Recent Posts (old style)

Serving sailors online since 1997

Forum Index
Recent Posts (Legacy)

Recent Topics

jib littlescoop at 8:28pm 08.03.12 Catalina 22 18/1801 I want to buy a new jib....I live in Monterey California and average wind in the middle of the day i
GPS blanking with Auto pilot islandrunner70 at 7:17pm 08.03.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1290 Looking for some trouble shooting guidance. 93 Oceanis 370 with Garmin GPS 498 installed on the Acc
Heat exchanger zincs (1) rukidn at 6:48pm 08.03.12 Catalina 310 15/6519 Anyone encountered and solved this trap? No way to get a new zinc into the heat exchanger without ma
Blue water over the bow BillyK at 6:22pm 08.03.12 Ask All Sailors 15/4565 Tried to go out into the ocean today off the cost of Atlantic City NJ.. the longport inlet has real
Sailing with just the Jib JasonC at 6:07pm 08.03.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1310 O when the Marina put my boat in the pulled the main sail line all the way to top. Still had great
oday 28' owners Dragon Fly at 4:41pm 08.03.12 Bigger Boats 11/3792 [ about to purchase an 28' oday 1984. 2 questions: 1. 10 h.p. universal diesel enough powe
marine surveyor papabenn at 2:59pm 08.03.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/961 I am looking for a good reasonable marine surveyor in Daytona Beach to survey a Catalina 30 next wee
Vertical Windlass cincinattus at 2:35pm 08.03.12 Catalina 30 0/987 What is the best type and model vertical windlass to install on a 30' tall Rig model year 1991?
Bimini Top on a Lancer 25? keys2heaven at 1:58pm 08.03.12 Lancer 2/3351 Has anyone added a bimini top to their Lancer 25? If so, can you give me specifics on it? This is t
Attaching Jib Sheets (3) Roger Long at 1:52pm 08.03.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 20/17145 I was putting left over epoxy from the last coat on the strut over various patches on the keel when
Can My Rigging Hold a 200lb Guy in Bosuns Chair? JoelHoover at 12:50pm 08.03.12 Ask All Sailors 14/7714 I've got to replace a nav/stern/anchor light doodad on the top of my mast (see posting "I Hit a brid
Assistance in some coding for sailing tracking site redunculous at 12:32pm 08.03.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1358 Well.... I recently read about the Aegean loss (I've been stuck without access to the civilised w
Garmin Data Card 182C Florida sail at 11:57am 08.03.12 Ask All Sailors 11/5529 Does anyone know where I can get updated Data cards for my Garmin 182 C GPS/ chart plotter? Garmin
Saga of crazed hatch lens replacement info (3) John T1594 at 11:37am 08.03.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/7155 E-Mail message from ME to LEWMAR: I have a number of Lewmar hatches on my 2000 Hunter 340 sailboat t
Transporting a Catalina 25 Milwaukee Protocol at 11:23am 08.03.12 Smaller Boats 7/8122 My brother-in-law and I are looking to transport his Catalina 25 from NY to WI and to put it bluntly
Fwd cabin question Dana and Luba at 9:32am 08.03.12 Big Boats 3/1203 I have a 2001 Passage 450. When the forward macerator decided to quit, it leaked out on the compart
Resale of an Older 22 Slow Mo^cean at 9:11am 08.03.12 Catalina 22 8/1624 I'm really getting into restoring the '84 C22 I have and so far have done minor free and cheap tasks
Battery Bank & Charger Wiring Questions (3) JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 8:17am 08.03.12 Musings With Maine Sail 17/12235 Battery Bank ' Charger Wiring Questions Edited Hi Maine, I am planning to redo the charging/wir
Leaking water tank valve connection irwin30 at 7:25am 08.03.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1246 I have a 1979 Irwin Citation 30 water tank that is leaking around the output water valve connection.
Hunter 450 Wire Chase? Bowedtoothdoc at 7:08am 08.03.12 Big Boats 2/900 On my Hunter 450 there is a wire chase with a string behind and to the right of the starting battery

Recent Replies

Need a "double" block at the mast base (1) JRacer at 12:20pm 01.27.23 Justin: Here is a close up of my mast base - A Z-Spars (US Spars) mast. Note the slot cutout. The bo
Crack on rudder JamesG161 at 12:19pm 01.27.23 had never heard of fiberglass rudder stocks before and was wondering what torsional loading would d
Crack on rudder Dalliance at 11:36am 01.27.23 For reference of what a FRP Rudder shaft with SS sleeves looks like... al expansion, NOT. Also ze
My hunter 420 passage has a bad creaking sounds in aft cabin. Rich Stidger at 11:17am 01.27.23 Find the rubbing piece of wood and sand it so that it doesn't rub. This is the only method that I ha
Considering sonar dlochner at 11:12am 01.27.23 Forward scan transducers are cool and expensive. At least the Navico version has a range of 8 times
Considering sonar stickinthemud57 at 10:11am 01.27.23 Not forward looking, but you can definitely mount a traditional transducer in the hull without a th
Considering sonar dmax at 10:09am 01.27.23 There are some inexpensive depth sounders that should work for you by Hummingbird and Hawkeye and ma
Solar panel power recommendations stickinthemud57 at 10:08am 01.27.23 How many amp hours in total ? I gave inaccurate info. I have two marine starting batteries (700 cr
Sabre 34 MKI installation of Code Zero Sail?? dlochner at 10:02am 01.27.23 As title says, wondering if anybody has experience installing a Code Zero sail on a Sabre 34? Wel
Crack on rudder (1) JamesG161 at 9:47am 01.27.23 For reference of what a FRP Rudder shaft with SS sleeves looks like... ch clearance between boat si
Considering sonar Ralph Johnstone at 9:46am 01.27.23 I would think by now, through hull transducers are almost a thing of the past. The only place for t
Solar panel power recommendations Ralph Johnstone at 9:38am 01.27.23 I have two deep-cycle marine batteries, How many amp hours in total ?
Sabre 34 MKI installation of Code Zero Sail?? jssailem at 9:32am 01.27.23 Yes money is an issue for a Code Zero. What type of sailing do you plan on doing? I found an Asymm
Sabre 34 MKI installation of Code Zero Sail?? jssailem at 9:29am 01.27.23 If money is no object you can look at the Selden retractable sprits. Nice
Sabre 34 MKI installation of Code Zero Sail?? tfliveright at 9:23am 01.27.23 At the moment I'm away from the boat although the sprit idea is going to be a necessity. Many thank
Sabre 34 MKI installation of Code Zero Sail?? (1) jssailem at 9:18am 01.27.23 Ok. You need an attachement strong point on the bow, or a sprit to carry the task of the sail. What
Line routing to cockpit kappykaplan at 9:12am 01.27.23 convinced to mount the clutches in the cockpit now :plus:
Sabre 34 MKI installation of Code Zero Sail?? tfliveright at 9:12am 01.27.23 Understood about masthead rig. Torsion roller reefing sail to eliminate/reduce greatly foredeck wor
Line routing to cockpit tenacity31 at 9:10am 01.27.23
Considering sonar Davidasailor26 at 9:00am 01.27.23 Not forward looking, but you can definitely mount a traditional transducer in the hull without a thr

Contact
About
Terms of Use