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Have You ever recovered an item that went to the bottom? James10016 at 12:04pm 06.19.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 52/12497 All, I just spent 45 minutes yesterday afternoon making several 30-second 'under water' dives sear
Tell-Tales gczenis at 11:48am 06.19.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/714 Anyone know of a company selling tell-tales similar to to the ones that came with my 2006 Catalina 3
Catalina 30 Gennaker Jeunesse27 at 11:15am 06.19.14 Catalina 30 1/2715 I'm looking to add a gennaker (cruising spinnaker/asymmetrical spinnaker) to my sail inventory. Does
Primer Sanding: Perfection Required? Ziggler at 11:09am 06.19.14 Ask All Sailors 9/1618 Topside painting at the primer sanding stage. Using Pettit 6149 EZ Primer before last step of Pettit
2 gmf oil leak Mark Nooney at 10:24am 06.19.14 Mid-Size Boats 4/1390 I am getting an oil leak from the front housing and the main block. Nothing terrible but leaked a 1
Pearson 37 prop shaft switch from 7/8" to 1" jamestkirk at 10:17am 06.19.14 Engines and Propulsion 1/1157 I'd like to change the propeller shaft in my Pearson 37 from it's original 7/8" size to 1" diameter.
Sailing and health tssywfb at 10:07am 06.19.14 Ask All Sailors 13/1401 Does anyone out there have a Pacemaker? I just found out yesterday that I will need one. The doctor
Selden top down furler question Pat T at 9:38am 06.19.14 Ask All Sailors 1/765 I bought a Selden removable bowsprit ' GX15 furler. Not yet installed but preliminary mock up looks
Odin 820 questions Bernie Odin 820 at 9:34am 06.19.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/7903 Having been a Macgregor 26X owner for 4 years, I wanted to upgrade to a larger powersailer with more
I'm famous! Kermit at 9:18am 06.19.14 Ask All Sailors 16/2292 Check page 16 of the newest ASA Journal! Yippee Skippee!
5 Winters Uncovered JHoward at 8:41am 06.19.14 C&C 5/2251 I am looking at buying a 1975 C'C 25 from northern Minn. It's been trailor stored and left open to
Removing fiberglass hiding part of sending unit. Cat27Tim at 8:30am 06.19.14 Mid-Size Boats 0/905 How would one remove part of the fiberglass lip on a 1988 Cat 27 that partially hides the sending un
gin pole mast stepping ron1881 at 5:33am 06.19.14 Smaller Boats 24/8210 I want to make a gin pole mast stepping system for my standard rig 25. I have viewed a few tube vide
DIY gelcoat upslims at 5:32am 06.19.14 Catalina 22 2/897 Anyone ever do their own gelcoat? I have a line on a stonehorse 23 but it will need to be painted. I
Open CPN chart question DougM at 4:21am 06.19.14 Ask All Sailors 5/1649 I just began exploring Open CPN and downloaded electronic charts from NOAA. The first thing I notice
4HP Susuki seadaddler at 4:07am 06.19.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/400 4HP Suzuki I have a 4HP suzuki outboard and would like to fresh water flush more but using a buck
Wood Tiller Tamer (5) ehudm at 10:59pm 06.18.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1325 Just for fun I thought to have a Tiller Tamer as a back up for auto pilot (simrad), it looks OK but
Sumner 8 sailing dingy centerboard at 8:22pm 06.18.14 Ask All Sailors 1/1369 I picked up a Sumner 8 dingy at an Estate sail. All I got was a shell of a dingy. Looking for a pict
oday 20 trailer measurements hawk232 at 7:55pm 06.18.14 Ask An Oday Owner 1/786 I may have the opportunity to get an oday 20. it does not have a trailer, but I just so happen to ha
Replacing Sending unit in 1988 Cat 27 Fuel Tank (1) Cat27Tim at 7:06pm 06.18.14 Mid-Size Boats 1/1122 Not quite sure how to go about removing the fiberglass that covers 1/2 of the sending unit's screws.

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Sta-Loc fittings jssailem at 6:00am 06.23.23
Its funny Friday! (1) rgranger at 5:56am 06.23.23 217175
P-18 spinnacker Joe at 5:53am 06.23.23 Just recently purchased a P-18. Has anyone flown an asymmetrical spinnaker? If so what type of rigg
HUGE gust following cruise ship. what caused it? (1) rgranger at 5:52am 06.23.23 That gust from the passing cruise ship was the vortex created by the massive emptying of 4,000 wall
Sta-Loc fittings jssailem at 5:51am 06.23.23 Check with Sta-loc. As I remember from their manual and my riggers comments, they require a new wedg
Where to put AIS antenna? jviss at 5:46am 06.23.23 For me, it's more important to be seen by large vessels than to see them! Since class B transponder
Where to put AIS antenna? kappykaplan at 5:39am 06.23.23 The big advantage of AIS is that it allows you to see and be seen in poor visibility conditions, th
Where to put AIS antenna? dlochner at 5:38am 06.23.23 AIS is line of sight and low wattage, for the best reception and transmission the antenna needs to b
Where to put AIS antenna? Joe at 5:37am 06.23.23 Get a splitter and use your existing vhf antenna. The instructions that come with the AIS units wil
HUGE gust following cruise ship. what caused it? Joe at 5:34am 06.23.23 That gust from the passing cruise ship was the vortex created by the massive emptying of 4,000 walle
Outboard depth in water. dlochner at 5:32am 06.23.23 The middle position looks fine. The outboard cover is designed to drain and prevent water from enter
There is lust in my heart dlochner at 5:24am 06.23.23 The Nonsuch 26 is not too small for the Great Lakes. With only one sail, sailing handling is much ea
Outboard depth in water. Joe at 5:19am 06.23.23 2022 Tohatsu 6hp sailpro with 25" shaft. My motor mount has 3 locking positions. Pictured is the se
There is lust in my heart Kings Gambit at 5:19am 06.23.23 So many boats, so little time.:)
New Cat 22 Owner mbaker267 at 4:55am 06.23.23 Wow! Thanks for the info.
Oceangate Titan kappykaplan at 4:09am 06.23.23 Here's another article: Missing Titanic submersible live updates: Navy likely detected implosion sou
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't kappykaplan at 3:34am 06.23.23 A couple more baby steps were accomplished today. Whoo hoo!! :beer:
There is lust in my heart Timm R Oday25 at 2:58am 06.23.23 I'm constantly looking at other boats.. For us now,we also aren't making the time to use the great b
Port Townsend, WA Anchorages mermike at 1:41am 06.23.23 We're heading to Victoria from Port Ludlow on Monday. Looks like a week of good weather ahead
Port Townsend, WA Anchorages DannyO at 12:49am 06.23.23 Thanks everyone. Heading up on Saturday. If you see me up there, would love to say hi and have a dri

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