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Unusual High Tides on the upper Chessy Witzend at 5:47pm 05.12.11 Ask All Sailors 9/2862 For the past 2 days we have had very high tides, it's not a full moon, no southerly blow'en, no stor
H26 Mast+Steamer+cables and connectors Chiriqui at 5:40pm 05.12.11 Smaller Boats 9/2848 I dropped the mast today to find out why my neither my mast or steamer lights didn't come on. I'm p
Tohatsu MFS6B Outboard Witzend at 4:24pm 05.12.11 Ask All Sailors 16/6400 I purchased this outboard from Defender industries at the end of December of 2010. I have maybe 1 ho
Boat Wiring Ducati at 3:34pm 05.12.11 Ask All Sailors 4/2091 Last fall just before haul-out I took photos of all of the wiring connections for the mast. I looks
Clearing the decks Roger Long at 3:00pm 05.12.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 7/5539 I signed the papers today to sell the business I started in 1986, a quarter of a century ago. That
Almost ready to splash. (4) geehaw at 1:14pm 05.12.11 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1535 Well the boats bottom is painted the rest cleaned and shiny. No more white butt when ya sit on her.
Need M-15/5411 Engine for Parts Jimd333 at 12:39pm 05.12.11 Catalina 30 7/2855 I'm rebuilding my M-15 and would really like to find someone who is re-engining and would like to se
Need M-15/5411 Engine for Parts Jimd333 at 12:36pm 05.12.11 Ask An Oday Owner 0/971 Rebuilding my engine and would like to buy an engine for parts...anybody re-engining? Thanks, Jim
Insurance Agreed or ???? rhythmsurfer at 12:08pm 05.12.11 Ask All Sailors 20/5688 Now that we have been pouring more and more money into our "boat on the hill." I have decided to get
Alternator Question? simplicity at 12:00pm 05.12.11 Ask All Sailors 16/4350 I am rewiring some of the electrical in my O'Day 34 and want to know if its a problem to wire my alt
Bareboat in Greece rfrye1 at 11:47am 05.12.11 Ask All Sailors 1/1536 Considering a bareboat in greece (athens area). Other than Sunsail ' Moorings, does anyone have expe
Moving from the Potomac to the Choctawhatchee dennisp at 11:32am 05.12.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1349 Moving from the Potomac to the Choctawhatchee for retirement. Plan to bring my Hunter 306 from Alex
no turnbuckle on 9.2A forestay? bugbitten at 11:26am 05.12.11 S2 3/1773 I've recently purchased a '80 9.2A and and working through various issues. Bear with me, as I am new
zee in cedros..... zeehag at 10:53am 05.12.11 Ask All Sailors 5/2490 with starter failure-- is under repair and will be leaving very soon for cabo and mazatlan--- spot
Furler Fairlead/Bullseye highdesertM26 at 10:19am 05.12.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1870 Where does everyone mount the first fairlead/bullseye coming out of the furler? I've scoured the in
app for boat movement? bstaff2 at 10:10am 05.12.11 Ask All Sailors 2/1937 Hi, Does anyone know of an app (Android preferrably) using GPS (or whatever) for sensing an anchor d
What port brand is this (2) inquiztr at 9:44am 05.12.11 The Cherubini Hunters 6/2232 I was wondering if anyone could help me find a replacement plastic pane for this window. It is on my
Blue Sea Terminal Fuses - Heads up Rick486 at 8:47am 05.12.11 Ask All Sailors 7/2537 Be aware that installation of the Blue Sea terminal fuses, while a great product and a worthwhile sa
310 Interior gpd955 at 8:32am 05.12.11 Catalina 310 3/2499 What's everyone using to clean up/protect the interior wood on their 310's. I used to use lemon oi
Wednesday Night Races (1) kpgraci at 8:13am 05.12.11 Ask All Sailors 10/3029 Tagged along with the WNR crowd - why has no one told me about this before? What a blast, totally en

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Water Lift Exhaust Muffler on 461 - HELP NYSail at 1:41pm 09.13.22 Try Centek (Centek Industries \| Centek Marine \| Fortress Pilings \| Fiberglass Tubing Supply). They m
Hello, I am new here. I am looking at buying a 1988 Catalina 30 MKll sail sfbay at 1:27pm 09.13.22 Welcome to the forum!! Don S/V ILLusion's right............and while the boat is surveyed in a boat
Hello, I am new here. I am looking at buying a 1988 Catalina 30 MKll Rmalko at 1:21pm 09.13.22 Yep! Thanks
What is this cable for? (2) Claude L.-Auger at 1:07pm 09.13.22 Quote': ''It does come off the aft of the mast at the top and is fixed. However, it does not reach a
Hello, I am new here. I am looking at buying a 1988 Catalina 30 MKll Don S/V ILLusion at 12:56pm 09.13.22 Get it surveyed! There is no way of us knowing how it was cracked, why it was cracked, what other i
CNG Filling Station TomY at 12:54pm 09.13.22 We're having the same problem, maybe worse on the NE coast. Be aware your CNG tanks may also be out
SF Bay Area tiller pilot repair (1) PSR at 11:57am 09.13.22 Lots of water under the keel since this thread ended. I finally opened the old st2000, and this is w
Volvo Mechanic sail sfbay at 11:28am 09.13.22 Might try these guys in Sarasota: Suncoast Diesel Marine Inc Walts Marine Service
Water Lift Exhaust Muffler on 461 - HELP Harle000 at 11:25am 09.13.22 The manufacturer of the Beneteau system apparently was Beneteau. Not a third party. Sadly Beneteau h
DC Circuit Breaker Failures senang at 11:10am 09.13.22 Quadrille38, according to information from Eddie Breeden when he was still actif the panel on the H3
Water Lift Exhaust Muffler on 461 - HELP Stu Jackson at 10:54am 09.13.22 Here's another resource: https://centekmarine.com/product/category/propulsion-exhaust And whenever
Traveling alongside BigEasy at 10:37am 09.13.22 This would be exacrly my response as well .Coming from a blue collar background myself ,the driver
Trailer Tongue Question LloydB at 10:31am 09.13.22 The square tube of the tongue rotates downward out of the U channel when the locking pin is pulled f
Unknown part on my 18.5 shemandr at 10:09am 09.13.22 It may be a pennant for the mainsheet hardware. Some sailors move cleat up or down to their taste.
Bottom Paints Bob S at 10:08am 09.13.22 Micron CSC Extra Don't quite understand your problem. If it has worked why ask for alternatives. I
Anchor Chain Terry Cox at 10:04am 09.13.22 I'm trying to identify the grade of chain on a recently acquired 2005 Hunter 33, < 15000lb. Most v
Trailer Tongue Question Skipper J at 9:59am 09.13.22 Thanks for all the feedback. I'll be able to look at it closer to see if it was tilt or extension on
Underrated marinas DArcy at 9:43am 09.13.22
Bottom Paints fstbttms at 8:57am 09.13.22
Bottom Paints Don S/V ILLusion at 8:52am 09.13.22

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