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ST60+ Knotmeter Issue>>>Thoughts? Rick D at 11:13am 08.20.15 Ask All Sailors 32/4865 My Raymarine ST60+ not-meter is making me nuts. The display would not read knots when I was moving a
Oil paulj at 10:51am 08.20.15 Catalina 310 4/858 Which brand of oil and weight do you use on your Universal M 25 engine? paulj
Catalina 30 vs. C25 Roland20228 at 10:48am 08.20.15 Catalina 30 2/1058 We currently sail a C25 but are thinking about switching to a C30. Is their performance about the sa
Moving mainsail sheet forward on a Mac 25 suvh8er at 10:24am 08.20.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/2183 Hello everyone, hope you all are getting some good sailing in this summer. I have been contemplatin
The skinny on a 1989 Oday 280 27 lookingtobuy at 10:18am 08.20.15 Ask An Oday Owner 2/5881 Hello my name is Jay. I am considering a 1989 280 27 . Any info would be greatly appreciated, parti
good reading... for the extremely wealthy only!! centerline at 9:37am 08.20.15 Ask All Sailors 11/1413 as much of a fan as I am of Nigel Calder and what he has to share with the world thru his books, I d
Where to advertise my boat for sail ? Oliver at 9:25am 08.20.15 Ask An Oday Owner 2/587 Where you guys look for boats for sale?
2006 MacGregor 26M Pinched Mast Channel Repair DavidEBIDLOCAL at 9:16am 08.20.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/977 I've recently purchased a 2006 MacGregor 26M (with the rotating mast), and I just discovered on tryi
11983 Watkins 32 questions Roland20228 at 9:05am 08.20.15 Other Sailboats 0/1766 Looking for input about how this boat would sail on Lake Champlain, VT, where the prevailing winds r
Oday 322 Owners manual fireman416 at 8:35am 08.20.15 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1585 Good Day All I was hoping that somone out there may has a digital copy of an Oday 322 Owner manual
Loose footed main flynhi4u at 8:24am 08.20.15 Smaller Boats 3/730 In the process of ordering new sails and they default to a loose footed main. Will I see much of a d
Changing the cabin layout in the bow. Tac1300 at 7:01am 08.20.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/818 i have recently obtain a 2002 hunter 466 from my Dad but I am wanting to change the layout of the fo
hydraulic gangway for hunter 456 passage CC nmenkes at 7:00am 08.20.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/646 I want to install a hydraulic gangway on my Hunter 456 456 passage CC 2004. I need a length of 2.5
Sirius 21-Thinking of Selling Baysailor6 at 6:14am 08.20.15 Sirius 21/22 0/16 I got this boat last fall and never owned anything over 17' in the past. It sails great but is not e
Albemarle Sound- Near Edenton pdwireSML at 6:10am 08.20.15 Destinations 7/2680 Hello all, First time posting and enjoyed all the information gained from others adventures. My
C-22 Fleet-130, Metro Detoit Award CaptDon01 at 5:54am 08.20.15 Catalina 22 1/655 C-22 Fleet-130 is our "Fleet of the Year" for 2015. We are going to get together next Thursday, 8-27
Butyl tape with no nuts Graycruiser at 5:44am 08.20.15 Musings With Maine Sail 2/1940 I need to rebed a SS hand rail on our C320. It is held by 3 bolts thru the deck into threaded holes
Is this correct for Green Ground Wire? (1) smokey73 at 5:25am 08.20.15 Ask All Sailors 14/2183 I was running some wires and found this (see picture). Should the green AC Safety wires for shore p
Cabinet "sagging" in aft head? (2) smokey73 at 5:18am 08.20.15 Big Boats 1/713 Hunter 40.5 My cabinet is "sagging" (see picture) in my aft head. I only see one screw on each
shore power willsnow at 10:03pm 08.19.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 20/3127 What's the simplest shore power setup if all I want to do is run a battery charger while on a dock?

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60 best Boats 30' and under dlochner at 4:57am 01.06.24 Heads can be too big or too small. As folks have noticed too small makes life more challenging. Too
Polycarbonate Bimini Window Nodak7 at 4:55am 01.06.24 We have a uv poly on our dodger. Great stuff with great visibility. use strata on the enclosure sid
Polycarbonate Bimini Window Nodak7 at 4:53am 01.06.24 We had Makrolon dodger windows and were very pleased with them. They eventually got hazy and couldn
Polycarbonate Bimini Window NYSail at 4:50am 01.06.24 We have a uv poly on our dodger. Great stuff with great visibility. use strata on the enclosure side
what make engine? (2) twodzusfittings at 3:59am 01.06.24 Previously posted: One design flaw in this engine is the crankcase ventilation. The hose attaches t
2GM20F engine issue twodzusfittings at 3:48am 01.06.24 Two things come to mind. First in regards to low compression is, make sure your compression lever is
Polycarbonate Bimini Window Davidasailor26 at 3:14am 01.06.24
Classic wooden boat owners (1) jssailem at 3:05am 01.06.24 Some of my early sailing days were spent on a plywood built Windmill in San Diego bay. During our v
Classic wooden boat owners (1) Will Gilmore at 10:49pm 01.05.24 What kind of boat did you live on when you were younger Will?
1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light Richard19068 at 8:51pm 01.05.24 In the legal parlance of the COLREGS and CFR, there is no such thing as a steaming light. The regs
60 best Boats 30' and under shemandr at 8:11pm 01.05.24 Room in the head is a big deal for me. Get rid of the stupid nav station and give me a proper space
iPad/tablet mounting CGT100 at 8:06pm 01.05.24 https://armor-x.com/en-ca/collections/boat-marine?filter.p.m.my_fields.design=X-MOUNT+%7C+Mobile+TYP
60 best Boats 30' and under PaulK at 7:49pm 01.05.24 The J-30 is a modern classic for sure. Just be sure to measure the actual headroom, and also stand
New to me boat with rotting bulkhead Timm R Oday25 at 6:55pm 01.05.24 G Newboat, in general terms ,"tabbing " refers to fiberglassing a wooden partition ,in this case a b
60 best Boats 30' and under FastOlson at 6:45pm 01.05.24 "Comfort ratio" is a calculation that does not actually reflect how a boat really behaves in bouncy
iPad/tablet mounting quadrille38 at 6:06pm 01.05.24
so much mainsail twist on the VOR65s dlochner at 5:59pm 01.05.24 The VOR boats were so fast downwind sailing became a beam reach because the apparent wind moved that
1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light dlochner at 5:45pm 01.05.24
New to me boat with rotting bulkhead G Newboat at 5:43pm 01.05.24 Maybe I'm misunderstanding the terminology, but what are they saying in post #13- etc. when they tal
1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light rgranger at 5:18pm 01.05.24 The masthead light on the 1/2 Ton is mounted about halfway up the mast and has 225 degrees. That i

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