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Catalina 310 boom end cover Frank H at 11:49am 06.09.20 Catalina 310 7/1008 I have a 2000 310 with in-mast furling. I've been using an empty plastic bottle to plug the boom end
venture 17 sail tgrayson at 11:45am 06.09.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/483 need a venture 17 main sail
Help identify Furler Drum... (3) Autnot2 at 11:15am 06.09.20 Catalina 22 1/451 I had a catastrophic mast lowering experience this past week which resulted in a broken jib furler d
Marine Batteries Plymouth Sailor at 11:12am 06.09.20 Ask All Sailors 21/1689
Insurance question (yawn) ... Scott T-Bird at 10:46am 06.09.20 Ask All Sailors 27/1539 Thunderbird is insured with Boat US / Geico, so I called them directly for a quote on Catalina 320 (
Holding Tank ryansk at 10:25am 06.09.20 Ask All Sailors 9/833 I have a 1993 H27 with an inboard Yanmar diesel. I believe my holding tank (waste tank) is leaking.
O'Day 23 Crack In bilge center board (2) Lordimpala at 10:21am 06.09.20 Trailer Sailors 2/745
Free Navigation Apps odaydokay at 8:48am 06.09.20 Ask All Sailors 5/580 Last Saturday we got caught in a deep fog in Long Island Sound (no problem, happily), but it go me t
PARTS HELP!! Steve760 at 8:37am 06.09.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/403 Hello eveyone, My refrigerator unit is a Grunert passagemaker ac450 and i'm having a hell of a time
Changing Coolant (1) bawlmer at 7:16am 06.09.20 Engines and Propulsion 16/1600 Fellow Sailors. My water heater gave up the ghost last week. It started leaking from unknown places.
1979 Hunter 27 Plumbing and Head (4) CMF Hunter 27 at 6:12am 06.09.20 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/1389 This is my 1st sailboat and would like to get sailing sooner than later but would like to start havi
Is it Trisail or Trysail? Kings Gambit at 5:53am 06.09.20 Ask All Sailors 40/2825
Centerboard cable access. John sinclair at 8:23pm 06.08.20 Ask All Sailors 0/310
Pelican Gate Standard on 1994 Hunter 30T? Whouze at 8:01pm 06.08.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/375 Looking at a 1994 Hunter online. Did model come with pelican gates port and starboard for boarding o
Question on water in storage area catalina 22 Erbardy at 6:07pm 06.08.20 Smaller Boats 1/792 I just renovated my 1974 catalina 22. Looks great and I remounted all the hardware. I do notice wa
Water feed to head sink SeanP at 5:42pm 06.08.20 Mid-Size Boats 6/678 Hi helpful forum! I repaired the down drain on the sink in the head. When I turn the water pump on,
Water tank fill - disconnected?! (1) SeanP at 5:40pm 06.08.20 Mid-Size Boats 10/1074 I have a 31 Hunter 1986. The port fill cap near the bow is marked Water. When I open up under the v-
Holding tank inlet relocation Capn Vinny at 4:18pm 06.08.20 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/683
Sad news: Patrick Childress has passed. DrJudyB at 2:24pm 06.08.20 Sails Call Lounge 6/1829
STORM JIB (2) Cptstarz at 2:16pm 06.08.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 16/1720 I am trying to find the measurements for a storm jib on the 1982-22' Hunter sloop. Can you help me?

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310 DC Current Draw Chart Clydo at 12:47pm 03.28.24 Another consideration our Maxwell electric windless draws: Normal working load 12 volt
Baltimore's key bridge down , hit by ship in early morning . . . Stu Jackson at 12:40pm 03.28.24 It would be interesting to see an in depth risk assessment and the costs and benefits of using tugs
Another Legend 40.5 holding tank replacement 3.26.24 SV Maverick at 12:11pm 03.28.24 Thank you Rick D and Peggie. Good suggestion about Ronco Plastics but unfortunately they do not hav
CCFL 6" Diameter upgrade. Very cool!! artboas at 12:03pm 03.28.24 Very cool project and result. I would like to have the same setup. In thinking about doing this,
Fixing keel to stub Connection - Smile dmax at 11:56am 03.28.24 Sounds like a good plan.
Another Legend 40.5 holding tank replacement 3.26.24 artboas at 11:55am 03.28.24 You're definitely on the right track, but not quite how I'd do it. 1. Triple M Plastics is a great
How do you get your Batteries into the boat. LloydB at 11:35am 03.28.24 I am still trying to learn to speak sailor what is a Clydesdale on a dock.( when not a horse)
NMEA Scott T-Bird at 11:34am 03.28.24 Your B&G plotter requires its own power cable and power is connected directly into the back of the C
How do you get your Batteries into the boat. Kings Gambit at 11:10am 03.28.24 I had difficulty removing the Group 31 batteries but installing the new GC2 6V batteries was not to
NMEA Drinky Crow at 10:16am 03.28.24 , my backbone is in my pedestal , but my VHF radio at the nav station is connected to the backbone
Baltimore's key bridge down , hit by ship in early morning . . . jssailem at 10:14am 03.28.24 The Astoria Megler Bridge is a steel cantilever through truss bridge that connects Astoria, Oregon,
Fridge: 12V or DC Tally Ho at 10:12am 03.28.24 Since our Refig/Freezer is 120VAC, stuff stays very cold for 14 hour in Summer heat on the Gulf of
Gear Ratio of my Beneteau Oceanis 48 \| Built 2027 (2) Tally Ho at 10:08am 03.28.24
NMEA Tally Ho at 9:57am 03.28.24
What did I do wrong? - Navigating around another vessel jssailem at 9:45am 03.28.24 If you turn left, If you believe, based on local knowledge and charts that the you will be stuck i
1978 Com-Pac 16: soft between the bunks? jssailem at 9:32am 03.28.24 Small boats like the ComPac 16 all have similar benefits and issues. Costs of the boats are often li
What did I do wrong? - Navigating around another vessel thinwater at 9:30am 03.28.24 What I was trying to indicate is that although the OP thought he made a prudent choice (and it worke
Fixing keel to stub Connection - Smile jerryf609 at 9:21am 03.28.24 I am going to go ahead and expose the plywood and cut it out then glass up layers to replace the ply
Fixing keel to stub Connection - Smile jerryf609 at 9:17am 03.28.24 Do you suspect that the plywood has been compromised? Evidence would be brown streaks running down
1978 Com-Pac 16: soft between the bunks? Ranzo at 8:52am 03.28.24 Hmmm also just found this post that warns about 'rot in the cabin floor'... Com-Pac 16 -- What to lo

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