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On the Move Again Roger Long at 3:26pm 09.15.13 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 1/4028 I got back to Onset on Saturday after a great road trip of visiting and then flying to Virginia for
AC (120v) Panel jrezab at 3:10pm 09.15.13 Pearson 3/2996 Ref. 1986 My Pearson 303 My AC panel for shore power has a red led light to indicate when there is
Swimming an Instant Cure for Seasickness ? Stretch at 3:05pm 09.15.13 Ask All Sailors 31/11955 YVR got me thinking about seasickness with his post and I read this in the Jan 2013 issue of Sail m
Raymarine Transducer Location borthwicks at 2:38pm 09.15.13 Catalina 310 5/1305 I have recently purchased a 2005 Catalina 310 and would like to know if anyone can tell me where the
CNG to Propane conversion summerbreeze at 2:17pm 09.15.13 Big Boats 17/2574 I have a 91 H35.5 and need to find location for a propane locker. Has anyone done the conversion tha
Gas shut off for stove chuckbuck at 1:09pm 09.15.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/2287 Hey folks With the Oceanis 31 (and 34 and 37 I think) the gas tanks for the galley stove are besid
right motor for Catalina 22 Kenhup at 1:00pm 09.15.13 Catalina 22 7/4140 I have recently purchased a 1978 Catalina 22 I currently have a Nissan 3.5A outboard but have been
H 23 Lorad transducer removal lbyonkers at 12:43pm 09.15.13 Smaller Boats 3/1700 I can't find a replacement transducer for my Lorad LDX-600 depth sounder. What is the best way to r
Mac 25 Replacement Sails CoastalTrader at 12:41pm 09.15.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/2049 Hi Guys, I want to buy a new jib and mainsail for my Mac 25 that I am restoring. I'm going with co
Stanchion Base Data Cushoma at 10:45am 09.15.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/975 Looking for stanchion base, 1985 Hunter 40...understand many other Hunter models use the same stanch
Stern left rail reinesj1 at 9:10am 09.15.13 Big Boats 0/821 I own a Hunter 376. My left stern rail has several cracks, I am considering to bye a new one. Any
Finally adding a furler Nereussailor at 7:58am 09.15.13 Ask All Sailors 7/1858 So I bought this furler many years ago and it's still sitting in the box. Between redoing the headsa
Displacement Hull VS Planing Hull 31seahorse at 7:21am 09.15.13 Ask All Sailors 8/3002 Hello Members, Saturday we were treated to a physics lesson on the upper Chesapeake Bay. With
Some dummy stepped my mast... (1) fjordstar at 7:10am 09.15.13 Catalina 22 12/2048 Ok fine, so I'm the dummy lol. The first time we stepped the mast, we used a standard hardware bolt
Rebedding bow pulpit on my 28 Oday fourwhitesocks at 6:15am 09.15.13 Bigger Boats 5/2321 Looking for some guidance, I need to rebed the bow pulpit on my 1983 28 Oday. The aft stanchions se
Info on lexan-plexiglass sliding doors morich at 5:47am 09.15.13 Mid-Size Boats 4/2587 I'm a new owner of a hunter 31 and I'm trying to bring it back to its original condition. The PO rem
Jib, headsail numbering system jviss at 5:06am 09.15.13 Ask All Sailors 6/7193 Can someone please give me a quick tutorial on jib numbering? I've heard number 1 jib, number 2 jib
Anchor Windlass Rick B at 11:43pm 09.14.13 Yamaha 1/1296 We have a Yamaha 33 tall rig with the 2 cylinder Yanmar. How has anybody mounted a windlass on this
Marine Toilet lance at 10:33pm 09.14.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/952 I currently have the original Wilcox Crittenden manual head on my Hunter 356 and decided to service
27ft sailboat run over by 382 ft San Juan ferry John Nantz at 8:41pm 09.14.13 Ask All Sailors 5/4138 On Friday afternoon (Friday, Sept 13th) the Washington state ferry "Hyak" ran over a 27ft sailboat i

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Blisters - To Repair or not to repair..... (6) jssailem at 11:48am 05.06.23 My boat lives in the briny waters of our Port of Everett Marina 24/7/365. I had her Hauled Jan 2018.
Life's Most Infuriating Moments jssailem at 11:21am 05.06.23 Perhaps Ralph will send you the remaining clip... Then you could image it and create a CNC 3D drawin
Blisters - To Repair or not to repair..... JohnKeating at 10:49am 05.06.23 I don't know how many boats have blisters, or how much they slow you down, or the best way to fix th
Yanmar 3JH2E Commissioning run and lost all oil in an hour Dave at 10:42am 05.06.23 At the aft end of the engine is the oil cooler loop. It is near the area identified ast the source o
Life's Most Infuriating Moments Davidasailor26 at 10:39am 05.06.23
Life's Most Infuriating Moments Ralph Johnstone at 10:34am 05.06.23 You can do it. I know you can. . . I think? I am so pi$$ed off with the idea of spending $100.00
Life's Most Infuriating Moments Ralph Johnstone at 10:22am 05.06.23 :biggrin:always here to provide helpful information. I've got your name on speed dial in case I r
Life's Most Infuriating Moments Hello Below at 10:11am 05.06.23
Life's Most Infuriating Moments jssailem at 10:04am 05.06.23
Ducks in my backyard! Ralph Johnstone at 9:59am 05.06.23 Mostly this couple who have never come up on the dock until the other day Ducks must have a good
Life's Most Infuriating Moments (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:48am 05.06.23 If you buy a new one, $100, the clips are included. Those are truly words to warm the cockles of
Yanmar 3JH2E Commissioning run and lost all oil in an hour Ralph Johnstone at 9:32am 05.06.23 There were NO LEAKS observed! Absolutely baffling. Just can't see how it corrected itself and we
Yanmar 3JH2E Commissioning run and lost all oil in an hour JoeWhite at 9:08am 05.06.23 Oil can also come out of the dip stick if not inserted back in.
ProMariner Protech-4 Series On board Battery Charger sailcapt340 at 9:06am 05.06.23
rop-In LiFePO4 Batteries - Be an Educated Consumer Hayden Watson at 8:43am 05.06.23 The other big challenge to going with LFP is preventing the alternator from cooking itself in its ow
Bottom Chip Repair Jacktar at 8:36am 05.06.23 True sail it til it breaks, repair and sail it again.
Hunter 41AC/41DS spinnaker tack location Sailor Arny at 8:30am 05.06.23 I am going to go without the furler this season, just pull it down into a deck bag, tired of all the
rop-In LiFePO4 Batteries - Be an Educated Consumer mermike at 8:28am 05.06.23 The secret to no boom is some FLA that is connected into the charging circuit to give the current s
ProMariner Protech-4 Series On board Battery Charger Stu Jackson at 8:07am 05.06.23 sc, glad to be able to try to help. You didn't say your charger was a "Flyback" model but I figured
Yanmar 3JH2E Commissioning run and lost all oil in an hour Rick Webb at 8:06am 05.06.23 Another potential source is the oil filter seal. I once had an oil filter seal stick to the engine

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