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Airmar DST 800 vs DST 810 Cederholm at 12:50pm 02.28.23 Ask All Sailors 3/3970 As mentioned in another post I'm assembling all new instruments for my Catalina 30. A B'G Vulcan 9 w
Hunter 42 change to LPG Nauti Laopo at 12:31pm 02.28.23 Ask All Sailors 2/544 Id like to swap out my CNG force10 Oven/stove to a LPG unit. where are Passage owners keeping there
Hunter 31-2 Mainsheet Routing StephenD at 10:33am 02.28.23 Mid-Size Boats 7/1696 I bought a hunter 31, and I thought the mainsheet was supposed to be double ended and controllable f
Boat hook All U Get at 10:20am 02.28.23 Ask All Sailors 25/2132
Cat-30 Stanchion Repair fhujber at 8:29am 02.28.23 Catalina 30 8/2651 There is severe cracking on my 1988 Catalina 30 around the mid-ship stanchion, starboard side. I'm a
Dyneema terminators Nunami at 7:22pm 02.27.23 Ask All Sailors 4/531 I'm looking for some ideas to replace part of my standing rigging with dyneema. The mast connection
Advice on choosing keel lifting rope (3) CaseyJohn2001 at 4:47pm 02.27.23 Ask All Sailors 7/1266 I have a merit 22 that has a liftable 600 pound lead keel. The current rope used to lift the keel is
Splicing 3/16" Dyneema Drinky Crow at 2:22pm 02.27.23 Ask All Sailors 11/1220 Smallest fid locally found is 1/4". Can use? Maybe I have to ... Allen Brothers Selma Splicing Fid
Leak in water tank: what are my options? Dave96734 at 10:57am 02.27.23 Catalina 30 11/2712 When I attempted to fill the V-berth water tank in my 1984 C30, I discovered a leak. It's from a sma
What is this? (1) D. Inscho at 10:52am 02.27.23 Ask All Sailors 11/1056 Hi everyone. I'm nearly a year into an 1982 Newport 33. Still new to cruiser/liveaboard sized boatin
Replacement AC brand advise BroncoJohn at 6:42am 02.27.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/1193 I have had serval problems with my original 21 year old 16000 BTU Dometic air conditioner freezing u
Engine oil drain hose adapter (2) jonelli at 11:03pm 02.26.23 Catalina 30 20/2900 213360213361I have one of those oil drain hose attachments under the oil pan at the drain plug. Last
Passage 42 salon/kitchen hatch gaskets replacement (2) juznip at 9:56pm 02.26.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/970 Trying to source replacement gasket for the 2 small hatches in the salon/kitchen. Anyone have a sour
bottom paint Erbardy at 6:26pm 02.26.23 Ask All Sailors 23/4027 Going to apply VC17 bottom paint to our new to us catalina 30. How much do you guys use. The prior
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Proper way to attach spare tire as working tongue wheel rum_nab at 2:59pm 02.26.23 Trailer Sailors 14/2512 Hi all. I'm brand new here, so please excuse me if this has been posted elsewhere. I just joined a c
Boat Speed and Pointing Dave Powell at 2:16pm 02.26.23 Catalina 309 Group Forum 13/2732 Not much activity recently, but I thought I'd post a question. I sail a 2012 C-309 wing keel, in-mas
Modifications to an Albin Viggen (2) TonyJo&JillBob at 7:33am 02.26.23 Ask All Sailors 2/1374 Hi, we have an Albin Viggen 23 and I've removed some of the cupboard in the entrance to the bow slee
Petrel mast diameter please. PeterW at 7:26am 02.26.23 Ask All Sailors 3/704 That's the 12' Petrel Thanks
Dieless Crimpers? Davidasailor26 at 4:58am 02.26.23 Musings With Maine Sail 8/2404 Wondering if anyone has experience using dieless crimpers for heavy gauge (2/0) battery cable, and h

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Stern Tube Rotated 180 Degrees After Fishing Line Incident (Beneteau 393) (4) NYSail at 11:37am 03.24.25 When you pull the boat you will also see separation of the stern tube where it exits the boat. I had
Catalina 270, Fair Market Price? JoeWhite at 11:24am 03.24.25 What year is the vessel?
Lithium cold storage question Stu Jackson at 11:03am 03.24.25 Have you read Maine Sail's guides to LFP? www.marinehowto.com He lives in Maine and has had LFP f
Hunter 376 - companionway steps & mast NProvost at 10:23am 03.24.25 Thank you Rich for the help.
Hunter 376 - companionway steps & mast Rich Stidger at 9:32am 03.24.25 Ii have a 1997 40.5- a sister ship. I can't help with the companion way steps, but the mast leak is
Lithium cold storage question jssailem at 8:58am 03.24.25 I am trying to make my life easier not harder. I want the benefits of Lithium batteries. I, theref
Yanmar 2GM fuel system calibration Ralph Johnstone at 8:51am 03.24.25 if I'm wrong there please correct me. Yes, that is correct. Or maybe just to remove all doubt, di
Port decal/name placement for a USCG documented boat (1) Dorfl68 at 8:38am 03.24.25 Follow up with the result
Main Rigging Upgrades (1) Hayden Watson at 8:25am 03.24.25 I will tackle the outhaul first. There is no way that what you have will give you tension. I would
Steer Stop jssailem at 8:05am 03.24.25 Check the rudder shaft. At the point that it goes through the upper bearing, there may be a pin. The
Trailer Boston Whaler 22' Revenge 900 miles? dmax at 7:49am 03.24.25 Look carefully at the axles and leaf springs and all their connection hardware - these and the U-bol
Catalina 22 New Design - Dinette Table Size? kappykaplan at 7:32am 03.24.25 You may find what you need here: https://catalina.sailboatowners.com/dl/downloads.php?task=model&mid
Fiberglass battens for sailpack? dmax at 7:26am 03.24.25 You should be able to find some used battens that no one wants - I have some from old sails but they
Fiberglass battens for sailpack? billjoye at 7:17am 03.24.25 West Marine has 5/8" and 1 5/16" wide batten fiber glass stock available online. Max length is 12 f
Launching/Recovering Sailboat billjoye at 7:08am 03.24.25 I was referring to the built-in extension on the trailer. My extension is less than 4 feet, giving a
Incompatibility With Windows 11 Boat Laptop & AIS / GPS MFD at 7:04am 03.24.25 Yes, there is a thread over at Cruisers Forum dedicated to just OpenCPN.
Is fairing compound reasonable for a hull crack (1) 4lane at 6:27am 03.24.25 As must suggested, the old fairing compound just shrunk which developed the crack. I chipped it all
Steer Stop Kraffert at 6:13am 03.24.25 I'm going to have to do something. Thanks for the input
Steer Stop fred1diver at 6:10am 03.24.25
Engine Overheating Feo23 at 6:05am 03.24.25 Huh ? What ? Howzat ? I can only offer a completely uninformed and baseless conjecture that the

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