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for all of the northerners... "Daydream"ing (7) hawk232 at 6:22pm 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 10/1656 dixiedawg (and family) and I decided to hit the water today... and since it isn't hard I figured I w
Healing angle cstonedent at 6:09pm 01.20.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 13/6111 My wife and I have sailed 02 311 for one season. We had an on board lesson. Understand the boat is t
composite propane tank Mark Maulden at 5:53pm 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 4/1295 I see composite tanks are back http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=d2655484a4'id=21f7809ae2'e= l
Tiller Handle & Tiller Tamer (1) Darkarcher at 5:18pm 01.20.14 Catalina 22 5/1873 My wife and I purchased a Swing Keel 22 last spring and have really just been getting started on the
Oil in my Bilge sd1953 at 4:36pm 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 14/8048 I bought a 27 year old boat (an Endeavour 38 center cockpit) and I have been resurrecting it over th
Raw Faith, George McKay william at 4:05pm 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 6/1354 This story left me stunned...guy with no experience sailing decides to build a 118' schooner? Gets t
Engine mounting maintenance IanJ at 3:10pm 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 5/1143 One of my Yanmar mountings has got a little rusty from the shaft. Pretty much cleaned it up, but an
Mast Stolen 1972 Day Sailer II - Need Replacement haerle4415 at 2:44pm 01.20.14 Ask An Oday Owner 12/2516 Sadly, my mast and boom was stolen from my 1972 Oday Day Sailer II 18 foot. I love this boat, and wa
The ultimate sacrilege 25yearslater at 2:16pm 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 6/1065 A dear friend of mine inherited a Trojan 25 that is in need of some repair. Having been down this r
Sealing the Head thru-hulls Alctel at 2:14pm 01.20.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1184 Hi there, I have a 1980 Hunter 36', and am ripping out the entire sanitation system and replacing
Replace 1 1/2" Sanitation Hose Hunter 30G Dragoon at 1:40pm 01.20.14 Mid-Size Boats 5/1649 Has anyone replaced the 1 1/2" discharge to holding tank sanitation hose on their 1990 Hunter 30G?
Added air conditioner? KenKindrick at 1:12pm 01.20.14 Big Boats 2/955 I want to add in my Hunter 340 a chilled water air conditioner. I'm thinking that under the port si
Coolant level nestorph at 12:19pm 01.20.14 Engines and Propulsion 4/1468 I'm getting familiar with my Yanmar 2GMF. How do I measure the coolant level? Is it just by sight
O'Day Daysailor Gunnel Wood spindrift8080 at 12:12pm 01.20.14 Day Sailers 5/8404 Hi Just bought a Spindrift Daysailor I. I believe it is the same as the O'Day Daysailor I. The boat
Double Berth Rich6705 at 12:00pm 01.20.14 Day Sailers 5/1639 I recently purchased a 1981 O'Day 25. I believe at one time, this boat had the slide out double ber
Sailing Rituals SailAwayGirl at 11:11am 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 51/6260 Hi all, I recently saw a post on Facebook of interesting rituals that folks have while out cruisi
Coolant leak (4) Nom De Guerre at 9:32am 01.20.14 Engines and Propulsion 8/3891 Please review these pictures and let me know your thoughts. This is what I found after checking in o
New interior cushions geek_guy at 9:09am 01.20.14 Big Boats 9/2917 I searched several months ago on replacing or reupholstering my Hunter 37 interior cushions. I saw
Weather helm Don Guillette at 8:56am 01.20.14 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 12/10365 Yesterday I was speaking to a newbie sailor about weather helm. It would be very simple to demonstra
Deep keel bilge pumps - Maine Sail was right Skipper at 8:08am 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 4/5556 Mainsail was right (as usual) There is a deep sump in my keel behind the ballast. Water from the s

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Need source for winch parts cymeyer at 5:45am 07.14.23 in Chicago...the big dealer starts with a C They have lots of lewmar stuff Crowley's?
Winch handle safe use thinwater at 5:33am 07.14.23 No absolutes, guys. On quick racing boats you hold the jib until it breaks, but you do NOT let it ba
I60 wind dlochner at 5:24am 07.14.23 I'll be a bit of a contrarian here. Learning to sail without instruments will make you a better sail
simple wind/weather app for iphone garymalmgren at 4:08am 07.14.23 which one and why? Windy. Good.
simple wind/weather app for iphone (1) rgranger at 4:05am 07.14.23
DIY Electronics? jviss at 3:59am 07.14.23 NMEA 2k sounds a little more involved and access to the standard seems pretty restricted. Hey ther
Early production Kittiwake rgranger at 3:57am 07.14.23 My question is where do I find a hull number, HINs became required in 1972.
O'Day Mariner-- Trailering, Inspection (New Sailer's Request for Help!) Will Gilmore at 3:54am 07.14.23 can anyone with Mariner experience give any insight whether I should have any issues as a well buil
Need source for winch parts CYQK at 3:53am 07.14.23 in Chicago...the big dealer starts with a C They have lots of lewmar stuff
Need source for winch parts Kings Gambit at 3:42am 07.14.23 It might be a long shot .. SailorMan in florida would be my go to . They are just north (?) of Miam
simple wind/weather app for iphone Davidasailor26 at 3:10am 07.14.23 I like Windy (Windy.com, not Windy.app) for wind forecasts. For current conditions Iuse Wind Alert.
DIY Electronics? High Current at 2:53am 07.14.23
I60 wind kappykaplan at 2:43am 07.14.23 and it should have the capacity to display TRUE wind data as well as APPARENT :plus:
Shooting some video in the harbor TomY at 2:31am 07.14.23 Tom, Not sure if you have come across this website. There are a few free videos on creating videos
I60 wind Joe at 12:05am 07.14.23 so I was thinking that wind instruments might help me get a bit more wind (to find it and adjust th
Winch handle safe use MikeHoncho at 10:50pm 07.13.23 With my non ST I kept them wrapped all the he time with the handle in place. With my ST I tend to do
Thoughts on rail mounted VHF antenna BigEasy at 9:05pm 07.13.23 Everything they. Said about masthead is correct. I still went with a rail mounted vhf when the mast
Thoughts on rail mounted VHF antenna Grotto at 7:47pm 07.13.23 Everything they. Said about masthead is correct. I still went with a rail mounted vhf when the masth
I60 wind Ken13559 at 7:11pm 07.13.23 Always good to have more than you usually need, 'cos you never know when that extra instrument would
Catalina 315 Mainsail Furling Problems; Spinlock Clutch Skipper John at 6:23pm 07.13.23 I should point out that the clutch was replaced under warranty by our Catalina dealer.

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