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Salty Dawg Rally getting hammered Jim Seamans at 4:04pm 11.09.13 Ask All Sailors 12/2237 http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/4007/1955938 Doesn't appear to be a fun time...
Asym (2) paulj at 4:01pm 11.09.13 Catalina 310 2/1266 Michael Meyer I have a ASYM spinnaker sail with a roller furler. On the bottom of my boat is
Chart plotter mount (1) paulj at 3:49pm 11.09.13 Catalina 310 1/1321 Michael Meyer I really like your chart plotter mount...I have the same binnacle and "oh **" h
26S mast raising skaterp14 at 3:21pm 11.09.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 16/2984 A few days ago I bought a 26s and I was wondering if I connect the rear stay before I raise the mast
Stern Tube Leak (2) klemsaba at 2:41pm 11.09.13 S2 18/10243 Got an interesting problem. 3 summers ago when we bought our boat we developed a leak that was hard
Float tube leak dutchy at 8:39am 11.09.13 Ask All Sailors 1/1077 I have a leak in the Walker Bay floatation tube on my dinghy. Has anyone had to repair one before?
Unmanned Sailboat Pacific Sailing Rick D at 7:26am 11.09.13 Ask All Sailors 8/1792 Pretty cool http://saildrone.com/index.php/test/78-saildrone/86-saildrone-completes-pacific-crossin
1977 Endeavour 32 Luzern at 6:41am 11.09.13 Ask All Sailors 25/12663 Hopefully this is the correct forum to post this message. If not, let me know and I will post in the
Transition Roger Long at 4:56am 11.09.13 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 5/4893
SS Tubing Styx at 4:38am 11.09.13 Ask All Sailors 8/1684 I have come across a lot of 316 SS tubing, 5 - 10 feet long. There is a little bit of 2" and a littl
cockpit leak CJB at 9:20pm 11.08.13 Musings With Maine Sail 2/2542 My 1990 Hunter Legend 35.5 is leaking in the cockpit. The leak is through the screw holes that hold
Catalina 30 salon table stevenj40 at 9:00pm 11.08.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/1839 I was hoping someone would take the time to measure there salon table as I have a 1979 Catalina 30 a
Prop question NicAndI at 8:19pm 11.08.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1565 Need a little help pls. I'm in the process of buying a 1989 First 285 and the 2 blade folding prop
Size of Shaft Packing SVTatia at 7:10pm 11.08.13 Musings With Maine Sail 5/3465 Is there a way to determine what size packing I will need before I remove the stuffing box? I want t
Show us your spinnaker! (1) Kermit at 1:42pm 11.08.13 Ask All Sailors 104/15625 I really love seeing colorful and unusual spinnakers. Spinnakers seem to say alot about their owners
Reviving the Damper Plate & Engine Mount Discussions JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 12:42pm 11.08.13 Catalina 310 11/6445 So I am the latest to have to tackle this problem. I have the "death rattle" and will be doing this
Guest Battery Selector switch SwanAround at 12:28pm 11.08.13 Big Boats 4/1306 Need to replace the battery selector switch for 2004 Hunter 356. None of the ones on offer today se
Painting the Rudder lehigh375 at 12:09pm 11.08.13 Ask All Sailors 12/3688 Anyone know anything about why the rudder would be painted differently on a Hunter33 than the rest o
winter sailboat cover for Cal 27 carolsohl at 11:45am 11.08.13 Cal 2/1736 I will be making a sailboat cover for our Cal 2-27. I am wondering if anyone else has done this and
S2 7.3 Wet Keel ? Mike Palmer at 11:25am 11.08.13 S2 5/3879 Has anyone heard of a wet keel on an S2 7.3 ? I am looking into purchase and the picture of the bild

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Safe to start outboard while out of the water? jviss at 3:43pm 06.21.23 what is very clear, you don't know me at all. i have way over 1,000,000 miles at sea. been sailing
Safe to start outboard while out of the water? jon hansen at 3:38pm 06.21.23 what is very clear, you don't know me at all. i have way over 1,000,000 miles at sea. been sailing s
Beneteau Grey Water system Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 3:29pm 06.21.23 Gray water tanks are a lot harder to maintain than black water tanks because the only thing that goe
Safe to start outboard while out of the water? jviss at 3:20pm 06.21.23 Jviss is right that running it for a bit will "probably" not do too much harm. Mr. Hansen is right
Safe to start outboard while out of the water? JBP-PA at 3:12pm 06.21.23 Jviss is right that running it for a bit will "probably" not do too much harm. Mr. Hansen is right t
Safe to start outboard while out of the water? mhessick at 3:06pm 06.21.23 I didn't mean to start an argument. I just want to see if the engine runs before we launch. It app
Safe to start outboard while out of the water? jviss at 3:02pm 06.21.23 unless you hook up water to cool it. you will destroy the water impeller in 3 seconds Ha, ha, read
Safe to start outboard while out of the water? jviss at 2:55pm 06.21.23 if the impeller shreds and goes into cooling water ways, might plug them up. It's clear you don't
Safe to start outboard while out of the water? jviss at 2:52pm 06.21.23 Then again, impellers are not that expensive nor hard to replace, if you want to run them dry, have
Safe to start outboard while out of the water? jviss at 2:47pm 06.21.23 OK, I'M ASKING. how do you know that all outboard engines will not possibly destroy the impeller w
Topping Lift JBP-PA at 2:45pm 06.21.23 I have a related question about how to handle the well-known issue of the boom coming down into the
Safe to start outboard while out of the water? jon hansen at 2:42pm 06.21.23 if the impeller shreds and goes into cooling water ways, might plug them up. then over heating dama
Safe to start outboard while out of the water? JBP-PA at 2:32pm 06.21.23 A brief out of water experience is not going to ruin an impeller, it's still wet. A brand new impell
Trailer Capacity Estimates? Project_Mayhem at 2:13pm 06.21.23 Which one is the dinghy for your dinghy? One indicator is the axle capacity. You can usually figure
Safe to start outboard while out of the water? jon hansen at 2:06pm 06.21.23 the "rule" is: never run an impeller dry. end of story.
Safe to start outboard while out of the water? Project_Mayhem at 2:04pm 06.21.23 If you've ever had an outboard in heavy waves you know three seconds out of the water isn't uncommon
Shroud anchor point Project_Mayhem at 2:01pm 06.21.23 Yeah. I didn't mean to imply it was a good idea. I just can't understand why they did it. I've s
Safe to start outboard while out of the water? jon hansen at 1:59pm 06.21.23 That's baloney. Ask me how I know. OK, I'M ASKING. how do you know that all outboard engines wil
Shroud anchor point mbaker267 at 1:57pm 06.21.23 You are most likely correct. I temporarily plugged the holes with butyl tape. When I go to epoxy, I
Mice vs. Sail Project_Mayhem at 1:51pm 06.21.23 I'm taking a stab in the dark but I'm guessing a repair like that would be in the range of $100. The

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