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back river anchored.. tropical storm coming.. End80 at 10:02am 09.01.16 Ask All Sailors 46/2851 My Grampian 26 is anchored on the back river of Tybee Island GA. Right now it's a beautifully sunny
Holding Tank Solar Vent 51RD55 at 9:47am 09.01.16 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 11/1305 Peggie, Being in total agreement with the fact that the holding tank needs oxygen to produce aerobic
PHRF - Time on time vs time on distance markwbird at 8:09am 09.01.16 Ask All Sailors 10/4841 In the U.S. we mostly use time on distance, i.e. so many seconds per mile for the PHRF ratings. In
192 O'Day Mast Butt..need one loismlogan at 7:34am 09.01.16 Ask An Oday Owner 6/793 any ideas where I can get a mast butt for a 192 O'Day Z-spar mast?
Johnson 8hp Sailmaster Zephyr-Jeffer at 5:45am 09.01.16 Engines and Propulsion 4/1249 Now have 1984 Sailmaster outboard and I would like to test run before putting away until next spring
Looking for a Surveyor in Kemah/Seabrook Texas Stephan at 1:47am 09.01.16 Ask All Sailors 2/395 Skye and I sold our Cat and are considering a larger Cat that is down in the Kemah-Seabrook Texas ar
Hunter 30T lower spreader width S. Walker at 9:38pm 08.31.16 Mid-Size Boats 6/880 I'm going to install spreader boots on my Hunter 30 lower spreaders. Does anyone know the width of
HUNTER 34 BOW RAIL hunter healer at 8:01pm 08.31.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/551 Does anyone out there know where i can buy a bow rail and stern rail for my Hunter 34 or hunter 31?
Hunter 34 Mast hunter healer at 7:13pm 08.31.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/2465 Hunter 34 question! Im planning a weekend away and I found a bridge that has a 50 ft clearance, My q
Polars for H41 AC. Butch23065 at 5:21pm 08.31.16 Racing 2/702 Does anyone have or know where you could get the Polars for an H41 AC. Racing in PHRF fleets it is h
Pop-Rivet Selection for Mast Steps Steverhnm at 2:22pm 08.31.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/5352 So I am going to make mast steps for my boat. I have read all the information on dissimilar metals,
2008 Hunter 27-3 in weather, tips requested Craig Cook at 1:58pm 08.31.16 Mid-Size Boats 8/2612 We have had a decent summer with our new to us 27-3, however we had our butts handed to us out on La
Halyard block Gulfstar at 1:46pm 08.31.16 Parts Search 4/1316 new to sailing have acquired a 16' sunbird sail boat trying to locate what I think is called a halya
Solar panels fred1diver at 1:10pm 08.31.16 Ask All Sailors 57/3296 So I've found a deal on some solar panels, 3 40w panels, witz controler for 250$, the deal seems goo
phrf ratings??? fred1diver at 12:45pm 08.31.16 Ask All Sailors 41/6023 hey everyone, I keep reading about phfr ratings, what do the numbers mean? how do you interpret them
Cat27 Bilge fills underway NAUTIGULL at 11:18am 08.31.16 Ask All Sailors 15/623 Just bought a '82 27Cat. The bilge has remained completely dry until I recently motored it to a mar
29.5 Bowsprint Rigging (1) billybee41 at 9:22am 08.31.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/629 I have asked this before but maybe someone will see it this time with an answer. I have a 1994 Hunte
25.5 plumbing questions Zephyr-Jeffer at 6:34am 08.31.16 Smaller Boats 3/596 I'm trying to understand the plumbing inside the '84 25.5 of mine. The documents I have found here s
Holding Tank Vent Filter Woes RoyS at 6:29am 08.31.16 Ask All Sailors 11/2376 I installed a Sealand Saniguard holding tank vent filter for the first time this spring. Despite the
It Floats and Sails (2) John From Maine at 6:05am 08.31.16 Day Sailers 6/1504 Well I finally got my estimated to be a 1973-ish Widgeon launched and my grand daughters loved saili

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AIS-VHF Antenna Splitter dLj at 6:27am 09.27.23 @jssailem and @LeslieTroyer introduced me to benefits of AIS back in 2019 while sailing on the Geor
AIS-VHF Antenna Splitter dLj at 6:19am 09.27.23 I think the concern about antenna placement is not due to potential interference, it is signal stre
AIS-VHF Antenna Splitter dlochner at 5:42am 09.27.23 Second only to GPS, AIS is a valuable asset if there is any significant boat traffic. On the ICW it
Just a bit too much heel and helm FDL S2 at 5:40am 09.27.23 FDL: The picture is interesting from a sail trim standpoint. The trim on both boats appears to be t
AIS-VHF Antenna Splitter Ward H at 5:34am 09.27.23 Frankly, I don't know how I would have done this trip without it; @jssailem and @LeslieTroyer int
AIS-VHF Antenna Splitter dlochner at 5:19am 09.27.23 I think the concern about antenna placement is not due to potential interference, it is signal stren
AIS-VHF Antenna Splitter dLj at 5:08am 09.27.23 Hi Dave, Now that begs the question, where is your VHF Radio antenna? Do you have only one and use
AIS-VHF Antenna Splitter Ward H at 4:56am 09.27.23 The VHF antenna that the AIS uses is indeed on my mast head! Hi Dave, Now that begs the question,
AIS-VHF Antenna Splitter kappykaplan at 4:55am 09.27.23 These conversations are great for figuring things out! :plus: I have two GPS antennas on my pushp
AIS-VHF Antenna Splitter dLj at 4:50am 09.27.23 They should be able to see you. Higher up you will be able to see them further away and often behin
AIS-VHF Antenna Splitter dlochner at 4:35am 09.27.23 I understand AIS and VHF are line of sight. But if my AIS can see the ship at 25 nm, they must als
...and we whined about prices back in '75 Timm R Oday25 at 4:16am 09.27.23 Wow ..I wonder how many folks can actually use one now ..
AIS-VHF Antenna Splitter dLj at 4:15am 09.27.23 No, they boats will see each other at a little under 10 miles. Same as with landfall, you can see m
AIS-VHF Antenna Splitter dlochner at 4:09am 09.27.23 No, they boats will see each other at a little under 10 miles. Same as with landfall, you can see mo
29.5 Single and Double Spreader Rigs?? Bentsailor at 4:04am 09.27.23 29.5 Single and Double Spreader Rigs??
AIS-VHF Antenna Splitter dLj at 3:59am 09.27.23 5 NM is roughly the distance to the horizon when standing from about 8 feet above sea level, the he
AIS-VHF Antenna Splitter dlochner at 3:44am 09.27.23 No idea where you got the 5 nm, perhaps it's the unit you are running, but my AIS with antenna moun
AIS-VHF Antenna Splitter dLj at 3:14am 09.27.23
Volvo MD11C Overheating issue Mark Maulden at 10:21pm 09.26.23 put the t-stat in a pan of water on the stove with a thermometer and see if/when it opens. Then cle
AIS-VHF Antenna Splitter jssailem at 9:45pm 09.26.23

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