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Best World Cruiser? White Sail at 7:02am 02.11.08 Ask All Sailors 46/5673 I realize this is a controversial topic and many who read this will be a bit insulted, born from the
Wind Gauge Mark Mynsberge at 7:02am 02.11.08 Big Boats 5/1232 One of the little cups on the wind speed device at the top of the mast has broken. I have been tryi
SeaTalk connections with Chartplotter agaliha at 6:53am 02.11.08 Ask All Sailors 8/2693 I'm looking at purchasing a RayChart 425 Chartplotter. All of my Raymarine ST60 instruments are int
STAR-BRIGHT/ HELP bill@tahoe at 7:39am 02.11.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/985 HELP, I started to clean the bottom of my M 26, with Star-Bright, and it looks like tiny blisters ar
Poptop help Gregg9020 at 7:43am 02.11.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1188 Looking at the guides on my poptop the black clamps are either broken or missing and are being held
Cabin table finish Kailani at 8:29am 02.11.08 Big Boats 3/928 Our 1995 35.5 requires a bit of sprucing. The cabin table could use some refreshing, however, I do n
Stern Exhaust Ports Charlie at 9:29am 02.11.08 Big Boats 4/1173 My boat is a 1985 Hunter 34. When I purchased the vessel in 1999 the previous owner had installed a
Anyone have any inside information you can share on dockage? AmeriBritalian at 9:16am 02.11.08 Ask All Sailors 0/915 I would appreciate if anyone has a referral or information on either a slip or mooring either in or
Dr. LED Lightbulb Bad Obsession at 9:16am 02.11.08 Ask All Sailors 7/1149 I am thinking about replacing one of the lightblulbs in my 1990 Catalina 30 to one of the Dr. LED li
Seidelmann Rendezvous Daydreams at 9:47am 02.11.08 Seidelmann 0/1421 We at www.seidelmann-owners.com are brginning to think about a Seidelmann Rendezvous for 2008. The
Thinking of adding sump pump Bad Obsession at 10:16am 02.11.08 Ask All Sailors 5/1226 The shower in my Catalina 30 drains directly into the bilge and I am probably going to add a sump pu
Anemometers Mast head vrs Hand Held Chuck R at 10:05am 02.11.08 Ask All Sailors 14/4838 Been reading a book this winter "SAIL POWER" by W. Ross. And I'm learning that it's a good idea to k
Starcraft sailboat Susan Gilius at 11:52am 02.11.08 Ask All Sailors 1/2632 I am looking at a StarCraft sailboat of @ 14'. I think they were made by the O'Day manufacturer. D
HR Monsun 31 Windlass shloots at 12:17pm 02.11.08 Hallberg-Rassy 4/7096 I would like purchase and installation ideas for installing a windlass on a 1974 HR Monsun 31. Thank
Johnson Pumps Manual Head Clone? Rick D at 12:14pm 02.11.08 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/1418 Hi, Peggy. Did you by chance find out if the Johnson manual head is simply a re-badged Jabsco? Again
2 Instrument questions. (wind and speed) Bad Obsession at 1:12pm 02.11.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1483 I noticed that there is the mount and the remains of a wind instrument mounted at the top of my mast
battery charger for golf cart batteries in series/parallel Norton at 1:47pm 02.11.08 Ask All Sailors 18/3305 I bought a boat with two banks (two batteries in each bank) of 6v golf cart batteries in series/para
Y-30 for sale Bob15082 at 2:52pm 02.11.08 Yamaha 0/1755 I received an e-mail on the site from a guy who is selling a Y-30 due to death of the owner. I thin
Raymarine Sirius Weather seadaddler at 10:37pm 02.09.08 Ask All Sailors 1/948 I am thinking about adding Sirius weather to my Raymarine C Chartpotter.I think it would be a grea
Marine Recalls Scott B at 11:10pm 02.09.08 Mid-Size Boats 4/1202 Who initiates recalls on marine products. I know the manufacturers will do recalls if they feel a p

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Looking for advice. Crusair supply valve RitSim at 6:18am 11.17.21 Probably less of an issue in fresh water but still should be gone. Groco makes a flush kit for thes
Worth the Cutter Rig? jssailem at 6:17am 11.17.21 The 90% is designed to fit the Forestay and likely will not fit as a staysail without being altered.
Can't get yanmar 3GMF above 2200 rpm under load question Capt Robbie at 6:07am 11.17.21 Spoke to a diesel mechanic and he has given me a list of things to check He is 85 percent sure that
Worth the Cutter Rig? SailorElliot at 5:55am 11.17.21 Hi Ellliot Re: I have a genneker Is it worth getting a maybe 150% genoa and rigging a maybe 90% ji
Worth the Cutter Rig? jssailem at 5:49am 11.17.21 It appears you are considering the right stuff. Have you found any drawings or plans/images of boat
C30 MKII main shaft pulley and v belt clearance with the M25XP (1) Hayden Watson at 5:44am 11.17.21 Good to know.... looks like I'm on the right track then! Hopefully my engine and engine compartmen
Worth the Cutter Rig? Boomer2it at 5:24am 11.17.21
Winterizing Yanmar 2QM15 RoyS at 4:54am 11.17.21 Not seeing the drain valves in the service or parts manual diagrams. Any help locating it would be
PNW flooding, terrible.. Terry Cox at 4:45am 11.17.21 Just love the rain. No issues, just hunker down and see it out. Pretty normal for this time of the y
Anyone use a boat broker by name Knot10? DeniseO30 at 4:24am 11.17.21 Anone use a boat broker with name of Khot10? What was your experience? I bought my hunter 34 thro
prop shaft flange bolt size Shaw_2112 at 4:01am 11.17.21 These are made for the problem. we use them on my Ford ranger that had recessed 12 point head bol
Masthead main halyard sheave? (1) valcour at 2:05am 11.17.21 one more photo from another 310 owner's masthead crane
Masthead main halyard sheave? (5) valcour at 2:04am 11.17.21 I had some hard to hoist halyards when I bought the boat and thought it was the sheaves. Turned out
Blister on Rudder Joe at 1:00am 11.17.21 That doesn't look like a blister to me... blisters look like ... uh... blisters.... and the fluid st
Catalina 30 Terminal block? Joe at 12:45am 11.17.21 Do you have an AC breaker panel? It's most likely adjacent to the panel or an integrated part of th
Hull crash JamesG161 at 10:20pm 11.16.21 See this link on pages 5, 6... Repairing boat after Hurricane Zeta Jim...
Hull crash (1) Georgedoyle at 10:08pm 11.16.21 We had a collision on our mooring. Never found out who or what hit us. You're fortunate to know what
Hull crash highportsail at 9:41pm 11.16.21 Any updates on this repair ?
Hello, new 25 owner with questions! Ritdog at 9:28pm 11.16.21 I have a 77 25 with a centerboard...am assuming you didn't have it out of the water yet. Looking at
Hunter 45CC Chest Freezer Sailor_Al at 9:19pm 11.16.21 Just to follow up on the work I've done to the drop down Freezer on the Hunter 45CC. I removed t

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