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Numbers for Rig Tuning TJM8187 at 2:53pm 02.16.13 Catalina 22 6/2227 Does anyone know of a good guide for rig tuning a C22. Going to be doing it for the first time this
Dropping the Keel bornin59ca at 2:17pm 02.16.13 Big Boats 2/958 Ok the time has come to fix my Keel on my Hunter 40 Legend. I have been fooling around with it for t
Winterizing Raw Water Exhaust Joe Mullee at 1:51pm 02.16.13 Ask All Sailors 18/5064 I have a 1983 Yanmar 3GMF. Always winterize the raw water side with the pink stuff from West Marine
Looking for the Best Marina's at the Best Price in Rhode Is jerseyjoe at 12:20pm 02.16.13 Destinations 14/5854 I am moving my boat from NY to Rhode Island this season and I have done a lot of research but wanted
Thru hull fittings Luca1467 at 11:42am 02.16.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1231 I bought my 47.7 around 3 years ago. It is now 12 years old. I do not know if the previous owner eve
FEEDBACK REQUEST: New search installed Phil Herring at 10:26am 02.16.13 Forum Help (Site Talk) 7/2501 Sorry for the delay on this! We now have a new search function installed on all sites (excluding th
st40 or st60 VMG to wind Quoddy at 9:21am 02.16.13 Ask All Sailors 6/3642 Does anyone know if the Raymarine st40, (now i40) wind instrument will feed enough data into the Ray
Need new freshwater pump advice tomgrigsby at 8:43am 02.16.13 The Cherubini Hunters 10/1919 My 79 H30 has a ShurFlo 220-033 pump for the freshwater system. Pump doesn't anymore. I can't find
New mainsail galliob at 8:14am 02.16.13 Big Boats 12/1914 Just learned I need to replace my mainsail. Anybody have any recommendations? Considering Sailcare
Painting Lost Parent at 7:45am 02.16.13 Ask All Sailors 3/1050 Has anyone tried painting small areas with the small pressurized cans that are screwed onto small ja
Bulkhead replacement jamesstpierremb at 7:18am 02.16.13 Catalina 30 16/7462 Have previously changed the bulkhead in the 27 Catalina and it wasn't too bad a job. Recently a lea
Moisture Meters caguy at 6:36am 02.16.13 Ask All Sailors 9/1761 I am planning on buying a moisture meter to check my house (lathe and plaster), howerver, I will pro
T Head Slip omnia470 at 6:12am 02.16.13 Ask All Sailors 10/1721 We have moved to a T head and our boat is 47'. Looking at different ways of securing boat as well a
Mainsail on Ebay dlandersson at 5:35am 02.16.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/1183 Perhaps of interest: :D http://www.ebay.com/itm/350589486427?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT'_trksid=p3984
Add traveler to 22 foot sailboat - UPDATE Mich222 at 12:31am 02.16.13 Ask All Sailors 0/895 I posted about 2 years ago (on 2/21/2011 to be exact) asking for opinions for best placement for add
Follow the wires....If you can shipwreck66 at 6:34pm 02.15.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 9/2107 We've all had annoying leaks after rains, most of which we find and stop. I have one I think is comi
Boom Vang Question (1) Hydro Therapy at 4:13pm 02.15.13 Day Sailers 11/2255 I purchased a boom vang that uses 5/16 rope and has a 992 lb capacity. The main reason I bought it w
Mainsail Halyard for 240 - Wire? goc_cass at 12:34pm 02.15.13 Smaller Boats 3/884 Hey all, been lurking on the forum since I got the boat 2 years ago, but now that I have a question
Wind vane for trip to Mexico from Seattle Jared1048 at 11:59am 02.15.13 Mid-Size Boats 11/2728 How important would a wind vane be rated by importance for a trip like this? On longer passages (>=1
Sailing/Moving boat for Sand Diego to Portland Oregon therobesons at 11:01am 02.15.13 Big Boats 5/1524 We have sold our house and moving up to Portland Oregon. i want to take our boat with us. it is a 19

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Cape may 663 bridge clearance smokey73 at 4:56am 06.23.22 The take home is when going under a bridge that is close to the boat's air draft, don't go at high
Reef point on sail, what the heck is this? caverun at 4:30am 06.23.22 Yes, that webbing loop is the tack of the main when reefed. You will probably need to remove a few s
Tass fittings and sea water..... dlochner at 4:25am 06.23.22
Cape may 663 bridge clearance dlochner at 4:19am 06.23.22 Bridge heights on the chart are to the nearest foot at mean high water. The base data for all of the
Tass fittings and sea water..... Captain Larry-DH at 3:45am 06.23.22 Not an expert, but you could use it and plan to change it on a 2-3 year schedule. It would probably
autopilot install on an H280 Jstonge at 3:39am 06.23.22 The wheel brake was on the boat, clever design and works great. I replaced the wheel cover over the
Windlass Breaker JamesG161 at 11:42pm 06.22.22 You can buy that breaker from SBO stores... Hunter 31 windlass, anchor, breaker 90amp Just for yo
Catalina 250 WB swinging on a mooring buoy Kings Gambit at 11:23pm 06.22.22 A riding sail is more trouble to get fitted and will probably prove less effective than routine use
Starting my LFP build. (7) Hayden Watson at 10:19pm 06.22.22 My BMS came in yesterday but the packaging was just a single ply bubble wrap bag in an oversized wea
Catalina 250 WB swinging on a mooring buoy sebastko at 9:49pm 06.22.22 Thank you very much for detailed responses and lots of great advice! Just wanted to clarify: the bo
I sailed a Sunfish! MikeHoncho at 9:43pm 06.22.22
Knotmeter MikeHoncho at 9:41pm 06.22.22 Great writing, lousy math... not 1000mph... 6 feet per second 1000 seconds .28 nm/hour :yikes: I f
Reef point on sail, what the heck is this? (1) rgranger at 9:04pm 06.22.22 There should be something like this near the gooseneck it search for reefing hook. They are less t
Windlass Breaker (2) Ralph Johnstone at 9:03pm 06.22.22 Time for some homework. he attached Blue Sea Ampacity chart easier.
Short (2-4 week) cruise North from Hilton Head over the summer rgranger at 9:00pm 06.22.22 You could always break the outside up into a few short hops
Knotmeter DArcy at 8:19pm 06.22.22 @All U Get, what speed did you actually think the boat was going? We'll never know, fish ate the p
Knotmeter Will Gilmore at 8:18pm 06.22.22 Interesting. I also made a significant math error. I inverted the 3600/6076 in the reduced formula
Holding tank replacement for a Hunter 280 Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:09pm 06.22.22 0hhh..that's BAD!! I did know someone who'd successfully used JB Weld to repair so many leaks in a
Windlass Breaker stephen_i_w at 8:09pm 06.22.22 The breaker should be sized according to the wiring from the power supply to the windlass. So, a 10
Short (2-4 week) cruise North from Hilton Head over the summer flightlead404 at 7:56pm 06.22.22 I love the inside of the OBX. I've sailed out of Oriental three different times, once out of Swan

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