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Boat Fire (2) sailaway78 at 8:12pm 09.30.14 Ask All Sailors 9/1782 Headed east last Thursday, when we were contacted by a trawler. Just a courtesy, said he was coming
new standing rigging Water Bill at 8:01pm 09.30.14 The Cherubini Hunters 3/857 After a 16 month refit/rebuild we're back in the water. During this time we upgraded the standing ri
New to flying gennaker celticwinds at 6:48pm 09.30.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1211 I just bought a gennaker and am not sure how to rig it properly. My boat is a catalina 25 tall rig.
12 volt hook up woodzy at 6:00pm 09.30.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 14/1591 The Honda bf75 motor that came with my mac 25 gave up on maiden voyage. Bought new tohatsu 8 hp wit
Spinnaker for H49 Romagic at 5:47pm 09.30.14 Big Boats 16/2219 I would like to get an asymmetrical spinnaker for a Hunter 49. All the information I have indicates
oday 25 adventure svchickadee at 5:34pm 09.30.14 Ask An Oday Owner 1/906 This owner took his oday 25 down the ICW and to the Bahamas back in the early 2000's. It is educati
Main Halyard Key Shackle? The Garbone at 4:46pm 09.30.14 Catalina 30 0/815 Am in the process of replacing my running rigging. On my old main halyard it one of the POs has put
Fin or Wing Keel JBCatalina22 at 3:28pm 09.30.14 Catalina 309 Group Forum 5/3259 I'm looking to upgrade from my Cat Capri 22 fin keel tall rig to a 315 and wanted to know if anyone
Outboard and Cockpit Controls Kper at 3:01pm 09.30.14 Ask All Sailors 13/5868 I know this has probably been debated a lot but my question is simple, would you purchase a boat wit
Get Your Free Amateur Radio License. radioactive at 2:56pm 09.30.14 SSB and Ham Operators 1/2463 Get Your Free Amateur Radio License. This is not a joke. No morse code r
This is why I go sailing (1) Jim Seamans at 1:48pm 09.30.14 Ask All Sailors 4/1496 This was taken Monday morning Oct 29 leaving Patuxent River, MD. We were headed home from the SSCA G
How does galley convert to berth? Philgreene at 1:26pm 09.30.14 Lancer 2/2438 I recently purchased a 1984 Lancer Mk V C'C design, similar to the one shown here. http://www.boats
Cockpit floods from scuppers Dellcom at 12:37pm 09.30.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/794 1979 ..27' hunter, water comes up scuppers, floods cockpit,....3people plus additional 59# from new
Head or no Head? agprice22 at 11:33am 09.30.14 Ask All Sailors 26/3488 We are considering mooring our boat and spending some short vacations aboard over at least the next
Signet Knot Logger Issues drpaoletta at 9:59am 09.30.14 Catalina 30 3/1497 Recently my speed instrument (signet MK267 digital) stopped working. I was able to replace the paddl
Cockpit Speaker Mounting Location (1) hillzz22 at 9:20am 09.30.14 Catalina 30 24/7295 I'm looking to flush mount a pair of 6.5" speakers somewhere in the cockpit and am thinking that the
equalization gettinthere at 8:36am 09.30.14 Musings With Maine Sail 14/2090 I topped up water in our house bank batteries and let them get fully charged for several days on sho
Shower flow drain problem Fefe at 8:32am 09.30.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/2191 I have a Beneteau Oceanis 40 year 2009. I have problem with the automatic drain in one of my he
Blue windshield anti-freeze Sailor Sue at 8:05am 09.30.14 Ask All Sailors 27/3006 I'm wondering if anyone has considered, or actually used windshield washer anti-freeze to winterize
Hinged Mooring Whip Bases (4) Joe Blizzard at 7:14am 09.30.14 Ask All Sailors 4/942 I've been using fixed bases with my mooring whips for several years and snagging shrouds on the whip

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The Great Bilge Pump Debate, 2023 Edition jviss at 8:40am 05.22.23 About 6 mo ago I was sitting on my dock enjoying a cold one and heard the pump on a friends boat cy
The Great Bilge Pump Debate, 2023 Edition rgranger at 8:38am 05.22.23 The bilge pump isn't going to save the boat, it's only going to delay the sinking. About 6 mo ago
The Great Bilge Pump Debate, 2023 Edition jviss at 8:37am 05.22.23 I'm sure the boat would have sunk if the bilge pump wasn't active. How can you be so sure? Was th
The Great Bilge Pump Debate, 2023 Edition Ralph Johnstone at 8:37am 05.22.23 So, I am inclined to not follow this practice, or at least to connect the pump to the batteries thr
Need Help Troubleshooting Water Witch Sensor, Alarm and Rule Bilge Pump jviss at 8:36am 05.22.23
Need Help Troubleshooting Water Witch Sensor, Alarm and Rule Bilge Pump (1) rgranger at 8:33am 05.22.23
The Great Bilge Pump Debate, 2023 Edition jviss at 8:31am 05.22.23 If your boat sinks because the bilge pump is not working on auto direct from battery or water rises
Engine Alinement Ralph Johnstone at 8:22am 05.22.23 There are a lot of good comments here but I feel some of the ideas are being trivialized by limit o
New 170 sailor SKOTBRO at 8:15am 05.22.23 No, to the contrary. The 170 has a broad beam for a boat of its length and is very stable when comp
The Great Bilge Pump Debate, 2023 Edition dmax at 8:09am 05.22.23 When I went to visit a boat I bought a week after sailing it home from CT, there was water up to the
The Great Bilge Pump Debate, 2023 Edition FastOlson at 8:03am 05.22.23 I have known several surveyors over the decades, and they do not like to see any connection to the b
Slow sump pump with backflow kappykaplan at 8:00am 05.22.23 Where does the sump pump drain to? You should follow the drain line and find out.
Puget Sound Chain Plate Replacement Recommendations? jviss at 7:46am 05.22.23 Well, my question is 'why do you have to replace the chainplates?'
The Great Bilge Pump Debate, 2023 Edition Jacktar at 7:43am 05.22.23 If your boat sinks because the bilge pump is not working on auto direct from battery or water rises
1964 islander 32 Scott T-Bird at 7:42am 05.22.23 I see nothing wrong with the mast base fasteners. Until you see movement between the plate and the
Puget Sound Chain Plate Replacement Recommendations? Joe at 7:25am 05.22.23 We need to get the chain plates replaced on our 1987 Island Packet 31. Does anyone have any recomm
1964 islander 32 MikeHoncho at 6:51am 05.22.23 @MikeHoncho Love the expression "driveway engineering"! Yes, that looks like it is poorly designed
Engine Alinement MikeHoncho at 6:48am 05.22.23 I just dealt with two loose lag screws. PO repowerd and installed angle aluminum ontop of he stringe
1964 islander 32 JBP-PA at 6:28am 05.22.23 One more thing. The vertical pin attaching the boom to the gooseneck looks like it is upside down. T
Need Help Troubleshooting Water Witch Sensor, Alarm and Rule Bilge Pump jviss at 6:16am 05.22.23 but before chasing that down, I'm interested in thoughts on the wiring. I'm interested in your tho

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