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Traveling in landlocked Switzerland- NOW PARIS (4) jssailem at 12:26pm 09.23.23 Sails Call Lounge 9/1011 220193 looked like they were holding a Thursday night race. Not sure about the breed of this one.
Max prop for a Catalina 315 Florida17 at 11:22am 09.23.23 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/786 Max prop experience on a Catalina 315
Now what? higgs at 7:46pm 09.22.23 Ask All Sailors 0/244 After 50 years of boat ownership I am now boatless. Just sold the 34. I did a lot of cruising cove
Now what? higgs at 7:45pm 09.22.23 Ask All Sailors 0/31 After 50 years of boat ownership I am now boatless. Just sold the 34. I did a lot of cruising cove
Pedestal Wheel Lock on 1999 H280? (1) Occasional Heeler at 6:59pm 09.22.23 Mid-Size Boats 12/879
Lets talk cooking morbidfollower at 6:15pm 09.22.23 Catalina 22 18/1426 Currently have a 2 burner origo alcohol non pressurized stove and a magma propane kettle grill on th
Diagonal wire replacement on 2004 H41 AC in mast furling (1) ice breaker at 2:56pm 09.22.23 Big Boats 0/287 Has anyone replace the diagonal stays RD2 and D2, between the 1st and 2nd spreader? And the real qu
Just a bit too much heel and helm danstanford at 10:26am 09.22.23 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 32/3194 We have a reasonably tender boat that does not mind being pressed on but I would like to have a proc
Spider web cracks. How to fix them? (3) Monsterfish at 10:21am 09.22.23 Ask All Sailors 8/785 I attached a few pictures. I have a few spider cracks in the cockpit of our Catalina 18. What is the
Universal M-18 not starting (1) Better_Angel at 9:25am 09.22.23 Engines and Propulsion 10/671 This past Sunday I started the engine and spent some time on mooring cleaning bird poop off the cabi
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water Blitz at 6:18pm 09.21.23 Engines and Propulsion 32/1886 Long story but my boat yard is recommending the replacement of my traditional stuffing box with a dr
Deck paint recommendations Nashville_Blues at 1:22pm 09.21.23 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/1204 It's time to repaint. I'm not the original owner, but it looks like the deck has never been painted
2010 Honda 9.9 with new impeller doesn't "pee". Diablito at 5:25am 09.21.23 Ask All Sailors 9/639
Disturbance --> PTC 16 --> Tropical Storm Ophelia (1) JamesG161 at 4:59am 09.21.23 Weather and Forecasting 16/1027 220105 Should track along the East Coast and Fueled by the Gulf Stream HEAT. Jim...
260 Autopilot via Emergency Steering Bracket? philiefay at 10:03pm 09.20.23 Smaller Boats 2/653 I'm often finding myself sailing solo and trying to multitask, hoist sails, install fenders etc. My
I've raised Macgregor 26c mast just by hand, why need gin pole for smaller Hunter 23 or 26? labrmnus at 9:07pm 09.20.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/515 I've raised Macgregor 26c mast just by hand, why need gin pole for smaller Hunter 23 or 26? The Mac
2003 Catalina 36 MK11 moisture in the stringers Steve V at 5:39pm 09.20.23 Big Boats 3/452 Looking for feedback on any common issues with moisture in the stringers of a 2003 Catalina MK11 - r
Swing Keel locking bolt glassed over. Ryan61065 at 2:25pm 09.20.23 Ask All Sailors 12/548 Hello fellow sailors, Over the past year I have been in possession of a 1983 Hunter 20 which I'm slo
Raymarine ST60 Wind Instrument John6212 at 12:04pm 09.20.23 Ask All Sailors 7/815 I have a 2006 Raymarine ST60 wind instrument and a C80 series system. My wind transducer on the mast
Collision follow-up dchipley at 10:00am 09.20.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/567 While tied off to a linear dock a large vessel (70 ft), with its dinghy mounted on the swim platform

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Downsizing to a 260 dlochner at 4:30am 06.23.24 This is where a Stack pack is worth every penny. We struggled with flaking our new heavy stiff mains
Hunter Passage 42 forward head seawater hose clogged BBC16385 at 4:14am 06.23.24 Yes, I found my issue but the toilet still does not work. I covered the air intakes on the solenoid
Hunter 260 Edison Steering Pulley (Cable Jump) Davidasailor26 at 3:51am 06.23.24 How is the sheave attached to the bracket? My Lewmar pedestal has the sheaves riding on a pin, held
Mobile navigation app Captain Larry-DH at 3:43am 06.23.24 My iPad has several apps. Aqua maps is one. Coastal Explorer, which I used on a PC and PC Laptop no
Blown exhaust not enough I guess Hayden Watson at 1:54am 06.23.24 I have found that my M25XP is very sensitive to any loss of coolant. I installed a coolant overflow
Hunter 260 Edison Steering Pulley (Cable Jump) philiefay at 10:20pm 06.22.24 Having done some research.. I have read about others drilling a 6" 3/8 inspection port under the ped
Downsizing to a 260 SoSound at 9:39pm 06.22.24
Head treatment rgranger at 9:03pm 06.22.24 Please explain with links. This could be interesting. I can think of a few possibilites, but I'd li
Head treatment thinwater at 8:35pm 06.22.24
Mobile navigation app jssailem at 7:46pm 06.22.24 My iPad has several apps. Aqua maps is one. Coastal Explorer, which I used on a PC and PC Laptop now
Invest 92L shemandr at 7:01pm 06.22.24 Today in South Florida there were basically random showers including some zitt/boom events but no wi
Strange alarm after installing a new battery?? (1) Davidasailor26 at 6:26pm 06.22.24 After some head scratching and looking at the wiring diagrams the one explanation I can find is that
Mobile navigation app Captain Larry-DH at 4:52pm 06.22.24 Aqua Maps is better overall than Navionics. I still use both, as @Davidasailor26 does, but overall A
Deck locker hardware for 1989 C&C 37/40 (1) steve92106 at 3:30pm 06.22.24 I finally got lucky. I've never had much luck with replacing old boat parts that never fit or requir
C&C 37/40 Holding Tank steve92106 at 3:15pm 06.22.24 FWIW, I decided the aft locker location was a no go. It would have only given me about 10 gal capaci
Mobile navigation app Davidasailor26 at 2:43pm 06.22.24
Blown exhaust not enough I guess Davidasailor26 at 2:21pm 06.22.24 yesterday was the first test of the repaired pump. I ran the motor for several hours and was surpr
Hunter 29.5 / 1996 - Bilge water flood PaulK at 1:55pm 06.22.24
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Mobile navigation app dlochner at 12:51pm 06.22.24 I have used AquaMaps and like it. It is affordable and as easy to use as any other. Over the past ye

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