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Need a Marine Airr Guru, Got Heat - No Cool coba at 1:30pm 06.29.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1847 We purchased our 2001 Beneteau 411 in Charleston last fall. Both Marine Airr systems worked just fin
Window air conditioner placement? (1) PCP777 at 1:11pm 06.29.09 Ask All Sailors 31/15921 So the Texas summer is steaming up and it's finally too hot to hang out down below my Catalina 25 TR
Replace Dorade cowl vent with solar vent? GaryE at 1:08pm 06.29.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1887 I suffered an unusual whip of the genoa sheet that cleanly lifted out one cowl vent and tossed it ov
Darwin award candidates Tim R. at 12:45pm 06.29.09 Ask All Sailors 13/2683 Small Ericson trying to get out a channel in HI where large waves are breaking. No lifejackets and
PYI Flexible Coupling Jim Seamans at 12:42pm 06.29.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1484 Purchased here on SBO - of course. Think I've had the coupling for about two months and this last w
Difference between 1980 and 1983 Catalina 25 Oregonworld at 12:16pm 06.29.09 Smaller Boats 2/2410 Hi- I've planning purchasing my first Catalina, a 25 or 250. I want a swing keel and am looking
20 HP on a Catalina 25 too big? Oregonworld at 12:12pm 06.29.09 Smaller Boats 12/5572 Hi - I am considering purchasing a Catalina 25 for my first boat. The one I'm looking at has a 2
Furling Main John Ehricht at 11:42am 06.29.09 Big Boats 1/1163 We have a 2004 Hunter 36 with a furling main. We have now discovered that the luff on the main has
stay tensions rob Friedstein at 10:51am 06.29.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1184 hi all I'm trying to find out the proper mast stay tensions for my 81 Hunter 25'. Can anyone out th
Questions about the Avon 310 Rover? We2Sail12113 at 10:25am 06.29.09 Ask All Sailors 4/6597 Subject: Questions about the Avon 310 Rover? I bought a used 2004 Avon 310 Rover, and all the PO
Marine Airrrr components in a complete system? luvitt at 10:02am 06.29.09 Ask All Sailors 5/2343 I have a 16k btu main unit--the part with the compressor. I am buying a seawater pump today. what
Solenoid replacement edroc at 9:15am 06.29.09 Catalina 30 2/1722 Bonjour I'm new on this forum, I read a lot of article on starting problem, I think I have a problem
feed back o superfurl blackford21 at 9:13am 06.29.09 Bigger Boats 1/1530 my wife and i just purchased a 84 34' oday,it does not have a roller furling syster,am looking at th
How to avoid backwind genoa when reef furling NorthStar at 9:12am 06.29.09 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 6/5366 Beneteau 423, roler fuling 140 Genoa with foam luff and in-mast furling Main sails with vertical bat
Oday 28 foward Chain Plate Repair JoeAllison at 9:02am 06.29.09 Ask An Oday Owner 6/4880 Foward chain plates are only fasented into the glass bulwalk and the glass/core is soft from previou
Splitting Halyard restrainer, hardware replacement needed (1) Royal Flush at 8:25am 06.29.09 Ask All Sailors 7/1961 Climbed my mast and inspected the pulleys and lines on Sunday, Noticed a 3/4" split in my jib halya
opening port size Mike4116 at 7:55am 06.29.09 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1230 My 28 O'day is one of the few 28's built with opening ports in the salon. My question is: does anyon
Fynspray galley pump rebuild jibes138 at 7:20am 06.29.09 Ask All Sailors 0/2928 My boat has a Fynspray pump in the galley to drain the icebox. I picked up the "rebuild kit" and too
window trim alanliebnick at 7:08am 06.29.09 Mid-Size Boats 0/1054 I recently broke the white trim that goes around the black plexiglass "fixed" window. Where can I ge
Tiger GPS and "Good Deals" Roger Long at 6:56am 06.29.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1202 Another example about "Good Deals". When I bought my Garmin 3205, I asked Hamilton if they could m

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Autopilot drive interface DArcy at 5:57pm 03.25.22 I did reach out to Benmar by email to verify the interface to my current autopilot but no response.
String tail at clewof new main sail Stu Jackson at 5:55pm 03.25.22 It's called a leech (or leach) line. You use it to adjust the leech of the sail Very nice feature.
Wooden strip for Stern Rail Seats Ken13559 at 5:31pm 03.25.22 Spoke to timber shop, they've Kapur wood which they claim is suitable for outdoor. It's a lot cheape
6 days at sea after yacht sinks. Leeward Rail at 5:24pm 03.25.22 One thing I have always thought we needed more of..... The equivalent of the "I learned about flying
1997 Hunter 336 crack in bottom of my hold Tally Ho at 5:22pm 03.25.22 What is the garboard plug for?
Sealing Deck Fittings Tally Ho at 5:18pm 03.25.22
Heave To Question jon hansen at 5:14pm 03.25.22 Heav to same as crabing ! NO
Heave To Question lantzalot at 4:51pm 03.25.22 Heav to same as crabing !
Autopilot drive interface jssailem at 4:47pm 03.25.22 Do not have an answer for you. Have you tried contacting the company? Reading the website, it appea
Identify for Prizes. ggrizzard at 4:36pm 03.25.22 Beckson Wins!
Identify for Prizes. Phil Herring at 4:36pm 03.25.22 Beckson :plus:
Sailing Passage Weather Forecasting. Davidasailor26 at 4:36pm 03.25.22 Great points about Windy and NOAA. The next step beyond that is a weather routing program like OpenC
Identify for Prizes. ggrizzard at 4:31pm 03.25.22 Looks like Lewmar to me. I have similar on my boat, But I could be mis-remembering
Identify for Prizes. (2) jssailem at 4:31pm 03.25.22 Looks to me like the Beckson port I have on my boat. Same shape, Clamping system and port lens. Oop
Hunter 260 clamcleat CL257 for rudder downhaul jssailem at 4:28pm 03.25.22 Do not know if it will work on your Hunter, but on my Montgomery I used a bungee cord instead of a l
Non-working Adler Barbour Cold Box Unit kappykaplan at 4:25pm 03.25.22 @Ward H is in Barnegat NJ.
Non-working Adler Barbour Cold Box Unit lantzalot at 4:22pm 03.25.22 Free for the taking. This came from my 93 Catalina 30. It wasn't working when I got the boat in
Another Doc. Scam jssailem at 4:21pm 03.25.22 Got the same letter in the mail. I round filed it with the "Buy Discount Insurance now!" letters.
ICW actual state "of affairs" conditions The_Sailing_Pelican at 4:11pm 03.25.22 Nope... sorry her name is "PANACEA" (not for long since as soon as I take possession of her it Wil b
Looking at a 280 and a 27-2 (1) Tally Ho at 4:10pm 03.25.22 Hi @SeaRags, I owned a Hunter 280 a while back, and really enjoyed her. Mine had a full-batten ma

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