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Hull construction at keelson, O'Day 40 DonEvans at 4:47pm 01.17.21 Bigger Boats 26/4681 Anyone familiar with the hull construction/layup at the keelson? is it balsa core as per the remaind
Advice for grinding out and tabbing in a new bulkhead michaelapk at 4:08pm 01.17.21 Ask All Sailors 4/2411 Looking for some guidance on preparing the inside of the hull for tabbing in a new forward bulkhead.
Amount of Exhaust Water out the back Sethsdad1965 at 3:58pm 01.17.21 Ask All Sailors 25/3104 Hello all! This summer I replace the Impeller on my Sherwood twice after it failed. I recently upg
Rotten egg smell/ new batteries BAD ORCA at 2:28pm 01.17.21 Musings With Maine Sail 8/2244 I just installed two brand new Trojan T-105's in series. I noticed when i was charging them at work
What's going on with the end of our traveler? (3) pmbuck at 2:02pm 01.17.21 Ask All Sailors 2/1188 We are refitting a 1973 C'C 39. Our traveler appears to have serious metal corrosion on the large me
Odd requirement in boat insurance Dr. D at 1:29pm 01.17.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 13/2981 Due to a "Practical Sailor" article, I reread my Geico boat insurance policy. The insurance does not
41' AC and DS Hunter owners DOCKHAND at 11:45am 01.17.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1682
Curtain Rod Alternatives? ShawnL at 9:55am 01.17.21 Catalina 22 2/1221 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 3/977 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 13/3959 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 2/646 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 11/2300 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 1/906 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 9/1707
1994 Hunter Legend 35.5 Battery Charger Location and settings drkmcdaniel at 10:23pm 01.16.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1332 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 6/1808
Autohelm st50 speed mixed with Seatalkng network windsurfer at 8:23pm 01.16.21 Ask All Sailors 13/6207 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 8/2313 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 1/1121 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 2/429 Hello to all and thanks in advance for any help y'all might be able to give. I have to replace one o

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Catalina 25 mast...1989 vs 1978 Stu Jackson at 11:05am 03.16.25
Bimini ideas jesgatt at 10:53am 03.16.25 I'm intrigued. Got any photos to share? Yes please cos it seems a good idea, since I also have ba
Bimini ideas Urban Hermit at 10:50am 03.16.25 I have a boom sail already, but I was thinking something that can be used when sailing especially f
Bimini ideas kappykaplan at 10:49am 03.16.25 We installed a "V" in the sunbrella where the backstay intersected the bimini. The rearmost crossm
Bimini ideas Timm R Oday25 at 10:47am 03.16.25 Our 25' Oday is similarly rigged . We installed a "V" in the sunbrella where the backstay intersecte
Catalina 25 mast...1989 vs 1978 w4swk at 10:27am 03.16.25 Catalina didn't tend to change things like chainplate positions and such, very likely the '79 one w
Could i cut halyard exit near deck? (4) Claude L.-Auger at 10:24am 03.16.25 FYI, my 34 has 4 internal halyards rigged similar to image on post # 3 but running front and back (S
Traditional Stuffing or Dripless? Hayden Watson at 10:16am 03.16.25 I am not sure why anyone would want to connect the dripless breather nipple to a seacock. every typ
MRBF fuse on disconnect terminal colemj at 10:14am 03.16.25 The OP hasn't given a circuit diagram, so it is difficult to say whether the fuse is correct or not.
Bimini ideas PaulK at 10:09am 03.16.25 We have a similar problem wanting shade on long tacks. Biminis were developed on outboard skiffs, n
Newport 28 batteries MattA at 10:07am 03.16.25
Why Don't You Use ActiveCaptain? dLj at 9:39am 03.16.25 I think Mark really nailed a lot of things! For myself, i am a member of NoforeignLand but rarely
MRBF fuse on disconnect terminal dlochner at 9:20am 03.16.25 This is exactly the wrong place to put a fuse. The fuse is there to protect the wire, thus it needs
Why Don't You Use ActiveCaptain? jssailem at 9:07am 03.16.25 I'm of a similar opinion regarding using the blog feature to share where we are. I have heard that
Why Don't You Use ActiveCaptain? WayneH at 8:56am 03.16.25 After the dick moves Garmin made on my Nuvi and my GPS78 and the GPS that came with the big boat, I
Why Don't You Use ActiveCaptain? SkiingSailor at 8:55am 03.16.25 I certainly do not have any Garmin stuff and my Navionic's subscription ended 2-3 years ago. I have
Catalina 25 mast...1989 vs 1978 dmax at 8:39am 03.16.25 Catalina didn't tend to change things like chainplate positions and such, very likely the '79 one wo
MRBF fuse on disconnect terminal colemj at 8:22am 03.16.25 That's fine in the sense that there is nothing wrong with it. However, the fuse is supposed to be o
Winter wet storage in Massachusetts North Shore dLj at 8:19am 03.16.25 The best part is getting to sail often! Very nice. When I winterize my boat, I throw a couple gallo
MRBF fuse on disconnect terminal jssailem at 8:17am 03.16.25 The ABYC recommendation is to put the MBRF fuse within 7" of the power source. This would be the Bat

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