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Open CPN charts Captainron1 at 7:01pm 05.22.13 Ask An Oday Owner 5/4696 Hello everyone. I wonder if anyone can steer me in the right direction to find maps for the OpenCPN
Best Way to Remove Hull ID Stickers foursail22701 at 6:59pm 05.22.13 Ask All Sailors 9/1902 Hi. We need to remove the old identification stickers from both sides of the bow and put on new one
A few additions (2) agprice22 at 6:55pm 05.22.13 Catalina 22 2/1068 Here are a few additions I did today: outhaul led aft, downhaul led aft, halyard led aft, cunningham
Mainsail battens w/main furling in mast Captpete12 at 5:10pm 05.22.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1465 I just purchased a Beneteau 40 (2008) and on its maiden "voyage" we had a problem with the main bind
Removing ancient OB head seacock IH82BL8 at 4:47pm 05.22.13 Ask All Sailors 5/1198 I mentioned previously that I've reconfigured the head to omit the dump-overboard option. Now that
best and easiest tape residue removal gutsgolf at 4:22pm 05.22.13 Ask All Sailors 13/2062 P O left masking tape when he tried to tune up stripes on cabin. have beige tape residue all over t
Mainsheet Articles Needed bobjames at 3:05pm 05.22.13 Catalina 310 0/733 Hi Captains and Admirals: You probably just received the summer 2013 issue of Mainsheet Magazine
changing rigging below triangle of Oday 23 Herco Dunlop at 2:17pm 05.22.13 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1274 Is it a design defect: I was sailing last week when I heard a loud boom and the majority of the thre
H456 Aft Cabin LEAK?? (2) undrwtrfun at 2:08pm 05.22.13 Big Boats 1/1198 Looking for anyone who may have experienced similar leaks in aft cabin of H456 and/or recommendation
anchor swivels redhead78 at 1:55pm 05.22.13 Ask All Sailors 14/5033 Hi all, I ended up getting a lewmar delta 35lb galv anchor, after all your input I think this will w
Remove 5200 Geoff K at 1:37pm 05.22.13 Musings With Maine Sail 9/8676 Several years ago there was a lot of advertising about a new solvent to remove 5200 adhesive without
rudder repair bill beyler at 1:22pm 05.22.13 Smaller Boats 5/1604 My rudder tipped over in storage and a piece on the back edge broke off. Its in an area that had a c
Irwin 27 (1970 model) drop keel marc9889 at 1:18pm 05.22.13 Irwin 2/8344 All, This is my first sailboat, which means that if you are reading this, you know more about it tha
USCG Nav Light Alert Mikem at 12:56pm 05.22.13 HAPS (Hunter Assoc. of Puget Sound) 13/8687 I forward this alert from the USCG United States Coast Guard Inspections and Compliance Directorat
Here's one for Maine Sail Through VS In Hull Transducers caguy at 12:44pm 05.22.13 Musings With Maine Sail 4/2729 I have Googled and searched the internet for some empirical information on how much is lost with an
Rigging question flyingiles at 11:27am 05.22.13 Ask All Sailors 5/1126 Hi all, New to this forum but have a question about rigging. I bought and restored a 39ft one desig
25" shaft, is it possible Mar se at 10:57am 05.22.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1009 I have a 1972 Catalina 27 that I bought from a man who owned it for 30 years. The outboard on it run
oday 19'ers in SE WI? avenger79 at 10:51am 05.22.13 Ask An Oday Owner 9/1985 Are there any O'day 19 or similar owners in southeast WI who may be willing to show me how their boa
Looking for Peggie Hall melssca at 10:05am 05.22.13 Sails Call Lounge 1/3285 Can anyone tell me how to get a hold of Peggie Hall. She was one of the experts on this page and SS
Transducer Fun - How would you handle this ? (5) SailMaster at 9:11am 05.22.13 Ask All Sailors 13/1895 Hi guys, We are continuing our refit of Thalassa. She is a 1973 Nordcantieri Koala 38. I know you

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Need help translating Hull Identification Number on Coronado 15 Crazy Dave Condon at 5:14am 05.14.23 Who knows. Catalina use to do that too. At least you found the number
Advice for a Solo Sailor? sailme88 at 5:13am 05.14.23 I start hoisting on the winch fast speed low torque. As the main nears the mast head the drill is r
Anchor chain corrosion - cause for concern? jviss at 5:13am 05.14.23 Defender's "free shipping" isn't always free. Larger heavier items, like chain, will ship motor fre
Anchor chain corrosion - cause for concern? dlochner at 5:05am 05.14.23 New 5/16" G4 is around $4.27 per pound at Defender with free shipping. 5/16" G4 is 1.1 lb. per foot
Stanchion bases Seahawk345 at 4:39am 05.14.23 Thank you very much Dave. I've tried contacting Hunter-Marlow directly several times but so far no r
Anchor chain corrosion - cause for concern? jviss at 4:30am 05.14.23 Not in a long time, but there was a thread on here not overly long ago and someone had pointed to c
Anchor chain corrosion - cause for concern? dLj at 4:20am 05.14.23 Has anyone had chain regalvanized? What did it cost? Thanks. Not in a long time, but there was a
Hunter 28.5 Trailer Specs Crazy Dave Condon at 4:19am 05.14.23 What hull detail is needed
Anchor chain corrosion - cause for concern? jviss at 4:15am 05.14.23 I have a vague recollection of looking into re-galvanizing my anchor chain and concluding it would b
Yanmar 2YM15 Tachyometer Failed Davidasailor26 at 2:19am 05.14.23
Yanmar 2YM15 Tachyometer Failed Ralph Johnstone at 10:08pm 05.13.23 I have a Yanmar 2YM15 and the tachyometer failed just after the warranty expired. What is the mak
How to Reduce Mobile Data Usage Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 9:21pm 05.13.23 I'm amazed by how much I didn't know about WhatsApp! Thanks for the education! I did know that it's
KM4A transmission on yanmar 80hp Ralph Johnstone at 9:06pm 05.13.23 I need to figure out and attach it to the heat exchange from the new engine. That's a tough call.
KM4A transmission on yanmar 80hp hunter bum at 8:19pm 05.13.23 Thanks, I spoke with the dealer and I found out the transmission was from the previews used engine s
How to Reduce Mobile Data Usage Leeward Rail at 7:28pm 05.13.23 without the need for any expensive "international pass" from your carrier. That's one reason why y
Anchor chain corrosion - cause for concern? dlochner at 7:15pm 05.13.23 opps :facepalm: The link diameter has a 125% over design factor. So depending of the link Size, yo
Another Lithium conversion ... Hunter 49 Schematic Georgedoyle at 5:31pm 05.13.23 We are in the middle of tracing out our wiring for the same purpose. We're looking to set up a plan
How to Reduce Mobile Data Usage Captain Larry-DH at 5:17pm 05.13.23 The only downside might be that both parties have to be WhatsApp subscribers, which is not a big de
How to Reduce Mobile Data Usage Captain Larry-DH at 4:59pm 05.13.23
Hunter 28.5 Trailer Specs Rich McD at 4:45pm 05.13.23 Thanks Dave. I spoke to Adam at MT. It was a dead end but a great tip. He was really responsive. I s

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