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Dodger PVC Window Cleaner 2 OLD PIRATES at 8:05am 04.10.14 Catalina 310 9/1828 Hi all ........ can't believe spring has sprung.:dance: I live in Toronto Ont. and I'm looking for a
Hunter 356 2002..Chartplotters??? (4) star302 at 7:34am 04.10.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1566 Hi We have a hunter356 2002..We bought a 12" garmin chartplotter and navpod to be mounted at the h
Changing out thru hulls and sea cocks uproar at 6:53am 04.10.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1151 I have a First 42s7 that I plan on taking into salt water for the first time in it's life. The thru
Opinions on round cockpits? JonnyQuest at 4:33am 04.10.14 Ask All Sailors 37/6159 I saw a bunch if really nice new sailboats at the recent Gulfport Boat Show, which got me to thinkin
Window replacement of Y-26 c1063y at 11:31pm 04.09.14 Yamaha 8/3211 Dear All yamaha owners, I'm planning to replace the original plastic windows recently. Plexiglass
Replacing nav station stool solara at 10:13pm 04.09.14 Big Boats 0/793 I've just purchase a 1989 37' Legend and am starting to "de-customize" some of the changes made by p
Main Sail Cover wufibugs at 9:36pm 04.09.14 Ask All Sailors 8/1909 Mine is giving up the ghost. The area on top of the boom that is most exposed to the elements is be
Beneteau 281 haebby at 8:11pm 04.09.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1113 Hi - we're interested in the Beneteau 281. Anything to look out for when considering a purchase, or
Newb with a New-B Macgregor 21 RideTheWind at 7:45pm 04.09.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 25/2250 Hello everybody. I bought a Mac 21 a couple weeks ago and I have been lurking about and reading up,
CAL 34 - wheel vs tiller? svEmerald at 7:41pm 04.09.14 Cal 4/3103 Hi all, my 1968 Cal 34 started life with a tiller, but a wheel was added at some point. It was inst
Spring is here! The Leafs are out. ffaubert at 6:42pm 04.09.14 Sails Call Lounge 5/9773 Yet another golf season for the Maple Laughs. No bitterness here at all. They did find Bill Baril
Paddling a Mac 25 RichardW43 at 5:35pm 04.09.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1149 I need to move my boat about 200 yards this weekend from its mooring to a dock. The motor isn't run
32 foot O'Day value dlandersson at 5:03pm 04.09.14 Ask All Sailors 18/4490 322 foot 1987 O'Day value A 322 foot 1987 O'Day is in an auction (owner had several years of unpaid
V17 standing rigging Notalotayot at 4:49pm 04.09.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1140 My '71 V17 has five stays: two upper shrouds, two lower shrouds, and the fore stay. It has two conn
Took mini sailing class at Gulfport Boat Show (2) JonnyQuest at 3:55pm 04.09.14 Ask All Sailors 3/989 The Gulfport (MS) boat show was this last weekend. Almost a rainout but the weather held and I took
Stanchions here! Phil Herring at 2:04pm 04.09.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 17/3439 The replacement stanchions are here for Hunters built from the late 80's through the mid-90's: So
Gone for a while NSR (2) sailaway78 at 2:03pm 04.09.14 Ask All Sailors 8/1255 I have been absent from the site for a while. Managed to dislocate and break my left wrist, a whil
Color Brightening of Sunbrella Fabric? Kings Gambit at 12:51pm 04.09.14 Ask All Sailors 10/14020 Does anyone know what, if anything, can be done to brighten up the original color of a Sunbrella fab
Winch on the mast for main halyard, to do or not to do? ArkadiyS at 12:23pm 04.09.14 Catalina 30 4/3837 We are considering putting a small winch on the mast to keep the main halyard off of the cabin top a
NC Outerbanks Sailors -- Stumpy Point? (1) rgranger at 12:02pm 04.09.14 Destinations 2/2344 Hey All I'm scouting out some 5 hour legs for a 10 day cruise from Edenton NC to New Bern. I've do

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Neutral and Ground wires connected in AC Panel 2 OLD PIRATES at 7:49am 07.25.23 Now should the connection be totally removed. Or should there be a redirection to another post from
"Portable" Anchor Light? (1) jviss at 7:20am 07.25.23 O.K., update to the update. Turns out there's not a good spot to mount that light, so I just ordere
Yanmar 3JH3E clutch slipping jviss at 7:17am 07.25.23 What gear? What was the wrong fluid, and what's the correct fluid?
Jub roller furler setup beerlover at 7:05am 07.25.23 So in order to lower or change the jib I would need to tie an extra line the the drum end of the hal
How do you prove you can sail a boat? jviss at 7:02am 07.25.23 I wouldn't forge anything. I would create a log with as much detail as you can recall or reconstruc
Pearson 31-2 Deck Compression Near Mast jssailem at 6:55am 07.25.23 compression to the deck Whether around a mast or any other part of the deck, should be investigate
How do you prove you can sail a boat? kloudie1 at 6:47am 07.25.23 Is it sailiing specific? Or is it a requirement from govmint or insurance that you've had a "water s
20" or 25" shaft for Chesapeake Bay? Ward H at 6:28am 07.25.23 The shaft length is determined by the boat and the motor mount so that the prop is sufficiently sub
How do you prove you can sail a boat? jssailem at 6:24am 07.25.23 You can take one of two pathways. Write up a short resume of your sailing experiences. Boat sizes,
How do you prove you can sail a boat? dlochner at 6:12am 07.25.23 Well, you have a computer and a printer, right? :rolleyes: Seriously, I assume you have spoken wit
How to adjust for varnish changing the thickness of wood parts. BigEasy at 5:38am 07.25.23 Tape the edges that are contained within the side guides. That will permit you to apply several coat
Electric Sailboat Drives jviss at 5:37am 07.25.23 Just out of curosity. @jviss how does the fellow who charges his electric boat at the fuel dock whe
Electric Sailboat Drives smokey73 at 5:24am 07.25.23 Just out of curosity. @jviss how does the fellow who charges his electric boat at the fuel dock wh
How to adjust for varnish changing the thickness of wood parts. dlochner at 5:16am 07.25.23 Easy solution, don't put 10 coats of varnish on the hatch boards. If you don't want to do that, sand
Electric Sailboat Drives jviss at 4:59am 07.25.23 It'll be a retrofit that keeps the original diesel and couples the motor to the prop shaft, althoug
Electric Sailboat Drives jviss at 4:02am 07.25.23 I worry a lot about fuel cell technology. The hydrogen used in fuel cells comes from electrolytical
Have you tested your PFD? Marmalade at 3:57am 07.25.23 I agree with @BarryL on S@S... it's a good skill builder for things that you think you know, but hav
Electric Sailboat Drives rgranger at 3:54am 07.25.23 though it may be with fuel cells as the source. I worry a lot about fuel cell technology. The hyd
Life Is Good (1) Gene Neill at 3:50am 07.25.23 Dry Tortugas, Christmas 2018
20" or 25" shaft for Chesapeake Bay? rgranger at 3:46am 07.25.23

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