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Iron Swing Keel Maintenance: A cautionary tale (5) HeelBoy at 5:28am 11.30.22 Trailer Sailors 15/3862 Cliff notes, you -must- take it out and blast it at some point. You may be shocked at how little iro
C30 Rudder Weight womble at 12:45pm 11.29.22 Ask All Sailors 1/371 Does anybody know of the weight of a Catalina 30 rudder that is not waterlogged?. In my humble opini
C30 Rudder Weight womble at 12:40pm 11.29.22 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/32 Does anybody know of the weight of a Catalina 30 rudder that is not waterlogged?. In my humble opini
Cooler for Boat patbratton at 12:37pm 11.29.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1256 My $200 Chinese made refrigerator died after three months. There was nothing obviously wrong, compre
Raymarine GPS Week Rollover Issues dkinzer at 12:29pm 11.29.22 Ask All Sailors 3/1238 In an earlier post I mentioned that a Raymarine tech person said that the RayStar 125 GPS unit on my
Boat is Hibernating (4) SawyerCurt at 4:37am 11.29.22 Catalina 310 11/1911 One of the disadvantages of the New England climate is the 6-month sailing season. Over Thanksgivin
Replacing cockpit throttle on Elite 29 (aka Feeling 850) (4) Elite29Owner at 11:08pm 11.28.22 Mid-Size Boats 4/917 Greetings, Need to replace a broken throttle on a 1984 Elite 29 (aka Feeling 850). Current one is a
DC distribution panel in Hunters George Braun at 6:28pm 11.28.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1181 I don't particularly like the push-to-reset breakers Hunter uses for a bunch of DC equipment in thei
Replacing Battery in RayStar 125 GPS Unit (1) dkinzer at 4:49pm 11.28.22 Ask All Sailors 5/1669 The last few times that we took our boat out we got a message on our MFD indicating that the GPS fix
Side Stay Tension ColumbiaRiverDoug at 1:50pm 11.28.22 Trailer Sailors 17/3313 Hi Everyone, I wondered for quite a while about how much tension should be on the side stays of my
Sea Hood re-bedding Andiamo 34 at 4:31am 11.28.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/814 I have an H34 and as most sailors do I have leaks. I've been reading and it seems that 4200 is the
Help, My Boat is Tipping Over! joelm100 at 2:10pm 11.27.22 Big Boats 31/4470
Raymarine Axiom shawanaga at 1:29pm 11.27.22 Big Boats 33/6717 Has anyone installed an Axiom + and connected it to their 3gm30f ? thanks Floyd
Two fender covers for 8x20 fenders (2) Rich Stidger at 12:58pm 11.27.22 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 11/2564 These are light weight stretchable black covers. I might have used them for part of a season. The le
Confirming plan for replacing shot battery charger (Longish post re: electronics) Monheganlover at 12:01pm 11.27.22 Catalina 310 4/876 I have my 2002 Catalina 310 on the hard and, when plugging my original equipment C-Charger Model 122
Miracle Rescue of MOB JamesG161 at 10:00am 11.27.22 Sails Call Lounge 11/1761 A man fell overboard on a recent Carnival cruise and managed to survive in the open waters for up t
Hunter 49 mainsail measurements Zencra at 8:20am 11.27.22 Big Boats 5/854 Hi everyone, I'm in the process of measuring for a new furling mainsail. I've never been happy with
Watermaker Kings Gambit at 8:13am 11.27.22 Ask All Sailors 29/2781 I did not get one on Black Friday, but having one installed within the next few months is in the for
Charging the House Battery Bank with a Small Outboard O�Day 222 at 7:21am 11.27.22 Ask All Sailors 35/4464 My 300 amp hour house battery bank consists of 3 x 100ah lithium LiFe4 batteries in parallel. My ou
Motor Mount Bracket for 3GM30F torque specs Sea-ker at 4:31am 11.27.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1050 Going to be replacing the motor mounts on my Hunter 336 3GM30F over the winter and plan to take the

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Bluetooth Radar (1) jssailem at 7:18am 01.06.25 Danny. Take a picture of your mast at the deck. Include any wires that come out of the mast and plug
King Cnut the Great shemandr at 7:00am 01.06.25 I always read Jim's posts. They are always interesting. Cnut the great!
King Cnut the Great jssailem at 7:00am 01.06.25 That is a bit KNUTSE... The "K" is silent.
H340 'Wobbly Wheel' (1) JamesG161 at 6:57am 01.06.25 Your boat manual is here H340 From that Manual
Bluetooth Radar dlochner at 6:12am 01.06.25 I'm just not sure how the connection at the deck level works; our mast is deck stepped. I haven't f
Bluetooth Radar DannyS at 6:10am 01.06.25 The data cable is literally just an ethernet cable. It isn't like older radar data cables, and the
Rust inhibitor dlochner at 6:06am 01.06.25 I'm currently working on a steel boat with raw steel and older steel with failing paint. The protoco
Rigging - When do you decide to refit your rigging? colemj at 5:45am 01.06.25 You may be overestimating what you can get done in the "wild". Anywhere you find appropriate riggin
Bluetooth Radar colemj at 5:32am 01.06.25 ...rather than running the big data cable up the mast? The data cable is literally just an ethern
Crazy Idea - or Great idea? Project_Mayhem at 5:32am 01.06.25 As for docking, I had a boat with both an outboard and an unreliable inboard. The difference was nig
Crazy Idea - or Great idea? Joe at 5:28am 01.06.25 Do you think the 350 mile Lake Huron circle tour would be foolhardy? Absolutely NOT. It's a G
Crazy Idea - or Great idea? colemj at 5:27am 01.06.25 You don't mention where the boat is located, but sounds like the Georgian Bay or North Channel area.
Crazy Idea - or Great idea? Captain Larry-DH at 4:40am 01.06.25 As a foreigner, what are the tax considerations of buying a boat in Canada and then importing it to
Crazy Idea - or Great idea? Indysailor at 4:30am 01.06.25 I guess you're not going to do this until next season. Take an online diesel and electric course, br
Oceanis 42 CC Fridge east coaster at 3:31am 01.06.25 Coastal climate control website has a very good section on troubleshooting your fridge/freezer probl
Crazy Idea - or Great idea? Marmalade at 2:06am 01.06.25 @john6206 - assume you would purchase this boat and bring it back to Michigan in the early summer?
Crazy Idea - or Great idea? Skipper J at 12:03am 01.06.25 I'm of a similar age and have an 18-foot boat. I hope I can step up to something larger someday and
H340 'Wobbly Wheel' Boiler at 8:50pm 01.05.25 Google search of Edson CD-i rack and pinon steering system pointed to Edson's website. They have a
Crazy Idea - or Great idea? garymalmgren at 5:46pm 01.05.25 Part of me says this would be a GREAT trip. Honestly, trip of a lifetime stuff. When all else fai
Bluetooth Radar LeeandRick at 5:41pm 01.05.25 I've been researching that same question. On a Raymarine Live a few years ago the commenters said wi

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