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Hi, I was wondering if any other owners have dryed out against piles/dock walls etc in a Hunter 30
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Hello how high do I have to get my Macgregor 26c to get the centerboard out Regards Chris Williams U
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I have a 2002 356 with a Yanmar GM30. For the first time ever I am getting a small puddle of black
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So, we sailed this weekend. Hold n' treat worked like a champ. We got home, I hit the start button
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We have a 2002 356. Don't ask me how but somewhere out on Lake Michigan the other day in 15 kts we
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I have a 2002 356 with the in-boom reef system. We are currently sailing the Great Lakes. I am hav
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We have mid boom sheeting on our masthead rigged 42. Because of the location of the mainsheet travel
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I just got a 1969 Balboa 20 swing keel. She is my first swing keel and have zero idea how to operate
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Ahoy Maties, Having owned several sailboats over the years, I'm cosidering one with water ballast.
LRH at 5:53pm 07.23.13
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Ahoy Maties, Having owned several sailboats over the years, I'm cosidering one with water ballast.
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Ahoy Maties, Having owned several sailboats over the years, I'm cosidering one with water ballast.
Roger Long at 5:27pm 07.23.13
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dlochner at 7:30am 05.10.23
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So, the greatest newspaper headline of all time. I think it was the NY Daily News, or NY Post, or s
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MikeHoncho at 6:52am 05.10.23
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Siamese at 6:46am 05.10.23
When her husband comes home and you bolt out the window?
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Leeward Rail at 6:41am 05.10.23
Easy ... screws are fastened with either a flathead screwdriver or a phillips screwdriver. What ab
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Will Gilmore at 6:35am 05.10.23
Have you ever noticed how the higher end the hotel, the more they charge for extras? Stay in a chea
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Scott T-Bird at 6:22am 05.10.23
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jviss at 5:59am 05.10.23
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Leeward Rail at 5:45am 05.10.23
If the fastener is strong then it's a bolt... If it is prone to failure.. then yer screwed ?:beer:
Thoughts on rail mounted VHF antenna
Leeward Rail at 5:38am 05.10.23
My question is: How far can I get from my buddy boat before we lose communication if we both have t
When does a screw become a bolt?
sailme88 at 5:20am 05.10.23
Nuts and bolts, nuts and bolts...we got screwed.... This was a HS chant 50 years ago when a believe
Thoughts on rail mounted VHF antenna
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But most fixed mount vhf's broadcast to other boats with similar height antennas, and also the radi
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garymalmgren at 5:05am 05.10.23
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