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Adding a drifter to a 26C BudGates at 8:44am 07.08.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/848 Along the Southern California coast we often encounter winds in the range of 2-6 knots. I don't min
Annapolis to Bermuda 473Clipper at 8:04am 07.08.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/589 If anyone has participated in this race with a 473 please contact me. Thanks Bill Hellman
Rudder Stop? (Pintles - Gudgeon diagram) 20' Oday chipleak at 7:22am 07.08.15 Day Sailers 7/5810 I am a new owner of an Oday 20 (1975) and reading thru rigging, launching, trailering tips...with a
Changing a motor mount meb135 at 7:01am 07.08.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1483 Engine: Yanmar 3ym30 Boat: 2004 H33 Over the winter, my fuel/water separator leaked fuel on one
Irwin 30 LEAKING!! Mrlee at 6:53am 07.08.15 Irwin 0/1476 I have an Irwin 30 with centerboard. There is a slow staedy leak coming from the forward area justaf
Considering purchase...but...wet core gfroch at 6:46am 07.08.15 Catalina 30 10/2910 Hello- I'm considering the purchase of a 1987 Catalina 30 Tall. It shows very nicely, has some n
New Javelin owner questions houdsie73 at 6:44am 07.08.15 Day Sailers 2/1395 I recently purchased a Javelin. I don't know what year it is and hope someone can assist with the h
Snap and Swivel Shackles sailcapt340 at 5:51am 07.08.15 Big Boats 0/739 I have to replace my Topping Lift and Jib Halyard on my 2000 340. I know that I have a "D Shackle"
a cautionary note on Seaward water heaters (4) Bob 04 H260 at 5:28am 07.08.15 Ask All Sailors 52/12905 While living on our boat last January we had quite a scare. Suddenly the cabin filled with smoke. We
Adding spinnaker halyard to mast flynhi4u at 5:12am 07.08.15 Smaller Boats 15/7802 We are hoping to build our spinnaker from a Sailrite kit this winter and I am starting to think abou
Halyard diameter flynhi4u at 5:03am 07.08.15 Smaller Boats 8/1384 With the new paint all done and the leaks fixed it is time to get new halyards for our 1983 Hunter 2
Universal 5411 Exhaust jollymon2 at 4:37am 07.08.15 Catalina 30 2/1242 After leaving an anchorage with very heavy vegetation I noticed that no water was spitting out of th
Hood seafurl model 810 gspeckma at 12:14am 07.08.15 Parts Search 3/2072 Looking for parts for 810 furler, specificly the feed extrusion tube.
how does the new search work? jmczzz at 11:19pm 07.07.15 Catalina 22 2/485 I do not get hits when I use the search above? It worked befor. Are there new procedures? James
Do you ask for or use help with dock lines when you come in? Stu Jackson at 10:30pm 07.07.15 Ask All Sailors 40/5582 Many folks have reported having trouble with "helping hands" when they dock. Many times they only m
Storage space on an 8.5 jguyer at 9:10pm 07.07.15 S2 2/1160 I'm getting ready to go on a 19 day cruise on my 8.5. Everything is out of the boat, so I am startin
Sail area and stress higgs at 8:11pm 07.07.15 Ask All Sailors 2/716 Anyone know a formula for figuring how many #s of stress a given sail area imposes on a stay/running
Self tending Jib bigpapaporsche at 7:54pm 07.07.15 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 0/1302 I am not sure if this is the appropriate location for this post or not, but lets see what happens. I
Hunter 34 Maxwell winch service Ilanortho at 7:39pm 07.07.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/3124 Hi all; Just purchased H34. All 4 Maxwell winches badly in need of lube/ service. Before I disassem
Oops Newport Bob at 7:20pm 07.07.15 Musings With Maine Sail 0/910 MainE, Sorry for the mistype Love your state - and have sailed from Maine to Florida

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airhorn install Allan12210 at 4:14pm 01.10.24 looks cool. but i hate the price. especially when there is 3 options. just the tool, just tool and
airhorn install Anomymous 163294 at 4:10pm 01.10.24 I just happened to run across this. https://impacttrainhorns.com/products/ridgid-train-horn-150db?
airhorn install kappykaplan at 4:01pm 01.10.24 street legal ebike mine does not have the mufflers So the ebike bit threw me for a loop! :beer:
airhorn install (1) Anomymous 163294 at 3:55pm 01.10.24 well after many hours of deliberation and hming and hawing along with many busting my chops on this
Acoustic guitar and boats. LaDonaMina at 3:47pm 01.10.24
airhorn install Allan12210 at 3:27pm 01.10.24 I just happened to run across this. https://impacttrainhorns.com/products/ridgid-train-horn-150db?v
Windshield H430 Leaking Crazy Dave Condon at 3:27pm 01.10.24 Do not post private information on the forum. Do that by private message. I sent a private message
Acoustic guitar and boats. Maine Sail at 3:26pm 01.10.24 I used to keep a small Martin on the boat unfortunately I can no longer sailor play guitar. So my d
Acoustic guitar and boats. LaDonaMina at 3:25pm 01.10.24 I definitely do not leave an acoustic guitar on the boat. I bring the guitar or my portable recordin
New Electronics - Is this about right? (1) rpwillia at 2:38pm 01.10.24 Found this manual and this appears to be the set up John got. The wind, speed and depth sensors get
60 best Boats 30' and under Boomer2it at 2:22pm 01.10.24 Biased, but I'd to see the early 80's Hunter Cherubini 30 on the list. Solid build and still sailing
Windshield H430 Leaking Crazy Dave Condon at 2:20pm 01.10.24 Do you have an American phone number I can call. I am a retired Hunter dealer. Dave Condon
60 best Boats 30' and under Alan Gomes at 1:40pm 01.10.24 Yup. Most of the time the boat wont get far enough into the wind to do so. I have no issues when sa
Compression post on Hunter 37.5 Legend (7) Gaudet19 at 1:40pm 01.10.24 I had the same water infiltration problem in mast post on my 1994 Hunter 30T due to poor quality ins
1978 Pacific Seacraft 25 Pericles at 1:00pm 01.10.24 Based on the YSM we once had on a boat I'm going to say No. Nor on the other 3 different Yanmar di
1978 Pacific Seacraft 25 Sailor Sue at 12:44pm 01.10.24 Are there glow plugs on my 1978 Yanmar YSM one cylinder? Based on the YSM we once had on a boat I'
Acoustic guitar and boats. dmax at 12:35pm 01.10.24 Acoustic guitar and electric bass but not on the boat - the boat/ocean isn't that great of an enviro
Discouraging article on older Jenneau Sun Odyssey fixed port replacements tfox2069 at 11:51am 01.10.24 Am I correct in assuming that the window is made of thin material, otherwise, it wouldn't break apa
airhorn install Anomymous 163294 at 11:41am 01.10.24 i had a horn on my 18 fter as well. is that irrantionale? i think all boats , just like vehicles sho
Discouraging article on older Jenneau Sun Odyssey fixed port replacements Project_Mayhem at 11:28am 01.10.24 Am I correct in assuming that the window is made of thin material, otherwise, it wouldn't break apar

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