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Against all odds All U Get at 4:53pm 10.11.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1322 Hi all, I experienced a problem with the gen-set on our boat and it's taken two weeks to figure it o
What does a Hydro Hoist 4000L weigh ? AnchorDragger at 4:44pm 10.11.12 Ask All Sailors 5/3348 I am buying a sailboat and the Hydro Hoist 4000L it has been kept on. I need to know how much the e
O'Day 35 Electrolysis Jehu Dodge at 3:51pm 10.11.12 Bigger Boats 5/1573 A Zinc on my keel is completely detroyed in a month. There is no ground or electric connection. How
40' Hunter mask details, 1989 38lat at 2:19pm 10.11.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1072 Hi: Can anyone please help with the details of the inside of this mast. I want to put a tricolor
Almost done, photos of mods (11) emergpa1 at 2:18pm 10.11.12 Ask An Oday Owner 23/3651 Ust about finished. Still need to troubleshoot trailer lights Installed new and reinforced batterie
sail size 1980's hunter 22 SenecaDaze at 1:50pm 10.11.12 Smaller Boats 4/1226 awhile back i saved a thread that gave dimensions for the hunter22 luff and foot dimensions; below i
Any 336 or 340 owners with a dripless shaft seal out there? robertsapp at 12:19pm 10.11.12 Mid-Size Boats 13/2421 It's time to replace the shaft log hose. I think I'd like to upgrade to a dripless shaft seal. There
O'Day 19 "Weekender" Stability/Safety (1) yeahmag at 9:16am 10.11.12 Day Sailers 4/5800 As some of you have been following I've stumbled in to an all-but-free O'Day 19 that I'm making ship
Displaying NMEA, Chart info on a tablet OS2Dude at 8:20am 10.11.12 Ask All Sailors 5/2035 I have a Garmin 421s attached to a NMEA2000/0183 network. (Sounder, Wind data, GPS, AIS, etc.) Tro
Beaufort Wind Scale merlinuxo at 7:21am 10.11.12 Trailer Sailors 4/1958 For determining wind speed by observing the sea state. http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/beaufort.
Loading boat onto trailer edbarranco at 5:23am 10.11.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1486 I am in Tallahassee Florida and have recently purchased a project 1988 18.5 hunter sailboat. Neat bo
Havasu Pocket Cruiser Convention Video CaptDon01 at 5:18am 10.11.12 Ask All Sailors 0/861 Here is a link to a promotional video for the upcoming 2013 Havasu Pocket Cruiser Convention. It pr
SBO App for Kindle Fire txjim at 8:38pm 10.10.12 Forum Help (Site Talk) 4/13051 I have the SBO app on my android phone and my wife's IPAD but I just purchased a Kindle Fire HD. The
Gasket for Yanmar SS exhaust elbow scorpio77 at 8:37pm 10.10.12 Ask All Sailors 24/5883 Hi, after some issues with my engine, Im going to change the Exhaust U type elbow for a SS one. I f
where is depth sounder located on hull? Jared1048 at 8:29pm 10.10.12 Mid-Size Boats 12/1868 Probably a stupid question but I cant seem to find it! Boats on the hard so it should be easy to fin
Where is the line to raise the swing keel on hunter 19 atlanta786 at 8:23pm 10.10.12 Smaller Boats 1/1261 I am new to the hunter 19. Can someone tell me the following: 1. Where is the line to raise/lower
Day 94, K-50 Happy Talk's reveal... (6) CharlieCobra at 7:05pm 10.10.12 Ask All Sailors 5/2646 After 94 days, we rolled Kettenburg 50, hull number six, "Happy Talk" out of the tent. Once we foun
10 seconds of fame Marc14857 at 7:03pm 10.10.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1611 Had the opportunity to help deliver a new Bavaria 46 from Mystic Ct to the Newport Boat Show with Ad
Pumping out fresh water tank-End of Season JRacer at 7:00pm 10.10.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 10/2539 Any risks to be concerned about when pumping out my fresh water tank (has quite a bit of water in it
Yanmar 56 hp iwindance at 6:03pm 10.10.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1925 I do not see that this engine has a zinc in the heat exchanger, does anyone know to the contrary I

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Black Widow vs VC-17M? Davidasailor26 at 2:57pm 11.10.22 Already he has told me that going from a genoa to the 102% jib would only buy me three seconds. See
Black Widow vs VC-17M? stickinthemud57 at 2:47pm 11.10.22 It is a system that is good in theory however in actual practice it would hard to think of worse ra
Black Widow vs VC-17M? Davidasailor26 at 2:43pm 11.10.22
aluminum frame portlights or frameless acrylic? (1) Hollyberry at 2:40pm 11.10.22 I think 3/8" would be overkill the windows are fairly small on the C 27 ... finally found a pic of t
Fuel pick location for a Diesel heater mermike at 2:37pm 11.10.22 I have an insulating sock from a deisel heater I replaced. I instaled the new heater about 3' from
aluminum frame portlights or frameless acrylic? xavpil at 2:10pm 11.10.22 HollyBerry is right on. Plexiglas is a trade name for acrylic. The optical best kind is the cast st
Sick JRacer at 1:11pm 11.10.22 Glad to hear you are doing better, Dave.
Fuel pick location for a Diesel heater Head Sail at 12:59pm 11.10.22 Like most DIY projects, I checked with some of my cruising friends and found a heater offered by Am
Sick patbratton at 12:50pm 11.10.22 I am so sorry to hear that you were ill. I am glad that you are feeling better.
Sleeping in the Walmart Parking Lot (1) Tedd at 12:49pm 11.10.22 Where are the pictures so we know this actually did happen?? (show some pictures of your new toy!!
Fuel pick location for a Diesel heater Head Sail at 12:47pm 11.10.22 With great difficulty. Plan is to run 30mm exhaust tubing in a heavy insulating sock to the transom
aluminum frame portlights or frameless acrylic? xavpil at 12:38pm 11.10.22 Another trick is to dry-fit the new window, mask the outline and paint the overlay surfaces black b
Removed fixed prop ... boat speed improved immensely! Parsons at 12:35pm 11.10.22 So you had that four-blade bronze prop on your Catalina 32? Go ahead and pull the other one. I'll b
Removed fixed prop ... boat speed improved immensely! Hello Below at 12:35pm 11.10.22 Adjust the pitch, remove one blade and you'll be fine.
aluminum frame portlights or frameless acrylic? kloudie1 at 12:33pm 11.10.22 HollyBerry is right on. Plexiglas is a trade name for acrylic. The optical best kind is the cast stu
Removed fixed prop ... boat speed improved immensely! kappykaplan at 12:29pm 11.10.22 What a difference it makes when my stern isn't dragging! Or squatting! That's a huge prop if the
Replacing frameless acrylic fixed ports xavpil at 12:26pm 11.10.22 Awesome post!!!!!! The plexiglass is color tinted so the pigment is IN the whole plexiglass. Howe
Repairing boat after Hurricane Zeta (1) kappykaplan at 12:25pm 11.10.22 Captain and Engineer Again,
aluminum frame portlights or frameless acrylic? xavpil at 12:18pm 11.10.22 We used normal 'plexiglass', 3/16 or 1/4 (was a while ago, sorry) (not cast) typically available at
CENTERBOARD WOES kappykaplan at 12:18pm 11.10.22 I'll circle back with a full report. That's if anyone really cares.... But we do care! :beer:

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