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Repairing 8" Gel Coat Crack with Water Underneath Resilience2 at 2:23am 04.02.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/734 I am looking at buying a 1995 Catalina MK III. The boat has a crack in the gel coat about the stern
New Type Padlock Ron20324 at 8:04pm 04.01.14 Ask All Sailors 14/2823 Here's a new product i saw in a magazine that should be of use to alot of us. I have no connection t
Possible exhaust leak any thoughts, advice? (1) Wayne6034 at 7:07pm 04.01.14 Big Boats 6/1547 Each year before sailing season begins I give a thorough visual inspection of engine and systems in
Speaking of a bottom paint Piotr at 6:33pm 04.01.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/692 When I used to own Catalina Capri 18, I used Interlux copper antifouling paint. Once I bought Mac 25
Thank you Hobie Alter! (1) Gunni at 5:34pm 04.01.14 Ask All Sailors 28/3369 Hobart "Hobie" Alter died this past weekend. He was 80 years young. The Henry Ford of the surfboar
Seized Ted at 3:04pm 04.01.14 Ask All Sailors 9/1900 What happened to Sailinganarchy.com. Apparently their website has been seized by the Feds. Gulp!
1979 37 Toe rail alallen1 at 2:35pm 04.01.14 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1167 Is the toe rail on a Hunter 37 ( Cherubini) made of steel. What I really want to know is - can I w
Spinaker WoodyB at 2:16pm 04.01.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1016 My new to me Hunter 30 did not have a spinnaker. I know very little about them, but I am considering
Instrument pod (1) Lost Parent at 12:58pm 04.01.14 Ask All Sailors 9/1797 Not to shabby for five bucks eh
Port seals on Hunter 260 rezsailor at 12:32pm 04.01.14 Smaller Boats 5/916 Could anyone tell me the part number or size of the seal for the two ports on a 2000 hunter 260?
Westerbeke W30 Head Gasket LASailing at 10:09am 04.01.14 Ask All Sailors 1/1074 Does anyone know where I could locate one of these? All the online retailers are out of stock and
Forum spiff (1) Phil Herring at 9:00am 04.01.14 Ask All Sailors 26/2451 I ran across a cool little product last week: a pocket-size LED work light that has a magnetic cli
solar panel output questionable gettinthere at 8:45am 04.01.14 Musings With Maine Sail 3/2318 MS, you hinted in the past that I should have 2 controllers for my 2 solar panels. They are on the b
U.S. is now requiring all boaters obtain a Captains License RECESS at 8:32am 04.01.14 Ask All Sailors 18/1948 April Fools you bunch of riff raff sailors!
Newbie Beneteau First 26 Owner Shan at 8:28am 04.01.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/2604 Hi, My husband and I have recently acquired a Beneteau First 26 and we are in the process of refu
MOB Recovery on Clipper Race Rick D at 8:03am 04.01.14 Ask All Sailors 2/865 Nice job! http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/outposts/post/man-overboard-rescued-after-1-5-hours-at-sea
Wanted- Main Sail Venture 25 RonRock at 7:42am 04.01.14 Parts Search 1/1848 I thought I'd see if anybody happens to have a main for my V25 they would like to sell.
Ugh! It's bottom paint time again Justin_NSA at 6:26am 04.01.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/619 I'm pretty pleased with the Petit Vivid hard ablative. It has kept the zebra mussels off the hull. I
Overheating yanmar 3gm30f emergpa1 at 6:12am 04.01.14 Ask All Sailors 25/6900 I recently had to replace the water temperature sending unit. I had broken the connector screw whil
Pictures of my boat allen-deckard at 4:51am 04.01.14 Catalina 22 20/2440 Ok these are just straight up photos of my boat. Nothing more than photos I had to submit to get my

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Shore powered vent fan? Tally Ho at 7:14pm 08.02.23
VHF Handheld (1) jssailem at 6:39pm 08.02.23 Which handheld do you recommend? The one in your hand that works. For me it is the Standard Horizon
Old DataMarine instrument ...does it speak NMEA0183? jviss at 5:39pm 08.02.23
Old DataMarine instrument ...does it speak NMEA0183? Tally Ho at 5:06pm 08.02.23 Updating my post on an Arduino adapter for this. The 0.1 mile pulse is going to result in a very s
Pearson Ensign a good first boat (given context in the post)? Anchored87 at 4:52pm 08.02.23
Pearson Ensign a good first boat (given context in the post)? jon hansen at 4:37pm 08.02.23 the ensign is the prettiest girl at the dance. best dancer too. now what are you going to pick? m
Alder Barbour Refrigeration Hayden Watson at 4:16pm 08.02.23 attached is the document for a similar controller from Danfoss where is discusses the resistor for
Alder Barbour Refrigeration jviss at 3:56pm 08.02.23 The best system is one that runs as slow as possible while still maintaining the desired temperatur
Bomar hatch dog jviss at 3:51pm 08.02.23 The latch dog snapped at the red line. There is a roll pin that goes through the hole (green arrow
Bomar hatch dog jviss at 3:50pm 08.02.23 FYI- the lazy jib sheet lodged under the hatch and the jib filled with air before I could tighten t
Bomar hatch dog BTC1984 at 3:46pm 08.02.23 FYI- the lazy jib sheet lodged under the hatch and the jib filled with air before I could tighten th
Bomar hatch dog (1) BTC1984 at 3:41pm 08.02.23 The latch dog snapped at the red line. There is a roll pin that goes through the hole (green arrow)
VHF Handheld jviss at 3:40pm 08.02.23 I had a cheap Uniden (Atlantis 250) Handheld for years (maybe ten). It worked well enough but the r
Bomar hatch dog jviss at 3:35pm 08.02.23
Ruddercraft Lower Pintle Failure kloudie1 at 3:28pm 08.02.23 Probably comes from some metallurgical distress that the weld causes.. Gene's fix with no welds and
Bomar hatch dog kappykaplan at 3:14pm 08.02.23 Please provide photos of the sides of the broken dog.
Applying Cetol question jviss at 3:02pm 08.02.23 Ya know, I had a terrible time with my Pearson 39 toe rails. They were solid teak and water had int
Applying Cetol question jviss at 2:58pm 08.02.23 I used Cetol on my boats. If you want Cetol to look like varnish, sand, prep and apply the same
Applying Cetol question dmax at 2:38pm 08.02.23 I replaced my toerails with synthetic teak - too many linear feet of edging to finish (104'). The re
Pearson Ensign a good first boat (given context in the post)? (2) jssailem at 2:36pm 08.02.23 You need to look at the design to understand the designers intended use of the boat. 1. Pearson-En

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