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Bow rail Slogfish at 4:51pm 03.07.13 Parts Search 1/1505 Hello, Im glad to have found this site. It already feels good to be in company of so many fellow ski
Ac/dc distribution panal Milwaukee Protocol at 3:28pm 03.07.13 Catalina 30 14/4039 Just acquired out first sailboat (1981 Catlaina 30 tall rig) and need to update our ac/dc distributi
h33 bowsprit Juice6576 at 3:01pm 03.07.13 Mid-Size Boats 4/1895 I am buying a cruising spinnaker for my 2011 H33. Asock is running about $375, and a spinnaker furle
Key Buoy merlinuxo at 3:00pm 03.07.13 Ask All Sailors 7/1738 http://shop.sailboatowners.com/prod.php?9183 Saw one of these at a local retail and thought it was a
Anchor light rbelding at 2:41pm 03.07.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/2534 I have a Beneteau 37, year 2008, and I want to change the mast head light (anchor light) to and LED.
mainsheet winch jluke at 2:38pm 03.07.13 Mid-Size Boats 6/2013 My 79 Hunter 30 does not have a winch for the mainsheet on the mast, which is inconvenient. I am goi
Best Sailing Reads Capt Strapfoots at 2:28pm 03.07.13 Ask All Sailors 22/3278 Hey Just finished Breaking Sea's it was amazing...Anyone else have any good sailing books to recomme
Does an obsolete inboard scare you into selling your boat? Bigjer40 at 1:13pm 03.07.13 Ask All Sailors 37/4760 So I was told the Westerbeke on my boat is not rebuildable and to repower would require significant
Is my hull solid fiberglass or have core material? Bigjer40 at 12:11pm 03.07.13 The Cherubini Hunters 8/3524 So I am hauling my 84 H27 for bottom job. I have speed and depth thru hull transducers installed in
centerboard cable jim leigh at 11:28am 03.07.13 Ericson 2/3988 what is used to attach lifting keel to hull on my ericson 25. mine broke off and have no idea how t
batteries redhead78 at 11:16am 03.07.13 Ask All Sailors 13/2164 Hi all, I am lookin at getting 2 new house batteries, I have a starting batt, which group should I u
Twins Recreation in Pulaski NY? JohnS at 11:08am 03.07.13 Ask All Sailors 6/1436 Anyone have experience with them, good or bad? I purchased something from their website a few da
cockpit cushions Peter M at 10:44am 03.07.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1467 I want to purchase cockpit cushions for my 2005 Beneteau 373. I see ads for closed cell and Bottomsl
mounting to the inside hull liner joshc at 9:18am 03.07.13 Catalina 22 3/1273 Quick question on mounting to the inside of a Catalina 22.... I am mounting a few items to the insid
Handheld Wind Indicators? RonRock at 8:38am 03.07.13 Ask All Sailors 14/3256 I am sure this has been beaten to death, so I start by begging forgiveness for the question. I would
Quick release pins Harleyreef at 8:24am 03.07.13 Catalina 22 17/6142 Hi all, I was wondering if anyone uses quick release pins on the forward lines to make raising and l
Rudder Bearing Epoxy Repair Kit Piratenorm at 6:32am 03.07.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1172 Has anyone tried this new Rudder Bearing Epoxy repair kit Catalina Direct is marketing to tighten up
320/326 Owners Batteries/ Solor what's your setup kjretlaw at 5:25am 03.07.13 Mid-Size Boats 13/2567 I purchased my 326 #339 last year and besides enjoying sailing it in Charleston Harbor and short tri
Innovative solution to bugs in cockpit on H42 (2) eianm at 11:15pm 03.06.13 Big Boats 5/1586 My wife came up with a really very clever and very cost effective solution to the annoying problem o
1991 H42 water leak into front cabin cupboard (2) eianm at 11:04pm 03.06.13 Big Boats 7/1746 Spent a few days on our boat after a terribly wet period and found an unwelcome problem- water leak!

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Force 10 cabin heater Hollyberry at 8:58am 04.06.23 Huh... at first I didn't realize your photos were sideways and thought someone had installed the hea
Yanmar 1gm questions Alan Gomes at 8:52am 04.06.23 Here is the print on how it works..Note that the tachometer instrument itself is notoriously inaccu
Potential first boat for me? brockangelo at 8:41am 04.06.23 7. Another thing that you don't always think about when sailing is the axle bearings. Check those an
Potential first boat for me? Chase Hartzell at 8:36am 04.06.23 I actually live in Idaho (where that boat appears to be registered). There isn't too much that stan
Potential first boat for me? brockangelo at 8:36am 04.06.23 6. Get telltales for your sails and learn how to read them. They are the little red and green string
Potential first boat for me? brockangelo at 8:31am 04.06.23 I don't see any red flags from the pictures you've posted. It looks pretty darn identical to my boat
buzzer alarm upgrade dmax at 8:27am 04.06.23 Here's what I used when I re-did my instrument panel, a bit shy of $300.00: Cole Hersee Dual Alarm C
Potential first boat for me? (6) pinchecharlie at 8:10am 04.06.23 A few more pictures
Troubleshooting wind display Captain Larry-DH at 7:52am 04.06.23 I had this exact issue once - I don't remember what resolved it, but the issue was a button setting
Yanmar 1gm questions (1) kloudie1 at 7:50am 04.06.23 Here is the print on how it works..Note that the tachometer instrument itself is notoriously inaccur
Troubleshooting wind display Scott T-Bird at 7:37am 04.06.23 I can't help you, all I can do is commiserate ... My i60 doesn't function properly, either, and I ca
Maxwell 24 Winch handle (3) jssailem at 7:34am 04.06.23 I have Lewmar winches, and the Lewmar locking handle... Looking at the Maxwell Winches on ebay, ea
Lee cloths PaulK at 7:34am 04.06.23 Unless it was really taut, webbing or netting might tend to stretch too much and make the sleeper fe
Life lines questions fred1diver at 7:19am 04.06.23 Ok, thank you all for the great replies, I will leave it alone then
Life lines questions Hollyberry at 7:17am 04.06.23 If you wanted to add a second you could run a light line and simply put a tight clove hitch around e
New furling genoa for a 76 30ft Catalina Hollyberry at 7:13am 04.06.23 A photo would be helpful.. assuming you're discussing a 'baby stay' just forward of the mast.. the a
Removing Dyneema Core Project_Mayhem at 6:42am 04.06.23 I can't visualize using a fid to do that job. I would think a pair of needle nose pliers and an aw
buzzer alarm upgrade jssailem at 6:40am 04.06.23 300 bucks :wow3: I can not imagine an alarm cost of that much. I looked CD online and saw a small
Tachometer needle broken - help smokey73 at 4:56am 04.06.23 @Rich Stidger and @Ralph Johnstone - Thanks. So you are saying that for a Yanmar 4JH2E the tach sen
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't kappykaplan at 2:29am 04.06.23 She looks great, John! My boat splashes tomorrow.

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