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Bolt rope to loose footed main? marke14 at 10:01pm 12.29.15 Ask All Sailors 21/5606 I am considering a new set of sails for our boat, and I was at our local (Costa Mesa, CA) Doyle loft
Weaver Snap Davits Full Circle 473 at 9:36pm 12.29.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 16/3989 Has anyone used Weaver Snap Davits to hang their dinghy off the stern? I have a Beneteau 473 and I w
Share some Sailing Terms... Curious Sailor at 4:14pm 12.29.15 Ask All Sailors 51/5721 Bigwigs: Senior officers in the English Navy were known as "bigwigs" because they wore huge wigs. Bi
I've got the marina slip waiting list blues marke14 at 4:10pm 12.29.15 Ask All Sailors 26/8848 I was looking at the waiting list "fee" for remaining on the list, and I wondered since I had applie
New head??? Ken Cross at 2:25pm 12.29.15 Ask All Sailors 8/718 Hi all. I'm thinking of replacing our head (Comfort Mate) with a Raritan PHII Shown here: http://sho
Lewmar Winch Servicing Article / January 2016 MainBrace EditorC22NSA at 2:09pm 12.29.15 Catalina 22 2/649 Due to popular demand, I will be re-posting Don Boyko's article on Lewmar Winch Servicing in the Jan
Gulfstar 39 Sailmaster Questions Cool Beans at 1:09pm 12.29.15 Ask All Sailors 9/2381 So, I'm still looking for another liveaboard. While down in NC, I had the broker show me a GS39 whi
Waves on Lake Erie cb32863 at 12:48pm 12.29.15 Ask All Sailors 4/715 Saw this link over at SA. Some awesome shots. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2015/
Zodiac moving mfg to China Skipper at 12:11pm 12.29.15 Ask All Sailors 9/2315 Defender Marine says Zodiac moving manufacturing from France to China. some French models still ava
In-mast roller furling continuous line kenvail at 11:33am 12.29.15 Big Boats 4/1532 One of my winter projects this year is to change the continuous line on the in-mast roller furling m
In-mast electrical wiring / O'Day 34 LouisMK at 10:23am 12.29.15 Bigger Boats 3/946 I'm wondering if the electrical cables located in the mast are somehow bound together? When I decide
Sarasota Bay Destinations dscribner at 10:13am 12.29.15 Ask All Sailors 1/306 I'm chartering a Catalina 30 in Sarasota Bay for a couple of days in February so I'm looking for pla
Loose Nut (1) Rasselas36 at 9:51am 12.29.15 Ask All Sailors 38/2085 I recently found this threaded nut beneath the engine fire suppression system. I have searched all
This is how its done in FL (2) inarathree at 8:53am 12.29.15 Smaller Boats 2/23511 While I sold my H22 a year ago, I still keep up with what is posted here. We day chartered a boat y
Remove ice chest H34 H3newdog at 8:53am 12.29.15 Big Boats 0/849 I've seen others who have modified the ice chest/storage area. I want to redo mine for access to the
2004 Catalina 350 Original Boot Stripe (1) fsarmast at 6:01am 12.29.15 Mid-Size Boats 6/3031 Just bought a 2004 Catalina 350. It's Winter in the North East. Excited for Spring. Luckily the boat
Plasteak cabin sole StanleyJ at 4:27am 12.29.15 Ask An Oday Owner 5/3290 Has anyone installed a Plasteak synthetic teak and holly cabin sole in their boat? If so, are you h
Replacing Companion way step treads CYQK at 3:46am 12.29.15 Ask All Sailors 8/2009 Been searching everywhere for replacement teak stair treads Anyone found a source for these have to
Beeneteau 42 CC stewart mackinnon at 6:48pm 12.28.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1208 Can the steering wheel be replaced with a folding wheel and if so do you need a wheel puller to remo
outboard prop slip measurement on a 1990 Macgregor 26S (5) walt at 4:09pm 12.28.15 Ask All Sailors 30/4964 A good definition of prop slip is here http://www.go-fast.com/prop_slip.htm At some rpm/gear ratio/

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Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? 4arch at 4:48am 12.12.23 thanks for the effort pal. If you're interested great if not of course I would understand. Thanks a
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? Terry Cox at 4:29am 12.12.23 It's always in the back of my mind; I'd be more comfortable knowing. Intuition has worked pretty
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Terry Cox at 4:14am 12.12.23 If all is good, I will take the boat out for a few hours spin to churn up the waters in Possession
Volvo V Vetus Muffler dlochner at 4:03am 12.12.23 If indeed the links are a result of copying and pasting a post from CF, then my apologies. If you re
2GM20F engine issue dlochner at 3:47am 12.12.23 Saturate the raw balsa with neat epoxy. Then it will probably be necessary to replace the fiberglass
Volvo V Vetus Muffler Davidasailor26 at 2:38am 12.12.23 Well, it just seems odd to have all those links to pages in CF, especially since they are not speci
Volvo V Vetus Muffler Mike Topaze at 2:15am 12.12.23 I have no idea what you are talking about I have never posted before so I put this post under Engine
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? (1) Ted10028 at 11:04pm 12.11.23 Yellow wire goes to negative side of external LED, positive side of LED goes to power source, brown
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? (1) Ted10028 at 11:01pm 12.11.23 Yellow wire goes to negative side of external LED, positive side of LED goes to power source, brown
2GM20F engine issue Ken13559 at 10:34pm 12.11.23 Mechanic took away my gearbox for repair 2 days ago. Had to chip away the engine bay fibreglass ridg
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? (1) Ted10028 at 9:12pm 12.11.23 Yellow wire goes to negative side of external LED, positive side of LED goes to power source,
Help, My Boat is Tipping Over! marcham at 8:44pm 12.11.23 I had the port list on my 380. Removed 160 lbs of batteries from the port settee and relocated about
Re-installing the shaft coupling Ralph Johnstone at 8:35pm 12.11.23 You want that coupling to seize together with the shaft. If you're relying on the parts to seize
Synthetic Rigging AaronD at 8:30pm 12.11.23 I have a daysailer (Chrysler Mutineer 15) and Catalina 22, and I've thought about re-rigging each wi
Furano connection dlochner at 6:51pm 12.11.23 Is the mast deck stepped? If so, it may be inside the mast. There may be an access port on the mast,
Re-installing the shaft coupling dlochner at 6:46pm 12.11.23 Friction between the coupling and the shaft is important, it takes the stress off the key and makes
Help, My Boat is Tipping Over! CAVU at 6:45pm 12.11.23 I own a 2001 380 and also have the port list you mentioned. I think the lack of the genset may be a
Synthetic Rigging AaronD at 6:42pm 12.11.23 Terminators / Connectors Good terminators purpose-built for this task aren't cheap. Usually a littl
Synthetic Rigging AaronD at 6:36pm 12.11.23 Types of Dyneema From Marlow SK60 : Older formulation (I think original Amsteel was SK60?) SK75 :
Synthetic Rigging AaronD at 6:27pm 12.11.23 @Tedd. Thanks for posting this. I've been thinking occasionally about synthetic rigging for a few ye

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