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Need help trouble shooting and identifying my roller furler (3) SV My Luv Too at 11:22am 06.28.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/849 125236 125238 125237 Does any one know what style of brand roller furler this is ? I have looked a
Riding a mooring (2) ifmdalvey at 10:33am 06.28.16 Ask All Sailors 11/957 Last weekend i took a run up the lovely 12 mile Kennebec river to the city of Bath in Maine. Some ni
Trailer support for O'day Gannet (2) meg2323 at 9:40am 06.28.16 Day Sailers 2/1085 My Gannet is sitting on an old bunk trailer ( 2 runners). Since the bottom of the boat does not have
Mounted recylced Raymarine C80 MFD in a used Navpod. (10) pateco at 9:05am 06.28.16 Mid-Size Boats 3/1902 My boss gave me his old Raymarine C80 multi-function display along with a DSM300 depthsounder and tr
36e Spinnaker Halyard install - Leader line is coming out of the mast foot? hoffmad at 8:59am 06.28.16 Big Boats 7/1124 Finally broke down and bought the hardware for the new asy spinnaker. Now I have the halyard in han
Burned out LED bulb on new bulkhead compass CloudDiver at 8:29am 06.28.16 Ask All Sailors 22/2273 I've been slowly working on installing a Plastimo Mini Contest bulkhead compass on my C-22. It was
Fail Safe Installation of a DYI Galvanic Isolator? dreuge at 8:25am 06.28.16 Musings With Maine Sail 6/1999 Dear Maine Sail, I have read many discussion regarding the need, use, and installation of galvan
Wing keel woes. (5) C22-Daydreamer at 7:59am 06.28.16 Catalina 22 50/6682 Okay, fellow sailors and wing keel experts. Finally took a look at my wing keel. I don't know if I'm
Window Frames Chevy1217 at 7:59am 06.28.16 Parts Search 1/635 Does anyone know where a Sailor might be able to get window frame material. That would hold 1/4 in a
How fast is your H26/260? rgranger at 7:51am 06.28.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 29/2252 Hey All Just got back yesterday from a sailing trip in the Neuse River (Pamlico Sound). This was my
Peggy- What do you know about Un-chloric? Rich Stidger at 7:49am 06.28.16 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 4/2779 I just saw this product within the last month or two and I am wondering if it really works to dissol
Expanded water aft water tank on a 473? Paul Williams at 7:20am 06.28.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/719 We filled the aft water tank last week and it seems to have expanded upwards, making the floor panel
Changing the Belt on the M25XPB DaveJ at 4:40am 06.28.16 Catalina 310 20/3185 Tried to change the belt on my engine and was unsuccessful. Shouldn't be hard....what am I doing wro
Air Conditioner won't turn on aw6686 at 4:06am 06.28.16 Mid-Size Boats 8/2386 Turned off a/c, switched breaker to off, turned off main power and went sailing for a couple of hour
Battery charging question Carter Mac 26 at 11:14pm 06.27.16 Ask All Sailors 9/1177 I recently bought a 1993 MacGregor 26S. The previous owner had installed two new batteries (automot
sailboat registration melw at 8:11pm 06.27.16 Ask All Sailors 31/1976 I need info on how to buy boat in DR..it is registered in the USA...I would like to register it in C
Leave Well Enough Alone? Marc14857 at 6:16pm 06.27.16 Ask All Sailors 17/1160 The alternator belt on my Yanmar 4JH4AE is going on its 8th season ~600 hours. The belt looks virtua
Birth of a new mainsail (2) Jackdaw at 4:19pm 06.27.16 Racing 44/7386 BlueJ gets a new carbon main... 225 sqr feet worth. The current sail is still in very good shape/con
beneteau oceanis 40 (2008) transmission question Captpete12 at 3:44pm 06.27.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1246 I cannot seem to find the literature for the transmission on my Oceanis 40 so do not know what trans
Upgrading Raymarine e80--do I have STng or ST? Tips? tmatzzie at 3:10pm 06.27.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/2284 Hello, I have a 2008 Beneteau 40 with Raymarine 80 chartplotter and instruments. I am planning an up

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The Great Lakes.... (1) dlochner at 6:25pm 04.26.24 The deepest parts of Lakes Superior, Michigan and Ontario are hundreds of feet below sea level.
NYC to Chicago on a sailboat (mast removed of course) Project_Mayhem at 6:04pm 04.26.24 Have you looked into the Great Loop Association?
The Great Lakes.... quadrille38 at 5:28pm 04.26.24 The Great Lakes contain 1/5 (20%) of all the fresh surface water in the world.
Outboard depth in water. morbidfollower at 5:23pm 04.26.24
Outboard depth in water. (2) morbidfollower at 5:20pm 04.26.24 224416224417
The Great Lakes.... dLj at 5:06pm 04.26.24 Interesting list. dj
MPPTs / inverter / battery compartment ventilation JoeWhite at 4:28pm 04.26.24 I use 3 1/2" computer fans. They draw about 34mA each. You can use 2 to bring air in and 2 to take a
Metal lathe garymalmgren at 3:48pm 04.26.24 Steve of Acorn to Arabella fits a Balmar alternator. He sent off his measurements. received his new
MPPTs / inverter / battery compartment ventilation dlochner at 3:02pm 04.26.24 Are you concerned about heat or about off gassing from the batteries?
NYC to Chicago on a sailboat (mast removed of course) dlochner at 2:56pm 04.26.24 The route is pretty straight forward once you get to the Lake Erie. To get to Lake Erie there are
West Marine CPP Ablative Antifouling Paint - Opinions? Ralph Johnstone at 2:38pm 04.26.24 Epoxy barrier with a different colour is good as well. What type of antifouling paint do you use and
https://youtu.be/qaYsRSZ3CSQ?si=-tE9G7JwoqpNMIfZ (1) rardiH36 at 2:06pm 04.26.24 1) Taking notice of this thread, I thought to link you to my posts about my strut replacement eight
Sarasota Bay Returning patrickfarley at 1:14pm 04.26.24 Carpet tile sounds interesting. Everything is a redo on the boat. I redid the seats and now they
H30t Boot Stripe ggrizzard at 12:53pm 04.26.24 It is painted or black dyed gel coat... Not a decal. If you prep the old stripe properly with sandin
West Marine CPP Ablative Antifouling Paint - Opinions? dLj at 11:50am 04.26.24 @arf145 , at the end of two seasons, what is your signal to apply another two coats of CPP. Thanks
Anyone installed a Balmar Serpentine belt kit on their Universal M25? Hayden Watson at 11:30am 04.26.24 Before my stroke I was working with Timm & Chris W. To get all this data into a spread-sheet. While
Anyone installed a Balmar Serpentine belt kit on their Universal M25? Maine Sail at 11:22am 04.26.24 Thanks Rod. That is good to know. Balmar could have easily avoided all of this trouble simply by
West Marine CPP Ablative Antifouling Paint - Opinions? Ralph Johnstone at 11:19am 04.26.24 @arf145 , at the end of two seasons, what is your signal to apply another two coats of CPP. Thanks.
Access to windlass Tom J at 11:11am 04.26.24 Interesting. Maybe they added it to make it possible to check/add oil? Looks like a PO added the
Sarasota Bay Returning rgranger at 10:58am 04.26.24 Two weeks ago I resurfaced the interior of a small 18' cuddy cabin boat. First I primmed the entire

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