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ALICE'S RESTAURANT COMES TO MIND (1) twodzusfittings at 11:25am 12.05.19 Bigger Boats 11/1336 After a few mishaps with the Diesel Fuel, crud and water in my boats fuel tank, I decided to go ahea
New tactical device (1) Jackdaw at 10:32am 12.05.19 Racing 45/6359 Throwing their hat into the tactical device/compass ring is high-end gear maker SailMon, who's kit i
H31 H34 sliding cabinets dasreboot at 9:42am 12.05.19 Mid-Size Boats 8/1175 I like the siding door cabinets, but the boat looks untidy with all my junk in there. I saw someone
Smart Plug- Yea or Nay Alansails at 8:07am 12.05.19 Ask A Catalina Owner 34/3307 I have been thinking about upgrading to a smart plug-with the new plug in the boat and cutting the h
House Bank..... Batteries not all in same place NYSail at 6:53am 12.05.19 Ask All Sailors 5/408 Hello all, I am looking to increase my house bank size however am space-challenged. I have space f
Electrical box all-in-one for beneteau oceanics and Zinc Isolator (1) Flammpz at 2:09am 12.05.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1262 Hi all, This question is about the electrical box to connect the boat to shore. The box is from "A
Stuffing Box Beneteau 323 Oceanics Clipper. (1) Flammpz at 1:43am 12.05.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 12/2474 Hi all, This is the photo of my stuffing box. As you can see it has a pipe to a seacock that I gues
Sir Alex Rose came down to wave us off garymalmgren at 12:46am 12.05.19 Ask All Sailors 5/1379 -1mIHX53GRA
Holding tank and water tank under V berth sending units Clydo at 10:40pm 12.04.19 Catalina 310 3/599 My gauges don't work on level of liquid in holding tank and water tank. Has anyone replaced "sendin
Convert mini fridge into boat refrigerator -DIY? (1) Kmoerbe at 10:38pm 12.04.19 Ask All Sailors 9/4179 I have a Catalina 27 with a chest cooler in the galley. Would it be possible to take the hardware fr
Need to delete thread Kmoerbe at 10:36pm 12.04.19 Ask All Sailors 0/45 My apologies, I accidentally double posted originally. I am not sure how to delete this thread.
Rope Cutters Ken13559 at 4:40pm 12.04.19 Ask All Sailors 11/1454 Skippers, what do you think of prop shaft rope cutters? Came across a simple UK made (~US$80) rope c
Rodkicker Issue Stephen M at 1:59pm 12.04.19 Big Boats 7/1253 Our 2001 420 Passage has Seldon Inmast Furling. The Rodkicker do not seem to have a gas shock, as it
Difference between Hunter 380/386 and Hunter 38 GALIOSTRO at 8:47am 12.04.19 Big Boats 15/2738 Hello, i search to buy an Hunter 38 in my country. But... 380 or 386 seem not too bad. I prefer the
Relays (1) All U Get at 6:09am 12.04.19 Ask All Sailors 21/1894 Hi all, I have been working on getting my Kohler generator to get it running, one problem being the
Windlass with Chain Gypsy JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 5:02am 12.04.19 Catalina 310 17/2977 Good morning all. I think it's time we consider a windlass with a chain gypsy. Have any 310 owners
Adding another battery Lazy1 at 6:23pm 12.03.19 Catalina 22 80/6502 Just wondering and making conversation... My C22 has all the normal electrical stuff (lights, some
Looking for - Origo 3000 Frigast at 1:24pm 12.03.19 Parts Search 12/2468 Hi All, My Cat30 has an old pressurized alcohol stove that is past its due date. I unfortunately d
Box thruster repair in water? (1) SEMPERAVANTI41 at 11:41am 12.03.19 Ask All Sailors 7/585 The "hub" or gearbox installed in my Hunter 41DS needs replacement. It is a Lewmar 140TT part # 5810
Support our forum's authors Phil Herring at 8:53am 12.03.19 Ask All Sailors 7/690 For the first time I can remember, the new Get Rid of Boat Odors by Peggie Hall and the Sail Trim Ch

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When to tack dlochner at 3:10pm 10.12.23 A contrarian opinion here. Walker is the epitome of OCD when it comes to sailing. Yes, he has well d
Water tank leak Allan12210 at 2:14pm 10.12.23 [QUOTE="Ralph Johnstone, post: 1801396, member: 73635" Just out of curiosity, what is purpose of th
When to tack jssailem at 1:38pm 10.12.23 SI did and article about Dr. Stuart Walker... It starts: He is sailing on the Severn River near Ann
I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try mermike at 1:37pm 10.12.23 Using a tablet in place of an old chartplotter sounds like a great solution, the price is certainly
Just how big is British Columbia? (2) jssailem at 1:32pm 10.12.23 So true Dave...:biggrin: On that trip we had a plastic dust pan and a NJ resident with skills at sno
I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try (7) jssailem at 1:25pm 10.12.23 For example... In Windy I can capture a map area. Select 2 points (as in this example 1 off the NW c
I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try jssailem at 12:48pm 10.12.23 maybe corrupt or missing data in the chart itself? Mastering the chart downloading process is a ch
Catalina 30 Survey Project_Mayhem at 12:44pm 10.12.23 Mayhem, you just beat me to it. ;)
Funny Friday!!! Will Gilmore at 12:42pm 10.12.23 That was SO bad. :plus: -Will
Catalina 30 Survey Ward H at 12:11pm 10.12.23 Mayhem, you just beat me to it.
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? Ward H at 12:03pm 10.12.23 Yes, the Duracells are 11" tall - many boxes can't fit them. Yes, very close. Actually 10.875" whi
yanmar ysm 12 engine and transmission seperation 142 riverview at 11:06am 10.12.23 Hi riverview. Pretty easy. Especially with the engine/ gearbox removed from the boat. Which is what
I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try SoSound at 11:05am 10.12.23 I use OCPN more and more, as my Garmin 742 is obsolete and the remote screen function is unreliable
Catalina 30 Survey Project_Mayhem at 11:05am 10.12.23 Lots of info on the C30 in this recent thread from a potential new owner Absolute Newbie looking for
Fuel gauge Hunter 34 1985 Allan12210 at 10:52am 10.12.23 I found my original write up from 2013. Where has the time gone? Here is the link: https://hunter.
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? Terry Cox at 9:42am 10.12.23 is there any consensus on these Our boat has a starter battery and two 8D house bank batteries. In
Tiller cover for clutch ...3TacksontheWater at 9:33am 10.12.23 If you're referring to the WaveFront Tiller Clutch my tiller/kick-up rudder cover slips over the Til
Water tank leak Ralph Johnstone at 9:28am 10.12.23 If it were mine and given the problems with nothing sticking to poly, I would invest in a poly weldi
I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try (1) stephen_i_w at 9:21am 10.12.23 220669 This shows a part of the North Channel of Lake Huron. It illustrates one issue I have with O
Precision 23 dock size rgranger at 9:11am 10.12.23 ... and sometimes bystanders would clap when I entered because it didn't look like it would fit. W

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