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New Rudder, where to buy? brentjen at 8:26am 01.07.13 Ask An Oday Owner 4/922 Has anyone ordered a new rudder for their boat off of this site? I have talked to Rudy and am incli
Propane Stove issues on 410 freedkj at 7:52am 01.07.13 Big Boats 6/1103 Our 2001 410 has stove/oven issues with the propane. Both tanks are full, however the out put of gas
Retractable Bowsprit Joel H. at 7:07am 01.07.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 10/6331 1978 C27 std. rig. In the interest of flying my Gennaker or even getting a Code Zero furler some day
A Thought for Monday (1) Winkfish at 6:40am 01.07.13 Ask All Sailors 3/1125 Hopefully a pleasant jump-start to the week.
New- Old boat. gnusailor at 6:30am 01.07.13 Ask An Oday Owner 23/3214 I am looking at an old Oday22 to purchase. It has been dry-docked on it's trailer for over 10 year,
Keel fairing Ron-Anne at 5:10am 01.07.13 Mid-Size Boats 2/1631 This spring brings keel repair tasks and I was wondering if anyone has used a sandblaster on the kee
Cruising on SunShine nears 3 years fenixrises at 4:10am 01.07.13 Destinations 4/6087 Hi all, SunShine(11c) and I left Tampa Bay in May of 2010. We went direct to the Panama Canal an
Capri 22 (and other) West Coast Rendezvous (San Juans) (2) sinnettc at 11:26pm 01.06.13 Catalina 22 20/3840 I'm working on putting together the first West Coast Capri 22 (and others) Rendezvous. Here's the p
What is this called and where can I get it? (1) Endurance2010 at 10:20pm 01.06.13 Big Boats 2/1527 Skippers: Attached is a plastic velcro-type device which has lots of little plastic pegs. One i
New Islander 30 Owner--Lines to cockpit nestorph at 7:29pm 01.06.13 Islander 0/3960 I'm shortly taking ownership of an Islander 30 Bahama after Sandy took out my Islander 28. I had th
Water in the cabin, mucho Aqua patman70 at 6:41pm 01.06.13 Ask All Sailors 13/2469 Sailing off San Carlos Mexico in a 78 Cat 30, as I have for several years, a semi rough day 18 knots
Cabin Heater Catalina 310 gsaoulli at 6:00pm 01.06.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/2480 I am interested in installing a Craft auxiliary 28000 BTU hydronic cabin heater. This unit uses engi
Hatch Boards pagas at 5:45pm 01.06.13 Mid-Size Boats 4/2120 Does anyone have the hatch board drawings? 1974 Catalina 27 Thanks
Meet SBO: Karisa (1) Phil Herring at 5:20pm 01.06.13 Ask All Sailors 9/3730 We're going to sneak in a little feature here about the people you're likely to talk to when you cal
MKIII stern rail drazlou at 5:15pm 01.06.13 Catalina 30 2/1247 I have a late model (1994) MKII C30. The port side stern rail was damaged in super storm Sandy. Cata
mayday! need a scrap of dacron! Piotr at 5:09pm 01.06.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/927 I need one or two pieces (scraps) of dacron about 4 inches wide and a foot long. Can anybody help?
2 Stroke Inline Fuel Filter FourPoints at 5:01pm 01.06.13 Ask All Sailors 15/13330 What fuel filter would you suggest for my Tohatsu 8hp 2 Stroke? I am converting away from the 3 gal
Wiring schematics Oceanics 350 Hanskuck at 3:41pm 01.06.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/3188 I am looking for a wiring schematic for our Oceanics 350. Is there a PDF file available to Download?
Cloudy Roger Long at 3:33pm 01.06.13 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 13/5834 It was a dull, flat day, pregnant with unfulfilled rain although I was glad of only a few sprinkling
40.5 Legend Owners Manual aadams1 at 3:02pm 01.06.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1058 Hi - My husband are in the process of closing on a 1993 40.5 Hunter Legend. We're looking for an el

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Charging the House Battery Bank with a Small Outboard Leeward Rail at 11:59am 11.28.22 Some small outboards do not have a rectifier. As a result they output AC, not DC The tohatsu 6 hp
2001 B361 Chain Plate leak GDanko at 11:49am 11.28.22 Ouch! Any background info or forensics on the cause?
Charging the House Battery Bank with a Small Outboard Leeward Rail at 11:48am 11.28.22 I believe the charger on these engines is just a coil and rectifier with little or no voltage regul
2001 B361 Chain Plate leak (2) joker460 at 11:36am 11.28.22 Excellent work documenting the repair; I should be able to do as suggested. The PO of 9 years, nev
Fuel pick location for a Diesel heater Parsons at 11:30am 11.28.22 Before we leave this topic (which I helped divert by the CO comments), I want to thank @mermike for
Clever Boat Names Kingjim91 at 11:11am 11.28.22
hunter 49 washing machine retro fit T J Furstenau at 10:52am 11.28.22 Okay - so if I'm visualizing this correctly - front of washer opens into port aft cabin, but is inst
Two fender covers for 8x20 fenders Roland5048 at 10:38am 11.28.22 For those of us nearing the end of the line, might I suggest a Viking Funeral Rite. Have your body
hunter 49 washing machine retro fit artboas at 10:29am 11.28.22 the Candy machine fitted perfectly and also fitted through the starboard aft cabin without altering
Clever Boat Names Tin Kicker at 10:27am 11.28.22 ... I am a fan of John Denver's music. ... He died when his experimental airplane crashed into t
Clever Boat Names DaveJ at 10:19am 11.28.22 Never Again 11
Warped Rudder sbrogden at 9:54am 11.28.22 The folks at Jamestown said FlexEpox is not good for coating, but is excellent for bonding the wood
2001 B361 Chain Plate leak GDanko at 9:52am 11.28.22 Excellent work documenting the repair; I should be able to do as suggested. The PO of 9 years, neve
2001 B361 Chain Plate leak (4) Hollyberry at 9:24am 11.28.22 I just redid both chainplates on our Bene... not the original fittings but a similar system. ide of
Propeller residue...normal/not normal? fstbttms at 9:23am 11.28.22 No, they're not. The random capitalization of letters not needing capitalization is a pet peeve of
Propeller residue...normal/not normal? justsomeguy at 9:13am 11.28.22 Metals or Names of Elements are Capitalized. No, they're not.
New crew Will Gilmore at 8:59am 11.28.22 She's a sweetheart, if not exactly courageous. She will not go outside when there are chickens in t
Watermaker Rick D at 8:43am 11.28.22 When we are in Ensenada for a month, 105 gallons lasts for three weeks + if we don't shower aboard.
Help, My Boat is Tipping Over! Brian D at 8:40am 11.28.22 Wow... I must reprimand you folks now. Here we have a serious question about his boat listing to por
Help, My Boat is Tipping Over! Will Gilmore at 8:32am 11.28.22 vote for canned drinks hidden under spare bedding inside Port side stowage of main berth. Was the

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