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393 Holding tank question (1) Joe Roc at 6:17pm 04.12.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/1093 86967.vB Can anyone tell me how to open this? Fairly urgent. Thanks!
keel spacer question hawk232 at 5:37pm 04.12.15 Catalina 22 3/651 for those of you who have installed them, how much tolerance do you shoot for between them and the t
Exhaust Riser replacement brien23 at 5:05pm 04.12.15 Big Boats 1/1068 Fresh water cooled engine raw water exhaust in the riser how long should it last or be replaced befo
Profurl forestay furling friesen at 4:58pm 04.12.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1124 I have a 2007 Profurl 350 (or 420?) for my 2007 Beneteau B40. The halyard swivel does not rotate
Fluorescent TO LED Tube Conversion (3) Marc14857 at 4:49pm 04.12.15 Ask All Sailors 4/1621 I am trying to convert these (see attached pics) to LED tubes. I have 5 of these fixtures on my H 44
Stanial Cay Exuma Runway Closed BJV at 4:17pm 04.12.15 Destinations 0/1089 Runway at Stanial Cay has been closed for repairs. Flamingo and Watermakers now fly into Black Poin
Thinking too much about keel forces Daveinet at 4:05pm 04.12.15 Ask All Sailors 106/23128 OK, so its going to be another month before the boat is in the water, so my mind is just sitting idl
Oil in exhaust, low power emergpa1 at 2:27pm 04.12.15 Ask All Sailors 21/5335 I have an island packet with a 1986 3GM30F Yanmar. . While motoring down the intercoastal waterway
help with rigging (5) solodare at 2:00pm 04.12.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/1519 Can some one tell me if this looks correct? I have no confidence in what I'm doing. Nothing to rea
Texas Coastal Sailing TXGulfcoaster at 1:45pm 04.12.15 Big Boats 0/536 Across the ICW from Port O'Connor there is a bay called Espirito Santo, has anyone anchored in that
37C bilge question frankiedogs at 1:40pm 04.12.15 The Cherubini Hunters 2/892 The float for our bilge pump is not screwed down to anything and free-floating the bilge. Obviously
1978 atomic 4, can't get dipstick out to change oil MikeLitton at 11:31am 04.12.15 Engines and Propulsion 3/1370 Anyone experience this? I've got a 1978 Catalina 30, I bought last year. I went to change oil on t
Catalina 22swing keel Tony23630 at 9:32am 04.12.15 Catalina 22 1/1570 We have had problems, like leaking around the cable. Now that is a very easy to fix. But the one
Mystery Yanmar 2GM20F Fuel Leak Steve E. at 7:30am 04.12.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 18/5736 Good morning all, I have a mystery leak on my 1999 Hunter 310, with a Yanmar 2GM20F motor. With
first 235 rudder bolts riverroad at 6:25am 04.12.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1483 I've just been on Beneteau's spare parts site and wasn't able to find a listing for the delrin bolts
Stopper for 2003 Hunter 356 Refrigerator drain Jerry Clark H356 SV Persi at 5:46am 04.12.15 Big Boats 9/1328 Last week my wife dropped the stopper that plugs the refrigerator drain and we have not been able to
upper shrouds when stepping piedpiperIII at 5:40am 04.12.15 Catalina 22 1/808 On my first cat22 I used to disconnect the forward shrouds and upper shrouds when stepping the mast
Oday Strut bolts/screws pcjrusso at 4:08am 04.12.15 Engines and Propulsion 3/1437 I have a Oday 34. one this springs projects is a new cutlass bearing. Well my strut is loose i se
Ballast maintenance SFKjeld at 1:41am 04.12.15 Smaller Boats 12/1525 What are the maintenance recommendations for the ballast on a 23.5 that will be in a slip until fall
Stanchion Base Replacement Pantby at 1:34am 04.12.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1120 Our stanchion bases on our Benateau first 30 ( 1979) need replacing. They screw to the toe rail an

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I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try (2) SoSound at 10:26pm 10.11.23 I started the way most of us start any new project... I did a web search for OpenCPN and quickly fol
Removing sludge from heat exchanger-Yanmar Ralph Johnstone at 9:10pm 10.11.23 All my sensors have never worked since I purchased the boat last year. Does your high temperature
Just how big is British Columbia? (1) SoSound at 7:57pm 10.11.23 Sometimes, when Mother Nature throws you a snowball, you just have to do the best you can do with wh
When to tack shemandr at 7:43pm 10.11.23
Catalina 30 Survey RitSim at 7:06pm 10.11.23 Had an '89 C30 TRBSWK model. Also look at door margins to the head. If the margins indicate that t
Catalina 30 Survey jofro at 6:57pm 10.11.23 Thanks Straycat. Sage advice. Last time I sailed out of Alameda was on a Hobie Cat, raced around tr
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? dlochner at 6:00pm 10.11.23 Thanks Dave! I just cut out paper templates 10.25" x 7.125" for the Duracell Ultra GC2. Going to
Catalina 30 Survey Straycat22296 at 5:35pm 10.11.23 In my opinion the major issues could be with Bottom blisters / bottom paint, sail age and condition,
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? Terry Cox at 5:25pm 10.11.23 Last time I took in some batteries I got $8 a piece, a core return would only net me $5 a piece. A
First Sailing Forum! getting the sailing bug to the owner ship level jssailem at 5:07pm 10.11.23 Water Slapping.. Hobby Horsing.. both of these are unpleasant. Some of this behavior can be mitigate
When to tack PaulK at 4:50pm 10.11.23 Dr. Stuart Walker, an expert Soling racer along with other classes, wrote a number of books about "w
Navionics price increasing Davidasailor26 at 4:35pm 10.11.23 I think the Navionics subscription goes across iOS and Android devices through account login, but no
First Sailing Forum! getting the sailing bug to the owner ship level Davidasailor26 at 4:30pm 10.11.23
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? Kupe at 4:02pm 10.11.23 If they won't give you a core credit, look for a scrap metal yard. Last time I took in some batteri
Hunter 18.5 Topping Lift Setup? Need Help Crazy Dave Condon at 3:56pm 10.11.23 @patbratton @Monsterfish @FreedomCrawler Look at my response in general Hunterowners
Funny Friday!!! SFS at 3:54pm 10.11.23 That was SO bad.
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? Kupe at 3:49pm 10.11.23 For the kind of sailing you'll be doing, the GCs are probably your best bet both in performance and
Navionics price increasing stephen_i_w at 3:19pm 10.11.23 Question: how do you get to use Navionics on all your devices? I bought it for my cell phone and can
Fuel gauge Hunter 34 1985 kloudie1 at 3:06pm 10.11.23 There was no inspection plate in the original tank.. I haven't put one on my tank yet but before I d
1975 oday 22 (2) Anomymous 163294 at 2:57pm 10.11.23 heres a few more pics. one is the speed sensor the other is hole in the floor showing no rope or any

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