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Worst Night on a Boat? (2) Roger Long at 4:21am 09.12.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 3/5454 Waking up anchored in an engineless catboat one wave away from the start of breakers against a sheer
Help Identify this motorsailer (2) islandjim at 3:18am 09.12.11 Ask All Sailors 16/8722 This is a boat I am interested in. It is sitting in the boat yard that takes care of my sailboat.
I need a galley jblockhuys at 11:11pm 09.11.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1355 looking for a galley for a McGregor 25 1980, would like pics so I can build on or buy on if cheep en
replace prop cjgrabell at 10:14pm 09.11.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1157 Have a 1991 38 moorings. Looking a getting a folding prop. Does anyone know the shaft diameter on th
What size jib do you use with in mast furling? KoniKoni at 10:05pm 09.11.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/2130 I have a new to me this season Beneteau Oceanis 321 with in mast furling. It has a small main and a
Roche paulj at 8:19pm 09.11.11 Catalina 310 0/1279 Went to Roche Harbor before the Canada trip.....could not find the Roche file in which photos were l
Why "back-in" beaching zjtr10 at 7:21pm 09.11.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/4014 Lately I have seen several pics of Macs that were backed onto the beach instead of bow first. I don'
looking for used ehsaust manifold for Mase generator danatartau at 6:57pm 09.11.11 Parts Search 0/2534 I am looking for an exhaust manifold for a 4 Kw Mase/ Mariner marine generator with a Rugerini eng
head waste plumbing joe jobs at 6:34pm 09.11.11 Big Boats 10/2532 I have a 1993 Hunter legend 40.5. The waste discharge line has plugged several times and i would lik
AC Compressor problems shipwreck66 at 6:34pm 09.11.11 Ask All Sailors 5/2022 My compressor kicks on for approx. 20 sec. then off for 30 sec, back on, then off, over and over. Ba
Hey Blaise, re. rudders. Ed Schenck at 6:32pm 09.11.11 The Cherubini Hunters 21/3797 Do you know the O.D. of our rudder stocks? We have this thread going over on the wrong forum: http:
Gel or AGM battery for my 309? David21717 at 6:30pm 09.11.11 Catalina 309 Group Forum 7/4042 I need to replace my 4D batteries on a 2008 309. I notice that a gel battery apparently has about t
Boom Brake vs. Vang MGoBoat at 6:26pm 09.11.11 Ask An Oday Owner 1/2151 Our boat survived the local flooding. The lake where we are moored was 12' higher than normal. The
Did Navigation Lighting Requirements Change??? Cool Beans at 6:26pm 09.11.11 Ask All Sailors 6/2696 Was looking for any rules specifically stating I needed operational lights for day sailing. . .I'm r
Wiring merlinuxo at 5:42pm 09.11.11 Trailer Sailors 4/2510 One of the joys of antique boat ownership- I went to wire a Hella fan (new old stock I've been carr
Our first on-the-river-overnighter DAVA390 at 5:39pm 09.11.11 Ask All Sailors 15/3179 The Admiral and I are rookies. Most (well,all) of our sailing has been 2-3hr day trips onand about M
Sailmaker recommendation? jviss at 5:23pm 09.11.11 Ask All Sailors 14/3695 I need a repair, and some general maintenance on my sails - jib and main on a Catalina 36. Can some
Help!!!! vhardwaremom at 5:19pm 09.11.11 Ask All Sailors 4/1695 I have a 30 ft Catalina with an Atomic 4 motor. Need an 11' throttle cable. Where do I go? It's an M
Motor & Bracket for O'Day 23 BBD at 4:55pm 09.11.11 Ask An Oday Owner 5/4255 I have a 78 O'Day23 with a 2 cycle 9.9 manual start Johnson outboard motor. I sail on Grand Lake in
Little slice of Heaven... rfrye1 at 3:41pm 09.11.11 Ask All Sailors 4/2047 This may have been mentioned before, but i just put a 2" memory foam topper (costco) on my aft cabin

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Any woodworkers about? john6206 at 3:58am 08.29.22 Thank you everyone - It's gonna be awhile until I get time to do this, I'm hoping to be done before
Why do we bother rant john6206 at 3:53am 08.29.22 It's an interesting perspective. I've been wondering about the culture of this forum in terms of
Engine Kill lever on Catalina 30 Davidasailor26 at 3:25am 08.29.22
Help me... I don't have time to search, and I have some questions !!!! Davidasailor26 at 2:58am 08.29.22 ...... but bethwaite such an easy read and has lots of pictures. i like picture. it's easier to pl
Hunter 30 and prop walk David in Sandusky at 1:37am 08.29.22 Stu inspired me to a deeper dive. Here is Don Casey in Sail saying that it is the angle of the shaf
Hunter 30 and prop walk David in Sandusky at 12:52am 08.29.22 Thanks, Stu. Can you suggest a reference for me? In either case, it seems basic to some designs, an
Hunter 30 and prop walk Stu Jackson at 8:56pm 08.28.22 Second, I understand that prop walk is a side effect of the angle of the prop shaft from the horizo
Why do we bother rant Benny17441 at 8:55pm 08.28.22 I find looking up and doing things for myself is the best way of learning and attaining self suffici
Autopilot Direct Drive on H34 WasabiRush at 7:21pm 08.28.22 Here is a picture of my rudder position sensor .. Since it is inverted, the wires had to be reverse
1981 H30 Skeg removal (2) Andyk1 at 7:17pm 08.28.22 So I answered my own question, the rudder does not need to be removed to remove the skeg. The skeg i
Why do we bother rant dLj at 6:44pm 08.28.22 Yeah, I love the guys that will argue with the advice they are given. I think some of them are trol
Hunter 30 and prop walk David in Sandusky at 6:37pm 08.28.22 First of all, in my understanding and experience (replaced the original prop with a Campbell), the C
Why do we bother rant dLj at 6:35pm 08.28.22 now, i do so like those that ask for help, work through their issue,s. report back on how things ar
Service life of nylon anchor rode? Ken13559 at 6:15pm 08.28.22 My anchor rope came stock with boat 20 years ago and is still in use. For the 10 times/year use I ha
Help me... I don't have time to search, and I have some questions !!!! jon hansen at 5:58pm 08.28.22 ...... but bethwaite such an easy read and has lots of pictures. i like picture. it's easier to pla
Hunter 30 and prop walk MikeHoncho at 5:52pm 08.28.22 I became dependent on my prop walk with my fixed pitch original prop. When I switched to a Autoprop
Why do we bother rant dlochner at 5:49pm 08.28.22 or they respond back to the reply and doubt or disprove (in error) the reply because it wasn't what
How do I add a new turning block at base of mast? quadrille38 at 5:49pm 08.28.22 The messenger line ended up being a comedy of errors. The Mrs ended up going up the stick at least
Why do we bother rant MikeHoncho at 5:47pm 08.28.22 or they respond back to the reply and doubt or disprove (in error) the reply because it wasn't what
Service life of nylon anchor rode? dlochner at 5:46pm 08.28.22 I am definitely no expert on insurance matters! Having made that statement, one has to be thorough

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