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Chartering Moon Dragon dlochner at 2:44pm 10.23.23 Sails Call Lounge 0/1273 If by some rare chance you have chartered Moon Dragon, you might want to check your travel insurance
Hunter 216 in light air Alan Backus at 9:55am 10.23.23 Smaller Boats 10/1390 We use a Hunter 216 in our Adult Sailing classes. Sailing upwind in light air below 5 knots, the bo
Lantern Advice Skipper J at 9:52am 10.23.23 Ask All Sailors 52/7297 Hi, Can anyone tell me if the Weems and Plath yacht lanterns (link below) give off enough light to
Racor filter size Tucson Sailor at 9:37am 10.23.23 Catalina 30 8/1943 We have a 1996 Catalina 30 MKIII #6374 with 390 hours on the MX 25 engine. It has the Racor 26RS spi
House Battery Condition Nodak7 at 9:23am 10.23.23 Big Boats 10/2354 I have six (6) Trojan T105 6v Batteries for my house battery system. They have been in service for o
Plugged Waste Vent Line Nodak7 at 9:10am 10.23.23 Big Boats 10/1404 Help! I am certain this brain trust has some innovative system for this! It appears that my vent lin
Down East Forum (5) Argyle38 at 12:59pm 10.22.23 Down East Yachts 12/4775 Hello all Downeasterer's (made up word...). With the demise of the latest Down East Yachts web site
Water Leak C320 Driveshaft (1) Witbooi at 8:39am 10.22.23 Engines and Propulsion 14/2077 Hi. First post here. We are new Catalina 320 owners. Noticed a water leak on the driveshaft (photo i
Acrylic Hatch Sealant SirMichael at 5:50am 10.22.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1225 The topside hatches on my 88' Hunter 28.5 were getting pretty badly glazed so I replaced the acrylic
Serial numbers/year built. CliffA at 5:39am 10.21.23 C&C 3/1217 Hi. Does anyone know how C'C tracked their model year in relation to the year of construction on the
Halyard mast clutch question RitSim at 2:02pm 10.20.23 Ask All Sailors 10/2310 I have a '99 Beneteau 411 with roller furling genoa and main. Both Halyards are Samson MLX3, 10mm.
Fisher panda / Kabota smoking on startup ice breaker at 11:51am 10.20.23 Engines and Propulsion 14/2126 I have a 2004 fisher panda 6000 gen set powered by a kabota 2 cylinder. It has about 1500 hours on
Spinnaker Blocks (2) FlimFlamII at 7:35am 10.20.23 Parts Search 5/1836 Any idea on a source for these?
Mast down spreader removals Bentsailor at 6:58am 10.20.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/607 Our 1994 Hunter 29.5 double Spreader rig must come down this winter. To tarp the boat we must remov
Removing the rudder on my 1986 28 Oday fourwhitesocks at 6:50am 10.20.23 Bigger Boats 9/1459 Hello there! A long time ago we removed the rudder from my 28' Oday, but I really don't remember ho
Mast Trailer tom154ca at 3:57am 10.20.23 Ask All Sailors 28/2693 Hello, I currently remove my mast every Fall and install every Spring. I would like to make a proper
New Sails HomeyD at 1:07pm 10.19.23 Ask All Sailors 13/2004 I am ready to order new sails for my Catalina 22. A full battoned main and 135 Jib set up for a roll
Odd Sailboat ads (1) rgranger at 11:20am 10.19.23 Sails Call Lounge 12/1790 I thought it would be fun to share the odd things we run across when perusing sailboat ads. To st
Misc repairs and changes tcbailey67 at 3:58pm 10.18.23 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1000 1. I want to run the reef tack, reef clew, outhaul, downhaul, and vang lines back to the cockpit. T
'83 O'Day 28 Fuel Pick Up Tube RBilly at 2:32pm 10.18.23 Ask An Oday Owner 2/727 Anyone know what the tube in tank was made of, how long, how to remove for inspection/replacement, .

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Running light corrosion dLj at 6:19pm 09.28.25 To me it really just looks like a lot of surface corrosion. Take the bulb out - you may or may not
Goosneck corrosion - how bad is this? dLj at 6:08pm 09.28.25 - Is it still sufficiently safe? Hard to say, but given where and how you are using it, I'd say y
Lithium Batteries (1) marcham at 4:36pm 09.28.25 I am not bashing BB, just posting information on a potential point of failure in one type of their
Lithium Batteries (1) Johann at 4:30pm 09.28.25 A bit out of context??? Not sure that bashing a brand with that one photo and no background info is
Merit 22 owners (4) RussC at 4:28pm 09.28.25 I can see clearly now:thumbup:. 234565 234566
Timing for the perfect tack RussC at 4:23pm 09.28.25
Timing for the perfect tack Davidasailor26 at 2:31pm 09.28.25
Lithium Batteries marcham at 1:31pm 09.28.25 The initial post was asking about battery brands. Battleborn was recommended by a few. Then I saw a
Running light corrosion thinwater at 1:28pm 09.28.25 New SEALED LED. I spent (wasted) too many hours over the years dealing with those. I'm all about fi
1978 H30 Shaft Removal/Rudder MikeHoncho at 1:05pm 09.28.25 I'm replacing my broken strut so I know I can get it out but I'd like to align the strut then slide
Timing for the perfect tack kappykaplan at 12:58pm 09.28.25 how'd I do? :biggrin: I like it! It's what I do most of the time single-handing my slightly large
Running light corrosion rgranger at 12:58pm 09.28.25
Timing for the perfect tack RussC at 12:39pm 09.28.25 As to the backwinding "controversy" ;) perhaps some definition is needed. most notably in regards t
Invest 93L (1) JamesG161 at 12:32pm 09.28.25 234555 Dammit Jim...
Invest 94L (1) JamesG161 at 12:26pm 09.28.25 234554 the perfect HEAT engine. Dammit Jim...
Invest 93L Don S/V ILLusion at 11:46am 09.28.25 The hard right turn is characteristic of a cold front, but is there actually one there or is it jus
Invest 93L Davidasailor26 at 11:23am 09.28.25 The hard right turn is characteristic of a cold front, but is there actually one there or is it just
Help identify this Dave Satter at 11:21am 09.28.25 No numbers anywhere. I looked everywhere. Not even a stamped number. Vagabond14??? It's my trail
Invest 93L kappykaplan at 11:12am 09.28.25 That will PUSH PC 9 to be a fish storm.;) Yay! :beer:
Alternator Temperature Sensors (1) Ralph Johnstone at 11:10am 09.28.25 Your alternator may be dropping its output due to being too hot. I'll second that. Time for a co

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