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Weather Routing JeffThompson at 4:39am 03.11.15 Ask All Sailors 11/2327 Planning on an east coast trip to Bermuda and back late spring and was wondering if anyone had exper
Electrical & Plumbing Diagrams Hunter 34 SabreToothedEngineer at 9:59pm 03.10.15 Big Boats 4/4756 Does anyone have good copies of the wiring and plumbing diagrams for a Hunter 34? I recently bought
Interior fabric coming apart NiceBeny at 9:37pm 03.10.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/933 Hello I have a few areas around the boat where the walls and under deck fabric is coming off, reglue
Lip Seals FlimFlamII at 6:07pm 03.10.15 Engines and Propulsion 5/2170 Any suggestions for finding replacement seals for the prop shaft. I'm looking for a replacements fo
Merriman steering System Bearings HMT2 at 5:16pm 03.10.15 Ask All Sailors 7/1304 Does any one know if the bearings in the shaft of the Meriiman steering system circa 1983 are nylon
Attention Alameda sailors sfgary at 2:57pm 03.10.15 Ask All Sailors 23/3424 I just left my boat where I found the dock lines on my bow broken. Someone (I found out later was th
Acrylic Cabin Window Replacement (1) Coyote at 2:42pm 03.10.15 Bigger Boats 19/4405 On my 85 Oday 28 --- I was horrified to find a top to bottom crack in my cabin window a few days ago
Replacement taps / pullout shower redunculous at 12:11pm 03.10.15 Big Boats 4/1070 I'm looking to replace the taps in my bathroom as well as add a salt water faucet to the galley. No
Another Dinghy Floor Question RIVERCRUISER at 11:43am 03.10.15 Ask All Sailors 1/1123 Have a Mercury dinghy w/inflated floor. Looking to protect floor from dog claws. Has anyone inst
1970/80's Round DataMarine Corinthian Displays (2) rardiH36 at 10:36am 03.10.15 Parts Search 4/2337 I'm looking for the 1980's incarnation of the DataMarine Corinthian speed and depth displays. There
GPS swingarm mount (1) Hydro Therapy at 10:33am 03.10.15 Day Sailers 11/2087 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 6/3319 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 1/1292 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 7/1091 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 0/2147 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 7/1407 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 11/8813 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 11/2484 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 25/3279 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 1/1038 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

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Funny Friday!!! (1) justsomeguy at 11:34pm 11.17.23 https://media.tenor.com/-xycQFgNcUIAAAAM/stay-in.gif -Will "Costs'. Not much more of an expense.
Remove Prop Tally Ho at 9:39pm 11.17.23
Battery: Firefly Carbon Foam dlochner at 6:08pm 11.17.23 But as you say, it's beating a dead horse as these batteries are defunct. On the other hand, thin
Convert partial battens to full battens (2) Tally Ho at 6:06pm 11.17.23
Funny Friday!!! (1) Will Gilmore at 5:12pm 11.17.23 https://media.tenor.com/-xycQFgNcUIAAAAM/stay-in.gif -Will
Replacing Yanmar exhaust hose artboas at 4:11pm 11.17.23
Convert Idiot Light to Thermostat Gauge? rgranger at 3:22pm 11.17.23 years ago I thought someone made a gauge that would alarm when it reached a set temperature. Not s
Convert Idiot Light to Thermostat Gauge? Blitz at 3:14pm 11.17.23 years ago I thought someone made a gauge that would alarm when it reached a set temperature. Not su
Deck Plate Organizer Sheave Replacement RitSim at 3:13pm 11.17.23 My organizer also needs attention the screws on deck turn but do not tighten. I think I've seen a
Convert Idiot Light to Thermostat Gauge? JoeWhite at 1:54pm 11.17.23 VT, if an audible alarm will help you, just install a 110 dB 12vdc soanalert across the idiot light
Convert Idiot Light to Thermostat Gauge? shemandr at 1:02pm 11.17.23 When I put an idiot light on my engine it would light up every time I came near ... ;)
Convert Idiot Light to Thermostat Gauge? Ralph Johnstone at 11:42am 11.17.23 I should install an idiot light on the binnacle next to my chart plotter, which is an area I do loo
Convert Idiot Light to Thermostat Gauge? VT Fitz at 11:25am 11.17.23 Thanks for all the input so far. Very helpful! As far as "swapping" the idiot light for a gauge cre
Convert Idiot Light to Thermostat Gauge? Richard19068 at 10:49am 11.17.23 I completely agree BUT given a choice of only one which most people with boats have (audible alarm
Convert Idiot Light to Thermostat Gauge? Ralph Johnstone at 10:41am 11.17.23 Maybe the best solution would be to have both a gauge and a warning buzzer. Or a gauge with a buzze
Ice box refrigeration (1) JamesG161 at 10:12am 11.17.23 Does anyone know if they are rechargeable? Dometic ColdMachine CS-NC15 - Compact cooling system wit
Convert Idiot Light to Thermostat Gauge? Richard19068 at 9:45am 11.17.23 Maybe the best solution would be to have both a gauge and a warning buzzer. Or a gauge with a b
Convert Idiot Light to Thermostat Gauge? rgranger at 9:30am 11.17.23 Not a good idea, in fact a terrible idea. If you go over temp. for any reason (a failed raw water p
Battery: Firefly Carbon Foam dLj at 9:28am 11.17.23 The normal equalization voltage for a flooded lead acid battery is 15.8 to 16.2 volts. Decimals matt
Suddenly needing some brake work (1) rgranger at 9:25am 11.17.23 That trailer needs some love....

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