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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
Last Dispatch Roger Long at 7:34am 09.16.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 14/4020
I got out yesterday... Did you? inarathree at 6:45am 09.16.12 Smaller Boats 5/1302 My day went from this: http://youtu.be/oIMg9eQ4Gm4 To this... http://youtu.be/58i1vuKm26I I
Replacing lifelines with Dynemma line paul1938 at 4:42am 09.16.12 Ask All Sailors 10/3159 I've almost completed replacing on my Hunter 33, the old lifelines that were showing rust. CS Johnso
Winterizing a Universal 5411 Diesel Ajay73 at 3:00am 09.16.12 Musings With Maine Sail 23/13048 This will be the first time I'm doing the winterization on my Universal 5411 diesel. I'll be doing i
Steering cable Oceanis 351 redege at 8:02pm 09.15.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1552 This happened 6 month ago, but I thought I'd share this with you. Coming back through the Seaway in
S2 6.7 traveler question jubels at 6:36pm 09.15.12 S2 2/1477 Some dirt bag stole the traveler car and main block from my 1981 S2 6.7. Does any one know the make
First season sailing ending, looking for next boat! (3) Ward H at 6:22pm 09.15.12 Ask All Sailors 15/3696 First season of sailing is ending, looking for next boat Getting close to the end of my first seaso
Sayonara to the long hot summer BobT at 6:19pm 09.15.12 Ask All Sailors 5/1452 Finally got a spanking clear day with 8-12 knots of wind this afternoon. Busting high 6's ' low 7's
Freedom 20 Echo Charger wgkenney at 6:15pm 09.15.12 Ask All Sailors 17/5647 All, With the help from several of you about a month ago I installed a xantrex echo charger to tric
Help Identifying this sailboat (5) Ward H at 5:43pm 09.15.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1469 This O'Day is a few slips from us. We were studying it today and found it has a lot of things we wou
Necessity breeds ingenuity, I hope . . . (2) sinnettc at 4:29pm 09.15.12 Trailer Sailors 18/6087 I've had issues getting my boat on the trailer since I bought her. The bow eye and trailer winch ar
Catalina Smile weinie at 3:49pm 09.15.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1405 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIqN18e6MAQ'feature=plcp Ok, the smile was on my face while saili
Buzzer unknown whittjayw at 3:33pm 09.15.12 Mid-Size Boats 2/1235 I have a warning buzzer below the yanmar B-type instrument panel externally screwed into the cockpit
Best weather site JasonC at 2:40pm 09.15.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 21/3414 Hat is the best weather site for sailing, I went out today and it was only suppose to be 10-15. It
What 4 million will buy RAD at 2:30pm 09.15.12 Ask All Sailors 13/2468 Just returned from the Newport boat show and I found the nicest sailboat I've ever been on......I re
42' Cat in Iowa? jfrench at 1:55pm 09.15.12 Catalina 22 21/4687 Maybe I'm just not worldly, but I was looking at the classified ads page here on the site, and I had
didnt know until i tried it---- (1) zeehag at 1:41pm 09.15.12 Ask All Sailors 11/2129 toothpaste on plexiglass, used not with toothbrush but with soft cloth. rub small circles into th
What is the maximum persons on a 21' sail? Costy at 1:08pm 09.15.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1607 Besides having a life vest for every occupant on the boat I was wondering what is the max. occupancy
Clearstone Coating joker460 at 11:29am 09.15.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1700 ScuttleButt Magazine on the Great Lakes is doing a test. http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=12

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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;
On the water activities for a group of cruisers on the lake Ralph Johnstone at 10:09pm 03.12.23 I've had the dubious pleasure of competing in bailer propelled dinghy races over the years. It's ba
Impeller screws garymalmgren at 9:58pm 03.12.23
Check valve in head plumbing? mermike at 9:36pm 03.12.23 The clear plastic hoses you see in the photo are are fresh water lines from the tank to the foot pum
Sorry, I had to... Michael Davis at 9:16pm 03.12.23 Mowing the lawn just makes me want a cold beer! Come to think of it ,most thing make me want a cold
On the water activities for a group of cruisers on the lake (1) PaulK at 9:12pm 03.12.23 We have an annual pursuit "Rat Race" to a nearby (15 miles) harbor. Sometimes the SI's call for sta
Ford 20 (Anchor Sailboat Co. Of Union City, Pennsylvania) (1) Fairweather at 9:04pm 03.12.23 213700

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