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How do you decide on your control lines for your sails? jssailem at 12:01pm 02.27.22 Ask All Sailors 1/700 Running Rigging, specifically control lines for your sails - sheets. How do you go about deciding ab
The LiFePo4 Revolution! jviss at 10:55am 02.27.22 Ask All Sailors 50/4436 I have been a bit of a battery nerd for a long time, even though I don't know as much as many here o
Builder's Plaque jviss at 10:22am 02.27.22 Tartan 16/2564 @Sean K this one's for you! One great disappointment to me is that the builder's plaque for my boat
Is your boat a finely assembled, original manufactured piece of art work? jssailem at 7:21am 02.27.22 Ask All Sailors 33/2402 How do you look at your boat and what do you consider when something goes amiss? Is your boat a pr
MacGregor 26X Transom mast support/carrier keithl at 12:44am 02.26.22 Parts Search 0/352 my mac26x only has a console mounted mast roller carrier. It does allow pilot cover and cockpit bimi
Hunter 23.5 - Tiller Extension size Sailing Tiger at 9:39pm 02.25.22 Smaller Boats 5/1343 I am looking for suggestions as to the best length of a tiller extension for the aluminum tiller for
315 Sail Insignia Size (1) Skipper John at 9:04pm 02.25.22 Catalina 310 4/969 Continuing some posts about our new 315, can anyone figure out why the Catalina insignia on the sail
bilge pump brand mm2347 at 6:44pm 02.25.22 Ask All Sailors 10/1941 what are the best bilge brands
Hunter 340 salon table specs dimensions, design etc doccjt at 4:39pm 02.25.22 Big Boats 3/1228 I need to design and build a replacement salon table top for Hunter 340. Does anyone have or can sha
Hunter holding tank fconmass at 12:20pm 02.25.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/2584 I have a1993 Hunter 30T. I may have to replace my holding tank. I have looked online for what size
WTB Oday Mariner Wing_Mechanic at 10:39am 02.25.22 Day Sailers 3/636 Hopefully it's ok to post this here: I'm in search of an Oday Mariner in the south east United Stat
Sail slug replacement dreadpiratk at 10:37am 02.25.22 Big Boats 4/1851 Re-posting this here for more boat specific info hopefully I have a 1989 Catalina 34. One of my win
Hack Freedom 20/Link-2000R for LiFePo4? jviss at 9:08am 02.25.22 Musings With Maine Sail 19/2623 Has anyone considered "hacking" their older charge/inverter system to work with a LFP bank? I was t
Xenes LiFePO 4 Smart BMS Battery Management System (1) jviss at 9:04am 02.25.22 Musings With Maine Sail 0/604 Is anyone here familiar with this product? Xenes is a German company. The pricing seems quite rea
Fuse ratings Ilanortho at 5:51am 02.25.22 Ask All Sailors 42/5923 Hi all; Is a 10A fuse designated as 24V still a 10A fuse for 12V system? Tech told me yes, Ohm's law
Yanmar 2GM20F cooling problem stuendan at 11:03pm 02.24.22 Mid-Size Boats 10/2366 Got the boat back in water with antifoul, prop speed and new cutlass bearing + 2 new stop cocks (bal
HJull number engraved on hull of Hunter Legend Suntala66 at 5:45pm 02.24.22 Mid-Size Boats 4/673 Looking for the hull number engraved on my 1991 Hunter 37.5 Legend for registration in Delaware. Can
What are these. (5) mikeracca at 5:33pm 02.24.22 Catalina 30 8/1380
Need to Replace a Reading Light, or its Switch (1) dkinzer at 5:21pm 02.24.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/987 One of the reading lights in the forward cabin of our 2007 41DS has a switch that is intermittent. I
Sail question (1) Rickth at 4:07pm 02.24.22 Ask All Sailors 12/1460 Bought a boat couple months back and looking through sails that came with it and not sure what this

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Traveler jssailem at 10:25am 01.22.25 Travelers can be as simple as a piece of line anchored at the sides of the transom with the Mainshee
Your experience with online courses? jssailem at 10:18am 01.22.25 Online classes, books, YouTube videos, talking at the marina bar are all ways you can learn about sa
Coastal Snow Storm JamesG161 at 10:09am 01.22.25 Is that Highway 98 at the Alabama line? Yes!!!
Where to buy fresh mustang HIT rearm kits? jssailem at 10:06am 01.22.25 This review from 2024 April appears on the Mustang site. DG (verified buyer) Short life Easy plug
Where to buy fresh mustang HIT rearm kits? jssailem at 9:59am 01.22.25 Try Binnacle. They appear to have stock. Check with them on dates. https://ca.binnacle.com/Inflata
Coastal Snow Storm (1) JamesG161 at 9:56am 01.22.25 @jssailem and I did attempt to Explain Heat Transfer during the Hurricane Season of 2024 here... T
Traditional Stuffing or Dripless? (1) Hayden Watson at 9:48am 01.22.25 The one MAJOR reason why I have not gone with a mechanical seal is the requirement to replace the r
Prefer to trailer SteveHughessails at 9:12am 01.22.25
Traditional Stuffing or Dripless? Ralph Johnstone at 9:11am 01.22.25 The one MAJOR reason why I have not gone with a mechanical seal is the requirement to replace the ru
Traditional Stuffing or Dripless? dlochner at 9:08am 01.22.25 I've been down both roads, dripless and traditional packing. When I changed from a traditional stuff
Coastal Snow Storm (1) JamesG161 at 8:50am 01.22.25 Satellite view of Snow coverage !
Where to buy fresh mustang HIT rearm kits? dlochner at 8:27am 01.22.25 Most of these PFD's use the same internal device to inflate the airbag. Open up your PFD to find th
Traditional Stuffing or Dripless? SV Temenos at 8:25am 01.22.25 Replacing the packing is cheap and has works well. In my opinion there is no need to spend a lot of
Coastal Snow Storm Gene Neill at 8:19am 01.22.25 229457 229458 Brrrrrr That Florida state line pic is spectacular. I am stealing it and saving
Traditional Stuffing or Dripless? JoeWhite at 7:48am 01.22.25 I replaced the original bronze stuffing box with new bronze stiffing box an 6 ply hose. The packing
Where to buy fresh mustang HIT rearm kits? Project_Mayhem at 7:48am 01.22.25 Most of these PFD's use the same internal device to inflate the airbag. Open up your PFD to find the
Teak Handrail Bedding Project_Mayhem at 7:46am 01.22.25 Bed-IT. Instead of doing a bunch of elbow grease trying to clean up the fiberglass, just bevel the e
Traditional Stuffing or Dripless? Project_Mayhem at 7:44am 01.22.25 I just finished doing some research on both. The dripless are expensive to buy, expensive to rebuild
Traditional Stuffing or Dripless? Justin_NSA at 7:33am 01.22.25 I replaced the 'plastic' stuffing box with a LasDrop Gen II dripless shaft seal. It has been leak an
Traditional Stuffing or Dripless? Don S/V ILLusion at 7:27am 01.22.25

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