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replacment of battery newboatowner at 8:20am 07.18.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/920 Hope all of you are on the water today. It is just too hot in NY and working in this climate is lik
Replacement battery terminal shemandr at 7:51am 07.18.13 Ask All Sailors 4/3429 The AA battery terminal on my Garmin 176C GPS corroded and then broke, on the spring (-) side (While
Important information on your AB refrigerator (1) Richard Kollmann at 7:46am 07.18.13 Big Boats 4/1890 Boaters with Adler Barbour refrigeration sold after 1996 need to be aware of a problem that causes t
Wood handrails leak - butyl tape or 3M 4200 Brian S at 7:34am 07.18.13 Musings With Maine Sail 12/12958 I have a friend with a Com-Pac 19. There are wood handrails on the cabin top, and we think that this
Wax ring RDS2012 at 7:28am 07.18.13 Ask All Sailors 13/1886 Does anyone have any pictures of their transducer mounted in a wax ring? I'd like to see some if po
DMI Knotlog experts - sudden inaccuracy Skipper at 7:19am 07.18.13 Ask All Sailors 3/1013 Have a Datamarine trio of instruments. Fabulous, old-school quality. Real instruments, not Chinese e
Overprop. What to do? Philip_Oceanis 361 at 7:13am 07.18.13 Engines and Propulsion 14/4961 Following a change of gear box and getting a new propeller my engine now can achieve maximum rpm of
Alternative to a sheet bend? kpgraci at 6:27am 07.18.13 Ask All Sailors 12/7240
Meals, Cooking and Galley life aboard smaller boats.... centerline at 4:37am 07.18.13 Ask All Sailors 61/15887 I am a guy that enjoys cooking as much as I do eating and for many years I have enjoyed the boating
Under Sink Water Filter med2463 at 12:19am 07.18.13 Ask All Sailors 7/2143 We are installing a new galley countertop, sink and faucet on our boat. While doing that want to in
Coming in this evening on SF Bay. (2) Hartley at 10:01pm 07.17.13 Ask All Sailors 2/1248 I got tired of working on the boat this evening, so I went out to Ferry Point (Point Richmond) and t
sail repair trainmanjess at 9:12pm 07.17.13 Ask All Sailors 6/1438 hello all I have developed a problem... I need some repairs done to my mainsail... I am not in a p
hunter 22 trailer Dave Ritter at 9:09pm 07.17.13 Smaller Boats 10/3286 I have an 81 hunter 22 with a swing keel sitting on a magic tilt trailer. I am rebuilding the trail
1980 Bayliner dlblake32 at 7:39pm 07.17.13 Other Sailboats 0/3215 I have a 1980 (or so) Bayliner 18' that is hull # BLBM44A80380. My local sailboat shop said I could
Solar power richiewil at 7:23pm 07.17.13 Smaller Boats 7/2057 What size solar power should I install? I have two deep cell batteries and I am out most weekends.
rollerfurler for a 30' oday tacocapa at 7:05pm 07.17.13 Ask An Oday Owner 0/737 am looking for a roller furler and jib for a oday 30' call 1-315-769-3267 or 315-250-0370 ask for B
Lido 14 sailor mark at 6:45pm 07.17.13 Trailer Sailors 5/3866 Hi guys..Im considering buying a Lido 14.I don't know much about her but I believe she is 1994 with
Sticking mainsail bnewt at 5:23pm 07.17.13 Catalina 30 13/2972 New to the forums. Just bought my first boat and all is very new to me. Need advice on what to use t
Mac 19 Tntimbo at 5:09pm 07.17.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 16/3414 I have found a Mac 19 in very nice condition and am seriously thinking about pulling the trigger. It
Hey Keith RECESS at 4:26pm 07.17.13 Ask An Oday Owner 0/800 How has the summer been on the IP?

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Hunter 29.5 Table travorgeron at 8:46am 06.08.23 There is a release mechanism under the table which allows the table to be raised and lowered. I'm
Newbie tfox2069 at 8:23am 06.08.23 I'd recommend you take ASA 101 (Basic Keelboat Sailing), ASA 118 (Docking Endorsement) and maybe 103
Newbie Kings Gambit at 8:08am 06.08.23 :plus: Those are very nice camping boats for a fun weekend on the water. If you decide to go tha
Yanmar 2GM20F (1993) kloudie1 at 8:01am 06.08.23 Wildly overpriced impeller is part # 124223-42092 (Amazon search this part # for the cheaper ones)
Hunter 29.5 Table Ralph Johnstone at 7:39am 06.08.23 There is a release mechanism under the table which allows the table to be raised and lowered. I'm
Newbie rgranger at 7:36am 06.08.23 Get yourself a West Wight Potter 15 or 19 ft. :plus: Those are very nice camping boats for a fun w
Lubricating the top bearing at the top of the in mast furling? BroncoJohn at 7:31am 06.08.23 Great advise! I never thought to use the topping lift line and I just replaced it with a new line.
Newbie Kings Gambit at 7:18am 06.08.23
1989-94 Hunter 27-2 schematics or manual dlochner at 7:17am 06.08.23 This article may clear some of the confusion. The late 1988-early 1989 version of the Hunter 27-2 wa
Hunter 49/50AC wiring for lithium conversion Johann at 6:59am 06.08.23
Lubricating the top bearing at the top of the in mast furling? tfox2069 at 6:24am 06.08.23 Your topping lift should go all the way to the top - perhaps use that as your primary safety line.
SS Rod popping sound jssailem at 6:13am 06.08.23 That info sounds very good. I know on my boat (mast head rig) that I need to tighten the backstay wh
Battery Switch Confusion Ward H at 5:52am 06.08.23 I agree with @jssailem and @dlochner that best practice is not to mix batteries of different ages an
SS Rod popping sound mesmith1122 at 5:50am 06.08.23 Hey Terry!!! We have inspected chainplates and the SS Rods the plates are secured to. Both are grea
Jabsco volume per stroke robinrjellis at 5:38am 06.08.23 Thank you everyone.
SS Rod popping sound Terry Cox at 4:52am 06.08.23 Hi Marty & Annie. No staysail on our boat and no popping sounds either. At rest standing rigs on bot
Help Identifying model apell at 4:04am 06.08.23 that is a 6 (six) the letter B would be capitalized... Yes, my thought, too. I'm heading over th
Help Identifying model apell at 4:01am 06.08.23 Will do and great idea. Thx
Help Identifying model apell at 3:59am 06.08.23 Try checking in with the Mariner Class Association web site. We maintain an updated list of boats
Help Identifying model sailme88 at 3:45am 06.08.23 that is a 6 (six) the letter B would be capitalized...

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