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Got a new sailing dinghy Davidasailor26 at 7:22pm 12.13.20 Ask All Sailors 100/12603 A couple months ago @Captain W asked for some opinions about good choices for a tender, and @TomY m
Fiberglass Scratches and Overall polish Monterey385 at 6:33pm 12.13.20 Ask All Sailors 9/828 Meguires, Fleetwax, 3M, or other for Sailboat fiberglass and stainless steel? Go
Universal Kubota water pump failure. Skipper at 3:55pm 12.13.20 Ask All Sailors 19/3510
Jabsco Compact Electric Head John AL at 1:33pm 12.13.20 Smaller Boats 5/1084 Hello! I'm the new owner of a Catalina 250 Wing Keel. I need to know if the Jabsco Electric head wit
B323 roller main Ron20324 at 9:52am 12.13.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/1450 A new member has a problem with his roller main. Does someone on here have one that can offer "trick
Texas December Racing Bill19233 at 6:53am 12.13.20 Racing 21/2825 We raced my Hunter 340 in the GBCA Chili Chase Regatta on December 5th on Galveston Bay. Had a great
Mounting turning block to the base of the mast (4) ricksoth at 10:59pm 12.12.20 Ask All Sailors 25/9252 I would like to route my halyards to the cockpit for single hand sailing this summer. The cost to h
Lines - how to determine if what I have is junk or okay (6) ricksoth at 9:49pm 12.12.20 Ask All Sailors 30/3068 I purchased a 27' sailboat and there were a number of lines on the boat other than mooring type line
Catalina 34 dodger neshanic-nj at 2:49pm 12.12.20 Ask A Catalina Owner 10/3126 I'm considering replacing my dodger on my Catalina 34. Does anyone have any general idea on what th
Electrical Refit Sanity Check (1) Br3nt at 1:07pm 12.12.20 Ask All Sailors 7/971 Ok, I realize 'refit' and 'sanity' don't belong in the same thread. Anyway, among the refit we're do
Looking to trailer a Cal 2- 30 Anybody do in this? ACESPACK at 8:55am 12.12.20 Trailer Sailors 7/1027 Good morning, I am looking to move a Cal 2-30 from Southern Cal to Central Cal. The boat weighs 10
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Head stay wire size Sail Maui at 8:20am 12.12.20 Ask All Sailors 7/1232 I have a 30 year old ProFurl L31 roller furler with a 1x25 wire headstay that I am refurbishing this
Beneteau 393 battery charger location Larry737 at 10:41pm 12.11.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 17/2876 Hi all. I have a 2005 Beneteau 393 (2 cabin) equipped with a Xantrax 1800 watt inverter and a Xantra
Christmas Cruise - 2020 Terry Cox at 7:49pm 12.11.20 Pacific North West Cruisers 23/2130 Okay you hardy land lubber souls, Belle-Vie is back in business with an operating Genset once again.
New Start Battery? Mickstr at 6:46pm 12.11.20 Ask All Sailors 9/1045 Replacing my 2 Group 31 general purpose batteries on my O'Day 322, w/2GM20F engine. All LED interior
Check Your GFI's (3) leo310 at 5:16pm 12.11.20 Catalina 310 12/1654 Found the GFI plugs not working. I looked at both and found this by the Nav Station. Had to replace
Beneteau rudder tube/grid Holomoku1 at 2:57pm 12.11.20 Ask All Sailors 18/2771 I have a 2007 Beneteau 43.4 Cyclades. We bought it in Grenada and are sailing out to Hawaii. We ju
ARCO and API Alternators bawlmer at 12:53pm 12.11.20 Engines and Propulsion 1/779 Fellow Sailors. My alternator went on the fritz this fall. I had it bench tested and it was dead. AR
ipad for navigation Sandfly at 9:46am 12.11.20 Ask All Sailors 66/7230 Thinking about picking up and ipad for navigation and chart plotting. mostly for causing waterways a

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Cell Phone Boosters BAD ORCA at 10:02pm 08.24.24 I asked this same question about six months ago. I did a fair amount of research and narrowed my re
Where 'Roger That' Really Comes From Stu Jackson at 8:20pm 08.24.24 Nice bit of history. Something that always "peeves me" is when someone say ends a radio transmissi
Need Concern over Iithium battery charging of device batteries. MikeHoncho at 8:16pm 08.24.24 So, I take it that the risk of fire during charging or otherwise is less, may be considerably less,
Need Concern over Iithium battery charging of device batteries. MikeHoncho at 8:12pm 08.24.24
Tachometer Fluctuation kloudie1 at 7:51pm 08.24.24 There are two multi wire connectors in the harness between the sensor and the tachometer. Clean and
Treadmill alternative for the boat. jssailem at 7:37pm 08.24.24 That is clever. Now if you attach wires to the output maybe you could use the effort to help charge
HULL SCRATCHES The_Sailing_Pelican at 7:32pm 08.24.24 Oh boy, well lets see. Thx appreciate your response.
Treadmill alternative for the boat. Hayden Watson at 7:08pm 08.24.24 We have also been looking at this. It takes no electricity to run it and the resistance is by Magne
HULL SCRATCHES Ralph Johnstone at 7:00pm 08.24.24 Hate to rain on your parade but it can't be done. The unaffected areas or "unscratched areas" consi
Where 'Roger That' Really Comes From smokey73 at 6:49pm 08.24.24 Nice bit of history. Something that always "peeves me" is when someone say ends a radio transmissio
Where 'Roger That' Really Comes From Tally Ho at 6:27pm 08.24.24 That was an interesting bit of history. But I would expect that sort of post in the middle of a col
HULL SCRATCHES The_Sailing_Pelican at 5:42pm 08.24.24 Not clear if you are showing scratches through the blue paint and into the white gel coat below or
Repair leading edge keel Ralph Johnstone at 5:31pm 08.24.24 What type of resin ......................... polyester or epoxy ?
Where 'Roger That' Really Comes From kappykaplan at 4:43pm 08.24.24 As a career Navy guy, that was a great read. Tks for sharing. :beer:
Loose hardware for spreader dLj at 4:08pm 08.24.24 If the current threads are compromised due to age/corrosion/use/whatever and you don't want to go to
Tachometer Fluctuation Johnb at 3:54pm 08.24.24 I spray the contacts with Deoxit D5. It has given me excellent results but I have no idea if it is
Tachometer Fluctuation dlochner at 3:30pm 08.24.24 But not going to be happy. When was any sailor happy fixing OEM crap? :biggrin: Just think how
What's inside the VHF antenna can Don S/V ILLusion at 3:17pm 08.24.24 quick and dirty way to check coil is a simple continuity test.
Tachometer Fluctuation sailcapt340 at 3:14pm 08.24.24
Loose hardware for spreader kappykaplan at 3:12pm 08.24.24 Blue loctite or Tef-gel on the scews. :plus:

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