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Coronado 15 Mast. richstar100 at 7:57pm 05.25.16 Smaller Boats 2/1996 I have a 1980 Coronado 15 with a broken mast and I would like to find a good used mast or even a new
Raymarine / Tack Tick wireless wind transducer parts list Tally Ho at 6:31pm 05.25.16 Ask All Sailors 2/726 Does anyone have a parts list for a Raymarine Wireless wind transducer (Tack Tic)? I specifically n
Spinaker again sailnewbie at 5:37pm 05.25.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/490 OK so I flew again and things ain't how I remembered, last time I believed I flew it between mast an
What is this trailer accessory for ? (1) JVB at 1:52pm 05.25.16 Ask All Sailors 14/920 There is one of these 10" by 2.25" pipes on each side of my keelboat trailer. What can it be used f
Puffer restoration JMChristiansen at 10:33am 05.25.16 AMF 7/10149 Hi, I am restoring an AMF puffer 12 foot. I should have some pictures up of the boat soon. When I go
Simple mod makes for a happy sailor (1) flynhi4u at 10:22am 05.25.16 Trailer Sailors 23/2593 I was up reading a blog by the Stingy Sailor the other night and came across a simple idea that I th
1980, O'Day 25 Bilge Pump? sPk at 8:47am 05.25.16 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1371 Does anyone have any experience installing/using an automatic bilge pump in an O'Day 25? I was thin
Diesel Fuel bawlmer at 7:56am 05.25.16 Ask All Sailors 18/871 I would like to thank Bert Jabin's Yacht Yard in Annapolis for accepting my pint of diesel fuel for
Rainmaker never recovered by Gunboat? agprice22 at 6:34am 05.25.16 Ask All Sailors 7/1080 I read in an article in Sail magazine that Rainmaker, the Gunboat 55, abandoned off NC last year was
New sails, were they worth it? flynhi4u at 6:32am 05.25.16 Ask All Sailors 6/1457 We have been sailing with our new sails on our Hunter 20 now for almost a month so it is time to ans
Coleman Powerchill good find (1) agprice22 at 6:29am 05.25.16 Ask All Sailors 10/700 found this at Walmart last night for $35.00 leman-40-Quart-PowerChill-Thermoelectric-Cooler-with-Pow
Been making it out in the evenings. (1) Texas Gun-Man at 6:09am 05.25.16 Catalina 22 20/1287 Just getting to know the ole girl. Making it out in the evenings.
first sail on my new old cat dobrosailor at 4:09am 05.25.16 Catalina 22 11/952 as i noted with my trailer issues in another post. I did finally get a chance to sail my new old 19
Turning ball keel dobrosailor at 3:31am 05.25.16 Catalina 22 1/624 is there anyone besides CD that sells the brass turning ball? I found their prices routinely 2X of o
Wash down pump plumbed to head water intake? MattObjects at 7:47pm 05.24.16 Ask All Sailors 41/6065 I have a 12v sea water wash down pump I am planning to install to rinse off anchor rode and chain be
A/C in Hunter 37.5 - Generator ddrewry at 7:05pm 05.24.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/531 I need to add A/C to my Hunter 37.5. How many units do you have of what size and where are they mou
New to Diesel Volvo MD 2020 goofeyfoot at 6:27pm 05.24.16 Engines and Propulsion 8/1222 I bought s sailboat today with a Volvo MD 2020 diesel. First thing I want to do is change all oil, f
Compas deviation fred1diver at 5:57pm 05.24.16 Ask All Sailors 25/1044 hey everyone, Quick question, it's,m'y first Time out this year and I've noticed major differences b
Toilet paper question kimelmore at 5:46pm 05.24.16 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 45/3448 Ok here is the scoop or..pp if you wish Repositioned the new to us Catalina 380 from San Diego to
ProMariner ProNauticP Charger Settings dlochner at 4:27pm 05.24.16 Musings With Maine Sail 4/3094 The battery bank is 4 Dekka GC15s with a ProNauticP 1250 charger. Dekka recommends the following ch

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Long distance boat ownership FastOlson at 2:40pm 04.07.23 The comments about the effect of "money" are right on. When we were docked at the posh marina at Sid
Weather for Masters looks terrific. shemandr at 2:36pm 04.07.23 So sailors are allowed to follow golf! Good to know.
Lee cloths FastOlson at 2:26pm 04.07.23 I like your snap shackles not sure where you found them? may go with plastic quick release buckles.
Importing GPX File into a Garmin GPS 5212 Rich Stidger at 2:21pm 04.07.23 Maybe I can help. First a couple of questions- Do you have the owner's manual for the GPS 5212? Do
New furling genoa for a 76 30ft Catalina (1) TAJ at 2:16pm 04.07.23 Thanks for repling. As per pic. Its 1.5 meters from the main and 1 meter from the top of the mast. I
Damper plate? Waybad at 2:12pm 04.07.23 I put in a R&D from PYI they have three styles available they use a solid polyurethane center. It he
Upgrade Cabin Fabric Curtains CrispyCringle at 1:46pm 04.07.23 If you need the hooks for the curtains, Sailrite sells those kinds of fittings that will work on mos
Upgrade Cabin Fabric Curtains Crazy Dave Condon at 1:34pm 04.07.23 @patbratton I thought you were referring to window curtains. Yes there were privacy curtains on yo
Troubleshooting wind display (1) Ward H at 1:16pm 04.07.23 Here is a pdf on testing an iTC5 and wind transducer. Pretty sure the test points for the iTC5 would
Lee cloths Waybad at 1:15pm 04.07.23 FastOlson, Thanks for your input. I found a article about using Phifertex from about 20 years ago. I
Long distance boat ownership dlochner at 1:10pm 04.07.23 Pedant!!..... :) ;) Great Lake sailor. :) :beer:
Removing Dyneema Core thinwater at 1:07pm 04.07.23 ... The decored furling lines I have seen have been over sized, around ?". This allows for a better
Head Floor Non Skid thinwater at 12:46pm 04.07.23 Or you could build a cedar grate that is level. It might be more plesant and standing on a slope.
Weather for Masters looks terrific. ggrizzard at 12:30pm 04.07.23 Today nice... Tomorrow and Sunday :poop:ty
Long distance boat ownership Hollyberry at 12:05pm 04.07.23 Wrong. Colorado may have a few great lakes, but they have no Great Lakes. :cowbell::stir: Pedant!
Zinc on strut? fstbttms at 11:53am 04.07.23 No where in the article does he say to isolate the anode from the metal it is intended to protect..
Long distance boat ownership dlochner at 11:47am 04.07.23 Yes. Colorado has a few Great Lakes. Wrong. Colorado may have a few great lakes, but they have no
Zinc on strut? dlochner at 11:45am 04.07.23 Sure. For instance- the author recommends electrically isolating the anode's fasteners from both th
Long distance boat ownership Allowishish at 11:43am 04.07.23 My opinion is....... wait. You are just going through the excitement phase of this decision you tw
Zinc on strut? fstbttms at 11:23am 04.07.23 It would helpful if you could specify the bad information and provide references to support your cl

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