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Clipper Marine 21' As The Story as it was told, newly weds purchased in 1975, (3) sola fide at 10:24am 10.15.22 Trailer Sailors 6/2940 I was born in 1975... Now the story starts on craigslist, From there I purchased my dream on the
Leaking thru hull 87Jayhawk at 10:06am 10.15.22 Ask An Oday Owner 12/3381 New member. Thanks for the addition. 1983 ODay 28 with a slow leaking thru hull fitting that feeds
Remote controls for 9.9 Yamaha on a Niagara 26 George Jarvis at 5:56am 10.15.22 Engines and Propulsion 2/905 The remote controls on my (new to me) Niagara 26 for the 9.9 Yamaha are on the inside of the motor c
Replacing transducer on C310 Clydo at 10:18pm 10.14.22 Catalina 310 3/1216 If any fellow C310 owners have replaced transducer and cable would appreciate path cable goes from b
23.5 headsail DJN51 at 5:33pm 10.14.22 Smaller Boats 0/12 What is OEM headsail on 23.5.and how big can you go with CDI Furler?
23.5 headsail DJN51 at 5:30pm 10.14.22 Smaller Boats 1/1069 What is OEM headsail on 23.5 and what's tge biigert you can
Where to pour oil in Universal Atomic 511 Diesel engine xavpil at 1:59pm 10.14.22 Ask All Sailors 18/1900 This is driving me nuts. Been looking at the engine for a long long time and I don't see where I can
Classified ad blocked by Astra!! PSR at 12:38pm 10.14.22 Forum Help (Site Talk) 2/942 After setting up an ad, I received this message: "Thank you for visiting the Sailboat Owners group o
Constant refilling of seawater in holding tank tadd5181 at 9:21am 10.14.22 Big Boats 7/977 I own a Hunter 420, built in 2000. For years the two holding tanks worked flawlessly. Recently, as
Typical weather All U Get at 4:37am 10.14.22 Ask All Sailors 14/1539
Winterize Volvo Pentra 2000 KGarvey at 3:09am 10.14.22 Engines and Propulsion 2/881 I'm looking for info on how to winterize a Volvo Pentra 2000 Model # 2003868102 any information wi
Fisher Panda 12 mini Zencra at 1:27am 10.14.22 Big Boats 9/1901 hi there, another issue on our 49, not the boat itself but our generator. it shut down throwing a fe
Keel Bolts Dale Haz at 9:19pm 10.13.22 C&C 5/1918 Does anyone know when the keel bolts for a C'C 33-2 (1985) are best torqued, on the hard or while af
Loading boat on trailer abouttime at 7:58pm 10.13.22 Trailer Sailors 22/6384 Looking for some tips about loading my Hunter 18.5 on the trailer. I back the trailer into the wate
Columbia 28 rudder bushings sronsonet at 4:18pm 10.13.22 Parts Search 3/834 Does anyone know the size of the rudder bushings and where I might find them? Getting a good bit of
Columbia 28 rudder bushings sronsonet at 4:17pm 10.13.22 Parts Search 1/724 Does anyone know the size of the rudder bushings and where I might find them? Getting a good bit of
Hunter 240 wind indicator jurovichfa at 9:22am 10.13.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1185 Hi all, I plan to attach a standard wind indicator to the mast of my '03 Hunter 240 this weekend. Se
Rig on Legend 35.5 replacement (3) DLLawrence at 9:06am 10.13.22 Big Boats 9/1477 We hauled our 1995 Legend 35.5 for bottom paint and some maintenance in late July, for the summer st
Catalina 18 transducer placement MarkHejtmanek at 7:09am 10.13.22 Smaller Boats 4/2840 I am adding a GPS/depth finder to my 2000 Catalina 18 and am struggling with where to put the transd
Happy 247th Birthday, U.S. Navy!!! kappykaplan at 6:05am 10.13.22 Sails Call Lounge 14/1355 Go Navy, Beat Army! :beer:

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Running Backstays on my 1983 Beneteau First 35 removed if not sailing in high winds? (1) bartpkelly at 10:29am 07.27.25 From the pix, it almost looks like your rig may have parrallel shrouds (i.e. with single lowers).
Sailing at night Foswick at 10:18am 07.27.25 I don't know your area, but around here there is no place you can go to completely avoid crab/shrimp
Power at ignition On & Off dlochner at 10:15am 07.27.25 Thank you, for the info. Do you happen to know where is the solenoid? Or do you have the electric
Low-Stretch Halyards actually worth it for cruising? Foswick at 10:02am 07.27.25 Once the halyard is tensioned, the only way tension increases is if the head of the sail moves farth
Catalina 22 refurbishing (1) Jacktar at 9:11am 07.27.25 yep make your own curtains it is easy.
Sailing at night Don S/V ILLusion at 8:09am 07.27.25
Sailing at night dmax at 7:47am 07.27.25 I avoid them like the plague, wouldn't sail at night where they are. Caught one once, not fun.
Power at ignition On & Off oscar326 at 7:35am 07.27.25 A know issue with Yanmar wiring harnesses is an intermittent failure in the wire powering the solen
Running Backstays on my 1983 Beneteau First 35 removed if not sailing in high winds? FastOlson at 7:22am 07.27.25 From the pix, it almost looks like your rig may have parrallel shrouds (i.e. with single lowers). C
Hunter 410 Windlass Replacement jssailem at 7:02am 07.27.25 The guy at the boatyard must have been trying to sell me a new windlass Or he was clueless about y
Power at ignition On & Off dlochner at 6:21am 07.27.25 A know issue with Yanmar wiring harnesses is an intermittent failure in the wire powering the soleno
Black some on start of my Hunter 28 (2GM20G Yanmar engine) (2) Tally Ho at 6:03am 07.27.25 I have a 2GM20F and I burn about 1/2 gallon per hour of motoring @ 3,000 RPMs. But check the top of
Running Backstays on my 1983 Beneteau First 35 removed if not sailing in high winds? jssailem at 5:38am 07.27.25 Your mast image does not show the attachment at / near the mast head. This makes it difficult to ide
Fuel gauge location smokey73 at 5:28am 07.27.25 Also, if you want to get real accurate on marking the tank level if you have a plastic fuel tank. S
Fuel gauge location smokey73 at 5:22am 07.27.25 Keep in mind that your fuel consumption will be highly dependent of variables, some of which you con
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat colemj at 5:14am 07.27.25
Low-Stretch Halyards actually worth it for cruising? colemj at 5:07am 07.27.25 Even on a main halyard, many boats have active masts that will bend as the sail is tensioned or forc
Garmin GPSMap 276C - Worth Keeping? Joe at 5:02am 07.27.25 Hello All, I just purchased a Catalina 30 Tall Rig and the PO handed me this device as a "gift".
Black some on start of my Hunter 28 (2GM20G Yanmar engine) Davidasailor26 at 3:45am 07.27.25
Marina Maneuvers Foswick at 2:45am 07.27.25 I think I probably have pulled in stern first. Yeah, I'm very comfortable with the method you desc

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