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Rolls Batteries CYQK at 6:46am 05.26.20 Ask All Sailors 6/745 Looking at these batteries Anyone experience these? Double the money to upgrade to agm the 250 ah ag
Mid-boom sheeting/loose footed main MikeyJ at 6:34am 05.26.20 Smaller Boats 6/1104 Many are going with loose footed mains. Is that advisable for a boom that is designed for a bolt rop
Repacking the Stuffing Box (7) SawyerCurt at 4:48am 05.26.20 Catalina 310 13/3158 As I've mentioned on this forum before, I'm not the most handy guy but owning a sailboat means doing
Genoa lines Dhamil6490 at 11:46pm 05.25.20 Ask All Sailors 21/4002 Still getting used to the small details of rigging my Seaward 17. Where do you run the lines on a ge
Cal 2-25 measurements Charles42 at 11:02pm 05.25.20 Cal 2/1792 Hi Folks, As mentioned in another thread, I am the new owner of a 1982 Cal 2-25. She was in a slip
Cal 2-25 mast base Charles42 at 10:32pm 05.25.20 Cal 6/1139 Hi Folks, I'm the new owner of a 1982 Cal 2-25. I am going to be pulling it out of the marina wher
Hunter 33.5 Salon Cabinets (1) TeamG at 9:40pm 05.25.20 Mid-Size Boats 3/749
Installing solar vent on H26 MySong at 8:35pm 05.25.20 Mid-Size Boats 7/1499 I want to install this vent Solar vent I have a Hunter 26 and don't like the idea of cutting throu
O'Day 28 cabin top hand rail. wing15601 at 7:07pm 05.25.20 Bigger Boats 14/1898 Before putting the boat away last fall I discovered a leak from the cabin starboard hand rail. This
Underwater metal and paint Pagan Baby at 6:40pm 05.25.20 Ask All Sailors 11/1588
Hunter 34 Aft Keel Bolt / backing plate (?) corrosion (3) c07chrisjohnson at 6:12pm 05.25.20 Big Boats 2/1273 Aloha everyone, I bought a 1985 Hunter 34 in September of 2019 and just noticed a lot of corrosion
SF Bay Area tiller pilot repair PSR at 6:01pm 05.25.20 Ask All Sailors 14/1766
Cruise Pac Whouze at 1:25pm 05.25.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/674 I am looking at a 1994 Hunter 30 which includes the optional Cruise Pac (or Pack?). Interested in wh
Battery charger Mirwin at 1:21pm 05.25.20 Catalina 310 40/5826
Autohelm 3000 Replacement MikeHoncho at 11:30am 05.25.20 Ask All Sailors 15/5214 I'm looking to replace my Autohelm. Yup the thing has be be 20+ years old. It came with the boat (
Custom Pieces (4) SV_GALATEIA at 10:33am 05.25.20 Catalina 22 2/570 When I bought my boat it had a pulley assembly that slides into the bow pulpit. The boat wench rope
Catching up on sailing history - Joshua Slocum jssailem at 10:32am 05.25.20 Sails Call Lounge 8/975
FOUND: Owner's Manual for ASA First 22 unfeast at 8:59am 05.25.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1269 I am having trouble locating the owner's manual for the First 20/ASA First 22 (same hull and keel,
Best Deck Hatch Available (1) JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 6:43am 05.25.20 Ask All Sailors 5/874 This is our emergency tiller connection deck hatch. It's an an 8 1/2 inch cut out and 10 9/16 inch
Propane locker Canonshooternb at 6:25am 05.25.20 Big Boats 4/5176 My propane Is tank currently mounted on my aft rail and gets in the way. What are the options to ins

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I just don't get this dLj at 9:46am 07.16.24 Truly a tragedy. Very very sad. At 3 and 5 the children were likely not in diapers. I did take my d
Fuel Capacity of 2003 Beneteau 473 jssailem at 9:33am 07.16.24 Was I ripped off by a poorly calibrated fuel pump I would hope not. Surely it is possible. Perha
Mystery Diesel Fuel Odor (1) jssailem at 9:26am 07.16.24 the fuel smell is almost entirely gone. Good for you. Diesel smells have a long half life. Getti
Hunter 376 Water Leaking Through Salon Lights -- Solved? duck21 at 9:22am 07.16.24 The PO for our boat replaced the wood table with a table made of Corian, probably for that exact rea
55 years ago Apollo 11 was Launched heading to the Moon ! jviss at 9:14am 07.16.24 Wow. I think Armstrong set foot on the moon on July 21, right?
Mystery Diesel Fuel Odor jviss at 9:09am 07.16.24 Big thank you to everyone who commented and helped out!! Thank you for following up!
What a day! jssailem at 8:53am 07.16.24 Ward. They stopped tagging Orcas in 2016 for those in the Puget Sound. Now, as I understand, the col
Mystery Diesel Fuel Odor weisbrof at 8:50am 07.16.24
Rudder Compatibility morbidfollower at 8:02am 07.16.24 The pintle size changed sometime in 88. My 88 still had the 3/8" like all the models before it, so a
I just don't get this dmax at 8:02am 07.16.24 My kids were on my boat as infants - one daughter took her first steps across the salon floor. We ha
A technique for replacing lines thru line organizers and sheaves (1) thinwater at 7:42am 07.16.24 2nd that. Just had to be gentle pulling it over the top of the mast. Consider reeving eyes. Dead
1984 Hunter 27 - Emergency Tiller System Hunter Enthusiast at 7:41am 07.16.24 For more information on how to make one, read this link. No emergency tiller... but then again...
1984 Hunter 27 - Emergency Tiller System Hunter Enthusiast at 7:36am 07.16.24 Yup.. a piece of pipe or thick wall tubing that fits into the stock about 3-4 inches past the cross
I just don't get this Timm R Oday25 at 7:36am 07.16.24 I also was in boats as soon as I could walk . Often times many miles from help. I never wore a lifej
Beneteau Oceanis 34.1 Review danstanford at 7:18am 07.16.24 Up thread someone mentioned PHRF handicap and I am wondering if anyone knows what it is for this boa
I just don't get this DArcy at 7:17am 07.16.24 That is a very sad story. I was sailing before I could walk and so were all of my kids. Similar to
1984 Hunter 27 - Emergency Tiller System JamesG161 at 7:16am 07.16.24 For more information on how to make one, read this link. No emergency tiller... but then again... n
1984 Hunter 27 - Emergency Tiller System kloudie1 at 7:07am 07.16.24 Yup.. a piece of pipe or thick wall tubing that fits into the stock about 3-4 inches past the cross
I just don't get this (1) kloudie1 at 6:55am 07.16.24 Sad to hear.. As Thinwater.. my boys were out with us before they could walk.. They'd both been "dr
A technique for replacing lines thru line organizers and sheaves ChrisHunter at 6:39am 07.16.24 2nd that. Just had to be gentle pulling it over the top of the mast.

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