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Swim ladders r.bostic356 at 11:33am 03.20.12 Catalina 22 5/2568 I am looking at putting a swim ladder on my boat. I have a stern pulpit and was considering putting
26S cockpit drain filter?? doehunter at 11:21am 03.20.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 33/7744 I went to my boat today in the rain to get my fridge owners manual, and found about 5" of water in t
Hunter Passage 42 Holding Tank Jerry Watkins at 10:34am 03.20.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1360 Does anyone know where we can find a Poly Holding Tank vs. the aluminum original equipment type tank
Battery Connections CaptGregg at 10:14am 03.20.12 Catalina 22 23/2962 Well I thought the battery location was close to the volcano but apparently one of the PO's of the b
Using Navionics CompactFlash Card DAVID BLOCH at 10:02am 03.20.12 Ask All Sailors 12/4901 I have a Navionics CompactFlash card. My card reader shows lots of empty space on it; more than eno
Hunter 23' Francespar Mast parts (1) carboman at 8:27am 03.20.12 Smaller Boats 7/3643 I have seen the www.rigrite.com site, but they don't seem to want to talk to anyone. I need a few
Bullet Dodged Roger Long at 8:14am 03.20.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 3/2755 But not the mortar round. I've just been over to sign the paperwork for hauling at the only yard th
Lower shrouds and spreader brackets (1) RHigh at 7:24am 03.20.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/2037 I am hoping someone can give me some advice. I recently purchased a Catalina 22 #874. I want to re
Rubber Washers rgranger at 6:23am 03.20.12 Trailer Sailors 5/2203 Hello All I need to replace all of the rubber washers on my keel bolts and the bolt my keel cable p
Finally installed our 4 ports! JimLor at 6:23am 03.20.12 Pearson 0/1308 Bottom line up front, we got the ports (4) into the boat on Saturday with very little fanfare or pro
hinged mast step ishmael antar at 5:59am 03.20.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/9522 does anyone know if the venture 21 came with a hinged masted step or if one can be fabricated to fit
Which Anti-Fouling Paint for West Florida carboman at 5:43am 03.20.12 Smaller Boats 9/2016 So I have done a ton of reading and talked to the SeHawk rep in the Tampa area. He has a good story
Great Boat in This Movie GorillaToast at 5:17am 03.20.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1393 I stumbled across an old movie on Netflix last night. It's called Crosswinds. Rather generic south
Mastervolt Generators RHUMB RUNNER at 11:18pm 03.19.12 Big Boats 1/1350 Does anyone have comments on the 8kw Mastervolt generator, good or bad and if you prefer the Fisher
macgregor 25 head enginerd at 10:10pm 03.19.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 32/9652 I love my 25 and it does almost everything I need. Its not that the boat is too small, the problem i
Who is liable? Sail R at 9:42pm 03.19.12 Ask All Sailors 19/3886 Ahoy Mates. I am hopefull that I can get a question answered on the subject of insurance liability.
Spreader bases. gr8_2_av8 at 8:17pm 03.19.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/758 I am wondering if anyone has ever replaced the welded on spreader bases on their mast. Just wonderi
When things go wrong CaptGregg at 8:08pm 03.19.12 Catalina 22 31/3302 I was on such a roll, two weekends ago, drove a friend's pickup to Gloucester, VA and bought a 22, s
Passageway curtain doors puflinger at 7:52pm 03.19.12 Smaller Boats 6/4774 I am interested how people with a Catalina 25 replaced the passage way curtain doors between the hea
Exhaust hose recommendation rhythmsurfer at 7:43pm 03.19.12 Ask All Sailors 5/1744 I just bought a new muffler (vernatone inline) for my Hunter 1981 36. I am astonished at what West M

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Older sailers RoyS at 6:58am 12.31.22 My wife and I are both 74 and in good health. We take one two week long cruise each year and numerou
Any sailor peppers out there? Tally Ho at 6:58am 12.31.22
Raymarine Axiom RoyS at 6:44am 12.31.22 The Yacht Devices engine interface will work if your engine already has multiplex instruments. They
User friendly app for monitoring the Gulf Stream? (1) JamesG161 at 6:11am 12.31.22 Windy.com wins for me for a APP. a sail.
Pesky Otters sailcapt340 at 5:50am 12.31.22 Higgs, that does work!! I know! I have an electric model that I have used in my garage for years
Cockpit Speakers for a 275 Joe at 5:38am 12.31.22 It's not really your boat until you do cut a hole in it. Before that event it's a demo/charter.
Completely "Non Boat" related Electrical Issue... sailcapt340 at 5:34am 12.31.22
Pesky Otters jssailem at 4:46am 12.31.22 drug fueled rave under the dodger Was that the otters or the others?
User friendly app for monitoring the Gulf Stream? jssailem at 4:39am 12.31.22
User friendly app for monitoring the Gulf Stream? danstanford at 4:16am 12.31.22 Windy has a layer for current as well.
Orca Davidasailor26 at 3:41am 12.31.22 Interesting idea. Looks like basically a hardened tablet with a sun-readable screen, with some softw
Orca dLj at 1:19am 12.31.22 I haven't installed not used this, but looking it over, it would not serve my needs. dj
Pesky Otters Ralph Johnstone at 11:09pm 12.30.22 A perforated bag of moth balls has kept the otters away from under the dodger for many years. Start
User friendly app for monitoring the Gulf Stream? (1) All U Get at 10:54pm 12.30.22 Aqua maps.
Older sailers Paul Mermelstein at 9:39pm 12.30.22 I am going to be 72 this summer and my wife is 73. We still sail the Chesapeake Bay, sometimes just
Older sailers Calif. Ted at 9:34pm 12.30.22 Yeah, I'm just a couple years behind you, year-round season here but my temperature tolerance is get
Older sailers MFD at 9:31pm 12.30.22 I am only in my fifties but have a couple of neighbors in their 70s that still go out quite often.
Just wanted to say hi Baja bash at 9:14pm 12.30.22 Hi, I am 75 and have done 2 puddle jumps in the last three years. Next fall joining the Baja Haha f
Just wanted to say hi higgs at 8:33pm 12.30.22 Tally Ho: I am 73 and still sailing. Not as bold as I used to be, but still enjoying the boat.
Completely "Non Boat" related Electrical Issue... higgs at 8:25pm 12.30.22 I did not read all replies so maybe this suggestion was already offered. First thing I would do is

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