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Find info on leins surlee at 5:15pm 06.20.10 Ask All Sailors 9/2568 Buyin our boat hopefully on Monday. I think I have the checks in place that'll allow for deal, paym
Head/Water System Set up rpearlberg at 4:48pm 06.20.10 Ask All Sailors 1/1314 This is our first season with our 1983 Pearson 303. We have yet to flush out the water/head system.
Rope clutch and organizer upgrades TonyN. at 4:38pm 06.20.10 Big Boats 5/1705 Hello to all out there. I recently purchased a new set of rope clutches and deck organizers and plan
Condensation and small leak front starboard window earlkeim at 4:03pm 06.20.10 Smaller Boats 3/1716 Hi, I have a Hunter 260, 2002 and have never had any leaks to date. This weekend it poured hard for
access to upper rudder mount Lee Hunter at 2:34pm 06.20.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1631 Does anyone know how to access the upper rudder mount from the inside on a 1986 Catalina 25? We're
Simrad AP14 handheld remote Error message Evening Star at 1:46pm 06.20.10 Ask All Sailors 0/2205 The handheld for the AP14 Autopilot shows an error message when plugged in. The LED flash code on t
No centerboard rope, 222, what do I do, the boat is already in the water? Carloswen at 12:23pm 06.20.10 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1869 Hi everyone! To all those who know, I am in Portsmouth ,Ri, and my boat is already in the water, a
309, Would You Buy It Again Or Something Else? sigbear at 11:08am 06.20.10 Catalina 309 Group Forum 12/5994 If you had it to do over again would you buy the Catalina 309 again? What have you experienced wit
The 4 Elements Of Sail Trim Don Guillette at 9:10am 06.20.10 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 2/3962 The great golfer Bobby Jones said" There are any number of people who have devoted enough thought, t
Scaredy Cats timebandit at 8:43am 06.20.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1139 I ran across this movie I thought some might be interested in. It shows that a sailboat with a lit
back pressure Berndahle at 8:19am 06.20.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 29/8114 I feel a lot of back pressure when pumping out the head and get a really bad wiff of air on deck whe
The restoration of Lady J, the beginning... (6) CharlieCobra at 8:00am 06.20.10 Ask All Sailors 23/3732 I took the train down and rode with the new owner to inspect a Kettenburg 40 rumored to be hull numb
Sad End kloudie1 at 7:43am 06.20.10 Ask All Sailors 1/1712 Saw this in the paper.. a kind of a sad end for a grand old boat.. Not a sailor, but a piece of hist
RIB tear repair. Help!! (2) flopster12000 at 7:13am 06.20.10 Ask All Sailors 22/6350 Hello everyone, I have a problem with my AB Dinghy that I am frustrated with. Since buying my boat
Water cooling Davidylas at 7:04am 06.20.10 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1008 I have an Oday 28' with an OMC Zephyr Sail drive. The cooling system is internal and is pumping the
wester centaur power jryan39@gmail.com at 6:20am 06.20.10 Smaller Boats 1/2091 repower Westerly Centaur w/10HP OB - Eastern Caribbean - pros and cons
tuning a 1981 27' tall rig hunter dciprios at 5:41am 06.20.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1822 Can anyone furnish me tuning specifications for a 1981 hunter tall rig?
1979 L25 Interior (12) Steve22116 at 5:39am 06.20.10 Lancer 12/3335 Good morning all. Here's a summary of what's taken place over the past three months. Removed he
Longitudinal Stringer repair Vision36 at 5:32am 06.20.10 Ask All Sailors 9/4594 I have a Hunter 36 Vision that was neglected by the PO. When I bought it I knew I had a problem wit
the bounty bad_com_pany at 5:01am 06.20.10 Smaller Boats 0/900 we have the "bounty" here this weekend and made port just down the road from us , to far to sail upw

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Solar Charge Controller Question MikeHoncho at 2:25pm 05.04.22 How big is your propulsion bank? If I'm reading it right you would like to charge it off of two 175
Pedestal Compass, True North? dlochner at 2:25pm 05.04.22 I don't know how sat/nav computers do it. They are certainly capable of using true North, but that
Mariner 2=2 kappykaplan at 2:19pm 05.04.22 It's called a compression post. I'm sure @Will Gilmore will have some ideas for you. Welcome to th
Upper Rudder Post Bearing/Bushing Replacement (1) MikeHoncho at 2:10pm 05.04.22 Sounds like a good plan, my only recommendation would be to split the wood first, clamp it back tog
Pedestal Compass, True North? Will Gilmore at 2:10pm 05.04.22
Motor decision for my Hunter 240 isaksp00 at 2:10pm 05.04.22 If you don't have a station nearby that offers ethanol free gas, apparently the gas sold for piston
Pedestal Compass, True North? Don S/V ILLusion at 2:07pm 05.04.22 Correct. That depends! It can be a big deal if you're transiting a narrow channel in fog, and usi
Raymarine ST4000+ Auto Pilot clutch pop out Growl at 2:02pm 05.04.22
Upper Rudder Post Bearing/Bushing Replacement dmax at 1:56pm 05.04.22 Sounds like a good plan, my only recommendation would be to split the wood first, clamp it back toge
Pedestal Compass, True North? jviss at 1:30pm 05.04.22
Motor decision for my Hunter 240 Crazy Dave Condon at 1:24pm 05.04.22
Spin vs whisker pole BarryL at 1:22pm 05.04.22 Hi Fred, Congrats on the new boat. Congrats on having a symmetric spinnaker and thinking about flyi
Motor decision for my Hunter 240 Crazy Dave Condon at 1:21pm 05.04.22 Ethanol (corn syrup crap) will foul the jets. I use to carry 2+2 carb cleaner and sprayed the jets
O'Day 25 Shoal Draft Centerboard Water Leak jmallett at 1:20pm 05.04.22 The centerboard is good. I have had it out, repaired some dings, and painted it with anti-fouling. T
Ammeter replacement questions jviss at 1:19pm 05.04.22 power current (aAmps) fixed it for you :) As noted in that link, ammeters measure FLOW of electro
Ship/Maintenance log book Dalliance at 1:15pm 05.04.22
Mast wiring access dmax at 12:39pm 05.04.22
Newport 30-3 grab rails (3) bil1215 at 12:25pm 05.04.22
Mast wiring access bil1215 at 12:21pm 05.04.22 Bill I looked at the images of a Newport 1986 Mk3 listed for sale out here on the west coast. It loo
cl 14 dewe48 at 12:20pm 05.04.22 Thanks for all the help. It's actually up to 60 today so I hope to get this thing in the water and

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