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Tire size mmsailor at 2:18pm 11.07.14 Smaller Boats 1/703 I have a 94 23.5 on the factory trailer . Can someone give me the tire size the trailer is about an
Kyocera Junction Box 51blueheaven at 1:40pm 11.07.14 Musings With Maine Sail 1/1880 I have four Kyocera solar panels purchased in 2009. This year during winter lay-up I noticed most of
Ice box Liner pateco at 12:51pm 11.07.14 Mid-Size Boats 18/3238 The Ice box on my Hunter 31 is missing the liner. I don't know what it is supposed to look like, but
Painting A Sailboat with 100% Acrylic Paint (2) Seahorse24 at 12:39pm 11.07.14 Ask All Sailors 20/13909 We purchased a forty-year 24 foot sailboat and are in the process of restoring it. My son and I hav
What Do You Do to Maintain Your Blocks? (1) rardiH36 at 11:23am 11.07.14 Ask All Sailors 2/1728 Plenty of threads over the years about winch maintenance. But I don't recall seeing much if anythin
Goosneck parts for Hunter 26 Rick in FL at 11:04am 11.07.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/559 I everyone. We have lost the ball that goes into the fitting that connects our boom to our mast for
What is it? (1) Magiccruising at 8:39am 11.07.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1232 I'm a new owner of a 36 CC. Anyone know what this is?
Fixed vs Folding Prop Tony_Tammy_B at 7:16am 11.07.14 Ask All Sailors 14/4425 I have a three bladed folding prop and am gathering data on a three blade fixed prop. With the fo
Navico base y knot at 7:11pm 11.06.14 Parts Search 0/701 Where can I buy a petistal base for a Navico 4000
Anyone know where to find a single alcohol stove for cheap? Hooks at 7:01pm 11.06.14 Parts Search 5/1046 Need to replace the wood around my sink and wondering if it's worth my while to install a small stov
Bottom Paint Upper Chesapeake, Md mytime at 6:58pm 11.06.14 Catalina 30 5/1400 Our new to us Catalina 30 needs a new coat of bottom paint. It came from Toms River, NJ and they inc
Cyclades 50 BillKlarer at 4:35pm 11.06.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1030 I am looking at a 2008 Beneteau Cyclades 50 and would like to know if there are any design or perfo
37 cutter frankies56 at 4:19pm 11.06.14 The Cherubini Hunters 3/823 anybody have any input on what the right size ac should be for my 37 cutter, I had a 16,000 btu but
Mast raising wander22 at 4:13pm 11.06.14 Day Sailers 6/2134 I just bought my first sailboat. An ODay 22 1980. I have no idea of how to raise the mast or where a
Quick Release Wheel Nut Dave Groshong at 3:31pm 11.06.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/775 Any B361 owners out there that can tell me what brand of pedestal you have? Lewmar? Edson wheel nu
What do you leave on board over the Winter (Northern Climate Mark48 at 3:22pm 11.06.14 Big Boats 14/1993 Just curious as to what people leave on board while on the hard in norther climates. I have bagged
Pump Theory wufibugs at 1:48pm 11.06.14 Ask All Sailors 19/2161 I was thinking of relocating my fresh water pump and was wondering whether it makes any difference
Gauge trouble Yellowjeepman at 12:11pm 11.06.14 Ask An Oday Owner 2/674 Hoping someone with an answer out there. I purchased a 1984 O'Day 34 back in May. We have only had a
LED Lighting Terry Cox at 11:12am 11.06.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 19/2920 Awhile ago Main Sail recommended Marine Beam as a quality supplier of LED lights for the marine envi
460 Staysail Sheet routing hosemandc at 10:33am 11.06.14 Big Boats 2/1126 I have a 2000 Hunter 460 with the staysail option. I cant figure out how to route the sheets to fly

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Sorting out battery charger and shore power questions (1) chriscampbell at 8:39am 09.07.23 I don't see a dedicated electrical forum. I originally started this discussion in "catalina owners"
Rudder counterbalance? stickinthemud57 at 8:34am 09.07.23 First of all, apologies for the multiple edits after initial posting. OCD, I guess... You will like
Invest 95L (1) JamesG161 at 8:30am 09.07.23 Using Windy.com and the forecast it shows, the above chart looks like this a few days from now. of
School's back in session cruise! dLj at 8:26am 09.07.23 True, but it is best done on clear full moon nights with moderate wave and wind conditions. I am s
Rudder counterbalance? HeelBoy at 8:22am 09.07.23 t! A couple of things first. The main does have battens, 4 of them. Also, the Foot is something of
Need advice re: odor fighting and an abandoned macerator pump chriscampbell at 8:20am 09.07.23 NO! Thru-hull must be open any time macerator pump is running. You're only discharging clean wat
Rudder counterbalance? HeelBoy at 8:13am 09.07.23 Aerofoil rudder is already employed, though the means of holding it down is suspect. is one of the
Rudder counterbalance? (2) rgranger at 8:11am 09.07.23 You want the pocket to be about where I drew the green ovals in this image lp. Right now, your poc
Rudder counterbalance? stickinthemud57 at 8:03am 09.07.23 Judging from your photo and video, it does not appear to me that your sails are blown out. I do see
3 Blade Prop Swap? Ward H at 7:51am 09.07.23
Wooden block under mast step. morbidfollower at 7:49am 09.07.23 I got this from $tingy sailors blog. You might want to measure what you have and compare, replace as
Need advice re: odor fighting and an abandoned macerator pump Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:44am 09.07.23 NO! Thru-hull must be open any time macerator pump is running. You're only discharging clean wate
Invest 95L (1) JamesG161 at 7:42am 09.07.23 If we want to look at Vorticity or Shear , we use 500mb This is a quick look at that pressure leve
Swing keel delrin rod stuffing box Boatingman222 at 7:28am 09.07.23 Yep, that is my plan I have her on the hook there is clear water about 4 miles away, Strang someone
School's back in session cruise! (1) plenny7 at 7:26am 09.07.23 Last weekend my friend and I went on a spur-of-the-moment night sail when we noticed the wind was pi
New Electronics Networking Help gouldx at 7:23am 09.07.23 @Ward H That was extremely helpful, and it really cleared up the wind transducer situation for me.
3 Blade Prop Swap? jviss at 7:23am 09.07.23 1. Not likely. Steel alloy like Aquamet would be my guess. Certainly that is what you would be look
Invest 95L JamesG161 at 7:23am 09.07.23 Where are the NOAA aircraft They and their ground crew are moving now to Puerto Rico. Recon Fligh
3 Blade Prop Swap? dmax at 7:16am 09.07.23 2. Our boat is on Lake Champlain VT, anyone know of a NE shop that I can work with to straighten th
3 Blade Prop Swap? dlochner at 7:11am 09.07.23 If the prop shaft is bronze check carefully for wear at the stuffing box and the cutless bearing. Br

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