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Running wires through headliner on a 26M (4) Mike Denman at 12:51pm 06.09.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/618 I recently purchased a 2012 MacGregor 26M and am in the process of installing a masthead anchor ligh
Battery Management jviss at 12:39pm 06.09.20 Ask All Sailors 49/5083 Greetings, I have a couple of 110 Ah wet batteries as my house bank and a group 24 starting battery
Jump Start Pack Won't Charge jviss at 12:22pm 06.09.20 Sails Call Lounge 5/719 I have an Anker emergency jump pack that won't charge. I plug it in and the LED meter goes immediat
Quantum Sails offer Souleman at 12:17pm 06.09.20 Ask All Sailors 0/3 I recently purchased a Catalina 310 that was being broken up. On inspection, I found 5 Quantum sai
venture 17 sail tgrayson at 11:53am 06.09.20 Parts Search 5/705 need a venture 17 main sail
Catalina 310 boom end cover Frank H at 11:49am 06.09.20 Catalina 310 7/1155 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 2/559 need a venture 17 main sail
Help identify Furler Drum... (3) Autnot2 at 11:15am 06.09.20 Catalina 22 1/464 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 21/1806
Insurance question (yawn) ... Scott T-Bird at 10:46am 06.09.20 Ask All Sailors 27/1868 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 9/976 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 2/824
Free Navigation Apps odaydokay at 8:48am 06.09.20 Ask All Sailors 5/684 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 1/414 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 16/1816 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 5/1501 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 40/3403
Centerboard cable access. John sinclair at 8:23pm 06.08.20 Ask All Sailors 0/323
Pelican Gate Standard on 1994 Hunter 30T? Whouze at 8:01pm 06.08.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/407 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 1/888 I just renovated my 1974 catalina 22. Looks great and I remounted all the hardware. I do notice wa

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Yanmar 2gm engine died (1) Tally Ho at 1:18pm 08.04.24
Hard to raise mainsail Tally Ho at 1:10pm 08.04.24 I assume you used two people at the winch; one to operate the drill and the other to tail? Yup, th
Yanmar 2gm engine died jviss at 1:06pm 08.04.24 Took my Hunter 285 out for the first time last night. Ran fine for several miles. I pushed the thr
Invest 97L (1) Tally Ho at 1:05pm 08.04.24
Rudder Removal smokey73 at 12:22pm 08.04.24 Hoping it was Foss Foam in Florida? Don't know about the 41 but I replaced my rudder with a rebuilt
Bulkhead Strengthening PaulK at 12:22pm 08.04.24 Get a copy of the Gougeon Brothers on Boat Construction: Gougeon Brothers On Boat Construction Book
Pressure in the outboard tank causing issues? ShawnL at 12:13pm 08.04.24 Just an update. Went out yesterday and filled the tank with fresh gas. It looks like my tank is so
Thoughts about the Commoderizer? (1) Ralph Johnstone at 11:39am 08.04.24
waste tank ind Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 11:30am 08.04.24 Human waste is full of animal fats that gradually clog internal sensors, preventing them from "seein
Hard to raise mainsail thinwater at 11:18am 08.04.24 ... I DO NOT recommend trying to crank someone up the mast with the drill though. The advertise it
Topside Teak Trim Project_Mayhem at 11:15am 08.04.24 If you are starting from new, look into using clear epoxy and they will look like wet varnish for y
Thoughts about the Commoderizer? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 11:12am 08.04.24 It's just a new take on a very old idea: a chemical dispenser installed in the toilet intake line,
Rudder Removal JamesG161 at 11:08am 08.04.24 I am having a new rudder built with stainless post. Who built your new Rudder? Jim...
Rudder Removal kappykaplan at 10:57am 08.04.24 Calling @JamesG161 . . .
O'day 22 Project_Mayhem at 10:54am 08.04.24 Also a path for water to enter your bilge
O'day 22 Bilge Project_Mayhem at 10:53am 08.04.24 Most older boats will leak. It's more likely that the leaks are from above the waterline. Can you ta
O'day 22 kappykaplan at 10:52am 08.04.24 It's the hawse pipe for the anchor rode/chain.
Catalina 25 - Barrier Coat and Bottom Paint Recommendations Ralph Johnstone at 10:41am 08.04.24 2) barrier coat systems are expected to last 20 years. They are not "forever". If this be the cas
Looking for Solar Panel Battery Charging Kits Project_Mayhem at 10:40am 08.04.24 renology. Also........ Walmart. I own one of their panels but there have been reports of Reno
Invest 97L (2) JamesG161 at 10:32am 08.04.24 This is data from this Buoy NDBC - Station 42013 Recent Data

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