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Catalina 34 dodger neshanic-nj at 2:49pm 12.12.20 Ask A Catalina Owner 10/3321 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 7/999 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 7/1097 Good morning, I am looking to move a Cal 2-30 from Southern Cal to Central Cal. The boat weighs 10
Today is the day... (1) Brian D at 8:48am 12.12.20 Sails Call Lounge 32/1758 188148
Head stay wire size Sail Maui at 8:20am 12.12.20 Ask All Sailors 7/1286 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 17/3118 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 23/2356 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 9/1102 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 12/1797 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 18/2936 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 1/842 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 66/7992 Thinking about picking up and ipad for navigation and chart plotting. mostly for causing waterways a
New to me Tartan 3700 - wiring question forbin at 9:02am 12.11.20 Tartan 9/2483 I recently bought a Tartan 3700 and I'm trying to troubleshoot an issue with two of the courtesy lig
Redoing 1984 H34 reefing system Mike Oldak at 8:36am 12.09.20 Big Boats 20/3778 I had another opportunity to reef our main in a 20+ knot wind. Once again I was reminded how "quest
Beneteau 361 Stanchions Loose Jskosmo at 2:33pm 12.10.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 25/6807
2009 Beneteau 31 interior light. (2) Willie G at 1:40pm 12.10.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1467 Can some one tell me where I can purchase a new round interior ceiling light for a 2009 B31? The s
Dinghy option... (5) MikeJB at 12:20pm 12.10.20 Catalina 22 7/1275 We are planning some multi day trips and needed some type of dinghy. In the spirit of "run whatcha b
Another Rudder bushing thread- 1990 hunter Legend 35.5 (1) ttibbits at 10:42am 12.10.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/3801 I hesitate to post this as I know there have been numerous threads on the subject. However, after mu
Looking for construction documents for the C27 WABI-SABI at 8:58am 12.10.20 Mid-Size Boats 1/602 I have these but would like the whole hull with dimensions. Just looking for the fiberglass not the
sailboat transport company MA to FL recommendation sailormanbigd at 7:51am 12.10.20 Ask All Sailors 15/1524 Need to haul a nominal 30ft sailboat with 10.4 beam and 4.3 draft from Quincy, MA to Hudson, Florida

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My rudder broke off dLj at 5:13pm 10.22.24 The boat was on a mooring buoy. Is that a clause in your policy? dj
A Fall adventure for a Sailor and his wife shemandr at 5:03pm 10.22.24
Axle length Crazy Dave Condon at 4:59pm 10.22.24 The axle is one with brakes same as the hunter 260 trailer built by Magic Tilt. I suggested calling
A Fall adventure for a Sailor and his wife jssailem at 4:01pm 10.22.24 It was a great experience. We had the place to ourselves. Met some interesting folk who are working
Wrapping a stainless tank in fiberglass dLj at 3:56pm 10.22.24 Can you expound on this? As for the genius comment, I can't tell if my sense of humor is off or
Universal M25XP dies after 30 to 40 minutes Steve_Catalina at 3:26pm 10.22.24 when you replaced the tank was there a screen on the end of the fuel pick-up tube. if so I would sug
Yanmar engine life shemandr at 3:25pm 10.22.24 I think I heard the number 20,000 hours from the Mack Boring course. That's basically a lifetime fo
Winterising dLj at 3:02pm 10.22.24
Wrapping a stainless tank in fiberglass dLj at 2:59pm 10.22.24
Winterising Davidasailor26 at 2:40pm 10.22.24
Wrapping a stainless tank in fiberglass baycloud at 2:37pm 10.22.24
Winterising dLj at 2:36pm 10.22.24 One note on that - The -50 rating is the temperature where the AF freezes solid enough to burst met
Toilet Intake Hose ....modification Richard19068 at 2:15pm 10.22.24 There's very little if any UV damage to anything INSIDE a boat...You can use nylon anywhere below d
Winterising Davidasailor26 at 1:23pm 10.22.24 While I don't know when it actually gets solid, it is below the -50. Damage only occurs when the li
Winterising Art12050 at 1:22pm 10.22.24
1996 Hunter 26 v-berth and aft berth cushion redo LaDonaMina at 1:13pm 10.22.24 That looks really good. So this is faux leather now? Ultraleather is the standard material used in
Winterising Don S/V ILLusion at 12:31pm 10.22.24
Yanmar engine life Rick D at 12:21pm 10.22.24 For a couple of well-spent dollars, you could have a mechanic check it out. FWIW, I once had an O'Da
Wrapping a stainless tank in fiberglass Davidasailor26 at 12:15pm 10.22.24
Wrapping a stainless tank in fiberglass dLj at 12:11pm 10.22.24 I think the failure mode would be delamination, and only leakage and smell in the event of massive

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