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Boat building season begins LloydB at 8:37am 10.10.24 Ask All Sailors 1/290 A recent statement was made on another thread "Boats are built to make money, not to educate the unk
New Cockpit enclosure Laker69 at 8:28am 10.10.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/338 As part of our new ownership of the 2006 Hunter 45 CC we will need to replace the entire dodger / bi
Transducers mm2347 at 8:19am 10.10.24 Ask All Sailors 3/358 How to test a hummingbird transducer on a trailer?
Hurricane aftermath Don S/V ILLusion at 6:16am 10.10.24 Ask All Sailors 26/1891 Hope everyone affected had no damage. We and our boat live only a few miles from where the eye came
Lifeline stanchion mounting hardware (3) PlaneTom at 5:11pm 10.09.24 Catalina 310 15/1420 Greetings, A question on the mounting of a lifeline stanchion. Catalina 310 #73 The forward stanchio
Engine Start sailliny at 1:20pm 10.09.24 Catalina 310 8/1049
Hunter 310 Paceship at 12:33pm 10.09.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/578 I am interested in buying hunter 310, I know the manufacture says it weighs 8500LB. Has anyone actua
ASA 101 course norfolkcatsailor at 8:09pm 10.08.24 Ask All Sailors 4/434 Asking for a friend ;) How long is the actual sailing time during the course? Wondering because I ha
Lazy Jacks ? BTC1984 at 10:02am 10.08.24 Mid-Size Boats 31/2078
Good price?? egabe38 at 5:28am 10.08.24 Mid-Size Boats 12/830
Dodger and Bimini features you love? paulheth at 12:40pm 10.07.24 Ask All Sailors 28/2293 I am buying a boat that has the framing for the dodger and bimini. I like the design and plan to ke
I find that I'm Punch Drunk. Can you help me? ...3TacksontheWater at 11:39am 10.07.24 Catalina 22 7/1234 I recently installed the MastGater Sail Track Guide and while I did get installed, I sure was not ha
My Water Pump Impeller "Adventure" odaydokay at 8:26am 10.07.24 Engines and Propulsion 9/1081 This turned out to be a bit of a a struggle, when in fact it should be easy. When I bought this (Ob
Keel bulge (1) c&cgal at 7:42am 10.07.24 Ask All Sailors 9/685
Tiller Clutch awesome ! (2) BTC1984 at 5:14pm 10.06.24 Mid-Size Boats 9/726
Asymmetrical Spinnaker rigging paparog at 5:13pm 10.06.24 Catalina 22 2/908 Any videos on how to do a spinnaker on a Catalina 22
Lazarette clasp ? (1) BTC1984 at 5:05pm 10.06.24 Mid-Size Boats 10/963 Any ideas for something other than these metal clasps to hold the lazarette lid down? They gouge my
Spinlock xas bob45 at 11:09am 10.06.24 Ask All Sailors 3/387
Catalina 30 Engine Smoke and No Throttle Control JBS Mystic at 7:30am 10.06.24 Catalina 30 11/993 Yesterday we sailed our 1984 Catalina 30 from her Larchmont mooring to the Mamaroneck marina for win
Bow Eye pcharn01 at 6:18am 10.06.24 Catalina 22 11/1457

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Upgrading AWG wire from battery necessary? Ralph Johnstone at 12:38pm 05.23.25 I think I'm barely within range for this load. Just checking your arithmetic here, what did you f
Sunken Treasure shemandr at 12:37pm 05.23.25 I think it was Willie Nelson who said: "The next time I think I want to get Married, I'll just find
Upgrading AWG wire from battery necessary? RedGreen2025 at 12:26pm 05.23.25 Thanks for your help Ritsim, Ralph, and dlochner. I forgot. I also need to consider the coil from th
Upgrading AWG wire from battery necessary? (2) RedGreen2025 at 12:09pm 05.23.25 Apparently a Suzuki DF 50 draws between 40 - 50 amps at start up. The wire is approximately 10 ft f
Converting from ev100 wheel pilot to hydraulic? BigEasy at 11:59am 05.23.25 The rudder sensor would not be a problem, it is readily available from Ray Marine as an accessory pa
Upgrading AWG wire from battery necessary? RitSim at 11:50am 05.23.25 BlueSea.com has excellent information about wire size/current table http://assets.bluesea.com/files/
Replacing the thru-hull and seacock for the marine toilet - Beneteau Oceanis 40 2008 BigEasy at 11:43am 05.23.25 The problem I figured is to tighten down the nut since the nut is sitting in this useless recess.
Sail is close to furler Max Luff Drinky Crow at 11:14am 05.23.25 Restrainer's tucked up there right under the sheave box. So high it's actually not doing much of any
7+ years without bottomcoat Will Gilmore at 11:07am 05.23.25 Official zebra mussel cleaning guide -Will
Sail is close to furler Max Luff dlochner at 10:51am 05.23.25 Could be the angle, but I don't see a restrainer. Move the restrainer down a few inches. Shortenin
Catalina 23 Swing Keel LLoyd B at 10:43am 05.23.25 It looks to me that the most likely cause of the damage is because the heavy swing kill was allowed
Sail is close to furler Max Luff (2) Drinky Crow at 10:40am 05.23.25 More furling issues. Pic on left is recent 148 which hoists higher but wraps horribly unless - as ha
Converting from ev100 wheel pilot to hydraulic? Calif. Ted at 10:39am 05.23.25 I have not programmed one of the Evolution AP's but always in the past the controller had to be set
Converting from ev100 wheel pilot to hydraulic? Foswick at 10:33am 05.23.25 I concur with Dave and Claude. I would have been pretty confident that it would not be worth the eff
Converting from ev100 wheel pilot to hydraulic? BrianQ at 10:32am 05.23.25 The ACU-100 will drive a wheel drive, tiller drive, or hydraulic pump. Type 0.5 Hydraulic Pump \| B
Upgrading AWG wire from battery necessary? Ralph Johnstone at 9:23am 05.23.25 Read the side of the wire to get its AWG size. I didn't say it was easy. After that, it's a matter
Sunken Treasure Grumps at 9:04am 05.23.25 hopefully I can find another project boat to discuss with you all, and maybe even one on the corre
Sunken Treasure dLj at 9:00am 05.23.25 hopefully I can find another project boat to discuss with you all, and maybe even one on the corre
Hunter 260 Electric Conduit in Ceiling Crazy Dave Condon at 8:46am 05.23.25 Ok
Atomic 4 Rebuild (Inprogress) Night Watch at 8:24am 05.23.25 Will be down in your neck of the woods to see the grandkids next week.

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