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Coast Guard Minimum Equipment for 17' sailboat, no motor Shorefun at 5:08am 10.05.18 Ask All Sailors 21/1898 I am looking over the list published by the CG (2012 from the CG site) and have some questions. I
History in NYC All U Get at 5:03am 10.05.18 Ask All Sailors 28/2278 Hi all, History was made in NYC this week with the renaming of the Verrazano Bridge. Now called Ve
Bottom paint epic failure (2) sailme88 at 4:39am 10.05.18 Big Boats 16/2855 Just my perspective and experience... We had our hull media blasted down to gel coat, then faired ou
Where to Glass a 170 and I would like to hear results of repairs after a few years, what has worked? (6) Shorefun at 4:14am 10.05.18 Day Sailers 12/1585 So I am trying to figure out when I need to grind a wide channel and lay some glass for the repairs.
Holding tank pump out on 2006 Hunter 25 (1) Craig May at 1:05am 10.05.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/1556 I have a 2006 Hunter 25 with holding tank. The head doesn't seem to be pumping any water. I am won
Holding tank pump out on 2006 Hunter 25 (1) Craig May at 12:56am 10.05.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/353 157115
Airfoil Musings BobbyFunn at 10:49pm 10.04.18 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 11/2644 fBEcz-w0nqE In my quest to understand and appreciate sail trim I've set up a test rig to record tel
Sail Trim wufibugs at 11:34am 10.04.18 Ask All Sailors 8/1156 I was reading that loosening the halyard on the main will put more belly forward, while loosening th
Prop Shaft wufibugs at 11:30am 10.04.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/758 I have to replace the shaft and coupling on my 1986 H31. The boat is in the water and I would like
bow eyes kenpa at 10:03am 10.04.18 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/819 I just moved up from a 22 cat to a 1984 cat 25 and need to install a bow eye . The boat had miner bo
Doing a Conversion from Diesel to Electric Breezzy at 9:48am 10.04.18 Engines and Propulsion 12/8731 Looking for others who have accomplished a Conversion to Electric. Just getting my boat, stating to
Deck reinforcement at Chain Plates? Knot Stressin' at 8:21am 10.04.18 Ask All Sailors 6/1968 Here in Michigan our boating season is fast winding down. And so I am thinking about some winter pro
Bargers at the start and a protest Ben4195 at 7:44am 10.04.18 Racing 53/7224 The boat on which I crew did our first protest last night. It was a very fun race, and a very excit
Hurricane Walaka North Pacific JamesG161 at 7:01am 10.04.18 Weather and Forecasting 0/595 Walaka is a first for me. Formed South of Alaska!:yikes: Models show skimming the land curve of Sou
Hurricane Sergio East Pacific JamesG161 at 6:55am 10.04.18 Weather and Forecasting 2/779 Sergio was following Rosa's path but ran into a huge HIGH pressure which impeded it. It basically wo
H260 deal in Illinois? caverun at 4:00am 10.04.18 Smaller Boats 2/673 Price and condition seem good on this '98 H260 for sale in Mattoon, IL. Not mine, but posting in cas
RIP Tide (1) Will Gilmore at 11:59pm 10.03.18 Sails Call Lounge 19/2049 I just got back from a visit to Puerto Rico. I've passed through before, but this was my first real
Can you use your hot water heater to heat your boat? VisionPNW at 7:44pm 10.03.18 Ask All Sailors 41/6430 I have a hydronic system with a diesel powered Webasto furnace. It heats up the hot water to scaldin
What are these things for on the Boom? (1) Shorefun at 7:34pm 10.03.18 Day Sailers 8/2713 So I am slowly learning things. But not everything follows the pictures on the manual for my 170. F
Catalina 22 #5481 Budget Restoration (4) WindChill at 7:24pm 10.03.18 Catalina 22 18/5190 Hello everyone! I acquired a 1977 Catalina 22 #5481 swing keel with pop top. The previous owner ha

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C&C 32 (1) Tally Ho at 7:25pm 07.17.24 Do you know the brand of pedestal? Edson is very prolific and I found this data sheet for a C&C 32
What wood to use for motor mount? jibes138 at 6:53pm 07.17.24 Why not use plywood? Just epoxy glue pieces together to get the thickness you want. It will be stron
Does your 315 naturally list to port? VFR750 at 6:16pm 07.17.24 Peggie, My holding tank is 17 gallons. After three weekends it was pretty full. Pump-out took
Combining two chain shots? Rich Stidger at 5:19pm 07.17.24 I have combined two lengths of chain for years using the two-part link with pins that are peened for
What wood to use for motor mount? dLj at 5:16pm 07.17.24 An excellent choice is black locust. Should be available in the Erie area. dj
Hunter vision 32 mast Rick D at 4:54pm 07.17.24 Should be an easy fix with a sleeve and weld. BTW, as I recall, there was not "much" tension on the
A technique for replacing lines thru line organizers and sheaves Rick D at 4:52pm 07.17.24 I just did similar using a hot glue glue gun and needle and thread.
Combining two chain shots? jssailem at 4:51pm 07.17.24 two shots? Would that be Cointreau and Tequila?
Stray current in the water Davidasailor26 at 4:23pm 07.17.24 Now that I think about it of course the voltmeter should have more resistance than the circuit. The
Stray current in the water dlochner at 3:22pm 07.17.24 A voltmeter has extremely high resistance so as to have minimal impact the circuit. Now that I th
Furling system issues / broken headsail halyard (2) Tally Ho at 2:55pm 07.17.24
To swivel or not to swivel Kings Gambit at 2:45pm 07.17.24 chain is rust free and few years old! Go stainless!! So I know the fears of the weakest link and
Stray current in the water JBP-PA at 2:44pm 07.17.24 By "trip", I meant enough bias voltage to bring the diodes into conduction mode, but I get what you
To swivel or not to swivel Stu Jackson at 2:26pm 07.17.24 Maine Sail answered this years ago: https://c34.org/bbs/index.php/topic,4990.msg30400.html#msg30400
To swivel or not to swivel Kings Gambit at 2:20pm 07.17.24 My experience is that the chain by itself does not un-twist at retrieval. I think the swivel does
55 years ago Apollo 11 was Launched heading to the Moon ! (1) JamesG161 at 2:19pm 07.17.24 The First Footprint of man on the MOON. m...
Considering Teak Cockpit Makeover Foswick at 1:58pm 07.17.24 One option for the rebuild would be to use tongue-and-groove ipe decking, which is widely available.
To swivel or not to swivel NYSail at 1:47pm 07.17.24 I think every swivel I ever used on a boat did not swivel much to correct twisting while under load
What wood to use for motor mount? Project_Mayhem at 1:38pm 07.17.24 I picked up a green 2x12 about eight years ago and have been cutting it down little by little for ev
GOB Gone? Project_Mayhem at 1:34pm 07.17.24 I think in this case, GOB has a subscriber base that's already used to paying for their content and

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