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leaky windows woodzy at 9:12am 11.23.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 24/4096 First and foremost I want to say thanks to all who have answered my posts you've been most helpful.
Engine Instruments JHoward at 7:59am 11.23.14 Big Boats 10/2741 My 1980 H37.5C has the original ignition and tach and heat guages, mounted on the forward cockpit bu
Irwin 37 Competition Ronthecaptain at 6:50am 11.23.14 Irwin 1/3322 Hi! Looking for more info from owners about Irwin 37 Competition. Basic info from sailboat data and
Electrical Problem (only on the hard) tmod30 at 4:00am 11.23.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1037 I am having a problem with my electric system, only while on the hard. The GFI on the outlet I am pl
Admiral Control Panel Problem Yellowjeepman at 9:12pm 11.22.14 Ask All Sailors 5/1335 I have an O'day 34 with a Universal 25XPA. My Admiral control panel gauges have stopped working. My
Sabre 30 Spinnaker Carlsdan at 7:55pm 11.22.14 Sabre Sailboats 7/6121 I am looking for Sabre owners experience and recommendations for light air down wind sailing . I
l�ger jeu dans le gouvernail hunter33 2004 michel06440 at 7:21pm 11.22.14 Mid-Size Boats 5/1461
Parks Bay Terry Cox at 6:45pm 11.22.14 Pacific North West Cruisers 0/1106 Over the years we have frequently used Parks Bay located on the west side of Shaw Island as a layove
VHF radio slowdog at 4:30pm 11.22.14 Ask All Sailors 4/1345 I am looking at a cobra MRHH500FLTBT radio who has one and do you like it ?
keel plugs mick hodapp at 1:42pm 11.22.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1555 hi folks, a quick question from a newby. will water come in thru the keel bolt hole when motoring wi
Mast repair (5) doc2b4fun at 11:39am 11.22.14 Smaller Boats 22/3695 hello all, i am looking for some advice as to how best repair my problem. I have a hunter 23.5
Any of you doing a Thankgiving sail? RECESS at 11:07am 11.22.14 Ask All Sailors 27/3260 About seven years ago I grew tired of dealing with my sister in law getting hammered every Thanksgiv
Myth or Fact: Porthole Gaskets and Mineral Spirits/Vaseline Brian D at 9:56am 11.22.14 Ask All Sailors 28/16816 OK all you old salts. You have a rubber gasket around your portholes. They look in good condition bu
rigging donelanc at 8:56am 11.22.14 Bigger Boats 2/851 I purchased a 272le 1988 and have been working on it to launch in spring. I took the sails to Doyle
Freshwater Boat Adschantz at 6:09am 11.22.14 The Cherubini Hunters 5/1001 I am looking at a nice looking 1984 Hunter 37C for sale that has spent it's entire existence on a fr
Thanks to all... SailFysh at 5:42am 11.22.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/749 Just a quick thank you to everyone who offered comments and advice when we purchased a 2003 Catalina
Holding tank replacement?? mytime at 7:29pm 11.21.14 Catalina 30 9/1616 We just purchased a 20 year old Catalina 30. Two issues regarding holding tank... 1) It seems to fi
H30 Rudder Rebuild (2) Famos_Amos at 6:10pm 11.21.14 Mid-Size Boats 6/1495 Well, I started in on the list of winter projects today with what I hoped would be a small job dryin
40.7 cockpit floor yachtsman at 4:22pm 11.21.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1322 Does anyone know of a company that supplies grated (removable) teak floor for the 40.7 first.?
Reefing Methods; Pros and Cons (3) McIntoshUSA at 11:30am 11.21.14 Ask All Sailors 44/11902 We bought our boat in April 2014 and I have never reefed it yet. I have read how to reef the mainsai

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MUSETTA Cruising the Atlantic and the Weather JamesG161 at 11:16am 08.02.23 John started 2 posts This one should be used for the Weather info. _______ Sailing adventures of
H170 versus H18 experience tasmith822 at 11:15am 08.02.23 Mark2, Thank you for your write-up. I also sailed in the Raleigh area with some dailsailers up to 1
MUSETTA Cruising the Atlantic and the Weather kappykaplan at 11:08am 08.02.23 Damn straight! "Running under sail at 6 to 7 knots! Love it!" Good on you! :beer:
MUSETTA Cruising the Atlantic and the Weather kappykaplan at 11:07am 08.02.23 It is weather forecasting...:cool: We can bat 500 :yikes: and be better than most. :biggrin: Oh, y
Need first hand info on the 2007 Hunter 33 DmacSails at 11:04am 08.02.23 Hi - We own a 2004 H33. This is our third Hunter in this size range (326 and 336 previously). We r
Pearson Ensign a good first boat (given context in the post)? jssailem at 11:02am 08.02.23 I trailered and sailed the Montgomery 15 for 18 years. Terrific boat, very easy to solo sail a bit s
Pearson Ensign a good first boat (given context in the post)? jssailem at 10:54am 08.02.23 All of these boat in a size less than 30ft are easy to sail solo. With skill you can likely solo sai
Pearson Ensign a good first boat (given context in the post)? (9) rgranger at 10:53am 08.02.23 Good info... So you mentioned swimming off of your boat... and solo sailing...so here are two more
Battery Confusion.. jssailem at 10:48am 08.02.23 Led lights are A great modification to the traditional lights used in boats from 80's. @JoeWhite
MUSETTA Cruising the Atlantic and the Weather jssailem at 10:29am 08.02.23 It is weather forecasting...:cool: We can bat 500 :yikes: and be better than most. :biggrin:
Alder Barbour Refrigeration Hayden Watson at 10:20am 08.02.23 According to the AB manual that John linked to, there is over-voltage protection, but it is at 17v.
Applying Cetol question JamesG161 at 10:14am 08.02.23 @Ralph Johnstone has the best things to use on Teak and its final finishing. He has pictures too.
MUSETTA Cruising the Atlantic and the Weather JamesG161 at 10:08am 08.02.23 Just in from Dave... "Running under sail at 6 to 7 knots! Love it!" Jim and John
MUSETTA Cruising the Atlantic and the Weather dLj at 10:07am 08.02.23 Damn straight!
MUSETTA Cruising the Atlantic and the Weather JamesG161 at 10:03am 08.02.23 @jssailem and I spent several hours today on skirting the weather issues. @dLj is now on the correc
Alder Barbour Refrigeration Hayden Watson at 10:02am 08.02.23 Hello all... ... I also suspect something to do with the high Float Voltage (have seen on Danfoss s
Battery Confusion.. Timm R Oday25 at 9:56am 08.02.23 While I agree with everything that's been already posted , I humbly offer a few thoughts . Our 12 vo
DIY tiller tamer fails ('68 Javelin) Hayden Watson at 9:55am 08.02.23 Interesting, Hayden - I had tried straight across, but the boat still either moved away from the wi
Ruddercraft Lower Pintle Failure AndreInPortland at 9:50am 08.02.23 It's definitely frustrating that they have a clear manufacturing defect. I just called Ruddercraft a
Pearson Ensign a good first boat (given context in the post)? Anchored87 at 9:49am 08.02.23 Revisiting this idea... and following up on what @jssailem said... I think we could be more helpfu

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