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New to flying gennaker celticwinds at 6:48pm 09.30.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1313 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 14/1701 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 16/2465 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 1/950 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 0/880 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 5/3683 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 13/6506 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 1/2584 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 4/1529 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 2/2544 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 3/848 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 26/3842 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 3/1743 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 24/7883 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 14/2283 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 0/2310 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 27/3223 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 4/986 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 8/3515 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 5/3373 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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Push Button Starter Testing Maine Sail at 2:15pm 09.10.23 This may help: https://forums.sailboatowners.com/threads/add-starting-relay.194701/#post-1505182
Oh my sweet rotten unicorn. dlochner at 2:11pm 09.10.23 So I can sand the black and blue off down to all white everywhere, and then prep for new barrier co
Oh my sweet rotten unicorn. monocerosin at 2:09pm 09.10.23 Gelcoat is usually white. If you sand through the gelcoat you will see the polyester resin and glas
New Electronics Networking Help jviss at 1:54pm 09.10.23 Thanks. Maretron has a great reputation. I'm personally not a big fan of screw terminals, but the
Oh my sweet rotten unicorn. dlochner at 1:21pm 09.10.23 The boat is not made of epoxy, it is likely polyester resin and glass. If there is epoxy on the bott
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION Tally Ho at 1:15pm 09.10.23
Oh my sweet rotten unicorn. (1) monocerosin at 1:01pm 09.10.23 How do I know if it's epoxy or gelcoat? Is there a test I can do to the surface? I figure doing this
Oh my sweet rotten unicorn. Ralph Johnstone at 12:01pm 09.10.23 The black came off I presume the black was only the black bottom paint as Citristrip isn't going
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION Ralph Johnstone at 11:47am 09.10.23 My Universal 5614 will not go any higher than 2000 rpm's and when its up there I see black sludge l
Push Button Starter Testing Ralph Johnstone at 11:32am 09.10.23 I have decided to replace the wire to the starter. Just to be clear, you want that wire to go to
Water Tank Capacity on 2007 44DS ggrizzard at 11:03am 09.10.23 Good work. Thanks for sharing.
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION nramsey at 10:59am 09.10.23 Damned autocorrect. Over propped.
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION nramsey at 10:59am 09.10.23 Sounds like it's overloaded. Could you be overcrowded?
Hunter 320 Steering Issue Kevy at 10:35am 09.10.23 Thanks all. Indeed it was a maintenance point that I was ignorant of so happy to take the blame. I
Push Button Starter Testing Nichole340 at 10:15am 09.10.23 Is this a Yanmar? There's a known issue with the starter that has these symptoms. The problem is th
Push Button Starter Testing (1) Ralph Johnstone at 10:04am 09.10.23 The switches are less than $10, also available at most auto parts stores here near the harbor. @C
Push Button Starter Testing JoeWhite at 9:44am 09.10.23 What happens when you touch the wires of the switch to eachother after disconnecting one from the sw
Push Button Starter Testing Calif. Ted at 9:40am 09.10.23 The switches are less than $10, also available at most auto parts stores here near the harbor. Cole
Push Button Starter Testing kloudie1 at 9:36am 09.10.23 Some really good meters may be able to discern an extremely small resistance like that, but regular
Push Button Starter Testing jviss at 9:29am 09.10.23 The switch could have a high resistance through the contacts. When you test for continuity with an

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