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Heading to the power boat show this weekend! Rob at 10:39pm 02.02.06 Ask All Sailors 5/939 Thats right, Im looking to purchase a Radar/ Chartplotter/ Gps syatem this spring, and since the Phi
finding a transmission control cable steve at 10:36pm 02.02.06 Mid-Size Boats 2/971 Hi I am trying to find a replacement transmission shifter cable for a 1978 hunter 27 that has a yanm
Headsail size on the Chesapeake Bay? Justin4192 at 10:19pm 02.02.06 Ask All Sailors 5/1581 Hi everyone, I bought a nice 1982 Catalina 25 early last month and have been putting in a lot of wo
New to sailing and wanting to take classes, ASA or Maule at 10:01pm 02.02.06 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 19/3154 New to sailing and wanting to take classes, ASA or US Sailing? Don't want to take, and pay, for one
Swing Keel Roger N at 9:58pm 02.02.06 Forum Help (Site Talk) 0/869 I sail on a tidal lagoon with many mud banks. I frequently touch bottom and this pushes-up the keel
Sherwood/Oberdorfewr Interchange Paul Mieszczenski at 9:29pm 02.02.06 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1199 The raw water pump on my Universal M-12 is in serious need of repair. It has the Sherwood Brass Work
Rhombline Broke sailor SV Marcell at 9:07pm 02.02.06 Ask All Sailors 8/1336 I am reading thr book "Surviving the storm" and they keep talking about following the rhombline. Wh
Gulf Coast rebuild Katrina jbreland at 8:22pm 02.02.06 Smaller Boats 4/882 This may be a bit early, but I can't help but wonder.......Anyone know of plans to rebuild the mar
New Sails - victim of Katrina! GBrooks at 11:30pm 12.31.05 Big Boats 3/871 Unfortunately, our HUN375 was totalled by Katrina. We had just purchased new sails for her. We rec
Changing rigging Joe at 10:49pm 12.31.05 Smaller Boats 0/908 Our Catalina 250 WK is about 5 years old. 3 of those years were in salt water. Any advice on how oft
Sailing in Croatia and Montenegro Morski Krastavac at 10:39pm 12.31.05 Ask All Sailors 3/1361 Hello All and first off Happy New Year with lots of good sailing-days.The following link has alrea
H40 murkehaze16758 at 8:40pm 12.31.05 Big Boats 13/1014 My wife and I are looking to buy a hunter 40 over there in USA, we plan to sail the carribbean for a
Big crack between windows on Catalina 470 Popeye18292 at 8:32pm 12.31.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1505 Hello everyone,This crack is in the aft head area of a 1999 Catalina 470.Does anybody else have a
WIND SPEED KEN at 7:42pm 12.31.05 Trailer Sailors 7/1827 WHAT WIND SPEED (MPH) DOES A CAT 22 LIKE BEST ? I AM RESTORING A '73 FOR SPRING/SUMMER..WE WILL B
26M Mast Light Lowell Carrington at 12:21pm 12.31.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1342 I plan to install a masthead light on my 2006 MacGregor 26M. I have a couple of questions that I ne
Yanmar Smoking Jeff at 11:55am 12.31.05 Big Boats 23/1704 2004 had 50 hour engine service, no smoke before service and lots of smoke after. Engine mechanic cl
Passage 42 propeller suggestions? Paul Cossman at 10:44am 12.31.05 Big Boats 4/1581 It's time to replace the original 2 bladed propeller on our Passage 42. We use our boat solely for
Bilge Blower Wiring Question Dan H at 10:39am 12.31.05 Ask All Sailors 5/2612 I am rewiring my boat completely and I have a question. This boat will have two separate electrical
Bow Roller Advice needed..... Gary at 9:49am 12.31.05 Ask All Sailors 5/939 84 H31Wondering if anyone could tell me if the anchor roller designed for a danforth/fortress in th
interior cushions alex19889 at 9:41am 12.31.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/951 I'm thinking of replacing all the interior cushions of my Catalina 30 and wondering if anyone out th

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hunter 22 swing keel SeaTR at 7:04am 05.21.21 JeffJK, I replaced my 1981 H22 salvage boat's swing keel a couple of years ago with one made by Foss
Retrieve lost end of topping lift? dmax at 7:04am 05.21.21 I just rebuilt my boom (it's an Isomat, yours should be too). Internally mine contained two reefing
Looking for cabinet and door latches for '97 Beneteau Oceanis 381 sail sfbay at 7:03am 05.21.21 Welcome to the forum!! Can you please photos of what you are looking to replace since there are so
Need a clean SS cut JamesG161 at 7:02am 05.21.21 Notice the spelling of "refrigeration" at the bottom Your family will be unhappy when you store th
Bleeding air from fuel system Universal 5411 (2) shank at 6:57am 05.21.21 Thanks for the response. Think this is the right one based on the diagram from the 5411 manual?
Portable charger options Rodd at 6:48am 05.21.21 Thanks Maine!
Need a clean SS cut Ron20324 at 6:42am 05.21.21 Had to share this one last thing. I received my new SS tubing cutter from Amazon. It looks very wel
Hunter 326 RNC725 at 6:36am 05.21.21
New to Catalina 18 lestersails at 6:26am 05.21.21 If anyone is from the area, what do you think about a wing keel in the Chesapeake? I was looking for
Funny Friday!!! jssailem at 6:12am 05.21.21
How to "back" fittings used to route halyards to the cockpit? MikeHoncho at 6:07am 05.21.21 Make plates out of starboard, one for the whole fixture. This will give you more than enough surface
Swing keel Mac 25 (1) GSmith116 at 6:05am 05.21.21 Was just inspecting my keel pivot bolt (push keel to one side of the well and use an inspection mirr
Need a clean SS cut (1) Justin_NSA at 5:41am 05.21.21 Had to share this one last thing. I received my new SS tubing cutter from Amazon. It looks very well
Portable charger options Maine Sail at 5:32am 05.21.21 hey Rodd- Do you carry the Victron IP65s model? Seems it superceded the IP65. Is there any major
Retrieve lost end of topping lift? Parsons at 5:28am 05.21.21 I'm with @shemandr - remove one bolt at the gooseneck, go to a outdoor staircase, make the boom vert
Bleeding air from fuel system Universal 5411 Capt jgw at 5:23am 05.21.21 I never used that screw on my 5411, I used the bleed screw on the injection pump. On the fitting whe
Housing market tfox2069 at 5:15am 05.21.21 Same situation in Northern Virginia and the entire DC Metro and surrounding area. We've seen our ho
Retrieve lost end of topping lift? shemandr at 5:06am 05.21.21 I wouldn't spend a lot of time trying to retrieve it. I had a Selden boom but I'm not envisioning
Have you checked your Standing Rigging for this season? jssailem at 4:47am 05.21.21 Mother Nature can be cruel if you give her a chance. Hope you can get her back together before the s
Gulfstar 47, Sailmaster, Morgan 462, Irwin 43 Tom Cordero at 4:33am 05.21.21

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