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Boston 1958: John Alden Design office. (9) TomY at 10:53am 12.26.17 Alden General Chat 2/1287
Testing deep cycle battery capacity MitchK at 9:55am 12.26.17 Newport 10/1541 Hi all, Got another question in regards to batteries for this learned group. As I have posted b
Introduction and Happy Holidays! sailingla at 9:44am 12.26.17 Ask All Sailors 15/882 Best holiday wishes to all you sailors. I'd like to start off saying that if it wasn't for this foru
Westerbeke Engine Mount Bracket rlettie4 at 9:14am 12.26.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/798 I am looking for the left front engine mount bracket (part #44130) for a Weserbeke 30B. So far I ca
Free Sailbags Warren Milberg at 8:39am 12.26.17 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 2/1676 I'd like to give away 2 sailbags for the price of postage, probably $15 or so. One is new, bright b
DYWER OR Z SPAR? HighCs123 at 7:57am 12.26.17 Ask An Oday Owner 5/636 How can i identify which mast i have on my O'day 222? I just picked this boat up and i'd like to r
Leaking Lexan Main Hatch Stroke2017 at 7:51am 12.26.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/635 I just purchased Capt Lucky's 26.5 and am currently doing the "fix the stuff" prior to the spring to
Our third decade capta at 7:24am 12.26.17 Ask All Sailors 3/390 How interesting to put faces to the names. Thank you and may 2018 be the best year of your lives, so
What could cause this? (3) pateco at 7:11am 12.26.17 Engines and Propulsion 30/3659 So, two weekends ago while we were motoring south down the ICW on our way to the Fort Lauderdale Win
Buy Tiller Pilot fritz3000g at 6:14am 12.26.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 26/2947 I'm thinking of buying an old Autohelm tiller pilot for a really good price. My question is - if it
Keel Winch ChileanJK at 5:21am 12.26.17 Catalina 22 5/1123 Last weekend I put the boat for the first time in the water and took a ride on the lake just motorin
Seamanship - Line handling Will Gilmore at 4:22am 12.26.17 Ask All Sailors 28/1930 I wanted to share this video and technique from the Annapolis Performance Sailing Web site ://www.ap
Why is my Genoa so hard to hoist? (1) onlinelee at 11:35pm 12.25.17 Ask All Sailors 23/4007 Hi friends, Happy Christmas one and all:-) The tension required to hoist my Genoa is truly too much
Mystery item on the Mast (1) hookway at 9:02pm 12.25.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1611
Bow cleats, 29.5 Odyssey lll at 3:50pm 12.25.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/397 Has anyone installed bow cleats on the deck. The factory installed cleats are in the anchor locker '
O ' Day 19 JOHNMADDEN at 2:02pm 12.25.17 Ask All Sailors 15/1508 Drain hole in bottom of stern. Previous owner said leave open. When boat is in motion - it will dr
Isinglass Covers KZW at 12:37pm 12.25.17 Catalina 310 7/1880 Does anyone know what kind of breathable fabric should contact Isinglass? My dodger has covers for
H38 head sail richard9525 at 10:53am 12.25.17 Big Boats 3/681 Anybody know the furling headsail measurements ,110% I believe. and the tape size for the furling sy
New/replacement sails for sirius 21 ChrisNY at 10:33am 12.25.17 Sirius 21/22 3/1552 I know Santa just came, but I am already planning for next Christmas. I would like to replace the m
Engine problems flyingcr at 10:31am 12.25.17 Engines and Propulsion 25/2752 I own a 265 first. Just found out my engine needs to be rebuilt, for a cost around $5000 for top end

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ampacity of disconnects dlochner at 7:47am 07.02.23 And this also makes the point. if you are only going to disconnect it every 5 years for replacement
Appropriate amount of headsay sag? Marty Gingras at 7:44am 07.02.23
ampacity of disconnects thinwater at 7:35am 07.02.23 That sort of defeats the purpose of the disconnects. You will end up off the connectors because the
In-mast furling nitrogenase at 7:29am 07.02.23 Our 323 manual specifies 10 mm for both inhaul and outhaul but, when replacing, I used 10 mm for out
Shooting some video in the harbor kappykaplan at 7:17am 07.02.23 I like the oars without the gunwale. :plus:
Anodes, test cell, fresh water & hull potential. dlochner at 7:07am 07.02.23 I was not. I've just been hanging the test cell over the side near the prop and about the same dep
Shooting some video in the harbor jssailem at 7:05am 07.02.23 Enjoyable. The video was much improved. I liked the position of the camera with the oar dipping. The
Shooting some video in the harbor dlochner at 7:03am 07.02.23 Nice. I like the oars without the gunwale. Helps to tell the story of a row around the harbor and s
Anodes, test cell, fresh water & hull potential. SycloneDriver at 7:00am 07.02.23 Bob Olsen recommends hanging the reference electrode within 1 foot of the prop or shaft in freshwat
Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery (1) dlochner at 6:52am 07.02.23 The advantage of the "silly way" is that it is considerably simpler and somewhat less expensive. I
Shooting some video in the harbor TomY at 6:42am 07.02.23 Another (hopefully) improved 5 minutes in the harbor. n_XNdSBMpKM
Appropriate amount of headsay sag? (1) Davidasailor26 at 6:00am 07.02.23 I don't know the Oceanis 37 and rarely use furling sails, but that still looks like too much sag fo
Blown exhast dlochner at 5:59am 07.02.23 Not a great way to start a holiday weekend. The Y connector you mentioned, is this the water inject
bulb number Yanmar tach chp at 5:59am 07.02.23 Thanks. I got it figured out.
Depth/shape of 2004 Hunter 36 diesel tank jssailem at 5:51am 07.02.23
Bimini and Dodger replacement jviss at 5:50am 07.02.23 Fabricating a new tensioned canvas from an old one is a bad idea. The existing dodger and bimini on
Bimini and Dodger replacement Spindrift NH at 5:32am 07.02.23 Fabricating a new tensioned canvas from an old one is a bad idea. The existing dodger and bimini on
Anodes, test cell, fresh water & hull potential. dlochner at 5:30am 07.02.23 Today I remeasured the hull potential, it was -370mv. Then I added a shaft anode and it measured -
Raider Cherubini 33 rgranger at 5:08am 07.02.23
Raider Cherubini 33 kappykaplan at 4:05am 07.02.23 Then you should etch it there. That needed to be done when I purchased my boat in 2008.

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