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Boat Porn (1) rgranger at 7:19pm 06.28.20 Ask All Sailors 2/920 Was in Charleston this weekend and was able to walk the docks a little. Found the training fleet f
Catalina 30 Propane Locker ontherocks83 at 6:57pm 06.28.20 Ask All Sailors 1/1412 I'm curious what peoples experiences are with a Gen 1 or Gen 2 Catalina 30 and installing a propane
Catalina 27 Chartplotter Swing Arm Install (6) SVCeviche at 6:29pm 06.28.20 Mid-Size Boats 6/3486 Hey everyone - I wanted to share an installation we recently did on our 1985 Catalina 27. I haven't
hatch supports srimes at 5:32pm 06.28.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/866 There were leaks at the front hatch hinges on my 26d, and afterI rebeded them the hinges keep the li
Boom kicker Tarkus at 5:12pm 06.28.20 Catalina 22 11/2640 I sail solo and I'm concerned about raising the main with the pigtail attached until I get back to t
Has anyone taken apart one of these lights? (1) VisionPNW at 5:08pm 06.28.20 Big Boats 17/3218 This is on a new to me, 2002 466. I only get 6v and I can't seem to figure out how to get it apart t
Fuel filter relocation Chuck Powell at 2:32pm 06.28.20 Bigger Boats 15/3034 I own a 1987 O'Day 272le with a old Groco fuel filter located in the starboard cockpit locker. I wan
New to forum. New to Hunter 466 yz4pilot at 2:18pm 06.28.20 Big Boats 12/3901 Hello, just thought I'd post this since I'm new and excited about our new cruiser. We just came off
Weight specs for 1984 Mac steel trailer Seadoc at 2:04pm 06.28.20 Trailer Sailors 3/695 I have an 84 Mac trailer. Does anyone have the specs off the original manufacturer sticker (GVRW, et
Furling Main Outhaul Thingie (1) stephen_i_w at 1:40pm 06.28.20 Catalina 310 3/1126 Furling main expertise needed: On my furling main outhaul line, near the outhaul block, there is a
Catalina 310 transmission problems (1) KenA at 12:06pm 06.28.20 Catalina 310 15/3305 Our 2001 Catalina 310 transmission -- HURTH HBW 50 -- was rebuilt three years ago and a year later b
Transmission problems with my Catalina 310 KenA at 11:55am 06.28.20 Mid-Size Boats 2/2158 Our 2001 Catalina 310 transmission -- HURTH HBW 50 -- was rebuilt three years ago and a year later b
Crack under "little" window on starboard side Mac 26D (1) williamtl at 11:39am 06.28.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/622 Has anyone else seen this happening on the starboard side above the porta potty space? Picture is f
Rub rail replacement on a 1985 Mac 25 Seadoc at 10:19am 06.28.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1500 The insert in the OEM extruded aluminum rub rail on my 1985 mac 25 is damaged. I think that I would
TIMING - What are you waiting for? (6) jssailem at 9:38am 06.28.20 Ask All Sailors 5/1340 Timing: the ability to select the precise moment for doing something for optimum effect, On your bo
Electrical Gremlin - strange faint noise smokey73 at 8:58am 06.28.20 Ask All Sailors 13/1881 While doing some cleaning of contacts to correct some voltage drop in my DC system I was about to le
H240 ballast tank familyrapp at 7:58am 06.28.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/761 I bought an H240 las year and had no problems all season. This year I put it in the water, and the b
The Perfect Hat SV_GALATEIA at 7:47am 06.28.20 Catalina 22 23/4455 In search of the perfect hat....for my wife. My wife has Albinism and therefore sunburns incredibly
Power to GPS..... cut and splice?? (1) NYSail at 7:15am 06.28.20 Ask All Sailors 3/476 So I am swapping my raymarine RC530 (2005) with a new Garmin 7607xsv. I want the same panel switch t
Hard to raise mainsail billybee41 at 5:43am 06.28.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 20/5795 I have a 1994 Hunter 29.5 and the mainsail is extremely hard (I mean really hard)to raise even using

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fresh water flush David in Sandusky at 8:24am 03.28.25 Peggy Hall is our "go to" gal for all things smelly. Her book is great, and she is very responsive o
New Sails David in Sandusky at 8:20am 03.28.25 Hi, Bill! Glad to see you one this meeting place. My first question is where are you? Lake Perry, K
Emergency Manual (1) MFD at 8:17am 03.28.25 Keel over... Not a submarine for diving though.
Cliffside sails FastOlson at 7:26am 03.28.25 Admittedly having Zip experience with the named vendor, I can say that back when I was rep-ing for a
H33 Cherubini: total number built and manufacture sequence DianaOfBurlington at 7:21am 03.28.25 Step 1. Mold Hull Step 2. Install water tankless, water heater & motor. Step 3. Seal all of the ab
7 Years no haul out Bob1992 at 6:08am 03.28.25
40 Autopilot Linear drive Mounting Location LouisMK at 5:43am 03.28.25 That is one seriously robust tiller arm Don! Smooth sailing, wish you could join us for the Rondezvo
1986 Hunter 23 mast light connector? jssailem at 5:41am 03.28.25 Simple answer yes. Your on an inland lake or river reservoir, is that correct? VHF radios are line o
1986 Hunter 23 mast light connector? kappykaplan at 5:39am 03.28.25
Cliffside sails jssailem at 5:23am 03.28.25 Ok, I hate it when no one responds. I went online and found a Hong Kong based manufacturer of sail
1986 Hunter 23 mast light connector? Andrew125i at 5:08am 03.28.25 That actually makes way more sense! I was confused when I saw the inside of the wire. Are there not
Emergency Manual garymalmgren at 5:01am 03.28.25 Driving! Well spotted Kappy Gary
Emergency Manual jssailem at 4:58am 03.28.25 I agree with the need for some form of guidance. I went out on Tuesday with the grandkids. Our first
Cliffside sails SailingLoto at 4:58am 03.28.25 No one? That's confidence inspiring.
Emergency Manual kappykaplan at 4:54am 03.28.25 If I keel over while diving, the passenger will open the glovebox, ???
Emergency Manual garymalmgren at 4:51am 03.28.25 Yes. I have one in my car. If I keel over while diving , the passenger will open the glovebox, pull
Emergency Manual Foswick at 4:49am 03.28.25 I started to work on this a bit. Even things like radio operations can be really simplified. For exa
Emergency Manual MFD at 4:31am 03.28.25 I also have labels around on things, and probably could use a few more. Things like "Do not use key
1986 Hunter 23 mast light connector? (2) jssailem at 4:25am 03.28.25 Andrew. The cable is coax. A single solid copper core wire, surrounded by a white insulator and some
Emergency Manual MFD at 4:12am 03.28.25 Too bad there is a no way on the forum here to jointly make a list. Things I can recall from my regu

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