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Cruising on SunShine nears 3 years fenixrises at 4:10am 01.07.13 Destinations 4/6175 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 20/3961 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 2/1560 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 0/4021 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 13/2591 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 2/2625 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 4/2184 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 9/3852 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 2/1300 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 4/973 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 15/14035 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 7/3397 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 13/5975 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 2/1084 Hi - My husband are in the process of closing on a 1993 40.5 Hunter Legend. We're looking for an el
replace hatch arms bugsboat at 2:06pm 01.06.13 Big Boats 3/1445 Hi everyone! Happy New Year. I am trying to replace the arms for our 1995 Hunter 37.5 opening hatc
42 Passage main water tank replacement The Artful Dodger II at 1:17pm 01.06.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1023 I am interested in speaking with anyone who might have had anything to do with repairing or replacin
76Reinell interior retrofit sailingonu at 12:02pm 01.06.13 Ask All Sailors 2/1504 I have a 1976 Reinell 2210! Anyone out there have one of these boats? I have taken the old carpet of
Raw water mixing elbow blocked mikewhite7314 at 9:54am 01.06.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/6005 I have a yanmar 3gm 30f engine and the raw water system is blocked. I was getting water through to t
Butyl tape question serenisea at 9:47am 01.06.13 Musings With Maine Sail 3/7458 I have a stubborn hatch that continues to leak even though I re-bedded it twice (with Life Caulk).
Main sail only actnuts at 8:06am 01.06.13 Day Sailers 5/2707 My jib is removed for stitching so...... Anyone sail with just the main? 10-15 knot winds, 2-3 foo

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Cleats?????? pclarksurf at 10:17am 03.11.23 I notice that you have no safety lines on your boat. Do you sail in a lake? The previous owne
My Malware protection is blocking SBO Davidasailor26 at 9:34am 03.11.23 I have to take exception to this. Nothing between the sender and receiver should have the capabilit
My Malware protection is blocking SBO Dave at 9:33am 03.11.23 For the geeks among us, the SSL (now deprecated, now a TSL) is a 10 step process that verifies the s
Galley fiddle touch up jssailem at 9:33am 03.11.23
Reinstalling Catalina 30 windows RitSim at 9:16am 03.11.23 Try lubricating the gaskets with soapy water
My Malware protection is blocking SBO Brian D at 9:10am 03.11.23 What you're seeing isn't the SBO cert at all. Sounds like you have AVG antivirus on your computer
Anchors HomeyD at 8:41am 03.11.23 Thanks for the pump tip. Sounds like the ideal since it is sel priming. I suspect because it is a di
Dyneema for Boom Topping Lift, Thoughts? ShawnL at 8:40am 03.11.23 I have the CD topping lift on my '72 Catalina 22. The PO installed it -- vinyl cable attached to t
Dyneema for Boom Topping Lift, Thoughts? Ralph Johnstone at 8:29am 03.11.23 But I was wonder what people thought if I made the topping lift myself using Dyneema. Where do th
Dyneema for Boom Topping Lift, Thoughts? Terry Cox at 7:50am 03.11.23 Perfectly happy with our 1991 double braid rope topping lift. Plenty strong, no/low stretch, cost ef
Dyneema for Boom Topping Lift, Thoughts? AaronD at 7:48am 03.11.23 I used tiny Dyneema "Lash-It" cord (1.75mm) on our C-22 - design similar to the CD kit and to Stingy
Anchors Davidasailor26 at 7:45am 03.11.23 Having spent a significant amount of time last weekend flushing mud out of my anchor locker that was
Anchors dlochner at 7:42am 03.11.23 Good Point. Hows this wash down pump work? It is simply a water pump that takes sea water pumps i
Anchors HomeyD at 7:38am 03.11.23 Good Point. Hows this wash down pump work?
Check valve in head plumbing? dlochner at 7:25am 03.11.23 And after looking at your photo I'm VERY glad to know you're replacing all the hoses! You WLL be us
Galley fiddle touch up (1) hvac&r tech at 7:18am 03.11.23
Check valve in head plumbing? kloudie1 at 7:13am 03.11.23 That check in the middle of the picture (with arrow pointing right) looks to be in a small diameter
Check valve in head plumbing? RoyS at 6:49am 03.11.23 I think the check valve he is referring to is the joker.
Dyneema for Boom Topping Lift, Thoughts? stickinthemud57 at 6:42am 03.11.23 Dyneema is overkill for a topping lift, IMO. My topping lift is permanently attached at the top of
My Malware protection is blocking SBO Davidasailor26 at 6:39am 03.11.23 After a series of late (for me) night emails and texts the issue was resolved. Darn certificates a

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