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Hunter 23.5 Hull Construction charlieyacht at 8:15pm 01.01.12 Smaller Boats 11/6440 Keep hearing about balsa core. Just recently removed two hull transducers that were located under t
Simrad BB radar with raymarine display Russf at 8:02pm 01.01.12 Ask All Sailors 4/1727 Would appreciate some advice as to whether a Simrad broadband radar would work with another display/
Help using search. doehunter at 7:51pm 01.01.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1340 I got a "ships log" for Christmas. I want to log events that happened when I first bought my Mac, an
Arkansas sailing! (1) Jackdaw at 7:43pm 01.01.12 Ask All Sailors 9/1858 Sometimes you never know where adventures will lead. We replaced our 'small' boat in our fleet, movi
Hull protection when trailering seamansg at 7:42pm 01.01.12 Catalina 22 5/1342 Hi, if one is trailering a great distance would one want to put some wrapping plastic around the hul
Replacement piece on back corner of rub rail stevenorkathy at 7:15pm 01.01.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1377 I'm looking for the white corner plastic or fiberglass corner piece that goes on the end of the rub
Autopilot purchase shanker at 6:22pm 01.01.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1319 I haven't even put my new toys into service yet and I'm already thiniking about my next big purchase
New Years Day inarathree at 5:54pm 01.01.12 Smaller Boats 4/1098 We went out sailing today. We can do that here in Florida. For those who live in Fl know that this t
Hunter 37'5 Mast Leak Jon4399 at 5:46pm 01.01.12 Big Boats 3/2823 The mast on my Legend 37.5 is deck stepped. The post in the salon has a block (pulley) installed on
Fla. Sailing with cat22? seamansg at 5:09pm 01.01.12 Catalina 22 4/1635 Hi,I'm interested in trailering my cat 22 to east coast of Fla. Was wondering where a good sailing a
New drain valve Doc Nixon at 4:36pm 01.01.12 Catalina 22 8/1933 My new to me 1972 C-22 has what appears to be the original gate valve scupper drain. I know I should
First and Last Day (8) Roger Long at 4:11pm 01.01.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 7/3847 I just came below after watching the first sunset of the new year which also promises to be last war
Good health jorgefife at 3:18pm 01.01.12 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1393 To all of you good people, Rardi, Steve Dion,Ed, Sam Lust and all the other names that now escape me
Bilge pump hoses jorgefife at 2:35pm 01.01.12 The Cherubini Hunters 10/5045 My bilge pump was not working, and since I don't even know how to use a multi meter to establish if
Garmin Chartplotter Updates joker460 at 1:47pm 01.01.12 Ask All Sailors 0/1146 Just wanted to remind those with Garmin Charplotters to update their firmware. It's free and easy.
Willmington DE Christiana River MLampner at 1:22pm 01.01.12 Destinations 0/2168 The organization I work for does an annual event on the River Walk relatively near the Blue Rocks St
Non-skid recommendations prroots at 1:05pm 01.01.12 Ask All Sailors 18/5207 We are applying a product called Honey Teak (http://www.signaturefinish.com/index.php?topic=Honey+Te
New dinghy davits (1) med2463 at 10:50am 01.01.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1561 Got new Achilles dinghy up on new Kato davits. Top spacer bar to be added and some tweaking to do.
Catalina Island One Room School House Rick D at 10:44am 01.01.12 Destinations 0/2062 Here's a story about a one-room school house in SoCal's Catalina Island which has been funded in a m
Hunter 23.5 Spinnaker Gear charlieyacht at 10:23am 01.01.12 Smaller Boats 4/2297 Can anyone help with some pictures of the factory installed spinnaker gear set up. Particularly the

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Engineless.... kloudie1 at 4:07am 11.14.22 Yup. If you plan to primarily daysail coastally, an aux engine is probably your best choice, especi
Engineless.... garymalmgren at 4:05am 11.14.22 There's a famous sailor(he's name escapes me) that has been sailing almost forever without an engine
Freezer repair, 2015 Oceanis 48 Baby Sea Wolf at 2:31am 11.14.22 I end up taking the entire unit out. So I can fix that condensation problem because of poor build q
Another Lithium conversion ... Hunter 49 Schematic Maine Sail at 2:12am 11.14.22 I would suggest startin your research here: https://marinehowto.com/drop-in-lifepo4-be-an-educated*
Engineless.... Joe at 1:12am 11.14.22 Josh Slocum sailed around the world without an engine or a watermaker. More recently, so have the Pa
Garhauer sale Dalliance at 11:42pm 11.13.22
Another Lithium conversion ... Hunter 49 Schematic artboas at 10:29pm 11.13.22 Similar to Maverick I plan on making the change to lithium lifepo4 this winter. To help with my pla
Engineless.... jssailem at 10:29pm 11.13.22 Choices are between a rebuild diesel or a desalinator. Why do you need either of these selections?
560Ah LiFePo4 Battery (1) Hayden Watson at 8:48pm 11.13.22 I have my 108Ah Ample Power alternator setup so that it outputs 60A max and on my two 10-days cruise
560Ah LiFePo4 Battery Ralph Johnstone at 7:52pm 11.13.22 I've looked into it and the cost would be around $1700 with alternator, regulator and replacement p
Selden self tacking jib system MaryEllaRose at 7:51pm 11.13.22 Thanx for all the input... I think a little more research is in order as to the length of the track
560Ah LiFePo4 Battery mermike at 7:46pm 11.13.22 I suggest you replace the ANL fuse with a Class T. The ANL does not have sufficient interrupt capaci
C22 Pop Top Assist pcharn01 at 7:35pm 11.13.22 Thanks! Added to the list of projects to prioritize. Since this is topside, will wait till in the
C22 Pop Top Assist Leeward Rail at 7:15pm 11.13.22 Stingy Sailor also sells a kit. He may be able to help. If you buy a kit, get his. Better quality
C22 Pop Top Assist Leeward Rail at 7:14pm 11.13.22 Great, will see if I can find that. Here ya go: https://forums.sailboatowners.com/threads/pop-top
Westerbeke 42b coolant questions Syversens at 6:21pm 11.13.22 Sounds good, I'll take a few measurements, and try out some containers. Thanks!
Mystic to Quincy Hello Below at 5:36pm 11.13.22 Here is a link to an old post in reverse direction. Maiden Voyage - Quincy, MA to Mystic, CT
Mystic to Quincy Don S/V ILLusion at 5:13pm 11.13.22 Been through the canal many times, always timed to coincide with the favorable tide. Lots of options
Water Does not Come out the Exhaust (1) priopel at 4:50pm 11.13.22 I couldn't attach this pic to the above message so am posting it here.
Water Does not Come out the Exhaust priopel at 4:48pm 11.13.22 Hurray! After installing a 12v pump, I now have water coming out the exhaust. Because the water

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