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Shore Power-SmartPlug vs. 1938 (long post) (45) Maine Sail at 5:22am 01.28.14 Musings With Maine Sail 13/12029 For those of you who have already seen this on my site I apologize, please skip over this, but I lik
Need to repair Bow Roller Ken13559 at 3:38am 01.28.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/934 Hey, its my bad. Made a mistake of sailing too close to a friend's boat. Was approaching him port to
Anyone else bake on their small boat? (1) dgreen1991 at 9:35pm 01.27.14 Catalina 22 15/2152 Tried this little folding coleman oven. Folds flat 12x12x2. If you buy one don't trust the gauge. Ac
Mast Stolen acordb at 7:33pm 01.27.14 Balboa 7/10742 I'm looking for a mast for my Ensenada 20 !!!!! The original was stolen ' probably cut up for scrap
Heads we win!! 2sticks at 7:21pm 01.27.14 Bigger Boats 1/1071 Just finished installation of the new composting head mfg. by Sandy at C-Head. From the first contac
Windex Nahart51 at 7:21pm 01.27.14 Catalina 22 19/2704 What size windex do you guys recommend? Windex Sport 10 or Windex 15? Thanks
Mast Stolen acordb at 6:55pm 01.27.14 Balboa 0/1500 [f
sheaves for Kenyon spars alallen1 at 6:27pm 01.27.14 Big Boats 5/1672 I have been unable to locate sheaves for the Kenyon boom on my 37 cutter. A company named Rig-Rite
Alternator wiring question THECUSCUS at 5:56pm 01.27.14 Ask All Sailors 10/2435 From what I've read on this site, it seems most prefer to run the alternator output to the house bat
Difficulty with Main Halyard wfulton at 3:38pm 01.27.14 Mid-Size Boats 4/1021 Am having great difficulty raising mainsail for the final 10' or so. Work easily and fine up to that
anchor wench zommer at 2:01pm 01.27.14 Catalina 30 10/1800 I am looking for suggestions in regards to installing an anchor wench on Catalina 30. The deck spac
Using Inverter Charger as 2nd Charger? Gunni at 1:38pm 01.27.14 Ask All Sailors 4/961 I currently have a 10 year old, 40 amp AC powered battery charger (Sentry) breakered from a 30 amp A
Lady Liberty graphics Small Seed at 1:22pm 01.27.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/3108 Hi, I am a brand new Beneteau 285 First Liberty Cup Edition and would like to find a source for the
Looking to revamp some rigging - Hunter 22 '83 halyard sheet HiZ at 12:41pm 01.27.14 Smaller Boats 7/3105 Looking to replace the rigging on the boat while the mast is down Any input on this? Length, s
raptor visit Justin_NSA at 12:06pm 01.27.14 Sails Call Lounge 1/1775 We had an amazing show of bald eagles at our lake this weekend! They tend to spend time out there du
Mast/Boom issues bxdobs at 11:40am 01.27.14 Smaller Boats 3/2600 We have 2 issues with our mast: 1) the triangular pivot on the mast that the boom attaches to
Boat show Meriachee at 10:30am 01.27.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/693 We just returned from the Vancouver boat show, and had a very nice walkabout of the in-water boats.
East Coast Trip Bonzai at 10:06am 01.27.14 Destinations 10/5473 I am loosely planning on heading up the coast from Brunswick, Georgia sometime late March-ish. Any s
size boat for single handed dlewis812 at 8:37am 01.27.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/2276 thinking about "upgrading" from my cat 30. by upgrade meaning size and quality are both considerati
O'Day 322 Bilge Question Patronus322 at 6:59am 01.27.14 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1426 Greeting, If I understand the engineering behind the bilge layout, my packing gland drippings will

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Shooting some video in the harbor jssailem at 8:55pm 06.28.23 Tom. So many beautiful boats. A reach environment for a photographer. The sounds provide an intere
ISO - S2 7.3 Owners Manual (1) mtb369 at 8:45pm 06.28.23 Thanks again FLD S2. I assembled the files you sent into a single manual file. Attaching it here fo
H34 Windlass Installation - Looking for how others have done it (1) jssailem at 8:45pm 06.28.23
Spring lines jssailem at 8:40pm 06.28.23 There are several designs for the folding cleat. Here is one I recently discovered. https://e-riggi
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Hayden Watson at 8:27pm 06.28.23
Its funny Friday! jssailem at 8:25pm 06.28.23 If only there was a groan emoji. :facepalm:
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't jssailem at 8:22pm 06.28.23 Thanks guys. We had a side step today. With batteries that have not been charged, siting idle, they
Its funny Friday! High Current at 7:32pm 06.28.23
Spring lines (1) Sailfanatic at 7:30pm 06.28.23 Made my own 6 years ago no issues. Fold in when not in use FWIW you should tape up those split rin
H34 Windlass Installation - Looking for how others have done it (2) Ralph Johnstone at 7:23pm 06.28.23 We have an '83 Hunter 34. Depends entirely on how your anchor locker looks. A better idea would
Shooting some video in the harbor DArcy at 7:15pm 06.28.23 Very nice Tom, you have a wonderful setting.
Removing Ritchie Compass and Mount Joe at 7:11pm 06.28.23 Even if there were such a rule requiring a fixed mount compass, which I find unlikely, you don't cer
Removing Ritchie Compass and Mount Tally Ho at 6:52pm 06.28.23 You could get a bulkhead mount compass. https://www.westmarine.com/ritchie-navigation-bulkhead-moun
Shooting some video in the harbor dLj at 6:28pm 06.28.23 I like the video, but you asked for a critique... Images had too much water, too much dinghy. I'd h
In-mast furling Mechone at 6:27pm 06.28.23 On my boat its 8mm or 5/16 same size
P42 Strut replacement JoeWhite at 6:05pm 06.28.23 I am not an expert, what of you filled the front 2 holes with fiberglass, then install the strut an
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't dLj at 6:02pm 06.28.23 good grief, I'm subscribed to this thread and never got a notice that anything had happened - and th
P42 Strut replacement Jim_H42 at 5:58pm 06.28.23 I'm curious what was the symptom of needing to replace the strut and where did you get the replaceme
ST4000 auto pilot rpwillia at 5:37pm 06.28.23 Lou, What most of these guys did not answer was that the install manual tells you generally where to
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't MikeHoncho at 5:28pm 06.28.23

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