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Leading lines aft around a pop top (2) $tingy Sailor at 10:55am 05.31.14 Catalina 22 12/1713 I spent the last week sailing with all our new running rigging and lines led aft. What a treat. The
All things being Equal.... capdabney at 10:27am 05.31.14 Catalina 22 13/1458 Looking to buy a C-22. Not sure which model I should pursue. I like the looks of the "New Design
Solar vent location on 23-2? Ziradog at 10:14am 05.31.14 Ask An Oday Owner 5/878 My 23-2 gets pretty humid during the week all shut up, so I decided to get a Nicro day/night solar v
Venture 22 mast downsize 1 foot, problems? tidal9 at 8:22am 05.31.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/870 My Venture 2-22 sailboat came with a welded mast (previous owner repair) and I am having trouble tru
Question on LED's jibes138 at 6:38am 05.31.14 Ask All Sailors 8/1441 I installed a LED anchor light yesterday and had a question regarding operation and design. After w
Did I get ripped off?? ChangsinLattitudes at 6:11am 05.31.14 Ask All Sailors 41/5363 After spring launching I noticed a wire had come off the float switch. It just dead ended after abo
Can I get away with a cheap inverter? sully75 at 5:36am 05.31.14 Musings With Maine Sail 11/3716 I have a very simple electrical system on my boat, no outboard, 1 100w panel, a Genasun controller a
Bulkhead Fabric Piping? Kper at 4:06am 05.31.14 Ask All Sailors 3/897 Does anyone know of a source for the fabric piping, for lack of a better term, that runs between the
3ym30 SWP Brahmany at 3:34am 05.31.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/864 Hi all, Re Salt water pump for a Yanmar 3ym30. My parts list says that a new pump p/n is
Yanmar 2 GM kill lever Lost at 12:31am 05.31.14 Engines and Propulsion 6/1865 New here and to sailing. I just purchased a 1981 33 great deal but with that comes work. The eng kil
1999 H380 owners manual needed planoron at 7:34pm 05.30.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/799 Hello All, We have purchased a 99 Hunter 380 and do not have an owners manual. I have looked onl
More for the fail file (2) dparilla at 6:03pm 05.30.14 Musings With Maine Sail 0/1267 Got a call today about an engine that was "surging" One quick look at the alternator regulator (a b
parts for hunter 23.5 djpryor at 4:34pm 05.30.14 Smaller Boats 13/1476 Hello everyone, I currently have a 1995 hunter 23.5 At the time I purchased the boat it was without
Confused in Atlanta MCQMGA at 4:33pm 05.30.14 Day Sailers 6/1841 Guys, I am a sunfish sailor /Beginner. I am looking at buying an Oday 17 ft daysailer - I am also co
Amazing Yanmar 2 GM Nelsonhow at 4:22pm 05.30.14 Engines and Propulsion 4/1279 If any of you follow this site you'll know I posted last fall About whitish smoke and a loss of powe
Electric winch for swing keel, how to use alfreddiaz at 11:52am 05.30.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/2195 I bought my first sailboat, a Catalina 25 Swing Keel. As the title states, it has an electric winch.
Pedestal base corrosion (1) Jim Seamans at 10:40am 05.30.14 Ask All Sailors 7/1551 The powder coating on my pedestal base is flaking off. Called Lewmar and they suggest taking it apar
Battens? Hydro Therapy at 10:35am 05.30.14 Ask An Oday Owner 5/845 This is my first year docking the boat. It's also the first year I used a sail cover on the main sai
Charging with Engine Alternator dpaquin at 10:16am 05.30.14 Big Boats 15/4627 I don't quite understand how the engine alternator charges the batteries on my 42 Hunter with the op
First 375 Backstay Adjuster Dave Stromquist at 8:20am 05.30.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/834 I need to grease my winch handle operated backstay adjuster and cannot locate a manufacturer I.D. on

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Gear controls reversed (reversed is forward - forward is reverse ) Scott T-Bird at 5:48am 07.28.23 On our boat the controls at the pedestal can only be connected one way. Controls direction of acti
Gear controls reversed (reversed is forward - forward is reverse ) Scott T-Bird at 5:45am 07.28.23 It may be fairly common with Edson pedestal and Yanmar/Kanzaki transmission. My Starwind 27 had the
Zephyr: PrePurchase Phase on '76 C&C 30.1 Sailfanatic at 5:38am 07.28.23
How do you prove you can sail a boat? Scott T-Bird at 5:33am 07.28.23 No, that's Bad Ass!
Info needed on LARGE Boats / Research Vessel (100ft+) dlochner at 5:32am 07.28.23 You are getting into the realm of commercial boats, not recreational boats. With that there are USCG
How do you prove you can sail a boat? Daveinet at 5:24am 07.28.23 Old goats club membership, hmm, so if I owned a Pontiac GTO, I'm good?
Tips for inspecting a moored Mariner 19? Will Gilmore at 5:00am 07.28.23 Good use trailers are hard to find especially when it comes to a trailer built to fit a specific boa
Its funny Friday! jviss at 4:49am 07.28.23 It looks like a WWII PT boat hull modified for cruising. Ugh! Now I have the theme song for McHal
Newport anchorages Rick486 at 2:53am 07.28.23 Actually, there's a really good dinghy dock at the North end of the harbor, but it's a long walk to
Tips for inspecting a moored Mariner 19? Anchored87 at 8:58pm 07.27.23 You can raise the mast on the trailer, then launch and retrieve, but as far as hauling, that would
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't MikeHoncho at 8:38pm 07.27.23 Check for a cracked pump case
Zephyr: PrePurchase Phase on '76 C&C 30.1 Dnea at 7:46pm 07.27.23
Zephyr: PrePurchase Phase on '76 C&C 30.1 Dnea at 7:45pm 07.27.23 Having sailed a bit on the 28 mark I, of that vintage, I agree the hull is tank built but the boat
I need a Marine Surveyor azambella at 7:43pm 07.27.23 Thank you
I need a Marine Surveyor (1) jviss at 7:37pm 07.27.23 I can recommend Fred Bieberbach. Fredk C. Bieberbach, Jr., AMS 401-301-1733 www.marinesurveyor.com/
Its funny Friday! jviss at 7:33pm 07.27.23 Tough audience. ;) Ha, ha, sorry! Yea, looks like a PT boat. There's a local boat by me called a
Shooting some video in the harbor Mark Maulden at 7:31pm 07.27.23 Tom, did I see a Kettenburg in the first video?
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Mark Maulden at 7:18pm 07.27.23 you could put rtv on the edge circumferentially which would seal the gasket. Try it and see if it w
Its funny Friday! (1) Kermit at 7:16pm 07.27.23 218241
Its funny Friday! Roland5048 at 7:14pm 07.27.23 Tough audience. ;)

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