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Does anyone know where we could jump on a boat for a Wednesday or weekend race? Or anytime of the we
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I will keep my Catalina 22 on Vashon Island next summer and I'm looking for advice on cruising south
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I got tired of unsnarling the bottom few hanks on my Genoa when I got it out of the Yankee bag. The
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All Russian online TV channels. Anytime when You want!it is Quality is better than on cable televisi
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I am setting my running rigging up on my project H30 boat. I decided to go with a 6:1 mainsheet with
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I love flying my spinnaker but find it tiresome setting it all up. Not hoisting and inflating but ru
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Hi Peggy, welcome back, happy to see that we will have access to a good expert! Good question on the
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I've toyed with adding a generator. But always insisted that I would only accept a diesel and the c
Brian M H23 at 8:39am 01.19.16
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Hey all! It'll be going on 3 years since I sold my 85 H23 that I owned for 6, and while it was the
JohnVTX at 7:31am 01.19.16
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What wind speed would you reef?
Rays at 5:25am 01.19.16
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hi everyone I will be doing my first oil change on my yanmar in the spring. I purchased the oil filt
Ellwebs at 10:38pm 01.18.16
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What specific ladder does anyone recommend? I think one that can be deployd from the water would be
Phil Herring at 8:02pm 01.18.16
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We're very excited to welcome back our own Head Mistress, Peggie Hall, to the Marine Sanitation foru
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I want to add an A/C unit under the v birth inside the storage compartment in my WB 250 MK II boat.
Rick at 4:54pm 01.18.16
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Hi gents and ladies. I have two thousand hours on my trusty little 3GM30F. Just was musing this we
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Hello! After finally convincing my wife to let me buy a sailboat, I recently purchased a Oday 22 on
rghayesky at 10:53am 01.18.16
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US Spars (Z-Spar) mast with Neil Pryde furling mainsail on 2002 B473. The plastic along edge of slo
tkwhalen at 9:53am 01.18.16
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I recently purchased from this fine site a replacement light fixture. The new fixture is LED and the
Bad Obsession at 9:12am 01.18.16
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I am going to add pressurized water into my boat. I posted a thread a while back and I didn't get m
wdkester at 7:44am 01.18.16
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I'm restoring an old Irwin. Between bulkheads and the F/G liner they used a sort of piping which wa

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Funny Friday!!!   (1)
Will Gilmore at 6:35am 01.30.24
It's certain that the investment in the wedding was a lot more than Super Bowl tickets. Still, we h
Remote oil filter for M25XP   (1)
Hayden Watson at 6:34am 01.30.24
Hayden, this is kind of like reverse engineering and maybe a bit convoluted but what the heck . . .
Remote oil filter for M25XP   (1)
Hayden Watson at 6:28am 01.30.24
Hayden, Here's a picture of the front of an M25, same as your XP. The oil pan is way below the bot
Mast Support Bracket "Event"
sailme88 at 5:26am 01.30.24
Pure speculation here, but the location and damage seen in the pics " to me" does not have the appea
40 Autopilot Linear drive Mounting Location
DonEvans at 5:11am 01.30.24
Don- Just installed mine, will send pics later this week. I secured a steel angle on the horizonta
Mast Support Bracket "Event"
Terry Cox at 4:27am 01.30.24
Good photos of the issue, but would defer to a marine rigging surveyor for a technical evaluation of
Funny Friday!!!
jssailem at 2:07am 01.30.24
Super Bowl 2024 A good friend of mine has two tickets for the 2024 Super Bowl, 50 yard line box seat
So, you're thinking of going Electric...
jssailem at 2:02am 01.30.24
The issue, as I looked upon the idea, is the density of stored energy. A boat has a finite volume of
Rig setting process, please forgive me for putting it here
danstanford at 1:56am 01.30.24
What type of rig do you have? Depending on your rigging, backstay tension usually determines your
Hunter 28 polars
Yann85 at 10:47pm 01.29.24
Android phone app connection issue
JoeWhite at 9:18pm 01.29.24
I would reset to factory settings and test as a last resort. My android works fine.
Rub rail leak   (3)
Ralph Johnstone at 9:03pm 01.29.24
It appears that I have a leak at the rub rail which enters the boat in the aft cabin. Only a dist
Mainsail
Tally Ho at 7:56pm 01.29.24
The Show Must Go On
Tally Ho at 7:44pm 01.29.24
I went to the Chicago boat show the first year after the pandemic. There were no sailboats. It was
So, you're thinking of going Electric...
Tally Ho at 7:33pm 01.29.24
That's not to say there isn't more range in a diesel design than in electric, just that, if electri
Rig setting process, please forgive me for putting it here
Will Gilmore at 6:15pm 01.29.24
What type of rig do you have? ging, backstay tension usually determines your pre-bend. So you might
Funny Friday!!!
leo310 at 6:14pm 01.29.24
I was in Walmart using the restroom and just as I closed my stall door, a voice from the next stall
So, you're thinking of going Electric...
Will Gilmore at 6:06pm 01.29.24
Will, the difference is that with electric, you will use up your limited power reserves much quicke
What the heck is this?
rgranger at 3:16pm 01.29.24
Mold or high iron content in the water? Mold Iron is not volatile
Hunter 28 polars
dlochner at 3:12pm 01.29.24
The TWS 31 plot does look a little wonky on a reach That's the boat speed during the broach. ;)

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