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dparilla at 7:55pm 07.23.13
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So, we sailed this weekend. Hold n' treat worked like a champ. We got home, I hit the start button
Jimongee at 7:50pm 07.23.13
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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
Jimongee at 7:42pm 07.23.13
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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
Captn TJ at 6:56pm 07.23.13
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We have mid boom sheeting on our masthead rigged 42. Because of the location of the mainsheet travel
MacGreg at 6:30pm 07.23.13
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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
LRH at 5:54pm 07.23.13
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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.
LRH at 5:52pm 07.23.13
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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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All you readers waiting for me to do something, anything; get out your John Mansfield and other roma
Lost Parent at 4:32pm 07.23.13
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I live quite a ways away from my boat and need the size of the opening in the port cockpit locker of
frimi_captain at 4:05pm 07.23.13
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Renting a boat in Kona a 22 footer. Looking for crew for a couple of Day sails. Sailing August 15
rblack27 at 3:11pm 07.23.13
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My '85 Catalina 27 (TallRig), with diesel inboard, has been berthed on a deep, rocky freshwater lak
Teakfreak at 2:59pm 07.23.13
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A foul cloud of odor envelopes my boat from back cockpit to flybridge after every flush. Not only a
Dan Hill at 2:48pm 07.23.13
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Went for a day sail and the wind piped up some fun. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fJwW81FQTU'fea
capta at 1:03pm 07.23.13
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I have just spent a huge amount of time on the internet trying to find the US electric cable gauge e
newsailor72 at 11:36am 07.23.13
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I read that an opened tube will not last more than a couple days, is this true? and will storing it
BigEasy at 11:27am 07.23.13
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I get it that the boom vang is used to affect twist in the mainsail by controlling tension on the bo
tom flatley at 10:40am 07.23.13
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boom drooping so low it lays on transome - javelin - any ideas - tks tom
dlewis812 at 10:04am 07.23.13
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trying ways to prevent the mooring lines from getting tangled. many at the marina have the floats w
wcletien at 9:45am 07.23.13
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I just installed a Raymarine SmartPilot X-5 and would like to connect my Garmin 492 Chartplotter to

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