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Mystery leak Tom H31 at 7:36am 08.05.17 Mid-Size Boats 14/3088 Found wet fabric at the very aft end of the quarter berth (1986 H31). This is usually a dark, damp a
Beneteau 46 2009 Center Cockpt table replacemente or repair (2) Julio not Houlio at 7:15am 08.05.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/499 Any ideas/suggestions on repairing the center cockpit table on a Beneteau 46? The aft right part aft
battery charger amp size b crites at 6:45am 08.05.17 Ask All Sailors 18/1861 Replacing my outdated battery charger. One starter bank, an one house bank. What amp size are you c
AC Wire size Wanderwind36 at 11:26pm 08.04.17 Big Boats 6/4451 Looking to determine the ac wire size from the inlet receptical to the service panel on a 1987 C36.
Need an Oman 8.0 kilowatt genset water pump BobBarr at 10:09pm 08.04.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 21/1676 I'm trying to find an Oman 8.0 genset impeller pump for my hunter passage 42 With out much luck Oma
Shaft zincs inside the engine bay? Skipper at 8:56pm 08.04.17 Ask All Sailors 8/951 I saw a pic once of a shaft zinc attached to the shaft inside the engine bay. Thought it a silly ano
Sail slides breaking (1) Skipper at 8:47pm 08.04.17 Ask All Sailors 21/4338 Of course I've been in boats and sailing forever, but I too get mystified by some things: I get slid
Fractional rig, swept shrouds... backstay function... (2) agprice22 at 8:15pm 08.04.17 Ask All Sailors 7/1700 This is a swept rig, cap shrouds, uppers, lowers, and forward shrouds. 9/32 forestay and cap shrouds
Tartan Forum Starter Thread jviss at 4:44pm 08.04.17 Tartan 3/2989 Thanks for creating a Tartan forum. I am looking for a new boat, or should I say, a new used boat,
Hunter 23 mast twist Rcarbo at 4:40pm 08.04.17 Smaller Boats 10/887 i noticed that the top of my mast on my hunter 23 is twisted slightly to the port side. Any suggest
B361 "main salon" version jarcher at 1:43pm 08.04.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/711 Hi All, on an Oceanis 361, I'm wondering what the difference between the "main salon version" and th
Boat fire in Victoria Meriachee at 12:04pm 08.04.17 Ask All Sailors 6/615 Pushing the boat off the fuel dock, likely saved the fuel dock. http://globalnews.ca/news/3647631/
Floating Ground? Gunni at 10:21am 08.04.17 Ask All Sailors 39/8932 I'm switching out my fuel gauge (VDO euro ohms) for a WEMA/KUS sender and Faria gauge with American
Catalina 36 MKii vs Beneteau Oceanis 361 jarcher at 9:46am 08.04.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 10/5827 Hi All... I asked this question in the Beneteau section and someone rightly suggested I ask it here
'78 25 Centerboard (2) Hoosier Kevin at 5:50am 08.04.17 Ask An Oday Owner 5/780 I have my '78 O'Day 25 blocked up for the summer working on the centerboard. Last October when I hir
What to look for on a used macgregor 26 Julio Roman at 11:12pm 08.03.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/6831 Hi My wife and i are talking about buying a sailboat . We have been looking around and came across
SeaTalk1 Wiring? (6) patrickkidd at 10:07pm 08.03.17 Ask All Sailors 15/13777 Hello! I am all but convinced based on inferences from very sparse other online sources that the Se
Broken fuse holder for Trident Propane solenoid switch (2) Jerry Clark H356 SV Persi at 9:24pm 08.03.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 18/4149 Got to the boat tonight and found my fuse holder sticking out and small plastic piece has broken off
Racing in 20, gusts to 30 (1) Jackdaw at 8:17pm 08.03.17 Ask All Sailors 16/907 Thankfully only saw the 31 knots gusting once. But is was our kind of day, breezy and blustery. Whi
Electricl Stormydog at 5:18pm 08.03.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/846 I came to my Catalina 28 after two weeks at work. Everything was working ok when I left. When I came

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Is There Such a Thing as 1:1 "Scope?" dLj at 5:29am 07.15.24 This is the specific link: OED Scope nautical Hmmm, that link takes me to the Oxford English Dicti
Windlass woes as a result of anchoring woes mermike at 5:27am 07.15.24 After more testing yesterday, I'm abandoning the spurling pipe, for now at least. I retrieved the r
Is There Such a Thing as 1:1 "Scope?" Hayden Watson at 5:25am 07.15.24 Putting zero into the calculation to mix your drink can work to 'float your boat' as a proportion b
Is There Such a Thing as 1:1 "Scope?" kappykaplan at 5:19am 07.15.24
Anchoring woes dLj at 5:18am 07.15.24 What do you mean by a bridle? I currently have 30ft of chain and around 100ft of rode. When we anch
Is There Such a Thing as 1:1 "Scope?" Kings Gambit at 5:18am 07.15.24 It is common nautical vernacular - did it on all the large gray things I sailed on. Allowing an an
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. ethanknox at 5:01am 07.15.24 Regarding strainers. some plastic strainers are top fixtures with in/out fittings that screw a bowl
Is There Such a Thing as 1:1 "Scope?" kappykaplan at 4:58am 07.15.24 Is that common nautical vernacular It is common nautical vernacular - did it on all the large gray
Is There Such a Thing as 1:1 "Scope?" jviss at 4:55am 07.15.24 25 ft veered out I have never heard the expression "veered out." Is that common nautical vernacul
Is There Such a Thing as 1:1 "Scope?" Scott T-Bird at 4:54am 07.15.24 Scope is the length of line let out relative to the depth, so it is the hypotenuse (ignoring centen
Yanmar 2gm kill switch issue 3GGG at 4:39am 07.15.24 Please, just throw money :biggrin: . :laugh:
Stress cracks in Stainless Steel Arch on my Hunter 306 Brinky63 at 4:15am 07.15.24 Can you take measurements from your existing arch? Sure.
Damaged gel coat east coaster at 4:06am 07.15.24 The chandlery here in Dartmouth Nova Scotia has a "machine " that will match your gel coat colour re
Anchoring woes (1) fred1diver at 2:18am 07.15.24 Looking at your bow, I'm wondering if using a bridle might work. How much chain do you have and how
What a day! Foswick at 12:05am 07.15.24 Hmm ... I didn't realize the orcas really ventured inside (east) of Whidbey. Could you tell who the
What a day! Hayden Watson at 11:03pm 07.14.24 My crabby buddy broght his gopro to see what is happening on the bottom. We got about 72 minutes of
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

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