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New sheaves for continuous furling line guide on Hood 705, Catalina 27 (1) gavinbailey at 6:58pm 03.12.16 Mid-Size Boats 6/1615 Hi, I'm trying to find new sheaves to replace those in the attached pic which guide the continuous
Code XX sail (1) Jackdaw at 6:57pm 03.12.16 Ask All Sailors 19/1479 Like a Code 0, but more refreshing. https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/v/t1.0-9/1280
Deka Marine batt vs Costco / results Skipper at 6:53pm 03.12.16 Ask All Sailors 6/1033 2 group 27 batts. Maintained. switch 1,2,both. Charles 20 amp dual bank. The 5 year old (June 2011,
Hood Furler Jdaniel343 at 6:36pm 03.12.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/753 I have an old Hood furler and need some parts. Problem is I am not sure which furler I have. Its on
Do I need an adjustable outboard bracket Aladave at 6:35pm 03.12.16 Mid-Size Boats 9/3777 On my 1976 Catalina 27, the Atomic 4 needs a lot of work and time, so I've decided to go ahead and b
Docking Technique wufibugs at 5:46pm 03.12.16 Ask All Sailors 7/1164 I was looking at an article on docking and it suggested that on boats with separate controls for gea
God I'm an Idiot! topcat0399 at 3:53pm 03.12.16 Ask All Sailors 57/7978 I'm sure some here may have suspected this already but today I confirm it! Got the boat unlimbered
battery maintenance fred1diver at 2:01pm 03.12.16 Ask All Sailors 21/1800 ok time for a simple question, I know you have to add water to general batteries, but do you have to
Good news, my zincs work :-D (2) Skipper at 1:27pm 03.12.16 Ask All Sailors 15/1322 Pictures. Shaft zinc 9 months. Grouper 2+ years. Might throw the grouper back in for awhile; still
Mac 26X repairs JWH2050 at 12:11pm 03.12.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/998 I have two questions. First, has anyone replaced the rub rail on their boat. Mine got damaged and I
What are these??? (3) atwhite2 at 11:28am 03.12.16 Ask All Sailors 27/2144 I purchased my 1977 Tartan 30 2 years ago and still am sorting through all the misc parts that came
Dog on Board Cambo at 7:41am 03.12.16 Ask All Sailors 24/2164 We have been considering getting a dog for some time now, and we are at a great time in our lives to
Davits for hunter 36' Sailorman52 at 7:20am 03.12.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/2038 I just purchased a 9' inflatable with aluminum floor. The dingy is a fold up. That will fit in my po
Victron Battery Monitor Install Question dlochner at 6:57am 03.12.16 Musings With Maine Sail 7/1554 A question about the shunt. As it comes from the factory, the circuit board is on the left side as t
Lake Travis Sailors Thedillo at 6:19am 03.12.16 Destinations 0/720 Is there anyone on lake Travis still in the group? Would love to hook up with you out on the lake.
Yanmar 2GMF lock up Jammin jr at 6:01am 03.12.16 Engines and Propulsion 17/1544 Hey all. I have s problem with my engine. It will turn free by hand in either direction for 3/4 of a
Raymarine windvane cable Sefuller at 4:21am 03.12.16 Ask All Sailors 4/571 I have a used ST 60 wind vane and instrument which I would like to install while my mast is down, ho
H240 centerboard cheek block caverun at 4:03am 03.12.16 Smaller Boats 9/869 The centerboard uphaul cheek block on my 240 has bent and the sheave no longer turns freely. No doub
Boat swings at anchour Matpearce at 10:26pm 03.11.16 Catalina 310 12/2177 i have a Catalina 310 and at anchour or on a mooring bouy as soon as the wind gets above 10 knots th
Oday 30/31 Masthead Light OdayGeorge at 6:26pm 03.11.16 Ask An Oday Owner 4/906 My anchor light is out. I have the original 1986 masthead light - it lasted 30 years! I really don

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Hunter 36 Fridge and Freezer Replacement drm1 at 9:38am 12.31.23 For recharging, most of these units only have the low-pressure port and it usually will have the ol
Universal(Kubota) M35 electric fuel pump JoeWhite at 9:36am 12.31.23 On my 1999 C36, the electric fuel pump runs when engine is running on the M35B. I used a voltmeter t
Worst holding tank install ever Davidasailor26 at 9:14am 12.31.23 every flush into it would increasingly pressurize it, with very interesting results! I had the sam
Quick Question - What is this, a cupholder? Roland5048 at 9:11am 12.31.23 My Autohelm 3000 has that same mount for the pilot head.
Hunter 36 Fridge and Freezer Replacement Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:36am 12.31.23 Fwiw, turning off the fridge/freezer breaker every night last thing before you go to bed (neither wi
Seaward 32RK and 26RK Ocean-Going Capabilities Kings Gambit at 8:34am 12.31.23 Recently Sailing Zinger rescued 3 people aboard a Bavaria 44 that had been dismasted in the middle
Installing a MSD potty in our C22 Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:27am 12.31.23 A more affordable and equally effective alternative to NoFlex Digester is Camco TST (Amazon Link).
Hunter 36 Fridge and Freezer Replacement Hayden Watson at 8:27am 12.31.23 For recharging, most of these units only have the low-pressure port and it usually will have the old
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. mikeracca at 8:21am 12.31.23 Your plan sounds solid. Stick to it. Boat and title for any money. I would suspect they do not have
Installing a MSD potty in our C22 Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:18am 12.31.23 There is precious little info out there about plumbing porta potties. Very few are plumbed at all, a
Worst holding tank install ever Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:50am 12.31.23 I strongly suspect the "holding tank" was just for "show" and was never used, cuz there's no sign of
Wood species dlochner at 7:46am 12.31.23 @dlochner the ones on my body, or the ones on my boat? Both. That's my story. :)
Wood species dmax at 7:43am 12.31.23 "The ones that are damaged I can try to fill with epoxy thickened with wood flour. " As an alternat
roller furling replacement Kings Gambit at 7:41am 12.31.23 Have any Hunter 46.6 owners replaced the Selden Furlex Jib System? I have significant problems wit
Wood species john6206 at 7:35am 12.31.23 @dlochner the ones on my body, or the ones on my boat?
Hunter 36 Fridge and Freezer Replacement Terry Cox at 7:07am 12.31.23 Not sure how to recharge them. Have you done this before? I didn't know they were rechargable. Goo
Hunter Legend 35.5 Spinnaker? kappykaplan at 6:19am 12.31.23 Try Bacon Sails: Sail search page
Wood species dlochner at 6:16am 12.31.23
Worst holding tank install ever JBP-PA at 6:10am 12.31.23 One would assume the green is overboard discharge. Perhaps the owner wanted to sail somewhere holdin
Wood species john6206 at 6:08am 12.31.23

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