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Drop keel mechanism layout Windtherapy at 8:06am 09.05.15 Ask An Oday Owner 3/723 OK so I bought a 26' about 3 months ago. I also bought a 36 foot slip on Lake Huron but decided to
Has anyone done an energy budget for a Beneteau 343? Davefromoregon at 7:36am 09.05.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 13/2943 I have a reasonable how to do this, but if some else has already done it I'd appreciate making use
Advice for buying first sail boat icemanx193 at 7:00am 09.05.15 Day Sailers 9/3529 I am looking to buy my first sail boat and looking for some advice. I want something small that I ca
1990 hunter 35.5 Electrical 30amp to 15amp problem shawanaga at 6:21am 09.05.15 Big Boats 8/1427 I just joined a new club and the power at the slip is only 15 amp I went out and bought a 15amp pigt
Bimini? (1) scottmellloyditude at 5:28am 09.05.15 Mid-Size Boats 4/1313 I this is how I have the Bimini installed. Does anyone know if the frame is backwards. Pretty sure t
Coolant System shermanb at 4:16am 09.05.15 Engines and Propulsion 1/854 I have a Catalina 27 with a Universal M-18, 14 horsepower diesel engine with antifreeze coolant comi
Racor filter gauge (1) eianm at 12:50am 09.05.15 Big Boats 4/1340 I have a question- i simply want to confirm that the Racor vacuum gauge connects to the output side
H240 new owner sailmaster39 at 9:58pm 09.04.15 Smaller Boats 1/670 Just bought a 2002 H 240 located in Apex,NC. Downsizing from a Hunter 356 which we loved.Looking for
O'Day sood locations Windtherapy at 7:02pm 09.04.15 Ask An Oday Owner 4/878 Can somebody tell me exactly where wood is on an O'Day? How far does the balsa go on the deck top an
Engine Flush Ken13559 at 6:38pm 09.04.15 Engines and Propulsion 15/2813 I came across the STP Engine Flush and was wondering if this would positively impact my 13yr old 140
Want to put winches on top of a pop top sunsailor12000 at 3:57pm 09.04.15 Catalina 22 11/1974 Does anyone have an idea of how to secure a pop top Catalina 22 so that winches can be mounted on to
Connecting Chartplotter to seatalk Mark48 at 3:56pm 09.04.15 Big Boats 1/853 I recently purchased a Raymarine A67 chartplotter. Now I am trying to figure out how to connect to
Homemade outboard motor mount (1) Seahorse24 at 3:05pm 09.04.15 Trailer Sailors 10/8750 I built a wooden mount for the 6 HP outboard based on the dimensions of the fold down mount that was
Auto pilot part Fire Escape at 1:25pm 09.04.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/719 I have a Simrad WP5000 Wheel Pilot that came with the Hunter 29.5 that I purchased back in 1995. The
H23 teak needs replaced Earprints01 at 1:15pm 09.04.15 Smaller Boats 4/1086 H23 - Need new teak or whatever is being used now for the companionway hatch, both upper and lower.
Low Bridge-high Mast Jdeneault at 12:22pm 09.04.15 Big Boats 8/2355 I am about the head down the AICW in a Hunter 456 which shows a mast height of 63'. I have a two foo
Appeasing the wind gods JamesG161 at 10:38am 09.04.15 Ask All Sailors 13/3108 Does anyone have a Roman/Greek ancient ceremony to get the wind gods on my side? Every time I see
Couple of H26 questions CHSN WND at 10:12am 09.04.15 Smaller Boats 16/1628 Spent the day cleaning the deck and cabin - she really cleaned up nice. But, I noticed the plexiglas
Bulbs for Catalina 22 Cabin Lights Leeward Rail at 9:12am 09.04.15 Catalina 22 17/4978 Good Morning all ! Next year I want to replace all the cabin lights with LEDs. In the meantime I ne
Conch Republic Cup - Key West to Cuba Race Week pateco at 7:57am 09.04.15 Ask All Sailors 7/1940 http://conchrepubliccup.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/key-west-cuba-race.png http://conchrepubli

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Classic wooden boat owners Sanfelice at 5:15pm 01.05.24 When fiberglass boats came into the picture people used to say they never saw a hundred year old fib
1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light pgandw at 4:59pm 01.05.24 On my past ODay 25 and my current Stuart Mariner (19ft), I hang (hung) a battery powered lantern on
Classic wooden boat owners dLj at 4:17pm 01.05.24 I'd imagine there are a number of us that are wooden boat lovers. But most have moved to another mat
1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light stanirish at 3:11pm 01.05.24 The masthead light on the 1/2 Ton is mounted about halfway up the mast and has 225 degrees. I boug
1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light stanirish at 3:07pm 01.05.24 He didn't say he had a 360 light. A "masthead light", often called a steaming light, is a forward f
1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light stanirish at 3:06pm 01.05.24 Yes. If it was designed as a racing boat, it would unlikely to be out cruising and anchoring. Witho
New to me boat with rotting bulkhead Timm R Oday25 at 1:38pm 01.05.24 I'm not quite sure what you mean "unfastened " . As I am also a huge fan of polyurethane ,apply seve
1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light (1) rgranger at 12:26pm 01.05.24
iPad/tablet mounting kappykaplan at 12:14pm 01.05.24
so much mainsail twist on the VOR65s danstanford at 12:11pm 01.05.24 Not the best photo but close to the condition I was describing. This looks like the flat top is 75 d
so much mainsail twist on the VOR65s (1) danstanford at 12:09pm 01.05.24 222338
1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light Richard19068 at 12:02pm 01.05.24
1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light Caboteur at 11:30am 01.05.24
1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light dlochner at 9:58am 01.05.24 Yes. If it was designed as a racing boat, it would unlikely to be out cruising and anchoring. Withou
New to me boat with rotting bulkhead (1) G Newboat at 9:29am 01.05.24 I decided to follow your guys' advice and get a sheet of 1/2" marine plywood. I traced the old one,
Catalina 16.5 spinnaker PaulK at 8:46am 01.05.24 You could certainly hoist a 420 spinnaker on a Catalina 16.5, but it might be too small to function
Display engine instruments on Raymarine C120 chart plotter. BarryL at 8:41am 01.05.24 Hey, That looks great. Very clean installation. Nice job. Barry
60 best Boats 30' and under PaulK at 8:16am 01.05.24 "Comfort ratio" is a calculation that does not actually reflect how a boat really behaves in bouncy
Display engine instruments on Raymarine C120 chart plotter. (2) RoyS at 6:45am 01.05.24 Yes, the Noland rs11 worked for me. The rs11 will convert analog sensor outputs to NMEA sentences. T
Winter checkup sailme88 at 6:33am 01.05.24 I went to the lake yesterday and found the power off to the Wet Dog. It turned out to be a bad powe

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