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Taking Venture 2-22 off trailer for paint...questions... tidal9 at 7:04pm 05.03.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1408 I plan on taking my Venture 2-22 off of her trailor for bottom paint. The plan so far is to bring h
SOS light Ken Cross at 7:01pm 05.03.14 Ask All Sailors 19/4845 Our current USCG regulations now allow USCG approved (SOS flashing) lights for night use. (And an S
Spinnaker Set Up Tobydaisy at 6:52pm 05.03.14 Catalina 22 4/1021 The lake is still frozen, but, I am beginning to rig my new to me '74. I bought an asymetrical spi
Hard Starting Yanmar Rich M at 6:43pm 05.03.14 Mid-Size Boats 9/2223 I have an 85 28.5 with a 2gm Yanmar that is starting the apparently typical starting issues of an ol
Radar installation help wcletien at 5:57pm 05.03.14 Catalina 30 18/2728 I recently purchased a Raymarine a78 chartploter/radar/sonar system for my 1983 Catalina 30. I have
Sold my O'day GeorgiaBII at 5:13pm 05.03.14 Day Sailers 0/753 Thanks for all the help gents and admirals. But today I sold my first sailboat to another new sailor
bilge floor board cover floating in water! sdstef at 5:13pm 05.03.14 Day Sailers 1/910 I launched last Sunday and returned to the boat last night. Found the bilge overflowing and half in
Anchor Light Bulb Chuck Magee at 4:30pm 05.03.14 Mid-Size Boats 1/1051 Looking to change a anchor light bulb on a Hunter 33.5 over to a LED. Since I haven't been up the ma
thru-hull issue? Maybe not! Pat at 4:24pm 05.03.14 Bigger Boats 5/1084 Went to the boat and spent the night....when I opened the thru hull for the Raritan PHII head, water
compass balls rgarrison@gmail.com at 12:45pm 05.03.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/664 Has anyone out there used compass balls to help their fluxgate compensate for other ferrous interfer
Swinh keel connection amisinc at 12:45pm 05.03.14 Catalina 22 1/675 1974 catalina 22 swing keel The cable connection point has a crack Need to fabricate a new connectio
Replacing Thermostat in Northern Lights Generator agaliha at 12:31pm 05.03.14 Sabre Express 2/7398 After un-winterizing my boat this spring, my generator (Northern Lights 673) started overheating. I
Power & Batteris Doc_holiday at 12:19pm 05.03.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1072 I chose to move some weight around and make space more useable. I made a frame and mounted the two (
Gps nav on ipad Larry D Calander at 12:09pm 05.03.14 Ask All Sailors 8/1296 Nobody have any good aps for navigation?
Replacing Burnt Salon Bulbs canuck at 12:01pm 05.03.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1090 We have a 2012 Hunter 39. How do we remove the round circular salon light fixture cover to get at th
Seldon GX15 SheridanMae at 11:51am 05.03.14 Ask All Sailors 0/725 We recently installed a Selden GX15 Top Down Furler on our Catalina 36 with a Selden retractable spr
Selden GX15 Top Down Furler SheridanMae at 11:15am 05.03.14 Big Boats 1/2279 We recently installed a Selden GX15 Top Down Furler on our Catalina 36 with a Selden retractable spr
New guy here (1) vthardhatdiver at 11:11am 05.03.14 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1201 Hello forum folks! This is my first post but I have been lurking for a while now. Wanted to say hi,
Oversize masthead sheaves for all line external halyards (2) $tingy Sailor at 10:44am 05.03.14 Catalina 22 2/1964 If you're going to replacing your external wire/rope halyards on your first generation C22 for all r
is this correct for the front and rear stay pins? (1) gitpicker2007 at 9:26am 05.03.14 Catalina 22 8/1479 This is the pin rigging system that came with the 22 I just bought. These pins are holding both the

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Hunter 38 Kitchen Sink Replacement JamesG161 at 5:45am 08.09.23
Hunter 38 Kitchen Sink Replacement Summerof69 at 5:29am 08.09.23
looking for a 23 mast base zspar Crazy Dave Condon at 5:24am 08.09.23 Although uS Spars in Gainesville, Florida sells Z Spar parts, @rgranger suggested going thru the for
Hunter 212 hull crack Crazy Dave Condon at 5:16am 08.09.23 Walk away
Hunter 212 hull crack (1) jayarmala at 5:03am 08.09.23 218639218639
Hunter 212 hull crack jayarmala at 4:55am 08.09.23 Unfortunately the boat is over an hour away and the current owner only posted 1 picture showing the
identify sailboat jviss at 4:53am 08.09.23 Those pics are great. Is that your shop? It's very cool. I think that boat may be worth something
Hunter 212 hull crack jayarmala at 4:52am 08.09.23 Do these two back to back cracks represent a failure right through the hull?
T3800 - Location of Macerator Pump? jviss at 3:44am 08.09.23 You told us you were an electrician. You have a breaker that has two wires correctly color coded. T
identify sailboat mark allen at 3:40am 08.09.23 thanks so much to all of you! I appreciate your expertise, kindness and patience with my inquiry.
identify sailboat Jim Legere at 3:16am 08.09.23 Fireballs were very popular racing dinghies 40 year ago. They were pretty easy to sail compared to l
c 16 leak JohnShannon at 11:12pm 08.08.23 The flaps in the transom, are called transom flaps and indeed allow a lot of water to drain quickly
What is the meaning of this? JohnShannon at 11:07pm 08.08.23 DownWind Sail Area/ Displacement ?? I too would guess asuymcl = asymmetrical spin
identify sailboat JohnShannon at 11:04pm 08.08.23 I concur Fireball lovely boat.
AC Fridge overconsumption. MikeHoncho at 10:29pm 08.08.23 Yes the amperage would be half for his 220 V supply but the wattage would always be the same regard
T3800 - Location of Macerator Pump? Stu Jackson at 9:14pm 08.08.23 Yes, but a red and a black, probably 14 or 12 gauge, disappear from the panel up into that corrugat
Urban Anchorages Kings Gambit at 9:04pm 08.08.23 How crowded? Not at all right now. Three sailboats nicely spaced. (One arrived since the picture.)
Watches Hayden Watson at 9:01pm 08.08.23 Watch? I thought that was the shift we needed to be on deck lookout.
Urban Anchorages Alan Gomes at 9:00pm 08.08.23 How crowded?
Urban Anchorages (1) Kings Gambit at 8:53pm 08.08.23

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