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Roller Furling help Golfdad75 at 9:04am 03.24.14 Ask All Sailors 4/795 Do I need to keep tension on my furling line when I unfurl. The only thing I can think of to keep th
led anchor light opinions? richk at 8:55am 03.24.14 Big Boats 6/1077 considering switching....opinions?
Battery Switch POPS701TURF at 8:29am 03.24.14 Ask All Sailors 4/835 I Have A 2006 Hunter 28. With My Diesel Engine Running Is It "safe" To Change The Battery Switch B
Mile 0 to Beaufort, NC (10) Roger Long at 8:26am 03.24.14 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 4/3087 Cruising with a beautiful woman and the love of your life certainly does play havoc with the serious
Florida Sailboat Homes ITMaster at 8:14am 03.24.14 Ask All Sailors 42/5398 We are looking to explore some retirement options. Giving some thought about relocating to Florida
Avoid Knock-downs cslewis1 at 8:07am 03.24.14 Catalina 22 0/723 From my years as a Navy Sail Instructor, here are my three simple rules to avoid knock-downs when yo
What refigeration unit? B473 at 7:54am 03.24.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/600 I just bought a 2005, Oceanis 473 and the refrigeration unit was removed. The plates are there just
DS30 Depth Sounder cslewis1 at 7:44am 03.24.14 Catalina 22 0/623 Can the DS30 be turned off at the unit or only at the circuit board? I recently bought a 1988 C22 an
Fridge knob (1) Michael Meyer at 7:42am 03.24.14 Catalina 310 3/972 Anyone have a source to buy the push button fridge knob? It's the the top loading door knob. Show
blame the fabric hatchboard/companionway cover centerline at 7:35am 03.24.14 Ask All Sailors 15/2546 the past two months since I bought the boat, ive been dealing with moisture in it. the hull sweats
Looking for engine compartment foam material. (1) emergpa1 at 7:23am 03.24.14 Ask All Sailors 6/1125 There is a foam material that was lining the hatch cover of the engine compartment on my Island Pack
wind or solar Hickdog at 7:16am 03.24.14 Musings With Maine Sail 8/1791 Thinking of adding a charging system to my 26.5 Hunter. my requirements are basic ,Radio, depth and
Catalina 400 prop walk JBS at 6:10am 03.24.14 Big Boats 12/3381 HI all I got a shock when i went to move my 400 in reverse. Prop walk out the wahzoo. My mediocre
Tips for shooting video Sailm8 at 4:58am 03.24.14 Sails Call Lounge 8/16082 These are suggestions for shooting better video. Feel free to add since this is by no means a compl
Cheoy Lee 44 TiOlivier at 3:11am 03.24.14 Ask All Sailors 0/767 Hello everybody, I'm looking for information about Perry Cheoy Lee 44 CC Ketch, thanks for your opin
link to up-to-date COLREGS??? centerline at 11:24pm 03.23.14 Ask All Sailors 3/818 could someone point me towards a link to UPDATED AND CURRENT copy of the COLREGS? Thank you
Kayaking from boat. Q22 at 9:54pm 03.23.14 Catalina 22 11/1462 Does anybody ever kayak off of there boat.Up here in Northern Ca.there is not much water in our loca
Varnish for companionway stairs on Cat 320 Tenedos at 8:52pm 03.23.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1233 I am trying to refinish the companionway stairs on my Cat 320. I sanded them, requires a bit more sa
H34 - reinforcing the rudder tube (3) Guillaume C. at 8:38pm 03.23.14 Big Boats 3/1126 While preparing the boat I inspected the rudder tube and did not like to have the grid structure com
H34 - missing fiberglass tabing between grid and hull (2) Guillaume C. at 8:21pm 03.23.14 Big Boats 4/1196 On my H34 the grid structure is tabbed to the hull along it's upper edge everywhere that I could see

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Potential first boat for me? LakeShark at 1:33pm 04.06.23 A traveler forward of the helmsperson, while often a cockpit obstruction, is much more ergonomic th
Islander 28 keel bolts & Furlex model ID Jumanji at 1:22pm 04.06.23 What's the issue with the furler? I ordered new sails for the boat. When taking measurements I tho
2006 Beneteau 423 - Volvo engine / prop shaft vibration Brad Gregg at 1:12pm 04.06.23 Sent a PM to Richard in case he doesn't see this, but also wanted to post here to ask what the event
Long distance boat ownership Scott T-Bird at 1:07pm 04.06.23 It's a really interesting question. My impression is that the challenges will be predictable and ba
Islander 28 keel bolts & Furlex model ID dlochner at 1:07pm 04.06.23 What's the issue with the furler?
Tachometer needle broken - help (1) Ralph Johnstone at 12:59pm 04.06.23 You're off to the races at 127 pulses/rev. I don't think you need to worry about losing any memory
Long distance boat ownership Hollyberry at 12:33pm 04.06.23 Good friends live in Calgary AB and keep a boat on the BC coast (afloat)... they make it down 3-4 ti
buzzer alarm upgrade dmax at 12:14pm 04.06.23 @dmax Is the Cole Hersee Dual Alarm a two tone alarm or alarm and LED? From the description it sou
Tachometer needle broken - help smokey73 at 12:12pm 04.06.23 Wow, thanks @Rich Stidger and @dlochner. I'll get that manual. 127 teeth it is.
Long distance boat ownership Allowishish at 12:08pm 04.06.23
Islander 28 keel bolts & Furlex model ID shemandr at 12:04pm 04.06.23 Pics of the crack?
Tachometer needle broken - help dlochner at 11:55am 04.06.23 Most Yanmar's have a tach sensor on the fly wheel housing. Here's a link to the shop manual which c
Lee cloths FastOlson at 11:52am 04.06.23 Our boat came with "phifertex" mesh fabric for both settee lee cloth's. Wonderful stuff, and the mes
Tachometer needle broken - help Rich Stidger at 11:49am 04.06.23 Dan, Here is a link to your Yanmar Service manual. On page 2-28 it states that the ring gear has 12
Tachometer needle broken - help (1) smokey73 at 11:26am 04.06.23 @Ralph Johnstone Here is a link to a copy of the installation instructions. It is directly from th
Potential first boat for me? Hollyberry at 11:00am 04.06.23 A traveler forward of the helmsperson, while often a cockpit obstruction, is much more ergonomic tha
Runaway Diesel! Universal M25 Michael Davis at 10:51am 04.06.23 I had a similar problem with a Perkins 4-108. Turned out to be fuel from the injector pump making it
buzzer alarm upgrade JoeWhite at 10:44am 04.06.23 In most cases a 12 volt relay can be used that is energize by the temp or pressure switch, and it's
Potential first boat for me? LakeShark at 10:36am 04.06.23 It also looks like the sliding galley is missing from the starboard Lazerette. I suppose it had to
Potential first boat for me? LakeShark at 10:34am 04.06.23 Is the backstay a questionable mod? Or something closer to the newer design? (Catalina revised it

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