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There will be a Pause in Our Programming Roger Long at 10:10am 11.13.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 13/6302 I spent a couple nights in a slip last spring at the Hampton Public Piers which I found to be the go
Tarps and rope hitches (12) Trinkka at 9:27am 11.13.12 Trailer Sailors 10/4028
1980 S2 8.0B new owner, please help! timtim at 8:04am 11.13.12 S2 5/2591 New to Sailboats, just purchased S2. saildrive needs repair or suggestions on doing away with it. Sa
standing water soldier1964 at 7:55am 11.13.12 Ask All Sailors 3/5027 I have a Helms25 with two drains in the cockpit but there always seems to be more water standing in
chain stopper disaster (1) med2463 at 7:50am 11.13.12 Ask All Sailors 20/4255 We have a Lewmar chain stopper, the $150 version, on our foredeck that locks sometimes when the cha
Paint Advise For Cockpit Floor (1) Britmick at 7:27am 11.13.12 Ask All Sailors 4/1586 I have a Hunter 23.5 ' the cockpit floor gets dirty ' messy looking very easy! As almost everything
Spare parts fro Bahamas trip simpsonc at 6:42am 11.13.12 Big Boats 4/2169 I am relatively new to a 2005 Hunter 41 AC. We are planning to take her to the Bahamas in January,
Shroud tensions for 21.7 pb1 at 5:50am 11.13.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/3943 Can anyone tell me what the correct shroud tensions should be on the B 21.7. I seem to get differen
Fiberglass hatch flanges are broken (1) paddy4699 at 5:28am 11.13.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1157 1986 C22 purchased this last July and now we are working on obvious needed repairs. Our biggest con
fuel tank gasket leak MORNING LIGHT at 3:44am 11.13.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1396 Hi since i've changed the the fuel tank sensor, it has been leakin ever since when i fill it up ev
Dinghy in the anchorage Sailm8 at 2:57am 11.13.12 Ask All Sailors 17/2867 Just returned from 3 or 4 nights out. While enjoying sundown I noticed several dinghies motoring ar
New running rigging EdWard3 at 9:22pm 11.12.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1224 Welcome everyone. I am a new owner of a 1980 Hunter 30 Cherubini. I'm excited to post my first of
Synthetic Oil in Marine Diesels? Stretch at 8:29pm 11.12.12 Engines and Propulsion 12/11613 A friend runs a synthetic oil mixed along with conventional diesel engine oil in his 6 cly Cummins,
Home brew computer nav station (6) windwagon at 7:34pm 11.12.12 Big Boats 19/10607 Last year I posted pictures of a micro computer I built as my Nav station. During last winter I rede
26X Spreader Repair papamills at 7:11pm 11.12.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/2361 The spreader tube on my 1999 26X had a clean break where it enters the spreader socket shortening th
stern teacher63 at 6:44pm 11.12.12 Smaller Boats 5/1421 After the second time of my portable fish finder transducer being cut and another $75, my patience i
Barient winch (line stripper ring) davjonLegend at 5:33pm 11.12.12 Big Boats 12/7720 The plastic line strippers in my Barient 23-11 winches need to be replaced (again). The last ones I
Old NMEA to New Raymarine e7 Question Old Sailor 2 at 5:04pm 11.12.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/774 I am getting braver. Many of you have helped me get into tghe guts of my boat and all excursions so
Connect GPS to VHF hunter43sail at 3:52pm 11.12.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1183 I have a Raymarine C70 classic that I want to connect to my Standard Horizion GX 2100. Just wanting
Webasto 3500 heatef (2) carlager at 3:41pm 11.12.12 Ask All Sailors 0/1254 When I turn on my Webasto 3500 it sends out a lot of white smoke. After 2 attempts the green LED on

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Refilling/Replacing Sea-Fire Automatic Fire Suppression Cannisters senang at 2:38pm 02.06.23 An automatic extinguisher sounds like a smart upgrade. How difficult would the installation be, pa
Wind instruments - B&G wireless vs. B&G wired vs. ???? dlochner at 2:13pm 02.06.23 Hahahaha - You need to train your autopilot better.... I guess I'm just used to simple autopilots
C&C 38 Landfall - Haulout question (2) Caboteur at 2:02pm 02.06.23 212816 Congratulations... fantastic boat! Sailed to Europe & back through the Caribbean and Bermuda.
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't dLj at 1:58pm 02.06.23 Is that something we routinely do on a sailboat? Just kidding around.... Some do, some don't.... I
Wind instruments - B&G wireless vs. B&G wired vs. ???? dLj at 1:56pm 02.06.23 Try as I might I couldn't get the AP to just feel the wind. It was looking for bits and bytes. ;):
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Crusty Ol Salt at 1:53pm 02.06.23 It is time to change the zinc. Is that something we routinely do on a sailboat? Just kidding arou
Wind instruments - B&G wireless vs. B&G wired vs. ???? dlochner at 1:52pm 02.06.23 Does anyone just feel the wind, watch the water, look for navigation aids, and sail anymore???? dj
Wind instruments - B&G wireless vs. B&G wired vs. ???? dLj at 1:48pm 02.06.23 Quick and dirty lesson on Networking. There are 3 standards, NMEA 0183, NMEA 2000, and a NMEA Ether
C&C 38 Landfall - Haulout question Stephen1150 at 1:09pm 02.06.23 Thanks very much. Yes I am having a steel cradle modified that will fit the boat. I'll have it out f
C&C 38 Landfall - Haulout question dlochner at 12:55pm 02.06.23 Welcome SBO. C&Cs are well built boats, the weight of the boat should be on the keel in the cradle
REPLACING OLD CHARTPLOTTER/GPS/AUTOPILOT/RADAR leo310 at 12:04pm 02.06.23 Ray/Garmin/B&G are all good its boils down to what you want to save from the current setup. Just a n
Wind instruments - B&G wireless vs. B&G wired vs. ???? (2) Cederholm at 12:04pm 02.06.23 My Vulcan is at the nav station where it stays safe and dry. All functions easily mirror to an iPad
Wind instruments - B&G wireless vs. B&G wired vs. ???? Cederholm at 11:58am 02.06.23 Quick and dirty lesson on Networking. There are 3 standards, NMEA 0183, NMEA 2000, and a NMEA Ether
Wind instruments - B&G wireless vs. B&G wired vs. ???? (2) Tin Kicker at 11:40am 02.06.23 My Vulcan is at the nav station where it stays safe and dry. All functions easily mirror to an iPad
Wind instruments - B&G wireless vs. B&G wired vs. ???? dlochner at 11:35am 02.06.23 Quick and dirty lesson on Networking. There are 3 standards, NMEA 0183, NMEA 2000, and a NMEA Ethern
Cabin top halyard winch setup to raise the mainsail (1) dsims at 11:31am 02.06.23 There is a guy in the Vandestadt & McGruer Sirius 21/22 Sailboat Owners Facebook group that has done
Passage 42 Washing machine question. juznip at 11:28am 02.06.23 So the story goes like this: need to replace the ducting from the engine blower to the lazarette as
Punxsutawney (1) Will Gilmore at 11:19am 02.06.23 Think lovebugs are bad now? They once caused a public safety crisis in Florida. -Will
Sailing and restoring #9874 (6) AaronD at 11:05am 02.06.23 Trailer Tongue Weight My Weigh-Safe hitch told me I needed some a lot more tongue weight. So, a few
Wind instruments - B&G wireless vs. B&G wired vs. ???? Cederholm at 10:57am 02.06.23 The decisions get easier. Simrad, a sister company to B&G makes tiller pilots. Integration will be

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