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table stop beneteau 361 tnathan at 9:19pm 06.16.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 11/1797 Hello, I had a question about my 361. The main cabin table slides up and down on the mast compres
Almost killed my wife last weekend - with a pop-top Piotr at 9:14pm 06.16.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/1398 I installed the lifters about 3 years ago and tested the strenghts before each season. I never had a
standing rigging caper27 at 8:40pm 06.16.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/787 Would standing rigging and a mast on a 1976 venture 21 fit a 17venture 21 ?
Halyards davidpilchman at 7:37pm 06.16.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/629 Help. Which halyard on mast top is head sail and which is spinnaker?
Are there backing plates or patterns for sale? fgraham at 7:35pm 06.16.15 Mid-Size Boats 3/1057 I want to strengthen the rigging on my Catalina 27 with backing plates. Would like to find some.
Comments, suggestions on new nav and home page? Phil Herring at 7:13pm 06.16.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 13/1110 Let me know if anything's not working, awkward, worse than it was, or just looks odd. Screen capt
New to sailing and New to the 22 Nevada Mike at 6:08pm 06.16.15 Catalina 22 11/1070 So whats the big deal with all of this sailing and upgrades stuff! How hard can it be and how much c
Advice on sailing the Bay of Quinte Robert1224 at 5:59pm 06.16.15 Mid-Size Boats 3/754 Ahoy! Has anyone here cruised the Bay of Quinte in 2014? I am considering a cruise from the west
Curved cockpit seats in H35 uncomfortable? megs at 5:56pm 06.16.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/914 Hi all - we are considering the purchase of a 1988 Hunter 35 Legend (upgrade from a '72 Catalina 27)
RPM won't stay up MORNING LIGHT at 5:32pm 06.16.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/1131 Have a Universal 25 xp 1996 and have difficulty keeping rpm higher than 2500 . As soon as I remove m
saltwater sailors, what all do you clean after sailing. (1) hawk232 at 5:20pm 06.16.15 Ask All Sailors 25/3226 Just got back from 4 days on the gulf and spent the ENTIRE day washing the whole boat, flushing the
how should i re-stick peel batten patches and lettering? (4) hawk232 at 5:16pm 06.16.15 Ask All Sailors 3/850 a few of the patches at the back of my battens are loose and flutter in the wind, while looking at t
Confused on solar specs \ Grape Solar Skipper at 4:46pm 06.16.15 Ask All Sailors 30/3682 If I get a Grape Solar Photoflex 100w panel, I'll need to also get an MPPT controller. The panel
Launching and recovering C-22 from dock (stern first) sailorfrog at 3:51pm 06.16.15 Catalina 22 3/1050 I have a C-22 and I dock stern first, in a fairly tight slip and also limited space between the bow
louder than normal keel hum artfull dodger at 3:18pm 06.16.15 Sirius 21/22 9/2302 I have sailed my 22 for years and am very used to the hum around 4 tp5 knots. Something is wrong. It
"Air pocket" in raw water filter line Stargazer3 at 1:41pm 06.16.15 Big Boats 5/1119 Hi, all! Whenever we come back from a day of sailing and turn on our air conditioning (or refrigerat
Clean water Slider at 1:25pm 06.16.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/905 I have a 2912 B37. She is a great boat and cruses The SF Bay. I use a water filter when filling th
Cruising in the heat Bad Obsession at 1:24pm 06.16.15 Ask All Sailors 41/5837 I have just come back from a short two day cruise. I spent last night out on the hook. Needless to
Jabsco Head Replacement bobcat30 at 1:16pm 06.16.15 Catalina 30 1/871 I am going to replace the head (toilet) this week. I have the standard JABSCO head. What is the best
Stepping a mast? OdayQs at 12:51pm 06.16.15 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1200 Hi All! I'm extremely new to the world of sailing, so please pardon my ignorance! I'm doing summe

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lithium battery conversion Davidasailor26 at 5:26pm 01.25.23 Hard to say for sure without knowing more about your wiring layout. It certainly sounds possible tha
yanmar 4JH4-HTE dificult to start Ralph Johnstone at 5:00pm 01.25.23
Solar panel question/Recommendations artleyt115 at 4:58pm 01.25.23 I'm confused by the 87w/12w rating on your fridge. You listed 288.0 WH, which is 12w 24H. 12 wat*
LPG tank Hunter 39 quadrille38 at 4:55pm 01.25.23 Hi, We bought a new to us 2011 Hunter 39 last fall in Saugatuck MI. We tried to ship the boat from
Line routing to cockpit garymalmgren at 4:41pm 01.25.23 A waste of time and efforts having the clutches outside the dodger. You would have to have self tail
New NOAA Marine Product Captain Larry-DH at 4:31pm 01.25.23 I subscribed to the channel so I should be notified if new content comes out
Line routing to cockpit jssailem at 3:43pm 01.25.23 Was thinking of having the clutch located outside the dodger (forward of the traveler) The reason
Teak Rub Rail (1) Gene Neill at 3:40pm 01.25.23
Solar panel question/Recommendations mermike at 3:36pm 01.25.23 I'm confused by the 87w/12w rating on your fridge. You listed 288.0 WH, which is 12w 24H. 12 watt*
Hunter 356 in-mast sailing conversion to hanks/rope and halyard option jssailem at 3:34pm 01.25.23 The main seemed to luff early as I tried to sail to wind Gentlemen choose not to sail to windward.
Line routing to cockpit dmax at 3:33pm 01.25.23 :plus:to what John said. Many mast steps have provisions for attaching mast blocks like this one: h
Line routing to cockpit (1) tenacity31 at 3:32pm 01.25.23 You have room under the dodger for the rope clutches? You may want to think about a small #10 winch
New NOAA Marine Product dlochner at 3:27pm 01.25.23 No more weather updates on the channel :mad: YouTube has several options for posting videos. The
Line routing to cockpit jssailem at 3:26pm 01.25.23 You have room under the dodger for the rope clutches? You may want to think about a small #10 winch
New NOAA Marine Product Tally Ho at 3:23pm 01.25.23 No more weather updates on the channel :mad: Must have run out of funding when the government hit t
New NOAA Marine Product JamesG161 at 3:12pm 01.25.23 I ask the weather sleuths There are a bunch of new tools out there. It depends on if you are Sail
45' mast for Buchan 37 Project_Mayhem at 3:11pm 01.25.23 One of my surface mounted spreaders got caught when we stepped the mast. It created two tears in the
Display engine instruments on Raymarine C120 chart plotter. Calif. Ted at 3:05pm 01.25.23 Seatalk ng and Nema 2000 are the same thing just using different plugs, so if you use a Ray Seatalk/
Hunter 356 in-mast sailing conversion to hanks/rope and halyard option kbgunn at 3:03pm 01.25.23 I have a furling main on my current Hunter 33 and I had a Hunter 38 with furling main. You can purch
Yanmar engine console - yuck nitrogenase at 2:52pm 01.25.23 You could sand it down to remove all the old paint, repair the crack (Kitty Hair would work) and re

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