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New to flying gennaker celticwinds at 6:48pm 09.30.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1249 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 14/1661 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 16/2332 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 1/923 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 0/840 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 5/3457 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 13/6162 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 1/2511 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 4/1519 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 2/2488 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 3/827 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 26/3660 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 3/1623 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 24/7587 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 14/2188 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 0/2247 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 27/3138 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 4/972 I've been using fixed bases with my mooring whips for several years and snagging shrouds on the whip
Yanmar3gm30f- saltwater hose leaking carlager at 6:50am 09.30.14 Engines and Propulsion 8/3449 I recently replaced the saltwater hose connecting the rawwater pump with the heatechanger. Now th
Outboard motor for O'Day 25 Helm Hog at 6:31am 09.30.14 Ask An Oday Owner 5/3293 My boat is 1975 O'Day 25. I just got it in the water recently after working on it for a few years.

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Hunter 40.5 Steering Quadrant Cover Removal fero at 7:02am 07.22.23
"Portable" Anchor Light? thinwater at 6:51am 07.22.23 Bottom line: It needs to be obvious enough that you don't get hit. You could do worse than use two.
Windows JamesG161 at 6:33am 07.22.23 It's not an old wive's tale, it's well documented, scientifically, and has been know for over 50 ye
"Portable" Anchor Light? jviss at 6:20am 07.22.23 The masthead nomenclature comes from when mast sections overlapped, and is the location where the s
Faulty Fuel Gauge Robert J Miller at 6:04am 07.22.23 Thanks guys for your helpful guidance regarding my faulty fuel gauge. Now i know where to begin fix
Ignition panel replacement kappykaplan at 5:38am 07.22.23 ConnJack, please post a photo of what you're looking to replace. Welcome to the forum! :beer:
Ignition panel replacement dlochner at 5:34am 07.22.23 If it is a Yanmar, plates may still be available. You'll need to know what style plate you have, Yan
Its funny Friday! (1) Kermit at 5:33am 07.22.23
Pressure/temperature valve and setting on water heater dlochner at 5:31am 07.22.23 The T and P valve on your tank is there to keep the tank from blowing up not the plumbing. There sho
Winterizing Air Conditioner While in the Water Monheganlover at 5:26am 07.22.23 Thanks for the suggestions!
"Portable" Anchor Light? (1) thinwater at 5:25am 07.22.23 Understood that masthead is a power vessel definition and not a "top of mast" thing. I didn't know
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New Seaward/Whale S-600 water heater leaking fresh water? jonelli at 12:44am 07.22.23
Oberdorfer lipseal replacement help jonelli at 12:39am 07.22.23 My old one was probably never rebuilt. The seals and carbon bearing were really stuck in there. The
Gear box not engaging Hayden Watson at 11:38pm 07.21.23 Have you checked your HBW-50 to see if it can be rebuilt? If you have access to a small benchtop pr
Papillon Summer Solo cruise. Hayden Watson at 11:30pm 07.21.23
Ignition panel replacement Richard19068 at 9:33pm 07.21.23 Or should I get a piece of plexiglass and cut the appropriate holes in it and fabricate my own mou
"Portable" Anchor Light? Richard19068 at 9:30pm 07.21.23 The answer to your question is spelled out in the annex to COLREGS. A certain number of degrees of
Windows Hello Below at 9:28pm 07.21.23 Both Portside and Starboard side windows have cracked. Is there somewhere I can get replacements?
Can't find leak on 8' Mercury Inflatable MikeHoncho at 7:47pm 07.21.23 Use a bottle of the sealant you put inside of it and roll it around. It works really well. Same conc

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