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Its funny Friday! (1) rgranger at 6:49am 09.14.18 Ask All Sailors 1785/241410 Well it certainly is gloomy weather but lets see what sailing jokes you have. Here is one from my a
O'day 23' marclal at 6:10am 09.14.18 Ask All Sailors 2/387 Hi I'm looking for a mast for a O'day 23' or any mast 25' long .
Balmar's new Battery Monitor Solstice at 5:40am 09.14.18 Musings With Maine Sail 36/10398
How cool do you run? VanIslandGuy at 8:44pm 09.13.18 Pacific North West Cruisers 6/840 Your engine that is... I've got a Yanmar 4jh2e, and I've never seen the engine warmer than 150-160'
universal m25 karl m at 6:27pm 09.13.18 Catalina 30 11/1368 Does anyone have any tips/difficulties replacing M25 rocker cover gasket. Thanks in advance
Hurricane Florence (1) heritage at 5:04pm 09.13.18 Ask All Sailors 166/16417 Here is our H27 at the cherry point marina in North Carolina. Pic was taken about 7pm by a brave fr
Sailboat porn! (my C22 I just purchased) (3) Knot Stressin' at 4:21pm 09.13.18 Ask All Sailors 9/960 Some of you said "Post pictures" So here goes. One picture of the cockpit, one of the port side, an
Hunter 19 Trailer bolt replacement (2) AztecPlaya at 3:58pm 09.13.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1473 I have a 94' Hunter 19 galvanized trailer full of rusted bolts and I want to replace them all. What
Launching after a long time on the hard? CYQK at 3:54pm 09.13.18 Ask All Sailors 11/1080 Starting to see the end of a long rebuild project. Guessing that the boat is not going to like or ap
Sailing to Dock Plymouth Sailor at 12:10pm 09.13.18 Ask All Sailors 32/4338 So my outboard motor isn't working on my 25' coastal cruising sailboat. It was seized, I released it
Draft too far forward? (1) danstanford at 10:17am 09.13.18 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 6/2321 We are the boat in the extreme left of this shot taken shortly after the start. I thought the shadow
Hunter Whitlock Steering Adjustment ??? jeff356 at 10:03am 09.13.18 Big Boats 10/4167 Have a 2003 Hunter 356 with a little play in the Whitlock Steering system on the top end that I am s
Some day I'll get off my boat and do this - hang gliding above the lake (4) plenny7 at 10:02am 09.13.18 Ask All Sailors 7/553 We have an outfit on our lake called Eagle Hang Gliding. You get pulled up in the air by a speedboa
repair seat in sea snark neil grossman at 9:21am 09.13.18 Smaller Boats 8/1732 The bolts holding the seat to the bolt have rusted. Is there a way to repair this?
Guitars on a boat Allowishish at 8:13am 09.13.18 Ask All Sailors 73/11552 right now I have a cheap beater guitar on my boat permanently. Solid wood top with laminate back and
A light below. (5) TomY at 4:34am 09.13.18 Ask All Sailors 24/5159 I was tied up next to this big old motor yacht this season for a few nights. I loved the curtains in
The only way to fly. (2) Kings Gambit at 9:40pm 09.12.18 Destinations 8/1201 Leaving Echo Bay and the Broughtons at the end of our August cruise up from Nanaimo. Short flight t
Hunter Legend 37.5 vs newer 36 SLE at 6:18pm 09.12.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1262 I visited some boats today. Usage will be Bahamas for winters and the yard for summer. 2 persons abo
Ice box and cleanings (1) Andrewjh26 at 5:12pm 09.12.18 Ask All Sailors 7/588
Invest 95 in Gulf JamesG161 at 3:33pm 09.12.18 Weather and Forecasting 9/1171 This showing up as a NOAA point of interest. It has Texas on high alert. The tracking models are ki

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Is There Such a Thing as 1:1 "Scope?" Hayden Watson at 10:56pm 07.14.24 1 to 1 is a 45 d angle. I believe the format is horizontal to vertical. The hypotenuse isn't a fa
Exhaust elbow riser needed? Tally Ho at 9:49pm 07.14.24
Is There Such a Thing as 1:1 "Scope?" thinwater at 9:33pm 07.14.24 The OED is particularly useful for older English words, because part of the project was to gather ex
Exhaust elbow riser needed? (2) Ralph Johnstone at 9:29pm 07.14.24 Sorry, but everything in there is wrong from the word "GO". The old mixing elbow on your engine is
Is There Such a Thing as 1:1 "Scope?" thinwater at 9:26pm 07.14.24 @thinwater do you have a link or complete reference to the OED? I've not heard of it. I'd love to g
Is There Such a Thing as 1:1 "Scope?" Foswick at 9:15pm 07.14.24 Wrong about the fact that the question was about scope, NOT swing. Swing is directly related to scop
Anchoring woes (1) jssailem at 8:10pm 07.14.24 Would something like this work? https://www.ebay.com/itm/315267825096 I had this on my bow. It is n
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. garymalmgren at 8:05pm 07.14.24 My hands and wrists look like I tried to bathe a stray cat from all the jagged snipped zip-tie ends
Is There Such a Thing as 1:1 "Scope?" Stu Jackson at 7:35pm 07.14.24 Contrary to some answers, triangles do figure into this discussion. It is a simple matter of Pythag
Windlass woes as a result of anchoring woes (1) jssailem at 7:26pm 07.14.24 A handheld switch would help. I purchased one of these. Wireless Winch Remote Control Kit for Tru
Is There Such a Thing as 1:1 "Scope?" capta at 7:15pm 07.14.24 I entered Clifton harbor and it was chock a block. So full the big charter cats were 2 and 3 to a mo
1984 Hunter 22 Swing Keel pivot pin Jim_3 at 7:01pm 07.14.24 Good point. I thought about simply re-inserting the nylon spindle in the existing hole, then packi
Furling system issues / broken headsail halyard jssailem at 6:49pm 07.14.24 With the suggestion that it might be a CDI furler, compile your images and send an email to CDI aski
Turnbuckle adjustments for trailer sailers? Crazy Dave Condon at 6:24pm 07.14.24
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. (1) jssailem at 6:23pm 07.14.24 Regarding strainers. some plastic strainers are top fixtures with in/out fittings that screw a bowl
Damaged gel coat Crazy Dave Condon at 6:10pm 07.14.24 There is an easier way. Remove all loose gel coat. Then take a Dremel with a V style grinder and cu
Is There Such a Thing as 1:1 "Scope?" Kings Gambit at 6:02pm 07.14.24 And if someone wants to know why, tell them the math is beyond the scope of this course and lesson
1984 Hunter 22 Swing Keel pivot pin shemandr at 6:01pm 07.14.24 I can't say but I would be a bit uncomfortable with the amount of meat between the centerboard pin h
Exhaust elbow riser needed? Rich Stidger at 5:56pm 07.14.24 If you look inside the new riser, you might find that the water runs through a passage and is inject
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. dLj at 5:46pm 07.14.24

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