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Spinnaker pole size for First 310 Jossette at 12:31am 04.21.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/902 I lost my spinnaker pole overboard on a windy day with lots of guests aboard. I'm hunting for anoth
weather helm on 250 trevor clarke at 9:08pm 04.20.13 Mid-Size Boats 6/2015 i am in australia and am just purchasing a 250. it has a masthead rig so i wondered if raking my mas
San Juan Islands in August Ken Cross at 8:13pm 04.20.13 Destinations 16/7588 We plan on arriving in the San Juans around Aug 8th or so. It will take us about 2 days to get up th
Balmar alternator??? seadoggie at 7:58pm 04.20.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/826 Out hunter 40 has a Balmar alternator and a Heartguard charger/inverter. We have always taken day tr
A fender for a P.F.D. Chris Patterson at 6:03pm 04.20.13 Ask All Sailors 7/1753 Yep. This is what I told lovely bride she was getting for a new P.F.D. And if she's real good, I'll
Fractional Rig Headstay tension james2034 at 4:36pm 04.20.13 Big Boats 5/3665 I believe that my 1995 Hunter 35.5 fractional rig is tuned within tolerances, with a profurl furler,
Lavac marine heads Bonzai at 4:33pm 04.20.13 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/13001 Anyone have experience with these vaccum toilets? How do they hold up?
Yanmar Hour meter Repair Rick486 at 3:43pm 04.20.13 Ask All Sailors 7/2764 Does anyone remember a post with an excellent repair suggestion for the Yanmar flickering hour meter
New Mac 26M owner (PNW) serenity4u2 at 2:00pm 04.20.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/766 Looking forward to the rendezvous :)
Waiting, waiting... Roger Long at 1:48pm 04.20.13 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 11/8571
Forepeak Teak Finish Panel (2) garyg at 1:40pm 04.20.13 Morgan 1/1772 I own a 1970 Morgan 33 and I designed and fabricated a teak forepeak panel to finish off the origina
Lewmar Folding Wheel (1) JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 12:52pm 04.20.13 Catalina 310 12/2024 Today is day 2 with the Lewmar folding 32" wheel and I love it. One of the best comfort upgrades I'v
Score! (1) David W at 12:09pm 04.20.13 Ask All Sailors 2/1075 The Boat Show is on here in Victoria, BC, and a local retailer had a great door crasher special. Fi
Repainting the interior of my Mac 25 (6) tkiss13 at 11:16am 04.20.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1932 I recently purchased in 1981 Mac 25. It had been sitting for about 3 years half full of water and th
A big step down in size mdsdurango at 11:16am 04.20.13 Trailer Sailors 20/5863 Third, or fourth post on this forum with much gratitude to all for your good advice. I started out a
Spinnaker gear - O'Day 28 SkiRacer1486 at 8:26am 04.20.13 Bigger Boats 0/1394 My family just bought an O'Day 28 and I am exploring options for outfitting the boat with spinnaker
St. Johns River and Electro-scan MSD ybrad at 8:17am 04.20.13 Big Boats 6/1219 Does anyone out there have familiarity with how far up (south) the St. Johns the salinity is high en
Rudder Rivet(s) John Danz at 7:56am 04.20.13 Catalina 22 17/2457 I just bought a used Catalina 22 that has been sitting on a trailer for about four years. Eeverythin
H37 V Berth Closet jphud at 7:52am 04.20.13 The Cherubini Hunters 7/1211 Has anyone reversed the hinge set up on this door, or changed the door style? Access is difficult wi
packing gland oldguy at 7:43am 04.20.13 Catalina 310 3/1042 so my 10 year old 310 shaft seal has an excessive drip rate that I can no longer slow by tightening

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What Changes are happening in Your neighborhood? Maine Sail at 11:57am 07.08.22 We've seen a similar process here for the last couple of decades where completely livable homes hav
Single Handing vs apparent wind and trim dlochner at 11:55am 07.08.22 I have Raymarine equipment including the autopilot. I have already emailed them asking about integr
Garmin GPSMAP 942 MFD Routing to Raymarine Auto Pilot? dlochner at 11:46am 07.08.22 Radar, Autopilots, and sonar are typically proprietary products, you can not mix and match. If you l
bulkhead angle for a new compass brockangelo at 11:43am 07.08.22 Yep, a friend I just sailed with has got me considering using my iPad with the Garmin Glo 2. The Glo
bulkhead angle for a new compass sail sfbay at 11:35am 07.08.22 Might consider a fixed mount or handheld GPS chartplotter with Navionics chart. Then you get mean lo
What Changes are happening in Your neighborhood? WayneH at 11:34am 07.08.22 The summer tourist season here in Central Texas is floating down the Guadalupe River below Canyon La
chainplates hunter 460 Crazy Dave Condon at 11:33am 07.08.22 Forum store has the build list of parts for your boat. Call them
hunter 23.5 centerboard haul line replacement and how to jack up boat SoDak Sailor at 11:31am 07.08.22 Is it possible to attach a new line to the old and pull it through without having to drop the center
IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING - AIN'T THAT THE TRUTH (HUGE QUESTION) eherlihy at 10:54am 07.08.22 The Westerbeake part (number 033067?) is, IMHO, a more robust solution. It is thickly cast and inten
Single Handing vs apparent wind and trim patagoniadave at 10:51am 07.08.22 If you don't have a wind instrument, then you don't have the capability to set the autopilot to the
bulkhead angle for a new compass brockangelo at 10:48am 07.08.22 Thanks so much - man, I had no idea about the importance of the angle of the compass but that makes
IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING - AIN'T THAT THE TRUTH (HUGE QUESTION) twodzusfittings at 10:34am 07.08.22 Thats exactly what corroded off except both ends were threaded. Wow way cheaper. Oh well, knowledge
Single Handing vs apparent wind and trim Scott T-Bird at 10:33am 07.08.22 BTW, waves from behind, especially short period waves, make it more difficult for the autopilot to s
Single Handing vs apparent wind and trim Scott T-Bird at 10:28am 07.08.22 If you don't have a wind instrument, then you don't have the capability to set the autopilot to the
Autopilot Direct Drive on H34 (2) kloudie1 at 10:20am 07.08.22 I have thought about the same thing at times, Rush. I think a drive arm could be fitted below the dr
Sailing from Potts Harbor to Ports Harbor (approx. 160 nm) on the 1975 30 ' Albin Ballad Samura Sailer at 10:14am 07.08.22 Sorry I didn't give good information. We're sailing from Dolphin Marina in S. Harpswell ME to Ports
Cape may 663 bridge clearance All U Get at 10:09am 07.08.22 I would offer to improve the design used by ACE for all the bridges since most are in poor condition
What Changes are happening in Your neighborhood? Ralph Johnstone at 9:59am 07.08.22 We've seen a similar process here for the last couple of decades where completely livable homes have
Single Handing vs apparent wind and trim kappykaplan at 9:52am 07.08.22 -( I do not think I have the wind angle sensor on my boat. :)
Single Handing vs apparent wind and trim patagoniadave at 9:49am 07.08.22 :plus: I do this all the time, setting my autopilot to wind vane mode. :-( I do not think I have t

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