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Coast Guard Regs : Cabin Heaters unclecurt at 3:09pm 12.01.14 Ask All Sailors 9/3311 I'm planning to add a solid fuel heater to the pilothouse cabin of my Nimble Arctic. It will be eith
Halyard and Sheet Replacement Steve21992 at 1:28pm 12.01.14 Ask All Sailors 12/2560 It's time again to replace some lines on our ex-Moorings Beneteau 440 In particular the Main Halyard
Topping lift tzuelke at 12:57pm 12.01.14 Mid-Size Boats 3/1782 I need to replace the topping lift on my 1990 Hunter 27. Does anyone know how the topping lift is a
Helm Deck Soft Panamax at 10:44am 12.01.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/846 Have a 2006 H36. The removable deck below the helm (and extending aft to the swim platform) is soft
Southern California's Cruising Challenge Kings Gambit at 10:41am 12.01.14 Ask All Sailors 11/1732 Unlike the nice, protected waters of the east coast's estuaries and rivers, or of British Columbia's
Preventing Mold and Mildew markwbird at 10:32am 12.01.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/3248 So I have a mildew problem. With colder and wetter weather these last few weeks I went from a milde
Teak Bi-parting Door to Head (1) Anonymous 121765 at 10:05am 12.01.14 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 2/5622 Guys, For anyone that can use this, I took my door off 15 years ago. While cleaning out my garage
Glow Plug Short ?? dawsoncrash at 9:15am 12.01.14 Big Boats 3/1123 Hi- I have a 1989 Catalina 36 with a 3 position ignition switch. When I go to position 3 to heat the
Don't Laugh, please Bristol Mike at 7:08am 12.01.14 Bristol 6/2922 When sailing yesterday... I some how last my kicker (6hp) overboard... I was out for 6 hours and hav
Jump starter Rick J B at 6:51am 12.01.14 Big Boats 10/2282 Hi All! I'm seeking your valuable insights on recommendations for a portable jump starter for my Ca
getting south to warm weather Jim Seamans at 5:45am 12.01.14 Ask All Sailors 13/1470 Joan and I have made great progress in the last two weeks. We left Cobb Island on Nov 16 and made St
I'm purchasing a 1987 H28.5 today timtim at 5:19am 12.01.14 Mid-Size Boats 6/1798 Hello, my name is Tim. I looked at the H28.5 the other day and now I'm buying today. Hope you dont
Copper wire lighting ground EnginesForward at 4:15am 12.01.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1553 I have removed my swing keel for overhaul and complete re glassing. I have a copper wire which runs
Minney's STWinches rbringle at 9:06pm 11.30.14 Ask All Sailors 15/2101 Minney's Yacht Surplus, Costa Mesa, CA has Chromed Lewmar 30 Self Tailing winches for $495. They ar
Need Help Replacing Ports Wood Rot in Core (17) pateco at 6:48pm 11.30.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 34/7788 The Gray 512 ports on my 1983 Hunter 31 were original, leaking, and had seen better days. So instead
Pocket Jump Starter Outcome: Would Not Crank Yanmar 2Qm20 rardiH36 at 4:56pm 11.30.14 Ask All Sailors 18/5860 On this forum several days ago was a thread about pocket jump starters. I had first noticed these a
Diesel Volvo MD11C Thermostat? RECESS at 4:37pm 11.30.14 Ask All Sailors 4/1482 Any ideas on where I can find a new thermostat and gasket for the MD11C online? I want to do a chemi
Finding people to sail with pupluv at 4:33pm 11.30.14 Ask All Sailors 47/12293 I have a sailboat in Marina del Rey but I live an hour away in Pomona. Consequently it is hard for m
260 Curtain Hardware (1) Kermit at 4:15pm 11.30.14 Smaller Boats 6/1471 So, my First Mate and I have bought fabric for curtains for our '99 H260 and are stuck when it comes
Electrical Panel Upgrade (Hunter 34) (4) Allan12210 at 3:28pm 11.30.14 Ask All Sailors 5/4435 The electrical panel on the 83-87 Hunter 34 is rather spartan. Other than the usual circuit breakers

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Bad experience with a yacht broker, appreciate some advice dlochner at 2:21pm 08.27.23 You have said your piece more than once. You've heard the opinions of others. It is time to move on.
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. mikeracca at 2:13pm 08.27.23 :laugh::laugh::laugh: I looked at the red circles and didn't read the part number asked about. I h
Seeking guidence restoring My 1979 o'day 30 Tally Ho at 2:07pm 08.27.23
Bad experience with a yacht broker, appreciate some advice (1) eirikr at 2:05pm 08.27.23 BTW, the owner told me the commission is $5,000 or 10%, whichever is higher. What's the business et
Stowing Winch Handles Tally Ho at 1:35pm 08.27.23
Bad experience with a yacht broker, appreciate some advice dlochner at 1:29pm 08.27.23 Simple answer, you write the extra items on the offer. Words like, This offer is contingent upon rec
Invest 90L (1) JamesG161 at 1:21pm 08.27.23 Hurricane Franklin to miss Bermuda.:biggrin:
Bad experience with a yacht broker, appreciate some advice (1) eirikr at 1:03pm 08.27.23 Reading some of the replies, I realized nobody directly addressed this one issue I had with the brok
Yanmar - engine rusting causing start problems BigEasy at 12:34pm 08.27.23 Sounds like an electrical problem, not related to water & resultant rust formation. Need to check s
Gulf Storm Potential jssailem at 12:29pm 08.27.23 We need the rain. I understand and agree. The concern would be an excess of rain accompanied wit
Catalina 30 vs O'Day 25 Hayden Watson at 11:32am 08.27.23 25-years ago, I moved from 1980 Catalina 25 with swing keel and outboard to our current boat which i
Gulf Storm Potential Don S/V ILLusion at 11:09am 08.27.23
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. Hayden Watson at 11:04am 08.27.23
Oday 20 Restoration Clutch Cargo at 10:13am 08.27.23 Clutch, Could that tube be a drain to the outside? Normally the bow of boats is used as an anchor s
Seeking guidence restoring My 1979 o'day 30 Johnny Sails at 10:09am 08.27.23 Thank you!. I'm going to take your advise and hold off on lithium and sail with the lead acid for a
Oday 20 Restoration jssailem at 9:41am 08.27.23 Clutch, Could that tube be a drain to the outside? Normally the bow of boats is used as an anchor st
Seeking guidence restoring My 1979 o'day 30 jssailem at 9:33am 08.27.23 @Davidasailor26 has provided the cliff notes. The devil is in the details. Having Lithium batteries
Seeking guidence restoring My 1979 o'day 30 Davidasailor26 at 9:27am 08.27.23 I will probably wait to switch it and slowly make the decision and leave it in its current configur
Seeking guidence restoring My 1979 o'day 30 Johnny Sails at 9:23am 08.27.23
Gulf Storm Potential Johann at 9:23am 08.27.23 It's now officially Idalia Tropical Storm Idalia Update Statement (noaa.gov)

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