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Windlass operation SailingAway at 4:52am 07.14.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/5675 We recently purchased a 2006 Beneteau 343 with an electric Lewmar windlass. Can anybody help with it
Manual for Hunter 23,5 PetterG at 12:39am 07.14.10 Smaller Boats 2/2014 I wonder if there is someone who could Email me a manual for my boat, its a Hunter 23,5, 1995 mod.
Solar panel installation (2) OdayDave at 9:36pm 07.13.10 Ask An Oday Owner 6/2474 After having stepped on one solar panel (luckily it was a cheap one), I decided to build a housing a
Want to buy Capri 18 capnron209 at 9:35pm 07.13.10 Smaller Boats 10/295 Have Capri 14.2, but want to upgrade. Looking for clean, fresh water only, Capri 18 with trailer. M
Winged keel tall rig with sprit OR Fin keel regular rig no sprit cadams at 9:34pm 07.13.10 Catalina 30 2/2065 We are planning to buy a Catalina 30 to sail in a medium sized lake (9 miles long) in Kansas. We get
porta potty question Carolyn1964 at 8:57pm 07.13.10 Trailer Sailors 61/33557 Wow, now heres a topic :redface:. I am in the midst of planning a week cruise in my Venture 25. Th
Good day (1) All U Get at 7:37pm 07.13.10 Ask All Sailors 5/1929 Good day all, Yesterday in Casco Bay, Maine it got foggy but still enough wind to bring the boat alo
Sandusky Steve Stephen Mayor at 6:49pm 07.13.10 Big Boats 5/1709 The boat is a 1983 build and I'm the third owner as of 8 years ago. The boat is in pretty good shap
Made it to Butler PA YEAH! (1) caguy at 5:54pm 07.13.10 Ask All Sailors 13/3759 Arrive today at three. Everything is secured and then the rain started. I'll sleep in boat tonight
Keel Dimensions Jfelkins at 5:39pm 07.13.10 Day Sailers 0/1155 I'm looking for the length and hight of the keel on an ODay 23. Thanks for any info!
Passage refer/frz gas shocks Matt at 5:30pm 07.13.10 Big Boats 4/1404 Has anyone replaced the factory supports with the gas shocks on a 42 Passage. The ones on it now ta
Fuse Panel Debate kpgraci at 5:18pm 07.13.10 Ask All Sailors 12/3514 I purchased a 6 switch panel, a battery selector, and a battery test meter. My plan was to cut out
New Sailboat Shipping Cost? sigbear at 5:16pm 07.13.10 Ask All Sailors 12/4683 I am going to buy a new in stock Catalina 309 tomorrow is all works out, however, when I punch in th
Midnight Sun Blaise at 4:51pm 07.13.10 The Cherubini Hunters 6/1669 The ordeal is finally over. Midnight Sun was spashed today after six months out of the water except
just sold my hunter piedpiperIII at 4:50pm 07.13.10 Catalina 22 1/1353 Just sold my hunter23.5 WB, I liked that it had more room than my cat22 but to be honest it doesn't
Boarding Ladder Tom Hoffman at 4:23pm 07.13.10 Trailer Sailors 5/5094 One of my first posts here was about what to get for a boarding ladder. I have been scuba diving an
Standard Horizon GX 2100 AIS VHF Richard19068 at 4:22pm 07.13.10 Ask All Sailors 2/2190 Does anyone have any experience with these VHF's with integrated AIS? They sound like a good way to
H 340 Galley/Head Drains summerzcool at 4:15pm 07.13.10 Big Boats 4/1915 I just purchased a 2001 Hunter 340 and have a question regarding the drainage system for the galley
keel pully and cables ncbadboy at 3:39pm 07.13.10 S2 0/1285 hi my name is George Gibson I have a 1985 s2 6.9 sailboat. when i got her the keel wasd tied off wit
Galley Pump info/fresh water system 1981Lancer at 3:15pm 07.13.10 Lancer 6/2335 I am now realizing that my boat has a fresh water system that I can use both to fill my ice box and

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nmea / electronics upgrade advice! Tally Ho at 12:18pm 06.25.22 My good old boat had a decent Chart plotter (Garmin GPS740), but no AIS and a really old VHF radio t
Water heater blows feed line off. (1) wyctoronto at 12:15pm 06.25.22 206658
Yeti Goal Zero Tally Ho at 12:00pm 06.25.22 I dont think my engine heats water at all. The water heater runs off the AC bus--so even if the eng
H34 mid ship cleats location Stu Jackson at 11:20am 06.25.22 The suggestion that the midship cleat needs to be in front of the mast is incorrect. The midship cl
Yeti Goal Zero c07chrisjohnson at 10:58am 06.25.22 I dont think my engine heats water at all. The water heater runs off the AC bus--so even if the engi
Seeking maintenance advice with a few issues on a Hunter 25-2 dlochner at 10:38am 06.25.22 Rub Rail: Will tap to check for hollowness and see how far the sponginess may have spread, if it h
Yeti Goal Zero Windpilot at 10:37am 06.25.22 A much cheaper and more useful portable generater would also heat the water, but really, just heat i
Seeking maintenance advice with a few issues on a Hunter 25-2 Kaysirin at 10:17am 06.25.22
H34 mid ship cleats location (1) Ralph Johnstone at 10:11am 06.25.22 Bonobos are a much better choice. Yes, more suitable for the heavy work but God help you if they
Cordless power tools: best for boat? JoeWhite at 9:44am 06.25.22 I buy a tool only when I need it.
H34 mid ship cleats location Johnb at 9:31am 06.25.22 Bonobos are a much better choice.
Cordless power tools: best for boat? Ralph Johnstone at 9:29am 06.25.22 I have an old hair dryer permanently on board for working on hoses. Won't start a hose job ( :)) wi
nmea / electronics upgrade advice! dlochner at 9:23am 06.25.22 While patching together devices from different eras and manufacturers can be done, I think it is wis
H34 mid ship cleats location Ralph Johnstone at 9:15am 06.25.22 Always a monkey drill before adding them, Are you saying you employ monkeys to do the manual work
Main Halyard for Catalina 315 stephen_i_w at 9:11am 06.25.22 I also have a 2013 c315, but my main halyard is led to the cockpit through a clutch on the cabin top
Dock line noise. Kings Gambit at 8:56am 06.25.22
nmea / electronics upgrade advice! jssailem at 8:32am 06.25.22 Adam, Sailing the Salish Sea these past 7 years, I have found value in having the Vesper AIS XB8000
Cordless power tools: best for boat? JamesG161 at 8:31am 06.25.22
Trouble removing prop shaft (4) vidalia at 8:14am 06.25.22 For the record (because I always like to know how these things turn out): I used a steering wheel p
Cordless power tools: best for boat? dlochner at 8:08am 06.25.22 The tools I use the most are a cordless drill, an impact drill, oscillating tool, and a sabre saw.

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