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Shore powered vent fan? patrickkidd at 9:52am 07.31.23 Ask All Sailors 8/1222 I imagine this has been covered elsewhere but I can't find anything. My Marinco 4" solar van didn't
Spreaders (1) gwbarclift at 9:47am 07.31.23 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/2040 I have never owned my own boat. I purchased a 69 macgregor 22. It is very solid with good rigging. I
Kevlar skid plates? piratesnail at 9:24am 07.31.23 Trailer Sailors 24/3780 We are in our first summer of owning a trailer sailor (Starwind 19) for family adventures. We just
Cockpit shower replacement head (1) Fred at 9:19am 07.31.23 Mid-Size Boats 3/1123 Has anyone found a less expensive replacement shower head than sold on Catalina direct ($64 USD) tha
1994 Beneteau Oceanis 351 - Line tamer cleat egregory2072 at 8:19am 07.31.23 Parts Search 0/672 Searching for the plastic knobs on a 1994 Beneteau Ocanis 351, which are similar to the Barton line
Edson Wheel Storage Don Crowther at 8:09am 07.31.23 Ask All Sailors 4/540 Does anyone know where I could find the locking clip for an Edson wheel storage? It would appear tha
Aluminum winch on a saltwater boat - Good or bad idea? Rich Stidger at 7:54am 07.31.23 Ask All Sailors 14/1731 I have a broken electric winch that I may or may not be able to repair. This Lewmar winch is obsole
Lazy jack rigging question (1) chriscampbell at 7:29am 07.31.23 Ask All Sailors 7/1374 I have a new-to-me boat that has 4 lazy jack lines with eye splices coming down from the mast. I do
C&C 30 MKII question CliffA at 6:04am 07.31.23 C&C 4/1396 Hi. Do some versions of the Mk II have a full double berth aft? Most of the pictures I see only ha
Fuel Tank, fixing the wood box that holds in place Riga at 5:38am 07.31.23 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1477
Help with Low Oil Pressure troubleshoot Afraal at 8:30pm 07.30.23 Catalina 310 24/4723 Hello Forum, I need to appeal to your collective wisdom for guidance. Today as we were motoring bac
Sailing in higher winds. (1) zinahewitt at 7:44pm 07.30.23 Ask All Sailors 6/865 Hi All, Hope your weekend went nicely. I have a boat, it is a Dufour 34, 1975. It is a simple boat
Hunter 146 boom pulling away from gooseneck rivets (2) Eric S. at 6:56pm 07.30.23 Day Sailers 6/1682 See attached photos. Any thoughts on how to fix this? Am I looking at a new boom/gooseneck assembl
Rear Traveler Cam Cleat (1) pcharn01 at 6:41pm 07.30.23 Catalina 22 3/812 Gene, A few years ago you posted a video sailing in FL Keys. The C22 had a rear traveler with ca
Hunter 290 or 306 in Bahamas CliffA at 3:20pm 07.30.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/2674
Hunter 18.5 Forestay Connection (1) abouttime at 3:08pm 07.30.23 Smaller Boats 2/1151 There is a definite learning curve when getting a different boat. Sometimes you just do stuff with
Old DataMarine instrument ...does it speak NMEA0183? (2) Tally Ho at 1:57pm 07.30.23 Ask All Sailors 36/4036
Catalina 30 push-button start mystery BAdrianWhite at 12:23pm 07.30.23 Catalina 30 15/3436 I am hoping someone might have an idea of what my problem is with our pushbutton start on my 1981 Ca
Ran air into my water pump (3) DestinySoyQuick at 9:13am 07.30.23 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 9/3202
cabin fresh water pump PeteT at 6:49pm 07.29.23 Ask All Sailors 5/626 I have a Hot and Cold set up in my CAT 30, 1980. The cold water side in the galley and the head flo

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To drill or not to drill... Project_Mayhem at 10:49am 10.04.25 To answer the question you asked, On my 88 Mk2, there is a limber hole in the liner that holds the
To drill or not to drill... (1) dlochner at 10:42am 10.04.25 On the fills on my C30, there is a 1.5" recess and then a smaller opening at the bottom that just f
ENO Oven/3 burner stove 1991 - Model 0439-85 - Beneteau First 310 LLoyd B at 10:42am 10.04.25 My electric oven unlike the stove top burners has temperature settings from zero to bake in degrees
Strategies and techniques for solo heavy weather sailing High Current at 9:04am 10.04.25 Aren't these blocks in back of the winch for spinnakers? Haha that never even occurred to me. I
My September sail danooxnard at 8:51am 10.04.25 Very cool video. Thanks for sharing! Good music choices too! Dano
Strategies and techniques for solo heavy weather sailing dLj at 8:43am 10.04.25 I put out about 6' and pull the sheet in tight. I then pull the lazy sheet a bit so that it furthe
To drill or not to drill... Woodworks1 at 8:26am 10.04.25 My 1983 C30 MK 1 has the same problem, water will set under the V birth but it comes from the air co
Seasonal change kappykaplan at 8:15am 10.04.25 They are enjoying the ride :dancing: Whoo hoo! Movin' in style!! :beer:
Seasonal change (1) JamesG161 at 8:14am 10.04.25 newest update from John and Lyn They on a High speed rail heading to Madrid at 250 km/hour :yikes:
Strategies and techniques for solo heavy weather sailing Hayden Watson at 8:00am 10.04.25 This is a challenging statement. There is always a safe way forward or the boat should not leave
To drill or not to drill... Hayden Watson at 7:43am 10.04.25 Unless the hose completely blocks the fill inlet, it won't over pressure the tank as the excess wat
New to b&r rig lots of prebend on furling mast Windchaser H38 at 7:43am 10.04.25 Instructions in the manual says it can be done with the mast already stepped. It would require that
New to b&r rig lots of prebend on furling mast marcham at 7:09am 10.04.25 If you don't think the pre bend is correct, the mast has to be removed and tuned while laying horiz
Looking for a replacement skeg - Caliber 28! kappykaplan at 6:58am 10.04.25 Closing out this thread -- I wrote to George McCreary, designer/builder of the Caliber yachts (now
Looking for a replacement skeg - Caliber 28! mpollastri at 6:39am 10.04.25 Closing out this thread -- I wrote to George McCreary, designer/builder of the Caliber yachts (now r
Strategies and techniques for solo heavy weather sailing thinwater at 6:03am 10.04.25 ...Unless I have a safe means of going forward to fold the sail, I avoid using the main in heavy wa
Irwin 1970 23ft shemandr at 5:30am 10.04.25 I think the "Water" port is to fill water tanks and not directly related to the head. The "Waste" p
To drill or not to drill... dlochner at 4:51am 10.04.25 I do not stick the end of the hose into the fill because that can overpressure the tanks. Unless
Strategies and techniques for solo heavy weather sailing Hayden Watson at 4:48am 10.04.25 first off, I never sail in any wind without my sailing gloves. I also love heavy air sailing and
T-Satellite Tally Ho at 4:42am 10.04.25 To be clear, my iPhone received an additional e-sim from T-Mobile, that was advertised as being able

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