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FEEDBACK - Thoughts on refinishing sole on 1997 Beneteau (8) jpeac2 at 2:57pm 07.08.24 Ask All Sailors 6/163 Hey Everyone- Have some spare time and am weighing pulling all the sole out and refinishing it. It
insurance policy for Alden 38' (1) jwf_ at 2:07pm 07.08.24 Ask All Sailors 6/190 Anyone know of an insurance policy/company that can offer a policy for my Alden 38'? I need a policy
Installing a EV-100 Cable question Don Crowther at 12:13pm 07.08.24 Mid-Size Boats 17/200 Good Day I have a 93 Hunter 33.5 that I'm installing a new auto-pilot in. I've mounted the ACU and
Legend 37 ice box drain DStegs49 at 11:33am 07.08.24 Big Boats 0/87 I have an '87 Legend 37 and like all things older, they break and need to be replaced or repaired.
Anybody know how to use go home feature or equivilent on Navionics. Ted10028 at 10:39am 07.08.24 Ask All Sailors 3/122 Im on iphone app. Thanks
standing rigging got looser john6206 at 8:09am 07.08.24 Smaller Boats 7/257 I've been sailing my Capri 18 with my rig too loose for years. Last week I was on Tawas Bay in Lak
Stuck seacock question Allowishish at 5:44am 07.08.24 Ask All Sailors 8/239 We have a boat that is kept a 15 hour drive away from us. We do have someone that looks after it whi
Edson Pedestal Outboard Gear Shifter Cable Break (3) philiefay at 9:58pm 07.07.24 Smaller Boats 4/106 I was docking today and lost steering, this time for a different reason. Where the gear shift cable
Hunter 450 instruments are foggy AKlight at 8:45pm 07.07.24 Big Boats 4/131
Coaming trim install? (4) BTC1984 at 5:34pm 07.07.24 Ask All Sailors 2/140 I am replacing my coaming trim with the plastic ones from Catalina direct on my 1984 Catalina 27. W
Boom connection woes? (1) CowboyWay at 4:01pm 07.07.24 Catalina 310 10/267 On my c310 the mast connection sheared. Having trouble getting the end cap off of the boom after rem
A Little Story About Our GPS Terry Cox at 7:05am 07.07.24 Pacific North West Cruisers 10/182 Grrr. So my July 5th sail plan was to arrive at 10:06 A.M. Deception Pass slack water, then head for
Impellers - aftermarket or OEM? jviss at 6:18am 07.07.24 Ask All Sailors 29/605 Winterizing my boat last Fall I had the raw water impeller fail, and installed my only spare, an OEM
The most explosive week in boating! (1) Tiffany at 5:57am 07.07.24 Ask All Sailors 3/655 The 4th of July has come and gone. And that means everyone who owns an object that floats has been o
Raymarine ST60 Instrument Cover needed jviss at 5:52am 07.07.24 Parts Search 0/56 One of my instrument covers went missing this winter. Anyone have one they can spare?
Beginning a restoration on a 1987 Hunter 23 (10) svseacucumber at 8:35pm 07.06.24 Smaller Boats 14/268 New member here, been looking for a trailer sailer for a while and recently picked up a new to me Hu
What are these tracks used for? (1) CaptnEdarli at 7:14pm 07.06.24 Ask All Sailors 40/1279 I have never used them in 5 years of owning my boat, and none of my other boats had them.
Auto Pilot Simrad issues Anchor Lady at 2:54pm 07.06.24 Ask All Sailors 8/170
Silent Air Conditioning Monterey385 at 2:33pm 07.06.24 Ask All Sailors 9/241 Our air conditioner, battery charger, and electrical appliances can be run by a Honda 2200. Even th
CITRISTRIP to strip varnish? (1) jviss at 9:39am 07.06.24 Ask All Sailors 9/227 Has anyone used this stuff to strip the varnish off teak on deck? Results?

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A technique for replacing lines thru line organizers and sheaves Rick D at 4:52pm 07.17.24 I just did similar using a hot glue glue gun and needle and thread.
Combining two chain shots? jssailem at 4:51pm 07.17.24 two shots? Would that be Cointreau and Tequila?
Stray current in the water Davidasailor26 at 4:23pm 07.17.24 Now that I think about it of course the voltmeter should have more resistance than the circuit. The
Stray current in the water dlochner at 3:22pm 07.17.24 A voltmeter has extremely high resistance so as to have minimal impact the circuit. Now that I th
Furling system issues / broken headsail halyard (2) Tally Ho at 2:55pm 07.17.24
To swivel or not to swivel Kings Gambit at 2:45pm 07.17.24 chain is rust free and few years old! Go stainless!! So I know the fears of the weakest link and
Stray current in the water JBP-PA at 2:44pm 07.17.24 By "trip", I meant enough bias voltage to bring the diodes into conduction mode, but I get what you
To swivel or not to swivel Stu Jackson at 2:26pm 07.17.24 Maine Sail answered this years ago: https://c34.org/bbs/index.php/topic,4990.msg30400.html#msg30400
To swivel or not to swivel Kings Gambit at 2:20pm 07.17.24 My experience is that the chain by itself does not un-twist at retrieval. I think the swivel does
55 years ago Apollo 11 was Launched heading to the Moon ! (1) JamesG161 at 2:19pm 07.17.24 The First Footprint of man on the MOON. m...
Considering Teak Cockpit Makeover Foswick at 1:58pm 07.17.24 One option for the rebuild would be to use tongue-and-groove ipe decking, which is widely available.
To swivel or not to swivel NYSail at 1:47pm 07.17.24 I think every swivel I ever used on a boat did not swivel much to correct twisting while under load
What wood to use for motor mount? Project_Mayhem at 1:38pm 07.17.24 I picked up a green 2x12 about eight years ago and have been cutting it down little by little for ev
GOB Gone? Project_Mayhem at 1:34pm 07.17.24 I think in this case, GOB has a subscriber base that's already used to paying for their content and
Stray current in the water dlochner at 1:17pm 07.17.24 Not to be persnickity (but really, yeah, to be persnickity) a voltmeter DOES allow current through
What wood to use for motor mount? jssailem at 1:12pm 07.17.24 Easily found at a box store is stair Tread. They can be soft or hard wood. It will be boards glued t
What wood to use for motor mount? FeelinMorgan22 at 12:43pm 07.17.24 Sacrificial or not, southern pine is still too soft, in my opinion. Doesn't matter how many coats
To swivel or not to swivel dLj at 12:31pm 07.17.24 I've always felt the main purpose of the swivel is when anchored in one spot for an extend e time. I
Considering Teak Cockpit Makeover Foswick at 12:22pm 07.17.24 I've been looking more into ipe. Thanks again for the suggestion. I hadn't really considered it be
Stray current in the water JBP-PA at 12:12pm 07.17.24 @dlochner, thanks for your help. I'm liking your suspicion that it is a galvanic problem. I asked,

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