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Anchor chain All U Get at 4:51am 07.03.17 Ask All Sailors 36/5070 Hi all, Just looking at my anchor chain that is in need of replacing. The chain has an 8 marked on
393 Cyclades cutlass bearing size Araluen at 7:24pm 07.02.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/2312 Hi all In order to save time and money when the boat is hauled out, I'd like to get a new cutlass be
A PFD reminder chp at 4:28pm 07.02.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1781 A sad Canada Day sailing day today. After a very windy a rough water sailing day today, my wife and
Being towed experience chrisings at 4:22pm 07.02.17 Ask All Sailors 19/1823 So, it finally happened. I had to bite the bullet and call Sea Tow. I think I could fixed my issue (
What is the 1989 Beneteau Oceanis 350 OEM prop size? James Nguyen at 4:10pm 07.02.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1451 Hi, I just got a 1989 Beneteau Oceanis 350. It is still on the hard for fixing up. The old propell
Fuel uptake problem Jwhy at 2:37pm 07.02.17 Catalina 30 13/1884 After cruising against the wind and long shore off the California coast for several hours, my M25 d
Outboard Oil Extraction (2) Brian D at 2:16pm 07.02.17 Engines and Propulsion 7/885 Time to change the oil in my Suzuki DF2.5 Outboard. I have been meaning to do it since I cleaned out
Door Pulls? GorillaToast at 1:38pm 07.02.17 Ask All Sailors 5/743 Does anyone know what the wooden rings lining the holes in cabinet doors on the Bayfield 36 are call
H 23.5 Bimini stackwalker at 12:26pm 07.02.17 Smaller Boats 11/932 Took the family out yesterday on the boat... on the busiest boating weekend of the year. Things wen
Drawer locks Bill post at 12:25pm 07.02.17 Parts Search 2/461 hunter 49 08 model need push drawer locks
Solar Renogy? rpludwig at 9:25am 07.02.17 Catalina 22 12/1263 probably should direct this to Gene, but perhaps others have used them, seems very reasonably priced
Cooking batteries gettinthere at 9:03am 07.02.17 Musings With Maine Sail 17/2257 This time it's low water. My 5 T-1275s are a year old and never need much water. But I checked them
Yanmar 3YM30 raw water cooling system problem Vegas at 5:56am 07.02.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 14/5782 How long should I run the engine to see if the impeller will prime and pump water, knowing that runn
Wheel Pilot Beneteau at 2:52am 07.02.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/733 Looking to install a wheel pilot on our 1997 Beneteau 321.Will the latest version of the Raymarine w
Adding a Pilot Berth to Beneteau First 47.7 okolehao at 2:43am 07.02.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1210 Has anyone successfully ripped out the salon cabinets on a Beneteau First 47.7 and built pilots bert
Salad with Catalina dressing (2) Jacomo Sailor at 9:04pm 07.01.17 Catalina 22 8/762 So the other day I rowed out to the boat and immediately noticed that something was wrong when I tri
Texada adventure (continued) (6) Captn Scotty at 8:20pm 07.01.17 Destinations 2/658 Some pictures of the current running into the lagoon, great fun, and of the crystal clear pools of t
34 rig tuning (again) Sefuller at 8:08pm 07.01.17 Bigger Boats 11/1426 Before launching this spring I ordered a Spartite kit, which I have yet to install. I thought I may
Texada Adventure! (9) Captn Scotty at 7:59pm 07.01.17 Destinations 2/775 Well, after several years being on the hard we finally got to go on an adventure. After dreaming of
Gonna leave this here and walk away very quietly... Rallyfanmx at 7:22pm 07.01.17 Tattoo Owners 0/2747 Have you checked the Tattoo yachts Facebook page lately? :biggrin: Like, the post from last Thursday

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Is There Such a Thing as 1:1 "Scope?" Kings Gambit at 6:04am 07.15.24 That is an oversimplified model of how a rode or chain falls. It actually falls as a cateenary, an
Turnbuckle adjustments for trailer sailers? Project_Mayhem at 6:02am 07.15.24 I recently found out (and verified in photos) that the racers mount a bar between the chainplates (
Is There Such a Thing as 1:1 "Scope?" jviss at 5:56am 07.15.24
What a day! (1) Hayden Watson at 5:52am 07.15.24 Hmm ... I didn't realize the orcas really ventured inside (east) of Whidbey. Could you tell who th
Is There Such a Thing as 1:1 "Scope?" Hayden Watson at 5:50am 07.15.24
Is There Such a Thing as 1:1 "Scope?" Kings Gambit at 5:43am 07.15.24
Is There Such a Thing as 1:1 "Scope?" dlochner at 5:36am 07.15.24 Veer can also mean a shift of wind direction clockwise; versus back, a shift of wind direction coun
Is There Such a Thing as 1:1 "Scope?" Hayden Watson at 5:32am 07.15.24
Is There Such a Thing as 1:1 "Scope?" Kings Gambit at 5:31am 07.15.24 Veer can also mean a shift of wind direction clockwise; versus back, a shift of wind direction count
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:

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