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Tension on head stay back stay and upper and lowers. Roller furling and back stay adjustment. Charles Youker at 2:06pm 12.31.16 Catalina 30 13/2494 What should the tension on running rigging. Cat 30 tall mast.
Indoor Outboard fix started. (2) DAVA390 at 12:21pm 12.31.16 Ask All Sailors 10/787 Holidays over,3 weeks till our big trip,should be enough time for me to reduce my motor to a basket
Pearson 33-2 electrical drawings obdoor at 12:02pm 12.31.16 Pearson 7/3358 if anybody has a copy of the factory electrical drawings I would greatly appreciate a copy of them.
Oceanis 37 access hatch is not water tight Pilgrimtex at 9:46am 12.31.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 10/1432 While stuck in a storm 4 days with confused seas; we wound up with a good 20 gallons of seawater in
Mast Diameter and Boom Length ~ Catalina 22 MK II catalanc at 6:25am 12.31.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1758 Hi Guys, I want to purchase a new main sail cover and I need to know the the mast diameter and boom
Soda Blasting rpwillia at 4:37pm 12.30.16 Ask All Sailors 3/485 Has anyone done this themselves? Last time I had my boat hauled the yard manager mentioned he was th
Shaefer rf top swivel "drum." Clydo at 4:18pm 12.30.16 Catalina 310 3/1057 Recently could not unfurl rf. Pulled jenny down and found top swivel full of bird poo causing beari
Catalina 22 Asills17 at 3:02pm 12.30.16 Catalina 22 22/3748 Hi all, I'm a University student in his 20's looking to buy a used Catalina 22. I work part time mak
My off season project (1) kito at 12:22pm 12.30.16 Sails Call Lounge 9/1091 I know this is way off topic but wanted to share my latest project.......a pair of Mini Statement sp
Where can I find one of these ? (2) finefurn at 9:13am 12.30.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/3338 I have a 1984 Hunter 27 I need the Reefing/Outhaul Line jamb on the Starboard side of the boom. I
302/322 shaft removal the_alpine at 8:39am 12.30.16 Bigger Boats 21/3357 any owners out there know if the prop shaft on these boats can be removed with the rudder in place?
O'Day 1987 35 Jghflash at 7:00am 12.30.16 Bigger Boats 12/1904 I am looking at buying a 1987 35 in Florida. The only "known" issues are some leakage from the stan
Happy New Year! (1) Kermit at 1:54am 12.30.16 Sails Call Lounge 23/1617 Hoping everyone will sail into a happy 2017 with fair winds and full sails.
Replacing Jabsco macerator with Raritan VanIslandGuy at 8:55pm 12.29.16 Big Boats 0/444 Just replaced both macerator pumps, (Jabsco orignals 1998), with new Raritan pumps. If anyone is co
What to look for when considering to purchase a used 26S Christen at 8:07pm 12.29.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1441 Greetings, I am looking to purchase a MacGregor 26s and am looking for input from owners as to what
A precautionary tale or shore power near disaster. (4) chrisings at 6:00pm 12.29.16 Ask All Sailors 22/2468 For reasons I don't need to go into here, we were never able to sail Trinity this season, sadly, she
New Design Trivia LakeShark at 12:27pm 12.29.16 Catalina 22 29/1881 Ok so I know this does not matter and it is simply useless trivia but I have to ask. Does anyone kn
49 ft hunter Florida canvas maker claugerbaum at 8:17am 12.29.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/450 Looking for reputable canvas dealer to cover the cockpit of a hunter 49
Sail Number? freeheelbillie at 7:13am 12.29.16 Catalina 30 4/1516 What's the proper way to do my main sail number? I assume it would be the first four numbers of my h
Mini bath Dave Collins at 4:40am 12.29.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 17/1052 Hi all, I was looking into buying a Hunter 36, then I saw a video with a mini bath in a Hunter 456,

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DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE WITH A DOMETIC Dual Zone Portable Refrigerator and Freezer, Powered by AC/DC or Solar captain69 at 3:45am 02.18.24
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE WITH A DOMETIC Dual Zone Portable Refrigerator and Freezer, Powered by AC/DC or Solar twodzusfittings at 3:25am 02.18.24 (plus Sam Holmes has one!). Who? :D:laugh:
Bilge Wire Size Question. jssailem at 2:56am 02.18.24 :plus:
Moving Up... w4swk at 9:16pm 02.17.24
Air conditioner replacement TimFromLI at 8:44pm 02.17.24 I also looked at the Mabru also, not sure the 12V system would be suitable in your case, but they se
Bilge Wire Size Question. Davidasailor26 at 7:53pm 02.17.24 There are two factors at play here - ampacity and voltage drop. The first limit to consider is max
Solent or Slutter added to a new fractional Selden in-mast furler rig shemandr at 7:30pm 02.17.24 Well I hope "Chop and drop" doesn't apply! The Fractional masts have different characteristics. T
Air conditioner replacement Crusty Ol Salt at 6:27pm 02.17.24 Let's start here. For the last 25 years I have tested commercial HVAC systems in new construction an
37c hose size for stuffing box ggrizzard at 5:50pm 02.17.24 :laugh: Sorry, I don't have a clue except to suggest that since you know the shaft diameter, could
Running cables through the headliner on a 2001 Hunter 380 (3) CAVU at 5:32pm 02.17.24 I suppose if you wanted them exposed in the salon. The tunnel is definitely designed to carry wires
Advice on transcontinental shipping dLj at 5:16pm 02.17.24 You also have Sailors moving sailors... F Google them. dj
Running cables through the headliner on a 2001 Hunter 380 Sailgunner at 4:56pm 02.17.24 Can you get from the post to panel outside the tunnel? Been a long time when I ran some wires up th
Dock and Go Override How-to RichKS at 2:24pm 02.17.24 Hi all, Just to follow up, I managed to get hold of the ZF support helpline "wrenchline" and the re
Air conditioner replacement GryphonGirl at 12:50pm 02.17.24 It is a 2009 Oceanis 31.
Cockpit vhf replacement Mike? kappykaplan at 12:49pm 02.17.24 Simrad VHF and wireless remote years ago :plus:
Cockpit vhf replacement Mike? FastOlson at 12:42pm 02.17.24 Having been thru a mast-down re-rig recently and before that a replacement of the ancient VHF..... I
Cockpit vhf replacement Mike? Rich Stidger at 11:50am 02.17.24 You can test your coax, connectors, and mast head antenna with a SWR meter. If you don't have one,
Air conditioner replacement Dr. D at 11:11am 02.17.24 Sorry to hear about the situation. What year is your boat?
Moving Up... Stu Jackson at 10:56am 02.17.24 .it appears as if we have found it. OK, drop the suspense, what is it? Congratulations.
Black Butyl tape? Project_Mayhem at 10:56am 02.17.24 I bought some 3M stuff for a car window a few years ago. Wow talk about a gooey messy product! Anywa

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