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What do I do with the table in the cabin? sailingbluernie at 7:20am 05.04.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1718 I own a beautiful 1993 First 265. It is a wonderful boat but the table in the cabin always seems to
Special Events in the Chesapeake Bay Region Bad Obsession at 6:45am 05.04.10 Ask All Sailors 10/1916 Does anyone know of any special events that are occurring this summer in the Chesapeake Bay Region?
Installing jib tracks on 7.3 sloopcitysailing at 6:42am 05.04.10 S2 1/1616 Hello all! I am using my S2 7.3 to give sailing lessons and I wanted to get a hank on jib (100%) whi
VHF radio interference captron at 6:04am 05.04.10 Ask All Sailors 3/1321 I recently installed a Standard Horizon GX500s VHF Radio and the companion Ram Mike at the helm the
26S centerboard line led aft Justin_NSA at 5:59am 05.04.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 15/4185 What was Roger thiniking, making you go down below to adjust the swing keel?? Surely there is a clea
41AC water getting into aft cabin johnsnowling at 5:41am 05.04.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1474 Every time I wash out the cockpit, I get water coming into the aft cabin just underneath the teak pa
Bimini or No Bimini jaj63207 at 5:33am 05.04.10 Mid-Size Boats 11/2879 I am trying to decide whether to install a bimini top on my 1978 H30. Mine has the traveler for the
power tilt problems honda 90 hp Adrian Morris at 5:27am 05.04.10 Smaller Boats 2/1825 This may be off the beaten road for this forum I have a 90 hp honda 1997 4 stroke on my 18ft motor b
Water capacity Lmarr at 4:55am 05.04.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1131 We'd like to add to our water capacity onboard Messenger, a Beneteau 38 1983. Any ideas? One water t
What to do With a 100 Year Old Sailboat (5) Nomadicstudios at 10:27pm 05.03.10 Ask All Sailors 11/2688 What should we do with a 100 year old sailboat? It's still floating, has great masts, great booms, t
Size of Quest Tubing? Rick D at 8:54pm 05.03.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/908 Anyone recall the OD of the Quest tubing in our Legend-series boats? Is it 3/8"? (I have had the sw
1983 o-day 22 swing keel locking pin ? bigwhyte at 8:50pm 05.03.10 Ask An Oday Owner 4/2464 i just got my o-day 22 and its my first boat so im bran newto sailing .im having a geat time but i w
11 Metre as Cruiser? OaklandSailor at 8:00pm 05.03.10 S2 8/6782 G'day friends, I'm asking for input as to whether on not this boat is well found and would make a
Chartplotter Subsitute Update Rick D at 7:51pm 05.03.10 Ask All Sailors 13/2492 I have been running a laptop with Seaclear ll and, more recently, Open CPN for a couple of years to
Portlight Plywood Core Replacement (1) Steve22116 at 7:44pm 05.03.10 Lancer 14/2890 Good evening all. JFKSail reported problems with rotten plywood core surrounding his portlights. I t
Sailed on a Bigger/Newer Boat Yesterday >> Our Cherubini Hunter Is Still Plenty Fine rardiH36 at 7:36pm 05.03.10 The Cherubini Hunters 0/1152 Yesterday was the annual open house for the sailing club/school that hails out of our marina and the
Yanmar woes markc1976 at 4:04pm 05.03.10 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 3/1889 Have a Yanmar 2QM15 that had a brush with gravity and concrete. I need to replace the exhaust elbow
Cat-22 Wing Keel and Capri-22 Wing Keel (1) CaptDon01 at 6:54pm 05.03.10 Catalina 22 2/4300 There is a Capri-22 with a wing keel at our club, and it sure looks the same keel used as our 2002 C
Spreader/Steaming Wiring question... (1) Team118 at 6:29pm 05.03.10 Catalina 30 12/3394 At the end of last season, the spreader/steaming light stopped working. When I originally rewired
Waxer Polisher Option jibes138 at 6:15pm 05.03.10 Ask All Sailors 15/2568 I see a new Dual Action Polisher made by Shurhold for 149 bucks in the new BoatUS magazine. How doe

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Extending Cable Throw on Transmission and Throttle Cables jssailem at 4:28pm 03.08.22 When you replaced the transmission, is the lever on the transmission in the same location as the old
Haitian refugee boat runs aground in FL (1) garymalmgren at 4:27pm 03.08.22 203246
H30 cutlass O.D ggrizzard at 4:22pm 03.08.22 Is the boat in question a Hunter 30 or a Hunter 430???
Best anchor and chain ggrizzard at 4:17pm 03.08.22 Kloudie, your link to the Practical Sailor report is only valid to subscribers of their service,,,
Hack Freedom 20/Link-2000R for LiFePo4? Garbonzo at 4:07pm 03.08.22 How do you do that? Do you presently have an LFP bank ant the setup you describe? Yes and no. I
86 Hunter 25.5 RKMCCORKLE at 3:45pm 03.08.22 Thanks for all the help, duh me the hose that is pictured was connected to the icebox so I had conn
LiFePo4 Refresh Hayden Watson at 3:43pm 03.08.22 Every boat owner with a newish Yanmar... Until they wise up and replace it with external regulatio
Removing wall covering Clutch Cargo at 3:31pm 03.08.22 I've got to replace a piece on the inside of my hanging locker and would be curious to know about wh
Leaving old cables & wiring in inaccessible areas. DArcy at 3:29pm 03.08.22 Abandoned wires is a pet peeve of mine. I have pulled about 20 pounds of unused wire out of my boat.
inspectors estimated current market value vs asking price dlochner at 3:08pm 03.08.22 The Newport 28 (all three versions) was designed by the C&C Design Group, the same folks who designe
LiFePo4 Refresh Maine Sail at 2:36pm 03.08.22 n. And, who has a 125A alternator and is using a built-in, dumb regulator? Every boat owner with
Hack Freedom 20/Link-2000R for LiFePo4? jviss at 2:11pm 03.08.22 Set your regulator to cut off the field at 80%, How do you do that? Do you presently have an LF
H30 cutlass O.D Tally Ho at 2:05pm 03.08.22
86 Hunter 25.5 Tally Ho at 1:49pm 03.08.22 I put the bilge pump in there temporarily to pump out the water, the old hose cracked when I went t
New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 1:42pm 03.08.22 The formerly clear hose is most likely the vent line. It should be replaced with sanitation hose.
Alternator question - is this AC? Stator pic included Maine Sail at 1:37pm 03.08.22 The green arrow is pointing to the stator tap. Who converted that alt to external regulation?
Found a 2003 C310 (4) JRT at 1:34pm 03.08.22 Well life got in the way for awhile so I realized I've not been active or updating much. We closed o
Universal M3-20: Raw Water Exhaust out the Shaft Seal kloudie1 at 1:25pm 03.08.22 The seal should be fine.. but I agree, it sounds like a restriction in the mixing elbow.
Leaving old cables & wiring in inaccessible areas. jeepbluetj at 1:24pm 03.08.22 There are indeed spots in Catalina's that you're never removing the wire. In my old MK1 C-30 all of
New Catalina 30 Owner Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 1:20pm 03.08.22 a formerly clear hose going out to the port side, a yellow cap with a crack in it (hence the duct t

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