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Leaking water supply line? dph123 at 7:32pm 03.29.14 Mid-Size Boats 3/742 I have had my Hunter 310 since last fall and sailed a bit this winter. Just got bottom paint and so
Active Captain Ken Cross at 6:02pm 03.29.14 Ask All Sailors 25/1120 I've just joined Active Captain and EBoatCards. I've noticed no groups associated with middle or nor
Hunter 216 Outboard Shaft Length varcelus at 5:31pm 03.29.14 Engines and Propulsion 2/1463 I have a Hunter 216 and about to buy an outboard. What is the recommended shaft length--standard (15
What makes a compass a "sailboat compass"? pupluv at 4:26pm 03.29.14 Ask All Sailors 9/1943 I'm looking for a cockpit compass for my Laguna Windrose 18 sailboat. The Richie X-10 Sport looks
80 degrees in Phoenix today (5) azguy at 3:22pm 03.29.14 Catalina 22 12/1081 Perfect winds 8-10 out of the north and not a cloud on the sky for 50 miles...Unfortunately the wate
Deck light replacement? scottdube at 2:41pm 03.29.14 Big Boats 2/717 Has anyone replaced the deck light with an LED? I have looked and am confused by all of the differe
Telephone Crazy Dave Condon at 1:32pm 03.29.14 Smaller Boats 2/935 Generally, I get several emails per day requesting a lot of information. When you ask me to look a
"new design" C22 owners, how do you cleat your jib sheets? (1) Gene Neill at 1:29pm 03.29.14 Catalina 22 6/1889 Do you just use the factory arrangement, as this illustration from the manual shows, or do you use s
Northbound Again (2) Roger Long at 12:42pm 03.29.14 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 2/3321 We woke our last morning in Beaufort still on the fence about leaving or staying. We were both gett
OMC Saildrive; starting on the hard Wmaraines at 12:27pm 03.29.14 Engines and Propulsion 6/1972 Just purchased a 1979 O'Day 28 with OMC Saildrive. Was rebuilt in 09, but on the hard since fall of
Beaufort, NC Roger Long at 11:59am 03.29.14 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 0/1106 It was a great week in Beaufort despite temperatures and wind chill that had locals shaking their he
New Water tank Keith13315 at 11:25am 03.29.14 Ask All Sailors 3/671 I am thinking about putting a Flexible water tank inside the space where my molded in water tank is.
bought a new boat trainmanjess at 10:50am 03.29.14 Morgan 12/1629 hello all today I closed the deal on a 1971 Morgan 35'... she is beautiful... I could not pass up
Making a Lazy Jack Cradle sailsail at 10:40am 03.29.14 Ask All Sailors 6/3222 We are thinking about making a lazy jack cradle out of our existing mainsail cover. We thought abou
LED Anchor light replacement kingsailor at 10:29am 03.29.14 Big Boats 3/886 How do I find the LED model number for a replacement anchor light bulb on my 2002 H450 ?
Fuel additive needed? sailsail at 10:15am 03.29.14 Ask All Sailors 29/2784 We discovered about a month after haulout that the marina did not fill the fuel tank when they took
CD Topping Lift Knock Off (1) $tingy Sailor at 10:09am 03.29.14 Catalina 22 5/905 Ahoy, fun seekers The latest post in my series on running rigging replacement over on my blog is
Raymarinr repair cost fir RL70C Pathfinder Chartplotter Jerry Clark H356 SV Persi at 9:32am 03.29.14 Ask All Sailors 1/1014 My Chartplotter screen bit the dust yesterday morning, the last day of our 6 month cruise to Florida
FL to Panama in a 302? the_alpine at 9:23am 03.29.14 Bigger Boats 0/714 Well, what do YOU think? I singlehanded from St Pete, FL to the Bahamas last spring and she perform
Trailering 27' (2) Bateau Margo at 9:10am 03.29.14 Mid-Size Boats 3/685 We bought our first sail boat this past fall. Next weekend we get to to bring it home in preparation

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Honda EU1000i vs EU2200i fuel consumption Hayden Watson at 10:43pm 09.25.22 I messed around with my Honda generators yesterday. I was pumping out my hot tub at the time so I p
halyard wrap higgs at 9:49pm 09.25.22 Once you get jib down you may want to install a halyard restrainer.
Upgrades to cross to the Caribbean higgs at 9:18pm 09.25.22 Add a windlass, a roll up inflatable. and a small outboard.
Boom kicker or topping lift? Hollyberry at 9:17pm 09.25.22 I'm with those who suggest a rigid/supporting vang of some sort and storing the main halyard at the
Yanmar Engine Mount Worries jssailem at 9:14pm 09.25.22 I'll hazard a guess here. The shop when deciding to install the motor moutns thought it would be a
Boom kicker or topping lift? FastOlson at 7:37pm 09.25.22 Once you install a rod vang, and get rid of the 'wandering' topping lift you will soon wish you had
Advice/question re: Hunter 36 standing rigging AndyL at 7:32pm 09.25.22 Just to close the loop... we had the marina do our rigging in August. It seems good - we've had thr
Hurricane prep in mast furling shemandr at 7:16pm 09.25.22 No doubt I take down the jib for any significant storm forecast. To me the main is a little differ
Boom kicker or topping lift? Will Gilmore at 7:09pm 09.25.22
Boom kicker or topping lift? dlochner at 6:56pm 09.25.22 If you go with a kicker, use the main halyard as a topping lift when you're not sailing. It is not a
Invest 98L shemandr at 6:50pm 09.25.22 I think you need to rig it up and troll it...
Hurricane prep in mast furling Davidasailor26 at 6:23pm 09.25.22 No doubt I take down the jib for any significant storm forecast. To me the main is a little differen
Boom kicker or topping lift? David in Sandusky at 6:11pm 09.25.22
Hurricane prep in mast furling shemandr at 6:02pm 09.25.22 When I lived on LI I would remove sails and canvas for any TS or hurricane that would pass to the We
Bottom paint - Required? (in freshwater) sail sfbay at 5:59pm 09.25.22 Regular bottom cleaning in the water is a good plan.
Structural Foam teacherspet at 5:54pm 09.25.22 Nice job! It's your own personal Watergate, eh? :clap: Yeah but no LEAKS
Gooseneck Vision 32 teacherspet at 5:53pm 09.25.22 You might be able to buy a new endcap for the boom and gooseneck assembly and attach that to your b
Boom kicker or topping lift? DayDreamer41 at 5:50pm 09.25.22 If you go with a kicker then make it active (internal gas shock) and you will have to also add a boo
Boom kicker or topping lift? rgranger at 5:21pm 09.25.22
Gooseneck Vision 32 rgranger at 5:18pm 09.25.22 You might be able to buy a new endcap for the boom and gooseneck assembly and attach that to your bo

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