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Finally out sailing Willemvan at 10:10pm 05.07.14 Smaller Boats 0/535 WEll, I finally have been out sailing my new to me H 26. It took some getting used to after my cata
fore and rear stay tension ronerb49 at 8:43pm 05.07.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/774 what is correct forestay and rear stay tension shrouds are 50 lds
Sail care/storage Sea Changer at 7:38pm 05.07.14 Mid-Size Boats 0/832 What's the best way to clean sails? What cleaner/tools can I use to safely clean them? How should
Main sail/boom question awerman at 6:42pm 05.07.14 Smaller Boats 11/2583 My boom is held aft by a small cable attached to the back stay when the sail is down. Do I release/a
Outboard leg lenght MaxinCalgary at 6:11pm 05.07.14 Smaller Boats 14/1456 When't out to the boat today . Just serviced and put the outboard on last week . Companion way lock
Help jakewelch at 5:35pm 05.07.14 Catalina 22 0/416 Live in upstate new york and want to buy used Cat 22 with winged keel vintage year 2000 or newer. I
Bottom Paint mmsailor at 5:19pm 05.07.14 Smaller Boats 9/2069 Has anyone used interlux fiberglas bottomkote nt ? I have used vc 17 in the past but find this is a
Are these ports in your boat? (1) Phil Herring at 4:14pm 05.07.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1133 They're old Bomars (since discontinued) from the 1980's. We have the gasket for these ports but we
Chartering a Macgregor Subnate at 4:06pm 05.07.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/1669 I'm really interested in the Magregors, but have never owned a boat. I would like to go out on one t
Java - Update (2) Jim Seamans at 3:42pm 05.07.14 Ask All Sailors 10/1530 Where to begin... Most of you know of my wonderful medical problem so that is where I'll leave it
23.5 rub rail attachment Crazy Dave Condon at 2:15pm 05.07.14 Smaller Boats 0/569 It has been some time but need a little help regarding attachment of the rubrail to the hull/deck jo
And in my Bilge today was ---- (1) Coyote at 1:37pm 05.07.14 Bigger Boats 8/1797 I was horrified this morning when I went to check my Bilge, and found this,,, seems a bit like a mil
battery's (1) Oliver at 12:48pm 05.07.14 Ask All Sailors 3/973 Old battery sulfated a bit, green but only get about one quarter the charge, July 2012. My new batte
Suggestions DST8000 transducer placement in H34? (1) PGIJon at 12:34pm 05.07.14 Big Boats 5/1149 I've attached the specs for the DST8000 Transducer as a jpg. Is this a viable replacement for the o
23.5 Rudder mmsailor at 12:32pm 05.07.14 Smaller Boats 10/1986 I ordered new spacers for the rudder housing today from the chanderly here . It seems to me that the
23.5 crack repair mmsailor at 12:29pm 05.07.14 Smaller Boats 3/749 I talked to Dave C about using water tight to repair the crack in my transom . Is this product made
New CDI install (1) Tobydaisy at 12:26pm 05.07.14 Catalina 22 0/543 I just received my CDI furler from Cat Direct. It came with a new stay. When I was researching th
Sugar Scoop papabenn at 12:18pm 05.07.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1005 Can someone please enlighten me as to when (what year) Catalina added the sugar scoop with a walkthr
mast blocks trainmanjess at 12:14pm 05.07.14 Morgan 1/1556 hello all I got a problem... my '71 Morgan 35' has a mast that is keel stepped.... this is my 1st
Inverter grounding rschultz at 12:05pm 05.07.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/1249 I have a 2004 B323. Installing an Inverter (brand omitted as purpose of this question is not to inv

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Merit 22 owners RussC at 3:48pm 08.09.23 Email address is digger1time@gmail.com. You should be able to send the .pdf file as an attachment.
Advice for a Solo Sailor? dlochner at 3:31pm 08.09.23 The DSC signal from the MOB1 is a VHF signal from a low powered device. As such it is limited by lin
Advice for a Solo Sailor? Davidasailor26 at 3:14pm 08.09.23 I just read this in the MOB1 manual: DSC call from this device? I mean, I'm solo sailing, there
Advice for a Solo Sailor? (1) jviss at 3:07pm 08.09.23 I just read this in the MOB1 manual: s really won't see my AIS position and hear my DSC call from t
Halkey-Roberts V85000 Automatic Cap twalker H260 at 3:04pm 08.09.23
Rear seal size/specs for kanzaki k3mp kloudie1 at 3:00pm 08.09.23 KM3P? my old ('85 vintage ) shows that seal for my KM3A as a Yanmar part# 177088-02961 which is a s
Shureflo Aqua King II pump tripping circuit when engine running Davidasailor26 at 2:56pm 08.09.23 Good thought on switching the wires. I have two guesses - the breaker is weak and the engine vibrat
Advice for a Solo Sailor? jviss at 2:50pm 08.09.23 Servicing my auto-inflating, vest/harness PFDs. I will install the MOB1 on one of them, and clip th
Hunter 212 hull crack jayarmala at 2:31pm 08.09.23
Merit 22 owners Digger1 at 1:56pm 08.09.23 Email address is digger1time@gmail.com. You should be able to send the .pdf file as an attachment. T
VHF Handheld jviss at 1:52pm 08.09.23 Score! Someone just gave me an HX270S with a dead battery pack, plus the charging stand and wall ad
Water in Engine Oil of Raw Water Cooled Universal Atomic Diesel 5411 kloudie1 at 1:32pm 08.09.23 I have had problems with new raw water impellers for that engine that are minutely too narrow (diame
VHF Handheld jviss at 1:27pm 08.09.23
Watches jviss at 1:26pm 08.09.23
MUSETTA Cruising the Atlantic and the Weather (1) JamesG161 at 12:52pm 08.09.23 Because of the LOW over Italy today , it is Snowing in the Mountains in August 7, 2023
MUSETTA Cruising the Atlantic and the Weather (1) JamesG161 at 12:41pm 08.09.23 can you explain a bit more about the steering currents in your post above? You must change to 500h
New Campbell Sailer Prop dLj at 12:32pm 08.09.23 The prop came off surprisingly easy. Is that normal? I would not call it normal but I have se
Top Down Furler Meriachee at 12:26pm 08.09.23 Easier than our sock. But the sock is easy enough that we fly our asym every chance we get. Size r
identify sailboat rgranger at 12:18pm 08.09.23 That's a beautiful boat. If I had the energy I'd happily varnish her with 10 to 12 coats of Captain
Watches rgranger at 12:10pm 08.09.23

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