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O'Day 25 Sailing on New England waters Southcoasting at 11:00am 10.27.11 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1732 Wife and I are both young with 3 dogs and no kids...I asked this in another forum but wanted to get
It is official.....the 2001 310 is ours! (3) iSailor at 7:58am 10.27.11 Catalina 310 22/4985 Sea trial and survey was completed yesterday and we did not have any deal killers show up. Just som
Chainplates with a photo (1) higgs at 7:33am 10.27.11 Ask All Sailors 15/4129 This photo is not the clearest, but it shows the problem. There is no way to lift the cover up high
Hanging Out and Hooking On Roger Long at 7:22am 10.27.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 9/3806
Slip in Punta Gorda seadaddler at 7:18am 10.27.11 Big Boats 2/1211 I am thinking and only thinking about looking for a slip for my 2007 Hunter with draft 5' and water
Outboard Opinions/Advice? rgranger at 7:00am 10.27.11 Ask All Sailors 18/5399 Hey All I need some advice based upon actual first hand knowledge. I've decided to finally spend s
Fuel filter for "Facet" lift pump. weinie at 6:36am 10.27.11 Engines and Propulsion 3/2279 Hey all, I have a catalina 27 1987 with a small Facet brand diesel fuel lift pump. The filter de
IPE cabin sole Rich Barry at 2:51am 10.27.11 Ask An Oday Owner 9/2239 Has anyone had any experience using IPE on their boat?
Ultrasonic Speed Transducer Ted at 8:07pm 10.26.11 Ask All Sailors 3/1876 Has anybody installed an Ultrasonic speed transducer in their boat? I'm considering an Airmar CS4500
prebuying a 235 gaucho9 at 7:49pm 10.26.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/930 I am planning to buy a 1988 first 235. What are the " weaknesses" I must look out for? Thanks a
Dodger (one more time) Becka Anne at 7:06pm 10.26.11 Catalina 30 20/9334 First off, thanks to you all for giving great advice on my previous topics regarding Gulf Crossing a
Maiden Voyage! Knot Tied Down at 6:41pm 10.26.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/2200 Hey everyone, Today was the Maiden Voyage of Knot Tied Down! It was 44 degrees and the lake was empt
Inflatable advise. Is bigger always better? guidera48 at 6:35pm 10.26.11 The Cherubini Hunters 14/2362 I had my mind made up in a 240 (8ft) roll up inflatable, under 80# for ease of lifting and a 3 to
Replacement Instrument Pods - '83 H31 (2) jmce1587 at 6:30pm 10.26.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1311 Has anyone found a replacement round instrument pod for a '83 H31 with Data Marine Instruments (Spee
Carrabelle to Panama City Video RECESS at 6:18pm 10.26.11 Ask An Oday Owner 2/975 This was our trip at the weekend before last. I had to break it into three parts for Youtube. In
Lancer 28 Is it a good boat AtlanticAl at 5:43pm 10.26.11 Lancer 3/5956 I have just aquired a lancer 28, (havent sailed it yet) I swapped a porsche I had sitting in my gard
Hunter 34 Restoration-Exterior-Day1 (8) brian3820 at 5:27pm 10.26.11 Big Boats 5/1717 For those who don't know, Theresa and I purchased a 1984 Hunter 34 that, well has seen better days.
Leaking through deck at penetration (2) Chris Connor at 4:54pm 10.26.11 Catalina 310 2/1358 I suspect that I have a leak through a deck fitting for the wiring harness conduit from the engine p
Beneteau 38 moorings bilge filling up???? cjgrabell at 4:42pm 10.26.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 10/3051 I have a 38 moorings 1991. Have it at the yard for the last 5 weeks. Water keeps filling up in the b
mounting compass (1) Don Crowther at 2:45pm 10.26.11 Ask All Sailors 10/2388 My compass has fallen to the effects of UVB/A.. As you can see from the attached pictures the mounti

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Special Thanks for Help From the Dock PaulK at 12:47pm 02.24.22 We gathered a pick-up crew on the dock for a sail one day and had a blast on our J/36. My wife and I
MH40 Autopilot drive motor Phantom154 at 12:42pm 02.24.22 Yes. Port side helm. I could hear it running when I was testing the motor..
Any experience with Viper line from New England ropes? LakeShark at 12:41pm 02.24.22 Since NE Ropes says Viper is new, there may not be many respondents who have experience with it.
New Fire Extinguisher Regs jviss at 12:40pm 02.24.22 I'm confused. I ordered a few fairly expensive extinguishers at the end of 2017. They are UL rated
MH40 Autopilot drive motor Hello Below at 12:39pm 02.24.22 Where is the drive motor for the autopilot on my MH40? There isn't anything attached at the rudder
Tiller Tater at 12:37pm 02.24.22 The original is just some 6061 1" square tubing with 2 bends. If you have a local welding shop stop
New Fire Extinguisher Regs jssailem at 12:34pm 02.24.22 Thanks for the announcement. Looks like another entry on the Annual PreCruise Check List.
Any experience with Viper line from New England ropes? PaulK at 12:26pm 02.24.22 The Viper line has the polyester jacket that you want for gripping the winch and long-term UV protec
MH40 Autopilot drive motor Phantom154 at 12:24pm 02.24.22 Probably. But I am not sure that was the problem. If it happens again, I will consider that.
LiFePo4 Refresh jviss at 12:21pm 02.24.22
New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 12:15pm 02.24.22 It looks like the breather on top of the valve cover may raise up into that area. I have a cut out i
MH40 Autopilot drive motor jviss at 12:13pm 02.24.22 Can you get new brushes for that motor? Then install them, and use a brush seating stone on the com
New Fire Extinguisher Regs dLj at 12:08pm 02.24.22 Yes - just went through all the fire extinguishers on my boat and have ordered new ones. Mine were a
venture 17 cockpit drain (4) topcat0399 at 12:07pm 02.24.22 yes... build it up... or if you have a very strong and steady hand, you could try taking a grinder
The snow is melting! And that means I'll be sailing soon (ish) Orbweaver at 11:47am 02.24.22 And over here yesterday morning it got down to -12F in the morning, and with single digit highs in t
Newish Capri 18 owner. Slacker at 11:33am 02.24.22 Fall sailing... nuttin better !!!
Replacing sail slugs Ward H at 10:26am 02.24.22 I never heard that they are a wear part. They do degrade because of UV, become brittle and break mo
MH40 Autopilot drive motor Phantom154 at 10:18am 02.24.22 Raymarine sent me instructions for checking the autopilot clutch, motor, and course computer. I knew
New Catalina 30 Owner Ward H at 10:18am 02.24.22 Here is the thing I mentioned in the post before this. It looks like maybe a transducer or speed se
Expanding Hardening Foam PaulK at 10:17am 02.24.22 We had expanded foam under the sole of my father's center-console runabout. It was hygroscopic. Be

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