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Louisiana catboats / small trailerable daysailors La catboat at 6:40am 07.10.20 Trailer Sailors 7/2545 Have small Marshall 15 ft catboat. Live in south central Louisiana near Lafayette. Any catboats
Louisiana catboats or small day sailors La catboat at 6:05am 07.10.20 Other Sailboats 0/5 Live in south central Louisiana near Lafayette. Seeing if any catboats or any small trailerable day
Just needs a little TLC (1) Gene Neill at 5:36am 07.10.20 Catalina 22 11/888 Guys, please don't fight over this one: FREE Catalina 22 sailboat - boats - by owner - marine sale
Replacing bulb on aqua signal bow light with led issue CYQK at 5:34am 07.10.20 Ask All Sailors 5/600 So am replacing with led on my bow light and of course did the voltage testing before re-mounting th
26S & Minn Kota 48 LB thrust trolling motor (1) George_NJ at 3:19am 07.10.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/2383 I just wanted to put this out there for anyone wondering what such a motor would do with a 26S. On a
New San Diego Sailor needs mentor! Hungryfroggy at 8:25pm 07.09.20 Ask All Sailors 16/1903 Hi all! My wife and I bought a Catalina 30. We've spent the last 2 months cleaning it up, complete
almost vacation time fred1diver at 4:31pm 07.09.20 Ask All Sailors 14/1036 only one day to go and I'm on a week long vacation, going to be spending that time to work on the bo
What adhesive did Hunter use to glue windows to the boat, the big windows on the sides of the deck. (1) ChampagneBoatingonaBeerBudget at 1:07pm 07.09.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1659 I've got a 1993 Hunter 19-2. The top seal on the big side windows has come loose in several places a
Mainsheet traveler on H23.5 travelingjerryb at 12:18pm 07.09.20 Smaller Boats 9/829
High or Low for CO? Kings Gambit at 9:21am 07.09.20 Ask All Sailors 28/1535
Stern light replacement and wiring moldycheese13 at 8:07am 07.09.20 Catalina 30 6/2234 I have a 1979 Catalina 30. The stern light broke off (crossed stern dock lines somehow did it) and I
Tranny lever adventure Clydo at 7:25am 07.09.20 Catalina 310 6/1447 Procedure before leaving dock and still tied eng warmed push tranny lever fwd, back to neutral, reve
Sun Images during a Solar Eclipse. (2) jssailem at 7:06am 07.09.20 Weather and Forecasting 2/574 The sun has fascinated life on this planet since the first ooze emerged from the swamp. Solar eclips
Stuck Stove Valve jviss at 5:16am 07.09.20 Ask All Sailors 6/693 Force 10 Gourmet Four Burner Range You know how the range valves push in to light and spring back e
Folding wheel for Catalina 36 Cat36Amoore at 4:26am 07.09.20 Ask All Sailors 9/1931 I'm looking at replacing my current wheel on my 36 Catalina with a 40" Lewmar folding wheel. Will t
Keel Bolt proper torque. BillGr at 7:55pm 07.08.20 Ask All Sailors 2/484 What stud torque is recommended for a Hunter 27' fixed keel ? I have a 26' Grampian that is very si
O'Day 322 backing plates Tally Ho at 7:31pm 07.08.20 Bigger Boats 2/628
Beneteau First 35s5 downwind TButler at 6:59pm 07.08.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/3604 Hi - I am new to sailing and the 1993 Beneteau First 35s5. Upwind sailing came more naturally to me
Autohelm recommendations Unremarcable at 4:28pm 07.08.20 Day Sailers 12/1828 Hi all, thinking of adding an autohelm to my O'Day 222 with the goal of opening up more single-hande
LiFePO4 conversion (1) Tim22 at 3:23pm 07.08.20 Musings With Maine Sail 29/7663 I am planning on upgrading my batteries to LiFePO4 and would be grateful of comments on the attached

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Good Evening dlochner at 5:11pm 11.18.24 You have quite a project boat. In addition to missing the boom, you need to build a rudder. That in
Heart Freedom 20 Inv/charger dLj at 5:00pm 11.18.24 Since your batteries are less than a year old, I respectfully disagree with the above assessment tha
Heart Freedom 20 Inv/charger dlochner at 4:34pm 11.18.24 Is dip switch #4 on or off? I assume yours is a 12-volt system? y or bad wiring. That's why I a
Heart Freedom 20 Inv/charger (1) HoosierSailor at 3:47pm 11.18.24 All dip switches are selected off
H340 Midship Cleat Access Rich Stidger at 3:31pm 11.18.24 It's a 25 year old boat. Not everything is going to be pristine. The photo of your cleat looks prett
Good Evening bbuucckk at 3:30pm 11.18.24
Good Evening (4) bbuucckk at 3:29pm 11.18.24 Photos please. https://marinehowto.com Don Casey's book:
Heart Freedom 20 Inv/charger (1) Tally Ho at 3:26pm 11.18.24 Is dip switch #4 on or off? I assume yours is a 12-volt system?
Good Evening (1) kappykaplan at 3:20pm 11.18.24 Photos please. https://marinehowto.com Don Casey's book:
Good Evening bbuucckk at 3:16pm 11.18.24 The boat is almost finished, 20 yo but everything (i believe) came WTH it except maybe a boom. Brand
Good Evening kappykaplan at 3:09pm 11.18.24 Welcome to the forum! :beer: Ask away.
New member--where to start? kappykaplan at 3:08pm 11.18.24 Likely the best place to reach the most people of all skill levels is under "Ask all Sailors". :pl
Heart Freedom 20 Inv/charger (1) HoosierSailor at 2:58pm 11.18.24 228552 Nothing that would seem to make sense
Hull sag problem PaulK at 2:52pm 11.18.24 Does that mean that the owners who live in the north east should ease their stays and shrouds when
New member--where to start? dlochner at 2:50pm 11.18.24 What @Ralph Johnstone said. The quality of your question will have a direct bearing on the usefuln
Heart Freedom 20 Inv/charger dLj at 2:37pm 11.18.24 What did the manual say about the blinking light? What is that supposed to indicate? dj
New member--where to start? Ralph Johnstone at 2:34pm 11.18.24 Welcome to the site. Likely the best place to reach the most people of all skill levels is under "A
Taking the mast down dlochner at 2:31pm 11.18.24 If there is corrosion on the connectors, you almost be certain that the corrosion has extended up th
Port decal/name placement for a USCG documented boat jssailem at 1:51pm 11.18.24 Maybe they wanted to share: "We like the cut of your jib. It would be Dutch courage to Cut and run."
Strange solar/electrical setup on new boat dlochner at 1:40pm 11.18.24 I'm not following "CCT" - what's that? I don't see battery posts labeled, but there does seem to b

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