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Fish finder VS depth sounder / instrument set? Macboy at 12:45pm 08.21.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1785 Our Mac came with a fish finder which gives us hull speed from a little paddle wheel on the back/bot
Hatch Latch (1) repawn at 12:28pm 08.21.15 Ask An Oday Owner 3/789 Hi all, My 73 O'day 22 did not come with a forward hatch cover - finally made one last night. Sti
Windows H386 Adamt24 at 9:38am 08.21.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/591 Hi all I have excessive crazing on my 2003 H386 windows and was thinking of replacing them this wint
Where to put a generator on 373 Sjvaun at 9:37am 08.21.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/2282 Wondering where I might put a generator (and what size) in my 05 Oceanis 373 to run the A/C and/or c
DIY Bow Sprit/ Anchor Roller (1) sunman at 9:36am 08.21.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/12174 Been looking at whats out there as far as Bow Anchor Rollers, and the $$$ built this one for under
Check out my custom hard dodger (5) wellfinishedpearson36 at 9:20am 08.21.15 Pearson 19/6865 This is my 1986 Pearson 36 with a custom hard dodger I designed and built. Hope you all like it.
Trade up to a larger boat fgraham at 9:15am 08.21.15 Mid-Size Boats 0/3 I want to move up to a boat that is a little more bluewater type. I have a nice Catalina 27 w diese
Documentation Dysfunction - Serious Issue for Buyers and Sel Roger Long at 9:10am 08.21.15 Ask All Sailors 44/5980 It is illegal to operate a U.S. Documented vessel without a current and valid Certificate of Documen
New engine for a 34? El Jackalope at 7:32am 08.21.15 Sabre Sailboats 5/3406 The original Vovlo MD11 in our 1978 Sabre 34 is running hot and we're thinking it might be time to r
Waterway guide / Explorer VS Active Captain MrBill_FLL at 7:31am 08.21.15 Ask All Sailors 6/3066 FWIW I was passed a link on waterway guide, and noticed the waterway Explorer (like active captain)
IMPORTANT! Survey about forums Phil Herring at 7:06am 08.21.15 Ask All Sailors 13/902 We are already in the process of upgrading some of the site features (boat and gear ads so far, docu
Steering Pedestal Placement agprice22 at 3:53am 08.21.15 Bigger Boats 15/3062 I am getting ready to install wheel steering in my 272. Perusing the instructions, I see that there
Winterizing Long Story at 3:32am 08.21.15 Catalina 310 4/1330 Last night was 43 here in WI - a hint that fall is around the corner and boating season is coming do
Learn to sail in the DC area? Indysailor at 3:04am 08.21.15 Ask All Sailors 18/2101 I have a friend who relocated to DC and is looking to get started in sailing. If you have experience
First 35 Decals Brown7477 at 7:43pm 08.20.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/640 I am looking for some Decal design ideas for my First 35. I am thinking about a dark blue 4" strip a
Hull depression cnc 25 (1) Ekvh at 7:34pm 08.20.15 Ask All Sailors 9/1723 Picked up a C'C 25 for a song on EBay. Advertised as sail worthy with a solid hull. It was noted to
O'Day 27 cookcwayne at 7:08pm 08.20.15 Bigger Boats 3/830 anyone own one who can answer some general questions? Bought two months ago
Perkins 4107 water pump (2) jssailem at 6:41pm 08.20.15 Engines and Propulsion 3/2146 I have a 4107 with a bad coolant pump. I removed the pump and have ordered a replacement. I've been
Newbe purchased #14612 this week. (1) bushav at 6:00pm 08.20.15 Catalina 22 221/26183 Started sailing with a 12' sunfish knock off by "Formosa" in 1979 at age 12. Sailed that fine craft
Hull composition 1983 Depth transducer location One arm sailor at 5:57pm 08.20.15 Ask An Oday Owner 1/656 im wondering if the hull of my oday 27 1973 is solid fiberglass or is there is a core or any reinfor

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Seaward 32RK and 26RK Ocean-Going Capabilities Skipper J at 5:32pm 01.09.24 Ok, thank you sesmith and all who have replied. Don't want to risk having a rig that isn't designed
iPad/tablet mounting WayneH at 5:11pm 01.09.24 We started using RAM mounts on our motorcycles to hold the smart phones for maps. So when we needed
New Electronics - Is this about right? rpwillia at 4:39pm 01.09.24 Scott, JSSailem, Good points all. I did see the instruments that came in and I recall they had the o
Shore Power ggrizzard at 4:32pm 01.09.24 There were minor changes in the later 1980 H30 Cherubini's compared to the early runs. But, to my
2GM20F engine issue Ken13559 at 4:24pm 01.09.24 Now I'll present the annoying suggestions : Either the Xmission or the prop is causing the problem.
Shore Power Tally Ho at 4:04pm 01.09.24
C25 new mainsail SailingLoto at 4:03pm 01.09.24 One reef is fine for the sailing you describe. How deep should the reef be? That depends on the w
Discouraging article on older Jenneau Sun Odyssey fixed port replacements rgranger at 3:18pm 01.09.24 The podcast lady K sailing made a comment about this exact same thing when he was comparing several
iPad/tablet mounting American_Mainsail at 3:17pm 01.09.24 My suggestion is RAM Mounts too. I was just at a dealer show that they had a rep at. The options are
Help with a new sail (2) rgranger at 3:10pm 01.09.24 My '83 cat22 has that setup. A clevis pin will hold the sail in place but the long "tang" is to hoo
1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light (1) rgranger at 3:00pm 01.09.24
Seaward 32RK and 26RK Ocean-Going Capabilities sesmith at 1:55pm 01.09.24 Late to the party, but if the o.p. is still here, I owned a Seaward 25 previously. We also looked a
West Wight Potter 15 Center board replacement Captain Larry-DH at 1:52pm 01.09.24
Shore Power Dalliance at 1:20pm 01.09.24 On some of the earlier h30s, the ac/dc breaker panel was located in the forward part of the q-bert
New Electronics - Is this about right? Scott T-Bird at 1:05pm 01.09.24 RP. What Scott is saying, the transducers (if old) use a NMEA0183 code. The display needs to be ab
Demasted Slipin Away at 12:53pm 01.09.24 Yes it is the B&R rig
So long 2023... DArcy at 12:27pm 01.09.24 A few minths of travel (Florida and Canada) Greg, if you make it to Ottawa look me up! I only had
So long 2023... Deparlocean at 11:47am 01.09.24 I should tell the story about that catamaran conveying another time!
So long 2023... Deparlocean at 11:45am 01.09.24 Thanks for your advice, I appreciate. I do know that prevailing winds are SW or W. That is why we
Demasted dLj at 11:45am 01.09.24 I took a course in welding years ago. The first thing the instructor said was that the best weld is

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