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Tides Marine sail track sailordel at 9:24am 10.08.11 Ask All Sailors 2/1962 Has anyone had experience with the plastic sail track and slides from Tides Marine? My mainsail is
First oil change Juice6576 at 9:12am 10.08.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/1728 Getting things together for my first oil change. Looking for recommendations for a good oil change p
Adding Chartplotter H295 rlrmystic at 9:09am 10.08.11 Mid-Size Boats 1/1160 Over the winter. I expect to add a plotter to the helmswheel. Giving up two drink holders I think th
P Strut Lose nathan@needel.net at 8:01am 10.08.11 Seidelmann 0/2195 My Diver sent me a note that my P Strut is lose. I knew this day would come and have the diagram a
Anyone Have a Photo of the Skeg? 77 H30 Rich Bright at 6:52am 10.08.11 The Cherubini Hunters 7/2616 I have a new Skeg off a 1980 H30 ? The Rudder Has a Stainless Steel Pin on the Bottom? Looks Like it
Raritan Marine Elegance, 1 year later... BotanyBay at 6:24am 10.08.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 0/3510 Well, having discussed the selection of electric toilets for the then new to me vessel I decided on
salvage title help rblevens at 5:42am 10.08.11 The Cherubini Hunters 14/2903 Do we have any folks knowledgeable about titles from salvaged boats? My boat came from Florida via T
Peggy !!!!! jhiller at 3:39am 10.08.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/6651 Peggy... I'm specing out a new Tartan 4700 and need your help. In electric flush models do you hav
How Many Mac 25 Owners Here? Sail123 at 12:59am 10.08.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/2114 Just purchased one. New to sailing anything with multiple sails, new to a 25 foot sailboat and new t
Dodged a bullet All U Get at 12:57am 10.08.11 Ask All Sailors 3/2128 Hi all, We've been busy getting ready to follow Roger Long along the coast of NH and Mass and have b
Vanguard 15 mast step misery markus291 at 8:56pm 10.07.11 Day Sailers 5/8120 Hello All: I'm having a miserable time trying to step the mast on a Vanguard 15 even with another pe
Vanguard 15 mast step misery markus291 at 8:46pm 10.07.11 Day Sailers 0/1511 Hello All: I'm having a miserable time trying to step the mast on a Vanguard 15 even with another p
1972 Pearson 390 Holding Tank valjim at 8:33pm 10.07.11 Pearson 0/1748 I have to replace an ancient metal holding tank. I'm not sure how to get it out but someone was sugg
New Outboard old guys sail at 7:43pm 10.07.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 14/3507 So I am planning on doing some sailing on Chesapeake Bay and dont trust the old 1993 Johnson 8hp tha
Power anchor Oday 23 GeorgiaBII at 7:17pm 10.07.11 Day Sailers 3/1693 I'm working on setting up my boat for single handed sailing and one thing I'd like to add this winte
Flexofold 2 blade vs 3 blade? Blue Eyes at 7:06pm 10.07.11 Ask All Sailors 4/3325 Its boat show time and I will be looking at folding props to replace the shaft mounted fixed 2 blade
Mainsail Halyard/Downhaul Question O'Day 20 andybassman at 5:28pm 10.07.11 Ask An Oday Owner 3/3605 Hello Good People: I have an O'Day 20 with a roller furling jib that is easily controlled from t
Charter Companies in the Grenadines tkwhalen at 4:36pm 10.07.11 Ask All Sailors 5/2440 When I last sailed the Grenadines a few years ago I used Horizon out of Grenada and had a great expe
Macgregor mast raising system for an 8.0C chiefaponte at 3:45pm 10.07.11 S2 0/1454 Please give me your opinion regarding the use of a Macgregor style mast raising system on my S2 8.0C
custom covers sailor1950 at 3:01pm 10.07.11 Ask All Sailors 22/4314 We just left annapolis boat show. We keep a hunter 31 2008 at Kent Island, across the bay. There wer

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Mystery O-ring Crazy Dave Condon at 4:33am 11.14.22 A private message was sent to the poster with no response back. The deck portion of the boat inclu
Older Car 27: any ideas on how to open up the space? xavpil at 4:27am 11.14.22
Older Car 27: any ideas on how to open up the space? xavpil at 4:26am 11.14.22 some thoughts for sailing on lake michigan: jon thanks Jon. Those were well explained thoughts.
Engineless.... dlochner at 4:18am 11.14.22 The watermaker won't make much water without a diesel running to make electricity. Have you checked
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!

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