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Raymarine products hewebb at 4:51am 04.01.15 Ask All Sailors 16/2098 I am very disappointed in the reliability of the two Raymarine products I have installed on my boat.
Thank you ! (1) Bob 04 H260 at 3:04am 04.01.15 Ask All Sailors 7/1096 We are on a cruise in the Bahamas. The raw water pump on our Yanmar failed. I asked questions about
First "Spring" here - love what I see! Macboy at 9:01pm 03.31.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/703 I just had to post....this is my first "Spring" with a MacGregor waiting in the snow and me on the f
Best MacGregor cleaning products High Plains Drifter at 7:52pm 03.31.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1341 The pride of ownership of the new to me 1994 26S demands a thorough cleaning and polishing. I just o
hole in keel (1) Rusty south at 7:09pm 03.31.15 Big Boats 3/1045 Going to ask a silly question and I am sure I know the answer. But before I seal this. The keel on t
I was bored this winter (1) JackK at 6:08pm 03.31.15 Ask All Sailors 4/1141 So, I was tired of my spare anchor and rode getting all tangled up in the lazarette. I took the leaf
Hunter 410 3rd reef Don Lucas at 6:00pm 03.31.15 Big Boats 7/981 My 2001 Hunter 410 mainsail has 3 reef point, but only the 2 lower reefs rigged. Near as I can tell
throttle control tedmrt at 3:29pm 03.31.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1867 I have just purchased a 1996 Hunter 336 and I do like it. It's been neglected and so I have the task
Bottom Paint sales chrisings at 3:28pm 03.31.15 Ask All Sailors 0/610 Hey folks, Just thought I would mention that our local Ace Hardware store has the best price on bo
Beneteau Oceanis 371 2007 Zinc size? Reklobe at 2:49pm 03.31.15 Engines and Propulsion 0/989 Hello all. Does anyone know the correct size cone-type zinc for a 2007 37' Beneteau Oceanis 371?
Repairing the hull of my venture 21 JoeSailer10 at 12:56pm 03.31.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/777 I obtained a Venture 21 that had been neglected for 5 years. When I got it home and blocked up the
Fridge replacement - Hunter 40.5 redunculous at 12:15pm 03.31.15 Big Boats 10/2073 So I'm leaning towards fitting a new fridge into my boat. With something like this - ignore sizes
1979 Catalina 30 Engine swap Help!! ZTS213 at 12:13pm 03.31.15 Ask All Sailors 0/777 Please Help! I bought a 1979 catalina 30 project without the motor. I have a yanmar 2qm 20hp tha
Another dog question... getting a big dog aboard kito at 12:10pm 03.31.15 Ask All Sailors 19/2287 It's getting close to the time to drop my H30 project boat in the water. I plan on spending weekends
What engines fit in my 79 Cat 30 ZTS213 at 11:50am 03.31.15 Catalina 30 16/2499 Please Help! I bought a 1979 catalina 30 project without the motor. I have a yanmar 2qm 20hp tha
Otter deterrant Mark Maulden at 9:07am 03.31.15 Ask All Sailors 10/1423 I Keep my dinghy on a float in the slip next to the sailboat. Works great for when you want the dink
Alternators and horsepower wufibugs at 8:42am 03.31.15 Ask All Sailors 34/6344 From reading the many discussions on charging systems and acceptance rates, it is clear that my 35 a
Bimini for Hunter 34 YVRguy at 7:51am 03.31.15 Big Boats 27/9383 Have any of you H34 owners installed a full bimini on your boat? I'm curious to know about your exp
Crack in outside hull wildrp at 7:10am 03.31.15 Day Sailers 3/1086 The other day I was checking out my Hunter 140 boat after the winter. I just noticed a crack in the
mast wiring panel beneteau 36 sailBoat107 at 6:36am 03.31.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/526 how do i remove the wiring panel from the headliner delicately without breaking anything? does the p

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Com-Pac 16 general questions sail sfbay at 3:46pm 01.01.23 The method above is how I determined the pin weight (weight of the loaded trailer king pin on the to
Any sailor peppers out there? (1) Tally Ho at 3:41pm 01.01.23
Help with the new O'Day hull tracking? (1) SailKozy at 3:40pm 01.01.23 :plus: The owner of this outfit used to be the parts manager for O'Day. He has a wealth of informat
Older sailers stickinthemud57 at 3:18pm 01.01.23 Health is a crap shoot. We each have our genetic make-up and none of us know what that has in store
Towing a dinghy shemandr at 3:15pm 01.01.23 Of course there are going to be contradictory views. I used to sail to Block Island with my Peanut
Lewmar Deck Hatch Leaking BigEasy at 3:11pm 01.01.23 Consider using Sikaflex to fill in the split in the gasket. That's what I did to correct a leak in
Towing a dinghy Sailfanatic at 2:43pm 01.01.23 Check this source USt2sCT6W5Y
Older sailers Captain Larry-DH at 2:29pm 01.01.23 There's a 94 yo skier whose famous quote is " You don't get too old to ski. You get old because yo
Any sailor peppers out there? markwbird at 2:25pm 01.01.23
Older sailers shemandr at 2:22pm 01.01.23 There's a 94 yo skier whose famous quote is " You don't get too old to ski. You get old because you
Com-Pac 16 general questions shemandr at 2:13pm 01.01.23 When I lived in Southold NY you could do this at the dump - ah, transfer station. #3 Stumps me.
Original cabin heat/air system for 2007 Hunter 45cc? SV_Gonromin at 1:52pm 01.01.23 All of this will require many boat bucks. Are there any boat bucks that aren't "many"? :oops::D T
Com-Pac 16 general questions sail sfbay at 1:48pm 01.01.23 Might consider obtaining the following weights at you local moving company truck scale: 1. tow vehi
Westerbeke 42b coolant questions (1) RitSim at 1:33pm 01.01.23 My zinc broke off this year. I removed the center bolt as you did and the cover should be free. Pa
Older sailers dLj at 1:33pm 01.01.23 I just turned 67 - age is more than just a number, there are inexorable aspects of aging that one ca
Older sailers Dalliance at 1:28pm 01.01.23 The previous owner of my boat sailed until he was 83 and I can think of at least 5 sailors I know of
Lewmar Deck Hatch Leaking kappykaplan at 1:23pm 01.01.23 Consider using Sikaflex to fill in the split in the gasket. That's what I did to correct a leak in
Cockpit Speakers for a 275 (1) Hello Below at 1:13pm 01.01.23 Why not consider what I have? A portable, water resistant bluetooth speaker. No holes, take it to th
Boat is Hibernating 2 OLD PIRATES at 12:55pm 01.01.23 I got some feed back about this very subject: Interesting read. https://skippersplan.com/winter-sto
Older sailers shemandr at 12:37pm 01.01.23 You could do what a friend of my father's did. He caught a large swordfish that he couldn't get abo

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