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YachtWeather vs. PocketGrib Apps - different forecasts? down_shift at 7:57am 10.24.14 Ask All Sailors 7/1349 Planning a leisurely sail from Herring Bay to Knapps Narrows or Oxford this weekend. At 2p on Sat
Strange Electrical Issue (2) JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 7:20am 10.24.14 Musings With Maine Sail 31/12982
Strange Electrical Issue (2) JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 7:19am 10.24.14 Catalina 310 13/5897
Cockpit location of RAM and speaker rbringle at 5:06am 10.24.14 Ask All Sailors 17/2116 My Standard Horizon VHF radio is in the cabin on my Gulf 29. I would now like to add a RAM mic and
Dock water attachment Akapeterc at 4:28am 10.24.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1026 My Hunter 44DS has a water attachment on the stern to connect a hose to a tap at the marina. Is ther
Winter Cover for Cat 30 T.R. Steve k at 2:46am 10.24.14 Catalina 30 2/1276 I purchased a 1988 Cat 30 MKII in August. The former owner had a canvas cover for winter storage. Tu
Looking for a part. (1) JoeD at 8:32pm 10.23.14 Ask All Sailors 9/1180 Hi am rebuilding my Universal 5432 which is a Kubota V1501 block. Need what they call a knock bolt.
3D Printed Model of a Sailboat rpwillia at 7:51pm 10.23.14 Ask All Sailors 7/3339 Saw on Sailing Anarchy there was a guy printing 3D sailboats from the CAD drawings at the Annapolis
Anyone modified their Crane? Added a rpwillia at 7:32pm 10.23.14 Catalina 310 2/849 I did re-position my spinnaker halyard to come out of the top sheave and added a block to the crane
Water pump failure (2) njlarry at 7:11pm 10.23.14 Engines and Propulsion 8/1395 Looks like I need a new pump. These pics are of a Sherwood with only 99 hrs on the engine. The engin
Swing keel weight Terryl754 at 6:56pm 10.23.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/2974 I have a 78 venture 25. Looked it up on sailboatdata.com and it listed the swing keel weight as 800
What is the best way to raise my weight in a Bosun Chair? McIntoshUSA at 5:51pm 10.23.14 Ask All Sailors 19/5632 My neighbor has a Bosun Chair, but it's not easy for him to raise my weight with my winch. I underst
Thoughts on Flexible Water Tanks Bad Obsession at 5:13pm 10.23.14 Ask All Sailors 9/1618 Next spring I am doing some more refit. One project deals with the water tank situation on my boat.
ElectroSan System MMcD at 5:09pm 10.23.14 S2 13/3081 We just bought a S2 9.2 center cockpit. We are looking to replace the ElectroSan marine head system
Are early eightyish oday 28's any good Hobieandy at 4:12pm 10.23.14 Bigger Boats 24/10110 I am considering a 1981 oday 28 for 1500. Can anyone tell me what kind of keel it has and if it i
tranny damper plate valcour at 4:12pm 10.23.14 Catalina 310 10/2493 Lots of recent info on past replacements of damper plate M-25b xpb. I have some rattling noise at i
Double ended mooring Rick J B at 4:00pm 10.23.14 Big Boats 0/1020 Hi ! I'm planning to go on a double ended mooring with our Catalina 42 Mk2 in Orange county -USA.
Anyone heard of Iona? SocalSailor at 2:37pm 10.23.14 Ask All Sailors 5/4878 I am looking seriously at buying a larger boat. I looked over a 30 ft listed near me. It is an Ion
Tool Rental wufibugs at 1:48pm 10.23.14 Ask All Sailors 5/1417 The post about shroud tensioning got me thinking about rarely used tools and wondered if anyone knew
erratic engine performance rgarrison@gmail.com at 12:45pm 10.23.14 Catalina 30 10/1061 I recently did some work on my engine, new fuel lines, filters, head gasket, etc. Also flushed the f

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De-powering water heater for winter Leeward Rail at 3:28pm 11.21.22 Fwiw I would install a better circuit breaker so that you can simply turn it off in the future. Hope
Keel crack Davidasailor26 at 3:22pm 11.21.22 If you are lucky, what you have is just failed fairing compound. If so, the repair will be fairly e
Clever Boat Names jon hansen at 3:18pm 11.21.22 FUJIMO, famous 50' FRER'S RACER with a red hull. detroit racer came home and told his wife, Jane th
Clever Boat Names jon hansen at 3:12pm 11.21.22 Erie feeling
De-powering water heater for winter D. Inscho at 3:05pm 11.21.22 Thank you! There is a breaker for the water heater but it is a push button panel allowing only and "
Racing rule questions Davidasailor26 at 3:03pm 11.21.22 So, the takeaway for me is to always try to pass to windward of a boat on an upwind leg. As long as
De-powering water heater for winter JoeWhite at 2:57pm 11.21.22 There must be a circuit breaker on the panel. If not, disconnect the shore power then disconnect the
De-powering water heater for winter dlochner at 2:53pm 11.21.22 Welcome to SBO. There should be a breaker on the main breaker panel for it. If not you need to inst
Clever Boat Names Wyo George at 2:51pm 11.21.22
Keel crack dlochner at 2:51pm 11.21.22
Racing rule questions stickinthemud57 at 2:39pm 11.21.22 Great responses! It's interesting that the "give way" boat (in this case boat A) can force the "stan
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida (1) Davidasailor26 at 2:37pm 11.21.22 Annapolis buoy reports water temperature of 49.5. Air temperature for the last 24 hours ranges from
Keel crack dlochner at 2:36pm 11.21.22 Wavy Gravy comes to mind! Now there's a reference the young folks won't know! There are many you
Starboard & Port tack confusion! dlochner at 2:35pm 11.21.22 This is easy to verify. The World Sailing Association, the governing body for international sailing
Starboard & Port tack confusion! kappykaplan at 2:33pm 11.21.22 Interesting, but it wouldn't surprise me at all that the Brits are contrary to the continent. As I
Starboard & Port tack confusion! Davidasailor26 at 2:25pm 11.21.22 Interesting. The Racing Rules of Sailing are published by World Sailing, not just a US organization,
Keel crack Scott T-Bird at 2:20pm 11.21.22 This is my Lead/Antimony Keel looked like, before being fixed. ung folks won't know!
Starboard & Port tack confusion! JamesG161 at 2:16pm 11.21.22 Geeez guys I know , I know... Titanic Sunk, 15 April 1912. Things have changed. Like Lifeboats.:f
Keel crack (1) JamesG161 at 2:12pm 11.21.22 This is my Lead/Antimony Keel looked like, before being fixed.
Starboard & Port tack confusion! Scott T-Bird at 2:10pm 11.21.22 Having spent around eight weeks sailing on Nicholson 55' sail training cutters in UK, I don't recal

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