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ShipShape Canvas Winter Cover? Steve Liggett at 8:39pm 07.14.15 Ask All Sailors 10/4455 I'm considering purchasing a winter cover for my O'Day 302 from ShipShape Canvas in Duluth. Anybod
1994 MacGregor 26S Center Board Deterioration (2) EricF9667 at 7:41pm 07.14.15 Trailer Sailors 7/2884 Hello, My wife and I just purchased our first sailboat. We selected a 1994 MacGregor 26S. The p
Adding backstay to H 23 donavansails at 7:23pm 07.14.15 Smaller Boats 1/793 Has anyone added a backstay adjuster to a Hunter 23? I am looking to add one to mine. I am racing i
boom height piedpiperIII at 5:54pm 07.14.15 Catalina 22 9/3753 I have read that the boom height pre 85 should be 3' 6" from mast step to top of boom does this soun
P303 Leaking Bulkhead Tie Straps MikeK2B at 5:22pm 07.14.15 Pearson 8/2401 Hi everybody, New 1983 P303 owner and first post for me - Quest, Hull #49, new to Bristol, RI.
Marine Surveyor mmsailor at 5:09pm 07.14.15 Ask All Sailors 1/699 I am looking for a recommendation for a Marine Surveyor in the tampa fla area , Thanks Mike
do you use a wind indicator? piedpiperIII at 5:08pm 07.14.15 Catalina 22 23/3391 What do you use for a wind indicator ? or maybe not? what do you use if anything. My first sailboat
Hand crank for 1GM10 sandflee at 5:06pm 07.14.15 The Cherubini Hunters 14/3494 I have a hand crank that came with the Hunter 27C that I purchased this year. I don't know why since
Splicing VPC Sefuller at 4:57pm 07.14.15 Ask All Sailors 17/7134 I recently purchased some New England Ropes VPC for genoa sheets and would like to splice eyes for a
AGM Conversion Piratenorm at 4:24pm 07.14.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 8/1725 Without getting too technical for this feeble brain, I am planning to switch my flooded house batter
Heel Leatherneck at 3:14pm 07.14.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/1564
Mid-80s 40 (2) Mr Mac at 2:55pm 07.14.15 Big Boats 17/4692 My wife and I are looking at a 40+ boat and one of the ones that like the best is the mid-1980s 40s
Day 1 : is it bad if the wheels fall off? (1) pclarksurf at 2:19pm 07.14.15 Catalina 22 22/2607 Picked up the '73 C-22 yesterday, did have some trailer follies along the short ride to the marina
Glasswork (2) Meriachee at 12:40pm 07.14.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 11/1292 After installing the back winches on the 270, I find that the lines aft of the EZGlide cars touch on
hunter 18.5 CLSailor at 11:42am 07.14.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1069 I have been slowly restoring my 18.5 and would like to find the OEM or very similar water tank (flex
Morgan 40 1974 Masthead Ketch (1) albinfinity at 10:33am 07.14.15 Ask All Sailors 10/6527 I am looking to buy a new boat and this cough my eye for two reasons. It is on my budget and it has
Hunter 280 Bow Roller epat at 9:49am 07.14.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/660 I just purchased a Hunter 280 and Bow Anchor Rolloer is bent. Has anyone removed the bow roller plat
Dock Steps chicagodave at 9:03am 07.14.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 12/3152 Beneteau 423 When the boat is docked the following condition exits: The location of the life lin
My Galley Sink Drain geoffreykwright at 8:49am 07.14.15 Big Boats 4/2523 Hi. The water seems to be going down very slowly in my galley drain. (much slower than it used to)
Pearson 33 Halyards obdoor at 8:48am 07.14.15 Ask All Sailors 5/1162 I want to replace my wire/rope halyards with modern polyester halyards. What size thickness will go

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Manual Bilge jssailem at 7:24am 12.05.23 Glad you discovered the answer. Old boats are often a mystery awaiting discovery. Kind of the charm
Hunter Sailboat Salvage Yards? Project_Mayhem at 7:19am 12.05.23 There's a few marine salvage yards listed here: Sailboat Parts
Border Crossing with a Trailer Sailer sesmith at 7:12am 12.05.23 Not sure of the boarder crossing wait times in your area, but where we cross into Ontario I'd much r
Solar power systems dlochner at 7:04am 12.05.23 The "solar generators" are a LFP battery and a charger/inverter in one self-contained unit. Plug the
Manual Bilge motosail_SD at 7:02am 12.05.23 Hello all. Well it come to find out that it is a centerboard. Which explains the cleat there to kee
Which are the best good old daysailers? jimshipsky at 6:58am 12.05.23 Huh! I've been thinking monohulls. But now I'll keep my eyes open for a tri.
Solar power systems American_Mainsail at 6:48am 12.05.23 I am a liveaboard as well. In the summer, I rely on my solar/battery combo for nearly all of my powe
Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 49 DS American_Mainsail at 6:40am 12.05.23 Hi Rado - linking you this article, in case you haven't seen it, on cruising washing machines: Washi
Any clever ideas about how to blow fresh air into Catalina 320? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:33am 12.05.23 Start with changing the sanitation hoses. You remind me of a marine engine mechanic I once knew whos
Cutlass bearing replacement on 2004 Hunter 36 Rasselas36 at 6:26am 12.05.23
Solar power systems dlochner at 6:14am 12.05.23 There are a good series of videos and articles about solar panels on the AltE website. Most are gear
Hunter 36 Shower drain sump pump...keeps tripping its breaker ice breaker at 5:44am 12.05.23 You will be much happier if your replace that wabble pump, that needs a filter, with a Gulper 220.
Hunter 36 Shower drain sump pump...keeps tripping its breaker DaveJ at 5:09am 12.05.23 Another possible test would be to move the wire from the existing breaker to another 10A breaker. If
Thanksgiving Cruise mermike at 4:24am 12.05.23 What's amazing is the team approach to creating these works. It was fascinating to watch the action.
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? sailme88 at 4:04am 12.05.23 if it works well can you give me the brand name please. RecPro is the system that I installed.. T
Engine exhaust hose rust at hull exit sailme88 at 3:56am 12.05.23 that hose has dry rot all about it. This is a reinforced hose and the rust is from the reinforcemen
Solar power systems xavpil at 3:55am 12.05.23 As a general rule of thumb, count on an average of 3 times the nominal size for solar panel output.
Engine exhaust hose rust at hull exit rgranger at 3:39am 12.05.23 That is a hell of an endorsement!
Solar power systems rgranger at 3:37am 12.05.23
Any clever ideas about how to blow fresh air into Catalina 320? Ted10028 at 10:18pm 12.04.23 that's great! Do I have an ignition position that is on without an alarm going off? And can I use th

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