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Anyone heard of Iona? SocalSailor at 2:37pm 10.23.14 Ask All Sailors 5/5731 I am looking seriously at buying a larger boat. I looked over a 30 ft listed near me. It is an Ion
Tool Rental wufibugs at 1:48pm 10.23.14 Ask All Sailors 5/1759 The post about shroud tensioning got me thinking about rarely used tools and wondered if anyone knew
erratic engine performance rgarrison@gmail.com at 12:45pm 10.23.14 Catalina 30 10/1434 I recently did some work on my engine, new fuel lines, filters, head gasket, etc. Also flushed the f
Fall sailing ROCKS Jackdaw at 11:21am 10.23.14 Ask All Sailors 34/4108 The absolute BEST sailing (in Minnesota) is in the fall. The temps are comfortable, the breeze good,
Attach a backstay Swedsail at 10:18am 10.23.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1297 I am from Sweden and I sail with a Maxi 77. I think McGregor 26m is amazing in many ways. But I thin
Fuel Usage for the season Apex at 9:58am 10.23.14 Bigger Boats 3/981 What is YOUR usage? We have an Yanmar YSM-8R - O'Day 28 We weekend on the boat, and the motoring
Bristol 27 Height humphryjto at 9:53am 10.23.14 Bristol 0/1265 I want to store my boat in the barn this year but it is still in the water so I can't get an exact m
exhaust cooling for yanmar 12 patman75 at 9:30am 10.23.14 Ask All Sailors 2/866 I have the mighty Yanmar YSM 12 on my Cat. 30. The exhaust cooling is as follows. A straight steel p
Deception pass or swinomish channel? TropicalSeattle at 9:22am 10.23.14 Ask All Sailors 14/16300 Tying to figure out if we should attempt deception pass at slack tide or have the option of going th
bulkhead replacement fireone at 9:22am 10.23.14 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1656 I need to replace:cry: my buklhead on my 23ft o'day it is dry rotted where stay wires straps attach
Top of Mast Pulleys Removal joker460 at 8:43am 10.23.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/1236 Top of Mast Sheaves Removal Has anyone with a 350,351 or 352 ever replaced the sheaves at the top o
Hunter P42 20 inch propeller? BBC30 at 8:31am 10.23.14 Big Boats 7/2017 Has anyone ever put a 20 inch propeller on a 1990s version of the P42? I think they came with eithe
Hunter 320 Shrouds tensions Mity at 8:27am 10.23.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/665 Hi, I just bought a Hunter 320 and I would like to know if someone would know the recommended tensio
Crossing from Apalachicola to Tampa frankiedogs at 7:51am 10.23.14 Ask All Sailors 28/8904 We are set up in Apalachicola and heading to Tampa Bay. I need input on the weather patterns to look
Main cabin head -Plumping system Rick J B at 7:13am 10.23.14 Big Boats 0/973 Hi ! I have recently purchased my Catalina 42 and working through the various elements of the boat t
Preferred Rope Clutch? caltom at 6:46am 10.23.14 Catalina 30 7/1461 I'm sure this topic has been discussed in the past. Just to make sure I'm looking at current info I
Catalina 387 mainsail Sailingnat at 5:37am 10.23.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1054 We just purchased a 387 with in mast furling and are about to take the mainsail down. Does anyone ha
Singlehanding Ends in New Bern Roger Long at 3:45am 10.23.14 Roger Long - The further adventures of Strider 3/6835
Hatch for 33.5 Bruce12 at 12:27am 10.23.14 Mid-Size Boats 1/750 Does anyone know where I can find the forward hatch lens for a 33.5 Hunter?
Looking for a inexpensive Javelin main mast jvanzyl at 10:05pm 10.22.14 Day Sailers 1/1075 I have a 1976 O-Day javelin. I flipped the boat over in the intercoastal two years ago and bent the

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Starter switch sporadically engages starter mermike at 4:19pm 10.05.23 I can assure those who are still wondering about this problem that the solution is to replace the wi
Water in the bilge Don S/V ILLusion at 4:13pm 10.05.23 . I inspected the access under the v-berth and it was dry. The water did not come in from above t
Second Triton2 Mechone at 3:46pm 10.05.23 I installed a veratron go data , nmea 2000, low level bluetooth cheap 120 bucks . download the app f
Water in the bilge Crazy Dave Condon at 3:26pm 10.05.23 I sent the poster a private message but will keep you posted what occurs. It is his choice if he wa
My solution for winch override. Yours? stickinthemud57 at 3:17pm 10.05.23 :huh: Yeah, I suppose that is open to a number of interpretations. It's just that I have been surp
Second Triton2 Apex at 3:17pm 10.05.23 I have 2 tritobs above the companionway, one with wind info, the 2nd boat and water data. Eazy peaz
What to Protector to use after a thorough dinghy cleaning Rich Stidger at 3:07pm 10.05.23 I don't use Magic Eraser. I tried it and was not satisfied with the effort and results. I use LA Awe
Rudder Post & Bearings for Hunter 45cc Tally Ho at 3:00pm 10.05.23 Having run aground, the rudder post for my 2010 Hunter 45cc has been damaged beyond repair. Any sug
What to Protector to use after a thorough dinghy cleaning sailcapt340 at 2:54pm 10.05.23 . Thats not what I wanted to hear at all! But in my defense, it was chalking a bit now and it had
What to Protector to use after a thorough dinghy cleaning Captain Larry-DH at 2:44pm 10.05.23 Unfortunately, you abraded off the surface layer of the fabric with Magic Erasor and chemically atta
Dometic Air Conditioner Not Staying On - then clicking capta at 2:10pm 10.05.23 Sounds to me you have lost cooling water flow. Even without cooling water it will work and cool for
Starter switch sporadically engages starter dlochner at 2:00pm 10.05.23 Measure voltage on 12v input cable to the starter cable while starter button is pressed. It should
Starter switch sporadically engages starter JoeWhite at 1:51pm 10.05.23 Measure voltage on 12v input cable to the starter cable while starter button is pressed. It should r
unknown sailboat Crazy Dave Condon at 1:37pm 10.05.23 Any VIN number or hull number? There is a registration number and suggest going to the agency that
Ultrasonic wind masthead transducer (1) Bob S at 1:34pm 10.05.23 I have an Airmar Weather Station, not sure what model, atop my mast. it was on my boat when I bought
Dometic Air Conditioner Not Staying On - then clicking Project_Mayhem at 1:15pm 10.05.23 My guess would be a self resetting fuse/breaker is tripping, resetting over and over again inside th
My solution for winch override. Yours? thinwater at 12:56pm 10.05.23 ... As a married man I should know that just because something is not a problem to me :huh:
Cat 28 MKII - Genoa Fred at 12:39pm 10.05.23 Not sure if I made the right decision but I ordered the 150 from Catalina Direct. If I remember, I'l
Cockpit shower replacement head Fred at 12:34pm 10.05.23 Resolution: I had a smaller shower head that I removed from our trailer in favor of a water saving O
Starter switch sporadically engages starter (1) dlochner at 12:20pm 10.05.23 Still the same problem. The solenoid does 2 things, it makes the connection to provide power to the

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