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Walker Bay Inflatables bobtigar at 12:42pm 10.23.13 Ask All Sailors 2/844 What I have attached below is a portion of a letter I recently sent To the President of Walker Bay.
Pearson 530 strut attachment capta at 12:30pm 10.23.13 Ask All Sailors 5/1358 I have been searching for any interior nuts or threaded plate that the strut on our Pearson may hav
Instrument blanks The Garbone at 11:45am 10.23.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/978 Both of the Catalinas I have possess non functioning wind and speed instruments installed in the co
Need some basic info... Steps at 9:00am 10.23.13 Catalina 30 4/1398 We have just moved from O'Day 272 to 1985 Cat 30 Tall Rig... And are very eager to spend time on her
'85 h22 max wind Chasemixon at 8:12am 10.23.13 Smaller Boats 30/3251 Ok I'm still a newbie, last week we had some really good wind on my lake, and my wife got a little n
main sail slug bail ss with rocker size rvazquez2 at 8:11am 10.23.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1182 hi if any one know the measument of the main sail slug bail ss with rocker size? Rafael
Bow slamming Philip_Oceanis 361 at 12:53am 10.23.13 Ask All Sailors 12/3470
Ericson 35 Brentpd at 10:33pm 10.22.13 Ericson 2/24774 Hello forum world! I'm looking at an Ericson 35 mkII that was built in 1972. I'm wondering if anyone
Waterline Beam on 45' CC bevbo1 at 10:24pm 10.22.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1008
A Wonderful Evening in the Fog Les at 8:06pm 10.22.13 Ask All Sailors 10/1481 I am sure many of you have done what we did this evening on your own boat. After a foggy morning th
Pedestal mount compass rsotomayor at 7:44pm 10.22.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1026 Need to change the pedestal mount compass on a Benetau 32- it is a Plastimo 135, it has a bubble a
New Battery Storage Fred Villiard at 6:16pm 10.22.13 Musings With Maine Sail 14/5195 Hi Maine, Friday I bought 4 GC2 batteries from Sam's, was going to install them on Sunday. Satur
Genoa - repair or replace? scmartin257 at 5:05pm 10.22.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/1719 We have a new-to-us 2000 C320 with in mast furling and a 135 genoa on a Schaefer roller furler. We
Penetrating Oil Study John T1594 at 4:45pm 10.22.13 Ask All Sailors 19/6519 A friend sent this to me and I have no way to verify it but I thought I would pass it along for comm
Bulkhead replacement fitting problems Ritdog at 4:42pm 10.22.13 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1532 I'm in the process of refurbing an Oday 25- I pulled the bulkheads out because they were getting old
core klif at 4:36pm 10.22.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1249 Does the 29.5 1994 hunter have a core center hull?
Rudder bearings Replacement bobcat30 at 4:23pm 10.22.13 Catalina 30 1/1348 I have a 1995 30. My rudder has a slight give to it when I shake it (on the hard) My zinc on the sh
Cradle construction question Sefuller at 2:31pm 10.22.13 Ask All Sailors 7/3444 I need to have a storage cradle built this year, and have been working with a local welder, but woul
vibration in rudder under sail? puddlejockey at 2:19pm 10.22.13 Ask All Sailors 6/4427 Hi guys; I'm getting a vibration...more like a throbbing, in the rudder of my H27 while under sail,
new owner trainmanjess at 1:54pm 10.22.13 Kittiewake 2/3073 hello all I am the new owner of a kittiwake 23 sailboat... it is a full keel boat designed by Carl

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Seacock Mystery George Braun at 6:06am 05.26.23 as an alternate to wood bungs, hardish foam variable bungs are available online and WM, one of them
Seacock Mystery Scott T-Bird at 6:03am 05.26.23 If it was deleted, it must have been good. Let's see it again from what you remember. Never mind,
RF Ground JamesG161 at 5:59am 05.26.23 @Crusty Ol Salt is talking about his boat and, if the RF ground has a current load. My answer is y
RF Ground Don S/V ILLusion at 5:53am 05.26.23 People often conflate ground with counterpoise, the latter being essential to effective RF antenna b
Depth/shape of 2004 Hunter 36 diesel tank (1) JamesG161 at 5:51am 05.26.23 Check item L for the Level sender. the shop drawings for your Hunter Fuel tank. I forget where, so
RF Ground Davidasailor26 at 5:50am 05.26.23
RF Ground JamesG161 at 5:35am 05.26.23 I don't think VHF radios need a ground plane like HF radios do Sorry Dave, All RF's need a ground
RF Ground JamesG161 at 5:32am 05.26.23 If RF = Radio Frequency then check here SSB and Ham Operators Grounding does close a current loop.
Depth/shape of 2004 Hunter 36 diesel tank AndyL at 5:30am 05.26.23 We do monitor gph between fuel top-ups. But I still want to know the level in the tank.
RF Ground dlochner at 5:29am 05.26.23 I don't think VHF radios need a ground plane like HF radios do. If they did, handheld VHF radios wou
Hurricane Season 2023 JamesG161 at 5:23am 05.26.23 For more understanding about ENSO and its effects on the USA. The ENSO Climate affect on our Weathe
New Cat 22 Owner mbaker267 at 5:14am 05.26.23 Thank you for your help. Sounds like refurbishing the interior is definitely doable but will require
It followed me home (2) SailingLoto at 5:01am 05.26.23 Here it is after a pressure wash. Looks to be complete
Sidewall fabric upgrade LouisMK at 4:56am 05.26.23 On my Hunter the sidewall fabric was a dingy gray carpet that over the years got wet, held mold an
Hurricane Season 2023 (1) JamesG161 at 4:49am 05.26.23 ACE was developed at Colorado State University. Their forecast came out in April. I think they do
Mast raising ideas... LakeShark at 4:43am 05.26.23 The forestay is generally in the furler drum On most systems. Lower the sail using the small halyar
Hurricane Season 2023 (1) JamesG161 at 4:38am 05.26.23 Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) index
Hurricane Season 2023 JamesG161 at 4:34am 05.26.23 The press release leaves a lot to be desired. I bet you got to that link via the Press Release;)
Do rust converters work on rusted keels? dlochner at 4:27am 05.26.23 Maybe. The rust converters stop the rust and provide a paintable surface. I don't think they will pr
What size headsail for a Hunter 386? shemandr at 4:13am 05.26.23 With the Hunters that have a B & R rig (No Backstay, Swept back spreaders) the standard jib is a 105

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