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Heave To Question colb218 at 10:31pm 12.15.21 Ask All Sailors 56/8223 I recently watched a video about heaving to while single handed. The video demonstrated heaving to a
Solar Generator versus 100Wh battery Prices sunlover at 5:21pm 12.15.21 Ask All Sailors 25/3250 So, I keep seeing these very attratively priced batteries: https://www.amazon.com/JUPITEK-S1200-Fl
How old is Grandpa? Brian D at 4:14pm 12.15.21 Sails Call Lounge 42/4620 How Old Is Grandpa? Or Grandma Stay with this - the answer is at the end. It may blow you away.
Locate Battery Charger NCBrew at 3:31pm 12.15.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/897 I have a Hunter Legend 35.5 1993. The Battery Charger is not working. I found where it is loc
Nasty Stuff Leaking (1) bawlmer at 2:54pm 12.15.21 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 19/1917 Hello fellow sailors. Among lots of other boat troubles this year. I arrived at the boat to find a p
Bimini for 1987 Hunter 28.5 wgshaw at 12:43pm 12.15.21 Mid-Size Boats 3/1568 Does anyone have a design pattern for a bimini for a 1987 Hunter 28.5? Billy
Pick one... (1) Brian D at 7:55am 12.15.21 Sails Call Lounge 61/5066 200994
Chapman's Piloting Publication (1) patbratton at 6:36am 12.15.21 Ask All Sailors 33/5726 Who has the oldest copy of Chapman's Piloting? I bought mine new for $11.95.
Broken Faucet Dave Powell at 5:05pm 12.14.21 Catalina 309 Group Forum 1/1333 I have a 2012 Catalina 309. The faucet on the galley sink fell off. All the hoses are still attached
Charter Sailing In Miami jacquesrive at 4:52pm 12.14.21 Ask All Sailors 4/996 Hey everyone, I am working on getting my OUPV six pack license and intend on doing charter sails in
Beware of flopping jib sheets (2) Dr. D at 11:43am 12.14.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 12/1933 One picture below shows the screecher reefing line guide near the jib sheet track. The other picture
Found this lurking in my files and can't resist sharing it Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:21am 12.14.21 Ask All Sailors 10/960 TOOLS EXPLAINED DRILL PRESS A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar
Hunter 38/39/42 TV removal TrickyRick86 at 7:05am 12.14.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/851 Hello all my wife and I just bought a Hunter 39 - just picked up last weekend - and everything looks
Can't find the leak norbszczurek at 11:31pm 12.13.21 Big Boats 5/2126 Help, I own a 1984 Catalina 38 #274 with a Universal M-30 5425 engine. Months ago we overheated, th
Source for Stainless U-Nut, Spring-Nut, Clip-Nut and screws (1) sunlover at 4:31pm 12.13.21 Ask All Sailors 6/1100 All over my Beneteau are screws ripped out from a fiberglass edge. A U-Nut would be perfect (see
deck craze lines prosmile at 3:55pm 12.13.21 Ask All Sailors 20/3690 I called a broker to schedual an appt to see a 1990 boat listed for sale. The broker said the boats
New Catalina 250 Owner Looking for Guidance Jenni1066 at 2:57pm 12.13.21 Smaller Boats 6/1703 Hi All, We recently purchased 2002 Catalina 250 K. I was told by the boat broker this model does no
310 DC Current Draw Chart (1) Fleet at 2:53pm 12.13.21 Catalina 310 27/5760 Thought this might be useful. Barefoot is having electrical issues, so I took DC current draw measu
Rigging attachment question (1) WilliamJ at 12:19pm 12.13.21 Ask All Sailors 44/4360 Hello everyone. New to the forum and ready to learn! Just started my liveaboard adventure and wonder
What should compression be on a 2QM15? Ferency at 7:04am 12.13.21 Engines and Propulsion 6/1204 Hi there, I'm going to be doing some TLC to my engine over the winter. Wanted to check the compress

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Catalina 30 electrical system feedback jssailem at 8:19am 03.31.25 Welcome Paul. Always great to see another PacificNW sailor joining the crew. There is nothing like
VHF SWR results... LloydB at 8:08am 03.31.25 From your post 33 I take it that you found that the previously made fittings were defective so every
So It Begins: Deck Recoring Project SailingCal21 at 7:43am 03.31.25 Greetings, it's been awhile. The weather got colder quicker than I planned, so turned my attention
Sailing Season(spring) Hello Below at 7:35am 03.31.25 Nice of the locals to mow your lawn for you, Michael. Could use then down here ya know. Terry you
Microwave lapetinaa at 7:29am 03.31.25 Thanks
New Sails BillFred at 7:23am 03.31.25 TY, will look at it!
Main Rigging Upgrades Captain Larry-DH at 7:10am 03.31.25
Microwave SteveHughessails at 7:06am 03.31.25 Your yacht is nicer than my home lol. Very nice :-)
Microwave lapetinaa at 6:39am 03.31.25 Be aware of the switch configuration. some are configured to work in a normally open configuration
Microwave BigEasy at 6:22am 03.31.25 Thanks for info will try that Be aware of the switch configuration. some are configured to
Microwave lapetinaa at 6:11am 03.31.25 Could be one or all three of the door switches. Can get a set of new switches for under $10 From A
Catalina 30 electrical system feedback Foswick at 6:08am 03.31.25 If you haven't seen it, this could be of interest, as it gives you some information about the origin
Main Rigging Upgrades colemj at 6:01am 03.31.25 FWIW, I do not want the topping lift to take the weight of the boom off the sail. Back before sing
VHF SWR results... mermike at 5:39am 03.31.25 Can you share any details of the crimp connectors?
Y33 bimini and dodger (2) mermike at 5:29am 03.31.25 230628
Y33 bimini and dodger (3) mermike at 5:26am 03.31.25 The boom on Tosca was raised (7", I think) by the PO so I had a lot more room underneath to work wit
New Sails RickKane at 5:19am 03.31.25 I'm biased towards finding a US source. I make sails with Sailcrafters in Minneapolis sailcrafters.c
Emergency Manual twodzusfittings at 5:15am 03.31.25 I think a flash card idea on emergency steps to take, should the Captain be incapacitated, is a grea
fresh water flush Tally Ho at 4:29am 03.31.25 Hi Greg, This is the alteration I made to my existing system although I didn't bother to install t
Catalina 30 electrical system feedback dlochner at 4:11am 03.31.25 If you running windows, Marathon has a free N2K design program. It is geared towards Marathon produc

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