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Uninstall VHF IC-M411 (1) carlager at 8:42am 06.24.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1936 I need to uninstall the cables from my VHF IC- M411. They are connected through the black rubber (
Debbie Cakes kloudie1 at 7:51am 06.24.12 Ask All Sailors 10/2102 Wow.. Friday the word was that the storm was going to be a non-issue.. Today is a lot different.. Wa
Hot water oder gabrielw at 7:36am 06.24.12 Big Boats 5/1789 I Have a C-390 2002. We have Oder when running the hot water faucet even when the water heater is no
Man the pumps! toddco at 7:14am 06.24.12 Trailer Sailors 10/3252 Hello All, I took my 1975 O'Day 20 out for it's second shake down cruise yesterday. From the first s
Manson supreme 35# dparilla at 5:56am 06.24.12 Musings With Maine Sail 0/2658 MS, Thank you for your recommendations on anchors and rodes. We swapped our old (venerable?) CQR wit
Hood Stoboom rbietry at 5:44am 06.24.12 Parts Search 0/2557 Have a Hood Stoboom on my Hunter 27 that the previous owner installed, but did not install the mast
Mooring Madness BobM at 3:40am 06.24.12 Ask All Sailors 12/2905 Our harbor is only serviced by one mooring company. It is one guy with some helpers and it is a par
Foul smelling fresh water tank McZube at 3:19am 06.24.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1820 I was doing some work in the quarter berth area on our H31 when I decided to open the large plug ove
Ericson 29 j reich at 1:45am 06.24.12 Ask All Sailors 8/4332 HAVE TO REPLACE THE CUTLESS BEARING ON MY SAILBOAT. ANY IDEAS OUT THERE WHAT SIZE IT MIGHT BE FOR A
Using outboard as power and rudder? jrale at 10:08pm 06.23.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1704 Dear Macgregor Owners, 1. Is there stability in using the outboard motor as main power and rudder o
Sheet to Tiller Self-Steering BreezyCricket at 9:59pm 06.23.12 Ask All Sailors 57/23014 I would appreciate if one of the experienced sailors on this forum could explain something for me.
Just Made it into Port Ahead of Nasty Weather (2) JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 7:02pm 06.23.12 Catalina 310 0/1181 We were barley tied up in Plymouth, Mass before some nasty weather hit. We were watching the radar a
Widgeon centerboard clunk Jhassol at 6:16pm 06.23.12 Ask An Oday Owner 1/948 I am the new owner of a nice 1974 Widgeon. When the boat is motionless in the water, just rolling o
Raymarine X-5 auto pilot question Hannah Quinn at 6:15pm 06.23.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1124 Have a 2005 Hunter 306 which is equipped with a Raymarine RC 520 chart plotter and RL radar. I'm loo
A couple of questions... rlucasvideo at 5:49pm 06.23.12 Pearson 9/2569 I owned a 323 up until 2006 out in SoCal. I'm looking for another Pearson down here in Fla. A couple
$4.00 Per Foot Sky (5) Roger Long at 5:04pm 06.23.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 11/4826 First, some pictures of yesterday I didn't get posted due to our first thunderstorm adventure. Mike
Water in my fuel tank Marquesas at 4:42pm 06.23.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 9/1778 Looking to hear from anyone who may have encountered water in the fuel tank. I have checked my O rin
Rigging questions (2) Chester at 3:48pm 06.23.12 Catalina 22 4/2000 Now that we've got a boat that floats (yay!), we have a few questions about the rigging. I've attac
Transducer thru Hull? Mac 25 Construction? Balsa/Wood core? abk at 2:37pm 06.23.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1529 I have a 1984 Mac 25. I want to mount a depth finder transducer and glue it to the hull inside the
Fusion Paint Florida sail at 2:30pm 06.23.12 Ask All Sailors 4/1732 Has anyone had any experience using Krylon Fusion spray paint for either the cove stripe or the boot

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Cruising Water and Land (1) JamesG161 at 7:19am 10.05.22 Ok new adventure this week when Crusin.. We have a broken link to the Parking Brake. We need to th
Pleasant Surprise/Docking plenny7 at 7:16am 10.05.22 When folks on the dock offer to help us as we approach we always politely decline. In those preciou
Invest 91L jssailem at 7:14am 10.05.22 With L91 knocking at the door to the Caribbean, there are indications it will skirt along the South
Precision 185K Advice Sawyers Island at 7:09am 10.05.22 Looking at your criteria a little more closely ... why self-bailing? Low-maintenance implies that
Networking NMEA 2000 ... help! Scott T-Bird at 7:06am 10.05.22 If you do go with the i70 and iTC5 it will be simple to bring them over to my boat, connect them t
Networking NMEA 2000 ... help! Scott T-Bird at 7:00am 10.05.22 I would suggest looking at the software update section of the Raymarine website. It was like the
Networking NMEA 2000 ... help! Scott T-Bird at 6:50am 10.05.22 With the i70 being able to display 10 different screens that let you control the layout of almost
Cruising Water and Land Leeward Rail at 6:46am 10.05.22 Running smooth and quiet. I think you already covered that when you said it was a Bentley. :waycoo
Networking NMEA 2000 ... help! Ward H at 6:43am 10.05.22 @Blitz is correct, you cannot update software with an i70. You need a RM CP to do the updates. To c
Precision 185K Advice Scott T-Bird at 6:39am 10.05.22 Looking at your criteria a little more closely ... why self-bailing? Low-maintenance implies that y
Precision 185K Advice Scott T-Bird at 6:32am 10.05.22 I'll echo Dave & Phil based on their opinion of the boat. The (relatively low) freeboard is a conse
No Backstay? jssailem at 6:27am 10.05.22 Dinghy's like the FJ, flying scott and Hobbie 18's do not have back stays. It is a design that wor
Networking NMEA 2000 ... help! Blitz at 6:13am 10.05.22 Scott, There have been 15 updates to the software for the i70 since the initial release. Maybe you
Rebedding Catalina 310 Starboard Gate Stanchion - No way to reach bolts as it is behind galley cabinets - Deck plate mount? Monheganlover at 6:08am 10.05.22 Thanks!
Protecting Gel Coat from Towing Straps Crazy Dave Condon at 5:59am 10.05.22 After 10-20 miles, I told my customers to stop and recheck everything to include strap. The boat
Networking NMEA 2000 ... help! Scott T-Bird at 5:52am 10.05.22 I really don't think you can update your software versions with a i70 instrument. I like the sugge
Precision 185K Advice dlochner at 5:41am 10.05.22 The boat was designed by Jim Taylor who has designed a lot of nice sailing boats (my boat was design
Precision 185K Advice 31seahorse at 5:39am 10.05.22 Good Morning, Sawyers Island, If you check the sailboatdata site you will find information on the P
Precision 185K Advice Crazy Dave Condon at 5:35am 10.05.22 Make sure the bow eye is secured properly
No Backstay? Scott B at 5:28am 10.05.22

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