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Question about nav lighting davidmhull at 9:01am 11.02.14 Ask All Sailors 49/5410 I apologize up front for this lengthy post but it was needed to clarify my question. These are excha
Add Winches to 1994 Beneteau 351 Cruising Yacht Brokerage at 8:59am 11.02.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/4020 I am looking to buy a 1994 Beneteau 351 that does not have jib sheet winches in the cockpit making i
Primary Fuel FIlter Removal JeffThompson at 8:55am 11.02.14 Big Boats 10/2077 Decided it was high time to replace the primary and secondary fuel filters on our Hunter - engine is
Help w/flax size JeffThompson at 8:52am 11.02.14 Big Boats 4/1056 Can anyone help with what size flax I need for a yanmar 3JH4E. Thanks
Battery charger for home use Rodd at 7:28am 11.02.14 Musings With Maine Sail 21/5555 What battery charger are you guys recommending for home use? I want something in the 10 amp categor
Where do you store your tools? zigracer at 6:21am 11.02.14 Big Boats 17/3218 In my old H260, I stored them down below, under a settee. I've been keeping them in the aft port si
343 displacement and ballast data oyvst@statoil.com at 4:20am 11.02.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1939 Does anybody know the displacement and ballast weight for a oceanis 343?
Anchoring System Upgrade Terry Cox at 6:43pm 11.01.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/1789 Our boat came equipped with a 40# Danforth, 30 feet of 5/16" grade 40 chain and 250 feet of 5/8" thr
Moor Electronics Depth Meter twodzusfittings at 5:45pm 11.01.14 Smaller Boats 3/1165 I am having a case of crazy readings on my Moor Depth Finder model LDC. One moment it reads fine, th
Too much draft? Hobartwoodworks at 3:20pm 11.01.14 Ask All Sailors 22/6882 Making plans for the "next" chapter; bought the 15' day sailor, loved it; the next year bought the 2
Grrrr... Boat Out... Broken Base plate. (3) agprice22 at 3:00pm 11.01.14 Bigger Boats 17/2969 Got my boat lifted and set on my trailer this week. 1987 Oday 272. I store it in my shed over the Wi
Headboard Slug failure Found at Sea at 2:31pm 11.01.14 Ask All Sailors 8/1907 During a recent 10 day coastal cruse with my new mainsail the nylon cord attaching the headboard to
Lowering an Oday 240 Mast firestreak at 2:05pm 11.01.14 Ask An Oday Owner 11/3425 This is my first time lowering the mast. I took off the boom and pulled one of the large pins out of
Rotavectas Wind transducer gahOhio H33.5 at 11:39am 11.01.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/753 I have an older Autohelm ST30 wind instrument that uses a Rotavectas transducer. The instrument head
Polar chart for a beneteau 343 Davefromoregon at 11:26am 11.01.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 13/6796 Have a couple questions on this topic: --where do I obtain these for my boat? --can I create them my
What Oday do I have here? davidmhull at 10:14am 11.01.14 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1074 I have been asking a few questions of Oday owners lately about replacing my motor mount because I pu
Advice on check valves / non-return lines nshellab at 10:09am 11.01.14 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/4512 After a month of detective work, I'm pretty sure I've figured out the source for an alarming but not
replace muffler on 87' ,30' Catalina Fredthedriver at 7:44am 11.01.14 Catalina 30 8/3637 Has anyone had to replace the muffler on a Catalina 30, mine is leaking and want to know how to get
Aux OB on H29.5 RIVERCRUISER at 5:52am 11.01.14 Mid-Size Boats 4/983 Thinking about installing a small outboard on my 29.5 as a backup to the Yanmar 2GM20F. Anyo
Heavy-duty flag gettinthere at 5:07am 11.01.14 Ask All Sailors 38/5592 We're going thru flags pretty quickly. Tried a variety of makers and some labeled heavy duty. Not.

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Wema tank level sender Hello Below at 9:46am 08.22.23 So I'm wondering if some enterprising individual has had the black magnet thing that slides up and
CL14 Dinghy Fuzzy_logic at 9:43am 08.22.23 That is quite possible, because there is no way to see between the members. Also, a friend who owned
Our Cherubini Chainplates Are 40+ Years Old -- Any Failures? ggrizzard at 9:18am 08.22.23 I don't know your specific model boat, but if you can see the chain plate, both from the inside and
Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 jssailem at 9:10am 08.22.23 we are trying to decide whether to rig his boat for hurricane or not.. It is a non-trivial undertak
Advice for a Solo Sailor? Stu Jackson at 9:04am 08.22.23 That was why I was inquiring about the distance. For me, until I get to the Port Royal Sound or pas
new companionway doors jviss at 9:02am 08.22.23 Wow, very nice work, both of you! Yes, the whole companionway is a design mess in general on contem
Advice for a Solo Sailor? Hayden Watson at 8:38am 08.22.23 ... That was why I was inquiring about the distance. For me, until I get to the Port Royal Sound o
Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 kloudie1 at 8:30am 08.22.23 My buddy is heaading out on an Alaska cruise (ship) with his wife and we are trying to decide whethe
Legend 40.5 windlass chain jumping fix baycloud at 8:15am 08.22.23 Watched your video, you have way to much chain bunched up too close to the windlass. In my view you
'07 Hunter 27 In-Mast Furler Failure Davidasailor26 at 8:09am 08.22.23 That's kinda the problem... it's stuck up there! Can't get pics! When we get it down we'll have an
Legend 40.5 windlass chain jumping fix fero at 8:02am 08.22.23
Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 Johann at 7:56am 08.22.23 John, Looking at Windy.com, and going forward to mid to end of next week, I see their model (ECMWF)
Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 jssailem at 7:36am 08.22.23 Very observant @kloudie1. The storm you mention appears to be an upper level LOW that starts in the
Invest 90L (1) JamesG161 at 7:04am 08.22.23 You might note I am using this Site for my Graphical view. nowCOAST The reason is for Mariners.
Need Routing help for navigation to Soo Michigan dLj at 7:01am 08.22.23 I haven't seen anyone answer here. I'm not the best person to answer as I've not made that leg of th
'07 Hunter 27 In-Mast Furler Failure VT Fitz at 6:56am 08.22.23 @shemandr, when the fail happened, we were just around the corner from your home port. In fact, we t
Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 (1) JamesG161 at 6:50am 08.22.23 At least the News Cycle is positive on this storm.
'07 Hunter 27 In-Mast Furler Failure VT Fitz at 6:45am 08.22.23 Since the swivel or part of it and the halyard are jammed inside the mast column I'm not seeing how
Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 JamesG161 at 6:41am 08.22.23 I know that the confidence is a bit shaky :plus::plus: Jim...
Advice for a Solo Sailor? jviss at 6:35am 08.22.23 Talk about thread drift! Yikes! Ha, ha. It's fine, it's an interesting discussion.

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