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Listing to port daviddiscenza at 7:19am 06.30.20 Big Boats 12/4410 Our '93 C34 seems to list to port by just a few degrees. I don't understand why this is, especially
2 dumb questions about the jib on an o'day 222 Unremarcable at 12:48am 06.30.20 Day Sailers 6/1708 I'm still very new to this boat (coming from a really basic dinghy) so please excuse my ignorance! Q
Questions (many) re: Setting up a private mooring (1) rgranger at 7:47pm 06.29.20 Ask All Sailors 22/5164 I need some fact based info on something I have no knowledge about. I'm moving to Charleston and th
Deep keel vs Shoal keel experience ontherocks83 at 7:32pm 06.29.20 Ask All Sailors 16/4431 I understand that this is an anecdotal experiment and not scientific in any way, but I want to share
Drain plug pulsewave at 7:23pm 06.29.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/991
Portable Generator fbcoache at 6:45pm 06.29.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 57/15054 I have a 92 30T Hunter and was planning to get away for a week or so sailing in Oklahoma. I want to
Hunter 36 Fridge Replacement acevedolc2 at 5:37pm 06.29.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/716 I own a 2008 Hunter 36 and the refrigerator is not cooling enough. It maybe time to replace. It has
Shakes Tiller MaryEllaRose at 5:30pm 06.29.20 Ask All Sailors 5/1132 The tiller on my Cat 25 started shaking today whenever I reached about 4 knots. Did it under power a
digital engine senders for old yanmars?? eianm at 4:35pm 06.29.20 Big Boats 21/4596 I have a 1991 H42 that i simply love! I also have a current Raymarine axiom MFD. Does anyone know of
New Life for Old Instruments (1) Georgedoyle at 3:46pm 06.29.20 Big Boats 1/692 This post is for all of those boaters out there with old Raymarine ST 60 instruments. I've had troub
Whitlock engine control bracket (volvo) (1) OWI at 3:10pm 06.29.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/849 The bracket holding the throttle cable for a volvo penta 2002 broke and i need a new one. Did anybo
Anchor hatch/door Waggs1 at 1:56pm 06.29.20 Smaller Boats 2/865 Purchased a 1986 Cat 22 about a year ago. Looks good except for forward locker storage hatch/door.
New tiller for Oday 27 (1974) (1) sbcwolff at 1:21pm 06.29.20 Ask An Oday Owner 3/842 We just restained and varnished our tiller from our "new" boat (1974), and it snapped when we went t
YANMAR 4JH3TE Slow throttle response when hot Sofraniaeth at 12:59pm 06.29.20 Engines and Propulsion 31/7161 On my last two 8-10 hour passages when I started heading in to the dock I noticed the engine RPMs to
Trading No kaboom for BIG KABOOM!!! Converting stove from CNG to LPG. TomY at 12:54pm 06.29.20 Ask All Sailors 26/5319 The New England supplier for the CNG exchange, Corp Bros out of Mass, was sold. The new owner won't
Method for attaching external portlights for V222 RevRol at 12:35pm 06.29.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/969 Anyone have any experience/recommendations for affixing portlights externally on any model boat? My
Expected performance JohanSweden at 11:39am 06.29.20 Ask All Sailors 7/3929 Hi sailors! I'm looking into buying a boat in the 45 ft range. Beneteau O 46 or Jeanneau Sun Odyssey
How does a roller furler work? John G. Davis at 11:32am 06.29.20 Ask An Oday Owner 15/5122 I recently purchased a new to me boat and the roller furler has a single line. I thought they had to
Cooler Upgrade ('86) (1) TheSoggyDollar at 11:05am 06.29.20 Catalina 22 0/520 Thought I would share: The cooler/step that came with our boat was probably as old as the boat and w
Kink in Line Tantor at 10:59am 06.29.20 Ask All Sailors 7/1655 what double braided line kink or twist minimum... actually i am using it for inside forestay with do

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The holy grail of all questions nautical Foswick at 2:08pm 04.04.25 The reason sealed containers don't seem to work is because you still have to open them. When you ope
The holy grail of all questions nautical (1) Will Gilmore at 2:00pm 04.04.25 If you are not getting dripping and condensation directly on your t.p. yet the air is still damp eno
Catalina 310 market value Stu Jackson at 1:17pm 04.04.25 What's a good way to get an idea of what valuation would be in these turbulent market times? Do wh
Replacing nuts on keel bolts Stu Jackson at 1:12pm 04.04.25 I don't imagine that the keels on a C 34 have any more bolts than the 9 that are on my boat. Thx f
Starting battery dlochner at 1:00pm 04.04.25 A group 24 or 27 will be more than enough and it doesn't need to be a "starting" battery. A good "Ma
Lewmar old standard hatches interior frame colin.w at 12:34pm 04.04.25 Are you asking about this type of interior frames? Close, but I believe these are the new standard
Hunter 23.5 in the Florida keys, are we crazy? Rick Webb at 12:25pm 04.04.25 Pensacola to Apalachicola is a very interesting trip.
Lewmar old standard hatches interior frame colin.w at 12:24pm 04.04.25 Pics? What's the issue with your current frames? The current frames are about 30 years old and ver
Sailing Tender Foswick at 11:49am 04.04.25 I took some measurements on the boat, yesterday, and am feeling pretty good about the Eastport Pram.
Hunter 38 2006 what color gelcoat number? (1) Ralph Johnstone at 11:40am 04.04.25 For most small dings, I just use plain white....... I have been repairing exterior spider cracks
Replacing nuts on keel bolts dLj at 11:38am 04.04.25 A crows foot is more robust, but will be hard to torque as the drive is not centered over the bolt.
Starting battery Tally Ho at 11:37am 04.04.25 The engineers might be conservative, but the boat builders picking wire gauge and connectors based
What's this? Tally Ho at 11:36am 04.04.25 Check the gooseneck? Greg
The holy grail of all questions nautical dLj at 11:34am 04.04.25 I've tried without sucess various types of tupperware .:huh: As you have learned, tupperware does
Replacing nuts on keel bolts (2) Tally Ho at 11:33am 04.04.25 I agree with Smokey73 and using your feet. Be cautious with that. Do you think you could use a se
Replacing nuts on keel bolts (5) sailcapt340 at 11:10am 04.04.25 I agree with Smokey73 and using your feet. Be cautious with that. Do you think you could use a se
Replacing nuts on keel bolts smokey73 at 10:51am 04.04.25 Just a caution to those who may be inclined to use your feet to try to apply torque as shown in Post
Sailing Tender Foswick at 10:50am 04.04.25 Saw this earlier today, made me think of this thread. This picture just raises a bunch of question
Replacing nuts on keel bolts Scott T-Bird at 10:37am 04.04.25 Another option might be a deep-offset box wrench. But I'm not sure you have the clearance on those
Replacing nuts on keel bolts Scott T-Bird at 10:32am 04.04.25 That's a lot of keel bolt - my O'Day 35 had 7 that were 3/4" for a 4600 lb. keel. The most forward

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