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Strait of Juan de Fuca jssailem at 9:39am 11.14.19 Hi there Stu... As I recall you and Les had an opportunity to venture into the Strait this past Summ
Strait of Juan de Fuca Stu Jackson at 9:36am 11.14.19 There was a nice post here last year, John, about one of the forum's respondents and his ride from V
Fuel filter sizing jssailem at 9:33am 11.14.19 If the clearance is a PITA I can use the smaller filter. Just be sure to get the 10 micron not the
Boat in the cradle for the winter- Bilge full of water? DaveJ at 9:13am 11.14.19 Scott said.....'so if I can't keep water from seeping around the keel bolts, what would be the point
Keel GregL564 at 9:08am 11.14.19 I am 99 percent certain that they are referring to 5200 because 5200, as a marine adhesive and seala
New sails coming - best of both worlds? Jackdaw at 9:07am 11.14.19 Do you think this leads to thinner, lighter, easier to make "disposable" sails. Use for a couple r
Rusty Keel Bolt Sandy Stone at 9:05am 11.14.19 If your boat really does have an iron keel, then it left the factory with mild steel keelbolts for c
New sails coming - best of both worlds? BobbyFunn at 8:59am 11.14.19 Do you think this leads to thinner, lighter, easier to make "disposable" sails. Use for a couple ra
Mercury JamesG161 at 8:37am 11.14.19 Wow, still no Sun Spots, no coronal holes either on our side of Sun, and no Solar eclipse.;) Jim...
Boat in the cradle for the winter- Bilge full of water? dlochner at 8:28am 11.14.19 I don't have any fear about drilling a hole for a garboard plug. I had one in my ski boat and never
New sails coming - best of both worlds? Jackdaw at 8:10am 11.14.19 The "scrim" isn't an "over/under" weave. They put down one layer of fibers at a different orientat
Sailing and restoring #9874 (3) AaronD at 8:10am 11.14.19 Clutches and deck organizers Another project from a couple years ago - Lewmar D1 clutches and Spinl
New sails coming - best of both worlds? DrJudyB at 8:04am 11.14.19 The over/under weave of the scrim material will guarantee some stretch as the the scrim tries to fl
New sails coming - best of both worlds? Jackdaw at 7:54am 11.14.19 After reading the links provided, thank you to @Jackdaw and @DrJudyB for those, it seems to me tha
Greta Thunberg sails back to Europe on La Vagabonde Pirate Dave at 7:36am 11.14.19 I think he did. Produced that humming sound.
Greta Thunberg sails back to Europe on La Vagabonde Matt White at 7:34am 11.14.19 Didn't Riley insist on a crazy passage in the Med early on with the cat? Hit 22 knots? My concern i
Fuel gauge is a poor guess tfox2069 at 7:34am 11.14.19 3YM30, 480 lifetime hours on engine, 2009 Hunter 36, 0.58gph averaged over the two seasons I've owne
New sails coming - best of both worlds? jssailem at 7:29am 11.14.19 Great write up @DrJudyB . Thank you.
Fuel gauge is a poor guess sail sfbay at 7:25am 11.14.19 Fortunately my 2005 Hunter 46 came with a fuel gauge in the cockpit. When I first filled it up last
Solar charging options Minnesail at 7:18am 11.14.19 That's why you need to have a proper charge controller. It should provide a high voltage for the ini

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