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Battery-charger Install Questions (1) dlochner at 2:12pm 05.05.15 Musings With Maine Sail 2/1070 Maine, Installing a new charger and batteries (4 GCs series/parallel one bank, separate start bat
What type of foam to use Wakulla212 at 1:52pm 05.05.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 63/8276 A previous owner of my Mac25 removed much of the interior foam flotation. I would like to replace.
Small boat sails here! (1) Phil Herring at 1:39pm 05.05.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1099 This is always kind of a fun day here: our annual shipment of sails for the 140, 146, 170, and 216
Propane Storage on Rail RonRelyea at 1:16pm 05.05.15 Ask All Sailors 15/5607 I'm considering getting a 17 pound fiberglass composite tank for my boat. I have no propane locker
Latest O240 project (1) Hydro Therapy at 1:06pm 05.05.15 Day Sailers 6/1003 I never liked the white Formica table in the cabin. I wanted to replace it with wood but was always
Compression post design flaw rodgerforster at 12:46pm 05.05.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/3204 Have this flaw leaking water into my Hunter34. Does anyone know a boat wright in Vancouver, bc who c
Raritan PHII not pumping in water...will pump out Pat at 12:04pm 05.05.15 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 24/13548 My PHII head will not pump in water from the thru hull....it will pump out.. although somewhat reluc
Hunter 23.5 Mast LED bulbs Mike in Cape Cod at 11:44am 05.05.15 Smaller Boats 2/1162 Can anyone give me a make and part number for LED bulbs for the 23.5 original mast fixture. Is t
Forward Hatch Screen Spellman66 at 11:30am 05.05.15 Catalina 310 14/3699 Our forward hatch (Lewmar) doesn't have, and does need, a screen. I ave researched the threads but
Beneteau 311 Tethys3 at 11:07am 05.05.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/2572 I recently purchased a 2001 Beneteau 311, I love the boat but have been puzzled by the plumbing. I s
Shore Power cables questions (2) dave_and_dd at 10:55am 05.05.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/2114 Hey Folks - have a new (to me) 309, but this question is generic. My boat has 30 amp fittings and 3
Made an "AH-HA" discovery (5) Worldwalker88 at 10:54am 05.05.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1141 Paint ing and general things before splash. Never had a furler, never used a furler. I'm thinking t
Slack shrouds on leeward side? solodare at 10:47am 05.05.15 Ask All Sailors 48/9056 Just had my first sail this weekend and had some concerns about really slack shrouds leeward. Is tha
Prop shaft (3) PM in TO at 9:15am 05.05.15 Catalina 310 5/1526 1) On my 2005 310 the diagram (see attachment) in the manual for the stuffing box shows the pa
Flattening The Main Sail Gudenuph at 8:36am 05.05.15 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 10/9042 Just wondering about how to quickly and easily, really flatten the main on a non-bending mast to de-
Interior Liner in the way whichislandnext at 8:21am 05.05.15 Ask All Sailors 5/1125 I am wondering if anyone else has addressed this issue. I have a starwind 27 with an interior liner
Rudder Sensor Installation on Hunter 33.5 mz4wheeler at 8:09am 05.05.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/2021 I just bought a new Raymarine rudder reference sensor for my (almost installed) ST4000+ autopilot.
H-34 Bilge Pump Outlet (4) kloudie1 at 7:56am 05.05.15 Big Boats 18/1980 Original bilge pump outlet (30 years old) broke this past weekend. Hose sagged down and bilge water
Restoring sun faded teak cam at 7:52am 05.05.15 Catalina 310 8/1793 Hi all, I own a 2005 310 based in sunny Western Australia. Although I take precautions to protect my
O'Day 26 Sink drain mlindberg1 at 7:26am 05.05.15 Ask An Oday Owner 8/1328 Can anyone tell me how to access the seacock that is for the galley sink drain? I need to inspect

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Synthetic Rigging AaronD at 6:27pm 12.11.23 @Tedd. Thanks for posting this. I've been thinking occasionally about synthetic rigging for a few ye
Re-installing the shaft coupling rgranger at 6:15pm 12.11.23 Teflon tape???
Re-installing the shaft coupling American_Mainsail at 5:59pm 12.11.23 You do not want to apply any anti-seize, lubricant, etc. to your shaft coupling. You want that coupl
Re-installing the shaft coupling Michael Davis at 5:53pm 12.11.23 So nice to have some Ai to blame! I love it.
Swim platform question PaulK at 5:24pm 12.11.23 I'm not even understanding how that thing is mounted or the orientation. It seems that the ladder
Re-installing the shaft coupling shemandr at 5:01pm 12.11.23 Might have to blame that one on spell check. I try to review posts and still some get by. I should
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? Richard19068 at 4:37pm 12.11.23 @4arch: Thanks for posting that.
Re-installing the shaft coupling Don S/V ILLusion at 4:25pm 12.11.23
315 Backstay Adjuster Stu Jackson at 4:21pm 12.11.23 Greg, Gerry Douglas has called it his "15/16 rig." :clap: Really.
315 Backstay Adjuster Tally Ho at 4:05pm 12.11.23 The forestay of the Catalina 315 is so close to the head that it might be considered a fractional
Swim platform question shemandr at 4:00pm 12.11.23 I'm not even understanding how that thing is mounted or the orientation. It seems that the ladder
Solar arch installation pictures on 315 Tom J at 3:55pm 12.11.23 Tom have you notice any differences in the boats handling with the davits and solar panel compared
Swim platform question Scott T-Bird at 3:19pm 12.11.23 I'm not even understanding how that thing is mounted or the orientation. It seems that the ladder i
Volvo V Vetus Muffler dlochner at 3:16pm 12.11.23 Well, it just seems odd to have all those links to pages in CF, especially since they are not specif
Swim platform question dlochner at 3:04pm 12.11.23 The transom of the sailboat was not designed to support the weight of a swim platform and an out sus
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? 4arch at 2:10pm 12.11.23 Yellow wire goes to negative side of external LED, positive side of LED goes to power source, brown
Swim platform question (2) rgranger at 2:08pm 12.11.23 You would need a way to lift your OB. Otherwise, I'd worry that your OB would get swamped on a regu
Swim platform question ian260 at 1:42pm 12.11.23 I see why it makes sense for a powerboat. But I don't see how it would affect a sailboat? Sailboats
Swim platform question (1) thinwater at 1:29pm 12.11.23 Not for a sailboat. When powerboats mount motors back there, they are running on plane and the aft m
Compass deviation leo310 at 1:09pm 12.11.23 used to do compass swings on aircrafts and that took a few hours to make a deviation card. The probl

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