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Water Ballast? LRH at 5:53pm 07.23.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1609 Ahoy Maties, Having owned several sailboats over the years, I'm cosidering one with water ballast.
Water Ballast? LRH at 5:52pm 07.23.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 20/10499 Ahoy Maties, Having owned several sailboats over the years, I'm cosidering one with water ballast.
Sea Fever Roger Long at 5:27pm 07.23.13 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 2/5199 All you readers waiting for me to do something, anything; get out your John Mansfield and other roma
Catalina 30 lazarette size Lost Parent at 4:32pm 07.23.13 Ask All Sailors 1/1446 I live quite a ways away from my boat and need the size of the opening in the port cockpit locker of
Sailing Kona HI frimi_captain at 4:05pm 07.23.13 Destinations 0/1894 Renting a boat in Kona a 22 footer. Looking for crew for a couple of Day sails. Sailing August 15
catalina27 transfer to salt water rblack27 at 3:11pm 07.23.13 Mid-Size Boats 7/1681 My '85 Catalina 27 (TallRig), with diesel inboard, has been berthed on a deep, rocky freshwater lak
Foul stench from vent after flush ????? Teakfreak at 2:59pm 07.23.13 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 10/5156 A foul cloud of odor envelopes my boat from back cockpit to flybridge after every flush. Not only a
Sunday Sail.... Cayuga Lake Dan Hill at 2:48pm 07.23.13 Mid-Size Boats 0/945 Went for a day sail and the wind piped up some fun. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fJwW81FQTU'fea
50mm2 capta at 1:03pm 07.23.13 Ask All Sailors 7/1551 I have just spent a huge amount of time on the internet trying to find the US electric cable gauge e
question about 3m 4200 newsailor72 at 11:36am 07.23.13 Ask All Sailors 10/4202 I read that an opened tube will not last more than a couple days, is this true? and will storing it
Stupid Boom Vang Question BigEasy at 11:27am 07.23.13 Ask All Sailors 7/1725 I get it that the boom vang is used to affect twist in the mainsail by controlling tension on the bo
Rigging - Javelin tom flatley at 10:40am 07.23.13 Day Sailers 0/989 boom drooping so low it lays on transome - javelin - any ideas - tks tom
pool noodles for mooring dlewis812 at 10:04am 07.23.13 Ask All Sailors 6/4046 trying ways to prevent the mooring lines from getting tangled. many at the marina have the floats w
Autopilot/chartplotter hook-up wcletien at 9:45am 07.23.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1354 I just installed a Raymarine SmartPilot X-5 and would like to connect my Garmin 492 Chartplotter to
What size ice chest fits in the galley? abk at 8:55am 07.23.13 Smaller Boats 2/1727 It's a 1996 H26 and there is no ice chest. I forgot to measure it and the boat is some distance awa
Mac 25 Cradle redbranchwarrior at 8:08am 07.23.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1362 I just bought an '86 Mac 25 and have it sitting in my yard on the trailer. I had supposed my first j
How to restore exposed components in-place (PICS) (2) Picflight at 8:01am 07.23.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 14/1879 This might not be boat or model specific (Cat 27), but I want to restore the items shown below. What
Port window leak novotnyp at 7:49am 07.23.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/984 Anyone have the best solution for sealing a leaking window that has slightly moved away from the hul
Selling our baby Swampyankee at 7:45am 07.23.13 S2 1/1223 Reluctantly attempting to sell our beloved Trinity Heart. :cry: We got ourselves involved in a house
Comparing Notes - Suntex Marinas SailMaster at 7:22am 07.23.13 Ask All Sailors 8/365 Hello all, We are having some problems with one of the properties owned by Suntex. I wont say which

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Weird ancient gadget, need wiser eyes to identity Timm R Oday25 at 4:27pm 05.14.23 I agree with KappyKaplan . It is upside down . When I mounted mine exactly like that ,I ran the wire
How many have serviced your Winches jviss at 4:20pm 05.14.23 Yes, and it depends. If you've done it before, and do it often enough, it's quick and easy. Should
Weird ancient gadget, need wiser eyes to identity kappykaplan at 4:17pm 05.14.23 That looks like a GPS antenna, but it's upside down. Welcome to the forums. :beer:
Non Skid; Black Spots (1) Tally Ho at 4:06pm 05.14.23 I always give my deck a good scrub with water and Bar Keepers Friend. It is very abrasive, so be ca
Beneteau 35s5 Rudder Bearing Tally Ho at 3:57pm 05.14.23
Water holding tank fittings broken fred1diver at 3:34pm 05.14.23
Stuffing box- dumb question? Tally Ho at 3:22pm 05.14.23 That looks really off-line for some reason. If it was me, I would haul the boat, remove the couplin
Tachometer Trouble On Shore Power? dlochner at 3:06pm 05.14.23 RTFM strikes again! :biggrin::stir:
Non Skid; Black Spots (1) dlochner at 3:04pm 05.14.23 215664 Above is an enlarged section of the OP's photo. Notice the relative uniform shape of the dar
Tachometer Trouble On Shore Power? jviss at 3:02pm 05.14.23 This is not good. It should be connected to a breaker on the AC panel. I will have to look into it
Anchor chain corrosion - cause for concern? dlochner at 2:43pm 05.14.23 I think you meant 25% larger. The way the sentence was written, yes, it should be 25%. It was eas
Tachometer Trouble On Shore Power? dlochner at 2:40pm 05.14.23 (The battery charger breaker on the AC panel does nothing.). This is not good. It should be conne
Tachometer Trouble On Shore Power? jviss at 2:38pm 05.14.23 Why don't you just turn the battery charger off instead of wearing out the plugs on your shore powe
Tachometer Trouble On Shore Power? dlochner at 2:33pm 05.14.23 Rick, I have no reason to believe that there's any issue with running the engine while plugged in.
Anchor chain corrosion - cause for concern? jviss at 2:32pm 05.14.23 while only being 125% larger I think you meant 25% larger.
Tachometer Trouble On Shore Power? dlochner at 2:31pm 05.14.23 I would never do that simply because the two systems are not designed to be simultaneously running.
Tachometer Trouble On Shore Power? jviss at 2:29pm 05.14.23 I would never do that simply because the two systems are not designed to be simultaneously running.
Non Skid; Black Spots LakeOntario270 at 2:28pm 05.14.23 I have these spots on my non skid also. I've tried everything and can't get rid of them also.
Tachometer Trouble On Shore Power? Davidasailor26 at 2:28pm 05.14.23 I would never do that simply because the two systems are not designed to be simultaneously running.
Anchor chain corrosion - cause for concern? jviss at 2:25pm 05.14.23 When I finish each cruise, I wash the chain/rode/anchor well with fresh water to help extend the li

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