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Hunter 37.5 Spinnaker Scott NIelsen at 8:02am 10.16.14 Big Boats 15/6293 I am looking to add a spinnaker to my 37.5. The mast has all the halyard and pole lift running appar
Buccaneer 18 sheets Gobsmacked at 7:38am 10.16.14 Ask All Sailors 3/2448 I'm replacing the main and jib sheets on the Buccaneer 18 we bought to sail in SW Florida during the
H26 Boom-Replacing Lines (1) BrianW at 4:25am 10.16.14 Smaller Boats 12/1576 On my H26, I managed to pull one of the lines through the boom completely out! I looked at the H26,2
Is my endcap shot? (2) The Garbone at 3:15am 10.16.14 Ask All Sailors 10/1444 Had my boom end caps cleaned up to powder coat as the are from 1978. This is the end near the goos
Lifting a 22ft Sailboat JanS48 at 9:24pm 10.15.14 Ask All Sailors 11/2260 Greetings, I've a 22ft Seafarer and I have access to a public boat lift if you can believe it. The b
Looking at 272LE Mike from Beeton at 8:26pm 10.15.14 Bigger Boats 9/3765 Greetings, I'm looking to move up to a 272 from my Sirius 21 and have a few questions on the 272'
Pearson 27 rudder gudgeons Slade1948 at 7:05pm 10.15.14 Pearson 2/1819 Does anyone know where I can get new rudder hudgeons or have my old rudder gudgeons refurbished,
Rudder gudgeon pearson 27 Slade1948 at 7:01pm 10.15.14 Ask All Sailors 0/711 Does anyone know where I can get either new rudde gudgeons for a 1986 pearson 27. Or have mine ref
L-shaped hasp pupluv at 5:44pm 10.15.14 Ask All Sailors 8/3389 I'm looking for an L-shaped padlock hasp to lock my companionway slats to the sliding hatch above it
Hunter 42 Passage Auto Pilot Art Dennis at 4:02pm 10.15.14 Big Boats 14/3155 I'm ready to install my Raymarine Type 2 Short Linear Drive on my H42 and looking for mounting advic
Pulling the mast on a hunter vision 32 Mhutchinson at 3:51pm 10.15.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1021 I tried to pull the mast out this year (new boat to me this year) I removed the top inner flange bol
Rudder moisture lake city at 3:13pm 10.15.14 Mid-Size Boats 3/1873 Own 28 Catalina on Lake Pepin, MN and noticed before the season some moisture on the rudder. We dec
Rudder gudgeon pearson 27 Slade1948 at 2:34pm 10.15.14 Pearson 4/1942 Does anyone know where i get replacement rudder gudgeons for pearson 27
Oceanis 48 Insights? Sailborabora at 2:05pm 10.15.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 16/6784 Planning on purchasing new vessel. Any owners out there? Would like to chat with you about: 1. la
transporting boat from Fl to TX Richard Olden at 12:41pm 10.15.14 Ask All Sailors 18/6956 We are considering purchasing a boat in Florida, around St. Pete. Does anyone have a ballpark figu
Any PYHI ports in the house? Phil Herring at 12:34pm 10.15.14 Ask All Sailors 3/1197 I'm looking for a boat that has PYHI ports on it. These are old plastic from the 1970's or early 80
need North Chesapeake winter storage marina njlarry at 12:06pm 10.15.14 Destinations 6/4199 As a back up plan to bringing her all the way back to Nj, can anyone recommend a marina on the Bohem
New Main Sail Slides Skippie10 at 11:41am 10.15.14 Ask All Sailors 9/2613 Hi, I blew out my main on my 30' S2 sailboat (30 years old!) and have requested a quote from Nor
Different battery condition if read from nut as against post ronald.hudson1 at 11:36am 10.15.14 Engines and Propulsion 5/1424 I have 2 wm deep cycle agm 92, which I have just brought home. I have charged them up using the opti
Sold the boat MrBill_FLL at 11:04am 10.15.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 46/5664 Well, I sold it today at lunch. My 26d will be heading to Honduras, by cargo ship. Mixed feeli

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Starter switch sporadically engages starter dlochner at 3:40am 10.04.23 This is a known issue with Yanmar diesels. The root of the problem is voltage drop due to undersized
Cruising Safety - Amazon Expedition dlochner at 3:36am 10.04.23 I am wondering where the Navy jets were. There are a number of Naval Air Stations and Marine Corp
H49/50 battery replacement Georgedoyle at 10:35pm 10.03.23 Did you get the Dakota DL+ 60 ah starting battery? I was it advertised for $599.
Priming fuel bulb inside engine compartment skunther at 10:28pm 10.03.23 air accumulator screw Is that what that screw is? What is its purpose? I have pretty much the same
Trouble keeping the rain out! Seadoc at 10:09pm 10.03.23
Cockpit Speaker Locations Project_Mayhem at 8:36pm 10.03.23 I was given a nice pair of JL marine speakers. I was leaning towards some rail mounted enclosures bu
Cruising Safety - Amazon Expedition Skipper J at 7:36pm 10.03.23 True. I am wondering where the Navy jets were. Good at least that the right-wing militia weren't s
Replace Maxwell 500 windlass circuit breaker Ralph Johnstone at 6:18pm 10.03.23 Seems to have served the old wiring quite well so it should continue to do the job.
My solution for winch override. Yours? jssailem at 6:10pm 10.03.23 Yes captain. That does look like an improvement.
Cockpit Speaker Locations FDL S2 at 4:57pm 10.03.23 Before you start cutting holes in your boat for conventional speakers, check out this discussion ab
My solution for winch override. Yours? (1) stickinthemud57 at 4:06pm 10.03.23 OK, I think I have this little issue with the swivelling cleats sorted out. The lighting was a littl
H49/50 battery replacement tkwhalen at 3:39pm 10.03.23 I have 3 400amp hour Chins so 1200 Amp hours. Th e Chins were the same size as the old 8Ds I had the
Replace Maxwell 500 windlass circuit breaker sorcererdog at 3:31pm 10.03.23 The old one was also 80A. Just went with what appears to be a more recent version of the same unit,
Funny Friday!!! (1) Ward H at 2:58pm 10.03.23 220406
Cruising Safety - Amazon Expedition Don S/V ILLusion at 1:36pm 10.03.23 Have any of you heard of cruisers being shot at? Maybe from shore by someone who didn't like wher
Cruising Safety - Amazon Expedition dlochner at 12:58pm 10.03.23 Us mere mortals are a little more fearful :yikes: ! I could see the targets and they were shootin
Cruising Safety - Amazon Expedition Ralph Johnstone at 12:31pm 10.03.23 at no time did I fear for my safety from the gunfire. Us mere mortals are a little more fearful :
Replace Maxwell 500 windlass circuit breaker Ralph Johnstone at 12:27pm 10.03.23 Am I correct in assuming the new E9 80 is an 80A breaker ? Were you able to determine the size of
Cockpit Speaker Locations Ted at 12:19pm 10.03.23 Before you start cutting holes in your boat for conventional speakers, check out this discussion abo
Universal M25: strange water temp alarm behavior Ralph Johnstone at 12:18pm 10.03.23 Discovered short circuit at the panel Congratulations :clap:. Can you now short out the tempera

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