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Outhaul suggestions (1) oldlaxer1 at 12:09pm 05.25.17 Ask All Sailors 11/1049 The outhaul on my 1973 Tartan 30 is a bit bizarre. I've attached a picture of what it looked like w
Toilet stinks Bill Small & Lisa Grossi at 11:43am 05.25.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/734 My 380 Hunter has a bad smell out the vent near the cockpit each time the toilet is flushed. Anyone
Well, I Fouled Up On A Purchase... Rick D at 9:42am 05.25.17 SSB and Ham Operators 17/3053 I have an old ICOM 700 on the boat and I wanted to replace it with a ham unit, like the 718. I found
I need to replace my old battery charger... jbrudzinski at 8:40am 05.25.17 Ask All Sailors 11/1371 Good day everyone. The ProTech 1230 battery charger on my Hunter 306 has served the boat well for ov
jib getting harder and harder to hoist in furlex foil 41DS sailor5017 at 8:31am 05.25.17 Big Boats 7/1508 jib was very hard to raise and drop this season. seems to have gotten harder each year. I am thinki
Tough state! All U Get at 3:53am 05.25.17 Ask All Sailors 15/841 Hi all, We're back on the move, sort of, and using the ICW through North Carolina. Our transmissio
Legend 1992 35.5 leaning portside. What is the problem? Michael-Louis at 12:45am 05.25.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/758 The boat was purchased in the Nederlands and now assembled in Hungary. When put in water without mas
This could happen to you! or, maybe it has. StargazerP303 at 10:16pm 05.24.17 Ask All Sailors 18/2194 For years and years 25 now I've joined a well known and most popular well known "Boat %$ towing prog
Tempest Rudder head (1) tempest1964 at 9:03pm 05.24.17 Ask An Oday Owner 1/450 The rudder head (cap that attaches the shaft to the tiller) on my tempest was stripped out by the pr
Sailing to Catalina Island .. shermanator at 7:46pm 05.24.17 Ask All Sailors 58/19658 I plan on sailing my 25 ft MacGregor from LA to Catalina Island during the summer. From what i've he
how to run sheets on 37 cutter bommers at 7:13pm 05.24.17 The Cherubini Hunters 6/1129 Hi- am just getting sails on and replacing running rigging on my new to me Hunter 37 cutter. I have
Anybody heading to the Bahama's to watch the AC sfgary at 6:19pm 05.24.17 Ask All Sailors 5/565 I'm going to miss having it here on SF bay. I'm a traditional mono hull sailor but watching those mo
Hunter 29.5 wood blocks under Yanmar Coastin at 5:45pm 05.24.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/542 The boat I am looking at has wood blocks under the Yanmar. Is this a common fix for something? I am
Considering the Hunter 34 SamRy at 3:01pm 05.24.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/3625 I'm considering purchasing a 1984 Hunter 34 and was hoping to get some honest feedback on the boat.
Has anyone converted to Tie Down disc brakes? Sailor Sue at 2:26pm 05.24.17 Trailer Sailors 2/678 I'm considering updating my drum brakes to disc. Tie Downs look like they will fit, but it also loo
Roller furling jib on a 222 - worth it? kveach at 2:07pm 05.24.17 Ask An Oday Owner 16/4938 Well, I'm still working on refurbishing the 222 and just put up the old Schaefer system furling jib.
Yellowed cabin trim karellen at 1:07pm 05.24.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/444 Hello, I have a 2000 Hunter 310 that has bits of plastic trim in the cabin -- around the portlights
Back in the drink! (2) Captn Scotty at 11:12am 05.24.17 Ask All Sailors 15/1044 136944 136945 After two years on the hard due to study and exams, she's going back in the water toda
Replacing festoons (1) Justin_NSA at 10:00am 05.24.17 Mid-Size Boats 5/1221 I am replacing my 3 running light festoons with LED. My calibrated eyeball failed me. Does anyone kn
Tohatsu 9.8 Electric start battery RWSlater at 9:41am 05.24.17 Ask All Sailors 9/5732 So I bought a new Tohatsu 9.8 4 stroke with electric start and it does not come with the battery. T

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Is There Such a Thing as 1:1 "Scope?" jviss at 6:32am 07.15.24
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

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