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Battery Switch Help (3) mph242424 at 12:42pm 07.13.20 Ask All Sailors 26/3314 Below you can see the battery switches on the Beneteau first 345 My Questions are as follows: Can
Westerbeke 20B Two engine Calabash at 12:41pm 07.13.20 Engines and Propulsion 5/1531
Sailboat adrift in the Catalina channel (Southern California) - July 12 2020 marke14 at 11:00am 07.13.20 Ask All Sailors 2/524 Hi everybody - long time, no see. My wife and I have been sailing a bit this summer - as we have th
Furling drum mcphersl at 10:20am 07.13.20 Parts Search 5/1009 I am trying to find a Furling drum for a Beneteau Oceanis 43. The mast was manufactured by US Spars
Catalina 25- Adding Deck light to mast - need new wire - hints for installation Rick A Whitaker at 9:47am 07.13.20 Smaller Boats 0/846 I am having to add a wire to the harness for a deck light. I have replaced the mast wiring and plug
Deck Layout - Template or Drawing ArcticFarx at 8:31am 07.13.20 Smaller Boats 3/1024 Anyone on the forum have a deck layout drawing with measurements? I'm looking to get a quote for fe
tricolour Trip switch Alan mcdonald at 7:25am 07.13.20 Ask All Sailors 7/483 Hi I have a Hunter Legend 306 here in the UK, When I switch the masthead tricolour light on after ab
Yet Another Bedding Option (1) RoyS at 6:57am 07.13.20 Ask All Sailors 2/684 Recently installed a new single lever throttle/shift controller. The base of the device did not lend
Questions after first launch for Hunter 23.5 Tackdan235 at 6:54am 07.13.20 Smaller Boats 9/1455 Hi, my wife and I recently purchased a Hunter 23.5 and we launched it this weekend. We had a couple
Sails - Open Discussion drewlamparello at 6:53am 07.13.20 Catalina 275 23/5766 I don't seem to recall seeing many of you discussing sail replacements on the 275. I'm sure you hav
More than 12 HP on my O'Day 30'? Meis at 6:48am 07.13.20 Ask All Sailors 23/3672 Most sailors don't like to talk about adding HP to their boat, however as we begin another stage in
Seattle Yachts International Acquires Tartan Yachts And Legacy Yachts - April 02, 2020 jviss at 6:16am 07.13.20 Tartan 8/2320 How did I miss this! Sounds like good news for the brand. Seattle Yachts International Acquires T
screw lose (1) Bernie3 at 4:58am 07.13.20 Ask All Sailors 7/751 Does anyone have a suggestion as to what I could use to keep the screw on my halyard from coming los
Ball Bearing Autoprop Assistane MikeHoncho at 7:55pm 07.12.20 Ask All Sailors 33/3456 I picked up two H5 ball bearing Autoprops the other day. I tore each one down prior to purchase and
O'Day Mariner Interior srubano at 4:27pm 07.12.20 Trailer Sailors 5/2602 Hi Everyone, I just purchased a 1971 Mariner as my first boat. The interior has been somewhat stripp
Hatch covers for hunter 34 Capt Robbie at 4:04pm 07.12.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/2155 I don't see hatch covers on this web site, anyone know of any stock hatch covers for 1983 H34. Loo
Hunter 23.5 forestay/pulpit damage (4) Rick Macdonald at 1:08pm 07.12.20 Smaller Boats 25/2877 The power boat in the slip next to me came in for a windy docking, panicked when the wind turned him
Coolers - Objective Measure of Efficiency? (1) jviss at 10:23am 07.12.20 Ask All Sailors 32/2813 Greetings, I just bought a new cooler for the RIB. We use the RIB to go the the "boat beach" from
Hunter 22 1982 boom jack Captain Mal at 9:35am 07.12.20 Smaller Boats 15/1489 I am a new owner of a 1982 hunter 22.. I have it in the water and am rigging the boom and see that I
center board for AMF Alcort Tiga Fredwin at 8:03am 07.12.20 Parts Search 5/1045 Also looking for any info, manuals on this sailboard.

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Set your watch back 20 years capta at 1:04pm 07.29.24 installed. That's bound to get them out of any distress they may finds themselves in. Yes dear.
Set your watch back 20 years capta at 12:58pm 07.29.24 Over the last 6 decades of gallivanting here and there by boat, many of the new"aids" to boaters hav
Bolt-rope main won't go to top of the mast (2) LakeShark at 12:54pm 07.29.24 @ShawnL For reference here is a 5 year old class legal main on a Catalina 22 hoisted to the top ban
Bolt-rope main won't go to top of the mast LakeShark at 12:41pm 07.29.24 I can get it close ~ 6-12 inches, but then no matter how hard I pull on the halyard, it just won't
Catalina 320 (1994) Mystery Water in bilge compartments Scott T-Bird at 12:13pm 07.29.24 Yes! I must have missed that attachment. I also now notice your Hey Dudes! I've been wearing them
Set your watch back 20 years dlochner at 12:08pm 07.29.24 Why? What jumps out? A cruise from Florida to Nova Scotia via SLS is ambitious. My take is that
Reefing: Procedural Questions capta at 12:07pm 07.29.24 When sails had loops, hoops, or cars in tracks to attach them to booms, the buntlines were not tied
Couple found dead in life raft Jim Legere at 12:07pm 07.29.24 Let's not spread misinformation here. Exactly. An electrical fire, whatever the battery chemistry
Reefing: Procedural Questions Scott T-Bird at 12:02pm 07.29.24 Hi Doug, I do have a Garhauer rigid vang and it would seem to make a difference. In your case, I a
Set your watch back 20 years Scott T-Bird at 11:23am 07.29.24 This article just shows up in my news feed. What caught my eye was the fifth paragraph: https://
Reefing: Procedural Questions duck21 at 11:22am 07.29.24 Hi Scott, Thanks for this insight -- beyond the flopping sail and car that came off (again, maybe n
Windlass woes as a result of anchoring woes jssailem at 11:21am 07.29.24 Just think: The chain hitting the starboard, not the fiberglass foredeck, is like the zinc taking th
Set your watch back 20 years Johann at 11:06am 07.29.24 This article just shows up in my news feed. What caught my eye was the fifth paragraph: https://ww
Reefing: Procedural Questions duck21 at 11:05am 07.29.24 Indeed, the islands we sail in/around often have a wind tunnel effect -- but it's also not necessari
West Marine Inventory Scott T-Bird at 11:03am 07.29.24 Just my opinion, but I think they have way too many stores. Just in New Jersey, the stores are in n
Deck and Hull Paint Recommendations Don S/V ILLusion at 10:52am 07.29.24 Thanks for your feedbabck. Hulls been out of the water for years now, the deck feels totally solid
Is this a good price? catsails8 at 10:52am 07.29.24 Thank you all for the responses. I cancelled the ropes.com order and went with Samson XLS3 from fish
1991 Hunter 30T throttle cable replacement Chillsailor at 10:38am 07.29.24 That seems to make more sense but in this 30T the red throttle cable is in the ceiling above the one
1991 Hunter 30T throttle cable replacement Art12050 at 10:33am 07.29.24 We replaced our a few years back along with the shift cable and it was fairly straightforward. The o
Forestay Broke Away Timm R Oday25 at 10:19am 07.29.24 We have all done dumb stuff boating. It sure beats sitting on the couch . How about posting a few ph

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