIntoshUSA at 6:54am 02.06.17 Ask All Sailors 5/1862 I have 300 watts of Solar and a MPPT controller. It is time to replace my house batteries. I current
Cleaning plastic fuel tank IH82BL8 at 4:02am 02.06.17 Ask All Sailors 10/1898 I have the fuel tank out of my Hunter 31. I want to clean the inside before reinstalling it. Is th
sea water seacock water pump blunt at 8:56pm 02.05.17 The Cherubini Hunters 23/3441 well was down working on our motor today,(currently in a refit) went to change out the water pump ho
Cabin Trunk Re-core lyricpekka at 8:28pm 02.05.17 Ask An Oday Owner 8/827 Hi, all, this spring I need to re-core a portion of the cabin trunk on my 1980 Oday 28. Can someone
C50 chainplates - Anyone tackled these? (1) SVBOB at 8:14pm 02.05.17 Big Boats 10/2074 Hi all. Mine is a 1992 Catalina Morgan 50. Two of the six chainplates are in need of replacement. B
Help Identifying Yacht Cordage by Flecking Pattern? (1) Kings Gambit at 7:31pm 02.05.17 Ask All Sailors 5/1088 Can anyone here tell me the manufacturer of this cordage? It's 3/8" or 10 mm polyester yacht braid
New paint for Catalina 22 Asills17 at 7:21pm 02.05.17 Trailer Sailors 8/4482 Hi all, I'm looking into buying a used Catalina 22, I live in So Cal, and I am curious as to how mu
Single hand Setup Bryan L Collins at 6:50pm 02.05.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 28/6255 Ok so been working on my 26s and having a ball doing it. Now I have a question about setting up the
Current charts peterbud at 6:41pm 02.05.17 Ask All Sailors 13/637 Does anyone know of app that you can pull up the currents in a given area or aplace i can get curren
"Judge Smails" Regatta Bill19233 at 3:23pm 02.05.17 Racing 0/723 The last GBCA Icicle Race of the year is always their annual "Judge Smails" Regatta, where some crew
Electric splitter? NYSail at 3:04pm 02.05.17 Ask All Sailors 7/412 ok so my ignorance here..... new boat has a/c thus having two ac inlets into boat. P/o had two cords
Prop shaft vibration, cutless bearing costs?? (3) wilf at 11:10am 02.05.17 Ask All Sailors 65/12086 Wondered if anyone can help me out with this, long post i suppose but im looking at buying an 87 od
USB Port Joe Madden at 10:34am 02.05.17 Catalina 30 9/2006 What would be the best way to get a USB port at the helm so I can plug in my phone which I use for N
Stripping wood..... NYSail at 6:00am 02.05.17 Ask All Sailors 19/4052 Besides the good old sander, what chemical product works for stripping varnish off teak? Thanks!
Universal diesel won't stay at WOT (1) Skipper at 10:02pm 02.04.17 Ask All Sailors 11/3628 Universal M18. Engine off, move throttle lever to full, stays put no problem. Engine running under
Sail alteration Jacomo Sailor at 7:40pm 02.04.17 Catalina 22 9/1217 I'm planning to add a roller furling system to my C22 soon. It's not really in my budget to get bot

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Programing mppt controller NYSail at 5:58am 04.07.24 Unlike the old Balmar ARS-5 and 614, the Victron controllers with blue tooth are easy to program if
MORC lacoursmarc at 5:34am 04.07.24 Thank you to everyone for the contributions to help answer my question. I did come across a referenc
Programing mppt controller dlochner at 5:33am 04.07.24 Unlike the old Balmar ARS-5 and 614, the Victron controllers with blue tooth are easy to program if
Topping lift pgandw at 5:28am 04.07.24 Yep, the topping lift is part of an in port, motoring, or on anchor boom management control along w
1981 Catalina 30 Rudder Questions Davidasailor26 at 3:19am 04.07.24 Hello Sailors, My 1986 Catalina 30 rudder has a slight water leak. Any suggestions. Thank you Trix
Do I need a grounding plate? Davidasailor26 at 3:11am 04.07.24
H23.5 Centerboard Pin Bearing Replacement doc2b4fun at 1:09am 04.07.24 bigchief...what ever happend? what did you do? looking at getting into the project this spring
Genoa sheets morbidfollower at 10:24pm 04.06.24 I'm an idiot. I should have said inside. I really hope no one pays much attention to anything I sa
Mast for plastic Walker Bay 10 jssailem at 9:16pm 04.06.24 You might check with Dwyer Spars. https://www.dwyermast.com Parts and spars for many boats.
Favorite roller for hard ablative? Davidasailor26 at 9:16pm 04.06.24
Favorite roller for hard ablative? Drinky Crow at 9:12pm 04.06.24 Yeah the one linked is 3/16 or 5mm up here in Canuckistan.
lovely boat ---about to be crushed in FL, due to incompetence. . PaulK at 8:50pm 04.06.24 I doubt that revenue flow incoming would be a consideration here. From reading the OP, we, at least
Favorite roller for hard ablative? Blitz at 8:39pm 04.06.24 I believe Micron CSC is an ablative. Either way, years ago I stopped using the recommended 3/8" nap
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION (1) Ralph Johnstone at 7:53pm 04.06.24 OMG no. My eyes. MY EYES. I CAN'T STOP SEEING IT ! ! ! Maybe if I rinse my eyes with "Holy Water".
Favorite roller for hard ablative? dlochner at 7:48pm 04.06.24 This one gets good reviews. Comes in several sizes. https://defender.com/en_us/arroworthy-mohair-bl
Topping lift dlochner at 7:46pm 04.06.24 Uhm, I'll say again that the topping lift should be slack to allow the mail sail acquire its desig
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION Tally Ho at 7:43pm 04.06.24 :yikes: I cannot un-see that.
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION (1) twodzusfittings at 7:33pm 04.06.24 As per Request
Selden Boom - Excess Play in Gooseneck Clevis Pin? dkinzer at 7:03pm 04.06.24 Looking at the exploded diagram, there is a washer ( number 3) that must be in the indented circula
Selden Boom - Excess Play in Gooseneck Clevis Pin? JoeWhite at 6:39pm 04.06.24 Looking at the exploded diagram, there is a washer ( number 3) that must be in the indented circular

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