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Transducer Mounting nashlah at 6:26pm 09.17.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/7273 Where is the best spot to mount the Lowrance transducer inside the hull . Not sure about the effect
New York to Miami, Hunter 28 sail2011 at 6:09pm 09.17.11 Mid-Size Boats 15/16508 Hi, I am planning on sailing (at the end of October 2011) my Hunter 28 from New York City to Miami
A Possible Solution for the "Mac Bump" (3) Sumner at 5:49pm 09.17.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 37/6148 When we would retrieve our S it would pull right up to the "V" snubber block on the trailer in the w
Boat almost capsized littlescoop at 5:46pm 09.17.11 Catalina 22 27/7774 Just got back from sailing Monterey bay and and had a real close call, A gust of wind came up and m
A reply to a closed topic regarding a Cat27, 'Thumper' Fred McMullen at 5:44pm 09.17.11 Mid-Size Boats 0/1348 Hello all. New to this forum, as a previous owner of 'Thumper', a 1984 CA built Catalina 27. Here
ports for '78 O'day 23 Golden Road at 5:13pm 09.17.11 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1603 Are replacements available? Mine are pretty much cooked. They leak and plastic is brittle. Main cabi
Dog friendly places on the Chesapeake JudeHey at 4:39pm 09.17.11 Ask All Sailors 7/3297 The dog will soon be joining us sailing the chesapeake in the Herring Bay area. Does anybody know of
Rigging the main for singlehanding on a C27 weinie at 4:32pm 09.17.11 Mid-Size Boats 3/1822 Now that the wind is picking up with the advent of fall on the LI sound again, I need to find a quic
Wow... I Love Fall. Maine Sail at 4:18pm 09.17.11 Ask All Sailors 23/4007 Sitting here in the cockpit temp just dropped below 50f and heading for 38f, crisp, cool, dry, aweso
What is the best electric head for 331 gormleyj at 2:21pm 09.17.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1252 Anyone have experience installing electric head on a Beneteau 331? What make/model fits/works best?
78 Sidelman 25' What is the Keel made of? Rich Bright at 1:53pm 09.17.11 Seidelmann 6/4568 I have a 78 Sidelman 25 Does anyone know what the keel is made of? Or Specs?
3YM30 question Gypsy Wind at 1:33pm 09.17.11 Big Boats 4/1733 I see what looks like a drain on the hose exiting the sea water pump on the front of the 3YM30. It i
Sailing from Florida to the Bahamas JasonC at 12:21pm 09.17.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/6445 Anyone know of a good reference for sailing to the Bahamas. I seen many post, of other owners havin
Correct H260 rudder rake angle (3) soling42 at 12:00pm 09.17.11 Smaller Boats 8/2069 Need the correct H260 rudder rake angle Damaged the head of the rudder where it contacts the vertic
Battery charger reset? DougMc at 11:08am 09.17.11 Big Boats 2/1402 I have a 04 H-36. The battery switch panel has a reset button for each battery bank. The house batte
Beneteau 331 as coastal cruiser Billy at 11:05am 09.17.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/2010 Hello, all. I am new to the forum and look forward to info available here. I have a 2002 Beneteau 33
Sort of a boat related story rgranger at 9:25am 09.17.11 Ask All Sailors 1/1312 A friend sent me this link.... Just loved it and wanted to share... Www.slothster.com/2352-Cat-On-
Remove companionway hatch cover Oday 25 Ritdog at 9:17am 09.17.11 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1404 Does anybody know how to take the companionway hatch cover off an Oday 25? I'm assuming you drill o
Texas Sailors merlinuxo at 7:47am 09.17.11 Ask All Sailors 6/1579 Glad to hear Texas is finally getting some rain. Hope it's enough to get you floating again and put
Sun Cover for ST60 Tridata Instrument Rxman47 at 6:23am 09.17.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/954 If anyone has a sun cover for the old ST60 surface mount Tridata Instrument, I sure would like to bu

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Hunter 34 companion hatch markwbird at 9:16pm 02.14.22 I did it. Just remove the screws that attach the portion of the cover on each side of the sliding ha
Tiller .vs. Wheel Joe at 9:08pm 02.14.22 @Joe it took me some time and re-reading to take on your view as a new perspective: turning the bac
Funny Friday!!! Sailavie1 at 9:03pm 02.14.22 Me thinks that poor sap is going to die single with a parrot on his shoulder.
CDI Mainsail Furler on Hunter 28 jssailem at 8:54pm 02.14.22 I would not use the AP to hold the wheel in the fashion you are considering. The Wheel element of th
Tiller .vs. Wheel Joe at 8:47pm 02.14.22 I would expect the authors of those books to have done the research and to have an understanding of
First start in awhile... Calif. Ted at 8:39pm 02.14.22 If your boat has a manual kill cable you can leave it pulled out and it will crank forever and not
Recommendation for a hatch or companionway air conditioner Tom J at 8:17pm 02.14.22
Wind angle Slider at 8:05pm 02.14.22 Well sailors, I went up the 57 feet today! The wind vain on the IS20 simrad was not covered with sp
Recommendation for a hatch or companionway air conditioner Tally Ho at 7:51pm 02.14.22 Not thinking by any chance of the Zero Breeze Mark 2?? No brand in contention yet. Still consid
Funny Friday!!! jssailem at 7:19pm 02.14.22 Clever
Funny Friday!!! Ralph Johnstone at 7:17pm 02.14.22 HARSH :wahwah: ! But not unreasonable.
Recommendation for a hatch or companionway air conditioner Ilanortho at 7:08pm 02.14.22 I bought a used 5000 btu window unit and placed in my companionway. I made some foam boards to clo
Recommendation for a hatch or companionway air conditioner RitSim at 6:45pm 02.14.22 I actually bought a portable unit for my former C30, but never used it. I made an exhaust adapter t
Tiller .vs. Wheel DArcy at 6:42pm 02.14.22 To be fair, Open 60s spend the vast majority of their time on autopilot. Maybe they just don't feel
Tiller .vs. Wheel Jumpstart at 6:04pm 02.14.22 Curious, how many open 60s out there. Other than a flat out race boat how many production boats over
Need help with 1 yr old Aimar in hull depth tranducerthat stopped sending signal Len Ingalls at 5:58pm 02.14.22 Hang the ducer over the side of the boat & 6" or so under water.Does it work now? Hold it up to your
Tiller .vs. Wheel DArcy at 5:31pm 02.14.22 Quartering and breaking seas with short period waves. Performance light boats have trouble tracking
LiFePo4 Refresh Johann at 5:05pm 02.14.22 One quick question, as I can't read all of this now; can you lay these batteries that you bought do
Raw water intake strainer heritage at 4:59pm 02.14.22 I'm happy with this Vetus strainer on my 2gm20f. Well built and easy to remove and clean the strain
Funny Friday!!! (1) Tally Ho at 4:48pm 02.14.22 202633

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