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Spinnaker/Whisker Poles Diablito at 3:20pm 07.25.15 Big Boats 4/1269 Hi all. I own Mer-Sea Beaucoup, a great 376. She came without either a spinnaker nor gear. I
Companionway door spring broken:How to replace? Viktor Eysselein at 12:59pm 07.25.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1384 Hi All: The spring of the companionway door on my Hunter 45CC broke. I got the spring from HunterO
Shroud length with 10 hole stay adjuster hobie9809 at 8:13am 07.25.15 Ask An Oday Owner 2/753 I would like to change my shroud from turn buckle to 10 hole stay does anyone know what length to ma
CDI Rolling Furling pelicanj45 at 8:10am 07.25.15 Ask All Sailors 13/2086 I own a Hunter 36 Cherubini model. I've owned it around 25 years. This year the roller furling is
Auto Helm compass PM in TO at 7:47am 07.25.15 Catalina 310 14/1801 Have a 2005 310 does anyone know where they mounted the compass? I have looked everywhere? Thanks P
Home is the Sailor (1) Roger Long at 5:09am 07.25.15 Ask All Sailors 14/2179 I was just a few boat lengths away from a brief "pier head jump" crew drop off at City Island, New
Catalina 309 windless issue Nellie the sailor at 4:38am 07.25.15 Ask All Sailors 1/564 Dear all, we dropped anchor a few times this year and my maxwell 500 in our anchor locker started ac
Irwin 25 without centerboard keel Bwilliams0621 at 4:29am 07.25.15 Irwin 4/5004 Hello all new to the ownership of a new to me 25' irwin 10 / 4 without the centerboard keel. It was
Replacing a backstay turnbuckle njlarry at 4:12am 07.25.15 Ask All Sailors 7/2964 Yesterday I first noticed a faint crack in the backstay turnbuckle. I would like to replace it toda
Rumbling/throbbing sound when carrying Genoa 180 in 7kts+ Piotr at 9:21pm 07.24.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 20/3028 Recently, I became a bit adventerous and started carrying more sail in more wind. That's when the Ad
VIN # atrometer at 6:41pm 07.24.15 Catalina 22 13/1307 Can someone interpret this for me "22CTYH555975"
New portlight in Oday 272 (2) MaritimeTees at 6:10pm 07.24.15 Ask An Oday Owner 8/1268 Today I installed a new Bomar portlight in the aft cabin. Wow the difference. Air and light. Best ne
Yamaha 30 Strut Johnthesailor at 5:12pm 07.24.15 Yamaha 0/1787 I have just noticed that the strut on our 1981 30 is showing signs of corrosion. A surveyor has conf
ODay 25 forward deck recore (8) 4father at 3:00pm 07.24.15 Day Sailers 1/2283 It all started out with a plan to replace a vent over the anchor locker. Upon removal of the offendi
Wheel control lines (1) drdanj at 2:50pm 07.24.15 Big Boats 2/1195 A recent email from Catalina Direct warned about the "cross wire idler" mechanism under the Edson pe
Runing Wire down Mast Beneteau 321 at 1:26pm 07.24.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/2147 Planing on installing a wind speed /direction on mast head,on our 1997 Beneteau 321 any helpful hint
Please share your H34 bare sole underside PGIJon at 12:20pm 07.24.15 Big Boats 3/675 At least for me, it would sure help me if those with a H34 could post pictures of the cabin minus th
Need info on Rigging a 17 ft Oday Day Sailer Big_John23 at 11:13am 07.24.15 Day Sailers 6/6966 Hey I have a 17 ft Oday Day Sailer and don't know how to 100% rig the sails and boom. If any one kno
Rebedding Upper & Lower Chain Plates myboatfruition at 10:44am 07.24.15 Catalina 310 7/2977 I have recently purchased a new to me Cat 310, hull number 15. I would like to work my way around t
Seaclear and Raymarine lehigh375 at 8:57am 07.24.15 Ask All Sailors 1/1046 I created a route with Seaclear that is saved as a .SRW file. I also have a chart that is saved as

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Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? Ralph Johnstone at 8:32pm 08.17.23 Yes I'll be for all intents and purposes building a solid, sturdy retaining wall that that bearing
TO H41 OWNERS, GALLEY LIGHT Ralph Johnstone at 8:20pm 08.17.23 I know we harp on it but ONLY a picture will help identify the switch.
H38: What is this Xantrax device under my main DC panel dlochner at 8:08pm 08.17.23 My plan is to mount the new battery midpoint in the mostly unoccupied space along with the charger,
H38: What is this Xantrax device under my main DC panel Davidasailor26 at 7:51pm 08.17.23 Yep that looks like it. Thanks. so as far as I can tell, one end of the fuse connects to the BAT
TO H41 OWNERS, GALLEY LIGHT captprogreso at 7:20pm 08.17.23 OK just find the fault connection at the switch , those have a very little bridge that make the conn
H38: What is this Xantrax device under my main DC panel flightlead404 at 7:13pm 08.17.23 https://www.ebay.com/itm/294172320300 Yep that looks like it. Thanks. so as far as I can tell,
Replacing Sea-Fire Automatic Extinguisher in engine compartment, Hunter 33 2006 quadrille38 at 7:04pm 08.17.23 Greenhouse gases. Your probably thinking of Pfas that is used in firefighting foams. Not typically
Expectations from solar SycloneDriver at 7:00pm 08.17.23 That CMP24 charge controller doesn't look like a very good unit. Check out the Victron line of MPPT
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? RSHunter27 at 6:56pm 08.17.23 Do I correctly understand you'll be using the shaft bearing shown in your photo #2 : s building a
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. mermike at 6:40pm 08.17.23 I enjoyed your tales of Luna's rescue. Hope this one works out for you.
Installing Composting Toilet in Oday 35 DinghySailor at 6:36pm 08.17.23 I ran the vent for our dry toilet through the house roof and covered it with a small clamshell. T
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. mikeracca at 6:33pm 08.17.23 Was this the boat?
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? RSHunter27 at 6:13pm 08.17.23 The "porch" side... Sometimes I get a kick out of how the speech to text likes to quote me. Anyway I
H38: What is this Xantrax device under my main DC panel mermike at 6:10pm 08.17.23 Could certainly be annoying if it blows and you need to replace it to get the whole house system wo
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? RSHunter27 at 6:06pm 08.17.23 OUCH ! If the grinding has been taking place within the gland, you may have damaged the shaft surf
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. (1) mermike at 6:04pm 08.17.23 Was this the boat?
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? Ralph Johnstone at 5:39pm 08.17.23 It really appears as if the shaft is having its problem within stuffing box. OUCH ! If the grind
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? RSHunter27 at 5:18pm 08.17.23 Well if it comes down to that we'll just have to wait and see. A CV joint takes up less space than a
New vang to Beneteau Oceanis 50 (2009) Mechone at 5:04pm 08.17.23 Just buy the parts . What year is the boat ? It lasted this long. Zspar (France ) did supply many B
pros and cons of adjusting valves... Will Gilmore at 4:53pm 08.17.23 Brock pulled out a sock, then a second toe frock. It was red and gold in argyle Spandex. The heel po

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