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Mast mounted winch IASailor at 8:09am 06.07.20 Catalina 22 17/3391 Forgive my ignorance here but what is the purpose of the mast mounted winch?
Another bottom paint question! john6206 at 5:48am 06.07.20 Smaller Boats 7/2847 Hi everyone, Ive read many threads about bottom painting, i my be over thinking this, but I want t
Anybody Replace original HVAC unit? Jerry Clark H356 SV Persi at 5:39am 06.07.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/531 Appears my original 2003 MarineAirr (now Dometic) heat pump has bit the dust. I had some intermitte
Cristobal Wind Info kloudie1 at 4:20am 06.07.20 Weather and Forecasting 23/2919 Mid Lake Pontchartrain web cams .. always interesting to see the waves and check out the wind speed
B323: Adding a house battery S/Y Obelix at 4:03am 06.07.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1805 Has anyone added a house battery to their Beneteau 323? I am planning to add Solar, and with that
C&C 25 V-bIerth Hatch (1) ch0ba at 8:02pm 06.06.20 C&C 4/1438 I've got a broken hatch lens that leaks. Does anyone know that what make hatch are on these models?
Tiller delaminating now cracked IASailor at 7:31pm 06.06.20 Catalina 22 11/2748 I was sailing today at Lake mcbride in Iowa. It was a beautiful day great sun and great wind. I stil
Hunter 26 rotten wood? Chrismck at 7:21pm 06.06.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/1618 I looked at a 26 today. It's been sitting on the trailer for the past 5 years. The rear hatch leaked
Day sailer II bailer restoration Tipster1947 at 6:49pm 06.06.20 Day Sailers 4/2785 The Persea Cockpit bailer in my 1975 DSII has been temperamental. I finally got the stopper out to s
Seeking used B&G 496 masthead wind speed/direction transducer with or without cable Evankeel at 5:30pm 06.06.20 Parts Search 2/1299 Need replacement for B'G 496 masthead wind Instrument with or without cable.
What is this? (1) dmmlyons at 3:14pm 06.06.20 Ask All Sailors 20/3618 I bought a 1980 hunter 33 last year and it came with tons of equipment. Most of it I could figure ou
Hunter Legend 37 Deso25 at 2:46pm 06.06.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/680 Hello, I'm looking to by a Hunter Legend 37 and I'm wondering is any well known issues that i have
Spacer for Transducer? (1) SVCeviche at 2:03pm 06.06.20 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1792 Hey all - I'm working up the courage to install my new Airmar B619 through hull transducer, and tryi
Attaching furler CharlesWood at 12:51pm 06.06.20 Trailer Sailors 7/1275 New sailor here. I have a Harken furler and am missing the part that connects it to the stem head.
Propeller Beneteau at 8:59am 06.06.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1379 We have a Beneteau 321 with a 3GM30F yanmar ,looking to upgrade to a folding/ feathering prop questi
Shift handles jwn3rd at 8:47am 06.06.20 Mid-Size Boats 3/1233 The shift handle on my Catalina 30 is almost impossible to move. I broke the holding screw off the
Flex Products Ron20324 at 7:28am 06.06.20 Ask All Sailors 22/2761 On TV I see commercials for Flex Tape, Flex Seal and a few other items from that product line. Has a
P42 starter battery discharges when off; why? BBC16385 at 7:20am 06.06.20 Big Boats 3/594 I have a 1997 P42. I close up the boat on a Sunday. Starter is showing 12.8 or higher. Come down
Hunter 386-2002 St60 Wind Instrument ST60 Gary Ryan at 6:09am 06.06.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/570 Hey Guys, Finally got our new/used Hunter 386 in the water. What a relief. It has the old Raytheon
A sad time.... sailme88 at 4:58am 06.06.20 Ask All Sailors 4/903 A very close friend moved from the dark side ( power boating) into the sunshine ( sailing). Having

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Y33 bimini and dodger jssailem at 8:31am 03.31.25 Very nice, @mermike!
Pearson keel jssailem at 8:25am 03.31.25 Hi Paul. I have sailed on a Pearson. Great boat. Your crack on the keel is not unique to Pearson 303
Catalina 30 electrical system feedback jssailem at 8:19am 03.31.25 Welcome Paul. Always great to see another PacificNW sailor joining the crew. There is nothing like
VHF SWR results... LloydB at 8:08am 03.31.25 From your post 33 I take it that you found that the previously made fittings were defective so every
So It Begins: Deck Recoring Project SailingCal21 at 7:43am 03.31.25 Greetings, it's been awhile. The weather got colder quicker than I planned, so turned my attention
Sailing Season(spring) Hello Below at 7:35am 03.31.25 Nice of the locals to mow your lawn for you, Michael. Could use then down here ya know. Terry you
Microwave lapetinaa at 7:29am 03.31.25 Thanks
New Sails BillFred at 7:23am 03.31.25 TY, will look at it!
Main Rigging Upgrades Captain Larry-DH at 7:10am 03.31.25
Microwave SteveHughessails at 7:06am 03.31.25 Your yacht is nicer than my home lol. Very nice :-)
Microwave lapetinaa at 6:39am 03.31.25 Be aware of the switch configuration. some are configured to work in a normally open configuration
Microwave BigEasy at 6:22am 03.31.25 Thanks for info will try that Be aware of the switch configuration. some are configured to
Microwave lapetinaa at 6:11am 03.31.25 Could be one or all three of the door switches. Can get a set of new switches for under $10 From A
Catalina 30 electrical system feedback Foswick at 6:08am 03.31.25 If you haven't seen it, this could be of interest, as it gives you some information about the origin
Main Rigging Upgrades colemj at 6:01am 03.31.25 FWIW, I do not want the topping lift to take the weight of the boom off the sail. Back before sing
VHF SWR results... mermike at 5:39am 03.31.25 Can you share any details of the crimp connectors?
Y33 bimini and dodger (2) mermike at 5:29am 03.31.25 230628
Y33 bimini and dodger (3) mermike at 5:26am 03.31.25 The boom on Tosca was raised (7", I think) by the PO so I had a lot more room underneath to work wit
New Sails RickKane at 5:19am 03.31.25 I'm biased towards finding a US source. I make sails with Sailcrafters in Minneapolis sailcrafters.c
Emergency Manual twodzusfittings at 5:15am 03.31.25 I think a flash card idea on emergency steps to take, should the Captain be incapacitated, is a grea

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