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Sister ship! -- lame start to my own boating season (5) pclarksurf at 4:00pm 08.29.23 Catalina 22 3/771 Pathetic that I have yet to get out this year on my own boat (sometimes you have to collect a payche
Raritan PHII long term review Skipper at 3:49pm 08.29.23 Ask All Sailors 29/3831
Question about ignition switch and engine panel for 2004 Hunter 36 (1) AndyL at 3:32pm 08.29.23 Big Boats 3/635 219354 My 2004 Hunter 36 has the engine panel that looks like the picture above. I had a couple of
2001 HUNTER 320 Keith P at 3:28pm 08.29.23 Ask All Sailors 6/476 LOOKING FOR SOME INFO PLEASE... About to purchase a hydraulic autopilot made by Raymor. Does anyone
Problems with cdi furling jib sailingdude92 at 2:50pm 08.29.23 Ask All Sailors 10/1035
Any advantage to using fiberglass wrap on Yanmar diesel exhaust? bmohr at 2:18pm 08.29.23 Ask All Sailors 13/1116 Back in the (good/bad) old days, I used to wrap fiberglass tape on the headers and exhaust of my mot
Drifter block positioning? stickinthemud57 at 12:29pm 08.29.23 Ask All Sailors 3/566 I have ordered a .75 ounce nylon drifter for my MacGregor 26S for use in light winds, and want to ha
Water demand pump question Jimongee at 11:21am 08.29.23 C&C 4/778
No Binnacle Compass on Oceanis 34.1 toastysailor at 10:20am 08.29.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1066 My Oceanis 34.1 did not come with a binnacle compass. The only compass is a very small one located
Lubricating sail slugs and mast tracks jviss at 7:39am 08.29.23 Ask All Sailors 41/4489 I have a thought on which I'd appreciate opinions. I have never had a ton of success with dry lube
Gonna pull the boat... rgranger at 6:14am 08.29.23 Trailer Sailors 9/1338 So Idalia is supposed to pass right over Charleston during a high tide.... They are predicting a t
A C27 Question (1) rpwillia at 4:37pm 08.28.23 Ask All Sailors 5/740 Friend has a track mounted on his C27 Boom with two movable blocks on it. What does it do?
H34 Mast Rewiring WasabiRush at 3:35pm 08.28.23 Big Boats 12/1178 For those whom have rewired your mast, what wire did you use (i.e. multiple 16/2, etc.)? I have the
SANTANA 23? (2) NUBOAT?? at 3:03pm 08.28.23 Trailer Sailors 10/2921 I have the opportunity to buy a Santana 2023, type "A", built in 1993. Asking price, $7000. The c
Wooden block under mast step. (1) Mark W at 2:57pm 08.28.23 Catalina 22 18/2167 I recently purchased a catalina 22. The hull and deck are in great shape, but a previous owner insta
Clean up after holding tank leaked when pressurized (1) arthur.goldberg at 2:32pm 08.28.23 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/1905 Hello The holding tank on a friend's boat leaked a couple of pints of black water when it filled up
Replace section of G4 anchor chain (1) skunther at 11:43am 08.28.23 Ask All Sailors 36/3933 I have 100' of 5/16" G4 anchor chain of unknown age (purchased the boat in 2019), and the first 60'
Sourcing window lenses Berkeley 30 at 8:45am 08.28.23 Catalina 30 9/1699 I have a 1985 Catalina 30 and I would like to replace the window lenses on the 8 fixed windows. Cata
Coolant Leak - Exchanger? dmdiehl64 at 7:03am 08.28.23 Ask All Sailors 7/811 Hello, Noticed a sizeable drop in the coolant tank and topped it off. Went out for a sail and upon
Comparing Boat Specs - Apache 37 Project_Mayhem at 6:29am 08.28.23 Ask All Sailors 4/851 I recently got to sail an Apache 37 and all I could say was Wow! I was nearly speechless! This boat

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Janky outboard setup shemandr at 2:46pm 06.11.25 I came across a plastic barrel on a beach that someone had used for shotgun practice. It had shot h
Amp draw question JoeWhite at 2:02pm 06.11.25 Definitely remove the outboard when trailering. The bracket will break when you hit a bump. Ask me h
Janky outboard setup DaveJ at 2:01pm 06.11.25
Hooking up an Older atomic4 to chartplotter (1) Tally Ho at 1:06pm 06.11.25
criteria for searching for a sailboat Foswick at 12:06pm 06.11.25 This is a really hard thing to advise another person on. As has been alluded to, much goes into the
Insurance dlochner at 10:50am 06.11.25 @dlochner I sent an email to Geico telling them Progressive would insure me for the same or less mo
Mainsheet rigging alternative thinwater at 10:38am 06.11.25 To get a feel for the forces involved, try trimming with the current set-up without using a handle i
Amp draw question Tedd at 10:34am 06.11.25 I'm also not sure what that much weight on the far back end of the boat will do to my tongue weight
Insurance Richard19068 at 10:23am 06.11.25 Thanks all for taking the time to respond. Good comments. @twodzusfittings The online quote I got
Air Conditioner colemj at 10:07am 06.11.25 You would get more usable help if you answered the questions on what genset, what is its rated conti
Amp draw question colemj at 10:04am 06.11.25 40A sounds about right for a small OB starter. Maybe a bit low, but your gauge probably doesn't det
Chart Plotter Leeward Rail at 8:37am 06.11.25 The engineers had good ideas, but the company actually had no interest. They just wanted to figure
Teak toerail on a Pearson 36-2: Need help on minor repair JPS27 at 8:32am 06.11.25 Can you live with a line? I did a similar repair, cleaned out area with dremel, cut solid piece of
criteria for searching for a sailboat william24424 at 8:03am 06.11.25 Here's a Cal 33-2, perhaps close to what you might like. My 14 year old twin daughters love it, they
Chart Plotter Guystapo at 8:01am 06.11.25 I just started using it so after a bit I will write a full review
Teak toerail on a Pearson 36-2: Need help on minor repair william24424 at 7:58am 06.11.25 Can you live with a line? I did a similar repair, cleaned out area with dremel, cut solid piece of s
Air Conditioner Guystapo at 7:53am 06.11.25 the 3 prong 30 amp plugs right into genset ..Gonna try again this weekend
Teak toerail on a Pearson 36-2: Need help on minor repair JPS27 at 7:37am 06.11.25 Thanks for all the helpful advice. I will contemplate this and also make sure the entire toerail (ev
SVEclipse AaronD at 7:36am 06.11.25 If you find you need a logo, you might like to know that you named her after Southern Resident Orca
Convert trailer from straight axle to drop axle Tedd at 7:34am 06.11.25 @Rick Webb , That is a clever idea! After reading your post, I'm considering getting a Rhino hitch

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