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Mounting a fluxgate compass. Slade at 4:35pm 05.14.11 Musings With Maine Sail 4/4171 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 2/1360 5kts off Malibu. Realtime
CAtalina 30 Main Bulkhead replacement ron albert at 4:01pm 05.14.11 Catalina 30 7/7906 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 7/2425 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 47/9034 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 4/2587 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 14/6292 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 12/5797 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 3/3268 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 4/2901 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 5/5144 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 9/3019 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 23/12504 Yesterday, a sail trim forum lister, who does not own a boat (yet), asked me what steps he should ta
RC Sail Boat r.oril at 7:17am 05.14.11 Ask All Sailors 5/3642 I have this great little lake about 1/2 mile from my house and I want to get a RC Sail Boat. This is
Hunter 44 packing gland captainpat at 6:26am 05.14.11 Big Boats 3/1344 Finally got the packing gland apart on newly purchased 2003 Hunter 426 and found 2 rings of 1/4" fla
Tiller to pedestal steering conversion on O28 Footdocsailor at 5:16am 05.14.11 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1655 I am endeavoring to purchase my first boat. I have found an O28 that I am seriously considering maki
What to do if de-masted? inarathree at 5:10am 05.14.11 Ask All Sailors 11/3681 I read postings and news articles, where people get de-masted from whales (although I dont think it
loose pintles and gudgeons kepeterss at 5:08am 05.14.11 Ask An Oday Owner 3/3977 The pintles and gudgeons on my 1979 Oday 23 have a lot of play in them that seems to be getting wors
Quick fix trailering? jmark at 4:51am 05.14.11 Trailer Sailors 10/4519 Hi, I am new to sailboats and the activities involved in maintaining and moving them. I want to get
73 Ranger 29 Pics - Inside and Outside lemuscounseling at 7:49pm 05.13.11 Ranger Yachts (CA/FL) 7/8752 I would love to see any 73 Ranger 29 pics so I can see how mine will look after I'm done working on

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Navigation Lights Beneteau Oceanis 31 Gigagybe at 4:56am 09.05.22 Hi @SycloneDriver thanks a lot for your pictures!
Windlass Power Source (1) Lee Hadjiosif at 4:28am 09.05.22 This is my battery isolator. It takes power from the alternator(when is running) and distributes to
Y-33 Running Rigging Davidasailor26 at 4:12am 09.05.22 Part of the consideration is also the feel of the line. A thinner line might be strong enough to han
Hunter 41DS Hydronic Heater Location Nachismo at 2:55am 09.05.22 THANKS!
Hunter Europa transom bung martx007 at 12:46am 09.05.22 Sorry Ralph i should have said there is no need to block the hole at the waterline as it must empty
Y-33 Running Rigging djghosie at 10:12pm 09.04.22 in the manual it states the jib sheet needs to be 15mm, is this an overkill?
S2 8.5 hull and deck plans Mark Maulden at 8:57pm 09.04.22 I had my boat dimensions scanned for new decking so same can be done for the hull. Who did the sca
Bleeding Yanmar Injectors SycloneDriver at 8:38pm 09.04.22 How long has it been since the engine last ran? What lead up to this issue? How do you know the co
S2 8.5 hull and deck plans sail sfbay at 8:22pm 09.04.22 I had my boat dimensions scanned for new decking so same can be done for the hull.
Heat exchanger/radiator cap for 1990 PERKINS PRIMA engine jssailem at 8:18pm 09.04.22 Hi George. This may be a resource for your need. https://www.parts4engines.com/perkins-prima-m50-hea
S2 8.5 hull and deck plans Lorihallam at 7:29pm 09.04.22
Swing Keel questions AaronD at 7:27pm 09.04.22 Hi - I'm new to the forum and have questions about the C22 swing keel. I'm in the market for a trai
Perko Brand Sea Water Strainer rgranger at 7:23pm 09.04.22 Thanks for sharing nice pics of the install:beer:
Cracks on cabin roof around mast step/plate Com-Pac 23 MitchM at 7:19pm 09.04.22 you will find that com-pac yachts 727 443 4408 in FL will answer your design questions
Running rigging lines internal to mast on a hunter 28.5 rgranger at 7:19pm 09.04.22
S2 8.5 hull and deck plans Mark Maulden at 6:38pm 09.04.22 What company is making it? Usually, they can work from good pics. Sailboatdata.com has a pretty dec
S2 8.5 hull and deck plans Lorihallam at 6:05pm 09.04.22 Thank you! The model boat builder just wants it to be accurate.
S2 8.5 hull and deck plans sail sfbay at 6:03pm 09.04.22 Welcome to the forum!! Sorry, but production sailboat manufacturers do not provide or publish plans
battery charging issues Hayden Watson at 6:01pm 09.04.22 At first the two vastly different voltages on the two batteries in parallel was a puzzle to me but i
Cracks on cabin roof around mast step/plate Com-Pac 23 jssailem at 5:12pm 09.04.22 Sounds fortunate.

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