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Leaking Windows 2004 Hunter 41 spadaforaj at 3:33pm 09.06.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1305 Need some advice on this one - very nice Hunter 41 has some leaking cabin windows. These are the tr
YANMAR 4JH80 MARINE DIESEL RUDY SILAS at 3:05pm 09.06.17 Engines and Propulsion 0/22 HAVING A NIGHTMARE EXPERIENCE WITH THE NEW COMMON RAIL ELECTRIC 4JH80. CONSIDERING A CLASS ACTION. I
Garhauer rigid vang on 37.5 Jrtauber at 2:33pm 09.06.17 Big Boats 5/701 Has anyone mounted a Garhauer rigid vang on a Legend 37.5. Did you remove the stainless bracket tha
Autopilot Hardhead at 1:54pm 09.06.17 Catalina 22 24/2916 I'm thinking of wintertime projects, and considering adding an autopilot - for longer trips and sing
Secondary bilge pump and high water alarm BC Bernie at 1:51pm 09.06.17 Catalina 310 7/2285 I was told that a second bilge pump, mounted at a higher (water) level than the original one, should
Mast Step Nightmare (2) Capri at 12:25pm 09.06.17 Ask All Sailors 4/577 Hi, all. I've got a leaky mast step on my 1981 O'day 22. I plan to cut it out from the top following
Mast Step Nightmare (2) Capri at 12:20pm 09.06.17 Day Sailers 4/1228 Hi, all. I've got a leaky mast step on my 1981 O'day 22. I plan to cut it out from the top following
Folding Props... A favorite? rfrye1 at 11:27am 09.06.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/796 after reading about everyone's satisfaction with folding props, is there any agreement on a favorite
Photos Ned Ludd at 10:44am 09.06.17 Forum Help (Site Talk) 1/415 Why do my pictures rotate 90 degrees when I post them ? I save them in the format I want and when I
Communication from helm to bow Tim Musolf at 9:45am 09.06.17 Ask All Sailors 37/3989 Any suggestions for radios? Purchased set of cobra frs radios. Will not provide enough volume throug
Swing centerboard effectiveness? Tsam at 9:32am 09.06.17 Trailer Sailors 10/1707 Have a hard time determining the effect of the three foot long, 100 lbs. swing centerboard on my S-2
Boat VIN & Title Larsand at 9:32am 09.06.17 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1104 Hi, Can anyone tell me how to find the date of manufacture of an Oday Javelin based on the VIN numbe
Monitoring batteries without current sensors? Ken Cross at 9:12am 09.06.17 Ask All Sailors 5/494 Is it possible to monitor battery state of charge without a current sensor? I currently just monitor
Centerboard behaviour during a broach on H23.5 (1) Arnold Lamont at 8:58am 09.06.17 Smaller Boats 10/1065 Hi All, Does anyone have experience of the centre board of an H23.5 dropping back 'into the boat' d
Last summer weekend is in the books ... (1) Scott T-Bird at 7:18am 09.06.17 Ask All Sailors 16/742 140561 Barnegat Light at end of summer. Clouds bringing weather.
Weekend "Issues" Full Circle 473 at 9:33pm 09.05.17 Ask All Sailors 5/607 Overall, we had a great weekend of sailing. With a few issues. Sailing on a downwind run at 7-8 knot
Mast delimma (3) Johnnyreb at 8:06pm 09.05.17 Kittiewake 5/1497 The place where the mast is connected to has a female screw in receptacle and the mast has a flat pl
Replacement parts - MacGregor26M JP100 at 7:55pm 09.05.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/782 Greetings All, Considering buying a MacGregor 26M. Since MacGregor is no longer in business, are the
Irma... slip or trailer? Kermit at 5:32pm 09.05.17 Trailer Sailors 39/2791 With Irma potentially heading to SC I feel pretty conflicted as to leaving my H260 in its slip or pu
Any Pensacola area sailors on SO? Jumpstart at 5:06pm 09.05.17 Ask All Sailors 14/691 Curious as to what your thoughts are about the approaching hurricane Irma. My grand daughter just s

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Reefing H37C Boomer2it at 5:17am 05.07.24 I added a 2nd reef point to my mainsail last season, and setup single line slap reefing for both ree
1985 O'day 28 Depth Transducer Relocation - Something Interesting (1) dlochner at 5:10am 05.07.24 I completely agree that forming a channel with hollow space or foam inside provides increased stren
Replacing water tank on Passage 420 wyctoronto at 5:09am 05.07.24
1985 O'day 28 Depth Transducer Relocation - Something Interesting Project_Mayhem at 4:53am 05.07.24 The short answer, strength, cost, and weight. First is strength, a hollow rectangular channel is j
1985 O'day 28 Depth Transducer Relocation - Something Interesting dlochner at 4:43am 05.07.24 What's the purpose of leaving a void like this on purpose? The short answer, strength, cost, and
1991 P42 Airmar Part/Serial Number Terry Cox at 4:25am 05.07.24 Terry- i will go to the boat in the next few days and have a look! Great, thank you Eian.
How worried should I be? Project_Mayhem at 4:22am 05.07.24 I'd take off whatever fitting the forestay attaches to to look for any hairline cracks and inspect t
Want to replace my toe rails on my ODay 28 Project_Mayhem at 4:13am 05.07.24 A friend removed one toe rail from my boat by removing the bungs and the screws. This took upwards o
1985 O'day 28 Depth Transducer Relocation - Something Interesting Project_Mayhem at 4:06am 05.07.24 What's the purpose of leaving a void like this on purpose?
Rode hard and put away wet Project_Mayhem at 4:03am 05.07.24 unhook the trailer, empty the cooler and wait for the next opportunity to go sailing. :)
Replacement sealing ring for Hurth HBW 50 transmission dipstick or alternative fix? east coaster at 3:55am 05.07.24 Rather than cut the gasket out, I find using a punch set easier and more accurate. I borrow a punch
Metal Boxes from the Past Rick486 at 3:10am 05.07.24 Wasn't the Cocoa just top and bottom metal?
Should prop spin in Reverse? kappykaplan at 2:07am 05.07.24 Thanks for all of the good info and advice. Quite welcome. :beer:
1991 P42 Airmar Part/Serial Number eianm at 12:27am 05.07.24 Terry- i will go to the boat in the next few days and have a look!
Best way to transport first boat? Advice Requested higgs at 9:09pm 05.06.24 If you pick a calm day you can expect the trip to take 5 to 6 hours by water. It would be an easy s
How worried should I be? higgs at 9:01pm 05.06.24 If the forestay was healthy then breaking it had to put tremendous pressure on every part of the rig
Deck Hardware Neddimg higgs at 8:55pm 05.06.24 Damage from leaking hardware can get extensive. I think the Butyl calk is your best bet for a short
Maybe we have earned it Hayden Watson at 8:24pm 05.06.24 What is your forecast for 11-12 for the RWR and 13-20 for a cruise. It looks like it will be sunny,
Spring refit done, time to go sailing ?? (1) morbidfollower at 8:01pm 05.06.24 224622
over starting line early DArcy at 7:54pm 05.06.24 This is just the I flag rule. It is unfortunate they don't always fly the flag, but if the sailing i

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