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Broken Main sheet/ vang hunter240 at 12:41pm 05.31.16 Smaller Boats 9/1140 Well it happened again. The pin that attaches the snap shackle to the main sheet(which is really a b
Securing the boom with Bimini open CHSN WND at 11:39am 05.31.16 Smaller Boats 30/4227 I recently installed a 6 foot Ameriseam Bimini (stern rail seat model) on my H26. To prevent interfe
'83 31' Hunter Water Tank leakage 1mcarlson at 11:36am 05.31.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/572 I read a previous thread on here about the leaky rear water tank yet cannot ask for further informat
Water in Bilge, even after being out of the water for a year patriciasailing at 11:19am 05.31.16 Day Sailers 6/2080 Hello, I keep having water in the bilge of a 1984 Oday Daysailer II we purchased a year ago. It ha
Any Catalina 22's in Minnesota / Minneapolis area? prskier17 at 10:28am 05.31.16 Catalina 22 8/1482 Hey everyone, My wife and I have been looking/dreaming about our 1st sailboat for several years... n
2000 Hunter Passge floor removal Sillybilly at 10:14am 05.31.16 Ask All Sailors 0/240 Ok lets see if I get an answer. I have a leaking water tank under the floor between the gen /engine
O'day 22 Battens Capri at 9:48am 05.31.16 Day Sailers 1/656 Hello. I have a 1981 22ft. With Neil Pryde mainsail. It takes three battens: 24, 24, and a 30. I wou
Saga's May 2016 Trip Bad Obsession at 9:33am 05.31.16 Ask All Sailors 3/350 Here is the edited video of my May 2016 single handed trip into the Chesapeake Bay: bqDQ1VHNwVM Le
Factory Ice Box bebling at 8:41am 05.31.16 Catalina 22 2/582 I have a 1989 C22 wing keel. Since purchasing we have installed new cushions and upholstery, new se
Oday Wigeon slow leak cliff02138 at 8:04am 05.31.16 Day Sailers 6/2441 I'm excited - this is my first post to this forum! A few years ago my parents gave me the boat I gr
Oday slow leak help? cliff02138 at 8:02am 05.31.16 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1165 I'm excited - this is my first post to this forum! A few years ago my parents gave me the boat I gr
Oday slow leak cliff02138 at 7:56am 05.31.16 Day Sailers 0/819 I'm excited - this is my first post to this forum! A few years ago my parents gave me the boat I gr
How to remove light bulbs on h386 Boston2020 at 5:53am 05.31.16 Big Boats 0/564 I want to upgrade to LED bulbs. How do I remove the bulbs in the dome fixtures in the head and salon
Centerboard Issue tgrass462 at 9:59pm 05.30.16 Smaller Boats 4/738 Today we pulled our 1999 Hunter 260 from Lake Carlyle to power wash and paint the bottom and wax the
Rudder on H376 Franklin at 8:36pm 05.30.16 Big Boats 1/748 The helm has always been a problem on my 1996 H376. Racing crew seem to always complain about weath
Where is the CO coming from? BayMan at 6:17pm 05.30.16 Ask All Sailors 16/1610 1987 Hunter 450. I put a house CO detector in the aft stateroom. I equalized my batteries and it w
Spinnaker?, Gennaker?, Drifter? Need help identifying this sail.. (5) Texas Gun-Man at 5:11pm 05.30.16 Catalina 22 13/2989 Before you laugh too hard at this texas rancher, please remember that I'm a real novice...lol This s
Diesel Problem Smorgasbord... Jtcf78911 at 4:31pm 05.30.16 Engines and Propulsion 61/5018 Hi all. As excited as I was to recently get my O'Day 28 back on the water I was pretty rapidly defl
Catalina 30, Wing keel, Bilge question Bel/Mik at 2:02pm 05.30.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/940 Is it normal for the bilge to form a white skin of something on top of the antifreeze after the wint
2000 Model 290 table-setee arrangement danstanford at 1:33pm 05.30.16 Mid-Size Boats 1/528 We know how to drop the table by removing the pin but the table is probably 3/4" from resting on the

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Tidal Currents Trip planner App Davidasailor26 at 12:12pm 12.09.23 hen we've sailed where there were tidal currents (Maine and Rhode Island), we used the current and
H49/50 battery replacement dlochner at 11:55am 12.09.23 2.5.4 Battery charger On the engine is an alternator generating 40 Amp 12V. This current is rectifi
Cockpit Locker Size? PMK at 11:49am 12.09.23 The cockpit locker opening is 15.5 inches wide, 22 inches long on the inside edge and 30.5 inches lo
H49/50 battery replacement Georgedoyle at 11:38am 12.09.23 2.5.4 Battery charger On the engine is an alternator generating 40 Amp 12V. This current is rectifie
H49/50 battery replacement Georgedoyle at 11:32am 12.09.23
Tidal Currents Trip planner App jssailem at 11:26am 12.09.23 I can understand this logic. There really are no reliable short cuts to safe navigation. I operate
Tidal Currents Trip planner App Stu Jackson at 11:09am 12.09.23 DeepZoom Is very helpful to show the currents up in our neck of the woods. But try this exercise
H49/50 battery replacement Georgedoyle at 11:00am 12.09.23
H49/50 battery replacement Stu Jackson at 10:59am 12.09.23 What should I do about the other alternator? It is charging a Dakota 65 ah 1000 cca lithium startin
H49/50 battery replacement marcham at 10:55am 12.09.23 I don't think this is an issue. Your start battery has a very very low depth of discharge after havi
H49/50 battery replacement Georgedoyle at 10:37am 12.09.23 Now that we have been running on our lithium batteries for a while, a new concern has come up. While
Tidal Currents Trip planner App (2) jssailem at 10:26am 12.09.23 @Tedd Lay out a simple route. This one is for a passage through Deception Passage, Using OpenCPN wit
Tidal Currents Trip planner App Michael Davis at 10:10am 12.09.23
Tidal Currents Trip planner App Captain Larry-DH at 9:58am 12.09.23 I have been using an Tidal Currents trip planner for a few years. It's an app where you plug in you
Tidal Currents Trip planner App sesmith at 8:43am 12.09.23 And no tidal currents! Well, there are the seiches, and they can be quite radical at times, depen
Beneteau Spare Parts SoSound at 8:37am 12.09.23 Did you purchase the Sense from a U.S. dealer? Are you still in the U.S., and only the boat in Euro
Solar arch installation pictures on 315 (3) VFR750 at 8:15am 12.09.23 I am not putting an Atlantic Tower arch on my 315. The problem: the seats overhang the cockpit and
Tidal Currents Trip planner App Tedd at 8:01am 12.09.23 OPENCPN is a free software that shows the affects of the tide on your route.based on a timeline tha
2 blade vs. 3 blade prop for my 1988 C30 dlochner at 7:50am 12.09.23 Thank you SO MUCH for this info and the video. Both are so helpful. The boating community is aweso
Water Maker - Horizon /Sea Recovery Aqua Mini 170 kloudie1 at 7:36am 12.09.23 In addition, I didn't include the brine bypass flow in my thinking (with a nip of Sailor Jerry) My

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