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Battery Charger fusing buddybear at 4:36pm 08.28.15 Catalina 310 2/730 Preparing to install Pro mariner Pronautic 40 amp battery charger. Went to purchase a 50 amp fuse fo
New Comprehensive and Positive Catalina 22 Review sethpool at 4:08pm 08.28.15 Catalina 22 2/816 http://whichsailboat.com/2015/08/22/catalina-22-review
compass cylinder on steering pedestal replcement j.r.brown at 3:00pm 08.28.15 Mid-Size Boats 2/715 The cylinder that mounts the compass on my steering pedestal is self-destructing and needs replaceme
Storm haul outs CapnGrumpyBreeches at 2:27pm 08.28.15 Catalina 22 3/707 With T.S.Erika approaching the east coast, it made me wonder: Those of you that keep your 22s in t
Cabin Top Instrument Box (1) Ameseys at 11:21am 08.28.15 Yamaha 2/1586 I would like to get an instrument box forward of the companionway on my Yamaha 30, but I think it's
What percentage of sailors can't think ahead? Zed at 10:52am 08.28.15 Ask All Sailors 33/3037 My experience of sailing is admittedly minimal. And I am retired, and many of the experienced sailo
Boat Name Letter Size? jonjbfx at 10:22am 08.28.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/685 I am about to jump online to buy my letters.. Suggestions for how tall? Unfortunately away from bo
Volvo MD2B - Cooling Issue SailMaster at 10:02am 08.28.15 Engines and Propulsion 8/2732 Hello again, Well we were almost off of the dock until I found our next gremlin to work through.
rudder of a 380 fabrik at 9:58am 08.28.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1014 Would Like if i can have the plan of how the rudder is built on hunter 380 1999 or if i can see a
Sea Hawk Paint Execs Go To Prison For Selling TBT Paint fstbttms at 9:43am 08.28.15 Ask All Sailors 12/1538 Although this story apparently broke last December, I only heard about it recently. A marine coat
Need the measurements on companion way vulcan at 9:26am 08.28.15 Ericson 0/1130 My boat a 32-200, 1988 is down is Mexico and I want to take, a bug screen for the companion way, dow
Pelican hook replacement ppm411 at 9:24am 08.28.15 Catalina 22 14/4230 I need to replace one of my lifeline pelican hooks (ker-plunk) on my 1974 Catalina 22. I ordered a
Wanting to add a windlass to 1994 Legend 40.5 gertonw at 8:07am 08.28.15 Big Boats 19/2682 although there some posts addressing this topic, I am interested in which windlass would work specif
Scary Situation DannyS at 7:56am 08.28.15 Ask All Sailors 21/2293 I recently had a very scary situation develop. We were in the middle of a two week cruise of the Can
Catalina 30 engine stop "T" handle Al17265 at 7:13am 08.28.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1122 Where can I get a replacement for the engine stop pull ("T") handle for my 1988 Catalina 30?
Pre-purchase inspection - 1996 H26 CHSN WND at 6:51am 08.28.15 Smaller Boats 11/1017 Hi, I recently sold my first boat and am considering buying a 1996 H26. I'm wondering if I can tap i
ICOM M502 and remote mic problem jmcaleer at 6:06am 08.28.15 Ask All Sailors 12/4291 Hi all! First, I'm cross-posting from another forum so apologies if you've already read this. Her
What HP? Inflatable tender Macboy at 5:07pm 08.27.15 Ask All Sailors 17/6206 I we're picking up an entry level inflatable (aluminum floor, inflatable keel) and now we need a mot
Raising main - 36 footers Mark Maulden at 4:44pm 08.27.15 S2 10/1934 So, can u other 36 footers get main to the top without winching?
Thinking about a new headsail Doc_holiday at 3:59pm 08.27.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/823 What I really want is a furling but will likely just try to find a new hank on. I don't need a big G

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Universal M25 = Kubota ?? Head Sail at 10:17am 02.13.23 D-850 used in the B7100 tractor.
302 Raw Water hose and seacock question (3) Richard19068 at 9:56am 02.13.23 My new engine raw water intake seacock is now a Groco IBV 750 with a proper backing plate. But th
Mast Height and Rigging Mark Froats at 9:46am 02.13.23 In a response to Letta, you said you have a photo copy version of the Sirius 21owners manual. I jus
Sirius 21 owners manual Timm R Oday25 at 9:41am 02.13.23 Welcome , I also took the plunge head first . The folks here have been excellant helping me get star
Sirius 21 owners manual (5) Mark Froats at 9:13am 02.13.23 I did not know there is no owners manual. So how about a brochure for a 1979 Sirius 21. I am new to
Need advice for running backstay with staysail on H49 Windpilot at 9:11am 02.13.23 I completely agree with you. I had an old guy (like me lol) 30year veteran respected rigger on the p
302 Raw Water hose and seacock question Evan656 at 8:10am 02.13.23
Low oil indicator fading in and out RitSim at 7:31am 02.13.23 If you are going to get rid of the original "trailer plugs" , why not eliminate plugs completely? T
Floor board replacement on a hunter 306 jdrutten at 7:31am 02.13.23
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida Alan Gomes at 7:30am 02.13.23 If you don't want your boat to break, don't use it. But then, often disuse* is much harder on a b*
Hunter 326 - Yanmar Engine Vibration - New mounts and maybe more?? Breezy1 at 7:26am 02.13.23 In your "squareness" photo it appears that the gap is larger in the gap at the bottom of the photo
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida dlochner at 7:25am 02.13.23 Standard cruisers' conversation when meeting: Where ya from? Where ya going? What's broken? If you
Spades &. Quick Connect terminals Maine Sail at 7:23am 02.13.23 Thanks @Maine Sail - good to see you writing again and sharing your knowledge. I am not an electr
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida Alan Gomes at 7:07am 02.13.23 without having lost anything, broken anything, Or at least nothing major. Pretty hard to have a
New autopilot smokey73 at 5:57am 02.13.23 If at all possible, I'd consider pulling out existing wires without big connectors, inserting the wi
Rear pulpit modification (1) MBroderick at 5:56am 02.13.23 Each side has a quick pin:
Rear pulpit modification fred1diver at 5:51am 02.13.23 How do you open it?
Why??? Scott B at 5:47am 02.13.23 So am I to understand, we opened our border to a homeless Canadian, who traveled in some fashion 30
Rear pulpit modification (1) MBroderick at 5:46am 02.13.23 This is what I use on my 33.5. Two Gemini split connectors and a length od ss tubing. I like this be
Lewmar folding wheel problem (1) Scott B at 5:37am 02.13.23 If you zoom in on the wheel you can see the elastic and balls.

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