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Fish type anodes Kordie at 5:28pm 10.04.12 Ask All Sailors 27/4285 So I am thinking of making my own after replacing my anode on the prop after less than 6 months use.
Lake Superior North Shore vs. Lake Huron's North Channel Birdman737 at 4:47pm 10.04.12 Destinations 13/9787 Anyone want to share their experiences sailing both Lake Superior (especially the Canadian shore) AN
Woops...... Charging NYSail at 4:30pm 10.04.12 Ask All Sailors 9/1778 So tonight I messed up.... maybe? I have a Xantrex True Charge 40 charging system while at dock, a
Whats new in knot/apparent wind meter ? BayMan at 3:56pm 10.04.12 The Cherubini Hunters 6/1910 My apparent wind meter is way off. Makes me suspect the wind speed also. I have to get up there and
1981 H27 Topping lift/uphaul weirdness SamNelson at 3:12pm 10.04.12 The Cherubini Hunters 6/2160 ..still working on making this boat mine, and I need to understand something about a weird thing tha
When do you call it quits for the season? tsell at 2:27pm 10.04.12 Ask All Sailors 61/7108 Faced with the task of winterizing the boat, I keep putting it off, hoping to squeeze another day or
1982 C&C, Mark 1 Leo Crowley at 1:08pm 10.04.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1184 Our 1982 C'C 30 is fitted with an Atomic 4 and this past summer we experienced motor problems such t
looking for nice marinas VA/NC/SC KD3PC at 12:11pm 10.04.12 Ask All Sailors 7/1433 Planning the next phase of our boat life and hoping to explore these states a lot more in depth.....
Oday 192 rain leak Rpkoday at 10:21am 10.04.12 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1086 I have an '86 192 oday. I'm on a moring in brackish water. This year it's been taking on a good dea
Lowering mast for bridges 8826d at 9:56am 10.04.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/5433 Greetings! I am new to this forum and sailing - just to get that out of the way... I have seen al
H36 Arch Removal for Transport PKFK at 9:05am 10.04.12 Big Boats 6/1796 Hi - The search fiunction seems to be giving strange results - so apoliogies if this has been cove
Can I go with this weekend..? Squidd at 8:58am 10.04.12 Ask All Sailors 38/4354 I am so lucky... Heard that question from my wife as I was planning my week out eariler... She h
Motor mount disintegrating? Pinch at 6:29am 10.04.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1554 Has anyone seen a single motor mount disintegrating (appears as black rubber dust particles) on Ben
Wind Vane Self Steering on a Hunter 37 Cutter (9) Jim Legere at 5:11am 10.04.12 The Cherubini Hunters 12/7530 A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of meeting a fellow H37 Cutter owner (Rainer of Fred V) for
lowering mast for the first time on hunter 23.5 sailboat738 at 4:31am 10.04.12 Smaller Boats 22/8666 hi guys i bought my boat in water at the marina i keep it at this is the first time working with
In-mast Furling/Main sail head/ H340 HELP Soul Surfer at 4:13am 10.04.12 Mid-Size Boats 4/1524 So the webbing on the top of my main sail broke last week while sailing. Yesturday I picked up my re
Winterizing The Diesel Myself Ducati at 3:51am 10.04.12 Ask All Sailors 11/4682 Our boat has a Volvo MD2030 and last season I watched my mechanic winterizing the motor. I belie
Alternative Prop Shaft stuffing/Packing material syoun10 at 9:06pm 10.03.12 Mid-Size Boats 6/3233 My 2006 Hunter 33 bilge always has some water in it, and I've thought that that is the norm. Howeve
1974 Irwin 25' Help please (windows) (1) mwadkins at 8:14pm 10.03.12 Irwin 7/3752 Ok so we just bought our first boat a 1974 Irwin 25. One thing that drives my husband crazy is the b
Mast halyards lbsailor at 7:46pm 10.03.12 Smaller Boats 7/2345 We just bought a Hunter 18.5 from someone who didn't use it for 13 years and couldn't show us how to

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Cleat backing plates? AaronD at 2:49pm 01.26.23 Been away from the forum for awhile....that said, wth was Catalina thinking putting cleats on a C22
Solar panel question/Recommendations Tin Kicker at 2:17pm 01.26.23 I paid a lot of attention to the reviews and didn't buy the cheapest or the most expensive. In car e
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Solar panel question/Recommendations BigEasy at 2:04pm 01.26.23 $811? If you go flexible you can pay well under $300 for the panels, controller, and monitor by buy
ODay 19 vs Macgregor 21 Siamese at 1:50pm 01.26.23 I'd choose the O'day 19. Long list of reasons I'm too lazy to go into.
Funny Friday!!! JamesG161 at 1:46pm 01.26.23 Did I read that SIGN Right?:facepalm: ________ TOILET OUT OF ORDER. PLEASE USE FLOOR BELOW In a La
yanmar 4JH4-HTE dificult to start artboas at 1:45pm 01.26.23
yanmar 4JH4-HTE dificult to start artboas at 1:34pm 01.26.23 ........... Maybe for you but I'm Illinois. Two years ago I was going to install a Trombetta P/Q
Solar panel question/Recommendations Tin Kicker at 1:31pm 01.26.23 $811? If you go flexible you can pay well under $300 for the panels, controller, and monitor by buyi
Need a "double" block at the mast base twalker H260 at 1:30pm 01.26.23 Grey ones look like zspar blocks - a nut mounts on the underside of the mast step. From your pics
yanmar 4JH4-HTE dificult to start (1) dlochner at 1:08pm 01.26.23 https://www.manualslib.com/download/2165162/Yanmar-4jh3-Te.html
ODay 19 vs Macgregor 21 Sail22Capri22 at 1:06pm 01.26.23 I had a Rhodes 19 (centerboard version) for a few years before getting my Capri. I really enjoyed th
Need a "double" block at the mast base Justin_NSA at 12:51pm 01.26.23 I would suggest you use two single blocks as it would be most difficult to fairlead two different l
Line routing to cockpit Crazy Dave Condon at 12:38pm 01.26.23 It would be helpful to identify the boat such as year and make to include the mast as well. There i
yanmar 4JH4-HTE dificult to start Ralph Johnstone at 12:21pm 01.26.23 Any chance you could provide a video with good audio showing one session of the engine being started
Solar panel question/Recommendations BigEasy at 12:13pm 01.26.23 . I will be adding Solar this year to accommodate planned multi-week cruising. Defender has a
Need a "double" block at the mast base capta at 12:08pm 01.26.23 I would suggest you use two single blocks as it would be most difficult to fairlead two different li
Portable Generator as a Backup Power Source BigEasy at 12:06pm 01.26.23 I wouldn't leave a gas generator (or any generator) running in my abscence. Honda issued a recall
Need a "double" block at the mast base Justin_NSA at 11:56am 01.26.23 Those look like US Spars blocks, why a double to lead to the Dutchman block? Right now the line i
Solar panel question/Recommendations Leeward Rail at 11:55am 01.26.23 Leeward how did they attach them to the top? I was looking into those types of panels and considere

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