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Sea Fever Roger Long at 5:27pm 07.23.13 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 2/5128 All you readers waiting for me to do something, anything; get out your John Mansfield and other roma
Catalina 30 lazarette size Lost Parent at 4:32pm 07.23.13 Ask All Sailors 1/1427 I live quite a ways away from my boat and need the size of the opening in the port cockpit locker of
Sailing Kona HI frimi_captain at 4:05pm 07.23.13 Destinations 0/1844 Renting a boat in Kona a 22 footer. Looking for crew for a couple of Day sails. Sailing August 15
catalina27 transfer to salt water rblack27 at 3:11pm 07.23.13 Mid-Size Boats 7/1610 My '85 Catalina 27 (TallRig), with diesel inboard, has been berthed on a deep, rocky freshwater lak
Foul stench from vent after flush ????? Teakfreak at 2:59pm 07.23.13 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 10/5079 A foul cloud of odor envelopes my boat from back cockpit to flybridge after every flush. Not only a
Sunday Sail.... Cayuga Lake Dan Hill at 2:48pm 07.23.13 Mid-Size Boats 0/913 Went for a day sail and the wind piped up some fun. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fJwW81FQTU'fea
50mm2 capta at 1:03pm 07.23.13 Ask All Sailors 7/1508 I have just spent a huge amount of time on the internet trying to find the US electric cable gauge e
question about 3m 4200 newsailor72 at 11:36am 07.23.13 Ask All Sailors 10/3832 I read that an opened tube will not last more than a couple days, is this true? and will storing it
Stupid Boom Vang Question BigEasy at 11:27am 07.23.13 Ask All Sailors 7/1678 I get it that the boom vang is used to affect twist in the mainsail by controlling tension on the bo
Rigging - Javelin tom flatley at 10:40am 07.23.13 Day Sailers 0/959 boom drooping so low it lays on transome - javelin - any ideas - tks tom
pool noodles for mooring dlewis812 at 10:04am 07.23.13 Ask All Sailors 6/3766 trying ways to prevent the mooring lines from getting tangled. many at the marina have the floats w
Autopilot/chartplotter hook-up wcletien at 9:45am 07.23.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1294 I just installed a Raymarine SmartPilot X-5 and would like to connect my Garmin 492 Chartplotter to
What size ice chest fits in the galley? abk at 8:55am 07.23.13 Smaller Boats 2/1620 It's a 1996 H26 and there is no ice chest. I forgot to measure it and the boat is some distance awa
Mac 25 Cradle redbranchwarrior at 8:08am 07.23.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1251 I just bought an '86 Mac 25 and have it sitting in my yard on the trailer. I had supposed my first j
How to restore exposed components in-place (PICS) (2) Picflight at 8:01am 07.23.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 14/1668 This might not be boat or model specific (Cat 27), but I want to restore the items shown below. What
Port window leak novotnyp at 7:49am 07.23.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/929 Anyone have the best solution for sealing a leaking window that has slightly moved away from the hul
Selling our baby Swampyankee at 7:45am 07.23.13 S2 1/1177 Reluctantly attempting to sell our beloved Trinity Heart. :cry: We got ourselves involved in a house
Comparing Notes - Suntex Marinas SailMaster at 7:22am 07.23.13 Ask All Sailors 8/365 Hello all, We are having some problems with one of the properties owned by Suntex. I wont say which
New Catalina or Capri 26/27 Crazy Dave Condon at 7:03am 07.23.13 Ask All Sailors 4/1720 Although I am not privy to much anymore, I heard there is a possibility of a new keel 26 or 27 along
Rigging - Javelin tom flatley at 6:03am 07.23.13 Day Sailers 3/3464 I have a javelin circa 1974, i think. It has a self bailing cockpit and a main sheet that travels a

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Proper Lifeline Tension jssailem at 5:48pm 02.01.23 Congrats on your new safety lines. Tension on the life lines are not specific. They are what you des
Cabin top halyard winch setup to raise the mainsail jssailem at 5:39pm 02.01.23 Hi Tony... Been around these parts since 2009. Please your looking at ways to keep sailing. The id
bridge clearance question dlochner at 5:31pm 02.01.23 Bridge clearances are reported at mean high tide. If you are passing during a King tide, the cleara
bridge clearance question jssailem at 5:22pm 02.01.23 The answer to your query is understanding what is meant by "Air Draft". Much care is needed. Low tid
B&g linear ram to-1 jssailem at 3:19pm 02.01.23 If the steering system is imited by the in/out limits of the ram it may damage the ram. The ram, t
1990 Hunter Legend 35.5 Moellar Fuel Tank Cptstarz at 3:10pm 02.01.23 John S/V Hadley Sailing the Pacific Northwest, Aye and thanks for the reply. As you can see it is a
Hunter 49 - Windows - Top of Saloon Scott B at 2:39pm 02.01.23 Article by Art on removal https://sbo.sailboatowners.com/downloads/Hunter__59282784.pdf
hunter 49 steering quadrant. Screen Saver at 2:13pm 02.01.23
Removing the Propeller Shaft Flange - H41AC Rich Stidger at 1:58pm 02.01.23 And for you non-believing heathens, make sure the big hex nut on the Xmission shaft is bloody tight
hunter 49 steering quadrant. artboas at 1:57pm 02.01.23 This the original install on my Hunter 49 2008 model bought new & done over 110,000nm and I have ne
How many Yamaha 33 were built? jssailem at 1:56pm 02.01.23 I wonder... If the price was right, @mermike might be convinced that it is for sale.
Removing the Propeller Shaft Flange - H41AC artboas at 1:49pm 02.01.23 A fervent religious belief. A few pennies in the poor box every week. And for you non-believing he
How many Yamaha 33 were built? mermike at 1:38pm 02.01.23 Ah, OK. I'm the third owner. It's been in Puget Sound since new.
Fire Extinguishers - What's in your galley? dLj at 1:33pm 02.01.23 Imagine all the characters who don't post because they don't even know what questions to ask. Thi
Headed back to BAJA Wyo George at 1:28pm 02.01.23 Wyo George Hi, Pretty simple really. you will need all your documents. Passports,Drivers license, C
How many Yamaha 33 were built? Ameseys at 1:27pm 02.01.23 Did you survey my boat? When? I said "surveyed", I meant "looked at buying". I was given surveys f
Looking for recommendations for Porta Pottie with MSD Sail22Capri22 at 1:23pm 02.01.23 I am considering a board under the toilet but I am concerned with how high it sits. There is a board
Missing boom PRoberaon at 12:59pm 02.01.23 Went to west marine. Had a fair amount of the items I needed. Depth finder price was in line. Everyt
Removing the Propeller Shaft Flange - H41AC (1) Ralph Johnstone at 12:48pm 02.01.23 What I want to know, when you tighten the longer bolts between the shaft flange and the transmissio
Removing the Propeller Shaft Flange - H41AC Rich Stidger at 12:31pm 02.01.23

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