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My strut broke off!! Jared1048 at 8:57pm 09.16.12 Mid-Size Boats 7/1955 Dove over the side today to investigate a bad knocking noise and noticed my entire strut has broken
Engineeds a good clean jorgefife at 6:47pm 09.16.12 The Cherubini Hunters 10/2268 It is time to give a good clean to my Yanmar on my boat. It is oily, rustyin some spots, and general
fresh water additive? glonek5 at 6:19pm 09.16.12 Big Boats 6/2038 We recently bought our first larger boat. She is a 2005 Hunter 38. We have now filled the fresh wat
sealing fittings teacher63 at 4:45pm 09.16.12 Smaller Boats 7/1839 I am getting ready to run my main halyard to the cockpit on a Hunter 23 the line is long enough and
Cockpit Table Redesign (3) JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 4:09pm 09.16.12 Catalina 310 4/2588 I went to the Newport Boat Show yesterday, and besides hanging out with Bob Bitchin, the best thing
Below-deck autohelm McZube at 4:07pm 09.16.12 Ask All Sailors 7/1890 I have a 1984 Hunter 31 with an Edson pedestal. Can anyone make recommendations for a below-deck au
motor mount for 9.9hp 4-stroke yamaha juhlenbrock at 4:03pm 09.16.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1939 I recently replaced a 9.9hp Johnson Sailmaster with a 4-stroke 9.9 hp Yamaha. It's great motor but
WTF with the water level in Chesapeake Bay??? Piotr at 3:52pm 09.16.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 16/3520 I sail out of Rock Hall, and for the last month or so I noticed that ther water levels were about 2
Safety drills McZube at 3:38pm 09.16.12 Ask All Sailors 9/2071 Do you and your family (or usual crew) do any kind of safety drills to be better prepared in the eve
How did we get relegated? ed stack at 2:50pm 09.16.12 Pearson 0/1781 Is venerable Pearson now an also-ran? I don't think so. 22.5 nm around Boston harbor. Not many other
Lancer 28 rigging tinman1955 at 2:30pm 09.16.12 Lancer 4/5281 Hello all, I just bought my first sailboat a lancer 28. The rigging is all there except the ropes. a
Inflatable dinghy sealant... Doug/Karen at 1:38pm 09.16.12 Big Boats 4/2394 We have an aged inflatable dinghy that has developed a slow leak that, thus far, has avoided detecti
Yanmar 2GM20F suddenly lost power but not RPMs scorpio77 at 12:41pm 09.16.12 Engines and Propulsion 15/10157 Hi all folks, Im looking for some experience Yanmar owners, about a month ago I purchased a beautifu
Fuel capacity Oceanis361 at 11:26am 09.16.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1126 Hi, Recently bought an 2000 Oceanis361, and in the specifications they say it's 75 litres fuelcap. B
Shower Faucet Assembly for C-310 c130king at 10:53am 09.16.12 Catalina 310 1/1366 The shower in my 310 has several hose issues so I would like to replace the whole faucet, shower hea
Holes in Keel fore sail 1 at 10:39am 09.16.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1742 What can anyone tell me about the two small 1/4" holes in the rear of the kee just above the bulb?
phrf ratings craigtilson at 10:05am 09.16.12 Racing 4/6326 does anyone know the phrf rating for a 1976 ericson 35-2 has a 150 genny non folding prop and w
Noisy wheel-drive autopilot Vegas at 9:36am 09.16.12 Ask All Sailors 19/13256 I just replaced my ST4000 wheel drive unit (black) with the Raymarine MKII wheel drive unit (grey).
About The Venture 21 ???? Mick at 9:30am 09.16.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/4828 I have a 01 26 ft sitting in the lake , that I love. Had a 26C that got tornadoed a few years back.
SeaEra toilet shoots straight up tchastain at 8:17am 09.16.12 Big Boats 5/1215 My electric SeaEra toilet has started shooting water straight up and sometimes out of the bowl when

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Swim platform question/advice Erbardy at 8:41am 03.13.23 the only issue i have is that i have a custom cover for winter storage and the cover will not fit an
Keel of Hunter 460 Ralph Johnstone at 8:39am 03.13.23 Depends on the year of manufacture. If it's out of the water, test with a magnet.
Mast step replacement Project_Mayhem at 8:38am 03.13.23 Read your thread and all the suggestions. Saved the site for working with glass from West Marine. T
Single handing WI Rigger at 8:30am 03.13.23 Thanks for all of your replies. I will sign off Good Bye
On the water activities for a group of cruisers on the lake CaptainStan at 8:28am 03.13.23 Have a water fight on the water.
P42 Forward Fresh Water Tank (65 Gallon) Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:25am 03.13.23 I should have added: Any that could be the source may not be directly over that area...water has a
Mast step replacement Ken n Rox at 8:22am 03.13.23 Technically speaking you should be tearing away fiberglass until you find good, dry core material.
ODay 34 chain locker drain Stargazer79 at 8:01am 03.13.23 While crawling around my ODay 34 I noticed what looked like a drain hose for the anchor chain locke
Mast step replacement Project_Mayhem at 7:43am 03.13.23 Technically speaking you should be tearing away fiberglass until you find good, dry core material. I
Dyneema for Boom Topping Lift, Thoughts? Sail22Capri22 at 7:34am 03.13.23 Thanks for the replies, I bough some 1/4" Sta-Set and decided to make it all rope. I put eye slices
Ford 20 (Anchor Sailboat Co. Of Union City, Pennsylvania) dmax at 7:22am 03.13.23 Very nice.
Sorry, I had to... (1) JamesG161 at 7:17am 03.13.23 Here is yummy seaweed and free to Vegans in Florida.
On the water activities for a group of cruisers on the lake kloudie1 at 7:14am 03.13.23 Back in the old days, we had a couple where 8-10 would head out and anchor up a bayou for the night.
On the water activities for a group of cruisers on the lake (2) dlochner at 6:13am 03.13.23 Sorry, I don't have the SIs or NORs for these races. The pumpkins are of various sizes which have no
On the water activities for a group of cruisers on the lake JBP-PA at 5:55am 03.13.23 Long ago we used to have "Rally" races. Every boat had to estimate a predicted time for a course, us
On the water activities for a group of cruisers on the lake smokey73 at 5:19am 03.13.23 I like the idea of the pursuit race and the rat race trophy! I'm going to make some suggestions to
P42 Forward Fresh Water Tank (65 Gallon) Terry Cox at 4:32am 03.13.23 If there is, the source could very well be rail stanchions and other mounted deck hardware in need
Single handing smokey73 at 4:26am 03.13.23 Here's a suggestion. This thread has drifted off from "Single handing" so far that I would suggest
On the water activities for a group of cruisers on the lake Mark Maulden at 11:16pm 03.12.23 Dinghy race..Around marks of choice. Two people in each dinghy..Rower is blindfolded. The other pe
Ford 20 (Anchor Sailboat Co. Of Union City, Pennsylvania) Fairweather at 11:08pm 03.12.23 Interestingly, the hull design of the Ford 20 is amazingly similar to the present day Devon Coaster;

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