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AC35- Oh yeah, it's on! Gunni at 9:18am 02.27.15 Ask All Sailors 8/1504 Oracle and Artemis had their new AC45 foilers out for trials on San Francisco Bay this week. They ma
1987 Hunter 23 - Offering carboman at 8:47am 02.27.15 Smaller Boats 0/5 https://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/boa/4894836802.html
windlass replacement 352 SFsailor at 8:40am 02.27.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/872 I am replacing the windlass on my 352 and would appreciate any recommendation on a replacement model
February Rescue in Atlantic off Newport higgs at 8:38am 02.27.15 Ask All Sailors 4/1126 captain.com/australian-lunatics-narrowly-avert-death-off-nantucket/
My view this morning - exactly why do i live in Canada? (1) holdech at 7:15am 02.27.15 Ask All Sailors 29/3673 And this is winter - nobody wearing coat - can't hear a single snow blower... Shelter Island, San D
Survey or NOT?! rgranger at 7:09am 02.27.15 Ask All Sailors 24/3672 I didn't want to hijack the "Survey Botch?" thread so I posted this new one.... With one exception,
smart plug testing (1) dparilla at 6:43am 02.27.15 Ask All Sailors 5/895 My daughter Cecilia testing the durability of the smart plug set
Radar Yes Sailgunner at 6:27am 02.27.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/697 I have now sailed the waters around Florida for a few years and went up/down the east coast a couple
Thermal Runaway or what?? Nodak7 at 5:02am 02.27.15 Big Boats 23/3720 Interesting thing happened yesterday. Our 41DS has a house bank consisting of 2 4D batteries. I moni
deck core on venture 25 (1) Kevin_B at 4:59am 02.27.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 15/3627 Has anyone else had this problem? The mast support at the bow of my '74Macgregor Venture 25 punched
Pearson 303 : 2GMF Elbow Modification that saves you $$$ (4) StargazerP303 at 9:53pm 02.26.15 Pearson 2/1394 Hello Yanmar owners! The one thing I hate is when the engine doesn't start but it does turn-over gr
Westerbeke M-25XPB damper plate and transmission failures DFish at 9:10pm 02.26.15 Engines and Propulsion 2/1603 Hello. We are interested to hear from anyone with a Westerbeke M-25XPB Diesel engine, who may have
Radome mast installation TommmD at 6:45pm 02.26.15 Big Boats 2/786 Looking to see how high folks have installed their radome on the mast. Spreader high for instance? T
Hunter 340 Walter59 at 6:32pm 02.26.15 Big Boats 8/3598 I am looking at buying a Hunter 340 and I need some advise; Some of the 340s have solid supports
Best Place to Buy a New Motor Doug J at 4:58pm 02.26.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 24/3072 I'm finally ready to buy a new motor. I want to get a Honda 8hp 20" long shaft. Can anyone recomme
Replacement Portlights Sailorjack at 4:23pm 02.26.15 The Cherubini Hunters 16/4265 Hi Everyone I am replacing the portlights of my 37c and I have decided to go with Beckson "raindrai
Water cooling pump for AB Fridge rfrye1 at 3:51pm 02.26.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/584 The little salt water water cooling pump for my AB Refridge unit died last year on my '98 H376. I ra
Oberdorfer N202M-15 or -16? VF84Sluggo at 10:55am 02.26.15 Ask All Sailors 9/4675 On Catalina Direct, they list the Oberdorfer N202M-16 for a Universal M25XP, yet on other sites I se
1994 23.5 trailer tire size mmsailor at 10:20am 02.26.15 Smaller Boats 8/1082 My boat and trailer are about an hour away in storage . I need to replace the tires on the trailer .
Would you paint your rubrail aluminum? CloudDiver at 9:48am 02.26.15 Catalina 22 5/1353 I have my rub rail off the boat. I have the older style narrow channel and I will be ordering the n

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AIS-VHF Antenna Splitter dlochner at 11:00am 09.27.23 @dlochner, I can only speak for the Raymarine Lighthouse MFDs and as reported in the Raymarine foru
Window replacement kit for the 28.5 hunter T-Time at 10:40am 09.27.23 Thanks for your answer. I think the best efficiency and look is the external mount. Do you have pict
AIS-VHF Antenna Splitter Hello Below at 10:05am 09.27.23 Dig deeper into the software for the AIS and CP. There is often a way to filter the targets to elim
AIS-VHF Antenna Splitter dlochner at 9:56am 09.27.23 I don't know if this is Raymarine MFDs (Lighthouse) limitation only or not; but, as I was transitin
The Sewing Machine Thread Project_Mayhem at 9:56am 09.27.23 Singer 4411 HD. Paid $86 for it. Like new. Not too sure I will do clothes, but I did sew a canva
AIS-VHF Antenna Splitter Hello Below at 9:50am 09.27.23 I don't know if this is Raymarine MFDs (Lighthouse) limitation only or not; but, as I was transiting
Lubricating sail slugs and mast tracks Project_Mayhem at 8:50am 09.27.23 My sail slugs are the 7/8" flat type and I have not found a good way to clean them with anything.
Window replacement kit for the 28.5 hunter kloudie1 at 8:06am 09.27.23 I think that the 28.5 had the same fixed port as the 31 and the forward one on the 34 from that same
Spider web cracks. How to fix them? Siamese at 8:04am 09.27.23 A proper cure for cracks ain't easy. I bought a new Catalina 309 in 2007, and it developed many lon
AIS-VHF Antenna Splitter Hello Below at 8:03am 09.27.23 If you have an account and follow your boat you'll get an email when you arrive at a port. And a l
...and we whined about prices back in '75 kloudie1 at 7:58am 09.27.23 Back in 1991 on our first Gulf crossing to Isla Mujeres, we had Loran running and gave us really goo
AIS-VHF Antenna Splitter Hello Below at 7:54am 09.27.23 I understand AIS and VHF are line of sight. Here is a handy calculator to determine the LoS depend
The Sewing Machine Thread dLj at 7:52am 09.27.23 There are plenty of great domestic machines from before 1975 or so that are suitable for some canva
AIS-VHF Antenna Splitter (1) jssailem at 7:52am 09.27.23 Marine Traffic is a 3rd party supplier of AIS data. They use the many coastal repeater sites and if
P28 Rudder Removal Siamese at 7:47am 09.27.23 I had to take the rudder off my Catalina 309. By the way Catalina, thanks for not getting the rudde
The Sewing Machine Thread (1) Siamese at 7:38am 09.27.23 There are plenty of great domestic machines from before 1975 or so that are suitable for some canvas
...and we whined about prices back in '75 jssailem at 7:19am 09.27.23 I bought a Davis last year. The concept is easy. Shoot the SUN. Align the sun on the horizon by the
AIS-VHF Antenna Splitter dlochner at 7:13am 09.27.23 My separate AIS antenna is mounted on my Bimini Frame. That puts it a few feet higher than my ster
...and we whined about prices back in '75 dLj at 6:58am 09.27.23 Wow ..I wonder how many folks can actually use one now .. Many that could, now really can't. Or at
Just a bit too much heel and helm Don Guillette at 6:53am 09.27.23 FDL: Wow, I'll bet that was a "oh crap moment" BUT if it happens again I'll bet you'll know exactly

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