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Autohelm AH3000 Repair pgabor9 at 9:01am 01.29.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1874 :cry: I have an Autohelm AH3000 wheel pilot on my Catalina 36. It quit working and I would like to
Towing Insurance. Do you have it? Bob S at 5:18am 01.29.09 Ask All Sailors 22/4093 Last season, my first, I had towing insurance through Sea//Tow. I also had a membership with Boat US
show newest instead of hottest ecsimonson at 12:43am 01.29.09 Forum Help (Site Talk) 4/1926 Any chance the website can be switched back so it shows new topics instead of "hot topics"? It woul
Yamaha 26 jnovie at 8:47pm 01.28.09 Yamaha 4/12871 I am considering purchasing a Yamaha 26 for day sailing, PHRF racing and shorthanded MORC Racing on
Mounting Additional Winches on Comings Barry7363 at 7:29pm 01.28.09 Big Boats 1/1559 We have a 1986 C-34 that I plan to add mainsheet winches on the comings aft of the primaries (which
Replacing wiring for steaming and anchor lights fleetswell at 7:12pm 01.28.09 Smaller Boats 7/1771 I need to replace wiring for anchor and steaming lights on my H23. Since it's winter and the mast i
Finish used in interior Laume at 3:51pm 01.28.09 Hallberg-Rassy 4/5124 I need to do some maintenance on the interior of my Rasmus. What finish was used by HR originally a
Winter Is Here (2) Allan R at 1:12pm 01.28.09 Ask All Sailors 16/2715 50 Days, 14 Hours, 31 Minutes until the Spring of '09, yea
H25 storm canvas jcherubini at 12:34pm 01.28.09 The Cherubini Hunters 4/2118 As Diana nears the water (at last... finally) I am closing/moving a West Marine installation here an
Water in Hunter 25.5 (1) pico7280 at 12:03pm 01.28.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/7753 I bought a hunter 25.5 had a little water in areas marked. on the photo. On seat (bulkhead) and the
Heavy weather upgrades paphman at 11:22am 01.28.09 Trailer Sailors 12/4407 We have a 1984 Catalina 22, that we sail on lake Ontario. I would like to know what everyone has do
Shaft Seal vcastleton at 9:34am 01.28.09 Mid-Size Boats 2/1344 Anyone out there fitted a dripless shaft seal to an 86 H31 ? If so, what eaxctly was used, how easy
Using a swivel on anchor rode Ron McCoy at 7:51am 01.28.09 Ask All Sailors 13/3019 I'm interested in how others set up their anchor rodes - with or without a swivel at the anchor/chai
Stability explanation progress report Roger Long at 6:23am 01.28.09 Ask All Sailors 9/1785 I've got the stability part of my web site done as far as the explanation of the basic mechanism.
Don........ dmc at 5:43am 01.28.09 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 4/3008 Is there any advantage or disadvantage to a horizontally curved traveler? I have a '78 Hunter 27'. I
Atlantic Crossing ginny at 3:48am 01.28.09 Ask All Sailors 9/3034 We are looking for a capable ocean passage boat ( particular across the atlantic). Ideas would be ap
Yamaha 9'dinghy answer - amazing! tomc938 at 10:35pm 01.27.09 Yamaha 1/1913 I hope nobody minds me starting a new thread on this, but I just had to share it and make sure it wa
Spiinaker Options for Morgan 32 waltdrechsler at 9:15pm 01.27.09 Morgan 3/2874 Does anyone fly a spinnaker and if so what are you flying?
strengthen bulkhead on C36? (1) John at 8:47pm 01.27.09 Ask All Sailors 9/3221 As I've posted before, I'm about to change the bulkhead on my C36 MK II. This is the bulkhead that s
Viksund 31 Goldfish, MS-33. Looking for more owners. (1) Foreverunstopable at 8:12pm 01.27.09 Ask All Sailors 0/2645 Greetings. I'm trying to locate more owners of the Viksund series of sailboats here in the U.S. Bjar

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The LiFePo4 Revolution! Bob J. at 1:28pm 03.01.22 Great thread hijack, thanks. We go from LiFePo4 batteries to firewood. Oh gosh no, I wouldn't hij
1985 Newport 30 Propeller Shaft Spar dlochner at 1:22pm 03.01.22 Our boat yards locally don't let us work on our boats when on the hard. They have of course offere
1985 Newport 30 Propeller Shaft Spar dlochner at 1:20pm 03.01.22 Pinking is a sign of the zinc in the bronze leaching out, this significantly weakens the zinc. It pr
1985 Newport 30 Propeller Shaft Spar Robertelee1031 at 1:20pm 03.01.22 Our boat yards locally don't let us work on our boats when on the hard. They have of course offered
Oday 25 portlights racenmotorsports at 1:17pm 03.01.22 I found locktight pl marine at HD and plan on using that combined with some cedar shims between the
1985 Newport 30 Propeller Shaft Spar Davidasailor26 at 1:02pm 03.01.22
1985 Newport 30 Propeller Shaft Spar Richard19068 at 12:57pm 03.01.22 I might not be worried about the pitting but would be worried about what looks like pink areas. Hard
Mast with weld repair - stay away or worry not? Benny17441 at 12:46pm 03.01.22 If the weld was well done that mast may break at any other point but where that weld is. That is be
1985 Newport 30 Propeller Shaft Spar jviss at 12:39pm 03.01.22 I will defer to others with more expertise, but I personally wouldn't worry about that. I'd clean i
O'Day 39 owners manual Rgluv2sail at 12:33pm 03.01.22 That was my first thought as well. I have assembled everything from original brochure to the newly
1985 Newport 30 Propeller Shaft Spar (2) Robertelee1031 at 12:31pm 03.01.22 Couple of pics
Catalina 27 sanitation system rebuild Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 12:18pm 03.01.22 I do have quality self-contained toilets on my other sailboat and in my camper, but the wife does n
Spinnaker winches for H340 (stainless arch) sail sfbay at 12:07pm 03.01.22 jssailem proposes a good plan, lower cost and does not add additional hardware in the cockpit.......
Spinnaker winches for H340 (stainless arch) DannyO at 12:00pm 03.01.22 Thanks so much for your reply. Yes, I have two ratchet blocks ready to go - I completely agree with
Morse or no morse jssailem at 11:45am 03.01.22 It feels like a boater that does not understand a distress signal is like a car driver that does not
1985 Newport 30 Propeller Shaft Spar jviss at 11:44am 03.01.22 Yep, sorry, the strut No need to apologize! I figured that's what you meant. I do that at times,
Spinnaker winches for H340 (stainless arch) (1) jssailem at 11:39am 03.01.22 Danny, Do you need winches for this task? On some 50' boats the spinnaker can pull on the sheet with
Morse or no morse (1) Parsons at 11:39am 03.01.22 One other distress signal that is often missed by the average joe is the simplified 3 flashes or 3 b
Rudder Reference Installation Hunter Vision 36 cagreen75 at 11:31am 03.01.22 Nice installation. Does the rudder reference show on a monitor at the helm. Nice to have, if so.
Rudder Reference Installation Hunter Vision 36 (1) cagreen75 at 11:24am 03.01.22 After searching for several days, I was unable to find any suggestions for installing a rudder refe

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