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Keel Bolt Inspection Technique Ajay73 at 9:33am 02.02.13 Mid-Size Boats 9/4787 Starting to think about spring boat jobs, one of which is inspecting keel bolts. After re-reading al
Sa 2100 Chris Patterson at 7:23am 02.02.13 Musings With Maine Sail 0/1365 Hey Maine, (or anyone else that's dealed with it). Have you had any hands-on dealings with the SA 21
My truck is officially dead. doehunter at 6:46am 02.02.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 34/4320 Just when the weather is turning nice. My truck started acting funny yesterday. After I got home I
StarGazer Get's Into The Lights... (5) MRStarGazer at 10:16pm 02.01.13 Precision 3/3159 Was out shopping and came across the funnies LED lights for MY GRILL! Yes! for my grill. I saw how
StarGazer's CB Diagrams (5) MRStarGazer at 10:05pm 02.01.13 Precision 0/1692 Hey! Thought I would share some info here on the CB hing replacements. Note: I was working alone,
StarGazer P-18 Now Has a Symmetrical Spinniker (3) MRStarGazer at 9:50pm 02.01.13 Precision 3/4361 Hi! All! After my modifications to my centerboard and replacing my CBJoint. I decided to test a spi
what to do about shrunk sailrope (1) newsailor72 at 9:30pm 02.01.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 14/4766 the rope in my main sail (in the bottom section of the luff) has shrunk thus the tack area is kind o
C-22 Raft-up At Havasu CaptDon01 at 9:07pm 02.01.13 Catalina 22 0/826 I know there has been some talk about the C-22's getting together during the Havasu event and I was
Newbie with no experience buys big boat CalebD at 8:35pm 02.01.13 Ask All Sailors 36/8249 I'm reading this book: http://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Seas-.../dp/B00A6542M6 Fun read. Every
Diesel Bugs Rick D at 7:29pm 02.01.13 Engines and Propulsion 22/7371 Argh. I picked up a bug, probably from filling my tank from auto fuel stations instead of the marina
Irwin 25 JohnMichael at 5:08pm 02.01.13 Irwin 2/3888 I am seeking fellow sailors' experiences with the Irwin 25 shoal/centerboard model (not the 10/4 mod
How many ODay 28s with CB and Tiller? Sea Drifter at 4:48pm 02.01.13 Ask An Oday Owner 14/3069
Ahh... the two best days of a boat owner: jfrench at 2:52pm 02.01.13 Catalina 22 5/1160 They say the second best day for a boat owner is the day he gets rid of it. I think that's humorousl
Rub Rail (1) Styx at 1:09pm 02.01.13 Ask All Sailors 11/2532 I have a S2 8.0c. It has aluminum rub rail. Between the rub rail and the fiberglass, there seems to
How do you Equalize a Battery? syoun10 at 11:28am 02.01.13 Ask All Sailors 9/3681 I know you are meant to equalize a battery every now and then. That gets sulfation off the plates,
Speed sailing Justin_NSA at 11:01am 02.01.13 Sails Call Lounge 1/7135 The Bonneville salt flats of sailing. Paul Larsen hits incredible speeds in his sailrocket ! How
Beneteau Oceanus 320 Owners Manual killfeather at 10:50am 02.01.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1399 I recently purchased a Beneteau Oceanus 320 Yacht (1989) which unfortunately did not come with the o
Fule Lines (1) carlager at 9:44am 02.01.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1191 I have 2 similar fuel lines on the tank on my Beneteau 36cc. The lower one on the attached photo i
Fuel Tank Mount FourPoints at 9:33am 02.01.13 Musings With Maine Sail 11/5268 MS, I am installing a new custom 9.5 gal fuel tank from RDS Aluminum. I have 4 mounting tabs instal
A/C at slip Dogleg at 9:05am 02.01.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 22/4057 My wife and I were going to spend a week down at the lake about 12 years ago. We were going to sail

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Mattress Underlayment PaulK at 2:59pm 01.20.23 We used the Froli plastic spring system on our previous boat. Adjusted easily to fit the awkward sp
In-hull depth transducer fails to read shallow depths Tally Ho at 2:38pm 01.20.23 I installed a Garmin Airmar P79 in-hull transducer. The transducer reads depths >15FT very accurate
Hunter 260 Trailer Mods Rick Webb at 2:24pm 01.20.23 Thanks Rick. I'll definitely be trying these ideas. Just wondering what type of plastic? Is it t
Bermuda smokey73 at 2:23pm 01.20.23 Was just there 3 months ago. Easiest route is to/from Beaufort. I am assuming you are refering
In-hull depth transducer fails to read shallow depths dlochner at 2:21pm 01.20.23 i have only used it in the muddy chesapeake bay. But I am still able to get good readings in the mu
Bermuda dLj at 2:18pm 01.20.23 Was just there 3 months ago. Easiest route is to/from Beaufort. St George is pretty dead except du
44ds rudder drop HarryvdMeer at 2:14pm 01.20.23 Cool. Great idea. Thank you!
In-hull depth transducer fails to read shallow depths tenacity31 at 2:09pm 01.20.23 There may be a Gain adjustment on the sounder. When the gain is too high it will pick up false ech
In-hull depth transducer fails to read shallow depths tenacity31 at 2:07pm 01.20.23 What is the bottom like? Depth sounders like nice hard bottoms. Softer bottoms absorb the pings rat
44ds rudder drop dmax at 1:53pm 01.20.23 Yes, once I pressed the pin flush I used a bolt (actually was same size as pin) to push it the rest
In-hull depth transducer fails to read shallow depths Davidasailor26 at 1:29pm 01.20.23 There may be a Gain adjustment on the sounder. When the gain is too high it will pick up false echo
H34 Insurance Company is Totalling the boat (10) PGIJon at 1:29pm 01.20.23 212344212345212346212347212348212349212350212351212352
Bermuda Don S/V ILLusion at 1:27pm 01.20.23 Was just there 3 months ago. Easiest route is to/from Beaufort. St George is pretty dead except dur
H34 Insurance Company is Totalling the boat PGIJon at 1:18pm 01.20.23 Jon, I'm really sorry to hear about the loss of your H34. From your previous posts I know you put a
44ds rudder drop HarryvdMeer at 1:13pm 01.20.23 Interesting idea. Did you have a smaller diameter bolt in the middle to press against the pin?
44ds rudder drop (1) dmax at 1:01pm 01.20.23 I had the same problem - mine had a SS pin stuck in aluminum, bad combo. I made a press out of 1/4"
In-hull depth transducer fails to read shallow depths dlochner at 12:51pm 01.20.23 What is the bottom like? Depth sounders like nice hard bottoms. Softer bottoms absorb the pings rath
Bermuda dLj at 12:36pm 01.20.23 St. George sounds good to me. Scooter sounds fun also. Plus it places me a a good point to leave for
Sealing screws on fresh water tank cover DArcy at 12:34pm 01.20.23 If the screws go through into the tank then water can get up through the threads. If the gasket is t
Sealing screws on fresh water tank cover smokey73 at 12:32pm 01.20.23 If you are talking about the screws themselves rather than the lid (which was in my case), I used B

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