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coolant hose replacement - cannot find replacement hose (2) iSailor at 8:50am 12.03.12 Catalina 310 3/1619 I finally tracked down my minor coolant leak. Turns out the coolant hose (circled in picture) was le
Installing an X-5 Drive Wheel on a dished wheel Dave602 at 8:03am 12.03.12 Ask All Sailors 5/1440 I just purchased a Lewmar folding wheel and need to switch over my X-5 autopilot wheel. Two things
East-side of Lake Marion SC? RobertLangdirect at 7:54am 12.03.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1763 Does any sailor have experience with the east-side of Lake Marion SC? I have a P-31 and draw 5.5 f
Just Purchased 1980 Sovereign 23 (1) rickboat at 7:50am 12.03.12 Ask All Sailors 2/7577 This boat is in phenomenal condition for the price I picked it up for. This builder went out of busi
On the hard or on the water - Comp.Post Dubo at 7:36am 12.03.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1137 I'd like to take the weight off the compression post so I can snake a wire up the mast. After I loos
Wet slip or on trailer storage kito at 7:04am 12.03.12 Ask All Sailors 33/10004 I would like thoughts from trailer sailors who have wet slipped your sailboat, trailor stored it at
Suunto compass leaking oil adirondacktom at 5:59am 12.03.12 Ask All Sailors 5/8379 Suunto disappointing - here's my latest (and last) communication with them: (to customer service):
Cat 36- How much wind can she take? BayMan at 4:54am 12.03.12 Big Boats 5/2590 Been boat shopping for awhile now. Been looking at some heavier boats with SA/Disp in the high 200s.
Horizon express motor jumbyway at 4:31am 12.03.12 Ask All Sailors 4/3689 I'm looking for a spare motor for my Simpson Lawrence Horizon Express windlass. Before leaving the
Motor Recomendation for 26d / 26S Kokani at 10:51pm 12.02.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/2854 Hi everyone I reacently lost my ob motor I forgot to secure it with bolts or a cable and with high w
...interesting boat name (1) fox islander at 7:17pm 12.02.12 Ask All Sailors 15/4447 I thought I'd just about seen every boat name there was...until this...and on a sailboat no less.
Hunter 34 Boathook at 5:42pm 12.02.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/2326 I have a 1984 hunter 34. Can any one tell me what the purpose of the small compartment that is betwe
Transmission sticking in reverse svapolagia at 5:36pm 12.02.12 Big Boats 0/1032 I have a problem with the transmission on my 1989 Hunter Legend 37 occasionally sticking in reverse.
Mast Height rtmccue at 5:33pm 12.02.12 Big Boats 5/2174 Did any Hunters going south have any bridge problems going down the ICW this year .
Help Postings Lost Parent at 5:13pm 12.02.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1111 Please everyone when posting a new thread for help on a particular boat please supply boat make and
First race - Damage report Jared1048 at 3:30pm 12.02.12 Ask All Sailors 13/3411 We raced around Vashon island (30 miles) in 20-30 knot winds and 2-4 ft waves. Some boats registered
I Have Arrived (2) Roger Long at 3:25pm 12.02.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 13/6397 OK, enough traveling. I'm putting down roots in the form of a two anchor Bahamian moor and I'm goin
Oday 25 deck core? ebsail at 3:24pm 12.02.12 Day Sailers 1/1252 Is there a core in the deck of an Oday 25? Or is it just an outer and inner shell with nothing in b
Friend looking for a 310 to buy SBinNSB at 1:23pm 12.02.12 Catalina 310 10/3830 The couple in the slip next to us is looking to move up from a C30 to the 310 If you are thinking
Battery acid on the teak. (2) Ed Schenck at 1:16pm 12.02.12 Ask All Sailors 21/8788 This is more of a warning than a question. While my boat was "away", it in Florida and me in Ohio,

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Clever Boat Names jon hansen at 3:12pm 11.21.22 Erie feeling
De-powering water heater for winter D. Inscho at 3:05pm 11.21.22 Thank you! There is a breaker for the water heater but it is a push button panel allowing only and "
Racing rule questions Davidasailor26 at 3:03pm 11.21.22 So, the takeaway for me is to always try to pass to windward of a boat on an upwind leg. As long as
De-powering water heater for winter JoeWhite at 2:57pm 11.21.22 There must be a circuit breaker on the panel. If not, disconnect the shore power then disconnect the
De-powering water heater for winter dlochner at 2:53pm 11.21.22 Welcome to SBO. There should be a breaker on the main breaker panel for it. If not you need to inst
Clever Boat Names Wyo George at 2:51pm 11.21.22
Keel crack dlochner at 2:51pm 11.21.22
Racing rule questions stickinthemud57 at 2:39pm 11.21.22 Great responses! It's interesting that the "give way" boat (in this case boat A) can force the "stan
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida (1) Davidasailor26 at 2:37pm 11.21.22 Annapolis buoy reports water temperature of 49.5. Air temperature for the last 24 hours ranges from
Keel crack dlochner at 2:36pm 11.21.22 Wavy Gravy comes to mind! Now there's a reference the young folks won't know! There are many you
Starboard & Port tack confusion! dlochner at 2:35pm 11.21.22 This is easy to verify. The World Sailing Association, the governing body for international sailing
Starboard & Port tack confusion! kappykaplan at 2:33pm 11.21.22 Interesting, but it wouldn't surprise me at all that the Brits are contrary to the continent. As I
Starboard & Port tack confusion! Davidasailor26 at 2:25pm 11.21.22 Interesting. The Racing Rules of Sailing are published by World Sailing, not just a US organization,
Keel crack Scott T-Bird at 2:20pm 11.21.22 This is my Lead/Antimony Keel looked like, before being fixed. ung folks won't know!
Starboard & Port tack confusion! JamesG161 at 2:16pm 11.21.22 Geeez guys I know , I know... Titanic Sunk, 15 April 1912. Things have changed. Like Lifeboats.:f
Keel crack (1) JamesG161 at 2:12pm 11.21.22 This is my Lead/Antimony Keel looked like, before being fixed.
Starboard & Port tack confusion! Scott T-Bird at 2:10pm 11.21.22 Having spent around eight weeks sailing on Nicholson 55' sail training cutters in UK, I don't recal
Starboard & Port tack confusion! Scott T-Bird at 2:07pm 11.21.22 This was shown in the sinking of the Titanic movie. They ordered "Hard a Port" to avoid the Iceber
Starboard & Port tack confusion! kappykaplan at 2:04pm 11.21.22 Having spent around eight weeks sailing on Nicholson 55' sail training cutters in UK, I don't recall
Starboard & Port tack confusion! JamesG161 at 2:02pm 11.21.22 This was shown in the sinking of the Titanic movie. They ordered "Hard a Port" to avoid the Iceberg

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