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Plugged Waste Vent Line Nodak7 at 9:10am 10.23.23 Big Boats 10/1403 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 12/4774 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 14/2076 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 8/1224 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 3/1216 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 10/2305 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 14/2125 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 5/1832 Any idea on a source for these?
Mast down spreader removals Bentsailor at 6:58am 10.20.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/606 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 13/2000 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, .
On h260 stopping cables in mast clanging? TURNS OUT ITS USUALLY SLACK ROPE. Davenport at 11:13am 10.18.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/970 On h260 how to stop cables inside mast clanging, as boat rocks? I am just starting to research but
Hunter Passage 420 Salon Table Mike H. at 8:19am 10.18.23 Big Boats 5/1347 Our salon table is so big that a person can barely fit between the table edge and the settee backs.
Put-In-Bay? Kings Gambit at 7:03am 10.18.23 Ask All Sailors 2/1035 Good Morning. Looking at a possible trip to Put-in-Bay, OH area next summer. Does anyone know of ba
Drum and Swivel for a Stearns Twinstay (2) stanirish at 3:56pm 10.17.23 Ask All Sailors 2/606 I've got a Stearns Twinstay (headfoil) on my 30' C'C that is in good condition. I've been raising th
Drum and Swivel for a Stearns Twinstay (2) stanirish at 3:50pm 10.17.23 C&C 0/8 I've got a Stearn's Twinstay (headfoil) on my 30' C'C that is in good condition. I've been raising t

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Lithium Batteries (1) Johann at 8:11am 09.28.25 Don't know why you just called out Battleborn in this post - that was not a Battleborn battery they
Goosneck corrosion - how bad is this? rgranger at 7:48am 09.28.25 Are there any indications of who the manufacturer was? It might be a stamp or a sticker on the boom
Timing for the perfect tack RussC at 7:41am 09.28.25 My boat is hard to tack. I've found how I tack depends greatly on wind speed. Below a certain wind
Help identify this rgranger at 7:41am 09.28.25 Also, did the trailer come with it? If so, you might be able to track some information down using th
Help identify this (2) rgranger at 7:38am 09.28.25 <p>
Timing for the perfect tack thinwater at 7:17am 09.28.25 I'm a proponent of a short delay before releasing the jib. In addition to the reasons above, the w
Goosneck corrosion - how bad is this? PaulK at 7:10am 09.28.25 The problem looks like it is mostly with the boom's end fitting, which has cracked. The other corros
Alternator Temperature Sensors colemj at 5:04am 09.28.25 You are up in my old hometown neighborhood. Your alternator may be dropping its output due to being
Timing for the perfect tack dLj at 4:40am 09.28.25 I know I asked a couple questions earlier but you've gotten lots of responses since I last logged in
Invest 93L kappykaplan at 4:36am 09.28.25 Looks like we may get a blocking cold front.
Lithium Batteries dLj at 4:16am 09.28.25 For those of you that have, or are considering Battleborn 100Ah batteries have a look at these vide
Alternator Temperature Sensors Tribologist at 10:32pm 09.27.25 Just wanted to follow up on this because I now have the 618 and a handful of LM235's. The LM235's
Seal tiny leak portlight caulk Project_Mayhem at 9:54pm 09.27.25 Plus the residue from tape can be cleaned up with Goo Gone. I'm iffy on the butyl. I have rebed o
Electronics marcham at 8:48pm 09.27.25 VHF antenna and coax cable can usually be replaced with the mast in-place and the boat in the water,
1978 H30 Shaft Removal/Rudder ggrizzard at 6:55pm 09.27.25 Heritage has it right. I've owned my H30C for 43 years and have done the job that way 5 times. Be a
Hatch gaskets dlochner at 5:50pm 09.27.25 The hatch gaskets on my C&C 32 are perished. Looks like Atkins and Hoyle are the source for these,
Holes in the cockpit coaming (1) coldaddy at 3:16pm 09.27.25 They aren't drain or weep holes for the coaming boxes ? Yes I see now they allow draining from the
Holes in the cockpit coaming Calif. Ted at 3:01pm 09.27.25 They aren't drain or weep holes for the coaming boxes ?
s2 6.9 drop keel bgabow at 2:46pm 09.27.25 Thanks! I pulled the plate and saw the blocks . Everything looked ok but the keel is definitely a ti
Timing for the perfect tack RussC at 2:32pm 09.27.25 I still don't understand what the quoted statement above means, but that's fine. I think Russ got

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