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ASA 101 completed!!!! (1) T_Cat at 7:50pm 05.07.15 Catalina 22 17/2184 Just spent the last four days getting by ASA 101 cert. I had a blast playing around with Capri 22's.
they're still out there (1) dparilla at 7:49pm 05.07.15 Musings With Maine Sail 1/1321 Almost like the living dead...
Radar cable routing to the helm, Hunter 35.5 TommmD at 7:01pm 05.07.15 Big Boats 8/2420 Looking for input how best to run a radar cable to the helm. Adding mast-mounted radar ' can route i
How do I remove this port? (1) Ken Cross at 7:01pm 05.07.15 Ask All Sailors 3/1019 I have a Lewmar port that looks like someone tried to seal it with some black goop on the outside. N
Back-stay Rigging Question preacherman at 5:11pm 05.07.15 Smaller Boats 12/1838 I just bought a 1985 Hunter 23, I am new to sailing and am still learning terminology. So here goes,
Replacing Inner Shroud U bolts on 1985 Oday 35 Windseeker II at 4:40pm 05.07.15 Ask An Oday Owner 2/997 Corrosion resulted in the failure of one of the inner shroud U bolts on my 1985 Oday. I have replace
Soon I sea more of this. (2) rspeers at 4:15pm 05.07.15 Sirius 21/22 8/2677 Happy launch everyone!
Water Pump "burps" every 10 min rfrye1 at 3:50pm 05.07.15 Ask All Sailors 11/1397 Very annoying problem with this "burping". I have followed every line both hot and cold on the press
Impossible to pull up the rudder (1) SFKjeld at 3:04pm 05.07.15 Smaller Boats 20/3954 I have posted about this before. It is nearly impossible to get the rudder out of the water on my bo
coffee operations splax at 2:19pm 05.07.15 Big Boats 17/2539 Hello, I have been toying with the idea of roasting my own coffee. Just like sailing it is easy t
How do I anchor the mast? Frednick at 2:16pm 05.07.15 Catalina 22 8/1003 Hi Helpers, I am still finishing the boat, not in the water yet, but getting close. We bought it f
Yanmar SB8 disassembly... braol at 1:40pm 05.07.15 The Cherubini Hunters 5/2515 So, I disassembled the top of my Yanmar SB8 engine... ...isn't that how all bad stories start???
Adjust Tension Steering Cable DennisMansour at 1:07pm 05.07.15 Big Boats 3/4407 Good Day, Well after having a good look at the tension on my steering cable, is it the two extended
New companionway doors and tiller on my Hunter 23! (15) Paladin27 at 12:14pm 05.07.15 Smaller Boats 11/6275 My friend Mark is an excellent woodworking craftsman, he does all sorts of cabinets and custom home
Did you know...? Jim Legere at 11:35am 05.07.15 The Cherubini Hunters 1/624 I am one of those guys who doesn't stray far from the nest - I pretty much only ever log into the Ch
How much is too much? NC_C22 at 11:15am 05.07.15 Catalina 22 34/2964 I just read through the "Looking at buying a C22.." thread and is has me wondering, how much is too
What species wood veneer for Beneteau donvanv at 11:02am 05.07.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1662 I have a 98 Oceanus 36cc I purchased used and the instrument panel next to chart table had some obso
Speed and Depth Finder on 23.5 (1) SFKjeld at 8:49am 05.07.15 Smaller Boats 2/716 Shown here is the speed and depth indicator on my 23.5. From my experience so far, it does neither.
Flexible water tank troubles (2) Db421 at 8:33am 05.07.15 Ask All Sailors 3/922 Having a little trouble with my flexible water tank on my '83 h25. I removed it from the boat during
New to the forum & new to sailing Windtherapy at 8:03am 05.07.15 Day Sailers 8/1273 Hi everybody. Great site and hope to learn a lot here and have millions of questions. I just bought

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Engineering Issues Rick486 at 3:10am 07.04.23 Fatigue failure of a welded joint
Ideas, Thoughts, Recommendations, I'll Take Anything Rick486 at 2:48am 07.04.23 My forward opening hatch is a Bomar 1080-10A with a single support arm. Manufactured in 1998 and in
Ideas, Thoughts, Recommendations, I'll Take Anything Joe at 1:20am 07.04.23 Ralph, I wish I had constructive insight regarding the hatch issue. However, I will congratulate yo
Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery Syversens at 12:25am 07.04.23 How much solar do you have? Edit: And how large is your charger? Is it connected to the start batt
Ideas, Thoughts, Recommendations, I'll Take Anything JamesG161 at 12:15am 07.04.23 Bomar 1080-10A Mine is Bomar 1011-10 with 2 openers.;) I guess , just like your accumulator, shor
Fuel (In)Efficiency SFS at 11:43pm 07.03.23 Many diesel engines burn between 0.38 and 0.45 pounds of fuel per hour for each horsepower developed
Engineering Issues SoSound at 10:33pm 07.03.23 I saw this video this morning and wondered, how did the park safety team miss this on their AM insp
Sailing adventures of SV MUSETTA jssailem at 9:24pm 07.03.23 Sure. 2
35s5 Backstay Adjuster (3) Hollyberry at 9:08pm 07.03.23 We have a 3-part cascade in wire with a 6 part tackle on that.. with the cleating block up high for
Sailing adventures of SV MUSETTA jon hansen at 9:04pm 07.03.23 how many souls onboard? .... if i'm aloud to ask :)
Roller furling: where do I start? KCofKC at 8:27pm 07.03.23 There is more to a furler than just the furler. Most likely you will also have to make an adjustmen
Sailing adventures of SV MUSETTA (1) Michael Davis at 8:14pm 07.03.23 Current Destination is Lunenburg NS. Home of the Blue Nose
Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery stephen_i_w at 8:11pm 07.03.23 It just depends on why one decides to replace their Lead acid batteries. In my case, 3 years ago, I
35s5 Backstay Adjuster Mechone at 7:54pm 07.03.23 Your Boat originally came with a Barbarossa mechanical backstay that uses winch handle......try Eba
Schaefer traveller q's dlochner at 7:34pm 07.03.23 Back in the day when your boat was built the bearings in traveller cars were not captive meaning the
Small, easy soloing daysailing sailboat choice? PaulK at 7:29pm 07.03.23 The Mercury and Blue Jay are NOT the same boat. You do NOT want a Blue Jay to sail singlehanded. It
Identifying switch under nav station??? ron2photo at 6:44pm 07.03.23 Thank you, i will give it a try. What a weird place to put a switch.
shore power female-end fell in the water Egovos at 5:21pm 07.03.23 Yes I'll check the receptacle also
shore power female-end fell in the water Tally Ho at 5:15pm 07.03.23
shore power female-end fell in the water Egovos at 5:09pm 07.03.23 ok Thank you all. I'm using a Marinco cord, it may have been still wet and when I plugged into the b

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