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New Boat! (1) FourPoints at 9:01pm 05.14.11 Ask All Sailors 1/1599 Ok, not exactly new, but it is performing like a New One! I just got the new sails from Neil Pryde t
Folding Tiller jimfrankelly at 8:47pm 05.14.11 Smaller Boats 0/1347 Has anyone put a hinge in the metal tillers used on the Hunter 260 ' 270 models??? Picture would be
Dulce, two week update (13) CharlieCobra at 8:41pm 05.14.11 Ask All Sailors 3/2014 It's been two weeks since we started on Dulce. Here are some shots of the progress. Here's some sho
Hunter 54 two week update (11) CharlieCobra at 8:16pm 05.14.11 Ask All Sailors 2/2001 It's been a long two weeks on the H-54. As you can see the cabin sole is done except for some trim,
New h23 shore power (4) C Jones at 6:28pm 05.14.11 Smaller Boats 1/1302 Just finished it this week. I used a Square D, 30amp. load center with 2- 120 volt breakers. One 20
Registration numbers "hidden" on boat 1Goldie at 6:13pm 05.14.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2778 We failed our free safety check because we did not have our registration numbers somewhere inside on
Throttle lever - not controlling engine robfmcc at 5:22pm 05.14.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1782 It seems that my throttle lever isn't controlling the RPMs of the engine, it will put the boat in ge
Mounting a fluxgate compass. Slade at 4:35pm 05.14.11 Musings With Maine Sail 4/3999 I've got a Raymarine ST40 fluxgate compass. No problem with mounting the display away from interfer
Saturday... (2) Timo42 at 4:09pm 05.14.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1330 5kts off Malibu. Realtime
CAtalina 30 Main Bulkhead replacement ron albert at 4:01pm 05.14.11 Catalina 30 7/7688 Hi all. Anyone ever replaced the main bulkhead on a Catalina 30. Mine is water damaged and cosmeti
Sliding Hatch Cover betzhunter at 3:58pm 05.14.11 Big Boats 7/2344 My boom fell from the line that it was attached to and cracked the hatch cover on my H34. Now i need
ethanol/ stable/ sea foam Chuck Creel at 3:36pm 05.14.11 Ask All Sailors 47/8411 Ahoy all boaters with outboards. I am experiencing a problem that i know others are having with the
transom ladder GarEi at 2:44pm 05.14.11 Pearson 4/2446 All you Pearson 303 owners, I have a question. Stock transom ladder enters the water by 17" one rung
Mast Spreader Help! Falconer at 2:31pm 05.14.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 14/6073 Proud new owner of a M25. Don't know anything about sailing. Refinishing the boat then starting this
Hunter 23.5 Mast Damage (1) davidb at 2:16pm 05.14.11 Smaller Boats 12/5575 I was trying to step the mast on my 1995 Hunter 23.5 today, when it twisted of to one side. This to
Mounting solar panels on adustible feet thinwater at 12:57pm 05.14.11 Musings With Maine Sail 3/3141 Although using studs to make an adjustable mount is hardly a new idea (engines, street lights), I ad
MacGregor 25 Running Rigging from Ebay MidwestMac at 11:29am 05.14.11 Ask All Sailors 4/2863 I recently purchased a 1985 Mac 25 that is without any of the running rigging. Given that I am n
O'Day 25 trailer question jsachetti at 10:43am 05.14.11 Ask An Oday Owner 5/5050 My O'Day came with a wooden cradle sitting on a flat iron trailer that the previous owner would have
How to buy vessel from LLC? KittyB at 8:40am 05.14.11 Ask All Sailors 9/2958 Hi, all, We are trying to get some advice on purchasing a boat from an LLC. We reached an agreement
How Did You Get Into Sailing? Don Guillette at 8:27am 05.14.11 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 23/12142 Yesterday, a sail trim forum lister, who does not own a boat (yet), asked me what steps he should ta

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Buff buff buff (1) rgranger at 1:47pm 06.08.22 Now you've done it....
SBO is moving to the lower right-hand corner (2) rgranger at 1:41pm 06.08.22 Very nice. I'm happy for y'all. It is a lot warmer in Florida. You will have to get a new ward r
Marine Aire (Dometic) 18,000 BTU HVAC freezing Sailgunner at 1:38pm 06.08.22 I have a similar unit and I leave it in Moisture Mode all summer. The boat gets hot but the humidiy
Age 80, O'Day 26 CB, great loop kappykaplan at 1:28pm 06.08.22 I am still figuring out how to put the headsail on the roller furl The jib should have a luff tape
Marine Aire (Dometic) 18,000 BTU HVAC freezing RandB Davis at 1:26pm 06.08.22 Thanks for the very quick response Rich. The tech suggested the same thing, however, it invariabl
O'Day 23 interior repair questions Timm R Oday25 at 1:18pm 06.08.22 I used a water based adhesive and covered the hull with a very light blue outdoor carpet. After fif
Question about boat speed under power (Tartan 31 Ralph Johnstone at 1:16pm 06.08.22 2800 is way, way off, no? No. 2800 RPM (78% of max) is the recommended cruising speed for a 2GM2
Marine Aire (Dometic) 18,000 BTU HVAC freezing Rich Stidger at 1:10pm 06.08.22 I have a different Marine Aire unit and in conditions of high humidity and long running it will ice
Fuel Puzzle cloydmilton at 1:04pm 06.08.22 My engine died due to a plugged pick up tube. The tube had a screen plugged by algae growing in the
Buff buff buff Justin_NSA at 1:00pm 06.08.22 Pay attention to what products you use to wash your boat afterwards. Some, like Simple Green, remove
Introduction-New Member to Forum hceajudah at 12:46pm 06.08.22 Bumping this for any helpful suggestions, especially on getting the boat off the trailer! Thanks!
Question about boat speed under power (Tartan 31 FastOlson at 12:27pm 06.08.22 Good Points... about "assumptions"... I bought an inexpensive laser tach to check on our new tach in
Cracking around inside fixed portlight ggrizzard at 12:24pm 06.08.22 I might suggest you take some measurements of the window depth on the cracked face and compare that
Question about boat speed under power (Tartan 31 odaydokay at 11:51am 06.08.22 If he is really short on RPM (yes, "if"), one thing to look at is the throttle handle and linkage. W
Question about boat speed under power (Tartan 31 (1) Ralph Johnstone at 11:23am 06.08.22 I am seeing a maximum speed of 4.1 knots at 2800 RPM with a Yanmar 2GM. And how accurate is that
Specs or source for Catalina 30 cabin top wood trim (eyebrows)? Steve_Catalina at 11:21am 06.08.22 Catalinadirect.com has them for your boat, but they cost over $400 US. As many have suggested remove
VHF at helm (possibly hands free) kloudie1 at 11:14am 06.08.22 I have a Ram microphone on Standard Horizon, hard wired.. I have been very happy with that setup. Se
Wire Size (1) Ralph Johnstone at 11:09am 06.08.22 This will give you a better idea of exactly WHAT a selected wire will do for you. Whether it's got
320 Deck/Mast wiring connection Scott T-Bird at 10:52am 06.08.22 On my Catalina 320, all wire and cable connections are above deck and inside the mast. When I had m
VHF at helm (possibly hands free) patagoniadave at 10:48am 06.08.22 Honestly, I think I read @AaronD 's write-up before I did mine, but the instructions are pretty cle

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