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Canadian buying a US sailboat from Ohio crazy frenchman at 6:08pm 06.24.14 Big Boats 3/883 what problems should we expect when buying a boat in the US Ohio if we plan to sail it home to Canad
Installing a new rope clutch Julescardin at 6:03pm 06.24.14 Big Boats 2/2221 Hi, have finally decided to replace one of the v-cleats foe the main sheet with a new rope clutch.
Dented Bottom (my boat, not mine) pacerpilot at 5:54pm 06.24.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/703 I just dragged another unwanted, neglected, abused, filthy dirty, beat up, orphan Mac 25 home. She s
Hello all, I'm going to add a traveler to my V 22 oldHarry at 5:18pm 06.24.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/648 Looking for ideas on placement and design, pictures would be great!
Can the keel survive low water in the slip ie grounding J105deliveryguy at 4:21pm 06.24.14 S2 3/1095 Just wondering about the structure of the led shot encapsulated keel of a 1979 9.2c Can it bare mu
Easing waste hose installs lingerfeltja at 4:00pm 06.24.14 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/1701 I am sure this has been covered ad nauseum and I apologize but I have not found the information with
Mildew cleanup J105deliveryguy at 3:40pm 06.24.14 S2 2/1060 I am considering buying an S2 9.2c . She has sat for some time with a leak at the durads resulting
Mast head antenna cable entry skindok at 1:44pm 06.24.14 Bigger Boats 2/920 I have a high SWR on my antenna and so the VHF doesn't get out well. I replaced the antenna...no cha
Bottom paint Marina Rel Rey, CA Rug7236 at 1:05pm 06.24.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/903 What is the best bottom paint for a Catalina 22 docked in Los Angles (Marina Del Rey) for a boat tha
Catalina 36 1990 - 1996 wanted Kayamore at 12:07pm 06.24.14 Big Boats 2/31 Looking for a Catalina 36 1990-1996 with 4.5 draft and walk-thru transom. Anyone have one for sal
Help with Variprop? Oliverhg at 11:20am 06.24.14 Big Boats 9/4585 I bought a Hunter 36e three years ago new with a Variprop. I was not happy with the vibration o
Yanmar 3YM20 Service Manual michaeel at 10:59am 06.24.14 Catalina 309 Group Forum 2/1528 New to this forum; everything I've read so far is very helpful. Just had to replace the mixing elbo
removing bottom growth hawk232 at 9:41am 06.24.14 Ask All Sailors 65/9820 I am looking at a boat that has been in the water for 3 years, only pulled once for cleaning, and ha
Pre-Launch Checklist entmejia at 9:38am 06.24.14 Smaller Boats 21/3659 About to launch the boat for the first time after completing basic keelboat cert. Does anyone have a
Anchor light change to LED PeterBreit at 8:49am 06.24.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/2173 Hi there, I changed all my navigation and interior light bulbs to LED. Except for the anchor light.
Here we go!! sfgary at 8:27am 06.24.14 Ask All Sailors 32/2412 Just heard on the local news(ABC) there is a bill before our state (CA) legislature SB1162 that
leaking water heater garethreeves at 7:36am 06.24.14 Big Boats 4/929 The hot water heater on 375 has rusted through. I'm fine with bypassing it or replacing it at the mo
So How Does Actually Observe/Count Drips Per Minute? rardiH36 at 7:28am 06.24.14 Ask All Sailors 4/1137 Stuffing box tutorials instruct to adjust the barrel nut to achieve several "drips" per minute. But
Holding tank OB discharge - macerator or manual? Skipper at 6:55am 06.24.14 Ask All Sailors 3/1809 For those who have used both for OB holding tank discharge: Which is preferred for reliability - an
Compass Cover DennisMansour at 6:16am 06.24.14 Big Boats 1/654 Has anyone had to and found a replacement cover for a Danforth Compass on a 1985 34ft. Hunter. It go

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raymarine ev100 vs cpt autopilot skob1014 at 4:46pm 04.30.23 Do you not have any wind instruments? I finally got my wind instrument (Tac Tic wireless) to inte
Sailing Movies? Joe at 4:45pm 04.30.23 Any recommendations for sailing movies? Now that I'm in my own I could use some entertainment. No
A Good Commercial First Aid Kit for Boats? jviss at 4:45pm 04.30.23 Scroll down the page, that link is just the search result page. That particular kit was called the
A Good Commercial First Aid Kit for Boats? Joe at 4:43pm 04.30.23 Thank you. That link doesn't bring you to the kit pictured, though. Scroll down the page, that li
Alternative to bimini skob1014 at 4:42pm 04.30.23 Measure up some light shade clothe. That is the stuff that lets the wind pass through. Sew back two
Alternative to bimini BarryL at 4:36pm 04.30.23
Sailing Movies? JBP-PA at 4:31pm 04.30.23 This list isn't horrible. "Sailing & Seamanship Movies" on IMDB https://m.imdb.com/list/ls006009436
Sailing Movies? Don S/V ILLusion at 4:30pm 04.30.23
Hunter vs. Catalina 22 JoeWhite at 4:26pm 04.30.23 Both are lake boats, not for ocean. I had 1984 H25.5 I was very happy with its strong construction
A Good Commercial First Aid Kit for Boats? Tally Ho at 4:24pm 04.30.23 Well said - everyone has different needs and different priorities. I'm crossing oceans. I have cre
Sailing Movies? JBP-PA at 4:07pm 04.30.23 There are always the classics, Mutiny on the Bounty, The Sea Wolf, Moby Dick, etc.
Alternative to bimini garymalmgren at 3:37pm 04.30.23 Measure up some light shade clothe. That is the stuff that lets the wind pass through. Sew back two
Will a Raritan fit? Hunter 31 bonkle at 3:21pm 04.30.23 bonkle....you might consider doing some serious cleaning before installing the new toilet and repla
Sailing Movies? Ted at 3:07pm 04.30.23 If you do a search for "Team Malizia" on YouTube, you'll see some great foiling footage during the o
LiFePO4 Update - Any Experiences to Report? dlochner at 2:52pm 04.30.23
Not to complain about weather forecasting certainty JamesG161 at 2:38pm 04.30.23 Did you note that they have not graded 2022? Finally they graded 2022 for 2023. "The size of the
LiFePO4 Update - Any Experiences to Report? jviss at 2:31pm 04.30.23
raymarine ev100 vs cpt autopilot jviss at 2:18pm 04.30.23 If I had a boat that didn't have an autopilot already, and I decided to go with a wheel pilot, I wou
Mcgregor 25 at sea vs lake Roland5048 at 2:17pm 04.30.23 I owned a '78 Macgregor Venture 25 that I sailed on the west coast of Fl. in fairly protected waters
raymarine ev100 vs cpt autopilot dLj at 2:08pm 04.30.23 Thanks, I went ahead with the CPT order. I think I'll be very happy with it. I've used the CPT on

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