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What is this tiller fitting for? (2) jjsbiggs at 10:27am 03.26.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/2040 I refinished my tiller and there is a fitting at the end of the tiller could anyone tell me what it
Swival clam cleat (2) emergpa1 at 8:45am 03.26.11 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1119 Anyone installed this on their boat? The pic doesn't show, but there is a swival block that attache
O'day Daysailer Vs Other Makers: Price & Quality? Spaudling at 8:15am 03.26.11 Ask All Sailors 8/15220 I'm trying to buy a Daysailer. The O'Day built ones represent the standard, but made in the 1970's s
flex o fold for a passage 456 sailboatdiscovery at 7:44am 03.26.11 Big Boats 3/1439 I would like to swap my 3 blade fixed prop on my 2002 passage 456 for a 3 blade flex o fold. The eng
hull gel coat prep? richk at 7:26am 03.26.11 Ask All Sailors 0/1652 Since the last time I did the sides above the waterline I had the stern awlgripped. I've heard I sh
Cleaning the wood seadaddler at 7:05am 03.26.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1519 Hi I am just wondering what other Newer Hunter owners use to clean all the wood down inside the boat
Install tips for a Carver Bimini Richie50 at 6:48am 03.26.11 Catalina 22 3/2138 First, thank you to everyone for the wealth of information that is made available by fellow Catalina
Networks (3) Bill1565 at 6:30am 03.26.11 Ask All Sailors 4/2178 I am doing something I said I never would, networking instruments. We bought a Garmin wind indicator
YIKES -- Different lengths on inner/lower shrouds ? Bob Pullen HC-33 1981 at 6:20am 03.26.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1423 :doh:Help...We have pulled off both pairs of the inner/lower shrouds off the mast of our 1981 H-33,
stuffing box wjs at 6:14am 03.26.11 S2 6/2834 I have a 1981 9.2A. with a yanmar 2gm. Last summer I was told that I needed to repack the stuffing b
Check those shrouds! dscribner at 5:02am 03.26.11 Trailer Sailors 6/5244 A bit of advice. Last year, I split my shroud covers to make them fit better, you know how they spl
A/C by portable generator agaliha at 4:29am 03.26.11 Ask All Sailors 16/4782 I don't think my Honda 2000 is big enough to start the marine air conditioner in my B361. But will
Wet Sand Boat Bottom - How Much Time? Ducati at 12:29am 03.26.11 Ask All Sailors 8/5646 I never wet sanded the bottom of a boat before so how much time should I set aside for this job? We
Binding in mast Furling Patrick S/V Shangra-La at 7:43pm 03.25.11 Ask All Sailors 9/3802 I have a Catalina 320 11 years old. Recently the Charleston Spar In Mast Furler began to bind bo
Refinishing keel question (2) jjsbiggs at 7:37pm 03.25.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/2888 I have the keel out of my 1983 Macgregor 25 and am removing the paint to refinish the keel. I looks
Bilge pump AADIVER at 5:15pm 03.25.11 Catalina 30 6/2254 My Rule 1500 bilge pump ain't pumpin' no mo', so what do you suggest I replace it with?
Ready to get wet (1) RAD at 4:30pm 03.25.11 Ask All Sailors 5/2305 :dance:Outside is all ready from the rub rails down now for the messy rest while I'm in the water...
Beneteau 400 2 Versus 3 Cabin taylort100 at 3:52pm 03.25.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1951 Well, we still haven't found a 2 cabin 400 in our price range. However, we have now seen two 3 cabin
New Mainsail... gabriel.donnelly at 3:21pm 03.25.11 Ask An Oday Owner 8/3044 OK Official Word from the guys at Bartlett Sails here at beautiful Lake Travis is "...the sail is ir
Type of buffer. geehaw at 3:17pm 03.25.11 Ask All Sailors 16/4508 I need to get a buffer to see if I can shine up the boat some. I found this website and prices seem

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Victron Super Cycle AGMs - anyone own them and/or can comment? Davidasailor26 at 1:04pm 07.08.22 @tfox2069 did you go with the Super Cycle, or did you find any useful reviews elsewhere? Our Deka A
Single Handing vs apparent wind and trim dlochner at 1:03pm 07.08.22 Going to play Karnac here, holding an envelop to my forehead, and the message says "We don't support
Sailing from Potts Harbor to Ports Harbor (approx. 160 nm) on the 1975 30 ' Albin Ballad Samura Sailer at 1:00pm 07.08.22 Thanks so much! I'll definitely get some of those muffins!
chainplates hunter 460 Captain Mateo at 12:57pm 07.08.22 Yep, they have them here. https://shop.hunterowners.com/hp/part.php?m=460-466&c=13&p=55597
Single Handing vs apparent wind and trim patagoniadave at 12:54pm 07.08.22 A super simple way to see if your current set up can steer to wind angle is to press the Standby an
Sailing from Potts Harbor to Ports Harbor (approx. 160 nm) on the 1975 30 ' Albin Ballad PaulK at 12:52pm 07.08.22 It makes a lot of sense to make short hops in a new-to-you boat. At about 25 miles, Boothbay seems l
Single Handing vs apparent wind and trim (2) Tally Ho at 12:46pm 07.08.22 I have Raymarine equipment including the autopilot. I have already emailed them asking about integr
Garmin GPSMAP 942 MFD Routing to Raymarine Auto Pilot? dlochner at 12:37pm 07.08.22 He's not trying to control the AP from the Garmin, he just wants it to steer to a waypoint. Accor
What Changes are happening in Your neighborhood? jviss at 12:36pm 07.08.22 I am moving to an old, old, seafaring city named New Bedford, MA - at one time the wealthiest city i
Wiring schematic Stu Jackson at 12:34pm 07.08.22 @Stu Jackson is also an excellent resource here on this site. Check out his electrical 101 post. It
Roll on Columbia -- like a lot! (1) pclarksurf at 12:34pm 07.08.22 I quantified a shat ton: I was out on the second biggest day of the month (just my luck) That's
I remove broken evaporator and find I need to replace the panel on which food rests kappykaplan at 12:26pm 07.08.22 Great news, @MikeTheHunter ! :beer:
I remove broken evaporator and find I need to replace the panel on which food rests (1) MikeTheHunter at 12:19pm 07.08.22 Thought I would complete the circle on this. I went to get the smallest piece of Starboard from Home
45DS mainsail furling sail sfbay at 12:16pm 07.08.22 seanmadian........what we do is after the mainsail is unfurled have someone go to the mast and move
Garmin GPSMAP 942 MFD Routing to Raymarine Auto Pilot? Calif. Ted at 12:11pm 07.08.22 He's not trying to control the AP from the Garmin, he just wants it to steer to a waypoint.
Single Handing vs apparent wind and trim patagoniadave at 12:00pm 07.08.22 Some days you just can't get a break with the wind. When the wind gets light and shifty we tend to
45DS mainsail furling (1) Ralph Johnstone at 12:00pm 07.08.22 Does this sound right to anyone/everyone? Sounds wrong to me. Our Selden in mast furling alway
IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING - AIN'T THAT THE TRUTH (HUGE QUESTION) (2) eherlihy at 11:58am 07.08.22 This is becoming an obsession with me... I BELIEVE that the fitting dimensions for the Westerbeake
What Changes are happening in Your neighborhood? Tedd at 11:57am 07.08.22 I hear you, @WayneH ! We searched for months to find a neighbourhood full of trees and with minimal
What Changes are happening in Your neighborhood? Maine Sail at 11:57am 07.08.22 We've seen a similar process here for the last couple of decades where completely livable homes hav

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