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need help for x-mas DonCS at 3:41pm 11.28.11 Parts Search 1/3215 greetings sailors, i am in need of a mainsail for a hunter 22 and I wanted to use it as a surprise x
Anchor Holding DarBay at 3:30pm 11.28.11 Ask All Sailors 47/7417 My wife and I went out for a nice Holiday cruise. We cruise the sea of cortez in a C34. While out a
Opening ports for the cabin (1) jim paris at 3:21pm 11.28.11 Catalina 30 6/2066 Hi, My Catalina 30 is in the boat yard for refit. I replaced center fixed window in main cabin with
8.0C Center Bilge Question (2) chiefaponte at 2:17pm 11.28.11 S2 5/1746 My S2 has a removable floor panel in front of the companionway and below it water accumulates. whe
Good price on my new cat 22? freshiecat at 1:26pm 11.28.11 Catalina 22 7/1935 So I'm sure as you all know, sometimes you just gotta. I took the plunge into a keel boat yesterday
Where is my trailer VIN? Hamstersailer at 1:11pm 11.28.11 Catalina 22 5/3885 Help! I bought a 1976 Catalina 22 on it's original trailer. I believe it is a Trailrite of the same
Mystery Stern STBD Lazarette Leak-1984 H34 dqb24 at 12:36pm 11.28.11 Big Boats 6/1848 Knowledge/challenge passed on by P.O....now my gift Trying to track down a mystery leak/wetness in
Surge brake actuators walt at 12:33pm 11.28.11 Trailer Sailors 22/11305
Racing Capchas at 11:34am 11.28.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1091 Anyone in cape coral area interested in casual racing with Macs?
New Sails Miakoda at 11:34am 11.28.11 Lancer 1/1720 Looking to replace sails on Laner 44 motorsailer. Anyone have a good sailmaker or info for used sail
Top Loading Cool Box Gwyn at 11:15am 11.28.11 Big Boats 2/966 Does anyone know where I can get a new spring assembly which holds open the lid of the top loading c
Laptop GPS navigation sailaway78 at 11:01am 11.28.11 Ask All Sailors 13/3681 There seem to be a lot of freebie nav programs out there for a laptop, but then you need to find the
Cracking/popping noise starboard side underload fourbabygrands at 10:27am 11.28.11 Ask All Sailors 7/3182 Hello, this is my first time posting and having done a little research, looks like this has not been
Fuse location for 361 pdnervo at 9:53am 11.28.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/2870 Is there a fuse for the (110wa) Battery Charger... and if there is where is it... tks reply....
New O'Day 28 Owner - sink question vtsailguy at 9:49am 11.28.11 Ask An Oday Owner 3/2052 I am the happy owner of a very nice O'Day 28 (1981), and have a sink question. The hose arrangeme
Parasailor vs Spinnaker (1) Frenchie3958 at 9:07am 11.28.11 Big Boats 3/2076 There's a special offer in France to use and try during one month the Parasailor. They even give a t
Installing Garmin GWS 10 Wind Sensor on trailerable boat OS2Dude at 9:07am 11.28.11 Ask All Sailors 10/3579 I ordered a Garmin GWS 10 Wind senor for my O'day 23. The mast can be un-stepped when I want to tra
Reviews Windborne at 8:48am 11.28.11 Newport 5/5214 Bought a 1988 Newport 30-III earlier this year. Love the boat. It's in great condition and sails gre
1981 Hunter 27 forstay wire size Crazy Dave Condon at 8:35am 11.28.11 Mid-Size Boats 3/1688 I am working on a 1981 Hunter 27 for the Boy Scouts. Anyone know the size wire for the forestay?
Retirement Crazy Dave Condon at 8:32am 11.28.11 Smaller Boats 12/2688 For those of you who know me, Many of you know that I retired from the maine industry. For reasons

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East River Ward H at 7:29pm 08.03.22 This summer Navionics tried to run me under the bay bridge far to one side of the main span. I don'
Air conditioning thermostat issue Capt Robbie at 7:19pm 08.03.22 Most ac systems are designed to give a temperature difference of 10 - 15 degrees based on normal ave
Going to Rio DArcy at 7:00pm 08.03.22 They do allow for some advertising on the boat. I haven't looked into any corporate sponsorship as t
The Verdict Leeward Rail at 6:50pm 08.03.22 O'Day 26 ? https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/oday-26 4800 lb displacement. 30 inch draft with center
Rope lengths for Boom Outhaul and Cunningham led to cockpit Leeward Rail at 6:39pm 08.03.22 Yes, colors are good (e.g. we used red for all our reefing lines). How about chicken yellow for f
Funny Friday!!! (1) leo310 at 6:16pm 08.03.22 207941
H23 Cleat Layout isaksp00 at 5:39pm 08.03.22 Our '91 H23 has a pair of plastic horn cleats at bow and the "embedded rod" style at the stern. A pa
Going to Rio capta at 5:32pm 08.03.22 When I was a teen, professional sailors were not allowed to participate in those events, the Olympic
Transport or delivery question (Seattle to Portland, 24-27') capta at 5:21pm 08.03.22 If one considers any trip up or down the left coast of the US, the trip from Seattle is probably the
Hunter 306 - Lewmar Cobra pedestal 2nd hand market? Brinky63 at 5:21pm 08.03.22 Crazy Dave will do. I've had to run cables thru the pedestal already, wish we had more options other
What Brand and Size Battery Charger should I buy? heritage at 4:57pm 08.03.22 I'm using a Victron IP65 for charging the AGM starting battery and a Victron IP67 for the lithium ba
Diesel Inboard RPMs jviss at 4:57pm 08.03.22 You're splitting hairs. True, running diesels unloaded at high RPMs is not good for the diesel. How
Yanmar 3GM30F light blue smoke when cruising Calif. Ted at 4:32pm 08.03.22 My 3GM30 used to smoke a little on cold start and while running, just noticeable, not as bad as you
Alternator temperatures heritage at 4:20pm 08.03.22 Heritage, that's the question in a nutshell, but better stated. I'll check with Balmar tech support
Seawater pump for A/C 4Winds at 4:20pm 08.03.22 I changed my A/C water pump to a 12v pump trying to save a few 110V amps. It works fine and pumps m
rebuild Ample Power 105A Hayden Watson at 3:59pm 08.03.22 Other than diodes and the stator and Rotor that alt is about as easy to rebuild as it gets.. as lon
rebuild Ample Power 105A Hayden Watson at 3:56pm 08.03.22 10DN brush holders are easy to find. However high copper content what Ample and CMI used will be ha
What Brand and Size Battery Charger should I buy? Maine Sail at 3:43pm 08.03.22 My guess is that it is based on battery size, if you have a 100 Ah battery. The one "C" rate is wha
Intracoastal Waterway Trip gettinthere at 3:06pm 08.03.22 definitely look for "bob423" on the web. he has created an exceptionally good track for all of the i
Winch replacement jon hansen at 3:01pm 08.03.22 nice job Earl

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