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topdown furler sempre amantes at 7:17am 05.23.13 Racing 4/2787 I race a hunter 42 passage 1990, and I am testing a topdown furler from Coligo marine in California
Diesel burn rate Perfect Excuse at 7:00am 05.23.13 Big Boats 8/2877 Has anyone calculated the burn rate for a Yanmar 50 on a Hunter410 at about 2000 rpm? I understand t
I have never seen today's combination of no waves and good w dlandersson at 6:41am 05.23.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/726 I have never seen today's combination of no waves and good winds before. Just amazing.... 8) 19
Mast Pulley System? bootht at 6:31am 05.23.13 Ask All Sailors 11/4580 I am thinking about installing some sort of pulley system from my deck to the top of my mast. I wil
Help with genny (2) Doc_holiday at 6:12am 05.23.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/877 I left this on consignment for a year, it was off my old boat and I never used it. It's an older ty
Vacuflush head Compromise at 6:07am 05.23.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 11/6388 I just bought an Oceanis 41 this last August. I have already had to replace the vacuum pump on the s
How to identify my Jabsco manual toilet -H31 (1) rafip at 5:40am 05.23.13 Mid-Size Boats 10/10503 My Jabsco manual toilet is leaking from the top of the pump when pumping. I tried to purchase a repa
Mystic Anchorage Roger Long at 5:12am 05.23.13 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 3/1646 For anyone visiting Mystic: Survey taken with dinghy and sounding line showing approximate 6 ft MLW
Bolt/ keel lock down Sailor 3269 at 10:40pm 05.22.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1154 I know this is a little late but I could not get back to this topic until now, and someone might say
Head Holding Tank 1986 - 272 Happy Dolphin at 8:11pm 05.22.13 Bigger Boats 4/1640 Started ANOTHER PROJECT! :eek: 1986 Oday 272 Head has a Bag style Holding Tank? Apparently standar
26S cabin lights? Roadking Larry at 8:04pm 05.22.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1061 Does anyone know what the OE bulb is for the rinky dink light over the sink? It had a automotive 115
Splash Day! (2) Roadking Larry at 7:45pm 05.22.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 24/2645 She's in the water! Launched this afternoon. No drama, no major oppses. Biggest issue is I forgot
Open CPN charts Captainron1 at 7:01pm 05.22.13 Ask An Oday Owner 5/4640 Hello everyone. I wonder if anyone can steer me in the right direction to find maps for the OpenCPN
Best Way to Remove Hull ID Stickers foursail22701 at 6:59pm 05.22.13 Ask All Sailors 9/1894 Hi. We need to remove the old identification stickers from both sides of the bow and put on new one
A few additions (2) agprice22 at 6:55pm 05.22.13 Catalina 22 2/1059 Here are a few additions I did today: outhaul led aft, downhaul led aft, halyard led aft, cunningham
Mainsail battens w/main furling in mast Captpete12 at 5:10pm 05.22.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1459 I just purchased a Beneteau 40 (2008) and on its maiden "voyage" we had a problem with the main bind
Removing ancient OB head seacock IH82BL8 at 4:47pm 05.22.13 Ask All Sailors 5/1185 I mentioned previously that I've reconfigured the head to omit the dump-overboard option. Now that
best and easiest tape residue removal gutsgolf at 4:22pm 05.22.13 Ask All Sailors 13/2055 P O left masking tape when he tried to tune up stripes on cabin. have beige tape residue all over t
Mainsheet Articles Needed bobjames at 3:05pm 05.22.13 Catalina 310 0/714 Hi Captains and Admirals: You probably just received the summer 2013 issue of Mainsheet Magazine
changing rigging below triangle of Oday 23 Herco Dunlop at 2:17pm 05.22.13 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1260 Is it a design defect: I was sailing last week when I heard a loud boom and the majority of the thre

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Alternative to bimini skob1014 at 6:19am 04.30.23 How far aft does your boom extend? Boom doesn't extend over the cockpit.
Alternative to bimini Captain Larry-DH at 6:18am 04.30.23 While underway? No other suggestions. Bimini is best. At anchor? Boom tents, umbrellas, awnings.
Alternative to bimini jviss at 6:18am 04.30.23 How far aft does your boom extend?
What jib is best for very light winds cousineddy at 4:52am 04.30.23 J30 is typically sailed with a crew of 5 or so. In super light wind 3 should be swimming behind the
Tightening Engine Belt on Universal 5411 Davidasailor26 at 4:45am 04.30.23 Just one more idea that might work depending on what you have around and your engine configuration-
Waste Tank Level Indication Hunter 33 2004 Scott B at 4:18am 04.30.23 Replaced mine couple of years ago. Was straight forward, no issues. Got it from the SBO store here
How to rig double sided main sheet to helm jviss at 4:09am 04.30.23 My friend's Morris 37 has a double-ended mainsheet. I got the impression any boat could be set up t
A Good Commercial First Aid Kit for Boats? jviss at 4:06am 04.30.23 Thanks Rick, that makes sense, although accidents do happen - that's why they are called accidents!
A Good Commercial First Aid Kit for Boats? Rick486 at 4:03am 04.30.23 Some food for thought. I sailed for 47 years, and 40 years with my wife and neither of us ever suffe
raymarine ev100 vs cpt autopilot jviss at 4:03am 04.30.23 I always wished someone made a really nice, really rugged, mostly metal sailboat wheel drive, that l
Wiring solar and ACR's jviss at 3:57am 04.30.23 The shunt is connected between the negative side of the battery and the negative side of the house
Bubbles in hot water kloudie1 at 3:48am 04.30.23 Sometimes, the bubbles are caused by the anode rod being corroded.. ya may need to replace the anode
Looking for a strut kloudie1 at 3:36am 04.30.23 Back in 2008, I replaced my H-34 strut with one from Southeastern Foundries in North Carolina. They
Wiring solar and ACR's JoeWhite at 10:04pm 04.29.23 Jviss, connect the positive side of the charger to the positive side of the battery and the negativ
Lubricating Through Hull Valves Terry Cox at 9:39pm 04.29.23 Drove to the boat this morning to do my boat check every two weeks. Also wanted to inspect my throug
Tightening Engine Belt on Universal 5411 Crusty Ol Salt at 9:27pm 04.29.23 There's a port on a western bay And it serves a hundred ships a day Lonely sailors pass the time aw
Bubbles in hot water MikeHoncho at 9:20pm 04.29.23 When water is heated, the heat drives dissolved oxygen out of the water. I am told that this is wh
head sink faucet and hose Cat 28 Calif. Ted at 8:50pm 04.29.23 Most used a Scandvik which is over $300 these days, parts are available, hard to image breaking the
Wiring solar and ACR's fred1diver at 8:20pm 04.29.23 What does that mean? Oops meant bus
Tightening Engine Belt on Universal 5411 jssailem at 8:02pm 04.29.23 Remember over tensioning a v-belt is just as bad as under tensioning. So my dad told me a story ab

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