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Autohelm ST4000, 3-Mount brackets Charlie3472 at 7:16am 09.30.08 Ask All Sailors 4/2659 Good Morning all, I have an autohelm 4000 on my Catalina 30. The 3 brackets that mount the autohelm
Gear Here? Steve O. at 7:11am 09.30.08 Forum Help (Site Talk) 6/1961 Is the Gear Here forum gone or am I just missing it? All in all I find the new site design much mor
Installing solar ventilator H26 Larry Caillouet at 5:56am 09.30.08 Smaller Boats 5/1579 Has anyone installed a solar ventilator in front of the mast on a Hunter 26? It seems to be the only
A few suggestions Mulf at 4:42am 09.30.08 Forum Help (Site Talk) 1/1662 Hi Phil: Just a few suggestions as I keep learning the new site. - On the Home page under the logi
diesel in base madelinemar at 4:40am 09.30.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1651 I own a nonsuch 36. It has a westerbeke 52 engine. I noticed lately the oil level climbing up on the
Exchanger zinc mac1840 at 11:43pm 09.29.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1134 Two questions on this one; the first is how do you get to the exchanger zinc on a westerbeke for a B
Where Do Hunters Sail? DavidB75 at 9:56pm 09.29.08 Smaller Boats 10/1802 Hello Again everyone, I wanted to see where Hunter Owners sail these fine boats. Are these boats go
deep cycle dieing question Roger (Ninette, Manitoba) at 7:49pm 09.29.08 Ask All Sailors 11/1868 My deep cycle battery is only 3 years old, but has experienced some fluid loss from being tossed abo
Recoring the deck. (4) Barry B. at 7:49pm 09.29.08 Catalina 22 2/4198 Now that we can post more than one picture per post I decided to chronicle my deck recore project.
Potomac River Raft Up Bad Obsession at 7:25pm 09.29.08 Ask All Sailors 0/918 A group of us are planning to sail to Bretton Bay this weekend to raft up and hang out for the night
Sailboat Owners Catalina 310 Forum - WTFO rpwillia at 7:25pm 09.29.08 Mid-Size Boats 8/1863 What happened to the Catalina 310 forum? One day I can access it, the next day I get this!
ugly Oil ! thaeni at 7:13pm 09.29.08 Ask All Sailors 5/1546 I have a 12hp Westerbeke. Went to change the oil and found it grey in color and paste like. Does any
Trailer Storage? negronr at 7:02pm 09.29.08 Ask All Sailors 2/1209 Hello everyone. I live in Fort Lauderdale. I want to find a place to store my Tanzer 22 with it's tr
Volvo Round-the-World Sailing Race Steve A. at 4:43pm 09.29.08 Ask All Sailors 4/1421 Anyone planning to follow the Volvo Round-the-World race this year? I followed it last year -- lots
Nice site as usual coleHankins at 4:36pm 09.29.08 Forum Help (Site Talk) 1/1738 How do we change our new username? I couldnt find it in the FAQs
Make Your boat a Pirate Ship (2) earlfixit at 4:32pm 09.29.08 Mid-Size Boats 2/1661 Our Club has Raft-ups during the late Spring to early Fall. The wife and I take one of the later one
Reefing main on a roller boom? 1972 22' tcstiles at 4:10pm 09.29.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1667 I recently came into posession of this boat, and have never used a boom where the sail rolls around
I Got Lucky This Morning (1) ITMaster at 3:42pm 09.29.08 Ask All Sailors 18/2466 Went down to the boat to check on the tide, since everything has been so out of whack the last week
Solar Controller Question Rick D at 11:41am 09.29.08 Ask All Sailors 13/1862 I'm going to ramble a bit before I get to the point. I was considering replacing my three-stage sola
Leaking Lewmar ports recess12 at 11:10am 09.29.08 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1572 This is a general question about the Lewmar ports on Catalina boats or any boat. Mine have been le

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Fairleads Don Guillette at 3:05pm 01.20.22 To add to Joe's and Roy's answers: moving the leads in & out are used for both going upwind to get
First time out of the water in 8 years AaronD at 3:01pm 01.20.22 I'm a C-22 sailor, so I could be wrong about the -25, but I believe most older 25's had a cast-iron
Coast Guard or Nationally Registered smokey73 at 2:53pm 01.20.22 @dlochner - I wonder if we (you and I and others too) are using the word register in different ways
Coast Guard or Nationally Registered smokey73 at 2:48pm 01.20.22 @dlochner the comment was directed to the statement "Here in NY as well as in most (all) states as h
Coast Guard or Nationally Registered sail sfbay at 2:44pm 01.20.22
Coast Guard or Nationally Registered dlochner at 2:43pm 01.20.22 It seems like a good time to mention and re-plug the new mooring field at Jensen Beach. I have com
Coast Guard or Nationally Registered shemandr at 2:38pm 01.20.22 It seems like a good time to mention and re-plug the new mooring field at Jensen Beach. I have comp
Head Always Full Tally Ho at 2:37pm 01.20.22 Is it possible that the tank vent is plugged, preventing the pump out from really pumping the tank
1997 Hunter 336 Keel Question Tally Ho at 2:31pm 01.20.22 I totally dried out the keel and then put a paper napkin down. The napkin slowly started getting w
Coast Guard or Nationally Registered dlochner at 2:23pm 01.20.22 Alas (for me anyhow) - the world is organized such that one must pay, pay, pay. Us boat owners are
Coast Guard or Nationally Registered dlochner at 2:21pm 01.20.22 Here in NY as well as in most (all) states as has been said you have to register the boat, however
Coast Guard or Nationally Registered smokey73 at 2:10pm 01.20.22 @Charles Erwin Here is SC, there is a sales tax, but it is capped at $600 for cars and boats and t
Coast Guard or Nationally Registered Charles Erwin at 2:03pm 01.20.22 I would not go so far as to say "as in most (all) states you have to register. I've seen several r
Coast Guard or Nationally Registered smokey73 at 1:38pm 01.20.22 I would not go so far as to say "as in most (all) states you have to register. I've seen several re
Coast Guard or Nationally Registered NYSail at 1:33pm 01.20.22 Here in NY as well as in most (all) states as has been said you have to register the boat, however i
It just keeps going... Project_Mayhem at 1:24pm 01.20.22 I used Six10 to fill old holes under the rub rail. It would sag a bit out of the hole so I put a pi
Great Loop on a Sailboat - Mast handling ideas? Caboteur at 1:21pm 01.20.22
ZF 12M transmission 2:1 Stu Jackson at 1:02pm 01.20.22 All along the wisdom was to leave the trans in reverse when sailing Was told yesterday that now its
Gelcoat Cracks near skylights on Hunter 356 Mat Fournier at 12:17pm 01.20.22 Thanks for the replies, for sure we will have the humidity checked by the surveyor.
Exposed and oxydated metal on Hunter 356 Keel Mat Fournier at 12:13pm 01.20.22 Thanks, I am glad to learn that this is common and not a big problem. Also glad that know that the 3

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