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Coaming Treads Teak C-30 Mk II (1) snoopy_ at 12:49pm 01.10.21 Catalina 30 4/1002 Has anyone refinished the coaming treads on their C30? Mine keep falling off when I step on them,
323 air conditioner Ron20324 at 11:59am 01.10.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 11/1397 The Benny 323 not being a very big boat, has anyone put A.C. on it? Where? Brand? I think it might g
P42 generator info Jim_H42 at 11:34am 01.10.21 Big Boats 10/1700 I have a 1991 H42 (hull #95) which has a 8kw generator (Model on the plate is 8CC063). I have no i
Seatalk...whotalk..metalk...please talk? Team118 at 9:44am 01.10.21 Ask A Catalina Owner 26/5038 Well, I did it. I bought a 1997 Catalina 380 and one of the things I had on my C-30 was a chartplott
My Penobscot Archipelago. (6) TomY at 6:06am 01.10.21 Destinations 20/3444 I live on the edge of Penobscot Bay on the coast of Maine. My home sailing area for the last 20 sea
Good Read Mikem at 7:02pm 01.09.21 Ask All Sailors 4/976
Beneteau 323 Marine Gear Access Beneteau323 at 3:02pm 01.09.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 12/1636 On the Beneteau 323, can the marine gear be accessed by removing the wood panel at the rear of the e
Winch Handle Holder LeeandRick at 1:24pm 01.09.21 Ask All Sailors 7/3400 Has anyone tried a Suncor winch handle holder? I've used bags, plastic pockets, pvc pipe, and tossed
Alternator up-keep (3) Scott T-Bird at 12:19pm 01.09.21 Ask All Sailors 5/1259 I've removed my alternator to do some housekeeping on the entire engine. When it's reinstalled, it
cleaning sunbrella sailor5017 at 9:38am 01.09.21 Ask All Sailors 9/2182 On a fairly new inclosure and dodger, I have a lot of green showing up on a light grey colour sunbre
Anodes? We Don' Need No Stinkin' Anodes! (3) fstbttms at 9:18am 01.09.21 Engines and Propulsion 9/1194 :laugh: https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/320x240q90/923/ZypGVP.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.c
Hunter 33 (1981) Main Sail mcg23emt at 8:54am 01.09.21 The Cherubini Hunters 9/2377 Looking for information/ advice on new main sail for a Hunter 33 (1981). New sailor and the boat we
Hunter 240 Magic Tilt Trailers Crazy Dave Condon at 8:41am 01.09.21 Smaller Boats 5/1675 I received a private message which is prompting me to ask all Hunter 240 owners with Magic Tilt trai
Texas January Racing Bill19233 at 6:09am 01.09.21 Racing 17/2912 We raced the first weekend of 2021 on Galveston Bay. Saturday was the GBCA Cruzan Rum Icicle Race #1
Arch davits / obstructed view NYSail at 5:51am 01.09.21 Ask All Sailors 3/1046 Hello all So I purchased an arch for my boat that will hold solar panels as well as my dinghy. Need
Alden Caravelle -Righting Moment TaborKP! at 5:49am 01.09.21 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 3/1986 Does anyone know the Righting Moment @30deg for the Alden Caravelle?
Mast Sail Slide Channel (1) ScottySailor at 8:07pm 01.08.21 Ask All Sailors 12/2896 Hi all thanks in advance as usually all my questions are answered here. I have a opening in my mast
Did you Hear the Interference? (1) jssailem at 5:14pm 01.08.21 Weather and Forecasting 1/712 @Brian D 2020 was good for another Solar Radio Burst Date and hour: 27 December 2020 11:35 - 11:
SOLAR Forecast by STCE (1) jssailem at 5:09pm 01.08.21 Weather and Forecasting 6/1196 The Space Weather Prediction Forecast of Solar Activity has been posted for 2021. You can see that
Need references for obtaining boat insurance for a Catalina 36. Dave Kyle at 3:49pm 01.08.21 Ask All Sailors 9/1212 Does anyone have a good reference for boat insurance for a Catalina 36? We want to move it to a more

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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
Auto charge relay with solar colemj at 5:31am 01.04.25 Despite their ratings being the same, the batteries will be slightly different so there's some bene
Dish Rack for 2004-2011 Hunter 33 sailcapt340 at 3:09am 01.04.25 What Dave showed is what I thought you were asking about as well. I made a similar design one for o
Beneteau 381 Whisker pole (1) garymalmgren at 8:48pm 01.03.25 Hi Jeff interesting one. First I cannot imagine a whisker pole being attaches to the babystay (inner
Beneteau 381 Whisker pole higgs at 8:02pm 01.03.25 Contact Beneteau
Rotating Furling Drum kloudie1 at 7:26pm 01.03.25 On the home page, top of page, c.ick on "owner resources". Then click on "general downloads " Then s
Beneteau 381 Whisker pole Davidasailor26 at 7:25pm 01.03.25 Hi all Trying to figure out how to attach a whisker pole on a Beneteau 381 with an in mast furling
Knot for Docking in BC Terry Cox at 7:16pm 01.03.25 Hi Tedd. Been docking to BC bull rails for years and have never had a problem. What I do is make a l
Auto charge relay with solar dlochner at 6:59pm 01.03.25 Despite their ratings being the same, the batteries will be slightly different so there's some bene
Hunter Legend Mainsail Reefing (1) Marmalade at 6:02pm 01.03.25 @Ringydingydo - maybe you're right that previous owners didn't know how to re-rig the single-line r

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