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Invest 98L --> TS Melissa --> Hurricane Melissa (3) JamesG161 at 10:49am 10.18.25 Weather and Forecasting 22/1888 All models are to many days out to predict this Tropical Wave, but.... GFS runs head on to Dry Ai
Mixing oil....... NYSail at 8:10am 10.18.25 Ask All Sailors 4/410 So doing my annual oil change. Unfortunately I put oil into a clear container (leftover from last ye
How To: Removing fuel tank on Catalina 310 (8) max_sailing at 1:07am 10.18.25 Catalina 310 5/986 Hi 310 folks, I recently had a fuel tank leak on my 310. It took me a while to figure out it was t
Placement of engine cover cable eyestrap PEMS at 5:59pm 10.17.25 Catalina 310 5/717 The cable that holds the engine cover/cabin steps when angled forward was removed by a previous owne
New Cal 29 owner rigging questions MeandmyCal29 at 5:10pm 10.17.25 Ask All Sailors 11/642 Hey, folks. I've finally let stupidity take over and broke my vow to never own a boat. I was given a
Bookmarks unclejack3 at 1:56pm 10.17.25 Ask All Sailors 11/662 Hi. I can save a thread by saving a bookmark but where can I find them to retrieve it? Thx
flushing long shaft outboard tilted (1) newsailor72 at 9:21am 10.17.25 Ask All Sailors 11/731 have a Macgregor 22 with a tohatsu 6hp sailpro that has a flushing port. boat is in a slip. With th
C350 Howard Jones at 8:14am 10.17.25 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/437 I'm going to have a survey done on an 06 C350. Does anyone have any first hand experience with this
Tired of bashing my knuckles on the dodger frame - shorter winch handle? JimHansen77 at 2:16pm 10.16.25 Big Boats 15/1200 2002 Hunter 356. The clearance between the end of an 8" winch handle for the jib and the SS dodger
Solar Cycle 25. Update (2) jssailem at 1:42pm 10.16.25 Weather and Forecasting 1/334 We at the Weather and Forecasting Forum have a warm affection for the sun. We know monitoring it wil
New O'Day owner. (1) peterandginny at 7:47am 10.16.25 Bigger Boats 10/815 234976 First post on the forum. Just closed on Fathom That a 1986 O'Day 31. Winter will be a long
Santana 2023 rigging quiggers at 1:47am 10.16.25 Trailer Sailors 7/896 I am looking at a great condition santana 2023, I believe the A model, 1994. But in looking at pic
Winter cover with mast down john6206 at 12:21pm 10.15.25 Ask All Sailors 6/571
Replacing starboard rope clutch Monheganlover at 11:51am 10.15.25 Catalina 310 6/923 The clutch for my main halyard refuses to stay in the open position which makes it difficult to drop
V Berth Hatch Window (1) twodzusfittings at 6:41am 10.15.25 Bigger Boats 17/1264 I decided that the original lens had way too much crazing and needed to be replaced. So I took some
Help putting in a simple solar setup for my C-22 Carl Wonderful at 2:02am 10.15.25 Ask All Sailors 13/1089 Hello, I have a 1971 Catalina 22. I want to put in a simple solar setup...maybe 30 - 50 watts tota
Thru-Hull Replacement - How do I get through this mess? A REDUX! (10) TrapperJohn at 9:43pm 10.14.25 Ask All Sailors 6/478 Now that the season is over, it's time to get back and post what I found on my thru-hull expedition.
How to Reseal New Design Frameless Windows RKenSailor at 6:31pm 10.14.25 Catalina 22 24/2086 I have leaky windows on my 86 New Design Catalina 22. I can't find any info on how to reseal those f
Dipstick troubles on MD11D (1) FulmarCT at 4:34pm 10.14.25 Engines and Propulsion 2/532 I have a Freshwater cooled Volvo MD11D on my Fulmar. The oil dipstick in a RW cooled MD11C is short
Navionics and missing areas of the Atlantic?? GeneraiT001 at 2:14pm 10.14.25 Ask All Sailors 15/1024 Hi, I would like to sail from Newfoundland to the Azores. I can see the charts for these two but the

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Hot water relief valve dlochner at 10:24am 01.28.26 The pressure relief valve needs to be high enough to avoid nuisance blows. Setting it too low, at 40
Felling Sluggish? jssailem at 10:22am 01.28.26 WOW. :wow3: NOW MY HEAD IS A MRSS
Start battery setting Hayden Watson at 10:05am 01.28.26 Also, the best way to test for a battery issue when starting is to test the battery voltage while ac
Has anyone raced their TM 30? Calif. Ted at 9:21am 01.28.26 "Congratulations" I said to my friend "I heard you just won the trophy for First Catalina 30 to Fini
Has anyone raced their TM 30? GBeck at 8:54am 01.28.26 Thanks David. I just sent in my PHRF application. I will see how they view the data. My boat is bot
Felling Sluggish? (1) JamesG161 at 8:45am 01.28.26 Sluggish Team ffee on that!!! Jim... :stir:
Start battery setting JoeWhite at 8:38am 01.28.26 Measure the voltage at the solenoid coil contacts while starter button is pressed. A chattering soun
Start battery setting Don S/V ILLusion at 8:20am 01.28.26 All connections (dashboard, selector, starter solenoid, # 2 terminal) are tight and corrosion fre
Start battery setting dLj at 8:18am 01.28.26 Voltage is not a good indicator of the battery's condition or state of health. Over time a battery
Hunter 49/50 transformer dkinzer at 8:12am 01.28.26 I suspect that the galvanic isolator that you have was a less expensive option than an isolation tra
Start battery setting DinghySailor at 7:29am 01.28.26
Felling Sluggish? JamesG161 at 7:27am 01.28.26 In modern Floating point Arithmetic 1/0 does give a result:facepalm: Jim...
Felling Sluggish? JamesG161 at 7:23am 01.28.26 don't like to divide by 0 yep. 0/1 is undefined My bad , not enough coffee when I posted it 1
Start battery setting BarryL at 7:21am 01.28.26 Hello, if your boat is on shore power and you have a smart charger, you have no way of knowing the
Replacing bilge hose on 387 Tally Ho at 5:50am 01.28.26 the hose is likely held in place with zip ties. I have Seen videos of people using a sharp tool on
Hunter 37C Lithium Upgrade: Any experience? Rumbero at 5:48am 01.28.26 Update. I changed direction and found a pretty elegant (for me) solution to relocating both house a
Start battery setting dlochner at 5:07am 01.28.26 The starter for my Yanmar began intermittently working over the summer. The engine now starts only
DIY Sailing Instrument brett_howard at 8:20pm 01.27.26 I actually used that exact model to dim down my insanely bright stern light. Flying insects were fo
DIY Sailing Instrument Project_Mayhem at 7:58pm 01.27.26 I have a small LED that I use as a night light that comes on automatically in front of the head doo
Start battery setting DinghySailor at 7:56pm 01.27.26

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