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Hunter 306 swim ladder Brinky63 at 5:47pm 07.04.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/718 where can i buy a swim ladder for the hunter 306? The manual has is as a 16" telescoping swim ladder
Looking at buying a 1976 O'Day 15 cyberfiche at 2:24pm 07.04.23 Day Sailers 3/730 My current sailboat is a sunfish, and my wife has been wanting me to upgrade to something a little l
Electric Winch Pmack240 at 1:26pm 07.04.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/457 How do you turn on DC power to the winch. I turned on circuit breaker located behind aft cabin door
Lewmar forward hatch handle has come off and there is slight cracking on the lense around the hole. Jason and Dina at 9:54am 07.04.23 Ask All Sailors 5/370 Our Lewmar forward hatch handle has come off and there is slight cracking on the lense around the ho
Can anyone explain this southern Atlantic pattern of July 4? (1) Don S/V ILLusion at 9:05am 07.04.23 Weather and Forecasting 4/589
Adler Barbour Compressor "Pumping" when on Battery Power duck21 at 7:28am 07.04.23 Ask All Sailors 13/1134 Hello, We have a 90's vintage Adler Barbour Super Cold Machine on our boat. It works great at keepi
HAPPY 4th of JULY... INDEPENDENCE DAY (3) jssailem at 7:14am 07.04.23 Sails Call Lounge 1/499 Wishing all of you sailors a Happy 4th of July. 217513
Catalina 270 Rub Rail (1) RandySmith at 5:41am 07.04.23 Ask A Catalina Owner 8/1352
Damaged Keel on Hunter 410 (3) wnischt at 3:57am 07.04.23 Ask All Sailors 11/600 The wing keel on my boat was damaged/bent during Hurricane Ian in FL. In addition to the starboard
ray marine SL72 nmenkes at 1:09am 07.04.23 Big Boats 0/246 i am looking for a source of used parts of the A/M system
Fuel (In)Efficiency BTreanor at 10:51pm 07.03.23 Big Boats 9/1749 Greetings. New Catalina 36 owner. New to cruising on my own boat (as opposed to friends' boats). New
Ideas, Thoughts, Recommendations, I'll Take Anything (4) Ralph Johnstone at 9:55pm 07.03.23 Ask All Sailors 27/1917 217496 Below is an exploded view of the holding mechanism : 217499 This is a closeup of the abo
Schaefer traveller q's (2) fred1diver at 6:26pm 07.03.23 Ask All Sailors 1/267
shore power female-end fell in the water Egovos at 3:46pm 07.03.23 Ask All Sailors 16/1664 Novice question- the female end of my shore power cord fell in the water while it was plugged in on
Shoutout to Weems & Plath Art12050 at 2:24pm 07.03.23 Ask All Sailors 2/314 Our 25 year old Time and Tide clock stopped working. I boxed it up and sent it off to Weems ' Plath
2004 Hunter Passage 420 Questions Mike H. at 1:16pm 07.03.23 Big Boats 7/1160 We just purchased a 2004 420 Passage Center Cockpit. Love the boat. Had some work done in dry dock i
Sailing adventures of SV MUSETTA (1) jssailem at 1:08pm 07.03.23 Weather and Forecasting 66/5862 Musetta is the muse of @dLj . She came into David's life after a disappointing Florida Keys adventur
cant identify my venture2? micmacirq at 12:01pm 07.03.23 Ask All Sailors 8/433 recently purchased a venture sailboat. i was told it was a 222 but upon measuring the mast and late
Lower unit gear oil john6206 at 10:37am 07.03.23 Trailer Sailors 1/527 Hey all, I always feel a bit weird changing my gear oil every year given that I probably put less
Engineering Issues jssailem at 10:23am 07.03.23 Sails Call Lounge 12/1098 I saw this video this morning and wondered, how did the park safety team miss this on their AM inspe

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Non self tailing winches jssailem at 9:02am 02.09.25 the technique one hand on the tail and the other on the winch handle Yes. If it slips, add anothe
Outfitting a little bare boat jssailem at 8:53am 02.09.25 AIS/DSC Personal Locator Beacon rather than a satellite PLB. A satellite PLB will not be visible to
Non self tailing winches Davidasailor26 at 8:49am 02.09.25
Non self tailing winches shemandr at 8:48am 02.09.25 I had a Ranger 29 without self tailers. A dodger, cockpit shower, depth finder, mast painting, a ne
Opinions on "best" outboard motor thinwater at 8:48am 02.09.25 I like Yamaha but there isn't much difference between them, Suzuki, Tohatsu and Honda in that size
Non self tailing winches john6206 at 8:47am 02.09.25
Battery "box" (2) jssailem at 8:46am 02.09.25 That sounds great. m $20 for a 4AHr FLA to about $50 for a 15Ahr battery that will need to be repla
Opinions on "best" outboard motor PNWE36 at 8:45am 02.09.25 Tohatsu, as mentioned by DArcy is a good brand to checkout. They actually make the lower HP Mercury
Non self tailing winches Davidasailor26 at 8:37am 02.09.25
Cunningham on a 310 any one? jssailem at 8:30am 02.09.25 I see that @SJN is using a double block. That seems a bit overpowered. On my 35-foot boat, I do the
Motorhome Mariners Urban Hermit at 8:18am 02.09.25 That depends on if I am racing or not. This is mostly aimed at those nasty stinkpotters -- but exc
Opinions on "best" outboard motor DArcy at 8:04am 02.09.25 I like Yamaha but there isn't much difference between them, Suzuki, Tohatsu and Honda in that size r
Non self tailing winches DArcy at 7:54am 02.09.25 the 1983 Catalina 30 I looked at yesterday has non self tailing winches. Are those useful? They ar
Opinions on "best" outboard motor dmax at 7:53am 02.09.25 The Suzuki 20 with fuel injection is a very nice engine. I like Tohatsu as well. My experience with
Non self tailing winches dmax at 7:48am 02.09.25 Swapping them out as the first project sounds right - especially on a 30 footer.
Motorhome Mariners Hayden Watson at 7:46am 02.09.25 You might be one if you pass other boats about as far away as you pass cars on the highway. That d
Motorhome Mariners Will Gilmore at 7:31am 02.09.25 You might be a motorhome mariner if you think slower boats should move over to the slow lane and get
Cunningham on a 310 any one? Afraal at 7:26am 02.09.25 Thank you @SJN and @jssailem! I like the idea of running the cunningham line to the cockpit.
Motorhome Mariners Urban Hermit at 6:53am 02.09.25 You might be one if you pass other boats about as far away as you pass cars on the highway.
inspecting a Catalina 30 dlochner at 6:53am 02.09.25 This thread has been hijacked long enough, if you have more questions about bottom painting, start a

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