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Jib hauldown line? Gene Neill at 6:24pm 08.07.14 Catalina 22 32/5553 Anybody use one? If so, what diameter line is it, and where do you cleat it/tie it off? I had one
Mac26m trailer question foursail22701 at 4:42pm 08.07.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1418 Hi everybody. The rubber "cap" at the end of the guide posts on my original Mac 26m trailer has fal
sailing vacation in the Apostles! sdstef at 3:41pm 08.07.14 Bigger Boats 4/1371 Chartered an Island Packet 27 from Superior Charters at Pikes Bay Marina. Enjoy the video! And tha
Aerial video of "sailing" the Hunter 23 Paladin27 at 3:04pm 08.07.14 Smaller Boats 7/1214 I use sailing in quotes because it was an absolute DEAD night on Lake Michigan. Which was probably
New owner of an Islander 34 northernfred at 12:26pm 08.07.14 Islander 3/5069 Hi all, I'm new to this forum and am the proud new owner of a 71 Islander 34 in need of restoration.
tablet navigation c_witch at 12:11pm 08.07.14 Ask All Sailors 10/1743 Does anyone use a tablet and app for navation? Ive switched to a samsung galaxy tab 3 and gpsnautica
The right Inverter jokl1959 at 11:56am 08.07.14 Big Boats 2/1383 Hi all Inverters have made some strides in the last years and I have been thinking about installi
Shaft packing replacement 25xpb BrassRat at 11:50am 08.07.14 Catalina 30 3/1255 BrassRat is repowered with a 25xpb. I asked a mechanic to replace the packing. He told me there is i
Selden Rodkicker Hydraulic strut tahomathundr at 11:42am 08.07.14 Catalina 309 Group Forum 3/1614 The hydraulic ram on my 2006 C309 has failed again. This will be the 4th one and this last one only
replacing a 2GM20F with a 3GM20 Rick R at 10:51am 08.07.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/2179 I have an opportunity to replace the Yanmar 2GM20F in my Hunter 326 with a Yanmar 3GM which would be
YSM 8 riser nipple, Y25 (1) harryjak at 10:43am 08.07.14 Yamaha 1/1811 My water injection elbow failed on my YSM8, ordered up a new elbow, lower elbow that comes out of th
USCG Documentation Ron Allen at 10:08am 08.07.14 Catalina 30 4/1176 Does anyone have the figures for the USCG documentation forms for the Catalina 30 ? I need the Gross
Head Games Meriachee at 9:07am 08.07.14 Ask All Sailors 13/1493 Yesterday our almost new head started acting up. The pump handle works just fine on the "inlet" sett
Ron Frisosky Crazy Dave Condon at 9:00am 08.07.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/963 Ron Frisosky represented Performance Trailers, Road King Trailers and others but most notably, Catal
Ron Frisosky Crazy Dave Condon at 8:58am 08.07.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/650 Ron Frisosky represented Performance Trailers, Road King Trailers and others but most notably, Catal
galley cabinet lastchance at 8:49am 08.07.14 Catalina 30 2/925 I just purchased a C-30 with a Yanmar 2GM engine that needs to be pulled. Does anyone know if the ga
3gm30 on 355 smoke on up rpm +2200 rgarand at 8:43am 08.07.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/807 Hi all sailors, I have looked thru previous threads to no avail... Bought a h355 last year, engine h
Mounting Garmin 50s Chartplotter H34 (2) Dave19957 at 6:47am 08.07.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1474 Now that I have my new Garmin Echo Map 50s Chartplotter, I need to mount it. I haven't found anythi
Pinning the Mast Newport 17 gburling at 6:22am 08.07.14 Newport 7/6588 I am a beginner/novice sailor. My boat is a Newport 17 (1978) in better than average shape for its
1976 Lancer 36 Malgazz at 6:04am 08.07.14 Lancer 2/2130 Can anyone supply information regarding how these boats were built during this era. How the hull an

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New Electronics Networking Help Scott T-Bird at 6:45pm 09.05.23 The adaptor between STNG and devicenet (NMEA) is very simple and easy to obtain. STNG and NMEA 2000
New Electronics Networking Help jssailem at 6:37pm 09.05.23 Welcome @gouldx to the forum. I see you have posted in the Yamaha forum. You have wisely asked this
HUNTER 456 2002? Real or not? MAW at 6:33pm 09.05.23 Thanks for all the great information Marc
New Electronics Networking Help Scott T-Bird at 6:32pm 09.05.23 Based on my experience, in converting from Sea Talk and NMEA 0183 to NMEA 2000, I think it is simple
Changing out OEM water pressure pump to on demand pump need help.. jssailem at 6:15pm 09.05.23 @Ralph Johnstone to the rescue. Sure enough the Vancouver Wizard simplified the problem. Me. I woul
New to c& c questions jssailem at 6:03pm 09.05.23 Photos will give us a possibility to understand the confusion. Or you can first put water in both
Water staining? jssailem at 5:58pm 09.05.23 Congrats on your new to you boat. Welcome to the club. point in time your boat was filled with wate
Eight Bells for Jimmy Buffett (2) jssailem at 5:48pm 09.05.23 I like your style. We played Jimmy Buffet music from the Margarita Ville album during a sailing race
Eight Bells for Jimmy Buffett shemandr at 5:28pm 09.05.23 ... "Some of it's magic and some of it's tragic, but I had a good life all the way" ... --Peggie
Funny Friday!!! (1) Will Gilmore at 5:28pm 09.05.23 The Earth is bigger when viewed from the Moon, than the Moon is when viewed from Earth.
Eight Bells for Jimmy Buffett jviss at 5:14pm 09.05.23 A great, low key performance on Letterman 40 years ago: Come Monday
H38: What is this Xantrax device under my main DC panel (3) Davidasailor26 at 5:08pm 09.05.23 Undeterred by Circuit Lab's limitations I found an open source circuit simulator called Qucs and mod
Changing out OEM water pressure pump to on demand pump need help.. Tally Ho at 4:15pm 09.05.23
How to replace the rope clutch on a Hunter 336 Ken13559 at 3:31pm 09.05.23 Can't you just replace the broken lever/handle , work all done from top? That's what I did for my h3
New to c& c questions kappykaplan at 3:30pm 09.05.23
Yanmar - engine rusting causing start problems Ken13559 at 3:26pm 09.05.23 Quick fix to Yanmar engine starting issue is the cable loom connectors. Clean the contacts with Cont
New to the forum Will Gilmore at 3:16pm 09.05.23 is it torque on the transom your worried about? Yes, among the others mentioned above. Sailboat t
Lubricating sail slugs and mast tracks stickinthemud57 at 3:08pm 09.05.23 I clean my track at least annually. Super easy once you get a track cleaner. As for what to soak i
Lubricating sail slugs and mast tracks thinwater at 3:06pm 09.05.23 Great info. Practical Sailor offers this idea for a DIY track cleaner: The Do-it-Yourself Sail Trac
New Electronics Networking Help gouldx at 3:03pm 09.05.23 You have a number of things going on. First, do you want to end up with a Raymarine physical hardwa

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