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Curtain Rod Alternatives? ShawnL at 9:55am 01.17.21 Catalina 22 2/1111 The curtain rod in my 72 Catalina (the one separating the head 'compartment') has about had it. The
Owners Manual Moondog 43 at 9:02am 01.17.21 Ask All Sailors 3/928 We have a 1985 43ft Center Cockpit Morgan and are looking for an owners manual for it. Any suggestio
How do people mount their anchor on bow on smaller O'days (mine is a 19') Beachdog2 at 7:04am 01.17.21 Day Sailers 13/3749 I have a 1989 O'day and would like a way to keep my anchor where it should be, on the bow of the boa
Number of angels on the head of a pin! (1) Pagan Baby at 6:46am 01.17.21 Ask All Sailors 2/622 Or fittings on top of the mast. I have my mast down this winter for reworking and am trying to figu
PSS DRIPLESS question barnstormer at 6:33am 01.17.21 Catalina 30 11/2162 Looking to replace pss dripless on my 1987 catalina 30 tr, need to know stern shaft log dia. I tried
C309 Spreader Deck light Pompadi at 11:24pm 01.16.21 Catalina 309 Group Forum 1/885 Hi all, Does anyone know the bulb size / type for the deck light . Probably go led if there's one th
Project (8) YiskNie2013 at 10:27pm 01.16.21 Day Sailers 9/1677
1994 Hunter Legend 35.5 Battery Charger Location and settings drkmcdaniel at 10:23pm 01.16.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1275 Greetings, I am struggling to find the exact location of the battery charger, Actually I think I hav
Raising boom to level LukeAvanti at 8:31pm 01.16.21 Catalina 30 6/1751
Autohelm st50 speed mixed with Seatalkng network windsurfer at 8:23pm 01.16.21 Ask All Sailors 13/5772 I have an old autohelm st50 speed display, which has the speed sensor/transducer connected to it. It
Stern tube hose replacement Yamaha 30 Samurai at 6:19pm 01.16.21 Yamaha 8/2232 I plan to replace the, likely original, hose when hauled out this spring. Samurai is the forward (un
Replacing reef and outhaul locking levers on Isomat 26 Boom (1) Bob_S at 5:45pm 01.16.21 Bigger Boats 1/1076 Hello to all and thanks in advance for any help y'all might be able to give. I had also placed this
Question On replacing locking cam Isomat boom. (1) Bob_S at 5:20pm 01.16.21 Ask All Sailors 2/395 Hello to all and thanks in advance for any help y'all might be able to give. I have to replace one o
Honda EU1000i vs EU2200i fuel consumption SycloneDriver at 4:50pm 01.16.21 Ask All Sailors 27/13019 I did a little testing with my generators today. I ran each out of fuel and then added 10oz of fuel
O'Day 27 Prop RMintle at 3:16pm 01.16.21 Bigger Boats 12/2075 I just acquired a '74 O'Day that has been converted to a SolidNav electric motor. Can anyone please
Masts of adjacent boats connected Kermit at 1:26pm 01.16.21 Ask All Sailors 22/1728
Learn about my O'Day 27 RMintle at 10:23am 01.16.21 Ask All Sailors 4/503 I just acquired a 1974 O'Day 27 and would like to know more about it. The HIN is XDYM02280974. Is
Hunter 30 T - companion-way step removal from engine box? (2) Patrick Randall at 10:15am 01.16.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/644 Anyone successfully removed the companion-way steps from their 30T? It looks like whatever was holdi
What a beautiful morning- sitting on front deck soaking up sunshine in 65 degrees and listening to two neighbors mowing Charlie Jones s/v Tehani at 9:57am 01.16.21 Ask All Sailors 18/998 MIne was done last week :D
Anyone Remove their Hood Furler Drive Unit? snoopy_ at 9:51am 01.16.21 Catalina 30 18/2832 Hello, I had issues with my furler this year, which is a Hood 707SL. I spoke to Hood (Pompanette)

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Rigging - When do you decide to refit your rigging? Calif. Ted at 11:38am 01.04.25 When my rigger sold his boat he told me he was going to retire and travel around the country in a ca
What is the best size headsail for beer can racing on Tampa Bay, for my Hunter 31 shoal draft boat? plealman5 at 11:10am 01.04.25 Thank you all for your comments. All are good advice & very helpful. Paul
Rotating Furling Drum jssailem at 10:47am 01.04.25 Sweet. That is where I would begin. It is very easy when assembling a forestay and furler not to al
Rigging - When do you decide to refit your rigging? dLj at 10:45am 01.04.25 Rigging is very complicated - how to inspect? when to replace? what to look for? what to replace? wi
Rotating Furling Drum (1) BAD ORCA at 10:34am 01.04.25 I am clarifying the issue in my mind. Your concern is the drum furler at the bow. When you look at
Rigging - When do you decide to refit your rigging? FastOlson at 10:22am 01.04.25 Salt water exposure: ten years max. Fresh water exposure : twenty years. I have know several profess
Bluetooth Radar dlochner at 9:25am 01.04.25 Looking through the manual, I could see no reference to a wireless model. At least one model appears
Bluetooth Radar DannyS at 9:09am 01.04.25 Yes David, you are correct about the Wifi., thanks for your response. I'll revise my question to bet
Bluetooth Radar Davidasailor26 at 9:03am 01.04.25 No experience with Raymarine but from what I can see in their manual (and what I'd generally expect)
Rotating Furling Drum (1) jssailem at 9:00am 01.04.25 I am clarifying the issue in my mind. Your concern is the drum furler at the bow. When you look at i
Rotating Furling Drum BAD ORCA at 8:38am 01.04.25 Shouldn't the yard be the ones to correct this? Maybe for an owner who is not hands on or have DIY
Rotating Furling Drum BAD ORCA at 8:36am 01.04.25 On the home page, top of page, c.ick on "owner resources". Then click on "general downloads " Then
Freeze protection for small keel boat Universal M18 FastOlson at 8:05am 01.04.25 Regarding the advice about using AC heaters, whether incandescent bulb or simple warm resistance typ
Auto charge relay with solar dlochner at 7:53am 01.04.25 @dlochner Would it be advisable to put in a lower amperage fuse to protect the relay? The relay is
Freeze protection for small keel boat Universal M18 Project_Mayhem at 7:47am 01.04.25 Go with the -100F antifreeze. Depending on how your boat is designed, you may have a hard time seein
Rotating Furling Drum Project_Mayhem at 7:32am 01.04.25 Shouldn't the yard be the ones to correct this?
Auto charge relay with solar Project_Mayhem at 7:30am 01.04.25 @colemj I get what you're saying. No matter how these components are wired up, this will be far from
Freeze protection for small keel boat Universal M18 LloydB at 7:25am 01.04.25 I think i would be tempted to take my buck Rogers laser thermometer down to the boat that is sitting
Any info on Revatek alternator regulators? colemj at 6:02am 01.04.25 Thanks. I'm all about design efficiency in principle, but that represents just 0.1% of my alternato
Auto charge relay with solar colemj at 5:39am 01.04.25 It is correct that batteries will have different charge acceptance rates depending on different age

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