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A Custom Winter Cover: What To Consider Before Having One Made Captain Murph at 7:44am 11.26.16 Ask All Sailors 4/70 Discusses some of the considerations about having a custom winter cover made. This covers topics li
Installing in Hull Depth Transducer buddybear at 6:52am 11.26.16 Catalina 310 17/2572 Thinking about installing an in hull depth transducer. I have read the install specs and it states t
Deck Fill Chains lehighsail at 6:32am 11.26.16 Ask All Sailors 11/865 I'm in the middle of doing minor repairs after winterization and one of the items on the list was to
Wood mast Repair towline at 4:53am 11.26.16 Ask All Sailors 12/2840 Good day all. I am new here so please excuse any mistakes / screw ups I may make. I am trying to fin
Shaft corrosion from packing CarlN at 3:16pm 11.25.16 Ask All Sailors 5/2812 So it's time to replace the packing and I'm thinking of switching from flax to Gore GFO. My concern
Hunter 26 Outboard Whiskey at 11:34am 11.25.16 Smaller Boats 2/487 First question is simple, I'm looking to replace my outboard and am questioning if I really need th
Tohatsu 6hp Outboard Flush Plug jonjbfx at 10:18am 11.25.16 Engines and Propulsion 12/17496 I have a new outboard for my sailboat, and I am struggling to find the port where the flush adapter
Frigo box acrylic glass drawing or scan ger123 at 8:47am 11.25.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 16/967 Hello! I have lost the smallest of the three acrylic glasses in the frigo box of my Hunter 340 (the
Hunter 340 little bit sweet water under the shaft/stuffing box ger123 at 8:39am 11.25.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/399 Hello! After rainy days i have a little bit sweet water under the stuffing box of my Hunter 340. I
Roger On TV Again Ron20324 at 5:54am 11.25.16 Ask All Sailors 7/1111 For the benefit SBO'ers and of those of us who know world-renowned navel designer Roger Long from pl
12V Smart TV CYQK at 4:56am 11.25.16 Ask All Sailors 25/6511 Does anyone have updates on which smart tv to buy these days? Looking for around 32 inch model led 1
Where to find a new fuel pickup tube? (2) dkerphunter at 4:04am 11.25.16 Engines and Propulsion 6/695 After diagnosing a power loss problem to the fuel pickup tube being clogged, I tried to pull it to i
Cal 29 Flyflicker at 8:41pm 11.24.16 Ask All Sailors 6/711 Thanksgiving to all. I recently started looking at a cal 29 it's a 1976. My problem is that this boa
Cal 29 Flyflicker at 8:37pm 11.24.16 Cal 1/1204 Happy Thanksgiving to all. Tyrese I started looking at a cal 29 1976 but the boat has Port lights th
compression post 3 questions (3) BlueTequila at 7:22pm 11.24.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/2637 QUESTION #1: I have a 1989 Hunter 33.5 that needs its compression post replaced...these are some of
Has anyone gotten AIS from a Standard Horizon 2200 to a Chartplotter? rpwillia at 5:10pm 11.24.16 Ask All Sailors 15/2237 Since the SH2200 puts out AIS data via NMEA 0183 what chartplotters can read it since most now have
gohoist Jacomo Sailor at 5:04pm 11.24.16 Catalina 22 1/775 An advert for this popped up on my facebook today. Looks like a pretty easy way to lift the boat of
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! (1) Phil Herring at 10:39am 11.24.16 Ask All Sailors 21/813 Here's hoping you all have a terrific day with family, friends, and wonderful food.
Wind,weather info HALE QUIGLEY at 8:17am 11.24.16 Ask All Sailors 11/889 Sailflow.com has quit it's web page. Does anyone have a web page like it?....at no cost.
HAPPY TURKEY DAY Jacktar at 7:30am 11.24.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/482 Happy thanksgiving to all Catalina Owners big and small, owning a Catalina sailboat is just one more

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Bonding Cable dlochner at 1:36pm 11.28.23 Try Pacer Group. https://www.pacergroup.net
Yanmar Throttle Not Holding colb218 at 1:24pm 11.28.23 Good news everyone! I did an oil change this last weekend and noticed that my throttle cable had a c
Water tank syphoning? serenisea at 1:15pm 11.28.23 With regard to James, he missed it in my original post that this all happened after I shut off the w
Hank on storm sail used over a furled jib BarryL at 11:38am 11.28.23 Hi, My boat came with the ATN Gale Sail https://atninc.com/atn-gale-sail-sailing-equipment.shtml
Hank on storm sail used over a furled jib Stu Jackson at 11:03am 11.28.23
Keel Trunk Removal 2006 Catalina 22 Sport JBP-PA at 10:21am 11.28.23 Right. I appreciate you documenting your discoveries. While I don't really have anything to add, I d
Replacing Yanmar exhaust hose jssailem at 9:40am 11.28.23
Hank on storm sail used over a furled jib jssailem at 9:33am 11.28.23 As an addendum to my post, the more bulk you add to the forestay the less performance you receive fr
Hank on storm sail used over a furled jib jssailem at 9:22am 11.28.23
Water tank syphoning? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 9:17am 11.28.23 I hope Peggie Hall still has her ears on for this one... I do...but fresh water plumbing isn't in m
Seeking a precise pattern for a Hunter 260 jib (1) caverun at 9:08am 11.28.23 The extra 6" on your new luff should be OK. Here's a shot of my jib under sail and there is some ext
V32 Halyard Lead Blocks Belzoni at 9:05am 11.28.23 Yes, easily removed. I'll check with Vela and Garhauer once I've pulled one an gone at it with micro
Manual Bilge kloudie1 at 8:26am 11.28.23 Welcome to the group! That bilge pump sounds like a strange misdirected thing installed by a previou
V32 Halyard Lead Blocks kloudie1 at 8:17am 11.28.23 Vela has a good selection of sheaves.. Remove one and measure carefully.. [URL='https://www.velasail
The Sewing Machine Thread Rich Stidger at 8:17am 11.28.23 I retro-fitted the WorkerB motor on my LSZ and the control is nothing short of amazing. I believe t
When does a screw become a bolt? WayneH at 8:09am 11.28.23 A brace and bit was the name we knew for that tool. Very powerful tool. And a timeless classic.
Mid LiFePO4 Cruisers? Hello Below at 7:38am 11.28.23 The owners manual actually shows the house battery in the aft berth, but I don't think there is eno
Raymarine GPS antenna sensor Lee Hadjiosif at 7:29am 11.28.23 The pricing is interesting. Here in Ozy the Raystar 150 (seatalk) is about $350aud while the Digita
Key issues with C275. PMK at 7:24am 11.28.23 Two years ago I had my boat bottom soda (sodium bicarbonate) blasted, for two reasons. First, the p
V32 Halyard Lead Blocks dlochner at 7:20am 11.28.23 It looks like the sheaves can be easily removed and replaced. Try searching for replacement sheaves.

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