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San Juan 26 rudder marvin at 2:24pm 01.29.14 Parts Search 2/1954 Looking for a San Juan 26 rudder ?? will a SJ 21 work?? marvin
Ports on a H-23.5? tallswede at 12:57pm 01.29.14 Smaller Boats 7/1438 Well, it's about time to start on some boat projects for spring and a big one I have is replacing th
installing electrical system (1) willsnow at 12:30pm 01.29.14 Trailer Sailors 10/4059 im getting together parts to install a new electrical system on my Mac26D... to replace the non-exis
Wonder Where The Boats Went? Rick D at 11:29am 01.29.14 Ask All Sailors 34/4537 In 2007, we moved our boat from SoCal's Marina del Rey to Long Beach. Long Beach had a three year wa
Lazy Jack mike pace at 10:40am 01.29.14 Ask All Sailors 6/4712 I have been thinking about adding a LAZY JACK system to our O'DAY 25. there seems tobe some diffrent
Snowed over Mississippi beaches (2) JonnyQuest at 10:12am 01.29.14 Ask All Sailors 23/3147 It's a rather unusual sight down here, the beach is covered with snow. We had a grand time running a
pumping out raye at 9:57am 01.29.14 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/4450 silly but important-first time in pumping out you-know what-does the macerator pump have to be turne
transducers raye at 9:22am 01.29.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/759 I have a 38M beneteau- currently it has a thru hull transducer, the speed does not work and someone
Hunter 18 tabernacle fix (3) fckohn at 7:44am 01.29.14 Smaller Boats 7/1464 Have 1989 Hunter 18. The circular pin hole on rear of tabernacle broke so that loop is no longer cl
Question about a documented boat I bought kito at 6:53am 01.29.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 18/2867 My 79 H30 project boat is a documented boat. I purchased it from a guy that made it his project boat
ODay 25 Bow Anchor locker Panera at 5:51am 01.29.14 Day Sailers 22/7540 Hello, Just purchased an 1978 O'Day 25 full keel in Portland ME. Formally I owned an 1960 vintag
Just for Laughs (1) ShotgunSlim at 4:52am 01.29.14 Catalina 22 10/1511 For all you sailors patiently awaiting the spring thaw from the 3 feet of snow accumulated at your p
Re-painted my 80's Coleman Stove (1) dgreen1991 at 11:36pm 01.28.14 Catalina 22 6/1851 Don Green Since I got a snow day from work, I decided to refinish my old coleman stove to somethi
Mounting a vertical windlass in a 1978 Catalina 30 Guts1236 at 9:57pm 01.28.14 Catalina 30 7/2530 I have a 1978 Catalina 30 and I would like to mount a windlass. Has anyone here done that? I have a
My kitchen sink (1) dgreen1991 at 9:12pm 01.28.14 Catalina 22 15/2799 Had to install a pump because the angle of the drain pipe was not enough to drain completely. I adde
1986 Hunter 34 Mast halyard sheave Marc Rivest at 7:38pm 01.28.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/2363 Does anyone happen to know which mast manufacturer supplied the mast for the 1986 Hunter 34? I want
Should I or shouldn't I? Tony E at 7:03pm 01.28.14 Ask All Sailors 27/3605 Hello all. I am about 5 years away from retiring and I am trying to figure out what exactly would be
My mast raising system (5) dgreen1991 at 6:47pm 01.28.14 Catalina 22 30/5146 Here is my system, simple no extra time wasted on complex crap. All of the parts stow under the winc
main sail 19jib39 at 6:18pm 01.28.14 Catalina 22 3/959 my main sail is the original sail for my 1987 22 ft catalina ,can any of you good sailors give me an
Soda blasting and barrier coat ed stack at 6:00pm 01.28.14 Ask All Sailors 8/3278 Hi all, I am thinking of getting the last 24 years of bottom paint removed via a local soda blastin

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Bus B - no output Tally Ho at 2:24pm 07.16.23
Ground? Tally Ho at 1:56pm 07.16.23
Shooting some video in the harbor dlochner at 1:53pm 07.16.23 Thanks, Dave, I've seen many of those. Most of my crash course has been on Youtube video channels.
I have an 21' American Fiberglass dlochner at 1:41pm 07.16.23 We're going to need a better description of the information you want. Photos help a lot.
Ground? jviss at 1:30pm 07.16.23
Ground? (1) Tally Ho at 12:53pm 07.16.23 Interesting. What gauge wire? Solid or stranded? Stranded. Not sure what gauge it is. I just c
Genoa? Gennaker? Other? Hollyberry at 12:10pm 07.16.23 If you're short/double handed tacking a 135 is several degrees easier than a 150, though possibly no
Winch handle safe use stickinthemud57 at 11:58am 07.16.23 While I normally do not leave the winch handle in the winch unless it's being used, like every rule
Advice - Sailing from Phillidelpha to Cape May (1) Dave at 11:47am 07.16.23 For us dyslectics switching between North up and Course/heading up is problematic. Some fuses may
Winch handle safe use Hayden Watson at 11:46am 07.16.23 You can save yet another step in those conditions if instead of centering the traveler and then pul
Winch handle safe use Stu Jackson at 11:36am 07.16.23 center the traveler; You can save yet another step in those conditions if instead of centering the
New owner! Vincent Williams at 11:11am 07.16.23 Just purchased 2014 Catalina 275 in the process of getting it from lake Huron to LI sound in CT. Boa
Genoa? Gennaker? Other? David in Sandusky at 11:07am 07.16.23 If you are cruising, I vote for an Asymetric. If you are racing, you need a sail to allow you to go
off to the races PaulK at 10:36am 07.16.23 Nice. Chi-Mac is great, but the weather can get more interesting than one might wish. We blew out
Hunter 30 Cheurbini - Rigging and Mods PCannonSr1 at 10:29am 07.16.23 I own a 1979 H30C. Send me a PM on this site and I'll walk you through each section of the rigging
Advice - Sailing from Phillidelpha to Cape May shemandr at 10:27am 07.16.23 I can read that.
Catalina Stickers dmax at 10:03am 07.16.23 When applying vinyl stickers, put a small amont of dish soap or laundry soap with water into a spray
Ground? (1) jviss at 10:02am 07.16.23 FWIW, here's the ground and bonding scheme schematic form the Tartan 3800 manual. It is, indeed, #8
Vacu flush bowl seal deforming Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 9:56am 07.16.23 If it's happening immediately after installing new seals, it appears you got a defective Teflon piec
Catalina Stickers Jacktar at 8:55am 07.16.23 Ritgold, good eye, it was 2 parter and I did not get it exactly level on port side, did better on st

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