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NOAA forecasts (1) Piotr at 8:55pm 10.20.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 32/3275 are not very accurate. For those of you who read my other post (to reef or not to reef), you know th
3-blade prop:pitch and diameter for '83 O'Day 28 RBilly at 7:21pm 10.20.14 Bigger Boats 2/1369 Purchased last May an '83 O'day 28 with 5411 Univeral ( Kubota) diesel. Has a 12" dia x 11" pitch p
Cap shroud tension eugenesdream24 at 7:19pm 10.20.14 Ask All Sailors 9/3394 I am reading a lot about shroud tension since I noticed today that my cap shroud is much looser than
Last Sail of the Season! Ward H at 6:57pm 10.20.14 Ask All Sailors 6/931 Finished up the season with a day sail with the Admiral on Friday and then another day sail with a b
Looking for Interest in a Trailer Sailor Event at Lake Texom Barnacle Bob at 6:55pm 10.20.14 Trailer Sailors 9/3786 Ahoy, My name is Captain Bob. We are considering a Trailer Sailor event around the first week of Apr
Port-Starboard Question rpwillia at 6:27pm 10.20.14 Racing 30/20655 Last Saturday I was racing in a race and came across another boat on starboard tack when I was on po
H376 Help for Raising Mainsail (7) John Murphy at 6:11pm 10.20.14 Big Boats 1/1088 Dan ' Others Interested, Sorry for being sooo late in posting this info ' pics. but I am seriously "
Non-skid paint for H170 plastic deck? mark2 at 5:58pm 10.20.14 Day Sailers 0/1115 Hi all, I am making some repairs to several cracks in the deck of our 170. I had to pull up the anti
Non slip surface restoration Rick Templeton at 4:43pm 10.20.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/586 Looking into refinishing the non slip surfaces on our 340. Getting some nicks and stains under the m
cockpit enclosure Richard Olden at 3:54pm 10.20.14 Ask All Sailors 9/6938 I am attempting to get some cost I formation on a cockpit enclosure for a Catalina 400. I am looking
Water Pressure Pump Dutch1 at 3:33pm 10.20.14 C&C 0/1668 I have three water tanks on my C'C Landfall 38 and ran out of water. Found out because the fresh wa
Sail Care mmsailor at 1:59pm 10.20.14 Smaller Boats 9/1649 I thought there was a company that did a re resin process to bring life back to older sails . I real
Johnson or Yamaha Outboard?? eugenesdream24 at 1:23pm 10.20.14 Ask All Sailors 37/7063 Hey everyone, I am putting a 9.9 long shaft on the back of my Irwin 28 since my Atomic 4 seems to be
sprider cracks on the hull Richard Olden at 1:03pm 10.20.14 Big Boats 1/1059 I am looking at buying a Catalina 400 and I noticed there are some spider cracks on the hull just ab
Transmission Slipping in Forward peter_ms at 11:52am 10.20.14 Catalina 310 3/978 I don't have the damper plate issue but my transmission is now slipping in forward. This is presumab
shore power hummingbirdbassist at 10:22am 10.20.14 Big Boats 3/772 1980 hunter 30 Plug shore power plug into shore plug, Plug into boat,,,,,, no red light when flippi
Installing auto pilot H 29.5 james295 at 9:24am 10.20.14 Mid-Size Boats 3/1054 Almost finished installing ,ray marine ev 100 . I have a couple of questions, the wheel drive motor
Keel Bolt Backing Plates (1) Rhendy30 at 8:27am 10.20.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/2539 I would like to do this with my Catalina 30 BEFORE I experience any problems... I have a little h
8.0a - Life line stantions (5) jlillie at 7:39am 10.20.14 S2 5/836 Hi everyone. I know I've neglected to post for several months related to my restoration of my 8.0a.
Did I winterize right? njlarry at 7:19am 10.20.14 Engines and Propulsion 6/1955 Just winterized my MD-25XPB for the first time and wonder if I did it right. We ran 6 3/4 gallons o

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How do you prove you can sail a boat? dlochner at 10:46am 07.26.23 From the California Boater Card FAQ: Q: Who will be exempt from needing a Boater Card? A: Accordin
H41 inner forestay? (2) Windpilot at 10:44am 07.26.23 B&R rig does not need running backstays, i don't have the dimensions, I had my sailmaker design it.
How do you prove you can sail a boat? jviss at 10:21am 07.26.23 From the California Boater Card FAQ: Q: Who will be exempt from needing a Boater Card? A: According
H41 inner forestay? jericks3 at 9:48am 07.26.23 I suppose. Did you end up adding running back stays or changing the rigging at all. Appreciate the a
H41 inner forestay? Windpilot at 9:35am 07.26.23 Chainplate was made by Seatek, cost of that part was insignificant compared to everything else.
How do you prove you can sail a boat? LloydB at 9:10am 07.26.23 Does this apply to out of state boaters in CA? So this rule only applies to Californians so everybod
Hunter 386 Throttle/Shifter cable replacement Gary Ryan at 9:00am 07.26.23 Hi Jim....Yanmar 3JH3E 40HP
Another What is It? Jacktar at 8:28am 07.26.23 Windless aft of hawsepipe also not logical unless you are hoisting anchor at side of bow instead of
Capping a Black Water Tank's Access to Macerator Hayden Watson at 8:21am 07.26.23 On my 88 C30 the macerator was threaded into the T-fitting out of the tank. I unscrewed the macerat
DIY tiller tamer fails ('68 Javelin) Hayden Watson at 8:17am 07.26.23 On my tiller boats, I used a good piece of nylon dock line that was looped over one stern cleat ran
Hunter smile / keel movement JamesG161 at 8:14am 07.26.23 Oops I was wrong, sorry. Your keel is inside your Fiberglass hull. Jim...
Another What is It? LakeShark at 8:13am 07.26.23 Hey Will. I checked after your comment and see that there are several screws several inches aft of
Hunter 386 Throttle/Shifter cable replacement JamesG161 at 8:00am 07.26.23 What size engine do you have and model number? Jim...
Hunter smile / keel movement (1) JamesG161 at 7:53am 07.26.23 On your boat. ..
Hunter smile / keel movement (1) JamesG161 at 7:47am 07.26.23 Did you know that the winged keel is attached to the boat fiberglass?
Raytheon Chart Platter Question for Old School Folks Rick D at 7:12am 07.26.23 Rick- Wouldn't comparing the manuals for the RL70 and the RC520 show the differences? I had a RL70
Hunter smile / keel movement Gypsy hunter at 7:12am 07.26.23
Hunter smile / keel movement Gypsy hunter at 7:11am 07.26.23
Hunter smile / keel movement (1) Gypsy hunter at 7:10am 07.26.23 Thanks all for the input. Just got some different advice from the local keel guy basically saying i
Hunter smile / keel movement JamesG161 at 7:10am 07.26.23 Have you found more than three keelboats? My H430 has 3 major sized and 4 minor sized ones. Jim..

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