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St. Augustine, FL Chasemixon at 5:01am 06.24.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/801 Hey Guys, it's been a while since I've been on here, as I do not have a sailboat anymore, but I want
Bottom Job hvbaker at 4:54am 06.24.15 Catalina 30 8/2668 Who has gotten a bottom job on their Catalina 30? Where and how much? Did you do work yourself or
Mounting a new VHF sailcapt340 at 4:16am 06.24.15 Big Boats 1/617 On my 2000 340...I would like to replace my existing Ray 52 VHF, located at the pedestal with a new
O'Day 32CC rudderpost location during emergency seabeau at 2:51am 06.24.15 Bigger Boats 4/1308 I am looking to buy either a late 70's or early 80's model O'day 30 or 32CC because I need their sh
A few questions (2) De_gevleugelde_cat at 12:34am 06.24.15 Catalina 30 3/1341 Hi, We've bought our 1990 Catalina 30 "De gevleugelde Cat" (The Winged Cat) in march 2014. Last win
First Retirement Sail. (2) caguy at 12:06am 06.24.15 Ask All Sailors 16/1911 Had a great first sail on Chantilly Lady since my retirement last week. https://lh3.googleusercont
Bent shaft drsluess at 10:51pm 06.23.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/867 I have an Oceanis41 Beneteau with Perkins engine. Before moving it on the water checked an engine an
Threading furling line into Furlex drum chambao at 8:58pm 06.23.15 Mid-Size Boats 0/1174 I am attempting to push my 5/16" furling line back into the circular porthole on a Furlex 100S drum.
Coos bay Stratus3 at 7:45pm 06.23.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/2247 Has anyone sailed on coos bay Oregon, and possibly anchored out overnight. Mac 26s
What a great little boat (3) TerryAnne at 7:43pm 06.23.15 Sirius 21/22 3/2327 After many months of work, my granddaughter and I sailed my Sirius 21, serial #3, today. And what a
Thinning Brightside krantala at 6:12pm 06.23.15 Ask An Oday Owner 8/10807 So, I am getting ready to paint the hull with Interlux Brightside. What has anyone's experience bee
Swing Keel Cable atrometer at 5:12pm 06.23.15 Catalina 22 2/829 I had a Montgomery 15 with a swing keel (not heavy like the Catalina), and the mechanism to raise/lo
Standing rigging.... C22BC at 4:56pm 06.23.15 Catalina 22 7/975 Installed new rigging today (catalina direct) , went to put the mast up and near pulled my spreaders
another ventless fuelk tank post piedpiperIII at 4:51pm 06.23.15 Catalina 22 2/606 As I stated on another post I bought a new atwood fuel tank which has no vent but the cap allows for
Burnt Wiring On Airconditioning Board (5) Doug4bass at 4:19pm 06.23.15 Ask All Sailors 15/2344 Hi guys.... After smelling a burning smell through the airconditioning vents, I found this ugly sce
One tack faster than the other Davidasailor26 at 2:56pm 06.23.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1453 I've noticed that our Oceanis 37 seems to sail faster on starboard tack than port but I can't figure
Heavy duty tarps/covers JohnCTV21 at 1:42pm 06.23.15 Ask All Sailors 3/1439 FYI for anyone looking for cheap heavy duty tarps. Contact your local billboard company, the use
What type of O'day is this? (4) meg2323 at 12:48pm 06.23.15 Trailer Sailors 18/5221 I am supposed to check out this sailboat. The owner claims it is an O'day. What model is this? I am
Ladder Treads, Teak (6) Blackacre at 12:16pm 06.23.15 Big Boats 3/2143 I wanted to install some treads on my swim ladder to both make it more comfortable and safer to use.
Strut - should I be worried? (4) smokey73 at 12:11pm 06.23.15 Ask All Sailors 8/1819 I was looking at my strut and prop (Maxprop) and I noticed some discoloration on both. In particula

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Any clever ideas about how to blow fresh air into Catalina 320? FastOlson at 7:27am 12.05.23
Dodger Needed Project_Mayhem at 7:24am 12.05.23 Oooof-ya.. $8000! Is that pesos or dollars? EDIT: Looking at SailRite, tallying up the materials fo
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!

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