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Diesel Fuel Odor in Nylon Anchor Rhode Charlie at 8:22pm 03.01.05 Big Boats 2/763 How do you remove diesel fuel from a nylon anchor line?I keep a second anchor, chain and nylon rho
Cross Word Scott at 8:12pm 03.01.05 Ask All Sailors 3/1154 I'm doing a crossword puzzle and one of the Questions is a tightly sheeted sail. Four letters, any i
New 350 BD at 1:53pm 03.01.05 Big Boats 5/1585 I'm about to finalize my purchase of a new 350. Any words of experience about issues to investigate
Hunter 35.5 Masthead Dave from Mi. at 1:21pm 03.01.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/2019 Hi to all;Dave from Michigan here. I am a Catalina owner looking for some help from Hunter owners.
Key Lime Sailing Club mmsailor at 12:57pm 03.01.05 Smaller Boats 6/992 Does anyone know anything at all about the Key Lime Sailing Club located in Key Largo Fla? If not ca
detroit river neil16896 at 12:49pm 03.01.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/988 I'm wanna take my hunter 25.5 up the detroit river (Lake Erie to Lake St. Clair) and I just wanted t
Spinnaker for H260 Tip at 12:10pm 03.01.05 Smaller Boats 1/864 A friend of mine offered to give me a spinnaker he has for a Catalina 22. Will this spinnaker work
H-30 Mast Bond Danny4719 at 11:23am 03.01.05 The Cherubini Hunters 3/979 Can someone with an 1981 H-30 tell me where or what their mast is bonded to. Looking past the compre
Looking for a Garmin GPS Map 130 chip secret stash John1558 at 11:20am 03.01.05 Ask All Sailors 3/1400 Hi folks, I have a circa 1998 Garmin GPS Map 130 and I am looking for a chip for the North Channel i
Mid-Texas Coast Exploring, a log for Olepi billpaustin at 11:07am 03.01.05 Smaller Boats 11/1142 Perhaps this is the wrong forum; I put a 1983 Catalina 22 in the water at Port Aransas Texas, and in
Anyone have a list? A sailor's life for me..... at 10:12am 03.01.05 Ask All Sailors 5/1086 I'm new to sailing and can't seem to find a complete list on what exactly I'm required to have on bo
Rites of Spring Race richard at 8:43am 03.01.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/824 Lets get some hunters out on S.F. Bay 3-19-05. This is a Single or double handed race open to every
adding teak boards to headliner of Catalina 27 Bob Shafer at 8:14am 03.01.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1353 I'm thinking of adding some teak boards to the headliner of my Catalina 27 to give a warmer look to
Minn Kota Chargers? Bob7963 at 7:58am 03.01.05 The Cherubini Hunters 2/902 Has anyone had any luck (good or bad)with Minn Kota Battery Chargers. They get rave reviews in every
Sites down for scheduled maintenance Phil Herring at 6:49am 03.01.05 Ask All Sailors 2/1064 Our servers are being physically moved to a new data center and will be offline from 11pm March 2nd
Max speed Franklin at 6:37am 03.01.05 Big Boats 25/1944 Just out of curiosity, what is the max Knotts you've achieved in your boat. Don't forget to list th
stuffing box on hunter 27, 1977/HELP john at 6:27am 03.01.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1220 I just had the top end of my yanmar rebuilt over the winter. If it ever stops snowing on Cape Cod,
Oil Pressure Switch chief14326 at 6:24am 03.01.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/974 Has anyone on the list changed their Oil Pressure Sswitch. I am in the process of upgrading my Engin
Satellite Telephone Phiggins at 6:20am 03.01.05 Ask All Sailors 3/1058 I know this has been discussed many times before but as the technology is changing so fast I would l
Safe to drink? Island Dreamer at 5:43am 03.01.05 Ask All Sailors 11/2624 We're new boat owners so the learning curve is kind of steep, and sometimes the questions are pretty

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Terminology mwbard at 5:11pm 02.24.21 It's called a pendant. Can the stay sail be hoisted higher if you get a pendant? Thank you Kappy.
Any Idea What This Is? Ted at 5:03pm 02.24.21 Raymarine under deck autopilot linear drive
Terminology kappykaplan at 5:00pm 02.24.21 It's called a pendant. Can the stay sail be hoisted higher if you get a pendant?
Any Idea What This Is? kappykaplan at 4:58pm 02.24.21 It looks like the ram for a below-deck auto pilot. There should be an arm coming out of the left si
Hunter 376 Fender Sizing and Positioning duck21 at 4:25pm 02.24.21 Thanks! This is useful info! It sounds like the 8x20would NOT be undersized, I think I'll order up
Saw this odd duck... (1) smbucher at 4:13pm 02.24.21 I now own two! These were built by International Yacht Corp (Helsen) in Clearwater. The parts boat i
2000 H450 Passage, Starter Battery JamesG161 at 4:00pm 02.24.21 The gen set would provide power to the Xantrex charger would it not? yes of course, since the Xant
What's one thing on your boat that drives you crazy! MikeHoncho at 4:00pm 02.24.21 going down to the boat and finding it covered with that black speckled mildew in the crevises of the
Mast Pumping 1988 Catalina 36 MKI MikeHoncho at 3:57pm 02.24.21 I believe tightening by feel is in the same category as hand grenades......kinda close but not reall
Beware of BoatUS Insurance Rick Webb at 3:46pm 02.24.21 A point of comparison. I recently got quotes from Progressive. No line item for environmental clean
i got carried away... (1) SailingLoto at 3:44pm 02.24.21 I didn't have time to get much done today. I did manage to grind down all the old tabbing and clea
Mast Pumping 1988 Catalina 36 MKI Stu Jackson at 3:39pm 02.24.21 This was written in the late 80s or early 90s: https://www.c34.org/faq-pages/faq-mast-pumping.html
2000 H450 Passage, Starter Battery Don S/V ILLusion at 3:31pm 02.24.21 If it is like my H430, only the engine or genset alternators charge Start Battery. I use standard M
Bottom paint (Catalina 22j rgranger at 3:31pm 02.24.21 Peel away will get it off.... and you can make your own for about $30. Get a 5lb bag of garden lime
Mast Pumping 1988 Catalina 36 MKI Hello Below at 3:28pm 02.24.21 If this is not something you understand or feel lack experience, invest a few bucks with a good rig
2000 H450 Passage, Starter Battery DayDreamer41 at 3:23pm 02.24.21 @JamesG161 what charge curves is the engine alternator/regulator set to? as the alternator charges b
Mast Pumping 1988 Catalina 36 MKI dlochner at 3:18pm 02.24.21 It is probably time to detune the rig and start over. There are books that can help, the Selden mast
C310/315 IA Membership and BoatUS Discount Termination jssailem at 3:15pm 02.24.21 We all just have to join together in this time of Pandemic and help each other survive.... It is tou
Headstay too short? jssailem at 3:10pm 02.24.21 Mistakes happen. Good catch Drinky...
Mast Pumping 1988 Catalina 36 MKI jssailem at 3:05pm 02.24.21 because the entire boat leans to port, If trying to tension the boat stays you need two start with

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