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Trailer recommendations Babs at 10:13am 08.31.20 Trailer Sailors 1/423 I need recommendations for a trailer for my 1983 25' Catalina with a swing keel?
Racing solo in a crewed fleet race (AKA busy day) (1) Jackdaw at 9:53am 08.31.20 Racing 17/1338 Last Saturday our club held its around-the-island race, with starts for each fleet. This year we int
Advice needed for head paint. (1) SV_Ladyhawke at 9:40am 08.31.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/389 Hello everyone, I have a question regarding the paint in the head of my sailboat. It's now old and p
O'Day IC MaritimeOliver at 9:40am 08.31.20 Day Sailers 1/411 I bought an InterClub to use as a dinghy for my 26. At least that's what I told the wife. The trut
Roller furling line size? azambella at 9:38am 08.31.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/3325 I realize this is rather vague but... Our Hunter 33 Has 150 roller furling genoa and the spool fill
Defeat of the latest scammer... MitchM at 9:04am 08.31.20 Ask All Sailors 0/305 So i'm looking for a little late- model com-pac 'horizon catboat' w/ IBD, and posted on a f
H49/H50 main sheet input T J Furstenau at 8:41am 08.31.20 Big Boats 15/1237 So, the specs out of the manual on my H49 call for 170 ft of 9/16" line for my main sheet. I got th
H41 power routing solar panel help Valerio at 8:23am 08.31.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/271 I need to connect my solar panel array with my mppt that will be located under the chart table, how
Oceanis 37 companion way top step removal? (1) Rob Heath at 8:07am 08.31.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1097 Does anyone know how to remove the top step on the companion way on an Oceanis 37/Beneteau 37 please
Waste holding tank vs A/C duct reneward01 at 6:28am 08.31.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/542 On my BO 323 I had to remove the waste holding tank because it was crushing the duct that ran to the
Help needed with new product! Jamos.Tan at 4:06am 08.31.20 Ask All Sailors 0/31 Hi all! My name is Jamos and I have developed a type of "boat computer" for sailing and motor boats
hull speed, what it means. jon hansen at 11:02pm 08.30.20 Ask All Sailors 28/4255 so i'm reading on a post by benny17441 and he writes that 'hull speed' is an old formula used when b
Main sheet cleat location (1) jonelli at 10:03pm 08.30.20 Catalina 30 16/1758 Hey all, just curious, but I realized after fixing a lost shackle on my main sheet cleat, that my se
Stripper Rings (1) higgs at 8:55pm 08.30.20 Ask All Sailors 8/1838 I had no idea what a stripper ring was until one broke apart on my Lewmar 40 self tailing winch. Th
ST6001 Doesn't Track Under Sail mdibella at 3:14pm 08.30.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/503 I've got an Raymarine ST6001 on my First 36.7. It seems to track the course well enough under auxi
Starting a B331 Bluenose at 2:58pm 08.30.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/897 Hi folks, 2 years ago when I pressed the starter switch it would not work right off the bat. If you
Reupholster Cushions jbrock at 2:55pm 08.30.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1336 Hi everyone. Can someone tell me how many yards of fabric I would need to create new covers for my M
Docking cleat ripped off deck in storm (2) Revv up at 1:49pm 08.30.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1613 On my Hunter 18.5, big storm rolled through while we were tied off at the dock, luckily my wife noti
1978 Hunter 27 Shroud Tension allanb at 1:42pm 08.30.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1395 What should the shroud tension be on a 1978 Hunter 27?
Windward sheeting cars Drinky Crow at 1:13pm 08.30.20 Racing 5/698 Worth it? Me, I am not knowing how one lets the car down in a puff w/o leaving the rail? Tug on wind

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Synthetic Rigging AaronD at 8:30pm 12.11.23 I have a daysailer (Chrysler Mutineer 15) and Catalina 22, and I've thought about re-rigging each wi
Furano connection dlochner at 6:51pm 12.11.23 Is the mast deck stepped? If so, it may be inside the mast. There may be an access port on the mast,
Re-installing the shaft coupling dlochner at 6:46pm 12.11.23 Friction between the coupling and the shaft is important, it takes the stress off the key and makes
Help, My Boat is Tipping Over! CAVU at 6:45pm 12.11.23 I own a 2001 380 and also have the port list you mentioned. I think the lack of the genset may be a
Synthetic Rigging AaronD at 6:42pm 12.11.23 Terminators / Connectors Good terminators purpose-built for this task aren't cheap. Usually a littl
Synthetic Rigging AaronD at 6:36pm 12.11.23 Types of Dyneema From Marlow SK60 : Older formulation (I think original Amsteel was SK60?) SK75 :
Synthetic Rigging AaronD at 6:27pm 12.11.23 @Tedd. Thanks for posting this. I've been thinking occasionally about synthetic rigging for a few ye
Re-installing the shaft coupling rgranger at 6:15pm 12.11.23 Teflon tape???
Re-installing the shaft coupling American_Mainsail at 5:59pm 12.11.23 You do not want to apply any anti-seize, lubricant, etc. to your shaft coupling. You want that coupl
Re-installing the shaft coupling Michael Davis at 5:53pm 12.11.23 So nice to have some Ai to blame! I love it.
Swim platform question PaulK at 5:24pm 12.11.23 I'm not even understanding how that thing is mounted or the orientation. It seems that the ladder
Re-installing the shaft coupling shemandr at 5:01pm 12.11.23 Might have to blame that one on spell check. I try to review posts and still some get by. I should
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? Richard19068 at 4:37pm 12.11.23 @4arch: Thanks for posting that.
Re-installing the shaft coupling Don S/V ILLusion at 4:25pm 12.11.23
315 Backstay Adjuster Stu Jackson at 4:21pm 12.11.23 Greg, Gerry Douglas has called it his "15/16 rig." :clap: Really.
315 Backstay Adjuster Tally Ho at 4:05pm 12.11.23 The forestay of the Catalina 315 is so close to the head that it might be considered a fractional
Swim platform question shemandr at 4:00pm 12.11.23 I'm not even understanding how that thing is mounted or the orientation. It seems that the ladder
Solar arch installation pictures on 315 Tom J at 3:55pm 12.11.23 Tom have you notice any differences in the boats handling with the davits and solar panel compared
Swim platform question Scott T-Bird at 3:19pm 12.11.23 I'm not even understanding how that thing is mounted or the orientation. It seems that the ladder i
Volvo V Vetus Muffler dlochner at 3:16pm 12.11.23 Well, it just seems odd to have all those links to pages in CF, especially since they are not specif

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