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Why can racing sailboats haul in their sails so close? Sublime at 4:56pm 08.22.12 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 19/6953 For example: http://www.charterworld.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Sailing-yacht-Loki-at-the-
Let's talk hurricanes. haynie5 at 4:53pm 08.22.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1368 Any body have any experience anchoring out in a hurricane or strong tropical storm? What are the bes
Hard Work = sailing pleasure (4) Jim Seamans at 4:45pm 08.22.12 Ask All Sailors 15/2981 For the last two days I have been going through the boat preparing for our trip to the Bahamas, Eleu
Mac Gregor 26S swinging keel alessandrobalducci at 4:45pm 08.22.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/4826 Dear friends, I bought a Mac Gregor 26S (I am the forth owner!) and this boat has the system of sw
Chainplates Piratenorm at 3:57pm 08.22.12 Catalina 30 0/806 OK, with all the talk lately about checking chainplates, breaking chainplates, stainless steel rusti
Removing a C30 Galley Rayheath at 2:49pm 08.22.12 Catalina 30 21/6274 I would like to remove the galley on my 1985 C30. This would be the sink area as well as the counter
Vision 32 performance? swampcreek at 2:17pm 08.22.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/798 I'm looking into a few Hunter sailboats locally. We plan to visit a 1999 310 ($45K) that looks REALL
Garmin Bluechart G2 Charts DJW at 2:05pm 08.22.12 Ask All Sailors 4/1228 Looking at a Garmin 740S chartplotter to replace the Raytheon 398 and RayStar 108 GPS sensor. I als
Hard or Soft Dinghy For A 34' Sailboat? Joe Mullee at 1:27pm 08.22.12 Big Boats 16/5253 My thirteen year old West Marine rollup inflatable (8'6") developed a slow water leak this season al
Passage 450 port water tank leak sailwyvern at 1:14pm 08.22.12 Big Boats 6/1231 We have a 1997 450CC passage. When the port water tank is filled, water leaks onto the top of the w
Sailing in Rockland, ME 31seahorse at 12:33pm 08.22.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1185 Hello Members, In mid September I will be in Rockland, Maine with our Celebrity daysailer while Eile
C30 Weather Helm Problem Don Guillette at 11:20am 08.22.12 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 13/12149 I get most of my material from talking to sailors. I feel if one mate has a questions others might a
Ready to Paint The Bottom David S at 10:59am 08.22.12 Trailer Sailors 7/2765 It is scraped, washed with water, blisters repaired, sanded, rubbed down with 202 cleaner, ready to
Bene 473 or 423 snadd1s at 10:36am 08.22.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1286 Hello Bene-owners. Im about to buy a 473, but im a bit worried about the size. Most of the sailing w
Folding Ladder wont Fold David S at 9:52am 08.22.12 Trailer Sailors 8/3092 I have an old 4 rung aluminum folding ladder in the extended position and wont close. it will have 3
Using cockpit winch for main halyard? hubbardbilly at 9:43am 08.22.12 Catalina 22 5/1714 The times I have attempted to use my cockpit winches to get that extra lift on the main halyard, it
Throttle Cable needs lubrication shemandr at 9:31am 08.22.12 Ask All Sailors 6/4130 As of my last outing the throttle is not allowing me to slow RPM's to much under 2000. Normally I c
H44 / H426 dish rack (1) Larry Jackel at 9:06am 08.22.12 Big Boats 10/1865 The dish rack that came with my 2005 H44 is started to lose its white coating. ( The rack in questio
Active Captain and Wunderground Weather med2463 at 6:57am 08.22.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1475 Active Captain just announced a new partnership with Wunderground. Works great. Here is link http://
Screens available for opening Ports? NeilB at 5:55am 08.22.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/870 As new C36 owner, was wondering if there are screens available for the opening ports on the MKII mod

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Charging from a tow vehicle SycloneDriver at 7:08pm 05.14.22 I had house bank of 3 AGM group 34s in my 5th wheel. I never had a problem connecting it to my truc
Ericson 28-2 Fuel system SycloneDriver at 6:55pm 05.14.22 My 1988 Beneteau came with a stick that you dropped into the tank to check the level. It was very a
Tide App Fail (1) Crusty Ol Salt at 6:46pm 05.14.22 Crusty. You may be experiencing not only tide change, but wind effects of the last several days of
Tide App Fail (1) jssailem at 6:20pm 05.14.22 Crusty. You may be experiencing not only tide change, but wind effects of the last several days of w
Tide App Fail (1) Crusty Ol Salt at 6:02pm 05.14.22
Yanmar's dlochner at 5:54pm 05.14.22 I can't answer your specific questions, however, based on the expensive tutorial on replacing and re
Tide App Fail Crusty Ol Salt at 5:50pm 05.14.22 I think of tide predictions as a mere suggestion. Wind, the shape of the coast, the depth of the w
Yanmar's sail sfbay at 5:42pm 05.14.22 Welcome to the forum!! Suggest getting a datasheet with specifications and installation manual for
Yanmar fuel problem: air leak? jaysweet at 5:20pm 05.14.22 Not likely because that's MY specialty after fuelling up :facepalm:. HOWEVER, what I've seen on my
Yanmar fuel problem: air leak? jaysweet at 5:04pm 05.14.22 Your filter body doesn't match the Racor 120RMAM series. ntre bolt looks to be a good source of ai
Santana 20 needs a motor maybe a trolling motor? dlochner at 5:03pm 05.14.22 For short distances in mild conditions it should be fine. However, this is not a "get home motor" or
Edson brake install! Growl at 4:52pm 05.14.22
Edson brake install! jviss at 4:44pm 05.14.22 Oh, too bad about the compass! So, can you take the connector off the cable?
Yanmar fuel problem: air leak? Ralph Johnstone at 4:41pm 05.14.22 wonder if I pulled up the mechanical stop lever 2 days ago and forgot to push it back down. Not l
Where do you keep the booze? jviss at 4:36pm 05.14.22 I always wished my boat had a purpose-designed liquor and wine cabinet, and a bar of some sort. The
Yanmar fuel problem: air leak? (2) Ralph Johnstone at 4:34pm 05.14.22 Your filter body doesn't match the Racor 120RMAM series. uel leak, it's a good chance for air to en
Installing macerator on 2000 Beneteau 411 in forward head Craig Meredith at 4:30pm 05.14.22 Thanks. That makes perfect sense.
Edson brake install! (1) Growl at 4:03pm 05.14.22 Good Day, Started project today, compass came off easy, 3 screws, snipped wires etc. I broke the com
Yanmar fuel problem: air leak? jaysweet at 3:58pm 05.14.22 Reading and thinking: Occam's razor is now making me wonder if I pulled up the mechanical stop lever
Ericson 28-2 Fuel system Don S/V ILLusion at 3:40pm 05.14.22 The Ericson 27 we had once never had a fuel gauge.

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