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Elk River Ice (2) Witzend at 10:16am 01.26.14 Ask All Sailors 21/3099 Worst I have seen since January 2004, when it took out the end of my dock. We have another week to g
Kid to electric winch Lewmar 40 ocean (5) Tango Six at 10:16am 01.26.14 Big Boats 1/899 Hello to all, I finally completed the transformation of mechanical and electrical mechanical winch
H34 anchor chain Marc Rivest at 9:33am 01.26.14 Big Boats 13/2691 I am replacing the existing rode (35' of 3/8" chain ' 90' of rope) on my 1986 H34 with a new Plath m
Fuel Pump Redundancy wufibugs at 9:01am 01.26.14 Ask All Sailors 15/4146 PO disconnected the engine driven pump and installed an electric fuel pump with Racor and auto type
Leaking fuel tank gregorybross at 8:12am 01.26.14 Catalina 30 11/5796 I have diesel leaking into the bilge. After inspecting I can only conclude it is coming from the bot
Need to move Catalina 30 spagley at 5:13am 01.26.14 Catalina 30 3/1106 I need to know if anyone can lead me to a reputable hauler I have a 1986 Catalina 30 down in Hot Spr
Adding Battery and ACR (1) seporterky at 4:57am 01.26.14 Ask All Sailors 22/4405 I am getting ready to add a 3rd battery for starting, a new 30A battery charger, and an ACR between
I fear I have a cracked shallow draft keel hp18carr at 4:34pm 01.25.14 Day Sailers 18/2994 I made a mistake and I'm hopeing its not a big and costly one. Not being accustomed to really hard f
For anyone with a hard starting aux..... Rocket1 at 3:27pm 01.25.14 Engines and Propulsion 0/1155 Hello all- Thought I would take a minute and chime in with some advice for anyone who has a hard
Lite Propane Tank Recall CYQK at 3:00pm 01.25.14 Ask All Sailors 23/2924 So I looked up the model/serial number of my tanks and there it was mine are effected Does anyone
Garmin Bluechart Mobile Functions Genesis V at 1:56pm 01.25.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/6602 Can anyone help me with a question re. the Garmin Bluechart Mobile App. I am looking to purchase the
Compare Oday Daysailer to the Sunfish Daysailer ddodgen at 1:41pm 01.25.14 Day Sailers 16/19307 just got a Sunfish Daysailer 16 and it looks like a mirror image of the Oday Daysailer. Anyone have
Hunter 26 Jib Size richiewil at 1:31pm 01.25.14 Smaller Boats 8/1720 Does anyone know what the measurements for a 100% jib are for a 1998 Hunter 26? It will be on a CDI
Anyone have a prop they want to sell.. redunculous at 1:09pm 01.25.14 Big Boats 29/2671 So a few might remember my post about my strut snapping As my luck seems to be so great as of lat
outboard repower for sandy victim Williammeis at 11:25am 01.25.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1195 I'm restoring a Hunter 23 (victim of Hurricaine Sandy) and need to repower. I have access to buying
Looking for drain plug (1) Jon_E at 9:57am 01.25.14 Mid-Size Boats 3/1688 Hello All, I need a 1-1/2 inch drain plug for my dinghy. The largest I've been able to find is 1
Oday 322 keel bolts Leah and Ted at 9:36am 01.25.14 Bigger Boats 3/1333 Can you help? How many keel bolts does an O Day 322 have ? Where are they located in respect to the
Solar system disconnect ? Bob 04 H260 at 7:38am 01.25.14 Musings With Maine Sail 8/4349 I am looking at a 300w solar system and looking for two disconnects. One for the panel (8 amps) and
New Owner kb3pgo at 7:37am 01.25.14 Catalina 22 13/1509 Hello all, I am new here and wanted to thank everyone for all the useful information they have share
chainplate replacement advice tominny at 7:18am 01.25.14 Ask All Sailors 8/2454 I am considering to replace the chainplates on my 1977 Tartan 34C. There is pitting on some where th

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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
Shroud anchor point (1) pclarksurf at 10:42pm 06.22.23 and while you're at it-- go chase that Ubolt into the cabin? Not a whole lot of meat up there-- an
Outboard depth in water. (1) pclarksurf at 10:22pm 06.22.23 Looks about right actually-- and yes, top setting is barely enough to cover the intake-- middle is a

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