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What's the PRHF Rating? dlochner at 7:19pm 03.12.24 Sails Call Lounge 3/850 Some exciting sailing in Hawai'i. iXtR0sszr_A
Rudder Sensor mjsb at 4:20pm 03.12.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/513 I am planning to install a Raymarine rudder sensor on a Hunter 31. Has anyone installed one before?
Venting Battery Compartment Ted10028 at 2:09pm 03.12.24 Ask All Sailors 34/1515 Bumped into a guy on the docks today who said my battery compartment should be vented. He said when
Simple Anchor rode markings PK123 at 9:06am 03.12.24 Ask All Sailors 19/1056 In theory yes, look at the depth, add the freeboard, adjust for tide and weather and conditions, set
Is it real or not? JamesG161 at 5:40am 03.12.24 Sails Call Lounge 5/944 HK6y8DAPN_0 Jim...
bow stemhead 351 redege at 1:35am 03.12.24 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/575 Hi! Someone ran into my bow/anchor and the aluminium? stem head snapped and broke on my Oceanis 351.
And I Complain About 12' Tides (1) Hello Below at 7:57pm 03.11.24 Ask All Sailors 14/768 A screen capture from a Facebook post. This little town is about a 25 minute drive from where I was
Spreader Replacement bolt seized chelsabella at 7:17pm 03.11.24 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/391 I am replacing my spruce spreaders with CD Aluminum. Having difficulty removing the bottom bolt on t
House Battery Upgrade Help gouldx at 7:02pm 03.11.24 Ask All Sailors 26/1525
Capri 18 battery claudesapp at 6:21pm 03.11.24 Smaller Boats 12/1182 I have a 1989 Capri 18 and the next project is to upgrade the electrical. Owned her for a few years
Portable Battery Charger NYSail at 4:52pm 03.11.24 Ask All Sailors 5/413 Hello all So I have 4 trojan T 125 6 volt batteries, 12 volt system. Want to take them off the boat
I purchased a 1988 Capri 18., Chuck Powell at 12:00pm 03.11.24 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/322 I just bought a 1988 Capri 18. The main halyard was not in the mast top. I realize one end goes in t
Solar wiring size (2) SPLETS at 9:00am 03.11.24 Ask All Sailors 11/433 I just purchased a Maxeon 415w solar panel for my boat with a Victron 100/50 charge controller. The
Compression Post - way to stop the bleeding? mavexe at 7:16pm 03.10.24 Mid-Size Boats 9/848
Puck Lights Mike H. at 3:51pm 03.10.24 Big Boats 2/536 I'm looking for 3", tap on/off, led puck lights to replace the lights we have with the micro switche
Acp to fiberglass KeukaSailer at 9:48am 03.10.24 Day Sailers 4/521 Welp... uncovered the KL a few days ago and guess what. a fair amount of cracks again...no surprise
Splicing sta set 8mm NYSail at 7:39am 03.10.24 Ask All Sailors 7/492 So have new control lines and figured I would learn and splice my own eyes. Saw a video and appears
Tohatsu Charging DocMB at 7:14am 03.10.24 Catalina 22 10/1148 I have a 2019 6hp Tohatsu Sail Pro with the optional battery charging option. I have the original w
Microwave on Hunter 306? rmerl1223 at 10:43pm 03.09.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/526 I just purchased a Hunter 306 and "am learning my way around." I noticed a white 3-strand AC wire ma
Radar Data cable in mast of Catalina 30 Tkman at 11:48am 03.09.24 Mid-Size Boats 4/544 I need to pull a new data cable to enable my radar. I have an existing cable that does not work. I d

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My rudder broke off (1) PNWE36 at 9:19am 10.20.24 Hi, You mentioned the work might be done Oct. 19 so hopefully it has been delayed and this informati
A Survey for PNW Sailors Re: Anchor Rode Kings Gambit at 8:49am 10.20.24 I can add that the boat is a 1999 Bavaria 38E. The west coast importer for Bavaria yachts is and was
Merit 22 owners dLj at 8:20am 10.20.24 I purchased Sweet Jane in early September of this year, fixed a few safety issues and put her in th
A Survey for PNW Sailors Re: Anchor Rode Kings Gambit at 8:07am 10.20.24 As I said I might increase the scope beyond 2:1 in 90 ft if I sense the need. That ultimately means
Winterising Davidasailor26 at 7:50am 10.20.24 Quite a bit on this in the archives. A good place to start for both the water and sanitation systems
Macgregor 1995 26C keel stuck up stickinthemud57 at 7:48am 10.20.24 This is the only really difficult maintenance/repair issue with my 26S (or C if you prefer, same thi
Winterising Don S/V ILLusion at 7:40am 10.20.24
Merit 22 owners Jnovva at 7:33am 10.20.24 I purchased Sweet Jane in early September of this year, fixed a few safety issues and put her in the
Fiberglass crack by winch FastOlson at 6:45am 10.20.24 Deferred maintenance is a death sentence for old boats. I wonder how many owners of boats built ov
A Survey for PNW Sailors Re: Anchor Rode Kings Gambit at 6:33am 10.20.24
Vendee Globe dLj at 6:19am 10.20.24 The Vendee racers will use proprietary weather information that we mere mortals cannot afford to ac
Spin-Tec furlers jssailem at 5:42am 10.20.24 A 2004 article in Practical Sailor mentions the Spin-Tec furler. My attempt to reach the website fai
Vendee Globe shemandr at 5:33am 10.20.24 In past editions of the race I used the tracker from the Web Site with satisfactory results. I'm ju
mainsheet block change jssailem at 5:26am 10.20.24 is 6:1 that much easier to control? I suppose that i could just run the 5:1 back, but i feel like i
Teak black spots ? jssailem at 4:59am 10.20.24 :plus:Water beneath the sealed surface. I use the same prescription as @BigEasy has provided. I find
Looking for advice on buying a Beneteau Ocenis 321 jssailem at 4:46am 10.20.24 Perhaps the current owner knows it has been getting cold and windy. Maybe the very reason the boat
Catalina C445 Roger Hinsch at 2:17am 10.20.24 Thanks guys I will spend more time poking around the aft cabin bulkhead and see if I can find a way
A Survey for PNW Sailors Re: Anchor Rode Terry Cox at 8:48pm 10.19.24 Not much room anywhere in False Bay now Terry. It has turned into a permanent mooring field for loc
Macgregor 1995 26C keel stuck up Justin_NSA at 8:42pm 10.19.24 1995 would be a swing keel correct? 26S? Could be gunked up in the slot it tucks into. Or maybe the
Lazy Jacks ? Tally Ho at 7:08pm 10.19.24

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