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Electric Winch kair58 at 1:26pm 12.17.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/1790 I am replacing my standard Lewmar ST30 winch to a electric ST40 EVO. Rather than tie in to my house
Ches Bay Anchor Test Warren Milberg at 12:23pm 12.17.14 Ask All Sailors 33/5561 Some interesting and surprising observations and conclusions here: http://www.sailmagazine.com/ti
Gelcoat Repair Options? (5) hillzz22 at 11:13am 12.17.14 Catalina 30 2/1511 When I bought a 1976 Catalina 30 this past season, I noted some typical dock rash and other scrapes/
Cuba Terry in Naples at 10:08am 12.17.14 Ask All Sailors 134/16765 Am anxiously awaiting to see if sailing to Cuba will now be allowed. Having been at the university o
Muffler for Yamaha 25 Hales pass 29 at 8:49am 12.17.14 Yamaha 3/1911 I just bought a 1980 Yamaha 25 sailboat the engine, a yanmar ysm8, needs a new exhaust system includ
Naming my boat keljohnso at 8:48am 12.17.14 Catalina 22 9/1218 Anything I need to know about naming my boat?
"gap" - a little help (B361) (2) Philip_Oceanis 361 at 5:11am 12.17.14 Ask All Sailors 5/1605
New to me (used) Sails (5) pateco at 3:42am 12.17.14 Mid-Size Boats 6/1098 First replacement sail just arrived for my 1983 Hunter 31. Ulman Main Sail. Measurements are:
First 38 NatchezFirst at 2:49am 12.17.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/891 Just bought a Beneteau First 38 with no mainsail. Does anyone know the size needed for the mast luff
choosing water heater 83 hunter 34 hunter healer at 4:39pm 12.16.14 Big Boats 8/2135 Im trying to get the best water heater to do the job without the gold plating. I removed the old wat
Winches Jdaniel343 at 3:49pm 12.16.14 Mid-Size Boats 8/1860 I am thinking about replacing my genoa winches from #16 to #30. What is your opinion? Is this neces
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Singlehanded sailing RichardW43 at 3:39pm 12.16.14 Ask All Sailors 20/4508 Can anyone recommend a good book on singlehanded sailing geared towards a novice sailor
Bicycle GPS speedo for boat Daveinet at 3:34pm 12.16.14 Ask All Sailors 16/4049 Anyone ever used a bicycle GPS speedometer on their boat? Have been wanting to install a speedo of s
Leaking in the yard (2) gsherwood at 3:15pm 12.16.14 Sirius 21/22 41/8783 I am a new Sirius 21 owner. 1981 #441. I have noticed water in the compartment under the sink. I ha
owner modifications for oceanis 31 gmerrill at 2:31pm 12.16.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1311 sorry for my ignorance, but I am having trouble getting to the owner modifications for an oceanis 31
Deleting a Posting Ralph Johnstone at 1:50pm 12.16.14 Forum Help (Site Talk) 6/2210 How does one go about deleting a posted article from the "Sailboat KnowledgeBase" ? Accidentally p
Colors Bleeding on Spinnaker Bad Obsession at 1:43pm 12.16.14 Ask All Sailors 0/865 So my new Asymmetrical Spinnaker was used and cheap because a color bled into other colors on the sa
Beneteau Oceanis 31 gmerrill at 9:06am 12.16.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 12/8011 I'm new to the forum and I don't even own a Beneteau yet. I'm looking to move up to a beneteau 31 o

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H38 - How to prevent anchor chain piling up and jamming windlass flightlead404 at 12:39pm 09.13.23 If your anchor locker looks similar to @Ralph Johnstone's then it wasn't designed for 200' of chain
Anyone know if this Mercury 9.9 is 2 stroke or is 4 stroke? I seems too old to be 4. Its on a Hunter 260. -- ALEX (1) jviss at 12:27pm 09.13.23 A most distinctive characteristic is weigh, a Mercury 9.9 HP 4 stroke engine will weigh around 85
H38 - How to prevent anchor chain piling up and jamming windlass dlochner at 12:27pm 09.13.23 If your anchor locker looks similar to @Ralph Johnstone's then it wasn't designed for 200' of chain.
Pricing advice. What to ask for original 1981 sails, rudder & tiller Roland5048 at 12:09pm 09.13.23 I brought my old main and jib to a shop that made totes out of them. They made me a really nice tot
Hunter 33.5 false bilge? plenny7 at 12:08pm 09.13.23 @wony I didn't drill any holes. I sucked out the liquid through the weep holes which were already t
Raritan PHII long term review Richard19068 at 12:00pm 09.13.23 Thanks for the details Ralph! Very helpful. As you mentioned, the manual doesn't specifically addre
27 Mast Gate Options shank at 11:53am 09.13.23 Looks like I'll have to try and make one. The mast on the 27 is a unusual in that the track protrude
H38 - How to prevent anchor chain piling up and jamming windlass Terry Cox at 11:46am 09.13.23 Been a solo sailor for years, even with crew on board. Our boat has an electric windlass and a shall
H38 - How to prevent anchor chain piling up and jamming windlass (1) Ralph Johnstone at 11:35am 09.13.23 There is no simple solution to this problem unless you want to rebuild the anchor locker and then ex
NMEA2000 Micro-C Connector Prices jviss at 11:22am 09.13.23 What you are referring to is a DIN connector . I do not believe that is correct. The 5 pin DIN's
Oh my sweet rotten unicorn. MikeHoncho at 11:17am 09.13.23 Regarding AC power....I would consider not removing the AC circuits or capability. Most owners use
Mast up winter storage Sailor Sue at 10:59am 09.13.23 Thanks for all the responses. The consensus seems to be that lots of people store boats with the ma
Anyone know if this Mercury 9.9 is 2 stroke or is 4 stroke? I seems too old to be 4. Its on a Hunter 260. -- ALEX Benny17441 at 10:54am 09.13.23 A most distinctive characteristic is weigh, a Mercury 9.9 HP 4 stroke engine will weigh around 85 l
NMEA2000 Micro-C Connector Prices Timm R Oday25 at 10:52am 09.13.23 What you are referring to is a DIN connector . DIN is a set of european standards that specify the
H38 - How to prevent anchor chain piling up and jamming windlass flightlead404 at 10:33am 09.13.23 The windlass doesn't pull the boat, it picks up the chain from the bottom until the catenary is gon
H38 - How to prevent anchor chain piling up and jamming windlass dlochner at 10:25am 09.13.23 All good advice heere, but the OP wanted to know how to keep the anchor chain from piling up and ja
H38 - How to prevent anchor chain piling up and jamming windlass Rich Stidger at 10:15am 09.13.23 All good advice heere, but the OP wanted to know how to keep the anchor chain from piling up and jam
Invest 95L JamesG161 at 10:11am 09.13.23 I deleted the sound, but it does get idea across of the Ride they get inside the aircraft. Heroes f
Invest 95L (1) JamesG161 at 10:08am 09.13.23 A quick movie on the Hurricane Hunters flight into Hurricane Lee,''
H38 - How to prevent anchor chain piling up and jamming windlass dlochner at 10:05am 09.13.23 Yeah its the strong wind/current situations that will be a problem. I certainly don't want to pull

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