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Dual compartment fridge NiceBeny at 10:23pm 05.26.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/948 I have a top loading dual compartment fridge, one side has the fridge ( freezer?) and it will keep f
Masthead ST60 Transducer installation MarkW at 10:12pm 05.26.15 Mid-Size Boats 7/1544 I have a 1986 Hunter 31 and and have been given a ST60 Wind transducer. When I talked with my elec
Replacing halyards cdrjhelwood at 9:52pm 05.26.15 Columbia 3/1487 I have recently purchased a 46 year old Columbia 35.7 and have decided to replace both the main and
DT-4 outboard water pump Daveinet at 9:26pm 05.26.15 Engines and Propulsion 9/1447 Purchased a new to me boat last year. Being new to outboards, I never knew there was supposed to be
Can you ever have too much draft? Daveinet at 9:01pm 05.26.15 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 99/20651 As long as the main is not being back winded by the jib, or back winded by normal air flow, and the
Mac 25 Table tj15830 at 8:00pm 05.26.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1798 Just bought 1986 mac 25. Table broken. Anybody have pics or diagram of working table? Thanks For
Foot Marks On Head Sail (1) stevewitt1 at 7:26pm 05.26.15 Ask All Sailors 11/2569 Hello all fellow Sailors!!! I must tap the collective knowledge of all you experienced sailboat ski
Katadyn 160 warer maker motor (3) Akapeterc at 7:21pm 05.26.15 Big Boats 2/984 I have a Katadyn 160 water maker on board my yacht when I purchased it, that's been pretty much negl
Rudder Post Broken shayes914 at 7:15pm 05.26.15 Big Boats 4/1652 Anyone know if it is possible to replace a broken rudder post on a 2003 Hunter 356 with the boat in
Battery Charger Bill23009 at 7:10pm 05.26.15 Mid-Size Boats 1/575 My 1990 Vision-32 needs a new battery charger. the charger is in a hard to get to plane in the starb
Launched - observation mlindberg1 at 6:54pm 05.26.15 Ask An Oday Owner 16/1456 Launched today. Mast not stepped yet. Motored to mooring only to find out it was not there Secured
Lake Hopping Kper at 6:52pm 05.26.15 Destinations 19/3915 I have dreams of visiting various lakes with our SK C25 but the admiral seems to think that the trav
Stern perch seats? Dlazenby at 6:13pm 05.26.15 Precision 4/4303 Just bought our 21. We were thinking of getting stern perch seats. Does anyone have them and if so w
A very sad time (1) Tim R. at 4:51pm 05.26.15 Ask All Sailors 42/4813 On Sunday we had to put down our faithful dog, Shamus. He was our constant companion especially the
Tank monitoring sailcruiser at 4:50pm 05.26.15 S2 7/2456 E hope to install tank monitors. In trying to get to the waste tank it lookalike a huge ordeal. It
Radio check Doc_holiday at 4:13pm 05.26.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 22/3436 brand new VHF with DSC. Installed antenna that has 4 connections. One at the radio, one at the ante
Two Hunters on TV (1) Bill19233 at 3:41pm 05.26.15 Big Boats 1/773 Last Saturday, while sailing on Galveston Bay, I posted a photo to the "Storm Pin" app local TV uses
1988 AC power issue Baytripper at 2:44pm 05.26.15 Catalina 30 3/964 Hi all, I do not post very much, but I have got lots of great info here. Thanks ! I recently fo
Stained gelcoat JHoward at 2:29pm 05.26.15 The Cherubini Hunters 8/1477 My 1980 Hunter Cherubini 37C has a good condition hull, except for the transom which is stained from
Chain & Cable steering part 2 Video Sailvayu at 2:13pm 05.26.15 Ask All Sailors 1/828 Finally finished part 2 of this 2 part series. In this part I review how to maintain the under deck

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Starting battery capta at 12:14pm 07.09.23 Golf cart batteries are very heavy. And pretty expensive. And have a limited number of charging cycl
Georges Bank sailing from just South Nantucket to NS Hayden Watson at 12:09pm 07.09.23 I'm just running off the inverter. Send me the link please for the conversion. I'd definitely be in
Bow thruster and electric winch iestion capta at 12:08pm 07.09.23 A bow thruster is a wonderful thing, until it stops working. A dealer once told me that most small b
Life (sailing) after heart attack. jssailem at 12:02pm 07.09.23 Wow Scott. My best wishes for a speedy recovery. To Sue. You are a real trouper. What a cool head an
Best Chart Plotter Solution capta at 11:52am 07.09.23 I've been able to pick up several MFDs to replace mine on EBay at a very good price.
Life (sailing) after heart attack. capta at 11:48am 07.09.23 I had my first coronary event while I was driving a 65' motor yacht down the ICW. I didn't really kn
Steaming Light Replacement Bulb - Forespar? jviss at 11:45am 07.09.23 It looks like it's a 31mm festoon bulb, the "premium" version is $29 at West Marine, in stock. Who
1979 C&C 36 centerboard capta at 11:13am 07.09.23 1. That's your call. If you sail in skinny water or like to gunk hole it could be worth the troub
Life (sailing) after heart attack. JRacer at 10:51am 07.09.23 Great to hear that you survived that. I had a stent placed back in 2012. After the usual rehab and a
1960 Tylercraft T-24 SycloneDriver at 10:40am 07.09.23 That's a great looks boat.
Best Chart Plotter Solution (4) kbgunn at 10:38am 07.09.23 I've been experimenting with an alternative chart plotter since this boat did not have one when I pu
Life (sailing) after heart attack. shemandr at 10:27am 07.09.23 A frightening story. I'm glad you had a good outcome. Those Cath labs do amazing treatments.
Life (sailing) after heart attack. dlochner at 10:14am 07.09.23 Glad you are OK and had access to good medical care.
Life (sailing) after heart attack. arf145 at 10:11am 07.09.23 Wow, Scott! So glad your outcome was good! I hope that after the shock of the whole thing wears off
Life (sailing) after heart attack. kappykaplan at 10:04am 07.09.23 Glad you had such a positive outcome, Scott T-Bird! Best wishes for the future. :beer:
Blown exhast jviss at 9:21am 07.09.23 I have not had much experience with Hansen, no big axe to grind here either, though I wish they had
Steaming Light Replacement Bulb - Forespar? jviss at 9:19am 07.09.23 Ah, thank you. So you figure it's the Hella combination light? I pulled on that thread and found
Blown exhast odaydokay at 8:55am 07.09.23 I have not had much experience with Hansen, no big axe to grind here either, though I wish they had
Lake boat vs Florida boat aging question Scott T-Bird at 8:53am 07.09.23
Bow thruster and electric winch iestion RitSim at 8:51am 07.09.23 I moved up from a C30 to a B411 about 5 years ago. Docking the bigger boat with tide currents and w

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