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Simple Cruisers from Maine Roger Long at 1:45pm 12.24.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 3/2268 I left in the dark this morning in hopes to make Beaufort before the rain. Travel on the waterway i
Season's Greetings! Jim Legere at 11:56am 12.24.12 The Cherubini Hunters 5/1581 Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays to the best bunch of sailors on the internet! Peace and best wishes
'95 H26, Anyone installed shore power and Air Cond +? abk at 11:02am 12.24.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2065 '95 H26, Anyone installed shore power and Air Cond. Photos, plans, etc, thoughts, TY
O'Day Sailboats Trinkka at 10:45am 12.24.12 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1325 I joined an O'Day Blog a while back on facebook and uploaded a lot of my pics and info to it under t
2004 H33 Teak maintenance products meb135 at 10:30am 12.24.12 Mid-Size Boats 2/1246 Just purchased a 2004 H33 and looking for some more detailed information on the products used to mai
San juan island cruising pjclmft at 9:14am 12.24.12 Catalina 22 25/9813 This June I want to cruise the San Juan's from Anacortes in my c22. I have navionics on my phone an
ST4000 Help Deliquescent at 8:06am 12.24.12 Catalina 30 10/2439 Towards the end of the season my ST4000 Auothelm became unusable. When I turned it on and engaged it
Generator experience with NextGen 5.5 smokey73 at 7:50am 12.24.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1600 Does anyone have any experience with a NextGen 5.5 KW generator? Things like reliability, longevity
Need Boom for 1988 O'Day 272LE Terry Lee Sjoberg at 7:08am 12.24.12 Ask An Oday Owner 5/2349 Does anybody have a boom they can spare for a 1988 O'day 272LE? I switched to a loose footed sail re
Wheel pedestal table N28678 at 2:00am 12.24.12 Catalina 30 10/5492 Who sells the wheel pedestal cockpit table? Also, is worth getting or more of a hassle?
updating a pearson 303 onthefly1 at 12:34am 12.24.12 Pearson 17/13311 I purchased a Pearson 303 last fall for a great price and wanting to do some updating to it and was
15 C-22's Signed up for HAVASU! (3) CaptDon01 at 10:11pm 12.23.12 Catalina 22 2/877 WOW, :eek: and our numbers keep growing! This is fantastic news, with C-22's coming from not only th
Blue Sea Fuse blocks katana750 at 9:09pm 12.23.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 16/8927 Hi again I am still working on my electrical order list. I have another question that I can't seem
OMC saildrive questions Chris Patterson at 7:27pm 12.23.12 Ask All Sailors 11/6478 To start with, what a crazy idea for a sailing boat. However, I've gotta work on one of these things
Small Craft Advisor article BrokeNotBroken at 6:39pm 12.23.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/2661 I had my article, "The Truth" published in the Jan/Feb issue of Small Craft Advisor which is availab
Hummingbird HR650 Display Mount? (1) Beartrap at 6:33pm 12.23.12 Ask An Oday Owner 10/2630 Does anyone have advice where and how to mount the display for a hummingbird HR650 depth sounder on
Boom related rigging William John at 5:57pm 12.23.12 Ask An Oday Owner 8/1600 Re: O'day 25: I think the boom lift is supppose to be shackled to the boom by design (ie, fixed), an
Portland to San Juan Islands DannyO at 5:37pm 12.23.12 Ask An Oday Owner 1/3542 Hi everyone, I have an O-25 CB and was thinking about sailing it from Portland, OR to San Juan I
Portland to San Juan Islands DannyO at 5:36pm 12.23.12 Day Sailers 1/858 Hi everyone, I have an O-25 CB and was thinking about sailing it from Portland, OR to San Juan I
Im new to the catalina world pjclmft at 4:06pm 12.23.12 Smaller Boats 0/1297 Should I venture out into the San Juan islands with my c 22. I have navionics on my iPhone and 5 sum

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Grounding two isolated battery banks jssailem at 8:54am 06.12.22 If I understand, the positive lead from the LFP bank could (through the House and Start switch) be d
Spinnaker use "cruising style" dlochner at 8:50am 06.12.22
Roller furling issue (2) jssailem at 8:42am 06.12.22 Using @danooxnard 's brand information. This would be the part listing for the SnapFurl CF700. "Top
Forestay transportation jssailem at 8:23am 06.12.22 That does not look good.:yikes: I would add an extention brace to the mast (like a sprit)... A 2x4
Roller furling issue danooxnard at 8:23am 06.12.22 I have the same furler on my Cat-22 it is made by shaefer and is a c 500 or c700. It looks like th
Spinnaker use "cruising style" Tally Ho at 8:21am 06.12.22 Use it in light breezes. You get wind above 8 knots and you may find the boat over powered. This co
Spinnaker use "cruising style" jssailem at 8:17am 06.12.22 Use it in light breezes. You get wind above 8 knots and you may find the boat over powered. This c
Spinnaker use "cruising style" ricksoth at 8:12am 06.12.22 Yes mine is old-school. Eventually moving to an asymmetrical that can have the tack at bow looks be
Spinnaker use "cruising style" cb32863 at 7:53am 06.12.22 Rick's sail looks like a symmetrical spinnaker, not an asymmetrical spinnaker like Greg and John ha
Roller furling issue Hollyberry at 7:53am 06.12.22 The broken bit looks like a plastic foil with the slot for a rope luff.. I sure hope there was a for
Roller furling issue jssailem at 7:22am 06.12.22 As Dave has shared, it is not clear which furler you have or if it was properly installed. WHAT IS
Stray Current Corrosion Problem JamesG161 at 7:20am 06.12.22 Thanks Jim, will give you a call. A few thoughts and questions... 1) Did you do a base line AgCl
New jib sail ? sail sfbay at 7:18am 06.12.22 Agree......depends on your sailing conditions. Stock sail is a 133.43 sq ft SailboatData.com - HUNTE
Kick up rudder and Bow eye repairs. JBP-PA at 7:13am 06.12.22 I would sand a taper up a couple inches on the side toward your tape. Add at least a couple layers
Stray Current Corrosion Problem fstbttms at 6:22am 06.12.22 Zinc, collar on shaft. You aren't using zinc anodes in freshwater when you're there, are you?
Paper Charts dlochner at 6:09am 06.12.22
Paper Charts Crusty Ol Salt at 5:39am 06.12.22 Here is a link to the NOAA site. The first item on the site is this statement. https://www.nautical
Trying to find source of leak in 23.5 waterman30 at 5:27am 06.12.22 Will do. I noticed that hole was kind of squishy when I was repairing the locker lid.
Spinnaker use "cruising style" dlochner at 4:45am 06.12.22 Rick's sail looks like a symmetrical spinnaker, not an asymmetrical spinnaker like Greg and John hav
Stray Current Corrosion Problem jaysweet at 4:05am 06.12.22 Jay, What manufacturer and size (watts) isolation transformer do you have on board? Surpr

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