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Mast rake, how much? SteveLKN at 11:07am 08.10.20 Catalina 275 7/3034 It seems to me that my boat has a lot of mast rake (approx 12" at the top of flaked mainsail), how m
Foamy Water (1) FlyorSail at 10:42am 08.10.20 Catalina 310 6/1113 Any ideas as to why the water in my 2002 Catalina 310s Head is foamy?
TS Josephine <--- TD Eleven <--- Invest 95L (3) JamesG161 at 8:17am 08.10.20 Weather and Forecasting 5/758 Time of year for more West African LOWs to spin off. BD is best for next 2 days. A quick look, at t
Foamy Water (1) FlyorSail at 7:28am 08.10.20 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 17/2414 Any ideas as to why the water in my 2002 Catalina 310s Head is foamy? Thanks!
Harness tether came unclipped srimes at 7:09am 08.10.20 Ask All Sailors 15/2954 Went for a solo sail Saturday in rough conditions, making sure to wear my tether. At one point I loo
Help me with mainsail please! Bubbadog at 6:13am 08.10.20 Ask All Sailors 19/1488
Laguna 26 (2) SailingLoto at 5:31am 08.10.20 Ask All Sailors 6/1311 picked this up for $800. I've already gutted it and started repairs. Anyone familiar with these bo
New to us, 1981 Catalina 22 Hull #10001 (6) Naglfari at 5:20am 08.10.20 Catalina 22 7/859 Ahoy all, I recently talked a group of fools into buying the aforementioned cat. I've previously ow
Looking to replace sea frost refrigerator and freezer 2007 Bene 373 Larrycadman at 4:48am 08.10.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/715 Has anyone replaced the seafrost system including changing out the existing refrigerator and freezer
First Weekend as a Widgeon Owner (1) Kyle Partain at 8:07pm 08.09.20 Day Sailers 9/1253 So, I bought my 1973 Widgeon on Thursday morning, hauled it home, worked a few hours and then rigged
What conditions can a water ballast boat sail in? Bdeller at 6:28pm 08.09.20 Trailer Sailors 48/4791 Hello, I am considering a trailer sailboat. I have been researching all the various options. The wat
Beneteau 331 galley storage above fridge compressor BayGirl at 5:41pm 08.09.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1544 The galley storage above the fridge compressor is obviously hot. I find it more convenient to store
Coolant "filling neck" 4JH4E yanmar...... (1) NYSail at 5:11pm 08.09.20 Engines and Propulsion 9/1065 Hello all! So yanmar 4JH4E has a pressed on filling neck for coolant. Have heard these are an issue
Tohatsu 9.8 JBird at 3:23pm 08.09.20 Ask All Sailors 7/2179 I have a Tohatsu 9.8hp outboard that shifts fine from neutral to forward and neutral to reverse but
Help! Fresh water system sucking air? Stephentrapani at 2:14pm 08.09.20 The Cherubini Hunters 23/4051 I have a '79 H33 and my fresh water system started acting like it was sucking air, spitting out air
Anyone have any idea what this is? (1) ShawnL at 1:35pm 08.09.20 Catalina 22 4/1187 This was in the boxes of boat stuff the PO gave me with the boat. Anyone have any idea what it is,
Top it up and hope???? odaydokay at 1:15pm 08.09.20 Engines and Propulsion 15/1043 My Honda 2.3 dink OB was attached to the stern pulpit and during the storm somehow managed to do an
Widgeon - another replacement question - buoyancy foam replacement tdol87 at 11:36am 08.09.20 Ask An Oday Owner 6/899 1964 Widgeon has buoyancy foam running along the top of port and starboard sides, under the fibergl
More heavy-air practice in my Mac26D (1) srimes at 11:35am 08.09.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 16/2284 Went out solo yesterday! Weather buoy recorded 29kts gusting 37 and very steep 8.2/8.9ft waves at 5.
Widgeon - rotted transom - suggestions on how to cut the stern bench (or not) to replace the full wooden transom (4) tdol87 at 10:52am 08.09.20 Ask An Oday Owner 3/928 Looking for suggestions - including repair folks local to north/central NJ or Ithaca NY - for repl

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Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard aftica_1 at 10:54am 09.24.24 Thank you to everyone for your help. I think its time for me to throw in the towel. I bought the
Extra line from boom...what is it? degas at 10:36am 09.24.24 Are you sure the topping lift line isn't a repurposed reef line? That's the case on my boat, wher
holding tank pump out blowing macerator gaskets? Ed whatnot at 10:03am 09.24.24 thx Peggy. I'm just a little surprised that the vent wouldn't compensate for this and prevent press
Starter motor burned up? Richard19068 at 10:03am 09.24.24 Off topic but related, you should also check out this article. https://pbase.com/mainecruising/uni
Starter motor burned up? Richard19068 at 9:59am 09.24.24 Perhaps it would be relevant to ask why do you have an amp meter and what does it tell you? Is that
Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine (1) JamesG161 at 9:55am 09.24.24 feel for those folks from Cape San Blas , Apalachicola, Carrabelle, and on down to around Hudson..
Lubricating outhaul car/track JBP-PA at 9:54am 09.24.24 SailKote does glorius things for my sail track. I pop the halyard and the main collapses into the l
Prefer to trailer SteveHughessails at 9:31am 09.24.24 Pulled the boat and brought her home yesterday. This was after an hour at the car wash and $20 bucks
Starter motor burned up? Davidasailor26 at 8:51am 09.24.24 To replace my Ammeter does that require a difficult rewire of the whole system ? Or is it pretty si
Whos Mast kappykaplan at 8:44am 09.24.24 You may find something here: https://hunter.sailboatowners.com/dl/downloads.php?task=model&mid=455&m
Starter motor burned up? jssailem at 8:40am 09.24.24 I find a meter showing voltage and battery condition far more informative on a cruising boat. Such a
Starter motor burned up? (1) jssailem at 8:34am 09.24.24 Here is a basic layout of the wiring with the Ammeter (Amp Meter) in the circuit. As you can see, i
Extra line from boom...what is it? BAD ORCA at 8:32am 09.24.24 There are many ways to skin a cat or rig a boat. A really simple and relatively inexpensive way to
Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine kloudie1 at 8:26am 09.24.24 Dammit, Jim.. I feel for those folks from Cape San Blas , Apalachicola, Carrabelle, and on down to a
Lubricating outhaul car/track BAD ORCA at 8:23am 09.24.24 Note that McLube makes several products. "OneDrop" is for ball bearings and things that roll. "Sail
Assortment of cheap fixes on Cat 22 Jacktar at 8:21am 09.24.24 Well its hurricane time again, ready for surges in gulf no matter where you are its a small bathtub
Starter motor burned up? jssailem at 8:20am 09.24.24 To replace my Ammeter does that require a difficult rewire of the whole system ? No Perhaps it wou
Starter motor burned up? BTC1984 at 8:09am 09.24.24 To replace my Ammeter does that require a difficult rewire of the whole system ? Or is it pretty sim
Lubricating outhaul car/track JBP-PA at 8:03am 09.24.24 Note that McLube makes several products. "OneDrop" is for ball bearings and things that roll. "SailK
Thoughts on locating Battery switch Belzoni at 7:51am 09.24.24 One last post from me to this thread. I believe these forums serve as a good long-term repository of

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