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GPS swingarm mount (1) Hydro Therapy at 10:33am 03.10.15 Day Sailers 11/1921 I bought a small GPS/finder unit for my 240. I was feeling cheap so I made this wooden swingarm. It
Galley plans? (1) PSR at 9:48am 03.10.15 Mid-Size Boats 6/3037 My 27 has the traditional layout, and the POs removed the galley and replace it with a custom cabine
Leaking hatch on Beneteau 36.7 lulabelle at 9:01am 03.10.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1238 I have a Beneteau 36.7 that when the hatch is closed the seal it sits on needs replacing. if the boa
Proud New Owner!! (1) T_Cat at 8:53am 03.10.15 Catalina 22 7/1072 Ok so I missed a good looking boat last weekend. Owner sold it before I could go look at it, so I pu
DX sullyj020 at 7:52am 03.10.15 SSB and Ham Operators 0/2101 Anyone get on the WWDX contest this past weekend ? It was wide open every where, I got tried of tal
NOAA online charts with wind forecast, geolocation and more Jelf at 7:43am 03.10.15 Ask All Sailors 7/1357 Hello Everyone, The following link will display the NOAA raster charts that cover the USA. The char
Prepping for bottom paint - what sander down_shift at 7:31am 03.10.15 Ask All Sailors 11/8289 About to paint my bottom for the first time (C36) later this month. There are years of Interlux CSC
Got my seadek in for my boat (4) allen-deckard at 7:15am 03.10.15 Catalina 22 11/2272 http://forums.catalina.sailboatowners.com/picture.php?albumid=3490'pictureid=23576 http://forums.
How much do you use your knot meter? YVRguy at 6:42am 03.10.15 Ask All Sailors 25/3101 My curiosity has the better of me after a conversation in another forum about the usefulness of knot
Mounting a track on the mast Bob Mc at 6:14am 03.10.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/996 Hi all, I was able to pick up a track and car to mount on my mast for a whisker pole for my 1993 Cat
I need advice Bent prop shaft JensJaunt at 5:07am 03.10.15 Ask All Sailors 23/3683 My prop shaft has a substantial bend aft of the p bracket. I have no idea how it could have happend
bought a 6hp piedpiperIII at 4:04am 03.10.15 Catalina 22 0/573 Wife and I took a few days to go on a road trip but I kind of worked it around tampa where there was
How do you lube the rudder bearings? John Rushing at 1:43am 03.10.15 Big Boats 5/6606 Has anyone out there figured out how to lube the rudder bearings without dropping the rudder? My qu
Looking for Sails John Rushing at 1:40am 03.10.15 Parts Search 0/926 Hello All, I sail a 1984 Hunter 34 out of Marina Del Rey. I was looking for a good racing asym.
replacing Catalina 270 feul tank johnareeves at 9:51pm 03.09.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/773 I have a 1996 Catalina 270 which appears to have the original aluminium fuel tank installed. It is w
Diesel filter redunculous at 9:09pm 03.09.15 Big Boats 12/2123 I recently I had a mechanic stop by and we talked about fuel filters He recommended replacing the s
swing keel rlawson1 at 8:01pm 03.09.15 Parts Search 0/705 Olympic Dolphin 23 already checked with Mars Metals no luck. Can't find anything on sailboat data. A
Swing Keel rlawson1 at 7:46pm 03.09.15 Ask All Sailors 10/1981 Can I retrofit another boats swing Keel to my boat. I cannot find a keel or keel plans for my boat.
VHF Mast head antenna Rwrohlfs at 7:37pm 03.09.15 Catalina 22 8/1577 I ordered and just received this antenna from Catalinadirect.com for my Cat22. Anybody know the size
Interesting Vessel (1) Windborne at 6:04pm 03.09.15 Ask All Sailors 8/1595 Saw an interesting vessel on the water yesterday. A tri-hull flying a gaff rigged mainsail but notic

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Sails up at the dock ? Tally Ho at 7:48pm 08.22.23 Looks good! I got a new main on my 322 this year as well. Went with One Sail, the only local loft s
Vesper XB8000- No GPS Signal jssailem at 7:26pm 08.22.23 Sounds Great ! They did the right thing.
Vesper XB8000- No GPS Signal MikeHoncho at 6:56pm 08.22.23 Update. I received the new Vesper yesterday and installed tonight. LED turned green immediately af
New rebuilt yanmar starts instantly but small puff of smoke at startup Boatyarddog at 6:31pm 08.22.23 I checked all valve guides, new seals. lapped seats. Everything looked almost new so its not a valv
New rebuilt yanmar starts instantly but small puff of smoke at startup Boatyarddog at 6:29pm 08.22.23 Why not? "Rebuilt" means different things to different people. Did he install new valve guides, r
O'Day 31 Rudder Replacement Dan3121 at 6:28pm 08.22.23 I think it can be done in the water. I believe you will need to drill the holes for the cross bolt.
Need Routing help for navigation to Soo Michigan quadrille38 at 6:22pm 08.22.23 Hi folks, my wife and I purchased Sailboat and Ontario waters a couple days ago. we are US citizens
Need Routing help for navigation to Soo Michigan duck21 at 6:20pm 08.22.23 Hello! Two years ago we brought our boat up Lake Michigan, through the St Marys river to Sault Ste
CL14 Dinghy Deparlocean at 6:19pm 08.22.23 Sounds good!:thumbup:
CL14 Dinghy Fuzzy_logic at 6:18pm 08.22.23 I have already pressure washed them with water. I will use some cleaner as suggested, then scuff the
Winchbit driver fred1diver at 6:13pm 08.22.23 I have a stack pac that we designed that allows the jacklines to be dropped and the cloth to be rol
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? RSHunter27 at 6:12pm 08.22.23 I don't know what can be going on inside the strut bearing / Cutlass they could make it bind so fier
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? RSHunter27 at 6:08pm 08.22.23
Need Routing help for navigation to Soo Michigan JohnShannon at 5:59pm 08.22.23 The question is confusing. Where is the boat now? What is your final destination. I guess I read
O'Day 31 Rudder Replacement Sanfelice at 5:59pm 08.22.23 I think it can be done in the water. I believe you will need to drill the holes for the cross bolt.
Winchbit driver Hayden Watson at 5:36pm 08.22.23 That's a show stopper for me, no manual operation. I didn't even notice that! It was originally d
Winchbit driver jviss at 5:28pm 08.22.23 It is interesting in that it uses 42dcv to run which is produces by a small boost converter so that
Winchbit driver Hayden Watson at 5:25pm 08.22.23 Oh, that's cool! Harken has a winch with the motor partially embedded, but it still projects 4"+ i
Hunter Legend 40.5, 1983 smokey73 at 5:13pm 08.22.23 I have a 1994 Hunter 40.5 that the USCG Documentation says was built in 1993. The rudder stock is s
Stowing Winch Handles stickinthemud57 at 4:31pm 08.22.23 I've yet to see one of these turn yellow from UV. Home inspector in Texas. I see PVC pool plumbi

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