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Worst sailing update ever (1) pclarksurf at 6:59pm 12.17.16 Catalina 22 89/10252 stunning lack of progress
Liability Insurance limits Tally Ho at 2:10pm 12.17.16 Ask All Sailors 15/1557 Our Marina on Lake Michigan (owned by the City of East Chicago, IN) is under going a renovation. The
GPS Location. Bill and Kathy McDonald at 11:01am 12.17.16 Catalina 22 32/3553 Curious. I use my iPad with the Navionics app as my GPS. I'm going to use a Ram mount to secure it
Mounting clamps for a pedestal (3) HiddenHand at 9:32am 12.17.16 Ask All Sailors 17/3644
Hydra Muffler system on a Westerbeke 10-2 marine engine Charlie D at 8:59am 12.17.16 Ask An Oday Owner 10/1553 Does anyone know where I can get parts for a Westerbeke 10-2 Hydra Muffler. I need the plastic drai
Upholstery shawanaga at 2:40am 12.17.16 Big Boats 24/7189 Hi does anyone know a good upholstery co in the Toronto area. I would like to get my interior cushio
430 head Monty VM at 6:19pm 12.16.16 Big Boats 14/1420 does anyone know if the jabsco manual toilets installed in these vessels is the compact or standard
Twin Rudder Macgregor 25 Mac 25 at 4:39pm 12.16.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/2385 Can't find a post about a Mac 25 owner who added a second rudder with the motor in the center of th
37.5/376/380 Owners in Hampton Roads area Cool Beans at 1:38pm 12.16.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/849 Ahoy there! I'd love to have a tour of your boat if you live in the southern part of the Chesapeake
Wireless electronics upgrade sdstef at 12:48pm 12.16.16 Ask All Sailors 8/752 I am upgrading some electronics on my boat. Looking at going with the Raymarine T100 wirleess knot
Favorite yards for bottom paint and mast work LeslieTroyer at 11:06am 12.16.16 Pacific North West Cruisers 57/6128 Well - It's about time to repaint the bottom (my first time here) -- based on the last in water boat
Faulty VDO Hour Meter Yanmar Engine (1) Quade at 9:24am 12.16.16 Engines and Propulsion 0/1456 Attention: Do not use any metal instrument. The hour meter works properly since this action. Obviou
Crazy dream? (3) Jackdaw at 7:12am 12.16.16 Ask All Sailors 48/5082 OK its winter and I'm looking for a new big boat to replace my First 36.7 ride. I want something sma
Rockport Harbor, Maine. (1) TomY at 4:36am 12.16.16 Destinations 9/2083 Fireworks exploding in bone chilling air over lobster boats this past weekend. These boats are still
Oceanis 45 Inner Forestay Chainplate Kit SteveInMD at 1:24am 12.16.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1368 I understand Beneteau makes a inner forestay chainplate kit for Oceanis 45. Does anyone know what t
The Rudder on my hunter 356 has play jjoptics at 8:33pm 12.15.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1008 when I took the boat out of the water this fall I noticed at the hull where the rudder shaft comes t
Haul out bottom paint Kommy000 at 7:42pm 12.15.16 The Cherubini Hunters 8/1701 Thinking of having my 27 Hunter hauled out and bottom painted and cutlass bearing changed too. Never
Fuel tank tedmrt at 6:35pm 12.15.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/386 I just purchased a 1992 Legend 43 and I'm not seeing how to gain access to the fuel tank!? I would l
Freezing cold but I did it anyway (1) rgranger at 12:55pm 12.15.16 Ask All Sailors 25/2137 Went to the lake to pull my OB for the winter and just had to
Which exhaust manifold M25xp (1) JosefR at 10:57am 12.15.16 Catalina 30 15/4726 Someone working on my boat sent me this pic of the elbow coming off my manifold, so I'm assuming the

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Rigid boom vang on Catalina 310 MikeToronto at 9:06am 05.31.24 While searching further across the web, I've come up with this thread: Rigid Boom Vang and Toping Li
Chain plates Hunter 49 JamesG161 at 7:59am 05.31.24 My quick review of the issue... The Cracks and minor pitting is normal for the years of service. T
Idle and throttle control help dmax at 7:53am 05.31.24 If it is only getting to 130 degrees F, it's possible the PO or someone has removed the thermostat o
Idle and throttle control help Don S/V ILLusion at 7:00am 05.31.24
Idle and throttle control help 716thomashall at 6:59am 05.31.24 Thanks everybody. I will go through the whole fuel system and make sure it is all in good shape and
Does anyone have a rudder they bought from Rudder Craft Rmalko at 6:41am 05.31.24 Thanks for the info
Idle and throttle control help kloudie1 at 6:38am 05.31.24 Check fuel supply very closely.. all filters, look for a collapsed fuel line, maybe check for a plug
Engine fire dlochner at 6:26am 05.31.24 Correct. I have 2/0 from the battery to the alternator which has an ampacity of 350A if memory ser
Spring refit done, time to go sailing ?? Gene Neill at 6:24am 05.31.24 photo dump I like that cooler! How many quarts is it? Does it fit as well as it appears?
Engine fire Hayden Watson at 6:22am 05.31.24 It really depends on the wire size from the positive bus bar to the alternator. If the ampacity of
Looking to upgrade from a C22 to?? JBP-PA at 6:10am 05.31.24 There are several shoal keel/centerboard trailer sailor boats in the 25ish range that can be launche
Chain plates Hunter 49 jssailem at 6:00am 05.31.24 As @isaksp00 suggests, once the internal nuts are released, can the plate be lifted at the stud area
Engine fire ice breaker at 5:55am 05.31.24 So if my engine started and ran without any issues, then the fire circuit to the pressure switch wa
Chain plates Hunter 49 jssailem at 5:52am 05.31.24 In my experience rub rails are attached to the hull. Where you see the chain plate behind the rub ra
Chain plates Hunter 49 jssailem at 5:48am 05.31.24 Sounds like a bad design. Cutting the rub rail would be my last and final choice. Does your rub rai
Looking to upgrade from a C22 to?? SailingLoto at 5:43am 05.31.24 I love my swing keel c25, but totally understand wanting something more modern.
Does anyone have a rudder they bought from Rudder Craft SailingLoto at 5:40am 05.31.24 I have their hdpe flip up rudder on my c25. It's all I've ever had on that boat so I can't tell yo
Idle and throttle control help dlochner at 5:26am 05.31.24 The answers to some of the questions may be here: http://www.downeasteryachts.com/wp-content/upload
Idle and throttle control help 716thomashall at 5:17am 05.31.24 I was worried I might be over propped. I have no idea what prop that is except that it is a 2 blade.
Love Hate relationship (1) Gene Neill at 5:11am 05.31.24 I need to come up with something clever on my Capri 22, the boom is too low to fit a Bimini under i

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