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Weight hornet911 at 9:22am 11.27.15 Sirius 21/22 13/4719 I'm looking for a Sirius 21 but worried about total trailer weight as my limit is 3500 for towing. A
Rigid vang shawanaga at 9:17am 11.27.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/884 I have a 1990 35.5 and am thinking if installing a rigid vang Has anyone done this and what did you
Standard Horizon GX2200 w/AIS ? deltaten at 7:06am 11.27.15 Ask All Sailors 8/1779 I've been researching new. VHFs and find the details in the blurbs/descriptions a bit confusing. On
What's up with the pic albums? jlillie at 5:25am 11.27.15 Forum Help (Site Talk) 6/828 They really messed up my pic albums. All my comments are gone and some of my pics are no longer orie
Forward hatch weather strip tubing. jlillie at 5:12am 11.27.15 S2 18/4144 I ripped the old, hardened weather strip tubing from my forward hatch thinking I could run up to my
Salon table extension Cat 387. Where do I stow it? Darren Wohl at 4:20am 11.27.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/952 Bought my boat last year. The larger table came with an extension that extends the table to the benc
Any advise on keeping cockpit drains from freezing on the hard (1) H3newdog at 6:37pm 11.26.15 Ask All Sailors 21/4985 This will be my first winter with my "new" H34. It's on the hard so I have power available for a hea
Happy Holidays (1) Mike4116 at 8:19am 11.26.15 Sails Call Lounge 1/496 To all who post here and go down to the sea in ships (boats) I wish you the grandest holiday time.
Happy Thanksgiving, SBO Family! Scott T-Bird at 6:36am 11.26.15 Ask All Sailors 5/671 Thanks for advise and information! Let's see some T-Day sailing!
What type of wood trim trijohn at 6:19am 11.26.15 Catalina 22 10/8092 I have an '86 Catalina 22 full keel New style. I bought it in October, 2015. The outside woodwork is
Worse than a Spanish galleon? PotomacDaysailer at 4:42am 11.26.15 Ask All Sailors 25/3008 I wonder how bad my performance to windward was on my last sail - as I told my brother, I think I'd
Digital Owners Manual Skulldaddy at 10:19pm 11.25.15 Catalina 309 Group Forum 2/1902 When I first bought my boat I printed all the documentation I could find. I though I got the digital
Where's the oil? toliver at 9:24pm 11.25.15 Ask All Sailors 25/1884 Changing the oil: I can only "suck-out" about 3qts of used oil thru the dipstick tube from my Yanmar
Raymarine AIS 350 Bob 04 H260 at 8:00pm 11.25.15 Ask All Sailors 26/3573 We are thinking about adding AIS to our boat this year. We have a RM C120W MFD on board so thinking
Gettin' nekked (4) SailShannon at 7:56pm 11.25.15 Catalina 22 10/1736 It has begun. Yesterday Shannon got a thorough bath inside with Mr Clean. I know I'll need to do it
Danphilgreen - "Drydock" picture in your album Macboy at 7:44pm 11.25.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1754 Okay - so the "drydock" picture in Dan's album really got me thinking about our Mac that's sitting u
Yanmar Transmission Oil Level ggrizzard at 6:40pm 11.25.15 Ask All Sailors 18/23270 Does anyone know how much oil should be in the transmission of a Yanmar 2GM20F. The dipstick on mine
Garmin DV44 remodel (9) Ritdog at 6:06pm 11.25.15 Ask An Oday Owner 3/788 I will finally be getting my Oday 25 into the water this coming April- bought a Garmin DV44 Chartplo
I Pad Nav app? Tata duende at 3:24pm 11.25.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 20/3014 I inherited a hand-me-down I Pad from my g'dau (kinda shows where I am with technology) and want to
Hunter 34 Sea Hood reinstall Ilanortho at 3:20pm 11.25.15 Big Boats 22/6251 Hi; After all the suggestions and 3 days of work my wife and I got the sea hood off. I believe was b

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Knot meter sensitivity to sail trim Davidasailor26 at 9:01am 12.05.23 Your question focuses on one specific use case of measuring speed - I'm going x knots, then I pull t
New Sovereign forum CapeCodBubs at 9:00am 12.05.23 Any Sovereign 23 owners out there? Just picked one up!
Knot meter sensitivity to sail trim Scott T-Bird at 8:59am 12.05.23 I would buy a chartplotter and an instrument package with wind, speed, & depth and network everythin
Any clever ideas about how to blow fresh air into Catalina 320? Ted10028 at 8:44am 12.05.23 thanks for the information. I think you are right about no external vents from the engine compartmen
Solar power systems American_Mainsail at 8:40am 12.05.23 Very interesting to note that the output from wind peaks, and then drops off as the wind gets highe
Furring Jib rgranger at 8:34am 12.05.23 First you need to select a furler type. The sail you buy has to have the right connection mechanism
Knot meter sensitivity to sail trim Joe at 8:33am 12.05.23 Speed over ground (SOG) vs. Speed thru water (STW) Hmmm... as far as sail trimming goes I don't th
Solar power systems tfox2069 at 8:33am 12.05.23 The big issue with wind is there isn't enough of it. If you dig into the generation curves it takes
Any clever ideas about how to blow fresh air into Catalina 320? Scott T-Bird at 8:18am 12.05.23 that's great! Do I have an ignition position that is on without an alarm going off? And can I use t
Border Crossing with a Trailer Sailer Tedd at 8:16am 12.05.23 Thanks, @sesmith . Being retired, I normally have the luxury of being able to time my border crossin
Furring Jib Sailor Sue at 8:04am 12.05.23 Have you talked with a sail maker?
Thru Hull Replacement? Scott T-Bird at 7:56am 12.05.23 As a follow-up .... are you sure that you are trying to turn it the right way? Every once in a whil
Dodger Needed FastOlson at 7:45am 12.05.23 I'm in the wrong business Yeah. You might be, or Not. :) Tough business to succeed in -- with con
Manual Bilge motosail_SD at 7:41am 12.05.23 Glad you discovered the answer. Old boats are often a mystery awaiting discovery. Kind of the char
Any clever ideas about how to blow fresh air into Catalina 320? FastOlson at 7:27am 12.05.23
Dodger Needed Project_Mayhem at 7:24am 12.05.23 Oooof-ya.. $8000! Is that pesos or dollars? EDIT: Looking at SailRite, tallying up the materials fo
Manual Bilge jssailem at 7:24am 12.05.23 Glad you discovered the answer. Old boats are often a mystery awaiting discovery. Kind of the charm
Hunter Sailboat Salvage Yards? Project_Mayhem at 7:19am 12.05.23 There's a few marine salvage yards listed here: Sailboat Parts
Border Crossing with a Trailer Sailer sesmith at 7:12am 12.05.23 Not sure of the boarder crossing wait times in your area, but where we cross into Ontario I'd much r
Solar power systems dlochner at 7:04am 12.05.23 The "solar generators" are a LFP battery and a charger/inverter in one self-contained unit. Plug the

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