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Sailing at night DanMaine at 7:42am 07.27.25 Ask All Sailors 5/460 I'd like to sail the coast of Maine around the clock but I'm quite concerned about catching a lobste
Running Backstays on my 1983 Beneteau First 35 removed if not sailing in high winds? (5) bartpkelly at 10:53pm 07.26.25 Ask All Sailors 4/376 Question: Does it make practical sense to remove them? I want to remove the Running backstays on my
Fuel gauge location Seb6226$ at 7:22pm 07.26.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/425 Folks. I own a hunter 28. Can you let me know where is the fuel gauge? How do I know how much left I
Power at ignition On & Off oscar326 at 6:18pm 07.26.25 Ask All Sailors 7/493 Hi there, I have a hunter 326 2002, can anyone help? Ignition is in and off with power. When its off
Hunter 37.5 switch to propane HBBIS at 1:36pm 07.26.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/474 How to install propane locker on 37.5
Rough running M25XPB at low idle breton at 1:12pm 07.26.25 Ask A Catalina Owner 8/567
Anchors for free. Wash DC area (5) keswift1 at 6:26pm 07.25.25 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 1/452 Have 4 anchors - a collection from years and multiple boats. Will try to attach pix. Three danforth,
Major problen on our SO 440 D�sir�e at 5:14pm 07.25.25 Ask All Sailors 0/25
Urgent : Probl�mes graves sur notre Sun Odyssey 440 (2019) D�sir�e at 5:05pm 07.25.25 Ask All Sailors 6/536
Garmin GPSMap 276C - Worth Keeping? JonnyEp at 3:03pm 07.25.25 Ask All Sailors 4/452 Hello All, I just purchased a Catalina 30 Tall Rig and the PO handed me this device as a "gift". I
Sailboat Salvage Shopping Spree Foswick at 2:12pm 07.25.25 Ask All Sailors 2/317 After many years of putting it off, we finally went out to look around Lynden Sailboat Wrecking Yard
Companionway Doors (3) Levin at 11:34am 07.25.25 Ask All Sailors 4/449 So I just bought some of the companionway doors offered here from this site and I thought I would gi
Hunter 326 bilge set up (1) pcjrusso at 9:07am 07.25.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/1111 I have 3 bilges the first one has the pump the second one has I will call it a weeping hole. It seem
Help identifying this grease (2) BAD ORCA at 8:13am 07.25.25 Ask All Sailors 17/839 I inherited this jar of lubricant when i purchased boat many years ago. No label, nothing printed o
Lazy Bag for H260 ArcticFarx at 7:06am 07.25.25 Smaller Boats 6/592 Hi all Hunter 260 has a 10.5 foot boom and I'm hoping to add a lazy bag. I have lazy jacks already
2001 Beneteau 331 Oceanis operable windows bug screens ChrisMro at 6:59pm 07.24.25 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/432 Hi Everyone, In a new to me Bene as above, there are plastic (PVC) bug screens for operable windows.
Looking for a used / new mast for a 1991 MacGregor 26C rumfordmarston at 2:51pm 07.24.25 Parts Search 2/404 Hi fellow Mac owners! Sooooo, don't ask how it happened, but we are looking to replace a broken mast
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat (2) neuneu at 12:40pm 07.24.25 Ask All Sailors 38/2620 I came into my slip a little hot yesterday and cracked the gelcoat on the bow of my Hunter 27. I f
2004 Hunter 33.5 Sailboat Looking for Seafire Box Marleelee at 12:38pm 07.24.25 Mid-Size Boats 1/453 we Had our Seafire extinguisher go off. We are trying to locate the Seafire box in the boat. We have
Mas-Technologies MS200 alternator alarm mcconkd at 8:51am 07.24.25 Big Boats 10/910 After a recent refit with Lithium batteries and Victron items, once the batteries get to 100% SOC, I

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Alternative to Split Rings jssailem at 3:59pm 11.11.25 At one time, I used snap shackles. That was until I saw a guy on the foredeck take one to the side o
RudderCraft.com kick up rudder - anyone have one I can ask Qs about and maybe get pics? Paceship.org at 1:44pm 11.11.25 Mine were 1/2" and they failed spectacularly. Did you report to RC? It would be a bummer if they
RudderCraft.com kick up rudder - anyone have one I can ask Qs about and maybe get pics? Gene Neill at 1:41pm 11.11.25 I won't speak for RC on the 3/8 pintle issue (the explanation they gave me seemed reasonable) and s
How to rebed the bow pulpit on a 1987 Project_Mayhem at 1:40pm 11.11.25 Embedded plates are known to seize due to corrosion. I guess that's why Catalina switched to lag bol
RudderCraft.com kick up rudder - anyone have one I can ask Qs about and maybe get pics? (1) Paceship.org at 1:39pm 11.11.25 AaronD said: to me it looks like your design provides more secure cheek-plate attachment - a good th
Alternative to Split Rings capta at 1:01pm 11.11.25
Ruddercraft Lower Pintle Failure Paceship.org at 12:03pm 11.11.25 maybe helpful - my other (not Cat 22 specific) thread on this has gotten some additional info on the
RudderCraft.com kick up rudder - anyone have one I can ask Qs about and maybe get pics? (1) Paceship.org at 12:01pm 11.11.25 to me it looks like your design provides more secure cheek-plate attachment - a good thing, but the
How to rebed the bow pulpit on a 1987 Gene Neill at 11:53am 11.11.25 Yes, they have to be original. There's no way they could have been put there after the hull and deck
RudderCraft.com kick up rudder - anyone have one I can ask Qs about and maybe get pics? AaronD at 11:49am 11.11.25 @Paceship.org : I might be misunderstanding...but to me it looks like your design provides more secu
1984 Spindrift 15 foor (2) PConti2025 at 11:21am 11.11.25 Oh I just dropped the boat off at boat your for storage and maintenance. Here are two pictures that
Raise the mast single handed How? PConti2025 at 11:20am 11.11.25 1984 Spindrift Rascal 14.5.
Yamaha 30 - have you done a Beta engine re-power install in the vberth? Blue Horizon at 9:32am 11.11.25
Rigging Quote jssailem at 9:06am 11.11.25 It is a challenge. The tri-color on the mast helps to stand out to vessels like commercial shipping.
Solar Flares may bring Northern Lights into view (2) jssailem at 8:59am 11.11.25 235407
Water under cabin sole Benny17441 at 8:54am 11.11.25 Don't know about the water ballasted h26s but most boats have more than a few gallons of water trapp
Catalina 22 Aluminum Bulkhead Replacement holeshot8600 at 8:10am 11.11.25 Thanks for the replies and I apologize for the delay; I can add to it. 1978 Swing Keel - The cabin
Rigging Quote Scott T-Bird at 7:58am 11.11.25 Marinebeam makes a combo anchor/tricolor light that only requires the typical 2-wire setup for an an
Happy Veterans Day (1) jssailem at 7:42am 11.11.25 Thanks you for our service.
Shore Power Fault - Above my pay grade..... Deparlocean at 7:36am 11.11.25 Hello all of you! I read a bit of the thread but not all. Here are my conclusions for the differen

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