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Salish Sea... Anchoring ideas jssailem at 9:35am 03.03.23 Pacific North West Cruisers 7/2266 Found this SV Panope video from a 2022 cruise by the Steve - Anchoring Wizard of Port Townsend. Th
Hunter 240 cover Woodyvv at 8:42am 03.03.23 Smaller Boats 7/1498 Does anyone have a source and/or plan for a fairly easy to remove cover for a Hunter 240? My vessel
BOGO FREE on Select EVO and Ocean Series Winches ...3TacksontheWater at 6:40am 03.03.23 Catalina 22 1/810 West Marine's BOGO winch sale just dropped yesterday. I confess that based on the pictures, I do pre
POSITION DU COMPAS FLUXGATE SUR H 33 michel06440 at 3:06am 03.03.23 Mid-Size Boats 18/2168
I just completed full refit of my 41S5 georgetheleo at 4:40pm 03.02.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1266 Dear Sailing Group It took 2 years part time . Every possible known weakness was address. Direct
Coolant reservoir possibly clogged (2) buddybear at 12:29pm 03.02.23 Catalina 310 7/1575 This is a Universal 25XPB engine. Had a problem with the overflow tank not working properly. The coo
Danfort Corsair compass bulb replacing (3) herrern52 at 9:32am 03.02.23 Ask All Sailors 12/2186 Good evening. Can anybody explain me how to replace the bulb of my compass? I attach some images of
Masthead sheaves and axle specs Kilo72 at 4:09pm 03.01.23 S2 0/854 I will go up mast for wind transducer install and maintenance, inspection... I'd prefer to have pa
Synthetic standing rigging for a mac 25 whudatt at 2:13pm 03.01.23 Ask A Macgregor Owner 26/4365 Hello, if any of you fellow mac owners have any experience with changing out their stainless standin
Window replacement Lizzies Teau at 12:49pm 03.01.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1816
Insurance Claim Georgedoyle at 9:39pm 02.28.23 Ask All Sailors 5/1378 My boat was damaged recently by a boat that broke free from its mooring. There is extensive gel coat
Another Winter Movie... '94-'95 BOC Challenge, Singlehanded Round the World. Leeward Rail at 3:37pm 02.28.23 Sails Call Lounge 9/1464 BOC Challenge : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
US Sailing re-do for 2024 Olympics PaulK at 2:42pm 02.28.23 Racing 3/1260 Seems that with one year to go, US Sailing is reorganizing the US Olympic effort. Paul Cayard and o
Airmar DST 800 vs DST 810 Cederholm at 12:50pm 02.28.23 Ask All Sailors 3/4971 As mentioned in another post I'm assembling all new instruments for my Catalina 30. A B'G Vulcan 9 w
Hunter 42 change to LPG Nauti Laopo at 12:31pm 02.28.23 Ask All Sailors 2/618 Id like to swap out my CNG force10 Oven/stove to a LPG unit. where are Passage owners keeping there
Hunter 31-2 Mainsheet Routing StephenD at 10:33am 02.28.23 Mid-Size Boats 7/2081 I bought a hunter 31, and I thought the mainsheet was supposed to be double ended and controllable f
Boat hook All U Get at 10:20am 02.28.23 Ask All Sailors 25/2479
Cat-30 Stanchion Repair fhujber at 8:29am 02.28.23 Catalina 30 8/2951 There is severe cracking on my 1988 Catalina 30 around the mid-ship stanchion, starboard side. I'm a
Dyneema terminators Nunami at 7:22pm 02.27.23 Ask All Sailors 4/584 I'm looking for some ideas to replace part of my standing rigging with dyneema. The mast connection
Advice on choosing keel lifting rope (3) CaseyJohn2001 at 4:47pm 02.27.23 Ask All Sailors 7/1445 I have a merit 22 that has a liftable 600 pound lead keel. The current rope used to lift the keel is

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Chartplotter navigation software for Raymarine Blitz at 9:28pm 07.05.25 The software is on a "micro sd" card and about halfway through my subscription I have "lost" my sd
Fill your water tanks easily artboas at 9:28pm 07.05.25
1977 Macgregor Venture 25 - Is there a bilge pump from factory? TakeItEasy25 at 7:34pm 07.05.25 Congratulations, I think. If it wouldn't be too rude, I'd like to re-phrase your Question. Are you
Chartplotter navigation software for Raymarine Davidasailor26 at 7:32pm 07.05.25
Solar controller overcharging batteries marcham at 7:23pm 07.05.25 Canbus is definitely not necessary for a safe and efficient control and monitoring of LFP batterie
1977 Macgregor Venture 25 - Is there a bilge pump from factory? shemandr at 6:59pm 07.05.25 Congratulations, I think. If it wouldn't be too rude, I'd like to re-phrase your Question. Are you
Water under engine while motoring -- shaft seal leak? [Photos attached] testingthewaters91 at 6:56pm 07.05.25
Water under engine while motoring -- shaft seal leak? [Photos attached] testingthewaters91 at 6:40pm 07.05.25
Water under engine while motoring -- shaft seal leak? [Photos attached] Davidasailor26 at 5:54pm 07.05.25
Water under engine while motoring -- shaft seal leak? [Photos attached] dlochner at 5:52pm 07.05.25 The shaft seal is a PSS Shaftseal In normal use it should not drip. It may not be installed correct
Water under engine while motoring -- shaft seal leak? [Photos attached] (3) sailcapt340 at 5:49pm 07.05.25 Where does the hose in your photo that is attached to the seal end? Is the end higher than the moto
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. (3) testingthewaters91 at 5:45pm 07.05.25 My boat is finally out of his yard and I'm trying to get it to a DIY yard to employ the wonderful ad
Water under engine while motoring -- shaft seal leak? [Photos attached] garymalmgren at 5:34pm 07.05.25 RE, 1. Can anyone confirm what type of seal this is in my photos? Stuffing box or dripless? This is
Chartplotter navigation software for Raymarine Rjm st.petersburg at 4:32pm 07.05.25 https://www.raymarine.com/en-us/learning/online-guides/real-time-route-sharing-with-the-orca-navigat
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Release outhaul when not using boat? Joe at 4:25pm 07.05.25 Its loose footed and takes quite a bit of force on the outhaul to get the foot reasonably flat.
Wheel Bearings for original trailers? Rick Webb at 4:22pm 07.05.25 That is correct. I apologize if any part of my comment was taken to suggest otherwise. Add the bea
Sailing LI (Huntington) to Catskill. NEED ADVICE! Zero experience. Captain Larry-DH at 4:20pm 07.05.25 We found a dock for the night in Yonkers great place!! Glad to hear it. If you get an early star
Wheel Bearings for original trailers? Joe at 4:07pm 07.05.25 You cannot load up grease in your bearing using bearing buddies. Hand packing bearing is an easy p
Chartplotter navigation software for Raymarine smokey73 at 3:52pm 07.05.25 Looks like ORCA is designed to work on tablets, phones, etc and not as nav software loaded onto a ch

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