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sailing preparation, 18' jon hansen at 6:41pm 03.17.18 Ask All Sailors 3/323 for me, the season of 18' seems to be a totally different focus for me than most of you all from wha
Polar Charts?? LouisMK at 4:29pm 03.17.18 Bigger Boats 11/5906 Like many of us, I'm always curious whether I am sailing as fast as optimally possible. Does anyone
Level boat on trailer Jimmy at 2:06pm 03.17.18 Smaller Boats 12/924 Going to tune rigging and wonder if I just get the mast foot level would that be a good starting poi
Rewiring an 76 MacGregor 25 PJFlynn at 12:50pm 03.17.18 Ask All Sailors 2/1155 Does anyone have any access to original wiring diagrams for a Mac V-25? Had to repair the mast step
Taking on water... rpludwig at 11:58am 03.17.18 Catalina 22 22/2256 Posting this on behalf of a dock mate who has an '89 wing keel. He's getting a bit of water in the
Centerboard 240 difficulty with Waveform's boat (1) Crazy Dave Condon at 10:49am 03.17.18 Smaller Boats 2/555 I enlargened this photo for all to see. Waveform advised this was a 1/2 line and if you see closel
Winch size for H30C BlowMeAway at 10:44am 03.17.18 Ask All Sailors 8/812
Lightening question Whatsit at 9:36am 03.17.18 Ask An Oday Owner 17/1750
Low Stretch Halyard Line that works with Garhauer rope clutches? PAC3142 at 7:48am 03.17.18 Ask All Sailors 0/321 I'd like to replace the main halyard on my Hunter 37.5, currently 7/16" polyester. Any advice on wh
Rudder shaft material cramina at 7:43am 03.17.18 Parts Search 0/449 I have a Hunter 27, 2012 and I would like to know what is the material used for the shaft of the rud
Which Winch? rpludwig at 5:01am 03.17.18 Catalina 22 11/1047 Going to run lines aft, and add cabin top winches sooner or later, WM has a 4 day sale, buy 1 get on
Fixing a dodger? Need advice. jonelli at 4:27pm 03.16.18 Ask All Sailors 19/3262 Does anybody know a "not-expensive" way to get a dodger re-sewn up? I've tried to previously do a fe
jambed maserator Hayden Watson at 3:40pm 03.16.18 Ask All Sailors 32/2579 Last year my maserator was working fine but this spring it will not turn. I tried using the screw d
Engine mounting bolts - use stainless, or no? Gene Neill at 3:37pm 03.16.18 Ask All Sailors 42/9139 Somewhere in the six dozen articles I've read, someone said NO to stainless mounting bolts. Was he r
Advice for replacing Leaky Fixed Portlights? Oceanis fool at 1:02pm 03.16.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1105 The fixed windows across the cabin of my '87 Oceanis 350 are past the point of repair. We rebedded t
Sink Cabinet Trim in Head (3) FlyorSail at 12:43pm 03.16.18 Catalina 310 5/923 Does anyone know where I can purchase the trim surrounding the cabinet door under the sink in the he
Is today the true equinox? Kings Gambit at 9:50am 03.16.18 Ask All Sailors 39/2202 Today in Long Beach is the closest we will come to an even 12 h of "day"/12 h of "night" before the
Lewmar winches seadaddler at 9:47am 03.16.18 Ask All Sailors 10/1208 WM is having bogo sale on Lewmar winches and they also the conversion kit much cheaper and looking a
Water Heater replacement firehoser75 at 9:33am 03.16.18 Musings With Maine Sail 11/3735 My old water heater (actually the fittings entering the tank) have given up the ghost. Due to the ag
Ocean Air inflatables with aluminum hulls? Kings Gambit at 8:50am 03.16.18 Ask All Sailors 1/1087 Hi, Any of you PNWer's own, or have owned, one of the Ocean Air aluminum-hull inflatables? They are

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Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: dlochner at 12:54pm 04.08.24 it's a strange world . in my area I have seen boat captains who were professionals jump off the bo
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: Ted10028 at 12:42pm 04.08.24 It's already been said here but cannot be stressed enough. DO NOT jump from the boat to the dock u
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: Roland5048 at 12:19pm 04.08.24 It's already been said here but cannot be stressed enough. DO NOT jump from the boat to the dock un
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: kappykaplan at 11:49am 04.08.24 I can't see any good from jumping off the boat without at least one line attaching the boat to the
Lofrans Tigres Horizontal Windlass dLj at 11:47am 04.08.24 I have a Maxwell windlass and the clutch will work in both directions. Mine only works going down.
Has anyone used the self adhesive shims to cure stanchion wobble? dlochner at 11:47am 04.08.24 My not a Hunter has a similar installation, the base and the stanchion are 2 pieces. I assume there
Lofrans Tigres Horizontal Windlass dlochner at 11:43am 04.08.24 This would then give a "safety feature the system does not currently have, which is an over-load sa
Lofrans Tigres Horizontal Windlass dLj at 10:33am 04.08.24 @dlochner All excellent points. lly in my case, I have the chain attached to the chain locker bot
Has anyone used the self adhesive shims to cure stanchion wobble? AndyL at 10:30am 04.08.24 No. On the Hunter 36 the stanchions are in two completely separate pieces. The first piece is a ba
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: Ted10028 at 10:28am 04.08.24 I never jump off the boat during docking! The stern line is attached to a piling and I am merely ho
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: arf145 at 10:21am 04.08.24 you jump off boat with engine on to attach stern line? I never jump off the boat during docking! T
Lofrans Tigres Horizontal Windlass dlochner at 10:13am 04.08.24 Why would I not want the windlass to simply pull the chain out of the locker even if there is a lot
Has anyone used the self adhesive shims to cure stanchion wobble? jssailem at 10:08am 04.08.24 the base of the stanchion, which is completely solid. By this statement, I understand that the wel
Has anyone used the self adhesive shims to cure stanchion wobble? AndyL at 10:01am 04.08.24 My question has nothing to do with the base of the stanchion, which is completely solid.
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: smokey73 at 9:30am 04.08.24 I am normally on a mooring so the technique I describe is for when I am pulling up, solo, to a dock
Has anyone used the self adhesive shims to cure stanchion wobble? jssailem at 9:16am 04.08.24 Not sure if the stanchion bases on your Hunter were designed this way. Hunter was known to imbed alu
Mast conduit capacity questions, how many and how much CbKl at 8:48am 04.08.24 Crazy Dave, thanks for the idea. The usspars Dave wasn't available this am but his associate was he
Mast conduit capacity questions, how many and how much jssailem at 8:47am 04.08.24 When I had my mast down, I rebuilt the running rigging (removing the rope/wire rigging) sending all
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: Ted10028 at 8:07am 04.08.24 I can't see any good from jumping off the boat without at least one line attaching the boat to the
Mast conduit capacity questions, how many and how much (1) CbKl at 8:06am 04.08.24 Figure from Dave, stay tuned for more info.

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