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Irwin 27 (1970 model) keel marc9889 at 12:44pm 06.04.13 Irwin 0/4528 After extensive searching, I am back to asking the experts (you guys) about the drop keel on my 1970
1979 Oday 25 dcranford at 11:59am 06.04.13 Ask All Sailors 3/1092 Does anyone know what kind of hull core this has. I have a few gelcoat cracks and am trying to find
diesel water separators Ted Kurczynski at 11:54am 06.04.13 Big Boats 25/6743 I have a Hunter 376 with a Yanmar3JH2E diesel engine. It came with an enclosed Racor filter unit and
Hull speed therobesons at 11:53am 06.04.13 Big Boats 6/3303 Anyone know the hullspeed for a 1999 Hunter 420 passage CC with a 37' waterline? Also what is the f
These new-fangled phones are tougher than I thought! justsomeguy at 11:34am 06.04.13 Sails Call Lounge 1/4024 Maybe someday, I'll join the 21st century! Maybe... Warning; scatological content. Viewer discret
Lewmar bow thruster - spare parts (1) carlager at 11:32am 06.04.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/2090 The black box on my Lewmar Bow Thruster - 185TT 3kW 12v -is dead. I need to replace it. I have fou
Broken bolt removal advice Nom De Guerre at 11:30am 06.04.13 Ask All Sailors 16/1994 I have a 5/16" - 18 SS bolt that threads into the bottom of a SS stanchion that was frozen. I got it
Cure for play on the tiller alturaam at 11:11am 06.04.13 Yamaha 7/2266 How do you fellow Yam 25 Mk II owners deal with play in the tiller. I have some, it is not to annoy
Making it simple anchorclanker at 10:54am 06.04.13 Trailer Sailors 29/6855 I was curious to know of other setups and procedures to simplify launching and retrieval. Currently,
Lake Tahoe jimmac99 at 10:11am 06.04.13 Destinations 4/2739 Next week, my wife and I are planning to take our 26M to Lake Tahoe. As we have essentially never sa
Attachment of boom to gooseneck faithforster26@msn.com at 8:24am 06.04.13 Catalina 30 2/2144 Hi: We have a 1988 Catalina 30 and want to know how much play there should be between the boom and t
boatUS vs. seatow dlewis812 at 7:23am 06.04.13 Ask All Sailors 20/5716 vegas' recent thread regarding boatUS got me to review what i have. i've always had a seatow member
Advice on lashing jerry cans ondeck robertsapp at 7:02am 06.04.13 Ask All Sailors 19/15198 I can't remember what the name of those boards are that many cruisers fix up between a pair of stanc
moving jib forward sunman at 6:58am 06.04.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/839 I single hand sail my 26D and use a club footed Jib ,car/track arrangment, so far it's pretty fair f
New cockpit cushions for 310 c130king at 5:34am 06.04.13 Catalina 310 4/1949 I found the 2 vendors on this site that sell cockpit cushions. Any feedback from anyone with experi
C-22 Symmetric Spinnaker? halmc at 5:26am 06.04.13 Catalina 22 5/1099 I'm considering a C-22 for use in a lake here in N. Fla where I recently bought a house. I like symm
Be wary of TowBoatUS in Lake St. Clair Vegas at 4:18am 06.04.13 Ask All Sailors 34/10995
240 at low tide Tim Moylan at 3:34am 06.04.13 Smaller Boats 2/1027 Another gift from Hurricane Sandy is the addition of two feet of silt/mud which is now covering the
Finally anchorclanker at 2:45am 06.04.13 Ask An Oday Owner 13/1317 After some false starts I was finally able to bring "Just Chillin" home. I had hoped to do this almo
Dockside Etiquete capejt at 12:27am 06.04.13 Ask All Sailors 25/3351 I think I saw a post similar to this about a year or so ago, but now the problem has hit me so I tho

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Soldering advice sought dlochner at 2:05pm 05.18.23 Here's a good article on making coax connections. https://marinehowto.com/easy-vhf-terminations
Hunter smile / keel movement (3) Ralph Johnstone at 1:42pm 05.18.23 I wouldn't think it should be so difficult to locate ALL your keel bolts! You'd expect to have to l
Thoughts on rail mounted VHF antenna Hollyberry at 1:23pm 05.18.23 On a non-communication-issue note, I once got a nasty handfull of fiberglass splinters when inadvert
Hunter smile / keel movement Ralph Johnstone at 1:20pm 05.18.23 The local keel guy or the people who used to build the boats ? ? ? ? I'd want all the expert knowl
Hunter smile / keel movement Hollyberry at 1:17pm 05.18.23
Volvo MD22L Erratic temperature gauge problem (3) Ralph Johnstone at 12:55pm 05.18.23 Aw crap. That does not help at all. I found my ancient scratchings from years ago when I was hunti
Soldering advice sought SiriusCanada at 12:34pm 05.18.23 I've got a new cax cable run through the mast as well as an 16 gauge 6 wire tinned wire. It was eas
Soldering advice sought Timm R Oday25 at 12:32pm 05.18.23 Thanks for your reply
Hunter smile / keel movement dmax at 12:31pm 05.18.23 It does look like it's in good shape. He's saying 1" of movement is normal/ok? Seems like that would
Cockpit drain SiriusCanada at 12:31pm 05.18.23 Just an FYI for other owners: On my Sirius, the hose from the cockpit drain runs through the starb
Its funny Friday! Will Gilmore at 11:52am 05.18.23 One of my favorite music videos by one of my favorite artists. lpzqQst-Sg8 -Will
Soldering advice sought (2) Rich Stidger at 11:39am 05.18.23 Here are pictures of the heat shrink device that I have. No flame, light and easy to use and comple
Soldering advice sought Rich Stidger at 11:23am 05.18.23 The coax connectors I use are solder-less. They use a special tool that compresses the connector an
Soldering advice sought Sailor Sue at 11:15am 05.18.23 I've got a new cax cable run through the mast as well as an 16 gauge 6 wire tinned wire. It was eas
Thoughts on rail mounted VHF antenna Leeward Rail at 11:12am 05.18.23 He'll need SatCom Nah if he or she is retired all they need is a big sign that says "Go away".
Volvo MD22L Erratic temperature gauge problem Rich Stidger at 11:10am 05.18.23 Correct me if I'm wrong (which is becoming more common) but is the thermistor resistance at the sen
Hunter smile / keel movement (3) MysticBlue at 11:10am 05.18.23 Thanks all for the input. Just got some different advice from the local keel guy basically saying it
Love to Hear the Story Behind This stickinthemud57 at 10:49am 05.18.23 "What!!? Those trees weren't here 40 years ago!"
Volvo MD22L Erratic temperature gauge problem Ralph Johnstone at 10:35am 05.18.23 Periodically I turn on the key but not start just to observe what the temperature gauge shows. Some
Getting Closer to Launch Grudgeon upgraded and Ruddercraft Rudder is Hung AaronD at 9:45am 05.18.23 Ah! That was good of Ruddercraft to drill the extra holes in the crutch. Mine came with only one ho

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