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Lewmar bow thruster - spare parts (1) carlager at 11:32am 06.04.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1998 The black box on my Lewmar Bow Thruster - 185TT 3kW 12v -is dead. I need to replace it. I have fou
Broken bolt removal advice Nom De Guerre at 11:30am 06.04.13 Ask All Sailors 16/1772 I have a 5/16" - 18 SS bolt that threads into the bottom of a SS stanchion that was frozen. I got it
Cure for play on the tiller alturaam at 11:11am 06.04.13 Yamaha 7/2107 How do you fellow Yam 25 Mk II owners deal with play in the tiller. I have some, it is not to annoy
Making it simple anchorclanker at 10:54am 06.04.13 Trailer Sailors 29/6568 I was curious to know of other setups and procedures to simplify launching and retrieval. Currently,
Lake Tahoe jimmac99 at 10:11am 06.04.13 Destinations 4/2622 Next week, my wife and I are planning to take our 26M to Lake Tahoe. As we have essentially never sa
Attachment of boom to gooseneck faithforster26@msn.com at 8:24am 06.04.13 Catalina 30 2/2047 Hi: We have a 1988 Catalina 30 and want to know how much play there should be between the boom and t
boatUS vs. seatow dlewis812 at 7:23am 06.04.13 Ask All Sailors 20/4928 vegas' recent thread regarding boatUS got me to review what i have. i've always had a seatow member
Advice on lashing jerry cans ondeck robertsapp at 7:02am 06.04.13 Ask All Sailors 19/14641 I can't remember what the name of those boards are that many cruisers fix up between a pair of stanc
moving jib forward sunman at 6:58am 06.04.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/792 I single hand sail my 26D and use a club footed Jib ,car/track arrangment, so far it's pretty fair f
New cockpit cushions for 310 c130king at 5:34am 06.04.13 Catalina 310 4/1837 I found the 2 vendors on this site that sell cockpit cushions. Any feedback from anyone with experi
C-22 Symmetric Spinnaker? halmc at 5:26am 06.04.13 Catalina 22 5/1025 I'm considering a C-22 for use in a lake here in N. Fla where I recently bought a house. I like symm
Be wary of TowBoatUS in Lake St. Clair Vegas at 4:18am 06.04.13 Ask All Sailors 34/10233
240 at low tide Tim Moylan at 3:34am 06.04.13 Smaller Boats 2/982 Another gift from Hurricane Sandy is the addition of two feet of silt/mud which is now covering the
Finally anchorclanker at 2:45am 06.04.13 Ask An Oday Owner 13/1215 After some false starts I was finally able to bring "Just Chillin" home. I had hoped to do this almo
Dockside Etiquete capejt at 12:27am 06.04.13 Ask All Sailors 25/3224 I think I saw a post similar to this about a year or so ago, but now the problem has hit me so I tho
Swing keel jmallard at 9:05pm 06.03.13 Ask An Oday Owner 5/949 I own a 1986 222. I am in the process of refurbishing the hull and I want to remove the swing keel.
"Standard" Rewire but with sizing questions (1) itsjustgher at 8:54pm 06.03.13 Musings With Maine Sail 8/3361 Hello, and let me start by saying what a wonderful and amazing forum this is and the wealth of knowl
Head Repair davensport@sbcglobal.net at 8:38pm 06.03.13 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/2057 I'm surprised at the cost for a new head pump, mount and reinstallation. Have other owners spent mor
Bimini question nestorph at 6:41pm 06.03.13 Ask All Sailors 2/968 I just picked up a bimini from a consignment shop and need some advice about its installation. It's
Heat exchanger question nestorph at 6:36pm 06.03.13 Islander 9/3560 Still trying to figure out all of the operations on my I-30 Bahama. Is there anything I need to do

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Crazy? Mast, rigging for H26 (1) Sethic at 7:06am 02.24.23
Sailing and restoring #9874 Sail22Capri22 at 7:02am 02.24.23 Just wanted to Thank @AaronD for the information you provided on Post #29 back in 2019. I copied you
advice on auto chart plotter Erbardy at 6:59am 02.24.23 I can see how you would think i am trying to acoid navigation. The case is more that I want to fin
Mast stepping a cat22 Sail22Capri22 at 6:55am 02.24.23 I have done it with my Capri 22 but was sketchy. I am tall (6'4") so my height must help and I had t
advice on auto chart plotter rgranger at 6:50am 02.24.23 Navionics Boating USA Inland Lakes app on your smart phone. :plus: I have used Navonics on my iPh
New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat? rgranger at 6:39am 02.24.23 Entropy and Energy. As explained by an Engineer who did his Thesis on this Subject Engineer Jim.
Crazy? Mast, rigging for H26 (4) Sethic at 6:38am 02.24.23
advice on auto chart plotter (1) JBP-PA at 6:10am 02.24.23 From Ashtabula to Sandusky there aren't really any waypoints that would be automatically generated.
advice on auto chart plotter Scott T-Bird at 6:09am 02.24.23 I don't understand your reluctance to enter waypoints. What's up with that? You have a handheld, w
Crazy thought... Orbweaver at 6:08am 02.24.23 Radio, check. I'm doing some research, I'm sure I'll find more safety gear that will need to be adde
26.5 hunter wing keel dimensions CanyonLakeDan at 5:26am 02.24.23
Iron Swing Keel Maintenance: A cautionary tale compassrose11221122 at 5:15am 02.24.23 Great post I never thought of the keel rusting,,and the list of things to do CONTINUES to grow
Crazy thought... Will Gilmore at 5:11am 02.24.23 Sounds like a great trip. Go. A radio would be a great piece of safety equipment. -Will
can you mix winch and winch handle brands? Tally Ho at 4:59am 02.24.23 Be careful Greg... that bad boy might winch the sail up before you see it is caught on the spreader
advice on auto chart plotter dlochner at 4:48am 02.24.23 All of the dedicated chart plotters. I am aware of need to be hard wired to the boat's DC system. A
advice on auto chart plotter Davidasailor26 at 4:27am 02.24.23
Embrace the freeze. (1) All U Get at 3:59am 02.24.23
New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat? jssailem at 11:22pm 02.23.23 Further exploration leads me to finding information on a LEM - Linear Electromagnetic Machine. http
Crazy thought... Alan Gomes at 9:51pm 02.23.23 Well, if you are launching in Montana then that's crazy. If from anywhere in the Los Angeles / Long
New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat? Will Gilmore at 9:04pm 02.23.23 Not really. Your starting temperature (pressure) and the exhaust temperature (pressure) are both m

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