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Stress Cracking Along The Hull Just Below The Waterline and The Rudder Shaft (3) jmcdowel at 8:15am 06.14.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 15/2816 Hi All, Long time listener, first time poster. I'm currently looking at purchasing a 1985 Beneteau F
Vintage Yachts Leopotter at 7:13am 06.14.22 Ask All Sailors 2/372 Does anyone know of a forum for boats from the 1950? I have a 1959 Van Dam Nordia, built as one of n
Got a tan while sailing? (1) Brian D at 8:55pm 06.13.22 Sails Call Lounge 0/508 206220
Catalina 30 with a tangerine orange hull - have you seen it? Gus The Impaler at 6:58pm 06.13.22 Catalina 30 0/406 Hello Catalina Owners. I've never owned a Catalina, but I've spend time sailing on a 30 and a 36 t
Catalina 310 Holding Tank question (1) SwanSong at 2:44pm 06.13.22 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/680 Just purchased our 13th boat, a 2000 model year Cat310, (a Dock Condo for our aging years), after fo
Seven Mile Bridge Marathon Larry Pierce at 12:36pm 06.13.22 Ask All Sailors 7/1050 I have heard conflicting answers to the following question. Can I get my 2006 Hunter 45cc, with in
2 blade max vs 3 blade fixed for control Kingjus at 12:28pm 06.13.22 Engines and Propulsion 6/584 I currently have a 2 blade maxi feathering blade on my 37c the old owner said it was great for racin
Oday 28 Centerboard rigging FireWarrior423 at 11:32am 06.13.22 Bigger Boats 2/675 Two years ago, I picked up a 1982 Oday 28 with a centerboard. I sail in relatively shallow water an
Vision 32 AC/DC panel re-work zephyr070 at 10:16am 06.13.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/571 A series of POs have left the wiring on both the AC and DC sides of my distribution panel a bit a me
Scary thought for all solo sailors! Scott T-Bird at 7:36am 06.13.22 Ask All Sailors 12/1172 https://www.ladbible.com/news/sailor-swims-17km-sharkinfested-waters-in-pitch-black-panama-sea-20220
Hunter legend 37.5 gary keating at 7:31am 06.13.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/399 Looking for an electric diagram for a 1999 37.5 hunter legend Thank you
Mast bend Shaw_2112 at 7:12am 06.13.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/557 I just finished new standing rigging on the mast and the mfr specs for initial tuning on the rigging
COCKPIT LINE HOLDERS NCBrew at 7:04am 06.13.22 Ask All Sailors 22/1823 I HAVE WHITE CIRCULAR LINE HOLDERS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE TO FIND THEM
Hiring a skipper The_Sailing_Pelican at 7:07pm 06.12.22 Ask All Sailors 28/1766 Well, looks like I need to contemplate other options since it seems the average price to move my Pea
35.5 seems to tick the boxes jonas (Sueco) at 6:01pm 06.12.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/331 Having sold all our boats 4-5 years ago, we are getting the itch. Another hole in the water . We liv
Water Line Fitting (1) Tom-in-Annapolis at 3:58pm 06.12.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/640 From my 1986 H34. Is there a common name for this 90 degree fitting? Are they still available. Th
Thru Hull -- do I really need it? ShawnL at 1:27pm 06.12.22 Catalina 22 8/619 I have a '72 Catalina 22 that I've had for just over a year. One of my projects last year before sp
Does your Chart Plotter still work with your preferred Chart supplier? jssailem at 11:21am 06.12.22 Ask All Sailors 8/1519 As the various Chart Plotter manufactures buy up the providers of custom chart systems (i.e Navionic
Yamaha 30 - prop shaft thrust bearing replacement (2) Blue Horizon at 10:04am 06.12.22 Yamaha 8/1955 I seem to have some bearing noise coming from the prop shaft thrust bearing. I'd like to put a new
Forestay transportation (1) Ihtiandr at 7:52am 06.12.22 Sirius 21/22 6/1327 Hello, Everyone! Who has a good idea how to properly secure forestay with furling roller drum? The f

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Catalina 25 - Barrier Coat and Bottom Paint Recommendations rcoleman67 at 2:10pm 08.05.24 Thanks all, really wanting to learn to sail and teach/mentor my four daughters as well. We'll only s
Catalina 25 - Barrier Coat and Bottom Paint Recommendations rcoleman67 at 1:59pm 08.05.24 @jviss - I live in Clinton, MS but will be keeping her on the MS gulf coast. She's in my yard curren
Invest 97L capta at 1:53pm 08.05.24 It is all Big Dog's fault. That HIGH is not moving fast enough. Dammit Jim... Before weather sat
Rudder Removal Cruising Spirit at 1:43pm 08.05.24 That was an excellent reply by Geoff. I would add you contemplate replacing the nylon bearings whic
Looking for Solar Panel Battery Charging Kits (1) Tally Ho at 1:41pm 08.05.24 Thank you, Greg and everyone else for your responses. I'm not sure what my daily usage is. I am no
Topside Teak Trim (1) Ralph Johnstone at 1:09pm 08.05.24 Did this epoxy have UV inhibitors? No such thing as UV inhibitors with epoxy. They rely on sever
Looking for Solar Panel Battery Charging Kits BarryL at 12:57pm 08.05.24 Hello, If you want something simple go here https://defender.com/en_us/go-power-80w-eco-series-sola
1980 H33 Yanmar 2QM15 Alternator Anomaly Ralph Johnstone at 12:20pm 08.05.24 With you above V readings, they still don't really tell of anything too, too, unusual. What would b
Looking for Solar Panel Battery Charging Kits JoeWhite at 11:23am 08.05.24 Do you have a battery monitor? If not install one. It will answer your questions on usage and you wi
2006 Hunter 41DS House Bank Charging off alternator SEMPERAVANTI41 at 11:01am 08.05.24 Did the combiner allow for charging of the house batteries from the alternator? Or just allow hous
Looking for Solar Panel Battery Charging Kits anelso29 at 10:33am 08.05.24 We will need a little more info to help size the panels correctly... Namely, what size are the bat
1980 H33 Yanmar 2QM15 Alternator Anomaly (1) dmmlyons at 10:16am 08.05.24 So near yet so far. Without knowing the voltage of the batteries which would give you a wild guess
1980 H33 Yanmar 2QM15 Alternator Anomaly dmmlyons at 10:04am 08.05.24 What kind of batteries The batteries are two Duralast 24MD-DL, 685 MCA, reserve capacity 140, bot
The fog of shore kappykaplan at 9:16am 08.05.24 A short handed crew can easily meet this requirement by upgrading to a VHF that has a foghorn funct
The fog of shore Captain Larry-DH at 9:13am 08.05.24
The fog of shore dLj at 8:37am 08.05.24 Give us fog tips and tell your best harrowing fog stories. Fog tips: Have, understand, practice, a
The fog of shore kloudie1 at 8:25am 08.05.24 Not a lot of fog experience here but I have stuck to that old adage to not use markers/beacons for w
The fog of shore American_Mainsail at 8:23am 08.05.24 Practice with your radar before you have to use it "for real" in the fog. Learn how far away boats n
sadly disappointed in Weems and Plath . . Justin_NSA at 8:22am 08.05.24 "life time guaranteed" is a vague concept unless it is spelled out in the product info. To satisfy t
Useful Technology Ideas (2) Tally Ho at 7:58am 08.05.24

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