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I sailed a Sunfish! (1) Kermit at 5:07am 06.21.22 Ask All Sailors 35/3309
Portable AC or Water Cooler Suggestions John Marrone at 8:19pm 06.20.22 Catalina 22 12/2675 1987 Catalina 22 New Design First Summer and not sure staying overnight in this Humid Hot N Florida
Catalina 250 WB swinging on a mooring buoy sebastko at 7:26pm 06.20.22 Ask A Catalina Owner 8/1664 Hello, I'm a new boat owner. I've seen my Catalina 250 (water ballast version) doing this funny danc
Best Flexible Solar Panels Monterey385 at 6:49pm 06.20.22 Ask All Sailors 4/3087 Looking to see if Renogy 175W Flexible Panels are still popular and recommended. Are there other be
Yeti Goal Zero c07chrisjohnson at 4:18pm 06.20.22 Big Boats 12/1987 Aloha, Saw the Yeti Goal Zero power supply and was wondering if anyone was able to basically power
Drain cover yogawme at 3:25pm 06.20.22 Ask All Sailors 6/1131 I'm new to sailing (dating a sailor). I am looking for suggestions for a part that can be placed ove
Dock line noise. Neil Spooner at 3:17pm 06.20.22 Ask All Sailors 21/3518 How do you keep your dock lines from creaking/groaning?
Mainsheet block Sutric at 2:24pm 06.20.22 Mid-Size Boats 7/1389 Looking for a bit of help. We broke the lower mainsheet block on our 1993 33.5 this weekend and I'm
Bahamas Hurricane History Revealed Johann at 1:11pm 06.20.22 Weather and Forecasting 7/1405 Very interesting study. It appears hurricane activity in the Bahamas has been DECREASING since the i
DOWNWIND Don Guillette at 12:56pm 06.20.22 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 18/5511 Probably a majority of sailors, if given the choice between closehaul/reaching and downwind would pi
Repairing gate value on Hunter 31 galley sink drain (3) Galind at 11:20am 06.20.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1064 Has anyone done repair on the gate valve on the galley sink? The valve may be original to the boat.
Breaker keeps jumping Belgian Chris at 11:09am 06.20.22 Ask All Sailors 7/701 Hello to all: I just bought a Beneteau First 29 (1984) - it needed a lot of TLC which we provided fo
Battery (1) rogerbalz at 7:39am 06.20.22 Catalina 22 9/1332 Boat has no battery would this one work Catalina 22 1989 Wing Keel? Or go with the 24DC?
Widgen date range (2) Rippey574 at 6:59am 06.20.22 Ask An Oday Owner 10/1248 Does this seem correct, I dated this as a 1971, trying to confirm before looking for manuals for thi
1983 Hunter 34 port side water tank removal ROBERT1228 at 5:42am 06.20.22 Big Boats 12/2091 I am trying to get to the port side water tank on my 1983 Hunter 34 but see no screws on the wooden
helm canopy gypsywind1980 at 3:24am 06.20.22 Ask All Sailors 13/1370 is there a add on canopy for a hunter 27 1980 over the helm
Keel bolt Triple B at 5:36pm 06.19.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/1707 I have a 1985 31 Im looking for the nut size for keel bolt Anyone have this information?
INVERTER SET UP twodzusfittings at 2:34pm 06.19.22 Bigger Boats 14/2564 So, once again I look to the forum for some guidance on an inverter installation. I have a 700 Watt
Keel didn't line up in the cradle brockangelo at 2:03pm 06.19.22 Catalina 22 26/2283 So yesterday I took the Ocean Jasper out of the water for the first time and put it on the trailer.
Rhodes 22 mast needed in New England Tony Jonaitis at 11:31am 06.19.22 Trailer Sailors 3/836 Looking for just the mast for a Rhodes 22. Prefer the in-mast-furling design. I'm in Marblehead, a

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Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. BigEasy at 3:16am 08.08.25
50,000 kilometers........ in a kayak! garymalmgren at 10:13pm 08.07.25 Go for it Fos!
Emergency tiller needed for Beneteau 373 BigEasy at 9:40pm 08.07.25 . For some reason there is no emergency tiller. I cannot imagine why anyone would have removed it
50,000 kilometers........ in a kayak! Foswick at 9:39pm 08.07.25 Isn't that like.. 1,200 miles? It's about 1000 miles, but it's all downhill.
Mac 25 mainsail woes or ok SteveHughessails at 8:49pm 08.07.25
Can anyone help me with this control panel guage Issue Ralph Johnstone at 8:43pm 08.07.25 Can you elaborate on your response. Maybe it does need a little more elaboration than what I've s
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. Richard19068 at 8:40pm 08.07.25 Have you read this article? https://marinehowto.com/seacock-backing-plates
50,000 kilometers........ in a kayak! Richard19068 at 8:35pm 08.07.25 Well, my wife and I were thinking we would kayak down the Columbia River next summer from the Canad
Circumnavigating Vancouver Island (4) Michael Davis at 8:20pm 08.07.25 Aug 7 to bring us up to date was Santa Gertrudis to Hootla-Kootla in Sydney Inlet. We bypassed Hotsp
Circumnavigating Vancouver Island (3) Michael Davis at 8:14pm 08.07.25 After a couple of days kayaking around Bodega Cove we decided to position ourselves better for the n
Mast crack hunter 23 (1) rgranger at 8:02pm 08.07.25
Circumnavigating Vancouver Island (4) Michael Davis at 7:59pm 08.07.25 The next morning we motored through Tahsis Narrows and down Tahsis Inlet to Bodega Cove. .Cove
Circumnavigating Vancouver Island (1) Michael Davis at 7:52pm 08.07.25 233551 We got an early start from Dixie Cove and headed for Esperanza Inlet. Motor down Clear Passag
Circumnavigating Vancouver Island jssailem at 7:47pm 08.07.25 Len, what are you saying. Better to not know the Apocalypse is happening?
Circumnavigating Vancouver Island Hello Below at 7:20pm 08.07.25
Circumnavigating Vancouver Island (3) Michael Davis at 7:10pm 08.07.25 The next step is to Kyuquot Sound. Sun Gypsys fuel tank is only 35 usg so I like to top up wherever
50,000 kilometers........ in a kayak! Foswick at 7:09pm 08.07.25 Well, my wife and I were thinking we would kayak down the Columbia River next summer from the Canadi
Can anyone help me with this control panel guage Issue SailingKD at 6:27pm 08.07.25 The gauge you show is the water temp gauge as the scale is not linear. Oil gauges are linear. Her
Can anyone help me with this control panel guage Issue jssailem at 6:17pm 08.07.25 You may be able to use a plastic cleaner to polish the lense so that you can read the gauge. Exposur
Re Route mainsail halyard to cockpit (1) jssailem at 6:13pm 08.07.25 For a keel stepped mast you need a collar. here is an example. to turn the lines from coming down th

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