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h26 front window/hatch design Derf123 at 5:55pm 08.10.13 Smaller Boats 20/2418 I have searched everywhere I know to search and looked at as many pictures as I can find about the '
Sea water shut off value Cat36Amoore at 5:18pm 08.10.13 Mid-Size Boats 1/1144 I just purchased a Catlina 27 and going to put it in the water. It has a universal 5411 diesel. wh
Darn water pump froze up on me... KingAirDriver at 5:00pm 08.10.13 Ask All Sailors 9/1885 Motored over to local restaurant to meet some friends. Also first time out in 2 months. Needed to
Problems with furling mainsail, update Viktor Eysselein at 4:53pm 08.10.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/896 Hi all: This is an update on my problems furling the main sail on my Hunter 45CC (4 yrs old). My
Restoring my keel...HELP Triple Point at 3:58pm 08.10.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/2174 I'm afraid I lost my first posting...I'm a bit of a technophobe :-(. In case it didn't make it to
Pictures of Maine Cruise Roger Long at 3:35pm 08.10.13 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 5/2914 Pictures of my recent Maine cruise, taken by the official cruise photographer, Barbara Simon, are no
Cleaning the paddle wheel while under way... FourPoints at 12:32pm 08.10.13 Ask All Sailors 37/10633 Most people know that cleaning the paddle wheel while moving a couple knots usually results in less
Which filter if any? Ward H at 12:24pm 08.10.13 Engines and Propulsion 3/1515 I have a new Yamaha T9.9 4 stroke, new fuel hose and new tank. Plan to run aviation gas to stay away
New Stickers (1) Doc_holiday at 10:23am 08.10.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/2778 I thought I would try my hand at recreating the MacGregor stickers on 'Ohana. The originals were fad
Boat pix (3) hvbaker at 10:13am 08.10.13 Catalina 30 16/3031 Was out the other day and got photographed by boat pix. I am going to get one framed. Which one do y
Pole needs work MLampner at 9:53am 08.10.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/842 The pole used on the jib seems frozen. This might not be a major issue if it was set right but with
Lock a battery to a dinghy? Sailing Vermont at 6:41am 08.10.13 Ask All Sailors 11/3331 Has anyone figured out a clever way to lock a battery for an electic motor to a dinghy? I have a ri
SeaDek installation on an O'day 39 (3) Panta Rei at 6:39am 08.10.13 Bigger Boats 11/4418 This turned out very well. The SeaDek product is used on stand-up paddle boards and swim platforms.
replacing lost halyard chrisyse at 6:35am 08.10.13 Big Boats 2/2354 I'm looking for suggestions/thoughts on how to replace a genacker halyard, when the original is no l
Bed hardware for double berth in main salon Sailkaz at 6:31am 08.10.13 Catalina 309 Group Forum 1/2862 Hello With my boat 2006 Catalina 309 I received a bag of blocks, clamps and a large cushion, one ha
Dinghy for H42 eianm at 11:40pm 08.09.13 Big Boats 10/2216 I was wondering if it is common for H42 owners to carry their inflatable dinghy on the foredeck duri
satellite phone Monty VM at 8:50pm 08.09.13 Ask All Sailors 6/1831 I would like to buy a sat phone and service plan. the purchase is mostly for safety, partially for c
2013 NorthEast C&C Rendezvous Hanuman at 8:40pm 08.09.13 C&C 0/1749 2013 C ' C NorthEast Rendezvous https://www.facebook.com/CcYachtsNortheastRendezvous C'C Yacht
San Juan Islands Recap (12) sinnettc at 8:36pm 08.09.13 Catalina 22 16/2989 Hi all, Thought I'd share some photos from our recent trip to the San Juan Islands. We had a small
Oceanis 41, Yanmar SD50 saildrive slipping in forward zoya at 7:50pm 08.09.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 20/6459 My 41 is 9 month old with around 200hrs on the engine and the Yanmar SD50 saildrive was slipping in

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Tankless Water Heater rgranger at 2:18pm 04.17.23 If you are only using it while plugged into shore power then I guess it would work. But.... does yo
Free Beneteau! jssailem at 2:02pm 04.17.23 virtually free Is that like soon to be released VaporWare? Buy stock now in the company. :biggrin:
Hunter 146 engine options Eric S. at 1:45pm 04.17.23 Thanks Curtis. It's precisely the false transom that concerns me on the 146. I just want to make s
Newbie Fresh and Green DRhoads at 1:41pm 04.17.23 Welcome aboard Clay. You are going to love the 420. As you can see, I have one and the wife loves
Hunter 146 engine options CurtisC at 1:20pm 04.17.23 I've got a Hunter 18 that I use a short shaft Suzuki 2HP on. Plenty of shaft length and plenty of H
Bow truster on hp450 DRhoads at 1:16pm 04.17.23 Just had an external installed similar to the one Nodak7 shows, may be the same. works great especi
Stepping up mast on H25 , use gin pole? Ross Nielsen at 1:14pm 04.17.23 Thanks, my mast is 34.8' and I feel I need a roller on a crutch I can raise to 10' at the stern of t
Try- Sail Ready Bag (1) jssailem at 1:10pm 04.17.23 Not sure how big your Try-Sail is. Blue Performance makes a Halyard Bag in 3 sizes. The large one mi
Sourcing leks Project_Mayhem at 1:03pm 04.17.23 Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but the traveler is the second hardest deck component to get to,
Try- Sail Ready Bag Waybad at 12:54pm 04.17.23 I have a separate track, I just realized I have to also drop at least one side then the other side o
More efficient way to clean gears? Rick Webb at 12:53pm 04.17.23 This would be more dangerous than anything else I could do in my house. Ultrasonic Cleaner ? It Wor
More efficient way to clean gears? Rick Webb at 12:50pm 04.17.23 Did the video begin with him having an assistant hold his beer? Don't all the good ones begin that
Identifying water in the bilge. Benny17441 at 12:46pm 04.17.23 Boat wash, wet bathing suits, galley spills, rain, sea spray, plumbing leaks........ All bring wa
More efficient way to clean gears? rgranger at 12:34pm 04.17.23 Organic chemistry; brings back nightmares :yikes:. Happy that you Chem E's deal with that stuff
Fresh Water Prime- Can't Get it nveater at 12:28pm 04.17.23 Thanks very much that will be my next move
Sourcing leks Timm R Oday25 at 12:23pm 04.17.23 As I had previously posted , the tbridge mounted traveller leaks the most . Good thing there are spe
Free Beneteau! Don S/V ILLusion at 12:19pm 04.17.23 I didn't expect this to make financial sense but had to ask since it was virtually free Where in F
Perkins M30 Compression issue nsailscal334 at 12:19pm 04.17.23 Thank you for the suggestions! We'll look into all of them and keep plugging along (pun intended) u
Yanmar in '79 37c Hollyberry at 12:17pm 04.17.23 Is it really only a 2 cylinder engine on a 37 footer??
Newbie Fresh and Green (1) rgranger at 12:07pm 04.17.23 ....the basic physics doesn't change much from a Sunfish to a 40-footer. :plus: This was my first b

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