Recent Posts (old style)

Serving sailors online since 1997

Forum Index
Recent Posts (Legacy)

Recent Topics

Lazy Jacks for Oday 25 1978 jhussey at 11:33am 05.03.09 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1713 :) Has any one installed Lazy Jacks on an Oday 25, considering several brands, do not want to change
New Beneteau 31 DancingDays at 10:05am 05.03.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 59/16161 Hi, My wife and I just took delivery of a new Beneteau 31 on Lewisville Lake in TX. I notice that
What's the best lake in SoCal for Day Sailors? r.oril at 9:45am 05.03.09 Trailer Sailors 8/6335 IYHO, "What lakes (within 300 miles of LA), are the best for day sailors? 1. Best Lake
minor leak, 2009 hunter 33 (3) teucer at 9:43am 05.03.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/2307 I need help or advice with a minor leak coming from my 5 gallons water heater manufactured by Kuuma
Albin-022 Buzzlovelace at 7:29am 05.03.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/2337 I am looking at a 1971 C27 and am having carburator issues with the Albin 022 and am wondering if an
Transmission Oil higgs at 6:50am 05.03.09 Ask All Sailors 11/2546 Standing around the boatyard yesterday we started discussing changing the oil in the tranny. None o
New beneteau Owner hughtad at 5:39am 05.03.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/2670 Hi, We just purchased our first Beneteau, an Oceanis 321 from 1996. We had the mast stepped and a
Question for Xantrex LinkLite owners mcaswell at 10:21pm 05.02.09 Ask All Sailors 4/4860 I can't seem to get my LinkLite to auto-sync. I drain the bank down 15 - 20% or so, then switch the
replacement solar panel dwesley at 6:08pm 05.02.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1479 I need a new solar panel for my 1996 Hunter 376 that is built in to the deck. I saw that the same o
1984-34, to spoon or not Charlie Halasz at 5:32pm 05.02.09 Big Boats 7/1495 under power and sail the stern digs down about 6 inches. A local boat expert has had experience put
Swing Keel on a Venture 21 nameaneh at 5:22pm 05.02.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/8174 My owner's manual for an old Venture 21 says that I need to insert the top lock bolt after lowering
Water leak into port side in electrical panel cymeyer at 4:35pm 05.02.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1753 I get water into our electrical panel area when healing into heavy wind. Can't seem to trace where
Dutchman Reefing Roy10289 at 4:17pm 05.02.09 Ask All Sailors 4/2790 I have the Dutchman sustem on my boat ,but 2 of the mono lines broke as soon as I bougt the boat. Co
Liferaft and/or EPIRB? John at 4:03pm 05.02.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1601 For those sailors on the West Coast (in other words, sailing in the same or similar conditions to mi
Installing X-5 wheel autopilot Mick Johnson at 3:53pm 05.02.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1231 Help installing Autpilot wheel X-5 from raymarine. locating the compas unit and the control box, als
Check Your Chain Plates (1) Maine Sail at 2:58pm 05.02.09 Musings With Maine Sail 23/11336 Hi All, This photo was sent to me by a friend yesterday. The story is they were tuning the rig when
Catalina 11 hp engine recomendations?? hobbit at 1:59pm 05.02.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1629 We are looking @ 1980 30 ft catalinas. Is the 11 hp engine sufficient?
Sewing Strattaglass? Bad Obsession at 1:12pm 05.02.09 Ask All Sailors 20/7205 I have bought an industrial sewing machine. I am thinking about buying a sheet of strattaglass and
Toilet Cam at 12:46pm 05.02.09 Cal 0/1582 I have a 1969 cal 25 I recently purchased. I'm looking for information of the mechanics and any othe
Joker valve? Bossman at 12:46pm 05.02.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/6740 Hello Peggy, Hope you can assist on this prior to my unbolting everything. Have a Jabco head,

Recent Replies

Installing shore power Benny17441 at 7:54pm 02.17.22 AC grounding in a boat is "free floating" and only grounds to shore. Grounding to the bonding syst
Replacing Hunter 41DS Running Rigging jssailem at 7:17pm 02.17.22 You have "European" line types listed. It would be a twisted 3 ply core covered by a 32 plait cover
Installing shore power jviss at 6:18pm 02.17.22 1. Please learn how to spell. That's unnecessary.
learning to sail... The big step... dlochner at 6:07pm 02.17.22
Installing shore power dlochner at 6:02pm 02.17.22 Way back when you first started this project, I and others suggested that boat wiring is different f
Insurance dlochner at 5:46pm 02.17.22 If it was left up to others to protect others, there would be very few boats with insurance. Insur
Installing shore power Stu Jackson at 5:41pm 02.17.22 1. Please learn how to spell. 2. Pictures of wiring with questions about it without a wiring diag
Rudder repairs racenmotorsports at 5:41pm 02.17.22 @Project_Mayhem the tiller mount on the rudder is an elongated hole. Do you know if that's right or
Oday 25 portlights racenmotorsports at 5:38pm 02.17.22 ok will do. That's a mid-march project. Any ideas on getting the old sealant off the hull?
LiFePo4 Refresh Tally Ho at 5:35pm 02.17.22
Insurance Dalliance at 5:28pm 02.17.22 His best bet may be to bundle coverage with his home/auto insurance, possibly liability only for a $
Hunter 45CC, 2007 Anchor light bulb Sailor_Al at 5:15pm 02.17.22 I changes out the bulb for the anchor light on the 2007 Hunter 44CC. I used an LED replacement. I
Insurance Tally Ho at 5:13pm 02.17.22
First start in awhile... jviss at 4:51pm 02.17.22 Just getting the starter to turn the engine a little faster by opening the throttle to around 2/3 w
H34 chainplate anchors ScottFreeRick at 4:46pm 02.17.22 Beautiful day here, 10C plus, very windy. Thanks to the advice from Capt Robbie, the chainplates bro
help to identify this part shemandr at 3:43pm 02.17.22 Now the rub: Forestay looseness should be taken up with either back stay or cap shrouds on fraction
Its funny Friday! SFS at 3:42pm 02.17.22 anywhere near qualifying as ugly.
learning to sail... The big step... jssailem at 3:41pm 02.17.22
learning to sail... The big step... SFS at 3:39pm 02.17.22 @capta - Thought you might be able to help this gentleman.
Installing shore power Erbardy at 3:38pm 02.17.22 Can you expand on this connection? How is this ground associated with your work on your Shore Power

Contact
About
Terms of Use