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Looking for a used headsail Steve Moser at 6:02pm 03.11.14 Catalina 30 2/928 We're looking for a used/affordable roller reef genoa for our 30' Catalina.
Cheapish, cost effective handrails? sully75 at 4:55pm 03.11.14 Ask All Sailors 16/2112 Hello all, Sorry for the barrage of questions but just was up to my boat and have a bunch. I h
Need a top to one of my stantions (2) sully75 at 4:53pm 03.11.14 Ask All Sailors 2/849 I have one stantion that appears to have some sort of repair made to it from a broken top. The repa
Camping Gas (propane) in the Cabin sully75 at 4:35pm 03.11.14 Musings With Maine Sail 3/2611 So I'm going to ditch the little gimbaled stove that my boat came with and replace it with a fixed t
Can anyone recommend a freight forwarder for the Caribbean? Phil Herring at 4:32pm 03.11.14 Ask All Sailors 9/1452 Someone who consolidates shipments. We've got a customer in a bind and figured you east coast cruisi
Help me review and rebuild my electrical system (4) sully75 at 4:18pm 03.11.14 Musings With Maine Sail 13/3120 The PO has a kind of mishmash of exposed wiring and I'm trying to figure out what is good and what i
prop needed for hunter 27 Aco77 at 3:25pm 03.11.14 Mid-Size Boats 1/838 In need of 13 in 10 pitch r h. For hunter 27 1 in shaft. Any help appreciated. Thank you.
Comments on painted boats? horrors? Scooter2368 at 1:33pm 03.11.14 Catalina 30 4/1265 We just sold our Catalina 25 and we're looking at new boats 30-34. We see one we may go look at but
Bent mast step Bruce Bythrow at 1:00pm 03.11.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1332 Has anyone had a problem bending the mast step? Last year, when dropping the mast for the first time
Fixed Port Windows Long Story at 12:29pm 03.11.14 Catalina 310 12/5999 I know there are a lot of articles posted on the subject on different suppliers web sites, but I wan
Hunter 34 main outhaul replacement capt62 at 12:04pm 03.11.14 Big Boats 8/3160 Any suggestions for replacing in boom out haul on '83 model?
hunter 29 vs 29.5 GoreBay sailor at 10:42am 03.11.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/659 Would love and appreciate some advice and information from Hunter 29 and 29.5 owners. I am looking a
refrigeration help ssardone at 9:59am 03.11.14 Ask All Sailors 12/5536 Over the winter my refrigeration unit stopped working. It is an adler/barbour cold machine that was
12V Windlass off a 24V Bank IStream at 9:46am 03.11.14 Musings With Maine Sail 8/3274 My boat has a dedicated 24V battery bank and charger in the bow to power a large thruster, along wit
Grounding Wire on the Hard lehigh375 at 6:55am 03.11.14 Ask All Sailors 10/2097 I saw a reference in this forum to grounding your boat while on the hard if your were plugging it in
Spring 2014 Boat Shoe Collection Nom De Guerre at 5:20am 03.11.14 Ask All Sailors 21/5139 Spring is nearly here and I see the dog has taken a bite out my left Sperry Mako insole. I feel like
St. Thomas Lost Parent at 4:49am 03.11.14 Ask All Sailors 0/632 Anybody in St. Thomas at the time
Sailing on, in spite of losing the captain Aquarella at 12:45am 03.11.14 Ask All Sailors 5/1484 Here is my blog and video about the first season of sailing after my husband died. It's a steep lear
O'day 25 Electrical System Layout (2) Ward H at 6:08pm 03.10.14 Ask All Sailors 3/1457 Last spring I had too many projects for my 80 O'day 25 and not enough time to complete them. One of
Bahamas Steve and Cherrisse at 5:59pm 03.10.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 23/3371 Cabin fever were towing our 26m from Michigan to Florida and Sailing from Miami to Bahamas at the e

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Lewmar V700 Windlass Hayden Watson at 8:55pm 07.29.23 Maxwell makes there VW10 series windlass that is a vertical windlass without the chain pipe so that
Delayed start. Ralph Johnstone at 8:37pm 07.29.23
40 Autopilot Linear drive Mounting Location (2) nramsey at 7:43pm 07.29.23 Here are a couple of shots. Excuse the messy background. We're about to head out and this lazarett
Delayed start. Davidasailor26 at 7:20pm 07.29.23 This is a recommended procedure when starting an engine which has not been run for a few weeks. Yo
Review please Cal 39 Qomomoko at 6:45pm 07.29.23 The question is whether the Cal 39 has the dreaded mild steel mast support beam (or "bird," as they
Lewmar V700 Windlass dlochner at 6:23pm 07.29.23 Here is one installation that I saw. Any thoughts? Did not require modifications to the anchor lock
Newbie Sohl at 6:20pm 07.29.23 I'm currently selling my Potter 19 and have moved up to a "new" (to us) Seaward 26RK. I dearly love
Merit 22 owners sloughsailer at 5:58pm 07.29.23 Thanks a lot, Digger. It looks like this will solve my problem. Did you find that the stock mast cru
Lewmar V700 Windlass (1) Fred at 5:57pm 07.29.23 Here is one installation that I saw. Any thoughts? Did not require modifications to the anchor locke
Solar water heat exchanger gettinthere at 5:40pm 07.29.23 BTW, I'm looking at this because I want a whole house hot water system. Not interested in the shower
Solar water heat exchanger Johnb at 5:36pm 07.29.23 The solar heaters mentioned in posts 6 and 7 above would work but for what it is worth I have used:
Review please Cal 39 Alan Gomes at 5:24pm 07.29.23 Thanks for the confirmation on the "keel stepped mast" There was a post about Cals and how there wa
Review please Cal 39 Qomomoko at 4:32pm 07.29.23 Thanks for the confirmation on the "keel stepped mast" There was a post about Cals and how there was
Selden - Furling Main GibbyGibstone at 4:27pm 07.29.23 I replaced lines last year, do not believe the manual. They were never updated. You really need t
Review please Cal 39 jssailem at 4:22pm 07.29.23 :plus: on Alan's find. I would expect that all of the 39's would be keel stepped. It would be unusu
First Sailing Forum! getting the sailing bug to the owner ship level dLj at 4:00pm 07.29.23 I see this as my opportunity to do the LIVEABOARD and sail a larger boat. Looks like a cruiser sail
Review please Cal 39 Alan Gomes at 3:30pm 07.29.23 Hello Mini thread hi-jack. I am looking at a 1980 Cal 39. Can the Cal 39 have both a Deck step Ma
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't jssailem at 3:30pm 07.29.23 not sure what I'm going to do when he sells his shop Buy up his tools. Build a shop. Call it a sch
Review please Cal 39 (4) jssailem at 3:26pm 07.29.23 Deck stepped masts have a base plate on the deck the mast rests upon. This is how mine looks with
H 29.5 flat top main Sailm8 at 2:52pm 07.29.23 Good service from Mack sails on our 29.5. We had a roller main so differt situation.

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