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need bigger anchor richk at 5:02am 09.04.14 Ask All Sailors 13/2150 Just bought a new Marlow-Hunter 37 with a delta 22 lb anchor. I'm not comfortable with it; it doe
Replacing Diesel with Electric Engine TriSwiss at 10:06pm 09.03.14 Ask All Sailors 74/13084 I'm curious if anyone has considered replacing their old Diesel Engine with either an Electric Engin
Water Leak Discovered Piratenorm at 8:24pm 09.03.14 Catalina 30 3/1075 I have discovered the source of my long-annoying water leak, but I don't know what's the reason. My
Super Disko 45 (Really) colinhulse at 6:19pm 09.03.14 Ask All Sailors 3/5012 Anyone know anything about a steel hull 45 footer called a 'Super Disko 45'. There is one foe sale n
Cushion Material Needed knotycal at 6:15pm 09.03.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/632 I have a 1997 36 CC Clipper. I've gone and lost my cushion cover to the interior seat, section port
H340 - Where to keep spare anchor? Robby in WA at 4:37pm 09.03.14 Big Boats 8/1285 Where do you guys keep you stern/spare anchor?
Yanmar Starting Issue - H380 Capn D at 3:52pm 09.03.14 Big Boats 12/2827 First off, thanks to Ed Schenck for the drawing and information on Yanmar's starting problem. We ha
Selling a boat----Wiring Lost Parent at 3:25pm 09.03.14 Ask All Sailors 12/1424 If I am selling a mid 1980s boat do I have to upgrade the 110 volt wiring before selling
Warning buzzer question BioAndy at 2:52pm 09.03.14 Ask All Sailors 4/1136 Hello fellow sailors, I had an issue with my fuel system this past weekend. I sail a 1976 Pearson 36
Kittiwake Fittings kimbo9591 at 12:04pm 09.03.14 Kittiewake 2/1568 Can somebody please inform me what the original winches were on the sailboat and what they could be
Cutting & Drilling - Rules and Warnings Macboy at 11:30am 09.03.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/618 Dad and I are going to be tinkering with the new (to us) boat all winter. The PO installed a DIN mou
Nicro Marine Solar Day/Night vent jonelli at 11:24am 09.03.14 Catalina 30 28/10344 Hey All, I have one of these vents in my cabin ceiling: http://www.westmarine.com/buy/nicro-ventil
Sense 50 zzmeyer at 8:47am 09.03.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/1630 Just ordered a Sense 50. I sail Southern California to Sea of Cortez. 1000 miles downwind sail and
Portable (standing) AC Units - Which brand? down_shift at 8:12am 09.03.14 Ask All Sailors 39/4059 I've searched the threads but did not see much about the preferred brand for the free standing porta
New 299 owner question Great White North at 6:38am 09.03.14 Seidelmann 4/3138 New owner of a project boat. Looking for where the head tank was located and what size it was. Pics
The Silence Downeast (5) Roger Long at 5:49am 09.03.14 Roger Long - The further adventures of Strider 1/1403
Water inside the hull Sailor 3269 at 1:07am 09.03.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 17/2036 I have water between the hull ' I don't know how to describe it maybe the fiberglass '"the hull Can
buying a small sailing boat spiros at 11:56pm 09.02.14 Ask All Sailors 8/1284 beneteau first 27.7s or jeanneau sun odyssey 30i ? both boats are 2009 models and we are trying to f
Shaft Couplers and Isolators Rick D at 8:36pm 09.02.14 Musings With Maine Sail 0/963 (I had this buried in another post so I'm moving it here:) I may have to replace my shaft next haul.
Rettop rettop at 8:17pm 09.02.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/709 I'm looking for a simple recomendation for a new Jib/headsail for my 1990 26. I been reading a lot o

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aluminum frame portlights or frameless acrylic? xavpil at 4:11pm 11.10.22 I think 3/8" would be overkill the windows are fairly small on the C 27 ... finally found a pic of
Removed fixed prop ... boat speed improved immensely! Tally Ho at 3:36pm 11.10.22 I feel like we are being pranked @Scott T-Bird ! Greg
Holding Tank Ventilation Don S/V ILLusion at 3:30pm 11.10.22 Sorry, I probably should have provided more context about the advice in @Peggie Hall HeadMistress '
Help! Engine problem :( kappykaplan at 3:19pm 11.10.22 Congratulations on some excellent detective work and repair! :beer:
Black Widow vs VC-17M? dlochner at 3:13pm 11.10.22
Help! Engine problem :( flightlead404 at 3:04pm 11.10.22 Jury is still out but its looking like I may have dodged a giant bullet on this one. Spent the day
Black Widow vs VC-17M? Davidasailor26 at 2:57pm 11.10.22 Already he has told me that going from a genoa to the 102% jib would only buy me three seconds. See
Black Widow vs VC-17M? stickinthemud57 at 2:47pm 11.10.22 It is a system that is good in theory however in actual practice it would hard to think of worse ra
Black Widow vs VC-17M? Davidasailor26 at 2:43pm 11.10.22
aluminum frame portlights or frameless acrylic? (1) Hollyberry at 2:40pm 11.10.22 I think 3/8" would be overkill the windows are fairly small on the C 27 ... finally found a pic of t
Fuel pick location for a Diesel heater mermike at 2:37pm 11.10.22 I have an insulating sock from a deisel heater I replaced. I instaled the new heater about 3' from
aluminum frame portlights or frameless acrylic? xavpil at 2:10pm 11.10.22 HollyBerry is right on. Plexiglas is a trade name for acrylic. The optical best kind is the cast st
Sick JRacer at 1:11pm 11.10.22 Glad to hear you are doing better, Dave.
Fuel pick location for a Diesel heater Head Sail at 12:59pm 11.10.22 Like most DIY projects, I checked with some of my cruising friends and found a heater offered by Am
Sick patbratton at 12:50pm 11.10.22 I am so sorry to hear that you were ill. I am glad that you are feeling better.
Sleeping in the Walmart Parking Lot (1) Tedd at 12:49pm 11.10.22 Where are the pictures so we know this actually did happen?? (show some pictures of your new toy!!
Fuel pick location for a Diesel heater Head Sail at 12:47pm 11.10.22 With great difficulty. Plan is to run 30mm exhaust tubing in a heavy insulating sock to the transom
aluminum frame portlights or frameless acrylic? xavpil at 12:38pm 11.10.22 Another trick is to dry-fit the new window, mask the outline and paint the overlay surfaces black b
Removed fixed prop ... boat speed improved immensely! Parsons at 12:35pm 11.10.22 So you had that four-blade bronze prop on your Catalina 32? Go ahead and pull the other one. I'll b
Removed fixed prop ... boat speed improved immensely! Hello Below at 12:35pm 11.10.22 Adjust the pitch, remove one blade and you'll be fine.

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