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Need main, Jib & rudder, what to buy? PrairieSailor at 3:11pm 11.10.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1236 :confused: Hello, got a new boat to me ( Macgregor 26C- 1993) and need to purchase new jib, new main
ICOM M1 charger KD3PC at 1:15pm 11.10.10 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 1/2069 I have the CM-16U wall charger from an M1 handheld that was sold and the buyer id not want this...
Rudder on a 25 ft golfersailor62 at 1:12pm 11.10.10 Day Sailers 2/1933 We had some damage on our rudder and want to know if we can cut a few inches off the bottom. Our ru
Flexi Teak & Nu Teak (1) jimmcgee at 12:34pm 11.10.10 Ask All Sailors 4/8586 I've been gradually upgrading my interior and one of the winter projects I'm looking at is going fro
The Dreaded CNG to LPG conversion SV ALL IN at 8:49am 11.10.10 Big Boats 5/3854 Good day I'm newer to this forum but have searched them before, but if this is already posted sorry
Engine Hours Meter shemandr at 8:14am 11.10.10 Ask All Sailors 24/8002 With the talk about how often to change the oil in diesel engines I thought it would be nice to have
Marine Supply Mil/LEO Discounts Fly4hire at 7:15am 11.10.10 Ask All Sailors 1/1363 Anyone know good marine supply retailers (online) that offer MIL/LEO discounts, or other good source
radar CCHer at 7:02am 11.10.10 Catalina 310 2/1801 Anybody have experience with backstay radar levelers? I will be installing a Garmin 18HD this offsea
Keel Fairing Question Ducati at 3:17am 11.10.10 Ask All Sailors 3/2529 I have to fix some of the fairing that has chipped away from our lead keel. Purchase 3M Premium Fill
Helm seat and auto pilot AADIVER at 9:49pm 11.09.10 Catalina 30 6/4346 I've seen "camelback" helm seats but I've no idea where to find and buy one. Sitting on the aft laz
Looking for a larger steering wheel... damoses1 at 9:17pm 11.09.10 Ask All Sailors 17/3658 My Cal 29 has a 24" steering wheel and I am interested in getting a larger 32" wheel. That is the b
Marine Turkey - Crab - Lobster Cooker (1) Otis Driftwood at 9:06pm 11.09.10 Trailer Sailors 10/4925 One of the reasons I got a sailboat was to take it crabbing. I feared in harbor/no wake zone speede
Temporary Tach? Stephen Trapani at 8:44pm 11.09.10 Ask All Sailors 8/2571 I'm thinking I don't really need a permanently installed tachometer. All I need to do is adjust the
Engine Control Panel Lights rpwillia at 8:15pm 11.09.10 Catalina 310 5/2013 These burn out. Not having the talent of a PaulJ to make my own, I found some on the Internet and bo
Provisioning a three day get away on a 22 RECESS at 7:38pm 11.09.10 Ask All Sailors 32/5716 I just brought home a 1978 Catalina 22. My wife did not like raising and lowering the mast on the O'
Winter Travel Blog for 1980 S2. Fun and classy. Hejira at 7:05pm 11.09.10 S2 5/2290 http://www.travelpod.com/members/hejira A couple of friends and I are traveling south on a shoest
Rebedding '84 H31 cjfj at 6:36pm 11.09.10 Mid-Size Boats 9/2343 We just had a survey done on a 1984 H31 that we liked alot. The surveyorshowed me where there was s
Lake Eufaula/Walter George Lake flynfol at 6:15pm 11.09.10 Destinations 6/5473 Any sailors familiar with this reservoir? Sailboat rentals?
Rub Rail Elysium at 4:25pm 11.09.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1651 Anyone ever installed a rub rail on a Benetau 38 First ( I know, sacraligeous)? Ever seen one ?
trailer help for 22' O'Day drfood at 3:32pm 11.09.10 Trailer Sailors 6/3794 I need to modify a 26' "Donzi" galvanized trailer for my 1977 22' O' Day sailboat. Looking for some

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Catalina 380 lift/Davit for Dinghy dlochner at 10:56am 07.25.22 550 lbs is pretty heavy, it will require a really beefy davit system and probably a power assisted h
Spinnaker Halyard. dlochner at 10:51am 07.25.22 I was out the other day - let out the Genoa but the didn't come out all the way looked liked a coup
Catalina 380 lift/Davit for Dinghy shea0613 at 10:46am 07.25.22
Stopping engine jviss at 10:45am 07.25.22 Definitely shut engine down before turning the key. Have you killed the diodes in your alternator
How soon is to soon? Don S/V ILLusion at 10:32am 07.25.22
Sailing from Potts Harbor to Ports Harbor (approx. 160 nm) on the 1975 30 ' Albin Ballad DArcy at 10:31am 07.25.22 Years ago we made this trip in the heat of summer. We found good relief by blocking the cockpit sc
2022 PacificNW Weather Update jssailem at 10:20am 07.25.22
Lake Montauk NYSail at 10:13am 07.25.22 Anchored there many times when I lived in NY. You have to follow a channel when you first enter, th
Raspberry Pi Boat Monitoring mgrouch at 10:01am 07.25.22 You can give a try to BBN Marine OS. There are more options for monitoring dashboards. Via NodeRed,
Spinnaker Halyard. Scott T-Bird at 9:57am 07.25.22 That is halyard wrap and the only way to prevent it is to keep the halyard away from the halyard swi
How soon is to soon? Hollyberry at 9:47am 07.25.22 If your interim 'storage' location is remote from where you live, on-the-hard makes more sense once
Stopping engine kappykaplan at 9:44am 07.25.22 I don't think it's a decompression handle - rather a fuel stop handle. I have one that I pull, then
Stopping engine Scott T-Bird at 9:44am 07.25.22 Definitely shut engine down before turning the key. Have you killed the diodes in your alternator y
Sailing with no furling winch tfox2069 at 9:44am 07.25.22 I couldn't find a single device that is all of a ratcheting block with stantion mount and ratchetin
How soon is to soon? Scott T-Bird at 9:39am 07.25.22 In my experience, it doesn't take long to find a suitable boat unless you are extremely picky. So t
How soon is to soon? Scott T-Bird at 9:23am 07.25.22 It's never too soon! It's almost always too late! :biggrin: I don't really understand your intent
stormy chi=mac jon hansen at 9:17am 07.25.22 well, now that j111 is not the winner. not anything. and so it goes:banghead:
How soon is to soon? dlochner at 9:12am 07.25.22 It is never too early to look for the retirement boat. You may start today and find it tomorrow or i
Catalina 380 lift/Davit for Dinghy Scott T-Bird at 9:10am 07.25.22 On a Catalina 30? Or are you sailing a larger boat now? I think the stability of a Catalina 30 wou
Mast Plate Broken Hunter 460 SEMPERAVANTI41 at 9:06am 07.25.22 I would contact SBO for the part. Looks to me like it's made of cast aluminum and cracked due to loa

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