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Cheoy Lee 44 TiOlivier at 3:11am 03.24.14 Ask All Sailors 0/794 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 3/869 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 11/1632 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 3/1329 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 3/1204 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 4/1288 On my H34 the grid structure is tabbed to the hull along it's upper edge everywhere that I could see
Help Repairing damage to Inner Skin of Boat from Core Repair (1) Monheganlover at 8:12pm 03.23.14 Catalina 22 1/814 I have a 1976 Catalina 22 with a soft deck around the mast step. I began repairs of it this weekend
Let me pay you to sail your Hunter Aaron Kiss at 7:56pm 03.23.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 41/7288 If you've seen new Hunters sailing the major harbors of world with big, colorful sails advertising b
EV-100 Wheel autopilot and Garmin 740S Audrius at 7:31pm 03.23.14 Ask All Sailors 0/1193 Anybody have an experience connecting EV-100 Wheel autopilot to Garmin 740S, would it be possible t
An air cleaner you can make cheaply (3) alexco38 at 6:33pm 03.23.14 Ask All Sailors 1/1078 Bored with the winter, so in November I made a charcoal air filter for the cabin. Been running it fo
26S front hatch lock vizwhiz at 5:23pm 03.23.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/2218 Having impaled myself several times on the front cabin hatch bolt, and now having the admiral do so
26S mainsheet attachment options vizwhiz at 4:45pm 03.23.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/1507 So...admiral and I are working on the boat and she notices how the mainsheet attachment is a padeye
best new mainsheet recs Alvorada at 4:36pm 03.23.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1393 Any recommendations for the best line to use for a mainsheet. Looking for something that's soft on
Advice On Dripless Stuffing Box & Shaft Savers MetricMountie at 3:57pm 03.23.14 Big Boats 3/1392 I need some advice on the purchase and installation of a set of Shaft Savers and a Dripless Stuffing
Source for replacement cup holders c130king at 3:01pm 03.23.14 Catalina 310 9/2021 Have lost 2 of those white cup holder inserts for the stern rail seats on my 310. Have "borrowed" 2
ST4000 plus compass missing Lost Parent at 2:51pm 03.23.14 Ask All Sailors 2/830 Just purchased a used st4000plus missing the fluxgate compass What fluxgate compass should I be lo
bleeding a Westerbeke M25XP obsailor at 2:50pm 03.23.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 12/3666 Spring in NY and time to change the fuel filters. I changed the Racor and engine fuel filters on my
Alternator 220amp on 1gm engine? need advice wesleysherman at 1:14pm 03.23.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/969 I am looking for a higher output alternator for my h27 1gm engine. I ran across this on eBay and on
Bottom Paint Ckoerken at 12:31pm 03.23.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1038 I have a Hunter 25, just picked up bottom paint from WestMarine. The can says it's not compatible w
C22 Rudder blade lightkeeper at 11:57am 03.23.14 Catalina 22 17/1737 I have a 1980 Catalina 22. Was working on the rudder blade and left it in the boat. Someone stole it

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Kevlar skid plates? Timm R Oday25 at 11:35am 07.31.23 Ahh, I don't think I would have thought of that, but that does seem like a good point. Canoe skid
Solar water heat exchanger JBP-PA at 11:23am 07.31.23 The expansion/accumulator tank is plumbed upstream of the hot water. I don't see any difference betw
Help with Low Oil Pressure troubleshoot capta at 11:16am 07.31.23 I'd check the compression first thing. Low oil pressure, loss of power, and fuel in the oil are a co
Hunter 290 or 306 in Bahamas dlochner at 11:09am 07.31.23 (Side note: I've been seeing recent options for 100 Ah LiFePO4 "mini" batteries that are looking re
Solar water heat exchanger Stu Jackson at 10:58am 07.31.23 Searching can be rather random, at least for me. Specificity also helps. You first said boat, the
Hunter 290 or 306 in Bahamas jdrutten at 10:50am 07.31.23 I've only been sailing a couple of years and the 306 is my first bigger boat. I'd say these boats we
Help with Low Oil Pressure troubleshoot Stu Jackson at 10:49am 07.31.23 the "low oil pressure" alarm rang and the red light in the instrument panel turned on. The engine l
Kevlar skid plates? piratesnail at 10:44am 07.31.23 ...if the rock is a little higher the front of the keel will hit, stop the boat, and transfer all o
Helm Seat (cockpit aft) for a Catalina 320/ chaswg at 10:42am 07.31.23 Well done!
Motor suggestions for a Day Sailer GeorgeC at 10:41am 07.31.23 jpcrane..... When I purchased my Daysailor in 1982 I installed a 4.5 HP outboard on it. It moved th
Old DataMarine instrument ...does it speak NMEA0183? LloydB at 10:22am 07.31.23 Required STW doesn't make sense because if you were adrift in a 4 knot current your speed through wa
Help with Low Oil Pressure troubleshoot Ralph Johnstone at 10:12am 07.31.23 I did some research last night and found out the the Universal 25XPB has an Oil Pressure Shutdown s
Old DataMarine instrument ...does it speak NMEA0183? jviss at 10:11am 07.31.23 The DM doesn't have an NMEA183 output. The only thing I can imagine is a microcontroller connected
Aluminum winch on a saltwater boat - Good or bad idea? jssailem at 10:07am 07.31.23 Rich. Lewmar identifies the EVO winch as the evolution of the traditional Ocean Winch that is popula
Life Is Good Tedd at 10:01am 07.31.23 @pclarksurf , I still remember our first overnighter. The first morning was beautiful and serene ju
Kevlar skid plates? Tedd at 9:57am 07.31.23 I've never seen that done on a sailboat but it seems like a valid idea for a swing centerboard like
Solar water heat exchanger gettinthere at 9:42am 07.31.23 Well, I did try the search here and google but did not find anything. But when searching the heilios
Kevlar skid plates? Davidasailor26 at 9:41am 07.31.23
Solar water heat exchanger dlochner at 9:30am 07.31.23 If you already have a pressurized water system, you probably already have an expansion tank. You ca
Solar water heat exchanger gettinthere at 9:27am 07.31.23 Well son of a biscuit! None of the porn sites I searched had that. However, this does not appear to

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