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Home Weather Station Plymouth Sailor at 4:03am 05.10.21 Ask All Sailors 6/1266 Fellow sailors, trying to find an option on the cheap for determining wind speed as the wind speed t
H26 waterline / water flowing into gas locker on tack JimSails at 7:49pm 05.09.21 Smaller Boats 14/1691 Hey all, we have been concerned with the aft waterlevel on the hunter 26. We have a honda 9.9 off th
Towing a wooden dinghy (1) Captain W at 6:39pm 05.09.21 Ask All Sailors 8/931 I have a new wooden dinghy. I am interested to know how you would attach a towing bridle to it. My
2000 Oceanis boom part (2) Winsome 461 at 5:19pm 05.09.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/645 Looking to replace a piece of the traveler car for a 2000 Beneteau Oceanis 461. If anyone happens to
Jerk (1) rgranger at 3:29pm 05.09.21 Ask All Sailors 31/3136 Went to do some work on my boat today and found this... well actually found something was absent
Cracked motor mount on Hunter 26 MySong at 2:21pm 05.09.21 Smaller Boats 15/1605 The plate that my motor mounts on is badly cracked and I need to make or buy a new one. Complicating
Marinas in the Chesapeake gnzoidberg at 1:05pm 05.09.21 Ask All Sailors 11/2134 Hi everybody, I am looking for a marina in the Chesapeake area for the summer and into the fall. It
H40.5 Forward Head sump circuit shorted. edguy3 at 12:06pm 05.09.21 Big Boats 7/758 I have a '95 Hunter 40.5 and have just replaced the sump in the forward head. Seems there is a shor
Rhodes 19 electric / solar charging rbaevergreen at 11:42am 05.09.21 Day Sailers 0/664 I'm hoping to add an electric bilge pump to my Rhodes 19 (perhaps one on each side of the centerboar
The joys of reefing on our 26C Nashville_Blues at 11:30am 05.09.21 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/873 We purchased one of the new Lite-Skin sails from BWY with two reefing points and I wanted to share o
Sabre 34 Centerboard Outeast at 11:25am 05.09.21 Ask All Sailors 2/1019 I am revitalizing an '84 Sabre 34 with a shoal draft and centerboard. The centerboard cable snapped.
Catalina 22? For Sale SV_GALATEIA at 10:24am 05.09.21 Catalina 22 1/991 Hi all, I live way up at the tip of lower Michigan, in Cheboygan. Driving through town last week I
Max Prop - shaft and hub tightness wsconner at 10:04am 05.09.21 Musings With Maine Sail 5/1213 I had my max prop classic reconditioned this winter and re-installing was fairly straightfoward. Ho
Hunter 460/466 Hydrovane (1) Scallywagger at 10:00am 05.09.21 Big Boats 11/2532 Hello. I have just purchased Ghostly Goose which will soon become my new Casper.I am also purchasing
H260 Forestay reefing removal? GBGraham at 2:47am 05.09.21 Smaller Boats 2/700 My H260 is fitted with a Plastimo 608 foresail reefing system. I would like to remove and service th
PSS replacement job jonelli at 12:18am 05.09.21 Catalina 30 3/959 I had an old PSS seal that I wanted to change out. I ordered a new one based on recommendations from
Detroit River transport Jumpstart at 8:02pm 05.08.21 Ask All Sailors 8/2270 Planning trip upriver from Detroit light to Jefferson Beach (Safe Harbor) Marina on Lake St Clair. A
The simplest things ... (3) pclarksurf at 7:46pm 05.08.21 Catalina 22 0/615 Make me happy ! Last long road trip last season I managed to shear off the zerk flush with the sp
SD50 cooling water intake valve jimcowell at 7:38pm 05.08.21 Engines and Propulsion 3/777 I have an SD50, with Yanmar factory water intake valve. On the valve stem near the top end there i
D&R MARINE: Still in business? TPN at 6:59pm 05.08.21 Ask An Oday Owner 6/3481 I have been unable to get any response to inquiries of D'R Marine, in Assonet, Mass. D'R has been a

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With hopes I'm not duplicating: COCPIT LIGHTING dLj at 8:17pm 02.01.25 That's your privilege. Chapman Piloting, 59th Edition, p. 593. Let's hope we don't cross wakes. a
Tracks location Seaway 25 (3) miro at 7:12pm 02.01.25 Sorry for the delay - holiday times. I've checked both sails and I've marked the position of the cl
Raritan Marine Elegance vs SeaEra QC Conversion Kit max_sailing at 6:50pm 02.01.25 I went with the Marine Elegance, but stuck with the sea (river) water intake. I did a full write-up
Raritan Marine Elegance install on my Catalina 310 (1) max_sailing at 6:43pm 02.01.25 2nd post due to image limit. Flush intake plumping: Things were much easier with the intake plumbi
In hull transducer location on a 30' Hunter Island at 6:30pm 02.01.25 Thank You, Terry for the info. Could suggest a good type and brand for me, I know very little about
In hull transducer location on a 30' Hunter Terry Cox at 6:22pm 02.01.25 Most all the Hunter boats were built with solid FRP below the waterline and cored above. Different m
With hopes I'm not duplicating: COCPIT LIGHTING Urban Hermit at 6:12pm 02.01.25 - it's quite possible these lights are not visible from straight ahead... Oh, Hahoos H. Roosevelt
With hopes I'm not duplicating: COCPIT LIGHTING Urban Hermit at 6:09pm 02.01.25 And if you are sailing you will run your stern light from the mast head along with your deck mounte
Lithium Battery upgrade installation MFD at 5:10pm 02.01.25 I am in the process of finishing up a house bank conversion for a 2009 41DS. Your DC main panel look
What AA batteries for hand held devices? dLj at 5:05pm 02.01.25 I'll have to take a look. Tks! @kappykaplan - Not sure if you've seen my posts on my fav flashli
What AA batteries for hand held devices? kappykaplan at 4:49pm 02.01.25 The older ones, I agree. The new ones, not so much. I'll have to take a look. Tks!
What AA batteries for hand held devices? dLj at 4:47pm 02.01.25 I gave up on rechargeable batteries a long time ago. They just don't last. The older ones, I agre
With hopes I'm not duplicating: COCPIT LIGHTING dLj at 4:37pm 02.01.25 Well, why? If you see the red and green you shouldn't be seeing the stern. If you see white and no
With hopes I'm not duplicating: COCPIT LIGHTING Richard19068 at 4:22pm 02.01.25 It's not the slow moving sailboats or dinghies you have to worry about, it is the fast moving power
What AA batteries for hand held devices? kappykaplan at 3:55pm 02.01.25 but I don't have any experience with rechargeables. I gave up on rechargeable batteries a long tim
With hopes I'm not duplicating: COCPIT LIGHTING dlochner at 3:55pm 02.01.25 The Compac 16 has a bridge clearance of 21 or 22 feet so your not looking up at at 40. From your bo
What AA batteries for hand held devices? kappykaplan at 3:52pm 02.01.25 I assume that's Energizer Ultimate Lithium. Those do look good. Yes and yes.
What AA batteries for hand held devices? Richard19068 at 3:51pm 02.01.25 I'm partial to the "ultimate" varieties . . . I assume that's Energizer Ultimate Lithium. Those
With hopes I'm not duplicating: COCPIT LIGHTING Richard19068 at 3:49pm 02.01.25 The other question I have for you, are these LED or incandescence bulbs in each of these lights? d
With hopes I'm not duplicating: COCPIT LIGHTING (1) Richard19068 at 3:45pm 02.01.25 That could be it. That makes more sense. It seems to me he should never run the mast head as a ste

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