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Perko fittings for the companionway stairs (1) bugbitten at 2:53pm 03.04.15 S2 10/4106 In addition to everything else, I'm looking at adding a removable plywood extension to the port sett
Spreader work (4) All U Get at 2:12pm 03.04.15 Ask All Sailors 1/808 Hi all, It was warm enough today to work in the garage and the spreaders needed some touching up.
Fin vs Swing ? boblufkin at 1:51pm 03.04.15 Catalina 22 16/2605 Of all the 22's out there, anyone have an idea of what % were made with swing keels ? What % wings?
Whay kind of dog food while cruising Richard Olden at 12:17pm 03.04.15 Ask All Sailors 17/2917 We are in the final steps of starting a cruising life. We will be cruising the Gulf Coast, East Coas
What Paint To Choose stollo770 at 11:30am 03.04.15 The Cherubini Hunters 17/6195 Hello, I have a 1979 H27 and before I launch it this coming spring I would like to repaint the hul
Magma Kettle Grill mounting question Spellman66 at 10:41am 03.04.15 Catalina 310 6/2178 For Christmas my fiancee gave me a Magma kettle grill for our 310. I'm curious how, and where, othe
411 Rudder removal rickbogh at 9:58am 03.04.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 20/7324 I have a 1998 411, the steering has become very stiff. Removed the quadrant (that was a job) and re
at least the ice eaters are doing their job (pics) (2) iSailor at 7:07am 03.04.15 Catalina 310 4/1588 Cheers,
small vessel reporting system blues emergpa1 at 6:56am 03.04.15 Ask All Sailors 24/3606 The red tape is giving me the blues, i can't figure this out: I am trying to get all my ships paper
R.I.P. Bonzai LANCE ON CLOUD NINE at 6:39am 03.04.15 Ask All Sailors 4/1027 Friends I was saddened to notice today on facebook that one of our members here, Bob Akins has passe
Reinstalling exterior teak handrails down_shift at 6:17am 03.04.15 Ask All Sailors 13/5580 While the C36 MK I is wrapped this winter, I removed the exterior teak handrails to sand down and re
1994 H-26 Spreader Dfisher at 6:04am 03.04.15 Smaller Boats 5/905 Hello all. I'm looking for a new starboard spreader for my Isomat Mast. I have been trying to get
What size sheave? Scott19770 at 10:20pm 03.03.15 Mid-Size Boats 2/860 I have a '91 Hunter 30, and one of my masthead sheaves broke and siezed while the main was up. Long
Mystery on the boat. Roadking Larry at 9:29pm 03.03.15 Ask All Sailors 42/5444 Last summer I bought 4 swim noodles to keep on the boat. One day while out sailing I rescued one ou
Breaker Panel Drop In Replacement for Fuse Panel? Snowbird One at 8:07pm 03.03.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1290 Is there a drop in BREAKER panel that can replace each of these fuse panels? I am loathe to cut a
Holes in Cockpit Bulkhead, Butchered for Depthfinder? Snowbird One at 8:04pm 03.03.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/3190 The previous owner made the holes as shown in the images. The one on the starboard side was obvio
Catalina 27 - anchor storage & deployment brrader at 6:43pm 03.03.15 Mid-Size Boats 3/5744 Hi all, I am a new Catalina 27 owner with a conundrum. I have owned little boats (including a coup
Hunter 31 electric panel placement Lee C - H31 at 6:32pm 03.03.15 Mid-Size Boats 1/834 I purchased a 1985 Hunter 31 in the spring and have several things that I need to, and want to do or
Heat Exchanger questions pullark at 5:15pm 03.03.15 Catalina 30 2/1106 Hi All, I have an 89 Mk 11 fitted with M25XP. Recently I decided to replace engine mounts and exhaus
B&G 3G radar/MF display packages RobG at 3:48pm 03.03.15 Ask All Sailors 6/1430 B'G has put together some pretty affordable (comparatively) radar/multi-function display packages li

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Perkins M30 Heat Exchanger salt water intrusion into sealed side of system jibes138 at 6:35am 10.21.23 Regarding mounting of a heat exchanger: while motors have the mounting integrated onto the motor, on
Invest 94L (1) JamesG161 at 6:31am 10.21.23 The Storm is mainly on the NE quadrant, minimizing Winds near the Islands
Catalina Capri (Catalina 18) in high winds? bzano at 6:29am 10.21.23 Yes capsizing is. rare event however you have think about high winds beating up on your boat. The r
Interesting to me dlochner at 6:25am 10.21.23 Regardless of how you describe it, the MY is 12 months, not 14. But if you use a 14 month year, y
Interesting to me Clutch Cargo at 6:24am 10.21.23 Regardless of how you describe it, the MY is 12 months, not 14.
Air is not welcome here! jibes138 at 6:14am 10.21.23 Make sure your priming bulb is mounted vertically with the flow direction pointing up!
Interesting to me dlochner at 5:59am 10.21.23 I don't know what builders you work with, but my customers are a who's who (including the nice folk
sailing Lake of the Ozarks (2) SailingLoto at 5:54am 10.21.23 A couple pics
I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try kbgunn at 5:54am 10.21.23 I wrote a post here about using a Dell ruggedized tablet PC running Ubuntu as a chart plotter at the
1984 c25 sits bow down SailingLoto at 5:53am 10.21.23 My previous boat was a C-25. It sat vrey slightly bow up because of the outboard (Honda 50). Bow
Interesting to me Clutch Cargo at 5:52am 10.21.23 Model years are also 14 months long. So a boat started in June 2000 may be built along side of a 200
sailing Lake of the Ozarks (2) SailingLoto at 5:38am 10.21.23 So that was you! Not sure where I got the Mike part. Lol. I live in Rolla so won't be back for a bi
Engineering Help Needed Tater at 5:25am 10.21.23
Any C275 Owners moving up from a Capri 22? Codybear at 4:16am 10.21.23 The 6.5' draft eliminates that boat. It was reported yesterday, the harbor entrance was carrying 4.5
Any C275 Owners moving up from a Capri 22? danstanford at 3:54am 10.21.23 I'm currently at a cross-road right now. I'm actually considering selling my C275 to swap to a
Invest 94L (1) JamesG161 at 11:28pm 10.20.23 Grazing the Antilles. razy Ivan" near Bermuda. Dammit Jim...
Fisher panda / Kabota smoking on startup jssailem at 8:46pm 10.20.23 Servicing the injectors, if it has been a long time since last service is reasonable. You are correc
Fisher panda / Kabota smoking on startup Ralph Johnstone at 8:38pm 10.20.23 It is a Kabota so first start of a trip always gets 12 seconds of glow, and then it is an instant s
Engineering Help Needed (3) jssailem at 8:09pm 10.20.23
Spinnaker Blocks (1) jon hansen at 7:37pm 10.20.23 paul Elvstrom was a superstar sailor from denmark. a 4 time gold medal winner in the olympics. he wo

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